Comics Experience Podcast
The Comics Experience podcast provides ~15 minutes of advice per episode on all aspects of creating comics and breaking in to the industry.
- Update frequency
- every 15 days
- Average duration
- 29 minutes
- Episodes
- 200
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
#232 – Comics Coloring Basics
Andy and Joey and talk comics coloring basics. Ways to approach the page, coloring notes, creative team planning with your creative team during the planning stages, and more!
00:24:46 |
Wed 17 Nov 2021
#231 – Budgeting and Payments with Crowdfunded Comics
Andy and Joey talk about crowdfunded comics planning including budgeting, compensation for collaborators and professionals, “long-term money-making,” if one-person/a publisher is financing the projec…
00:32:29 |
Tue 09 Nov 2021
#230 – NYCC 2021 and Cons During Covid Takeaways
Andy talks about getting ready for and going to New York City Comic Con during Covid. How he planned, what it was like with less bigger name publishers around, and how the show was for him and creato…
00:33:55 |
Fri 22 Oct 2021
#229 – Designing Pages and Grids with Gannon Beck
Writer & artist Gannon Beck (Space Corps) talks about designing pages including using 9 and 16 panel grids, what he’s learned from newspaper comic strips and a 4 panel grid. Gannon also talks about u…
00:28:43 |
Fri 01 Oct 2021
#228 – Fiction and Non-Fiction Stories
Andy and Joey talk about approaches to writing fiction and non-fiction stories, including when a story might not have a “structure”, being honest in the telling, and trying to deconstruct story endin…
00:29:47 |
Fri 17 Sep 2021
#227 – Writing Solicitations for Retailers and Readers
Andy and Joey talk about writing solicitation copy for retailers and readers and thinking about what audience you’re communicating with, and what you want that audience to do. Consistent messaging an…
00:34:18 |
Fri 30 Jul 2021
#226 – From Pitch to First Issue with Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Phillip Kennedy Johnson (Superman, Action Comics, Alien) talks about taking your comics ideas to pitches including his July 31st Comics Experience Master Seminar, how his script writing has evolved o…
00:35:14 |
Thu 15 Jul 2021
#225 – Kickstarting Your Comic with Lewelin Polanco, Greg Tjsovold and Steve Urena
Kickstarting your comic with Lewelin Polanco (Astro & Inez: La Novela), Greg Tjosvold (The Lump Sum Saga), and Steve Urena (Zombie Date Night). Three different creators share what they’ve learned mak…
01:07:08 |
Tue 29 Jun 2021
#224 – Writing Shared Universes with Fred Van Lente
Fred Van Lente (Marvel, Valiant, Archie) joins Andy and Joey to talk about writing for a shared universe. Fred shares his experiences writing for comics publishers including last-minute curveballs, b…
00:39:48 |
Thu 17 Jun 2021
#223 – CEX Publishing
Andy Schmidt talks about CEX Publishing, the new publishing imprint from Comics Experience. Andy discusses what led to adding publishing to the CE family, the creator-owned approach, getting comics t…
00:41:48 |
Wed 02 Jun 2021
#222 – Financial Realities and Comics Success with Jim Gibbons
Jim Gibbons (Dark Horse Comics, Image Comics) talks with Joey about longevity, pay in comics, costs to make single and multiple issues, different revenue streams, how to think about “success” in maki…
00:47:36 |
Wed 19 May 2021
#221 – Lettering Comics with Sean Rinehart
Sean Rinehart joins Joey to talk about lettering comics, including what led him to comics, how to think about how to efficiently and clearly convey lettering information to your letterer, and setting…
00:26:00 |
Wed 05 May 2021
#220 – Writing Endings and Collaborating on Horror (and Other Genres) with Rich Douek
Rich Douek (SEA OF SORROWS, ROAD OF BONES, SUPERMAN: RED AND BLUE) talks about writing endings in horror (and other genres) and working with collaborators. Rich talks about page turns, issue endings,…
00:25:04 |
Mon 19 Apr 2021
#219 – Perspective and Environments with Phillip Sevy
Phillip Sevy (Triage, The House, Tomb Raider & more!) joins Andy and Joey to talk about perspective and environments in art. Phillip shares his perspective going from artist to student to portfolio r…
00:33:15 |
Fri 12 Mar 2021
#218 – What You Can Learn from Event Comics
Event comics! Worlds will change! Nothing will ever be the same! You will learn collaboration skills and working towards the best outcome for your story goals! Andy and Joey talk about the skills eve…
00:31:47 |
Fri 26 Feb 2021
#217 – Writing Solicitations for Your Comic with Paul Allor
Paul Allor (Hollow Heart, G.I. Joe) talks about writing solicitations for your comic, including what stage of the process to write, thinking about solicitations for different issues, and the overall …
00:19:18 |
Thu 18 Feb 2021
#216 – What Makes a Story
Andy and Joey talk story basics, what are the ingredients of a story, how we see/hear stories daily, and how to apply storytelling elements to making your comics. Plus an upcoming CE Masterclass reve…
00:26:15 |
Mon 25 Jan 2021
#215 – Thinking About How and Why You Use Social Media
Andy and Joey talk about how and why they use social media in general and for making comics, including Andy starting a personal Twitter account, thinking about why people might be reading your social…
00:32:02 |
Mon 11 Jan 2021
#214 – Productivity
Andy and Joey share how they try to manage their time making comics and the other hours in the day, including prioritizing, goal making and reviewing goals, making progress, exercise, and more.
00:56:11 |
Tue 29 Dec 2020
#213 – What We Learned in 2020 with Andy Schmidt
Joey and Andy discuss the impact of Covid-19, 9 months in and showing few signs of abating–the impact on the supply chain, retailers and creators.
00:25:39 |
Tue 15 Dec 2020
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