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.
Episode #73 – Comics Experience/IDW Publishing Alliance
Comics Experience has partnered with IDW Publishing focusing on publishing creator-owned comics from new talent. Bobby Curnow (Comics Experience alum and current Editor on IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Godzilla, and My Little Pony) and Rob Anderson (Comics Experience alum and writer of Creature Cops: Special Varmint Unit, My Little Pony) join Andy and Joey to talk about introducing the next wave of talent to the comics industry.
Episode #72 – Ideas and the Inner Critic
Coming up with and working through ideas with your inner critic: Andy and Joey talk about working through ideas, even the “bad” ones.
Episode #71 – Inspiration: Writer’s Edition
Writers who have taken Comics Experience classes and joined the Creator’s Workshop talk about what comics inspired them to make their own comics, including Paul Allor, Amy Chu, Rich Douek, Kenny Porter, Bryan Richmond, and Joe Sergi.
Episode #70 – Digital Art Portfolio
Andy and Joey discuss the different ways to showcase an art portfolio online including Tumblr, DeviantArt, personal sites, and e-mail; and best practices for sharing art online.
Episode #69 – Convention Creepiness
Andy and Joey talk about interacting with and getting to know professionals in a convention setting.
Episode #68 – Webcomics for Exposure?
Andy and Joey discuss creating webcomics for exposure and as a way to break into comics, and discuss the webcomic The Deal.
Episode #67 – Writing for the Trade?
Comic book stories are read in individual issues and in trades or collections. Andy and Joey talk about pacing stories as single issues and how to approach writing for the trade.
Episode #66 – Action and Acting on the Page with Phil Jimenez
Artist and writer Phil Jimenez (Astonishing X-Men, Amazing Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, Infinite Crisis, Otherworld, and Teen Titans) talks about action and acting on the page.
Episode #65 – Starting a Creator-Owned Title with Kyle Higgins
Andy and Joey are joined by writer Kyle Higgins (Nightwing, Batman Eternal, Batman Beyond 2.0) to discuss Kyle’s first creator-owned book through Image Comics, C.O.W.L. including the role of the editor on creator-owned titles, including the editor on C.O.W.L.… Andy Schmidt!
Episode #64 – Writing for Animation with Zac Atkinson
Writer Zac Atkinson (Transformers: Rescue Bots, G.I. Joe: Renegades) talks about adapting comics to animation, visualization of story and plot, and teaching the first Comics Experience Introduction to Animation Writing Course.