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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#222 – Financial Realities and Comics Success with Jim Gibbons
May 18, 2021
Jim Gibbons (Dark Horse Comics, Image Comics) talks with Joey about longevity, pay in comics, costs to make single and multiple issues, different revenue streams, how to think about “success” in making your comics, and more.
#221 – Lettering Comics with Sean Rinehart
May 5, 2021
Sean Rinehart joins Joey to talk about lettering comics, including what led him to comics, how to think about how to efficiently and clearly convey lettering information to your letterer, and setting them up for success to set the comic up for success.
#220 – Writing Endings and Collaborating on Horror (and Other Genres) with Rich Douek
April 19, 2021
Rich Douek (SEA OF SORROWS, ROAD OF BONES, SUPERMAN: RED AND BLUE) talks about writing endings in horror (and other genres) and working with collaborators. Rich talks about page turns, issue endings, and how he works with artists.
#219 – Perspective and Environments with Phillip Sevy
March 12, 2021
Phillip Sevy (Triage, The House, Tomb Raider & more!) joins Andy and Joey to talk about perspective and environments in art. Phillip shares his perspective going from artist to student to portfolio reviews to being a working artist and teacher.
#218 – What You Can Learn from Event Comics
February 26, 2021
Event comics! Worlds will change! Nothing will ever be the same! You will learn collaboration skills and working towards the best outcome for your story goals! Andy and Joey talk about the skills event comics can help hone, and talk about the upcoming Dan Jurgens The Death of Superman Master Seminar!
#217 – Writing Solicitations for Your Comic with Paul Allor
February 18, 2021
Paul Allor (Hollow Heart, G.I. Joe) talks about writing solicitations for your comic, including what stage of the process to write, thinking about solicitations for different issues, and the overall planning in working with a publisher and their marketing.
#216 – What Makes a Story
January 25, 2021
Andy and Joey talk story basics, what are the ingredients of a story, how we see/hear stories daily, and how to apply storytelling elements to making your comics. Plus an upcoming CE Masterclass reveal!
#215 – Thinking About How and Why You Use Social Media
January 11, 2021
Andy and Joey talk about how and why they use social media in general and for making comics, including Andy starting a personal Twitter account, thinking about why people might be reading your social media and more.
#214 – Productivity
December 29, 2020
Andy and Joey share how they try to manage their time making comics and the other hours in the day, including prioritizing, goal making and reviewing goals, making progress, exercise, and more.
#213 – What We Learned in 2020 with Andy Schmidt
December 15, 2020
Joey and Andy discuss the impact of Covid-19, 9 months in and showing few signs of abating–the impact on the supply chain, retailers and creators.