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
#173 – Target Demos, Plan Sales Strategy BEFORE Creating the Comic? Or the Other Way Around?
When creating your comic, should you target the demo, sales and marketing strategy BEFORE creating the comic? Or the other way around? Heather and Jim tackle this listener question!
00:38:06 |
Thu 09 May 2019
#172 – Convention Behavior
Con season has kicked off! Heather and Joey talk con tips for talking to editors, other creators, portfolio reviews, and making the most out of your con interactions.
00:30:15 |
Fri 19 Apr 2019
#171 – What Streaming TV Can Teach Us About Story Formats
Jim and Joey talk about different formats in comics and how to think about what format is right for your story. They talk about how Marvel’s streaming shows on Netflix and movies like Polar adapted f…
00:26:51 |
Wed 27 Mar 2019
#170 – The Pros & Cons of Tabling Versus Walking Around at Cons
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 se…
00:37:41 |
Thu 14 Feb 2019
#169 – Things You Might Not Have Thought About When Marketing Your Comic
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 Gibbon…
00:28:24 |
Tue 29 Jan 2019
#168 – Reilly Brown on Digital Comics and Vertical Scrolling
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 comi…
00:36:23 |
Mon 07 Jan 2019
#167 – Why Kickstarter for Your Comic
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 pu…
00:31:38 |
Fri 28 Dec 2018
#166 – Tips on Hiring a Freelance Editor
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!
00:28:56 |
Tue 04 Dec 2018
#165 – Scheduling Your Time
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 s…
00:18:55 |
Tue 20 Nov 2018
#164 – Finding the Humanity in Superheroes
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 Kickst…
00:30:48 |
Wed 07 Nov 2018
#163 – Setting Goals for Your Comics Project
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.
00:28:24 |
Mon 29 Oct 2018
#162 – Anthology Pitching
What goes into an anthology pitch? Jim Gibbons talks about how to make sure your story is suited to an anthology, if it’s a complete story and more, including his time editing the anthology series Da…
00:29:45 |
Thu 11 Oct 2018
#161 – Portfolios and Talent Scouting with Will Robson
Artist Will Robson (Typhoid Fever: X-Men, Spider-Man/Deadpool, Star Lord) talks about his portfolio goals over the years, getting hired by Marvel and working with editors like Heather Antos. Heather …
00:39:27 |
Thu 27 Sep 2018
#160 – Parenting and Comics
Nicole Boose talks parenting and comic-ing. How kids affect our approach to making comics, principles for managing your time, defining and adjusting goals, and mixing working from home and childcare.
00:38:10 |
Tue 11 Sep 2018
#159 – Don’t Let Social Media Get You Down
Why bother with social media if there’s so much negativity? When DO you read the comments? And why do we create in the first place? Heather Antos talks Social Media blackouts & blocklists, along with…
00:22:00 |
Tue 28 Aug 2018
#158 – What Editors Need to Sell Your Book
Editors need few different things to get your book approved, including you having the basics of a good portfolio with examples of your work, finished work, a good pitch document… and more! Jim Gibbon…
00:41:15 |
Wed 15 Aug 2018
#157 – Character Core Values and Continuity
In work-for-hire work situations character core values and the passing of time might not always be in sync with continuity. Heather Antos talks about thinking about and creating towards a character’s…
00:24:05 |
Wed 01 Aug 2018
Episode #156 – Defining Professional Boundaries with Nicole Boose
Defining boundaries: Making clear decisions about what you are and are not willing or able to do, and communicating them effectively.
00:28:26 |
Thu 19 Jul 2018
Episode #155 – There is No Right Contract with Jim Gibbons
Jim Gibbons talks about contracts, and thinking about contracts for your comics career in the present and future. All related to your comics goals, along with some basketball metaphors thrown in.
00:33:42 |
Thu 05 Jul 2018
Episode #154 – Licensed Properties with Heather Antos
Heather Antos (Star Wars, Deadpool, Gwenpool) talks licensed properties, including storytelling with scheduling, working with a license holder and more.
00:30:38 |
Tue 19 Jun 2018
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