Episodes
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This week, we discuss brainstorming a special cover (3:00), when multi-issue storylines mess with trade paperback continuity (12:30), when a craft lesson resonates with you (30:30), finalizing a cover (36:00), tackling a story idea that's been on the backburner (43:40), and getting in the right headspace to give feedback (46:30).
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This week, we talk about finishing the art for a comic project full of twists and turns (3:00), getting the creativity you can out of feeling under the weather (20:40), Free Comic Book Day (29:15), finalizing a cover for a future project (37:00), and how the details matter (51:30).
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Missing episodes?
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This week, we recap the LA Times Festival of Books (3:30), rethinking a key splash page (13:40), when the "pantser" method of writing goes wrong (24:20), and thinking ahead for a 2026 project (35:30).
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This week, we talk about regaining your artistic rhythm (4:40), expanding your craft through study and mimicry (10:45), understanding the essence of your influences (21:00), writing to understand what you're writing (35:40), and formatting nightmares (49:15).
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This week, Jim Lujan (The Full Fungus) joins us (Go watch the Full Fungus)! We talk about repurposing archived material (4:20), working with a printer to meet key dates (11:30), the excitement of starting a new project (21:45), the role music plays in projects (28:30), how improvisation connects different creative forms (54:30), and the feeling when you finish an ambitious project (59:20).
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This week, we talk about finishing production work on an anthology title (4:15), a record week of reading (19:40), using the SLAC method to finish a story (28:45), designing the mystery in your story (37:30), and a discussion on creation and commerce (50:20)
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This week, we begin with a recap of WonderCon (5:20) and discuss convention do's and don'ts (20:25), then talk about coloring pages (42:00) and when subgenres break formula (45:10).
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This week, we sit down with Scott Serkland (The Young and the Dead) to give big picture thoughts on AZCAF (3:15), the right amount of information to share on upcoming projects (17:00), and craft versus promotion (37:15), among other topics.
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This week, we talk about found footage when it comes to comics (3:20), knowing the right amount of work and detail for talk-heavy pages (21:50), getting a book back from the printer (28:50), when crowdfunding campaigns offer pleasant surprises (34:45), when the universe does strange things (45:45), and stages of cover assembly (53:20).
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This week, we discuss the framing of an unorthodox story (3:10), the challenges some background elements provide (13:30), how changing POV can make a story smoother (25:00), and managing your crowdfunding campaign mid-stream (33:15).
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This week, we discuss rarities you can include in your crowdfunding (3:00), a different kind of convention (12:00), making free stuff work for you (17:25), densely paneled pages (26:20), taking the first swing at a change in story structure (35:40), a conversation with a colorist (45:00), and the decision in staking a claim on a story idea (51:25).
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This week, we welcome Gary Hodges (D vs. M) and discuss editing an anthology (5:20) and naming conventions for the volumes of your work (9:15) before we open up the conversation on story structure (17:00), keeping the energy of a rough version in later versions (35:00), the rhythm / music of stories (51:50), and more!
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This week, we discuss the maddening part of PDF assembly (5:55), the maddening part of PDF formatting (12:00), making a future editing promise to yourself (24:30), settling in to those productive moments (30:25), the right level of detail and quality for books within your story (37:45), finding the right format for your story (48:00), and stylistic choices for voiceover text (55:10).
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This week, we discuss character references for your story (5:00), staying on an artist pace for interior pages (16:00), continuity among your comics (26:40), riding a creative wave when it happens (32:45), working through a coloring style (38:45), before we get into the main topic: the hand-drawn element of logos and lettering (45:30).
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This week, we talk about drawing a Kickstarter backer into artwork (2:30), locating yourself on the learning curve (13:00), putting the promotional work into your crowdfunding (25:20), when PDF formatting goes wrong (28:15), when a workshop tells you something you didn't see (36:30), working on a letters column (46:50), and getting the complete art to Keith's superhero story (53:45), which he actually names! Then Scott reveals the secret project (63:00) he's been working on!
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This week, we go behind the scenes filming a crowdfunding video (3:10), working to an aggressive deadline for completing art (11:15), restarting a story draft before you had planned to (19:30), redefining creative success (24:00), finding the right amount of research for your story (39:00) and being the "last hand" on a book before it goes to press (48:20).
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This week, we talk about how aggressive pace-setting goals help (4:45), writer's block (15:00), a change in the setting of a story that changed the story itself (22:45), how bonus content for a comic matters (31:15), tracking down comic scripts to aid craft research (40:00), and reading a first draft at a high level to target edits (47:30).
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This week, we talk about the home stretch of a commission (3:30), finalizing the first draft of a story (12:30), making inks and flats one process when doing pages (20:15), changing the method of telling for a series of short stories (31:10), and the giant story structures that drive us (41:10).
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This week, we discuss turning a change in the colorist for a project (4:00), close editing of those lines of dialogue that really matter (9:40), coloring techniques (19:00), learning with purpose (27:15), and getting back a bunch of art for upcoming projects (35:20) before we share our 2025 goals (45:20).
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This week, we welcome Arthur Ebuen (@alifornia, Inc.) to the podcast and talk about creating something new in a late-stage edit (4:10), knocking the drawing rust off (13:00), and lettering and scripting an issue (18:00) before we talk craft with Art, including the preparation involved in approaching an artist (23:00), world building for a comic series (33:50), and staying true to your vision (43:00).
The California, Inc Kickstarter : https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/artebuen/california-inc-1-4-the-complete-series?ref=discovery&term=california%20inc&total_hits=7&category_id=250
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