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This episode was originally broadcast on October 4, 2018. Greg was recently invited to participate in Comics Alternative's roundtable episode celebrating International Podcast Day 2018. Here's how host Derek Royal describes the episode: In celebration of International Podcast Day 2018, Derek invites a variety of other comics podcasters to discuss their experiences in the medium. Joining him are Gina Gagliano, from Graphic Novel TK; Greg Matiasevich, from Robots from Tomorrow; Jay Loving, from The Best of the Rest; and Gwen Tarbox, from The Comics Alternative for Young Readers. Robots From Tomorrow is a weekly comics podcast recorded deep beneath the Earth’s surface. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or through the RSS feed at RobotsFromTomorrow.com. You can also follow Mike and Greg on Twitter. Stay safe and enjoy your funny books.
Social media! Authors are there, talking about themselves and their books, all the time. What goes into thinking about how to do that in a successful way and manageable way? That's what we explore in this episode of Graphic Novel TK. We're delighted to be discussing the ins and outs of having an online presence with Ngozi Ukazu, the author of webcomic sensation Check, Please! Want to learn more about Ngozi Ukazu? You can find her on Twitter ( https://twitter.com/ngoziu ) or on her website ( https://www.ngoziu.com/ )
We interrupt our regular arc of Graphic Novel TK posting to bring you a new feature: Graphic Novel TK Backmatter. Where Graphic Novel TK follows a book through its publication life from book deal to post-publication, Graphic Novel TK Backmatter focuses on specific topics in comics publishing. We'll be sporadically bringing you featured episodes on these special topics in the months to come. Some comics are short -- like mini-comics, contributions to anthologies, and some webcomics. And other comics are much, much, much longer -- like graphic novels. How does a cartoonist transition from doing shorter work to doing longer? What are the differences -- both on the creative side and on the process side? In this episode, we talk to comics creator Sarah Winifred Searle -- who has done a lot of work on both ends of the spectrum of comics length -- about her methods for creating comics and organizing herself while doing so. GN TK's 'Short Form to Long Form' episode is also our first-ever live episode! Thanks to TCAF for giving us the venue to host Sarah Winifred Searle for this conversation. You can find Sarah Winifred Searle on her website ( http://www.swinsea.com ), or on Twitter (http://twitter.com/swinsea)
On the last few episodes of Graphic Novel TK, we've been talking to booksellers, comic book sellers, teachers, and librarians about how they work with graphic novels in their spaces. But how do those industry professionals hear about graphic novels? How do they know what to buy, what to get excited about, or even what's coming soon? One of the first ways that an industry professional might hear about graphic novels is through a trade publication -- a publication that is specifically designed to reach the industry, rather than the public. Today we talk to Calvin Reid, the Senior News Editor of trade publication Publishers Weekly, about the ins and outs of trade media. For more about Calvin Reid, you can follow him on Twitter (https://twitter.com/calreid); or check out Publishers Weekly (https://www.publishersweekly.com) which has many enewsletters you can subscribe to, including a comics one.
One of the jobs most shrouded in mystery at a publisher (at least for an author) is that of a sales rep. Who are they? What do they do? Despite the fact that editors, marketing, and publicity people spend a lot of time talking to sales reps, often those reps don't interact at all with authors directly. Sales reps are responsible for being the intermediary between the publisher and the retail outlets the publisher sells books to. They're responsible for making sure that stores know that books are coming, when they're coming, and how excited that they should be about them. Today on Graphic Novel TK, we talk to Macmillan Children's National Accounts Manager Jess Brigman about all of those things -- and get a behind-the-scenes look into how she does her job. Want to know more about Jess and Macmillan Children's? You can find MacKids online at their website (https://us.macmillan.com/mackids/); Jess is on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/jessbrigman/)
We've talked about bookstores and comics stores before on Graphic Novel TK -- in fact, in our two episodes immediately prior to this! But how are bookstores and comics stores different? Are all their differences encompassed by the fact that one has books and comics and the other just comics? Or are there things that are different about the way they're structured and the way they operate? We talked today to Jake Shapiro, who has worked at both NYC's The Strand and DC's Fantom Comics, about what exactly goes on behind the scenes in bookstores and comics stores. How are the comics organized? How are displays made? How do they attract people in the door? How do events get put together? How do they do social media? You can find all the answers in this episode. You can find more about The Strand (https://www.strandbooks.com) and about Fantom Comics (https://www.fantomcomics.com) at the links. And Jake is on Twitter as @jake_shapiro
In this week's episode of Off Panel, Random House Graphic Publishing Director Gina Gagliano joins the show to talk about the upcoming children and teenaged graphic novel readers imprint she's building. Gagliano discusses her comic book origin stories, how she got into marketing, the beginnings of First Second, the elongated release window of the book market, her podcast, Graphic Novel TK, how Random House Graphic first came together, where you start when you are opening an imprint, her curation strategy, her very positive Twitter feed, Lucy Knisley at RHG, whether other Random House releases impact her approach, the biggest surprise of launching Random House Graphic, and more, before we close with a new segment, as Skybound's Sr. Vice President of Business Development, Shawn Kirkham, joins the show to highlight our Beasts of the Week in the world of comics.
We were guests on the Graphic Novel TK podcast! It was a fun time. Maybe check it out? Some days Twitter is harder to understand than others. Peter Cannon Thunderbolt #1 is a good read. If we thought LAST week was slow due to the cold weather… What to eat when working on a day when over 200 Chicago restaurants are closed? Our 25% Off Storewide Sale starts on Thursday! Are $9.99 graphic novels effective? Have we considered connecting to buyers through the shop owners they like? The Captain Marvel movie wave Marvel Legends figures are in, with some interesting figure choices.
We were guests on the Graphic Novel TK podcast! It was a fun time. Maybe check it out? Some days Twitter is harder to understand than others. If we thought LAST week was slow due to the cold weather… What to eat when working on a day when over 200 restaurants are closed in Chicago? Our 25% Off Storewide Sale starts on Thursday! Are $9.99 graphic novels effective? Have we considered connecting to buyers through the shop owners they like? The Captain Marvel movie wave Marvel Legends figures are in, with some interesting figure choices.
Paper + ink = book! But how does that paper combine with the ink to make a book? What dread machine combines the two -- and how does it get them to look like a comic in all the right colors in the correct trim size and with a cover that has spot gloss in the right place? Today we take a trip inside the printer to find out the answer to all these questions (and so many more). Joining us on Graphic Novel TK to explore these mysteries is Linda Palladino, the Vice President and Director of Production at Random House Children's Books. For more information about Linda Palladino and the books she works on, you can check out the Random House Children's Books website.
Sometimes when you pick up a book, you'll find a quote from an author (not the one who wrote the book) on the cover saying how great they thought the book was. That's a book blurb! And in this episode of Graphic Novel TK, book blurbs are the focus: we talk about how to get them, who to get them from, when to get them, and why (and if) they're important. We're so pleased to have Tor Editor Diana Pho join us to talk about book blurbs, outlining in great detail her whole process and philosophy in finding and acquiring them. Besides editing science fiction, fantasy, and graphic novels for Tor, Diana also runs a blog called Beyond Victoriana, which gives a multicultural perspective on steampunk. You can find her on Twitter at @writersyndrome.
Jay was recently invited to join a round table discussion on podcasting hosted by Derek Royal and The Comics Alternative podcast. This episode is rebroadcast with permission of the episode originally aired on 9-30-18 on The Comics Alternative. Derek invited a variety of other comics podcasters to discuss their experiences in the medium. In addition to myself, the participants are Gina Gagliano, from Graphic Novel TK; Greg Matiasevich, from Robots from Tomorrow; and Gwen Tarbox, from The Comics Alternative for Young Readers. You can support this show by visiting our merch store, or by leaving us an Apple Podcasts review.
Greg was recently invited to participate in Comics Alternative's roundtable episode celebrating International Podcast Day 2018. Here's how host Derek Royal describes the episode: In celebration of International Podcast Day 2018, Derek invites a variety of other comics podcasters to discuss their experiences in the medium. Joining him are Gina Gagliano, from Graphic Novel TK; Greg Matiasevich, from Robots from Tomorrow; Jay Loving, from The Best of the Rest; and Gwen Tarbox, from The Comics Alternative for Young Readers. Robots From Tomorrow is a weekly comics podcast recorded deep beneath the Earth's surface. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or through the RSS feed at RobotsFromTomorrow.com. You can also follow Mike and Greg on Twitter. This episode is brought to you by Third Eye Comics. Enjoy your funny books.
In celebration of International Podcast Day 2018, Derek invites a variety of other comics podcasters to discuss their experiences in the medium. Joining him are Gina Gagliano, from Graphic Novel TK; Greg Matiasevich, from Robots from Tomorrow; Jay Loving, from The Best of the Rest; and Gwen Tarbox, from The Comics Alternative for Young Readers. Find out more about International Podcast Dayand how you can help promote podcasting worldwide. And be sure to share your thoughts on social media using #PodcastDay.
I spent the first day of Comic-Con International: San Diego recording with con-goers who attended our Podcast Advocates panel, artists selling their amazing work on Artist's Alley, and creators in the Small Press area. Each of them shared with me a movie that influenced them to be who they are today. Please be sure to visit the websites and social media for each of my guests, follow them, and, perhaps, buy some of their work! My thanks to everyone who took the time to record with me during their busy Comic-Con day! You'll hear from these awesome people: Alison Wilgus - Follow her on Instagram and Twitter. Check out her website. Subscribe and listen to her podcast, Graphic Novel TK and follow the show on Twitter. Matthew LaBelle - Listen to his podcasts Lucdogg in the Morning and The Voice of One Wheel on litmradio.com. Follow the shows on Twitter and Instagram. Tom Hodges - Follow him on Twitter and Instagram. Check out his website. Bryan K. Turner - Follow him on Twitter and Instagram. Check out his website. Tony Washington - Follow him on Twitter and Instagram. Check out his website. Danny Haas - Follow him on Twitter and Instagram. Check out his website. Greg Luzniak - Follow him on Twitter and Instagram. Check out his website. Andrew Day - Follow him on Twitter and Instagram. Check out his website. Edgar Delgado - Follow him on Twitter and Instagram. Check out his website. Leen Isabel - Follow her on Twitter and Instagram. Check out her website. Dominic Aradio - Follow him on Twitter and Instagram. Get Colt The Outlander on Amazon. Penelope R. Gaylord - Follow her on Twitter and Instagram. Check out her website. Jerry A. Gaylord - Follow him on Twitter and Instagram. Check out his website. Nguyen Dong - Follow him on Twitter and Instagram. Check out his website. Mark Dos Santos - Follow him on Facebook and Instagram. Check out his website. Lonnie Millsap - Follow him on Twitter and Instagram. Check out his website and his comic, Bacön. Larry Ross - Follow Blast From The Past on Twitter and Instagram. Check out the Blast From The Past website. Nooligan (Hai-Na-Nu Saulque) - Follow him on Twitter and Instagram. Check out his website. Justin Orr - Follow him on Twitter and Instagram. Check out his website. Have something to say about the artists or movie choices in this episode? Share your thoughts, or ask me a question. It's easy to reach me! Just visit the Contact Us page to send me a message, or you can email directly at moviesmademepod@gmail.com. Love Movies Made Me? Please help me spread the word about the show! I count on my most avid listeners to help reach new fans. Just click one of the images below to reach the show page on the social media or listening service of your choice, then share the page with your friends. It'll just take a moment and you'll be making a big difference for me! Be sure you follow the show on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for all the latest Movies Made Me information, DVR alerts, and unique content. Whether you subscribe to the show on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play Music, iHeartRadio, or Spotify, your ratings and reviews matter! Provide a rating and your comments about the show on any of those services and I'll be sure to give you a shout-out on an upcoming episode! Be sure to join me for these upcoming episodes: September 3: Episode 92, featuring Alexander Hoffman, artist and creator of Tales of Absurdity. September 17: Episode 93, featuring Phil Johnson, host of Under the Crossbones podcast, comedian and singer.
In this episode of Graphic Novel TK, we're delighted to talk to the amazing Annie Koyama, the publisher of Koyama Press. If you don't know Koyama Press, you'll get to hear about just how cool they (and their publisher) are as you listen. And if you've always been a little bit mystified about what a publisher actually does, this is the episode for you! You'll get to hear about Annie Koyama's process of becoming a publisher, what she does in her day-to-day job, and more.