Comics Experience Podcast
The Comics Experience Podcast provides ~15 minutes of advice per episode on all aspects of creating comics and breaking in to the industry. Do you have a question about making comics you’d like to hear discussed on the podcast? Email us at info@comicsexperience.com.
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#163 – Setting Goals for Your Comics Project
October 29, 2018
What do you want? What are the steps do you need to get there? Are you willing to deal with the downsides? All this and more in setting your goals for a comics project.
#162 – Anthology Pitching
October 11, 2018
What goes into an anthology pitch? Jim Gibbons talks about how to make sure your story is suited to an anthology, if it’s a complete story and more, including his time editing the anthology series Dark Horse Presents.
#161 – Portfolios and Talent Scouting with Will Robson
September 27, 2018
Artist Will Robson (Typhoid Fever: X-Men, Spider-Man/Deadpool, Star Lord) talks about his portfolio goals over the years, getting hired by Marvel and working with editors like Heather Antos. Heather shares her tips for portfolios and talking to editors.
#160 – Parenting and Comics
September 11, 2018
Nicole Boose talks parenting and comic-ing. How kids affect our approach to making comics, principles for managing your time, defining and adjusting goals, and mixing working from home and childcare.
#159 – Don’t Let Social Media Get You Down
August 28, 2018
Why bother with social media if there’s so much negativity? When DO you read the comments? And why do we create in the first place? Heather Antos talks Social Media blackouts & blocklists, along with other tips & tricks to stay sane.
#158 – What Editors Need to Sell Your Book
August 15, 2018
Editors need few different things to get your book approved, including you having the basics of a good portfolio with examples of your work, finished work, a good pitch document… and more! Jim Gibbons (Dark Horse, Image) talks about what goes into it.
#157 – Character Core Values and Continuity
August 1, 2018
In work-for-hire work situations character core values and the passing of time might not always be in sync with continuity. Heather Antos talks about thinking about and creating towards a character’s core values can lead to new and engaging stories.
Episode #156 – Defining Professional Boundaries with Nicole Boose
July 19, 2018
Defining boundaries: Making clear decisions about what you are and are not willing or able to do, and communicating them effectively.
Episode #155 – There is No Right Contract with Jim Gibbons
July 5, 2018
Jim Gibbons talks about contracts, and thinking about contracts for your comics career in the present and future. All related to your comics goals, along with some basketball metaphors thrown in.
Episode #154 – Licensed Properties with Heather Antos
June 19, 2018
Heather Antos (Star Wars, Deadpool, Gwenpool) talks licensed properties, including storytelling with scheduling, working with a license holder and more.