All Episodes

Where Can You Find an Audience for Your Comic?

Someone in Your Creative Team is Accused. What Do You Do?

The Bankruptcy of Diamond and the Future of Comic Book Distribution

Comic Book Coloring with Chris Sotomayor

What Factors Impact Comic Book Character Design?

How Do You Fit Comics into the Rest of Your Life?

How Do You Write Comic Story Arcs?

How Much Horror is Too Much Horror?

What Can You Learn from John Cassaday About Being a Comic Creator?

How Do You Find the Right Artist for Your Comic?

What Will You Do If AI Takes Over Comics?

How Do Professionals Attend Comic Book Conventions?

Can You Control the Cost of Conventions?

What Does the Movie Slump Mean for Comics?

Can AI Royalties Be A Profitable Solution for Comic Creators?

Colorists and Crunch in Comics

Are You Ready for Millions of New Comic Book Readers (and Creators?)

What’s the Secret Weapon for Your Comics?

How Long Do You Make Your Comics?

Why 2024 is the Best Time to Be a Comic Book Creator

Dealing with Criticism, Indifference, and Rejection in Comics

What is the Best Distribution for Your Comic?

2024 Predictions for the Comic Book Industry

What Does It Take to be a Professional Comic Creator?

The Persistent Death of the Comic Book Industry

The Most Dangerous Contracts in Comics

Balancing Creative Quality and Business Goals in Comic Books

The Real Measure of Comic Book Sales

Judging a Comic Book by its Cover

Comic Cons and Conflict

A Strike, a Slowdown, and a Union Complaint

On Shared Universes and Time Management

Changes at IDW, Crowdfunding at Marvel and Professional Presentation

Printing for Cons and Fighting Book Bans

Saying Goodbye to Al Jaffee and Ike Perlmutter

Episode 257: The Benefits of ComicsPro and the Downside of Superhero Comics

Episode 256: Replacing Comixology and Evolving Kickstarter

Episode 255: Digital Comics Without Comixology and Comic Book Company Investment

Episode 254: AI Legal Battles, Missing Sales Charts and Freelance Laws

Episode 253: Public Domain, Marketing, and Maybe Movie Misery

Episode 252: Comics Connection 2022 End of the Year Wrap Up

Episode 251: How Does Artificial Intelligence Impact the Comic Book Industry?

250 Comics and Contracts with Gamal Hennessy

249 NYCC, Common Pitfalls For Creators at Cons

248 When Good Ideas Aren’t That Well Executed

247 Indie Comics Sales

246 What Creators and Publishers Should Expect From Each Other

245 SDCC and Conventions

244 Joe Quesada, Editorial Management Changes at Publishers

243 George Perez and Neal Adams

242 Panel Actions

241 Storytelling in Comics, TV, and Movies

240 Fred Van Lente and Steve Ellis SILENCERS: THE DEFINITIVE EDITION

239 Contract Negotiations

238 Lettering Passes Workflow

#237 – Figure Drawing

#236 – Resolutions for 2022, Planning and Goals

#235 – 2021 in Review

#234 – Writing Comics Basics

#233 – Visual Storytelling Basics

#232 – Comics Coloring Basics

#231 – Budgeting and Payments with Crowdfunded Comics

#230 – NYCC 2021 and Cons During Covid Takeaways

#229 – Designing Pages and Grids with Gannon Beck

#228 – Fiction and Non-Fiction Stories

#227 – Writing Solicitations for Retailers and Readers

#226 – From Pitch to First Issue with Phillip Kennedy Johnson

#225 – Kickstarting Your Comic with Lewelin Polanco, Greg Tjsovold and Steve Urena

#224 – Writing Shared Universes with Fred Van Lente

#223 – CEX Publishing

#222 – Financial Realities and Comics Success with Jim Gibbons

#221 – Lettering Comics with Sean Rinehart

#220 – Writing Endings and Collaborating on Horror (and Other Genres) with Rich Douek

#219 – Perspective and Environments with Phillip Sevy

#218 – What You Can Learn from Event Comics

#217 – Writing Solicitations for Your Comic with Paul Allor

#216 – What Makes a Story

#215 – Thinking About How and Why You Use Social Media

#214 – Productivity

#213 – What We Learned in 2020 with Andy Schmidt

#212 – Is My Idea a Comic? A Movie? A Book? with Andy Schmidt

#211 – Hustling and Changing Plans During Covid with Phillip Sevy

#210 – Kickstarting Issue By Issue with Steve Urena

#209 – Kickstarting Your Comic or Graphic Novel with Ryan Browne

#208 – Handling Sensitive Issues and Working with Consultants

#207 – Comic Project Kill Fees and Changing Plans with Gamal Hennessy

#206 – Kickstarting Comics (and Prose) with David Pepose and J.D. Oliva

#205 – Path to Publication with Milton Lawson

#204 – Bobby Curnow on Ghost Tree, Community

#203 – Digital Marketing and the Business of Indie Comics Publishing with Gamal Hennessy

#202 – Ways to Check on Our Peers and Keep Everyone Safe

Remembering Denny O’Neil

#201 – Telling Your Story with Keith Robinson

#200 – Making Comics with Comics Experience

#199 – Differences in Writing Creator-Owned and Work-For-Hire Comics with Andy Schmidt and Paul Allor

#198 – Heather Antos on Creating Comics During the Coronavirus

#197 – Promoting Your Comic on Podcasts with Frank Gogol

#196 – Retailer Relief Program

#195 – Convention Cancellations and Creator Impact with Phillip Sevy

#194 – Getting and Using Feedback with Michael Roslen