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. Join Comics Experience founder and former Marvel and IDW Editor Andy Schmidt and his co-host Gamal Hennessy as they discuss making comics!
Do you have a question about making comics you’d like to hear discussed on the podcast? Email us at info@comicsexperience.com.
#195 – Convention Cancellations and Creator Impact with Phillip Sevy
Artist and writer Phillip Sevy joins Andy and Joey to talk about the cancellation of ECCC and other cons, how no current conventions is impacting artists, retailer impact, and more.
#194 – Getting and Using Feedback with Michael Roslen
Getting feedback from friends, peers, and editors can be essential to any comic creation, helping with rewrites, plots and story clarifications, art changes, and more. Writer Michael Roslen (REMNANT) shares his experience getting and using feedback.
#193 – Work For Hire Pitching with Paul Allor
Paul Allor (GI Joe, The Avengers: Captain America) talks about pitching for work for hire (WFH) comics. Paul talks about working with editors and license holders, some common elements across pitches and more!
#192 – Creative Services with Andy Schmidt and Anne Randulic
Andy Schmidt and Anne Randulic talk with Joey about Comics Experience Creative Services, where CE works with people to manage and build out a creative team and the comics-making process. Anne talks about the experience, and Andy talks about the CE process.
#191 – Having Your Work Critiqued with Molly Lazer
Writer and editor Molly Lazer (Marvel Comics) talks with Joey about the importance of having your work critiqued, giving constructive actionable criticism, and reading drafts after notes.
#190 – Storytelling
Andy joins Joey to talk about storytelling comics, how perspective and trends change for storytellers over time, and how storytelling basics stay the same, and how it all ties into the CE intro art, writing, and coloring classes.
#189 – Pitching Your Comic with Fred Van Lente
Writer Fred Van Lente (Amazing Spider-Man, Conan the Barbarian, Archer & Armstrong, and many more) talks with Joey and Andy about pitching comics tips and previews his upcoming January 11th Comics Experience Master Seminar with Fred Van Lente: Pitching Comics!
#188 – Working with Editorial and a Talent Coordinator with Bon Alimagno
Creators Workshop Director Bon Alimagno talks with Joey about working with and developing new talent from his time in editorial and talent coordinator (Marvel). Bon talks about the basics of engaging as a professional, what a talent coordinator does, and more!
#187 – Online Learning with Creators Workshop Director Bon Alimagno
Creators Workshop Director Bon Alimagno talks with Joey about his background in comics including being an editor (Marvel, Harris) and talent coordinator, as well as his design operations and program management background and how the two converge for the CE Workshop.
#186 – Comic Book Editing and Project Management
Andy Schmidt (Marvel, IDW, Comics Experience) talks with Joey about project management and editing. Andy talks about work for hire and creator-owned project planning, scheduling, file management and more, all part of his Comics Experience Editing and Project Management course.