Comics Experience Podcast
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The Comics Experience podcast provides ~15 minutes of advice per episode on all aspects of creating comics and breaking in to the industry.
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Where Can You Find an Audience for Your Comic?
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Someone in Your Creative Team is Accused. What Do You Do?
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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The Bankruptcy of Diamond and the Future of Comic Book Distribution
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Comic Book Coloring with Chris Sotomayor
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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What Factors Impact Comic Book Character Design?
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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How Do You Fit Comics into the Rest of Your Life?
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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How Do You Write Comic Story Arcs?
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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How Much Horror is Too Much Horror?
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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What Can You Learn from John Cassaday About Being a Comic Creator?
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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How Do You Find the Right Artist for Your Comic?
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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What Will You Do If AI Takes Over Comics?
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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How Do Professionals Attend Comic Book Conventions?
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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Can You Control the Cost of Conventions?
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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What Does the Movie Slump Mean for Comics?
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May 28, 2024 |
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Can AI Royalties Be A Profitable Solution for Comic Creators?
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May 15, 2024 |
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Colorists and Crunch in Comics
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Are You Ready for Millions of New Comic Book Readers (and Creators?)
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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What’s the Secret Weapon for Your Comics?
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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How Long Do You Make Your Comics?
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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Why 2024 is the Best Time to Be a Comic Book Creator
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Dealing with Criticism, Indifference, and Rejection in Comics
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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What is the Best Distribution for Your Comic?
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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2024 Predictions for the Comic Book Industry
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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What Does It Take to be a Professional Comic Creator?
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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The Persistent Death of the Comic Book Industry
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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The Most Dangerous Contracts in Comics
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Balancing Creative Quality and Business Goals in Comic Books
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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The Real Measure of Comic Book Sales
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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Judging a Comic Book by its Cover
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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Comic Cons and Conflict
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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A Strike, a Slowdown, and a Union Complaint
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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On Shared Universes and Time Management
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May 23, 2023 |
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Changes at IDW, Crowdfunding at Marvel and Professional Presentation
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May 23, 2023 |
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Printing for Cons and Fighting Book Bans
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Saying Goodbye to Al Jaffee and Ike Perlmutter
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Episode 257: The Benefits of ComicsPro and the Downside of Superhero Comics
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Mar 18, 2023 |
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Episode 256: Replacing Comixology and Evolving Kickstarter
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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Episode 255: Digital Comics Without Comixology and Comic Book Company Investment
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Episode 254: AI Legal Battles, Missing Sales Charts and Freelance Laws
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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Episode 253: Public Domain, Marketing, and Maybe Movie Misery
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Episode 252: Comics Connection 2022 End of the Year Wrap Up
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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Episode 251: How Does Artificial Intelligence Impact the Comic Book Industry?
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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250 Comics and Contracts with Gamal Hennessy
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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249 NYCC, Common Pitfalls For Creators at Cons
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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248 When Good Ideas Aren’t That Well Executed
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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247 Indie Comics Sales
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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246 What Creators and Publishers Should Expect From Each Other
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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245 SDCC and Conventions
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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244 Joe Quesada, Editorial Management Changes at Publishers
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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243 George Perez and Neal Adams
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May 18, 2022 |
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242 Panel Actions
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May 03, 2022 |
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241 Storytelling in Comics, TV, and Movies
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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240 Fred Van Lente and Steve Ellis SILENCERS: THE DEFINITIVE EDITION
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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239 Contract Negotiations
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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238 Lettering Passes Workflow
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Mar 12, 2022 |
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#237 – Figure Drawing
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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#236 – Resolutions for 2022, Planning and Goals
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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#235 – 2021 in Review
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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#234 – Writing Comics Basics
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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#233 – Visual Storytelling Basics
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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#232 – Comics Coloring Basics
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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#231 – Budgeting and Payments with Crowdfunded Comics
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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#230 – NYCC 2021 and Cons During Covid Takeaways
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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#229 – Designing Pages and Grids with Gannon Beck
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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#228 – Fiction and Non-Fiction Stories
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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#227 – Writing Solicitations for Retailers and Readers
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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#226 – From Pitch to First Issue with Phillip Kennedy Johnson
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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#225 – Kickstarting Your Comic with Lewelin Polanco, Greg Tjsovold and Steve Urena
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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#224 – Writing Shared Universes with Fred Van Lente
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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#223 – CEX Publishing
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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#222 – Financial Realities and Comics Success with Jim Gibbons
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May 19, 2021 |
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#221 – Lettering Comics with Sean Rinehart
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May 05, 2021 |
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#220 – Writing Endings and Collaborating on Horror (and Other Genres) with Rich Douek
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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#219 – Perspective and Environments with Phillip Sevy
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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#218 – What You Can Learn from Event Comics
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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#217 – Writing Solicitations for Your Comic with Paul Allor
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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#216 – What Makes a Story
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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#215 – Thinking About How and Why You Use Social Media
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Jan 11, 2021 |
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#214 – Productivity
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Dec 29, 2020 |
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#213 – What We Learned in 2020 with Andy Schmidt
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Dec 15, 2020 |
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#212 – Is My Idea a Comic? A Movie? A Book? with Andy Schmidt
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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#211 – Hustling and Changing Plans During Covid with Phillip Sevy
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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#210 – Kickstarting Issue By Issue with Steve Urena
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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#209 – Kickstarting Your Comic or Graphic Novel with Ryan Browne
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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#208 – Handling Sensitive Issues and Working with Consultants
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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#207 – Comic Project Kill Fees and Changing Plans with Gamal Hennessy
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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#206 – Kickstarting Comics (and Prose) with David Pepose and J.D. Oliva
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Aug 25, 2020 |
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#205 – Path to Publication with Milton Lawson
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Aug 18, 2020 |
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#204 – Bobby Curnow on Ghost Tree, Community
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Jul 27, 2020 |
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#203 – Digital Marketing and the Business of Indie Comics Publishing with Gamal Hennessy
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Jul 14, 2020 |
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#202 – Ways to Check on Our Peers and Keep Everyone Safe
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Jun 30, 2020 |
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Remembering Denny O’Neil
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Jun 16, 2020 |
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#201 – Telling Your Story with Keith Robinson
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Jun 16, 2020 |
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#200 – Making Comics with Comics Experience
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Jun 02, 2020 |
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#199 – Differences in Writing Creator-Owned and Work-For-Hire Comics with Andy Schmidt and Paul Allor
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May 19, 2020 |
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#198 – Heather Antos on Creating Comics During the Coronavirus
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May 05, 2020 |
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#197 – Promoting Your Comic on Podcasts with Frank Gogol
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Apr 21, 2020 |
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#196 – Retailer Relief Program
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Apr 07, 2020 |
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#195 – Convention Cancellations and Creator Impact with Phillip Sevy
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Mar 24, 2020 |
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#194 – Getting and Using Feedback with Michael Roslen
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Mar 10, 2020 |
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#193 – Work For Hire Pitching with Paul Allor
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Feb 28, 2020 |
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#192 – Creative Services with Andy Schmidt and Anne Randulic
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Feb 12, 2020 |
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#191 – Having Your Work Critiqued with Molly Lazer
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Jan 31, 2020 |
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#190 – Storytelling
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Jan 08, 2020 |
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#189 – Pitching Your Comic with Fred Van Lente
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Dec 19, 2019 |
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#188 – Working with Editorial and a Talent Coordinator with Bon Alimagno
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Dec 10, 2019 |
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#187 – Online Learning with Creators Workshop Director Bon Alimagno
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Nov 27, 2019 |
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#186 – Comic Book Editing and Project Management
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Nov 15, 2019 |
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#185 – Publishing with Comics Experience and Source Point Press
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Oct 30, 2019 |
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#184 – Creating and Workshopping a Mini Series with Tim Bach and Brian Atkins
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Oct 17, 2019 |
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#183 – Writing Comics Like the Pros and The New Comics Creator NYCC Panels
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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#182 – What Happens after the Pitch, Work-for-Hire IP Edition
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Sep 24, 2019 |
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#181 – What Happens After the Pitch, Creator-Owned Edition
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Sep 10, 2019 |
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#180 – Rich Douek, Joe Mulvey, and Chris Sotomayor on Collaboration
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Aug 15, 2019 |
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#179 – Carlos Giffoni on Pitching, Patience, and Persistence
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Jul 31, 2019 |
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#178 – Convention Tips
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Jul 18, 2019 |
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#177 – Screenwriting 101 with James Janowsky
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Jul 01, 2019 |
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#176 – Comics Coloring and Color Theory with Chris Sotomayor
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Jun 20, 2019 |
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#175 – Creating One-Shots with Paul Allor
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Jun 07, 2019 |
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#174 – Workshopping a comics miniseries with Frank Gogol
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May 24, 2019 |
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#173 – Target Demos, Plan Sales Strategy BEFORE Creating the Comic? Or the Other Way Around?
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May 09, 2019 |
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#172 – Convention Behavior
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Apr 19, 2019 |
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#171 – What Streaming TV Can Teach Us About Story Formats
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Mar 27, 2019 |
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#170 – The Pros & Cons of Tabling Versus Walking Around at Cons
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Feb 14, 2019 |
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#169 – Things You Might Not Have Thought About When Marketing Your Comic
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Jan 29, 2019 |
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#168 – Reilly Brown on Digital Comics and Vertical Scrolling
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Jan 07, 2019 |
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#167 – Why Kickstarter for Your Comic
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Dec 28, 2018 |
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#166 – Tips on Hiring a Freelance Editor
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Dec 04, 2018 |
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#165 – Scheduling Your Time
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Nov 20, 2018 |
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#164 – Finding the Humanity in Superheroes
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Nov 07, 2018 |
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#163 – Setting Goals for Your Comics Project
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Oct 29, 2018 |
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#162 – Anthology Pitching
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Oct 11, 2018 |
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#161 – Portfolios and Talent Scouting with Will Robson
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Sep 27, 2018 |
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#160 – Parenting and Comics
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Sep 11, 2018 |
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#159 – Don’t Let Social Media Get You Down
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Aug 28, 2018 |
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#158 – What Editors Need to Sell Your Book
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Aug 15, 2018 |
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#157 – Character Core Values and Continuity
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Aug 01, 2018 |
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Episode #156 – Defining Professional Boundaries with Nicole Boose
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Jul 19, 2018 |
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Episode #155 – There is No Right Contract with Jim Gibbons
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Jul 05, 2018 |
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Episode #154 – Licensed Properties with Heather Antos
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Jun 19, 2018 |
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Episode #153 – Avoiding the Comparison Trap with Jim Gibbons
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Jun 05, 2018 |
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Episode #152 – Collaboration is Key with Heather Antos
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May 22, 2018 |
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Episode #151 – Skills vs. Experience
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May 11, 2018 |
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Episode #150 – Milestones and Industry Changes
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Apr 25, 2018 |
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Episode #149 – What’s Next: Continuing Your Education
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Apr 05, 2018 |
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Episode #148 – Screen Experience
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Mar 22, 2018 |
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Episode #147 – Page Rates and Asking Questions
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Feb 26, 2018 |
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Episode #146 – Meeting Editors Online and at Cons
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Feb 08, 2018 |
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Episode #145 – Source Point Press Publishing Deal
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Jan 24, 2018 |
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Episode #144 – 2017 in Review, Looking Ahead
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Jan 10, 2018 |
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Episode #143 – Making Comics to Make Connections in Comics
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Dec 19, 2017 |
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Episode #142 – Ryan O’Sullivan & Plaid Klaus on Finding a Collaborator
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Nov 15, 2017 |
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Episode #141 – Kieron Gillen on Planning Your Stories
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Nov 06, 2017 |
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Episode #140 – Paul Allor on Writing Fictionalized Historical Events
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Oct 20, 2017 |
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Episode #139 – Social Media 101 with Meredith Nudo
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Oct 10, 2017 |
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Episode #138 – Finding an Intellectual Property Lawyer
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Sep 11, 2017 |
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Episode #137 – Budgeting: Making a Collaborative Deal
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Jul 20, 2017 |
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Episode #136 – Budgeting: Creative Budget
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Jul 11, 2017 |
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Episode #135 – Budgeting: Setting a Personal Project Budget
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Jun 16, 2017 |
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Episode #134 – Promoting your Work for Hire with Paul Allor
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May 31, 2017 |
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Episode #133 – Pros and Cons of Getting an Agent
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May 09, 2017 |
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Episode #132 – Getting Your Work Published: What Are Your Goals?
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Apr 22, 2017 |
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Episode #131 – Do I Need an Editor?
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Mar 29, 2017 |
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Episode #130 – Mark Waid on Working with New Comics Talent
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Mar 13, 2017 |
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Episode #129 – In Store Signings with Paul Allor
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Feb 14, 2017 |
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Episode #128 – Story and Scene Structure
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Jan 23, 2017 |
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Episode #127 – Passion Versus Commercial Appeal
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Dec 20, 2016 |
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Episode #126 – Planning Your Make Comics Year
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Dec 06, 2016 |
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Episode #125 – Writing Panel Descriptions
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Nov 23, 2016 |
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Episode #124 – Writing Wordless Comics
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Nov 04, 2016 |
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Episode #123 – Setting up a Website for Your Comics
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Oct 21, 2016 |
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Episode #122 – Breaking the Fourth Wall
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Oct 06, 2016 |
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Episode #121 – Comics on the Side (Jobs)
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Sep 14, 2016 |
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Episode #120 – Working for the Big Two
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Aug 31, 2016 |
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Episode #119 – Translating Your Current Skill Set Into Comics
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Aug 18, 2016 |
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Episode #118 – Writing Short Stories with Paul Allor
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Aug 02, 2016 |
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Episode #117 – Project File Management
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Jul 19, 2016 |
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Episode #116 – Well-Crafted Pitches
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Jul 11, 2016 |
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Episode #115 – Do We Still Need Publishers?
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Jun 24, 2016 |
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Episode #114 – Creating Courses for Creating Comics
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Jun 09, 2016 |
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Episode #113 – Your Comic as a TV Show?
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May 24, 2016 |
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Episode #112 – Mixing Genres
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May 06, 2016 |
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Episode #111 – Post C2E2 Wrap Up
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Apr 12, 2016 |
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Episode #110 – Comics Experience at C2E2
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Mar 16, 2016 |
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Episode #109 – Questions to Ask an Artist
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Mar 01, 2016 |
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Episode #108 – The Impact of Digital on the Comic Book Industry
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Feb 19, 2016 |
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Episode #107 – Giving and Getting Feedback
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Feb 03, 2016 |
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Episode #106 – CE Digital
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Jan 19, 2016 |
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Episode #105 – Planning Your Make Comics Year
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Jan 05, 2016 |
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Episode #104 – 2015 Year In Review
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Dec 16, 2015 |
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Episode #103 – Captions and Continuous Word Balloons
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Dec 03, 2015 |
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Episode #102 – Effectively Using SFX
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Nov 18, 2015 |
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Episode #101 – Make Comics 101
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Nov 03, 2015 |
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Episode #100 – Breaking In
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Oct 13, 2015 |
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BONUS Episode – New York Comic Con Portfolio Reviews & Panels
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Oct 05, 2015 |
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Episode #99 – Comics Experience Publishing
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Sep 15, 2015 |
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Episode #98 – Nicole Boose on Tips for Becoming an Editor
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Sep 01, 2015 |
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Episode #97 – Working in U.S. Comics While Living Abroad
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Aug 12, 2015 |
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Episode #96 – Writers Standing Out and Making Money at Cons
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Jul 27, 2015 |
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Episode #95 – Bad Reviews
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Jul 01, 2015 |