Podcasts about comics experience

This week the pod crew have so many comics topics to talk about, and who better to talk to than Fred Van Lente (Comic Book History of Comics, Action Philopshers, Archer and Armstrong)! From his work on the new Valiant comics, to taking charge of a publisher-wide crossover to educating the next generation of comic writers, if you like comic books there's something for everyone in this chat. Great stuff to check out this week - Fred Van Lente, Valiant Comics, Alien Books, Bloodshot, Archer and Armstrong, Eat Fighter, King Kirby, Comics Experience, The Patsy Papers, Rachael Ball, Who Can Replace a Man?, Brian Aldis, WIP Comics Group, The Unbelievable Unteens, Skulldigger and Skeleton Boy, Jeff Lemire, Tyler Crook, Black Hammer, Mega City Book Club, Eleven O'Clock Comics, Cliff Cumber, Do a Powerbomb, Daniel Warren Johnson, Kieron Squires, Transformers, Energon Universe

This week the podcast delves into the world of J Webster Sharp (The Book of Life and Death) to talk about the many layers of her work and comics. From her entry into small press comics, to working with publishers, work processes and disciplines, influences and even musicals - this one has it all. Theres also tons of great recommendations, character writing, superhero chat and more. Great stuff to check out this week - J Webster Sharp, Fondant, The Book of Life and Death, Thousand Faces, Humanoids, Shift It, Beast Hunting Battle Badgers, Steve Sims, She Volume 1, Printopia, Bob Fingerman, Brighton Art and Book Fair, Amopatrice, Grixly, Nate McDonnagh, True Tales From the Bar, Bryan Kelly, Speed Republic, Mad Cave Comics, Ryan K Lindsay, Mugshots

Hi Everyone, this is Nancy Miller and Tiffany Gordon for My Creative Life Podcast and today my guest is Meredith Laxton. More about Meredith: Meredith Laxton is the illustrator of the graphic novel edition of Mary Downing Hahn's classic ghost stories Wait Till Helen Comes, and The Old Willis place. They have also created work published by IDW, Humanoids, and Comics Experience. Meredith and their partner share a home with two cats and collaborate on various self-published works together. Visit them at meredithlaxton.com. Meredith's Website IG Twitter Thanks for listening!

Gamal Hennessy of Creative Contract Consulting joins Andy and Joey to talk about making comics and contracts. Gamal talks about his legal career including his time at Marvel Comics, things to keep in mind as a creator with contracts including rights, royalties, and revenue.

Andy and Joey talk about NYCC, how to approach editors at cons, how to sell and track your inventory at conventions, and more.

Andy and Joey talk about when ideas aren't that well executed, including how and why can a "good idea" go "wrong," and some ways to try and execute ideas well.

Andy talks about Lunar Distributor's retailer summit, his recent trips to C2E2 and SDCC, and what he's seen and heard around sales for indie comics and smaller publishers.

Andy and Joey talk about George Perez, two comics creators who recently passed. Andy worked on projects that Perez and Adams worked on and shares his experiences, as well as creator rights, kindness to collaborators and readers, legacy, and more.

Andy and Joey talk about comics being adapted into TV and movies, story arcs, "new number 1!" issues, and how storytellers need to keep in mind what medium they're working in. Even if your comic gets optioned for TV and movies, the goal with your comic is to always make the best comic book you can make.

Fred Van Lente and Steve Ellis join Andy to discuss their upcoming release SILENCERS: THE DEFINITIVE EDITION coming soon from CEX Publishing! But make no mistake, they're doling out career advice for both artists and writers and discussing how the industry has changed over the years!

Comics lettering is an important part of making comics, and writers + artists + editors can help set a letterer up for success with their passes before ever sending pages to a letterer. Workflow, design, and being aware of a letterer's time FTW!

Spelunking into the cave this week are Joe Mulvey and Rich Douek, brain-partners of the current title HAPPY HILL! These chaps gab everything from Comics Experience to brain tastes to Mulvey's School of Mime. You can find more of Joe's work at https://www.instagram.com/joemulv/?hl=en You can find more of Rich's work at http://www.rdouek.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New year, new podcast episode talking about goals and planning for those goals. Andy and Joey talk about how their 2021s have impacted their priorities and planning for 2022, the role work-life-balance plays, and how they're thinking about the new year.

2021 was another year of changes in comics and making comics. Andy talks about publishing, printing, shipping, and more.

Andy and Joey talk about writing comics basics, why people start writing comics, telling a complete story in a few pages, how to think about working with artists, learning about the comics industry and more.

Andy and Joey talk about some of the fundamentals of visual storytelling, the benefits of all creators learning as much as they can about visual storytelling, and talking to your collaborators about intent before you get started on your comics.

Andy and Joey and talk comics coloring basics. Ways to approach the page, coloring notes, creative team planning with your creative team during the planning stages, and more!

Andy and Joey talk about crowdfunded comics planning including budgeting, compensation for collaborators and professionals, "long-term money-making," if one-person/a publisher is financing the project and more!

Andy talks about getting ready for and going to New York City Comic Con during Covid. How he planned, what it was like with less bigger name publishers around, and how the show was for him and creators he talked to.

Writer & artist Gannon Beck (Space Corps) talks about designing pages including using 9 and 16 panel grids, what he's learned from newspaper comic strips and a 4 panel grid. Gannon also talks about upcoming CEX Publishing print release of Space Corps.

Andy and Joey talk about approaches to writing fiction and non-fiction stories, including when a story might not have a "structure", being honest in the telling, and trying to deconstruct story endings.

Andy and Joey talk about writing solicitation copy for retailers and readers and thinking about what audience you're communicating with, and what you want that audience to do. Consistent messaging and tone, what information to give where and when!

Andy and Joey talk about writing solicitation copy for retailers and readers and thinking about what audience you're communicating with, and what you want that audience to do. Consistent messaging and tone, what information to give where and when!

Phillip Kennedy Johnson (Superman, Action Comics, Alien) talks about taking your comics ideas to pitches including his July 31st Comics Experience Master Seminar, how his script writing has evolved over his career, and how he got starting making comics.

Kickstarting your comic with Lewelin Polanco (Astro & Inez: La Novela), Greg Tjsovold (The Lump Sum Saga), and Steve Urena (Zombie Date Night). Three different creators share what they’ve learned making their own comics, and why Kickstarter.

Episode 594: Andy Schmidt, writer of Crime Syndicate: Sean and Jim are joined by the very talented Andy Schmidt as they talk about his most recent work on Crime Syndicate and around the world of comics. 6 Episodes until 600, as the Summer of 600 Begins! Upcoming: Static Season 1, Batman Urban Legends, Green Arrow 80th anniversary 100 page spectacular, Catwoman 2021 annual, Batman Reptilian, Checkmate 1 Crisis on Multiple Earths Vol 5 (Episode 600 Topic), containing JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #159, 160, 171, 172, 183, 184 and 185 Contact Info (Social Media and Gaming): https://ragingbullets.com/about/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/401332833597062/ Show Notes: 0:00 Show opening, http://www.heroinitiative.org, http://cbldf.org/,http://www.DCBService.com, http://www.Instocktrades.com, show voicemail line 1-440-388-4434 or drnorge on Skype, and more.   3:05 Interview with Andy Schmidt 1:16:41 Closing We'll be back in a next week with more content.  Check our website, Twitter and our Facebook group for regular updates. Andy Schmidt Links CEX Publishing https://www.cexpublishing.com/ Comics Experience https://www.comicsexperience.com/ Franchise Fan Guys Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/franchise-fan-guys/id1566930274 https://twitter.com/guysfranchise?lang=en

Fred Van Lente (Marvel, Valiant, Archie) joins Andy and Joey to talk about writing for a shared universe. Fred shares his experiences writing for comics publishers including last-minute curveballs, being adaptable, working in a team and more!

Andy Schmidt talks about CEX Publishing, the new publishing imprint from Comics Experience. Andy discusses what led to adding publishing to the CE family, the creator-owned approach, getting comics to retailers and readers and more.

Jim Gibbons (Dark Horse Comics, Image Comics) talks with Joey about longevity, pay in comics, costs to make single and multiple issues, different revenue streams, how to think about “success” in making your comics, and more.

Sean Rinehart joins Joey to talk about lettering comics, including what led him to comics, how to think about how to efficiently and clearly convey lettering information to your letterer, and setting them up for success to set the comic up for success.

Rich Douek (SEA OF SORROWS, ROAD OF BONES, SUPERMAN: RED AND BLUE) talks about writing endings in horror (and other genres) and working with collaborators. Rich talks about page turns, issue endings, and how he works with artists.

Andy Schmidt, the president and publisher at Comics Experience, is back in Episode 479! Andy updates us on how his excellent company is doing, but he also fills us in on Crime Syndicate, his new six-issue miniseries from DC that focuses on Earth-3, “where it’s good to be bad!” If you haven’t already picked up the premiere issue, be sure to get to your LCS to find your copy and to let them know you want to add it to your pull list! We discuss what’s going on in this great comic, how this book came to be, and delve into other comics-related topics, always a fun thing to do with Andy! Don’t miss it!

Phillip Sevy (Triage, The House, Tomb Raider & more!) joins Andy and Joey to talk about perspective and environments in art. Phillip shares his perspective going from artist to student to portfolio reviews to being a working artist and teacher.

I love learning. I love talking to creators about how they get their things done.  I love picking their brains and finding out cool little things. It's just great. Enter Chris Sotomayor, the newest member of the PodChris Club. So listen in as we learn what goes into being a colorist and a possible way for you to become one too. Not me though, my art skills aren't good enough. Learn such things as: Why do art duties get split up? Why don't colorists stay consistently with a book like writers and artists? What's the best kind of chorizo? And so much more! You can find Chris Sotomayor @sotocolor on Twitter, Facebook, and Twitch. Also take a look at his YouTube channel, and be sure to check out his Introduction to Comic Book Coloring and Advanced Comic Book Coloring classes on Comics Experience. Recommended Reading DC Love Is a Battlefield The Question: The Deaths of Vic Sage Electric Ant If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store.  Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. Intro/Outro Music by Best Day, who garnishes his dishes with saffron.

Event comics! Worlds will change! Nothing will ever be the same! You will learn collaboration skills and working towards the best outcome for your story goals! Andy and Joey talk about the skills event comics can help hone, and talk about the upcoming Dan Jurgens The Death of Superman Master Seminar!

Paul Allor (Hollow Heart, G.I. Joe) talks about writing solicitations for your comic, including what stage of the process to write, thinking about solicitations for different issues, and the overall planning in working with a publisher and their marketing.

Andy and Joey talk story basics, what are the ingredients of a story, how we see/hear stories daily, and how to apply storytelling elements to making your comics. Plus an upcoming CE Masterclass reveal!

Andy and Joey talk about how and why they use social media in general and for making comics, including Andy starting a personal Twitter account, thinking about why people might be reading your social media and more.

Andy and Joey share how they try to manage their time making comics and the other hours in the day, including prioritizing, goal making and reviewing goals, making progress, exercise, and more.

Joey and Andy discuss the impact of Covid-19, 9 months in and showing few signs of abating–the impact on the supply chain, retailers and creators.

Andy Schmidt talks about what mediums a story may be best suited for, and his experiences in comics and video games, and working with various clients including movie productions on adapting movies to comics and creating new stories in those universes.

Following up on his early 2020 conversation about how convention cancellations were impacting his year, writer & artist Phillip Sevy gives an update on his 2020 making comics in the time of COVID, including what he’s done with changing project statuses, how he sold hundreds of copies of a comic he created in 2018, and more.

About the episodeIn this episode, we interview comic writer and illustrator Phillip Sevy. Phillip is best known for his work on “Tomb Raider” with Dark Horse Comics, “Witchblade”, “The Tithe”, and most recently “The Freeze”. His newest project is Triage from Dark Horse - a creator-owned Sci-Fi Action series that he is writing, penciling, inking, and coloring. Phillip has also been teaching Comics since 2013 - first with a long stint teaching at Broadview Entertainment Arts University and now Comics Experience. He obtained an MFA in Sequential Art from SCAD in 2012.Resources & LinksPhillip Sevy's Contact InfoTwitterInstagramWebsiteTriage (Dark Horse Comics) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Thanksgiving is tomorrow, and Sterg and Derek gather around the ol' podcasting dinner table to share some of the creators, publishers, locales, and and concepts they're thankful for this year . Among the many things they mention are the plentitude of comics today Inio Asano's new series, Dead Dead Deamon's Dededede Destruction Charles Forsman VIZ Media's new Perfect Editions of Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys The Nib New York Review Comics comics-centric cons TwoMorrows Press Craig Yoe publishers who use Kickstarter to get their seasonal works out Heroes Aren't Hard to Find, The Comics Experience, and other great local comic shops the completion of Jason Lutes's Berlin review copies creators who are kind and warm individuals students who are researching the way people consume and interpret comics So give thanks this year, and read some great comics!

Our hosts Andy, James, and Skid tackle DEADPOOL 2 in this episode, focusing on how the Deadpool films function in relation to the other X-MEN franchise films, the adaptation of the individual characters from the comics to the screen, and seeds of the stories used for the hit-sequel. Please join us, leave a review, rate the podcast, and tell all your friends about it! Presented by Comics Experience and Screen Experience.

Digital startup Stēla Comics leverages Portland's talent pool to make made-for-mobile publisher/reader app.

From Super Show '11, it's the second Comics Experience panel moderated by IDW Senior Editor Andy Schmidt, discussing how to break into comics. Lee Weeks, Chris Sotomayor, Tom Feister, Rebekah Isaacs and Robert Atkins share their stories and tips for up and coming creators. (1:19:07)

IDW Senior Editor Andy Schmidt returns to update us on his Comics Experience online comicbook courses, as well as current IDW events; and then we talk with artist Jamal Igle about his upcoming run on Zatanna, family life, portfolio reviews and more. (1:35:04)

Did you ever want to learn how to color comics, but there's no one around to teach you? Well now you can hop on the internet and take a class! Comics Experience is now offering a course on coloring comics taught by pro Chris Sotomayor.

The other shoe dropped and we talk about the newly restructured DC Entertainment! Also, IDW Editor Andy Schmidt announces new online Comics Experience courses! And we talk with Chris Neseman about this weekend's Windy City Comicon!