Making Comics

By Keith Foster and Scott Lost

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Making Comics is a podcast where indie comics creators Scott Lost (Wanderers of Melissanda, The Second Shift) and Keith Foster (Kodoja, Three Protectors) discuss the world of independent comics from both artist and writer perspectives. It centers around one question - what did you do last week? Art, writing, promotion, you name it - it all adds up to the work behind an indie comic.

Episode Date
Episosde 298: Figuring out your Scenes
Aug 03, 2026
Episode 297: Distribution and Crowdfunding
Jul 27, 2026
Episode 296: Prepping for SDCC
Jul 20, 2026
Episode 295: The Value of Small Changes
Jul 13, 2026
Episode 294: Expanding on a Script Outline
Jul 06, 2026
Episode 293: Getting unstuck
Jun 29, 2026
Episode 292: Those halts in Story Momentum
Jun 22, 2026
Episode 291: Your instincts on Structure (with Scott Serkland)
Jun 15, 2026
Episode 290: Conventions + Fine-tuning Colors
Jun 08, 2026
Episode 289: Making Drawings Unnatural
Jun 01, 2026
Episode 288: Refining your Pitch
May 25, 2026
Episode 287: Changing styles and Productivity
May 18, 2026
Episode 286: Pacing and Beginnings
May 11, 2026
Episode 285: From Idea to Cover
May 04, 2026
Episode 284: The Many Faces of Editing
Apr 27, 2026
Episode 283: The "Big" Part of Writing
Apr 20, 2026
Episode 282: Pixar's rules for Storytelling (Part Three)
Apr 13, 2026
Episode 281: Pixar's rules for Storytelling (Part Two)
Apr 06, 2026
Episode 280: Pixar's rules for Storytelling (Part One)
Mar 30, 2026
Episode 279: When Coloring reveals Art issues
Mar 23, 2026
Episode 278: Staying productive on Convention weekends
Mar 16, 2026
Episode 277: A Story's Gravity
Mar 09, 2026
Episode 276: One-Shot Stories (with Katelyn Windels)
Mar 02, 2026
Episode 275: The extra parts of a page
Feb 23, 2026
Episode 274: Evaluating your Pages
Feb 16, 2026
Episode 273: Listener Feedback
Feb 09, 2026
Episode 272: The Story Process (with Gary Hodges)
Feb 02, 2026
Episode 271: Fighting "Scene Overanalysis"
Jan 26, 2026
Episode 270: Weak Story Spots
Jan 19, 2026
Episode 269: Goals for 2026
Jan 12, 2026
Episode 268: Year End Part two
Jan 05, 2026
Episode 267: Year End Favorites
Dec 29, 2025
Episode 266: The Holiday Episode
Dec 22, 2025
Episode 265: Revisiting Talking Heads
Dec 15, 2025
Episode 264: Style and Making Yours
Dec 08, 2025
Episode 263: Finishing your First Comic
Dec 01, 2025
Episode 262: What to think about while Drawing
Nov 24, 2025
Episode 261: What to think about while Writing and Scripting
Nov 17, 2025
Episode 260: The Five Year Episode!
Nov 10, 2025
Episode 259: The Right amount of Character Work
Nov 03, 2025
Episode 258: World-building
Oct 27, 2025
Episode 257: The Idea and Story Structure
Oct 20, 2025
Episode 256: Reworking Story Pages
Oct 13, 2025
Episode 255: Creating great Settings
Oct 06, 2025
Episode 254: The Creative part of Promotion
Sep 29, 2025
Episode 253: Your Project's Buildup
Sep 22, 2025
Episode 252: Adding New Skills
Sep 15, 2025
Episode 251: Themes in your work (with Cory Kerr)
Sep 08, 2025
Episode 250: Endings
Sep 01, 2025
Episode 249: Spotting story flaws
Aug 25, 2025
Episode 248: The Value of a Creative Retreat
Aug 18, 2025
Episode 247: Lettering tips
Aug 11, 2025
Episode 246: Thinking Differently
Aug 04, 2025
Episode 245: Staying in Love with a Long-term Project
Jul 28, 2025
Episode 244: Tension in your story
Jul 21, 2025
Episode 243: Artist's Block
Jul 14, 2025
Episode 242: Editing passes
Jul 07, 2025
Episode 241: Starting a Comic (with Scott Serkland)
Jun 30, 2025
Episode 240: Exhibit Hall Energy
Jun 23, 2025
Episode 239: Finishing Stories
Jun 16, 2025
Episode 238: Project Changes, Project schedules
Jun 09, 2025
Episode 237: Fixing Story Problems
Jun 02, 2025
Episode 236: Mega Story arcs
May 26, 2025
Episode 235: When Projects change in Mid-stream
May 19, 2025
Episode 234: Stops in the Process
May 12, 2025
Episode 233: Capturing the Essence in Art
May 05, 2025
Episode 232: Music, "music", and Improvisation (with Jim Lujan)
Apr 28, 2025
Episode 231: Creation and Commerce
Apr 21, 2025
Episode 230: Convention Do's and Don'ts
Apr 14, 2025
Episode 229: Craft versus Promotion
Apr 07, 2025
Episode 228: Found Footage
Mar 31, 2025
Episode 227: Changing POV
Mar 24, 2025
Episode 226: Choosing More Panels
Mar 17, 2025
Episode 225: Story Structure (with Gary Hodges)
Mar 10, 2025
Episode 224: Finding your Story's Format
Mar 03, 2025
Episode 223: The Hand-Drawn Element
Feb 24, 2025
Episode 222: Your Spot on the Learning Curve
Feb 17, 2025
Episode 221: The Final Say on a Comic
Feb 10, 2025
Episode 220: Researching Craft
Feb 03, 2025
Episode 219: Macro Story Structures
Jan 27, 2025
Episode 218: Setting Goals
Jan 20, 2025
Episode 217: Story and Vision (with Art Ebuen)
Jan 13, 2025
Episode 216: Flashbacks
Jan 06, 2025
Episode 215: Year End Special!
Dec 30, 2024
Episode 214: Naughty, Nice, and the Holiday Extravaganza
Dec 23, 2024
Episode 213: Workshopping and Being Workshopped
Dec 16, 2024
Episode 212: Art Vibes and Story Types
Dec 09, 2024
Episode 211: The Point of Telling
Dec 02, 2024
Episode 210: The Creative Zone
Nov 25, 2024
Episode 209: Little ways to Level up your story
Nov 18, 2024
Episode 208: Figuring out Structure
Nov 11, 2024
Episode 207: Returning to your Work
Nov 04, 2024
Episode 206: Voyage and Return stories
Oct 28, 2024
Episode 205: The Rebirth Story Type
Oct 21, 2024
Episode 204: The Author Afterword
Oct 14, 2024
Episode 203: A Career in Comics (with Ray-Anthony Height)
Oct 07, 2024
Episode 202: Getting Plot Ideas
Sep 30, 2024
Episode 201: Fandom then vs Now
Sep 23, 2024
Episode 200: The Pressure you Create
Sep 16, 2024
Episode 199: Formative Ideas
Sep 09, 2024
Episode 198: Cheesy Scenes (on Purpose)
Sep 02, 2024
Episode 197: Making Dialogue Better
Aug 26, 2024
Episode 196: Creating a story From Scratch
Aug 19, 2024
Episode 195: Craft Experimentation
Aug 12, 2024
Episode 194: Comic Con Recap
Aug 05, 2024
Episode 193: Fusing Energy with Story
Jul 29, 2024
Episode 192: Notes on rewriting
Jul 22, 2024
Episode 191: Scripting Action
Jul 15, 2024
Episode 190: Marvel method
Jul 08, 2024
Episode 189: Finding Your Story
Jul 01, 2024
Episode 188: Booth Setup
Jun 24, 2024
Episode 187: Working without distractions
Jun 17, 2024
Episode 186: Daniel Hillyard
Jun 10, 2024
Episode 185: Industry episode Feedback
Jun 03, 2024
Episode 184: Unconscious Influences
May 27, 2024
Episode 183: When to offload Work
May 20, 2024
Episode 182: The Comic Process (with Rory Smith)
May 13, 2024
Episode 181: No Lazy Panels
May 06, 2024
Episode 180: The Industry
Apr 29, 2024
Episode 179: Innovation
Apr 22, 2024
Episode 178: Wondercon Recap
Apr 15, 2024
Episode 177: Creating Immersive Environments
Apr 08, 2024
Episode 176: Adapting Prose into Comics
Apr 01, 2024
Episode 175: Creating Beyond Comics with Scott Serkland
Mar 25, 2024
Episode 174: Undertelling
Mar 18, 2024
Episode 173: Other People's Properties
Mar 11, 2024
Episode 172: Listener Mail
Mar 04, 2024
Episode 171: Giving Feedback
Feb 26, 2024
Episode 170: Nuances of Character
Feb 19, 2024
Episode 169: Comic Book Hacks
Feb 12, 2024
Episode 168: The Trappings of Genre
Feb 05, 2024
Episode 167: Doug Wagner on Writing Comics
Jan 29, 2024
Episode 166: Leveling Up
Jan 22, 2024
Episode 165: 2024 Goals
Jan 15, 2024
Episode 164: Change the Style
Jan 08, 2024
Episode 163: Year-End Favorites
Dec 29, 2023
Episode 162: The Holiday Episode!
Dec 21, 2023
Episode 161: Strengthening Your Dialogue
Dec 18, 2023
Episode 160: Back Matter and Being Resourceful
Dec 11, 2023
Episode 156: A Speed vs Quality Question
Dec 06, 2023
Episode 159: Writer's Block
Dec 04, 2023
Episode 158: Making your art Cinematic
Nov 27, 2023
Episode 157: Death and Taxes and Comics
Nov 20, 2023
Episode 155: Knowing When you're Done
Nov 06, 2023
Episode 154: Taking your story where you want it to go
Oct 30, 2023
Episode 153: Pitching to Publishers
Oct 23, 2023
Episode 152: Planning for Your Story's Success
Oct 16, 2023
Episode 151: Bringing your Story Forward
Oct 09, 2023
Episode 150: Creating Complex Characters
Oct 02, 2023
Episode 149: Story time versus Elapsed time
Sep 25, 2023
Episode 148: How to Approach Action in Your Comics
Sep 18, 2023
Episode 147: Where Research Ends and Story Begins
Sep 11, 2023
Episode 146: Pop Culture References in your book
Sep 04, 2023
Episode 145: New characters and Script notes
Aug 28, 2023
Episode 144: Chimpanzee Science Fiction at the Carnival
Aug 21, 2023
Episode 143: Handling Rejection
Aug 14, 2023
Episode 142: San Diego Comic Con recap
Aug 07, 2023
Episode 141: Re-evaluating your Creative Goals
Jul 31, 2023
Episode 140: Removing (Creative) limitations
Jul 24, 2023
Episode 139: Copyright
Jul 17, 2023
Episode 138: Indie Comics Workshop
Jul 10, 2023
Episode 137: Extending a story
Jul 03, 2023
Episode 136: Advancing your Craft (with Dave Law)
Jun 26, 2023
Episode 135: Leaning into Conflict
Jun 19, 2023
Episode 134: The completed comic (with Gary Hodges)
Jun 12, 2023
Episode 133: Making Edits Seamless
Jun 05, 2023
Episode 132: The Character Work
May 29, 2023
Episode 131: Choosing Simplicity
May 22, 2023
Episode 130: Trusting your Vision
May 15, 2023
Episode 129: Finding the Right Story to Tell
May 08, 2023
Episode 128: Making the wrong ideas right
May 01, 2023
Episode 127: Process and Influences with Andy Belanger
Apr 24, 2023
Episode 126: No Small Characters
Apr 17, 2023
Episode 125: Avoiding Lazy Storytelling
Apr 10, 2023
Episode 124: Self-Publish or Work with a Publisher?
Apr 03, 2023
Episode 123: Creating What you Want
Mar 27, 2023
Episode 122: What makes a cover a cover
Mar 20, 2023
Episode 121: Working with Editor notes
Mar 13, 2023
Episode 120: Creative Retreat and Accountability check-in
Mar 06, 2023
Episode 119: Overshowing and Overtelling
Feb 27, 2023
Episode 118: Endings (and Getting them Right)
Feb 20, 2023
Episode 117: Letting Your Work Air Out
Feb 13, 2023
Episode 116: Variation and Sound Effects
Feb 06, 2023
Episode 115: Setting Your 2023 Goals
Jan 30, 2023
Episode 114: Remembering the money part of comics
Jan 23, 2023
Episode 113: Choosing the Right Parts of the Story
Jan 16, 2023
Episode 112: Tackling Your Workload and Naming
Jan 09, 2023
Episode 111: Magic Systems
Jan 02, 2023
Episode 110: Favorites of 2022
Dec 26, 2022
Episode 109: The Holiday Special!
Dec 19, 2022
Episode 108: The Other Rule of Thirds
Dec 12, 2022
Episode 107: Using Color to Make an Impact
Dec 05, 2022
Episode 106: Understanding Characters Different from You
Nov 28, 2022
Episode 105: Comic Convention 101
Nov 21, 2022
Episode 104: Your comic's done... now what?
Nov 14, 2022
Episode 103: Creating from Life Experiences
Nov 07, 2022
Episode 102: Story planning and Accounting for your time
Oct 31, 2022
Episode 101: Making every word (and line) count
Oct 24, 2022
Episode 100: Century mark mega-pod!
Oct 17, 2022
Episode 99: Backgrounds
Oct 10, 2022
Episode 98: Strike first, strike hard... with your comic
Oct 03, 2022
Episode 97: Dynamic Poses
Sep 26, 2022
Episode 96: Submitting to Publishers
Sep 19, 2022
Episode 95: Writing tips from the Pros
Sep 12, 2022
Episode 94: Dialogue
Sep 05, 2022
Episode 93: Anatomy
Aug 29, 2022
Episode 92: When Expert Feedback collides
Aug 22, 2022
Episode 91: Building out your characters
Aug 15, 2022
Episode 90: From San Diego to Scotland
Aug 08, 2022
Episode 89: Endings and How Extra art can pay off
Aug 01, 2022
Episode 88: Guidelines for Drawing a Comic page (Part 2)
Jul 25, 2022
Episode 87: Guidelines for Drawing a Comic page (Part 1)
Jul 18, 2022
Episode 86: What is your comic about?
Jul 11, 2022
Episode 85: From Other Media to Comics (with Tim Radecki)
Jul 04, 2022
Episode 84: Basic Visual Concepts
Jun 27, 2022
Episode 83: Three Components of Comic Writing
Jun 20, 2022
Episode 82: Balancing Time and Being Original
Jun 13, 2022
Episode 81: Drawing Pages (with Gary Hodges)
Jun 06, 2022
Episode 80: The hardest part of making comics (part 5)
May 30, 2022
Episode 79: The hardest part of making comics (part 4)
May 23, 2022
Episode 78: The hardest part of making comics (part 3)
May 16, 2022
Episode 77: The hardest part of making comics (part 2)
May 09, 2022
Bonus Episode: Bringin' ALL the Bulls**t
May 05, 2022
Episode 76: Fight Comics (with Aubrey Sitterson)
May 02, 2022
Episode 75: The hardest part of making comics (part 1)
Apr 25, 2022
Episode 74: Branding
Apr 18, 2022
Episode 73: Balance (for art and writing)
Apr 11, 2022
Episode 72: Mailbag!
Apr 04, 2022
Episode 71: Editing and over-editing
Mar 28, 2022
Episode 70: The rough days
Mar 21, 2022
Episode 69: That dollop of not giving a s**t
Mar 14, 2022
Episode 68: The toughest things to draw
Mar 07, 2022
Episode 67: Three-act Structure
Feb 28, 2022
Episode 66: Clarity
Feb 21, 2022
Episode 65: Self-evaluation
Feb 14, 2022
Episode 64: Inspiration, and making sure it doesn't overtake
Feb 07, 2022
Episode 63: Public Domain Characters
Jan 31, 2022
Episode 62: Conflict
Jan 24, 2022
Episode 61: The Moment of Impact
Jan 17, 2022
Episode 60: Advance Covers and a New Company
Jan 10, 2022
Episode 59: Convention recap and Story Planning
Jan 03, 2022
Episode 58: The Favorites of 2021
Dec 27, 2021
Episode 57: The Holiday Shindig!
Dec 20, 2021
Episode 56: Trademark and Copyright
Dec 13, 2021
Episode 55: Setting the Scene
Dec 06, 2021
Episode 54: Panels and Panel Quality
Nov 29, 2021
Episode 53: Character (with Gary Hodges)
Nov 22, 2021
Episode 52: Fighting your Inner Perfectionist
Nov 15, 2021
Episode 51: The Fine Line Between Reference and Theft
Nov 08, 2021
Episode 50: Setting and World-building
Nov 01, 2021
Episode 49: Talking Heads pages
Oct 25, 2021
Episode 48: Styles and Artist-Writer relationships with Keithan Jones
Oct 18, 2021
Episode 47: Drawtober and PDF Prep
Oct 11, 2021
Episode 46: A comic's cover
Oct 04, 2021
Episode 45: Lettering
Sep 27, 2021
Episode 44: Inking and Coloring
Sep 20, 2021
Episode 43: Pencils and Thumbnails
Sep 13, 2021
Episode 42: The Idea Stage and Scripting
Sep 06, 2021
Episode 41: Table selling and Staying Productive
Aug 30, 2021
Episode 40: Working through blocks and Tutorials
Aug 23, 2021
Episode 39: Using Feedback and Show prep
Aug 16, 2021
Episode 38: Sources of Inspiration
Aug 09, 2021
Episode 37: Finding the fun in boring pages
Aug 02, 2021
Episode 36: Getting your comic out there
Jul 26, 2021
Episode 35: Commissions and Finding a Comic Printer
Jul 19, 2021
Episode 34: Character consistency and Comic recommendations
Jul 12, 2021
Episode 33: Project hiccups you don't expect
Jul 05, 2021
Episode 32: To Slab or not slab? and creative things to avoid
Jun 28, 2021
Episode 31: 'Write what you know' and Revising for master editions
Jun 21, 2021
Episode 30: Verifying your artwork and Sifting through critiques
Jun 14, 2021
Episode 29: 'The Rules' and why they matter... or don't
Jun 07, 2021
Episode 28: Copyrights and Creator Rights with Terry Mayo
May 31, 2021
Episode 27: Accountability and Comic Rights
May 24, 2021
Episode 26: Project Planning and Managing Feedback
May 17, 2021
Episode 25: Indie creator fears and Manageable daily goals
May 10, 2021
Episode 24: Staying productive when your schedule fights you
May 03, 2021
Episode 23: Big-picture thinking and a Panel a Day
Apr 26, 2021
Episode 22: Writing the 2nd Shift and Three-Act Structure
Apr 19, 2021
Episode 21: Comic advice to your Past Self
Apr 12, 2021
BONUS EPISODE: Godzilla versus Kong (and the Monsterverse)
Apr 09, 2021
Episode 20: Balancing your influences, Cliches and Dialogue Tags
Apr 05, 2021
Episode 19 - Trip recaps and getting comics
Mar 29, 2021
Episode 18 - Base influences and accent influences
Mar 22, 2021
Episode 17: Lead times and Writing as problem-solving
Mar 15, 2021
Episode 16: Feedback and Early Influences
Mar 08, 2021
Episode 15 - Collaboration and Preparation
Mar 01, 2021
Episode 14 - A Very Special Episode
Feb 24, 2021
Episode 13 - Adages and Pop Culture
Feb 22, 2021
Episode 12 - Script, Layouts and Process with Gary Hodges
Feb 15, 2021
Episode 11 - References and Kickstarter preparation
Feb 08, 2021
Episode 10 - Kickstarter Tips
Feb 01, 2021
Episode 9 - Creating and Your best possible performance
Jan 25, 2021
Episode 8 - Managing Projects and Comics We Like
Jan 18, 2021
Episode 7 - Midstream changes and saving your work
Jan 11, 2021
Episode 6 - Dialogue and Writing Resources
Jan 04, 2021
Episode 5 - Managing Your Projects (and Trilogies)
Dec 28, 2020
Episode 4 - Learning Lettering (and Outsourcing Lettering)
Dec 21, 2020
Episode 3 - Logistics and Lettering
Dec 14, 2020
Episode 2 - October is for Artists, November is for Writers
Dec 08, 2020
Episode 1 - On Revisions and Delivering Kickstarters
Dec 01, 2020
Episode 0 - Origin Story
Nov 30, 2020