Comics Connection Make Comics Podcast

Have you ever wanted to learn how to make comics like the pros do? Comics Experience's Andy Schmidt gives you the inside information and tips that can help to make you a better comics creator. Andy, the founder of the online comic book school Comics Experience, is a former editor at Marvel Comics and IDW Publishing, as well as a comic book writer and the author of the Eagle Award-winning book, The Insider's Guide to Creating Comics and Graphic Novels, published by Impact Books.

Just go ahead and get together! We get a question this week concerning the merits of working in a group studio or artist collective. Andy and Josh go way back to find examples of how well this can work for the creative process, both in new and established creators.

Have you ever wanted to learn how to make comics like the pros do? Comics Experience's Andy Schmidt gives you the inside information and tips that can help to make you a better comics creator. Andy, the founder of the online comic book school Comics Experience, is a former editor at Marvel Comics and IDW Publishing, as well as a comic book writer and the author of the Eagle Award-winning book, The Insider's Guide to Creating Comics and Graphic Novels, published by Impact Books.

“Its not you, its me.” Its probably not the best way to start the conversation, but what if your creative partnership isnt working out the way you planned? There are all sorts of things to consider in this case, and we do our best to go over a bunch of them from personal to legal, for when it just doesnt feel right anymore.

Have you ever wanted to learn how to make comics like the pros do? Comics Experience's Andy Schmidt gives you the inside information and tips that can help to make you a better comics creator. Andy, the founder of the online comic book school Comics Experience, is a former editor at Marvel Comics and IDW Publishing, as well as a comic book writer and the author of the Eagle Award-winning book, The Insider's Guide to Creating Comics and Graphic Novels, published by Impact Books.

Its a long, hard road, this comics thing. Usually it is, anyway. This week, Josh and Andy are asked how to find the strength to go on. Maybe its not that bad, but when you struggle at this making comics thing for long enough, it can seem endless. Well, youre not alone, and its not really that unusual. We offer our best advice.

Have you ever wanted to learn how to make comics like the pros do? Comics Experience's Andy Schmidt gives you the inside information and tips that can help to make you a better comics creator. Andy, the founder of the online comic book school Comics Experience, is a former editor at Marvel Comics and IDW Publishing, as well as a comic book writer and the author of the Eagle Award-winning book, The Insider's Guide to Creating Comics and Graphic Novels, published by Impact Books.

Dont quit your day job. Is that good advice for an aspiring comics creator? Can you make a living doing this crazy thing? The answer is yes, no, and maybe. Josh and Andy talk about the economics of a career in comics, and what that means to people who are looking to make their way in the industry.

Have you ever wanted to learn how to make comics like the pros do? Comics Experience's Andy Schmidt gives you the inside information and tips that can help to make you a better comics creator. Andy, the founder of the online comic book school Comics Experience, is a former editor at Marvel Comics and IDW Publishing, as well as a comic book writer and the author of the Eagle Award-winning book, The Insider's Guide to Creating Comics and Graphic Novels, published by Impact Books.

If youre going to make your work public, youre going to be subject to criticism. But theres good criticism and bad criticism, and knowing the difference of which kind to listen to, including your own, is a major tool in your development as a creator.

Have you ever wanted to learn how to make comics like the pros do? Comics Experience's Andy Schmidt gives you the inside information and tips that can help to make you a better comics creator. Andy, the founder of the online comic book school Comics Experience, is a former editor at Marvel Comics and IDW Publishing, as well as a comic book writer and the author of the Eagle Award-winning book, The Insider's Guide to Creating Comics and Graphic Novels, published by Impact Books.

All the work and practice and scripting and art in the world, no matter how good it is, cant stand up to the fatal blow of a bad pitch. In this episode, Josh and Andy talk about what goes into a good pitch for a comic book, whether it be as a writer, or a series to a publisher.

Have you ever wanted to learn how to make comics like the pros do? Comics Experience's Andy Schmidt gives you the inside information and tips that can help to make you a better comics creator. Andy, the founder of the online comic book school Comics Experience, is a former editor at Marvel Comics and IDW Publishing, as well as a comic book writer and the author of the Eagle Award-winning book, The Insider's Guide to Creating Comics and Graphic Novels, published by Impact Books.

People talk about making comics all the time, but mostly theyre talking about plotting, scripting, drawing, inking, coloring, lettering and all that. But what about after youve got the pages done? How do you get it printed? What do you need to print a comic book? How about files? There are a lot of questions, and we try to set you straight, or at least in the right direction.

Have you ever wanted to learn how to make comics like the pros do? Comics Experience's Andy Schmidt gives you the inside information and tips that can help to make you a better comics creator. Andy, the founder of the online comic book school Comics Experience, is a former editor at Marvel Comics and IDW Publishing, as well as a comic book writer and the author of the Eagle Award-winning book, The Insider's Guide to Creating Comics and Graphic Novels, published by Impact Books.