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Comics Connection Make Comics Podcast

Summary: 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.

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 #170 – The Pros & Cons of Tabling Versus Walking Around at Cons | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 37:41

Writer and Editor Heather Antos talks about the pros and cons of walking around at comic convention versus tabling, things to consider when you’re making that decision like if you have new work to sell, how to talk to a potential customer and turn them into a new reader, and her experiences from both sides of the table.

 #170 – The Pros & Cons of Tabling Versus Walking Around at Cons | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 37:41

Writer and Editor Heather Antos talks about the pros and cons of walking around at comic convention versus tabling, things to consider when you’re making that decision like if you have new work to sell, how to talk to a potential customer and turn them into a new reader, and her experiences from both sides of the table.

 #169 – Things You Might Not Have Thought About When Marketing Your Comic | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:24

Selling your comic to a publisher, then retailers, then readers, or selling directly to readers digitally, or a crowdfunding platform… whatever route you go, you need to market your comic. Jim Gibbons talks about comics marketing pitfalls and planning.

 #169 – Things You Might Not Have Thought About When Marketing Your Comic | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:24

Selling your comic to a publisher, then retailers, then readers, or selling directly to readers digitally, or a crowdfunding platform… whatever route you go, you need to market your comic. Jim Gibbons talks about comics marketing pitfalls and planning.

 #168 – Reilly Brown on Digital Comics and Vertical Scrolling | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 36:23

Reilly Brown (Deadpool, Spider-Man, Lobo) talks about his process and approach on Outrage, his Webtoons webcomic that scrolls vertically, digital comics, print comics, and the business of making comics.

 #168 – Reilly Brown on Digital Comics and Vertical Scrolling | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 36:23

Reilly Brown (Deadpool, Spider-Man, Lobo) talks about his process and approach on Outrage, his Webtoons webcomic that scrolls vertically, digital comics, print comics, and the business of making comics.

 #167 – Why Kickstarter for Your Comic | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 31:38

Fresh off her Comics Experience micro course, Heather Antos talks about WHY Kickstarter could be a fit for your comic, how to think about planning your campaign, and what to think about before you push “go.”

 #167 – Why Kickstarter for Your Comic | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 31:38

Fresh off her Comics Experience micro course, Heather Antos talks about WHY Kickstarter could be a fit for your comic, how to think about planning your campaign, and what to think about before you push “go.”

 #166 – Tips on Hiring a Freelance Editor | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:56

Nicole Boose (Marvel, Millarworld, freelance) shares five tips for hiring a freelance editor for your comics project. Goals, roles and convos to get your project moving!

 #166 – Tips on Hiring a Freelance Editor | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:56

Nicole Boose (Marvel, Millarworld, freelance) shares five tips for hiring a freelance editor for your comics project. Goals, roles and convos to get your project moving!

 #165 – Scheduling Your Time | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 18:55

Jim Gibbons talks about scheduling for each step of the comics-making process, and really sitting down and doing the math. Working on creator-owned, work-for-hire, whatever your project, planning a schedule for/with your team is key to making deadlines.

 #165 – Scheduling Your Time | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 18:55

Jim Gibbons talks about scheduling for each step of the comics-making process, and really sitting down and doing the math. Working on creator-owned, work-for-hire, whatever your project, planning a schedule for/with your team is key to making deadlines.

 #164 – Finding the Humanity in Superheroes | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:47

Heather Antos talks about finding the humanity in superheroes, including her experience at Marvel with Deadpool and Gwenpool. And a preview of Heather’s 11/09/19 Comics Experience micro course Kickstarting YOUR comics.

 #164 – Finding the Humanity in Superheroes | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:47

Heather Antos talks about finding the humanity in superheroes, including her experience at Marvel with Deadpool and Gwenpool. And a preview of Heather’s 11/09/19 Comics Experience micro course Kickstarting YOUR comics.

 #163 – Setting Goals for Your Comics Project | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:24

What do you want? What are the steps do you need to get there? Are you willing to deal with the downsides? All this and more in setting your goals for a comics project.

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