Inspired Ink Ep 38 - Dan Mendoza - Pulling From Animation & Shaping Your OWN Path

Welcome back to Inkspired Ink! This week on the show we have legendary independent creator Dan Mendoza joining us! We talk about how animation has influenced his style, Dan’s journey on creating his successful imprint Still Ill Comics, and the vital role that we all play when meeting anyone who supports our work. All that and so much more on today’s Inspired Ink!  TIMESTAMPS 01:00 Involvement with CWS 05:12 Origins in comics 10:45 Animation to comics & artistic influences 15:20 The need to work on things vs burnout 19:00 Creating an imprint 29:40 Running a business, conventions, and checking ego 49:00 Diversifying characters and audience 1:01:00 2024 Outlook Find Dan online: Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ARTofDANMENDOZA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StillIllComics Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artofdanmendoza Check out Dan’s websites: www.stillillcomics.com https://www.flowcode.com/page/stillillprincess Subscribe to our Newsletter: https://comixwellspring.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e258b072e5a0a7421989f7f42&id=1aa9c3bacd&f_id=00b2e5e0f0 Find Comix Wellspring Online: https://linktr.ee/comixwellspring Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comixwellspring/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/comixwellspring Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ComixWellSpring Check out the Comix Wellspring Website: https://www.comixwellspring.com/ Comix Wellspring Global Comix: https://globalcomix.com/a/comix-wellspring-2 Check out our Blue Lined Paper! https://www.comixwellspring.com/cws-blue-lined-paper/ Use our prepress templates: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QxSC4XkpjDFD_dOmWOW9Xu8nG5FoNUZh For any print questions, reach out to [email protected] Brandon Bloxdorf is the creator of the publishing imprint and podcast Apollo City Comics and an indie comic book creator of titles including Teenage Babylon, Fake Your Death, various anthologies and more! Find Brandon online: https://linktr.ee/apollocitycomics