Inspired Ink Ep 5 - Pat O’Malley - Working With Publishers & The Importance of Editors

Pat O'Malley is the writer of the comic series Popscars. We talk about his experience with publishers of different sizes gives us insight on how to decide the route that’s best for yourself, how an editor can benefit any creative project, why to make the book you want to make and so much more!  TIMESTAMPS 00:47 Time Spent Creating vs Reading 02:30 Current Projects 06:50 Approach to Editing Scripts 14:11 Continuing to Work After First Publishing 22:00 Dealing with Failure 25:30 Letting Ideas Live 27:00 Approaching Publishers 31:40 The Importance of Iconography 36:00 Importance of Networking 45:20 Hardest Challenges Making Comics 50:30 Pat’s Links and 2024 Outlook Find Pat online: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/punchpublishing/ 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