Comics Are Great! 72 – Living Well On Less with C. Spike Trotman and Laurianne Uy

Finances, Poorcraft, Polterguys, Mini-Comics, and more! The hard fact of it is, few people make a ton of money at this comics jazz. And while we’ve talked about creating various streams of income in past shows, we’ve yet to talk about how to get more out of less of our financial resources! We’re joined this [...]

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Comics Are Great! 70 – Skype Author Visits with Stephen McCranie

Author visits, marketing your book, Mal and Chad, and more! Whether you’re self-publishing or working with a publisher, a cold hard reality we cartoonists face is getting the word out about your book. This time I’m joined by author Stephen McCranie for a discussion on how he used a special promotion on his site offering [...]

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The Comics Industry has many discrete worlds, so what are you gonna do about it?

The Comics Industry has many discrete worlds, so what are you gonna do about it? http://stuffsaidshow.com/?p=543 A really fun and relaxed discussion with +Dave Roman on the latest episode of the Stuff Said podcast. Tons of great stuff nested in this casual conversation about Dave's career, but one of my big takeaways was something that Dave [...]

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If you make comics, you have all the skills you need to get yourself "out t…

If you make comics, you have all the skills you need to get yourself "out there." Many of us visual storytellers choose this line because it affords us the ability to hold up in a studio, away from the public. But more and more it seems that being a professional artist means getting one's self [...]

Comics Are Great! 60 – Getting Your Comics into Libraries with Erin Helmrich

Topics: Find new audiences through libraries, publishing, and self-promotion Many of us agree that web publishing is a terrific way to build an audience for your comic, graphic novel, or comic strip. It’s an easy, low-risk way for audiences to try before they buy. And the same is true for getting your books into libraries! [...]

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KCR! 01 – Book Launch Parties with Raina Telgemeier

Kids’ Comics Revolution is go! Dave Roman and Jerzy Drozd have teamed up to create a series of audio shows connecting the worlds of comics, graphic novels, and kid lit. The series will feature interviews with and contributions by the people who help make the kids’ visual storytelling landscape a better place for all involved. [...]

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Comics Are Great! 56 – Mark Waid

It’s a spirited talk about the future of comics publishing and storytelling opportunities available in digital comics this time, as I’m joined by comics legend Mark Waid. Using his new project Thrillbent as a starting point, we explore how digital publishing and web culture are challenging us to re-think 20th Century ideas of publishing and [...]

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Comics Are Great! 55 – Who Needs Flying Cars?

Digital comics in libraries. Comics textbooks in schools. Has the utopian future finally arrived? I’m joined this week by Eli Neiburger of the Ann Arbor District Library and Josh Elder of Reading With Pictures for a talk on the future of digital delivery and licensing in regards to comics. Josh’s new venture, the iVerse Media [...]

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Comics Are Great! 17 – Marketing is Just Talking to Dudes

Facebook, Twitter, and now Google+ are the easy solution to finding success as a cartoonist, right? Just post about your stuff and the audience will come (with money)! We all know it’s not that simple, and I’m grateful to have two super-smart cartoonists on the show to navigate through the confusing labyrinth of choices and [...]

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Thunder Punch Daily 130 – Characterizing Successful Cartoonists

Today I share a Non-List (™Rob Stenzinger) of qualities I find in most of the cartoonists you might define as “successful”. Do successful cartoonists think differently than others? If so, can we learn to think that way? Do I answer these questions in a prioritized, recipe-style manner? Can you guess the answer to that? Links [...]

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