Making Comics

This week, we visit with Scott Serkland (Young and the Dead) and talk about getting clarity on present and future writing priorities (4:00), sound effects for a book (10:40), and the excitement of a new start for a new comic (19:00) before we have a creative round table (34:00), including why comics inspire us, (49:00).

This week, we give a recap of Phoenix Fan Fusion (3:00), covering behind the scenes logistics and exhibit hall energy (14:10), and a few stories from the table (28:00), then discuss lettering (39:00), gaining clarity on future projects (42:20), and finding time to thumbnail a story (50:30).

This week, we talk about finishing scripts (3:00), running story opinions by fellow creators (13:20), hitting the due date on a commission (21:30), choosing a future project (24:45), giving writing notes (34:15), and the magic of comic art (53:00).

This week, we talk about bringing a future idea into a present story (3:00), Adding a last-minute page to a comic and finalizing a cover (13:50), remembering your most important audience (23:15), surprise additions to a project (32:20), and thinking through your projects to design a near-term release schedule (38:15).

This week, we talk about problem-solving a cover with a lot of characters (3:30), taking the best pieces of different cover treatments to build covers (19:00), forcing your way through a story problem (35:20), generating ideas for an anthology (42:15), and getting the courage to make a major project "final" (52:00).