Storriors:

Scott Serkland

Roger Langridge

Jonathan Rector

George Ward

Rob Stenzinger

Michael Jahhdog

Bob Learned

Links mentioned:

King-Cat

Ted Seko

Jim Lujan

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The role of branding and getting the word out about projects from your own experiences (Social media, forums, Deviant Art, Livejournal, Tumblr, etc). What works for you and why? Are there any best practices you’ve found for yourselves, and any warnings of behavior that has turned you off from others’ works in the past?

We go around the table to get everyone’s take on this, ranging from the role of networking at conventions, video streaming your art day, to making apps and epub editions of your work for tablet devices. Some terrific insights and strategies shared by the stellar roundtable of Storriors:

• Zach Bosteel
• Rob Stenzinger
• Jonathan Rector
• Emily Gillis
• Kim Holm

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Dani Jones’ iPhone-ready website tutorial
• Scirbbles with Jonothan
• Rob’s Guitar Fretter App
• Rob Worley’s Scratch 9 comic

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The roundtable of Art & Story forum members this time includes:

• Charlie Harper
• Bob Learned
• Trevor Kent
• George Ward
• Dave Anderson
• Zach Bosteel
• Robert May
• and returning in his role as co-host, Krishna Sadasivam!

We end with a whole mess of book recommendations for you:

• How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way
• The Skillful Huntsman: Visual Development of a Grimm Tale at Art Center College of Design
• The DC Comics Guide to Digitally Drawing Comics
• Perfect 10: Writing and Producing the 10-Minute Play
• Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
• Panel Discussions: Design in Sequential Art Storytelling
• Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels
• Layout and Composition for Animation
• The Insider’s Guide To Creating Comics And Graphic Novels

And some website resources to add to your list!

• Freddie H. Williams III’s YouTube vids
• ImagineFX Anatomy Workshop Compilation
• Perspective Made Easy
• Seventh Sanctum

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It’s a pretty big and energetic round table, including:

• Rene van Belzen
• Kim Holm
• Bob Learned
• Kasey Van Hise
• Trevor Kent
• Zach Bosteel
• Peter Palmiotti
• Robert Stenzinger
• Jahh Dog
• Calmplex
• George Ward

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Our main topic comes by way of Storrior Mark Harmon:

I’d like to hear opinions about the legality of drawing and selling licensed characters that are not owned by the artist selling them.

We close out the discussion with some hopes and resolutions for 2010.

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Some of the links mentioned in this episode:

• FREE: The Future of a Radical Price, by Chris Anderson
• Our Switch Runners Preorder Sale is still going!
• Copyright.com
• Fundamentals of Copyright (iTunes link)

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From Collin Lenzen: Maybe a little talk about after the comic: Where and how to sell the thing. How to promote it.

From Jon David Guerra: What about tips on doing Covers?

And finally, from BoSteel and Ryan Dow: An article about the Inner Whining Artist by Mark McGuinness

We’re joined as always by co-host Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed. Ryan Dow of Introspective Comics also shows up in the audio to lend a few insights.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• The Switch Runners Preorder sale
• New items in our Zazzle store
• Jerzy’s upcoming appearance at The Miami Book Fair – November 13-15
• Our upcoming appearance at the Detroit Urban Craft Fair – November 21
• Tracy Williams’ excellent comic, Goodbye Chains
• Gerimi Burleigh of Optic House

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We start with a report on the Alternative Press Expo from friend of the show Javier Hernandez. This spirals out to a bit of a mini-topic on conventions and what it takes to keep one’s spirits up when tabling at a show.

From there we take on a topic suggested by Mark Harmon: I want to know how many artists out there tend to draw for our peers more than our audience.

We close out this episode with a topic sent in by Jon David Guerra: What about lettering speech patterns & accents? Should you do it or let the reader create it in their heads.

We’re joined as always by co-host Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed. Ryan Dow of Introspective Comics also shows up in the audio to lend a few insights.

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After a brief report from Ryan Dow on his experience at 24-hour comic day, we tackle a topic proposed by Collin Lenzen: Alternatives to simply displaying a full comic page online. (Full pages online can seem too small to read.) Pros and Cons of displaying fewer panels (but larger panels) at once on screen.

We then briefly talk a bit about motion comics, offering our opinion that perhaps they should be called animatics instead.

We’re joined as always by co-host Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Ghettomation-new episode this week!
• Audra Furuichi’s Compeito comics
• Get Clicky webstats
• Scott McCloud’s Google Chrome Comic
• Issuu – an interesting web publishing platform
• Matt Munn’s Zed Reckoning
• Sara Turner’s latest mini-comic!
• Comic Book Fonts, where we purchased the Joe Kubert font
• Mark will be appearing at APE this month!

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First we tackle a topic presented by Storrior BoSteel: The Big Niche Market. What if what you wanna tell IS a super hero story? How do you get a piece of that market?

From there we take on a question posed by Shawn Robare of Branded in the 80s: Script detail vs. Tone – Is sacrificing details in the script worth it to convey an appropriate tone. For example, an inker laying some some heavy blacks to show dread & darkness at the cost of losing some penciled/scripted details.

We’re joined as always by co-host Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed.

Links mentioned:

• Mark’s book WAR is available for pre-order
• John Rozum’s post about his script for The Web
• The pencils by Derenick
• The inks by Bill Sienkiewicz
• The Saturday Supercast, featuring multi-part deconstructions of cartoon series like He-Man and the Masters of the Universe and G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
• Branded in the 80s will be posting daily updates in its yearly countdown to halloween

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From Sean Cooke: Maybe the difference/mindset between digital file creation and tangible finals? I know you and Mark both do it differently, right?

From Mark Harmon: Maybe this could be a small side topic, but, what about exercise so we don’t get fat sitting at the desk all day.

From Ryan Dow: How about repeating yourself for a topic? The more I make comics, the more I find myself repeating the same themes and tropes, even when I don’t realize it. Is this something to watch out for as it might bore an audience or is it a natural part of your voice?

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Links mentioned:

• Mark Rudolph will be at APE next month
• Mark’s book WAR is available for pre-order
• Krishna’s book Rebootus Maximus is available on his site
• The Art & Story Studio tour is now available on our video podcast site!

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We then throw out a resource link (courtesy of Storrior Mark Harmon), namely Bags Unlimited, which spirals us off on a discussion of packaging products.

We’re joined as always by co-host Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed. Ryan Dow of Introspective Comics also makes an appearance.

Links mentioned:

• Mark Rudolph will be at APE next month
• Mark’s book WAR is available for pre-order
• Krishna’s book Rebootus Maximus is available on his site
• Ghettomation, the podcast for DIY animators
• Audioboo
• Etsy

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From Adam Hayes, asking about starting up a freelancing career while in school.
From Zach Bosteel, who brings up some points about some recent discussions we’ve had about the rumored Apple tablet device and what it means for us cartoonists.

We’re joined as always by co-host Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed. This episode also features the return of Kim Holm of Cartoonarchy, and Ryan Dow of Introspective Comics.

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We move on from that to talk about some interesting prose collections containing comics as well. We mention a New York Times book review by Alison Bechdel done entirely in comics form, then discuss The Book of Other People, edited by Zadie Smith, and State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America By Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey.

After that we spend a few minutes on the new G.I. Joe: Resolute series airing on Adult Swim in an attempt to figure out whether aging up franchises like the Joes is a good thing or a bad thing.

The last half of the show is spent on discussing a topic provided by Thomas James, specifically the difference in style and detail between cover and interior art in our comics publications.

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From Dungeon Warden: I’m also interested in Kid vs Adult webcomics.  Is it a good idea to push the limits of good taste or should comics be for everyone? I fear my comic is too middle of the road, neither for kids nor violent enough for adults.  What are your thoughts on this?

We then take on at topic proposed indirectly by Matt Munn, who was twittering about the ups and downs that face a cartoonists’ morale.

I’m joined as always by irreplaceable co-host Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed. We’re also graced in the audio by Joshua Kemble of the Big Illustration Party Time podcast. Matt Munn of Zed Reckoning shows up as well, and we have some wonderful conversations about why we spend the time we do on comics, and how we keep our spirits up.

We’re joined in the chat by Dungeon Warden, Lauren Tozer-Kilts, Diana Nock, Vincent Bömer, Kevin Cross, Henr1k, Jim Lujan, Gerimi, Cetriya, Gamegeezer, PandoraFiles, and Largopredator. As always, if I forgot anyone, or if I neglected to link to your website, please email me, and I’ll add it to the show notes.

Links mentioned in this episode:
• Stumptown, at which the Big Illustration Party Time guys will be exhibiting! Check them out at table #28!
• Justice League America #50, from which I did an inspirational reading

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From Vincent Bömer: Have you guys ever saved stories for later cause you felt like your artwork at that time wouldn’t do it justice?

From cetriya: how about other design elements that a lot of artists ignore? like type, logo, title type and other such things?

From Stephanie: A friend of mine calls action lines in comics “cheap cop-outs”. Thoughts?

We’re joined in audio (sporadically, thanks to technical difficulties) by special guest Sara Turner, my partner on Make Like A Tree Comics and one half of the Cricket Press team. We’re also visited in the audio by Ryan Dow of Introspective Comics. And, as always, we’re joined in the audio by intrepid co-host Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed.

We’re joined in the chat by Matt Munn, Dungeon Warden, Stephanie, Tony Piro, Lauren Tozer-Kilts, Scott and Audra of nemu*nemu, Diana Nock, Vincent Bömer, Mark California, Cameron Callahan, and Largopredator. As always, if I forgot anyone, or if I neglected to link to your website, please email me, and I’ll add it to the show notes.

Links mentioned in this episode:
• Kuler
• Helvetica, a documentary on the history of the font
• Silver and the Periodic Forces, a comic created by Sara Turner and myself

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As always, we’re joined in the audio by indispensable co-host Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed.

We’re joined in the chat by Matt Munn, Dungeon Warden, Stephanie, Tony Piro, Lauren Tozer-Kilts, Kim Holm, Scott and Audra of nemu*nemu, Jamais, Diana Nock, Steal This Comic, Joe Hills, Cameron Callahan, and Largopredator. As always, if I forgot anyone, or if I neglected to link to your website, please email me, and I’ll add it to the show notes.

Topics selected for this episode, including the ones we didn’t get to this week, can be found in our topics Google doc.

Links mentioned in this episode:
• Clear Bags – get multi-sized bags and boards for your mini-comics!
• Tim Hengeveld’s comic Alison is now available for pre-order as part of the Side B anthology, as is a piece by Josh Kemble! Use the order code APR090973 to pre-order from Diamond’s Previews Catalog!

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We’re joined in the chat by Joshua Kemble, Jim Lujan, Dungeon Warden, Jarmo, Gerimi Burleigh, Lauren Tozer-Kilts, Kim Holm, Ryan Dow, Kevin Decker, Jamais, and Largopredator. As always, if I forgot anyone, or if I neglected to link to your website, please email me, and I’ll add it to the show notes.

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This week we talk about strategies to avoid “hitting the wall” creatively, a topic suggested by Kim Holm. We discuss the virtues of reading a lot, keeping lots of sketchbooks handy, and having a “morgue” for your unfinished ideas as a means to cannibalize them for future projects.

We close out the episode with a brief discussion of a topic provided by Lauren Tozer-Kilts, namely: How do you get better at drawing hands? We mention a few great books worth checking out, linked below.

I’m joined as always by dependable co-host Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed, as well as Sally Scott.

We’re joined in the chat by Jim Lujan, Dungeon Warden, Kevin Cross, DannoStaplegenius, Gerimi Burleigh, Lauren Tozer-Kilts, Kim Holm, Largopredator, Matt Munn, and Diana Nock. As always, if I forgot anyone, or if I neglected to link to your website, please email me, and I’ll add it to the show notes.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Big Illustration Party Time, the definitive podcast for freelance illustrators!
• Webcomics Weekend–don’t forget to look for Krishna there!
• Kids Read Comics! Convention.

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We’re joined as always by intrepid co-host Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed, as well as Ryan Dow of Introspective Comics, and the Big Illustration Party Time hosts Josh Kemble and Kevin Cross.

We’re joined in the chat by Jim Lujan, Dungeon Warden, Javier Hernandez, Kim Holm, Largopredator, Matt Munn, Planobarryb, and Palookapress. As always, if I forgot anyone, or if I neglected to link to your website, please email me, and I’ll add it to the show notes.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Big Illustration Party Time
• Kids Read Comics Convention
• Shawn Robare’s review of Watchmen
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MarkCalifornia showed up to share his experience at WonderCon this year. The headline? Bigger crowds than ever before. Check out photos at MarkCalifornia’s Wondercon Flickr Set.

We’re also joined by Javier Hernandez of the Javiland podcast, who shares his philosophy on exhibiting and why we should.

Ryan Dow of Introspective Comics chimed in with some excellent thoughts on the mindset one might consider when attending conventions.

We close it out with a report on MegaCon by beloved co-host Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed. Krishna has posted photos and thoughts on the event on his PC Weenies Blog.

We’re joined in the chat by Kevin Cross of Big Illustration Party Time, DrunkenFools, Jim Lujan, Dungeon Warden, Ted Seko, Kim Holm, Diana Nock, Largopredator, Jamais, Kaiki, Sketchmonster, Thomas James, and Tim Fischer. As always, if I forgot anyone, or if I neglected to link to your website, please email me, and I’ll add it to the show notes.

Links mentioned in this episode:
• Javiland, episode 13
• The sale on Ryan Dow’s Weekends With Carl trade paperback–enter the coupon code “ARTANDSTORY” to get $2 off! How cool is that?
• WonderCon
• MegaCon
• San Diego Comic Con
• Motor City Comic Con
• Alternative Press Expo
• MoCCA Art Festival
• Wizard World Chicago
• The first episode of my Comic Book Academy video podcast

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From Jarmo: I’m creating my first superheros & villains for a project of mine. I would like to hear about experiences and peoples processes of creating one…

From Thomas James : How about the difference in style and detail between cover and interior art?

From Javier Hernandez : Howzabout “Expectations from publishing”. Actually taken from your recent blog post.

From Kim Holm : Adapting comics from other media (Books, films, games, etc, etc)

We’re joined as always by erudite co-host Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed. We were also visited in the audio by Sally Scott, Javier Hernandez of Javiland, and Ryan Dow of Introspective Comics.

We’re joined in the chat by Audra of nemu-nemu, Kevin Cross of Big Illustration Party Time, Gamegeezer, MarkCalifornia, Jim Lujan, Matt Munn, Dungeon Warden, Ted Seko, Kim Holm, Diana Nock, Largopredator, and Tony Piro. As always, if I forgot anyone, or if I neglected to link to your website, please email me, and I’ll add it to the show notes.

Links mentioned in this episode:
• The Front is on Sale for $3 off, now until March 02.
• Webcomics Weekend, March 20-22.
• Megacon, Feb 27.
(Krishna will be attending both Webcomics Weekend and Megacon–if you’re in the area, keep an eye out for him!)
• The NightGig Sampler #4, featuring art by Krishna!
• Mike Zeck, a master of the comic book cover.
• Geoff Senior, another fantastic cartoonist and designer of great covers.
• An article on the Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom comic.

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From Jarmo: Should characters age and grow old or should they stay the same forever? pros and cons of each?

From Ted Seko : Pros and cons of format: Manga/Digest size vs Standard Comic size vs Magazine size.

We’re joined as always by lovable co-host Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed. We were also visited in the audio by Stephanie of Nate the Non-Conformist and Ryan Dow of Introspective Comics.

We’re joined in the chat by Audra of nemu-nemu, Kevin Cross and Joshua Kemble of Big Illustration Party Time, Gamegeezer, Thomas James, MarkCalifornia, Ted Seko, Kaiki, Eben 07, Argonassistant, Kim Holm, Jamais, and Diana Nock. As always, if I forgot anyone, or if I neglected to link to your website, please email me, and I’ll add it to the show notes.

Links mentioned in this episode:
• Ka-Blam Digital Printing
• Javiland – A great comics podcast hosted by Javier Hernandez
• The Idiot Engine – Ted Seko’s conversation podcast

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We start out with revisiting the notion of “writer’s block” and “artist’s block”, based on a suggestion from MarkCalifornia. Are these blockages a reality, or are they just funks that we can shake ourselves out of? If it’s the latter, how do we shake ourselves out of it?

The second half of our conversation revolves around Twitter. We start out with some complaints about Twitter etiquette, but close it out with an exploration of why Twitter is just so darned compelling. I also take full responsibility for the rant about cursing on Twitter. My opinions don’t necessarily reflect those of Mark or Krishna.

We’re joined as always by dependable co-host Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed. We were also visited in the audio by Stephanie and Ryan Dow.

We’re joined in the chat by Scott and Audra of nemu-nemu, Jim Lujan, Sally Scott, largopredator, Tony Piro, Kevin Cross and Joshua Kemble of Big Illustration Party Time, Gamegeezer, Matt Munn, Thomas James, MarkCalifornia, and Diana Nock. As always, if I forgot anyone, or if I neglected to link to your website, please email me, and I’ll add it to the show notes.

Links mentioned in this episode:
• The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles – Book recommendation from Joshua Kemble.
• A Twitter Decision – Blog post recommended by Scott Yoshinaga.
• 50 Ideas on Using Twitter for Business – Got this one via Travis Seitler’s Twitter feed.
• Monkey Mind Meditation Journal – Ryan Dow’s new podcast.

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More discussion on this topic can be found in the latest episode of the Javiland podcast, as well!

More of my thoughts on this week’s topic can be found in my last blog post.

We’re joined as always by dependable co-host Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed. We were also visited in the audio by Jesse Rubenfeld, and Ryan Dow.

We’re joined in the chat by Scott and Audra of nemu-nemu, Jim Lujan, Sally Scott, largopredator, Tony Piro, Kevin Cross, Gamegeezer, and Diana Nock. As always, if I forgot anyone, or if I neglected to link to your website, please email me, and I’ll add it to the show notes.

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The suggestion of looking back on yours and each others’ work and what you really liked seems fitting for a 50th show.

My wife is a teacher/choreographer of dance, and recently (last weekend) they had the studio recital. As I sat in the theater I could tell of the 20 pieces she had in the show, which were the ones that she was really excited about, and had put a lot of thought and effort. Now that is not to say the others were throw away, it’s just that there were 5 that she would come home and want me to watch the video of the progress they had made. In the show I could see how much effort she put into those 5 and they really stood out in the show (among hers and other teachers’ pieces).

All that being said, I’m sure that you two must have art or a story line, a joke that your are really proud of, and it would be great to explore that (and the others who dial in, like Krishna)… Looking at my amature work I have some pages or strips that I was very inspired by, and others that I needed to fill a page to move things along.

Anyways, just my .02

We’re joined as always by co-host Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed. We were also visited in the audio by Diana Nock, Jesse Rubenfeld, and Ryan Dow.

We’re joined in the chat by Largopredator, Argonassistant, Jim Lujan, Dungeon Warden, Sally Scott, Matt Munn, and Pencilmachine. As always, if I forgot anyone, or if I neglected to link to your website, please email me, and I’ll add it to the show notes.

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The topic for discussion was inspired by a recent post on Mark’s CV Comics site, featuring a comic character from his youth: Ninja Man. We quickly got into a conversation on Twitter about how these childhood characters can be so much fun to revisit, and we brought the conversation over to Art & Story Alive!

We’re joined as always by our beloved co-host Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed. We were also visited in the audio by Ted Seko, Ryan Dow, and Stephanie.

We’re joined in the chat by Kevin Cross, Largopredator, Argonassistant, Jim Lujan, Dungeon Warden, Javier Hernandez, Tony Piro, Sally Scott, Jinxtigr, Frumph, Caspell Worldwide, and MarkCalifornia. As always, if I forgot anyone, or if I neglected to link to your website, please email me, and I’ll add it to the show notes.

Links discussed in this episode:
• Silver and the Periodic Forces, based on a comic I created in 5th grade.
• Project Moleskin
• iSketch

The Art & Story Challenge for this week: Take the character below, created by me way back in the 1980s, and redesign him for today. His name is Aspus, that snake head was just a mask. He had the ability to stretch, and he was crazy strong.

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They take on a topic put forth by Ted Seko on his new comics/art podcast, The Idiot Engine–namely, what is an artist’s responsibility to the public, the culture, and the art form itself?

Jav and Krishna are joined in the audio by Ryan Dow of Introspective Comics.

They were joined in the chat by Kevin Cross, Airport1001, Jim Lujan, Dungeon Warden, Stephanie, and MarkCalifornia. As always, if I forgot anyone, or if I neglected to link to your website, please email me, and I’ll add it to the show notes.

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In order to save comic books, we have to stop fetishizing them. Discuss.

We read some of his follow-up tweets to clarify the point, then we dive in and have a lively discussion on the topic. Mark and I had some audio issues during recording, but we were carried through to victory by beloved co-host Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed. We were also visited in the audio by Javier Hernandez, Ryan Dow, Jessie Rubenfeld, and Kaiki.

We’re joined in the chat by Kevin Cross, Largopredator, Argonassistant, Matt Munn, Jim Lujan, Dungeon Warden, Diana Nock, Stephanie, Ted Seko, and MarkCalifornia. As always, if I forgot anyone, or if I neglected to link to your website, please email me, and I’ll add it to the show notes.

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We’re joined in the audio by co-host Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed, as well as Javier Hernandez, Tim Fischer, and Kaiki.

We’re joined in the chat by Kevin Cross, Largopredator, Audra Furuichi, Argonassistant, Caspell Worldwide, Dungeon Warden, Frumph, Jarmo, Nadia, and MarkCalifornia. As always, if I forgot anyone, or if I neglected to link to your website, please email me, and I’ll add it to the show notes.

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We’re joined in the audio by co-host Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed, as well as Stephanie and Dungeon Warden.

We’re joined in the chat by Kevin Cross, Largopredator, Javier Hernandez, Audra Furuichi, John Carter, Kaiki, Kip O’neil, Tony Piro, Diana Nock, and MarkCalifornia. As always, if I forgot anyone, or if I neglected to link to your website, please email me, and I’ll add it to the show notes.

Don’t forget to check out Episode 8 of Javiland! Great listening for any fan of Art & Story.

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We’re joined in the audio by co-host Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed and also Kevin Cross of Mini Comics Dump Truck.

We’re joined in the chat by Dungeon Warden, Javier Hernandez, Diana Nock, Scott Story, Kaiki, Ted Seko and MarkCalifornia.

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We’re joined in the audio by co-host Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed.

We’re joined in the chat by Dungeon Warden, Gamegeezer, Henr1k, Heron Stone, Kevin Cross, Kevin Decker, Largopredator, Javier Hernandez, Audra Furuichi, and MarkCalifornia. As always, if I forgot anyone, or if I neglected to link to your website, please email me, and I’ll add it to the show notes.

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We do our best to tackle the topic, and we’re joined in the audio by co-host Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed, as well as Kevin Cross, and Dungeon Warden. Towards the end we’re joined by surprise guest Stephanie, one of the students in my weekly cartooning class!

We have another book recommendation, provided this week by Kevin: What It Is, by Linda Barry.

We’re joined in the chat by Largopredator, Javier Hernandez, MarkCalifornia, CoolName, MedMapGuy, and Diana Nock. As always, if I forgot anyone, or if I neglected to link to your website, please email me, and I’ll add it to the show notes.

A reminder: Be sure to set your watches for December 7th, when Mark and I will be participating on the Javiland Podcast summit!

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At what age do we lose that seminal energy we make to create great comics? In a lot of fields (math, sciences, chess masters) people do their most influential work before they’re 30 or so. Is there any truth of this for comics?

With only an hour at our disposal, we do our best to explore these ideas. We’re joined as usual in the audio by co-host Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed.

We’re joined in the chat by Dungeon Warden, Largopredator, Javier Hernandez, Jim Lujan, KSekelsky, Tony Piro, Kevin Cross, Gamegeezer, MarkCalifornia, and Diana Nock. As always, if I forgot anyone, or if I neglected to link to your website, please email me, and I’ll add it to the show notes.

Couple of plugs: Be sure to set your watches for December 7th, when Mark and I will be participating on the Javiland Podcast summit!
Also, Tony Piro is holding a guest strip contest on his website.

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After that we take on the subject of fostering useful collaborative teams, a topic submitted by Scott Story. How does one find a good collaborator? What is required of a good collaborative team? What are some of the pitfalls of teaming up with another creator? For some more on this subject, check out episode five of Javiland, where we talk about forming a comics imprint. A lot of crossover material there.

We’re joined in the audio by perennial co-host Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed. Based on our conversation about drawing difficult objects, Krishna points us at a great resource for vehicle diagrams: the-blueprints.com.

We’re joined in the chat by Dungeon Warden, Largopredator, Javier Hernandez, Ted Seko, Scott Story, Kevin Cross, Audra of nemu*nemu, Frumph,Gamegeezer, MarkCalifornia, and Shawn Robare. As always, if I forgot anyone, or if I neglected to link to your website, please email me, and I’ll add it to the show notes.

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This episode features a great roundtable of cartoonists who all do their level best to pull from their own experience to answer the questions. It was a toughie, and I appreciate the help of all the panelists, including unofficial co-host Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed; Scott Story of Johnny Saturn; and Tim Fischer of Comix Mill and The Amateur Hour.

We’re joined in the chat by Dungeon Warden, Largopredator, Haikubirdie, Javier Hernandez, Kevin Cross, Scott and Audra of nemu*nemu, Frumph, Diana Nock, and Eben07. As always, if I forgot anyone, or if I neglected to link to your website, please email me, and I’ll add it to the show notes.

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We’re joined as always by our unofficial co-host Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed. Also in the audio is Scott Story of Johnny Saturn and Sally Scott.

We’re joined in the chat by Dungeon Warden, Largopredator, Haikubirdie, Tony Piro, Diana Nock, Eben07, and Scott Drummond. As always, if I forgot anyone, or if I neglected to link to your website, please email me, and I’ll add it to the show notes.

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We’re joined as always by our unofficial co-host Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed. Krishna’s recommendation this week: Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: Pricing & Ethical Guidelines, a great resource for all of us independent cartoonists.

We’re joined in the chat by Jarmo, Dungeon Warden, Largopredator, Henr1k, Haikubirdie, Javier Hernandez, Gamegeezer, Nadia, Danny Burleson, Scott Drummond, and Scott Story. If I forgot anyone, or if I neglected to link to your website, please email me, and I’ll add it to the show notes.

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This week we tackle a topic submitted by Kaiki: How does a cartoonist balance the time spent on artistic improvement vs. the all-important social networking? We discuss the various ways to do double-duty when we can, including participating in a comics talkcast (like Javiland, The Sequential Artists’ Pub, The Mini-Comics Dump Truck, or The Amateur Hour). Kevin suggests using things like Twitter as a “coffee break” between self-imposed milestones in the workday. Krishna suggests using software like Think to help one keep focus when working, instead of checking the Twitter feed and email every five minutes.

We then move on to a topic submitted by Danny Burleson: How does one manage the inevitable development of an artistic style? As you work on a comic, your character designs are bound to change. Should they? How important is artistic consistency? Can changing your style work against your work?

We’re joined in the chat by Dungeon Warden, Largopredator, Eben07, Frumph, Javier Hernandez, Jim Lujan, Scott & Audra of nemu-nemu, Haikubirdie, Gamegeezer, Diana Nock, Danny Burleson, and Largopredator. If I forgot anyone, or if I neglected to link to your website, please email me, and I’ll add it to the show notes.

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Also – Be sure to check out PC Weenies on Tuesday, 21 October, at 3 p.m. EST to join in on the 10th Anniversary celebration! Congratulations to Krishna!

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We then revisit the topic of environments, specifically how we draw our backgrounds and why we landed on our chosen techniques. We talk a bit about Google Sketchup during this segment.

We’re joined in the audio by Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed, and Matt Munn of Zed Reckoning.

We’re joined in the chat by Dungeon Warden, Largopredator, Kevin Cross, Javier Hernandez, Scott & Audra of nemu-nemu, Gamegeezer, Diana Nock, Keith Quinn, Ryancola, and Tim Fischer. If I forgot anyone, or if I neglected to link to your website, please email me, and I’ll add it to the show notes.

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We’re joined in the audio by Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed for a discussion on expediting the process of drawing comics. We cover life drawing, sloppy sketching, and the stick-and-bubble method throughout.

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We follow with a subject submitted by Tony Piro:
“It would be interesting to discuss the thought process of putting together character emsembles. For example, how many characters is optimal, what decisions do you make when picking personalities, how do you pick characters that are interesting together.

What about the design of an ensemble? How do you give each character individuality, but make them still part of a larger whole. Both the actual designs (body size, facial type, etc.) and the color palettes of the characters.”

We’re joined in the audio by Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed.

We’re joined in the chat by Dungeon Warden, Largopredator, Kevin Cross, Audra of nemu*nemu, Tony Piro, Horatio, Javier Hernandez The Blog Comics, Gamegeezer, Diana Nock, KSekelsky, Manuel FM, and Frumph. If I forgot anyone, or if I neglected to link to your website, please email me, and I’ll add it to the show notes.

Another reminder to check out the Sequential Artists’ Pub this Friday night on Talkshoe!

Also, a quick book recommendation from Krishna: Creating Unforgettable Characters, by Linda Seger.

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Our discussion leads to some interesting ideas to use technologies like Twitter to help spread awareness of our comics.

We’re joined in the audio by Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed.

We’re joined in the chat by Dungeon Warden, Largopredator, Kevin Cross, Scott & Audra of nemu*nemu, Tony Piro, Henrik, The Blog Comics, Gamegeezer, Diana Nock, DjYrai, and Kaiki. If I forgot anyone, or if I neglected to link to your website, please email me, and I’ll add it to the show notes.

Don’t forget, Mark’s workshop is this coming weekend!

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From Kevin Cross:
What do we think about when we hear the term “Condensed Storytelling”? What are the different concerns facing comics creators when making a longer story versus a shorter one?

From The Blog Comics:
What’s the difference between making black & white and color comics? Why would we choose one and not the other?

From Gamegeezer:
How does one find interesting visuals for a strip where two characters are just talking to one another?

We try to wrap it up with a discussion on critiques, based on Krishna Sadasivam’s recent experiences. This tends to be a dicey topic, though, and I hope no one was hurt in the discussion.

We’re joined in the audio by Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed and Matt Munn of Zed Reckoning.

We’re joined in the chat by Dungeon Warden, Largopredator, Kevin Cross, Scott & Audra of nemu*nemu, Tony Piro, Javier Hernandez, Jim Lujan, The Blog Comics, Gamegeezer, Diana Nock, Denise Guinn, and Kaiki. If I forgot anyone, or if I neglected to link to your website, please email me, and I’ll add it to the show notes.

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We take a cue from the chatroom towards the end and talk for a bit about typographical integration on a comics page.

Lots of book recommendations in this one!

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We’re joined in the audio by Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed, Matt Munn of Zed Reckoning, Scott & Audra of nemu-nemu, and Ryan Dow of Introspective Comics.

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From there we go into a brief discussion on “when to say ‘when’”–meaning, what are the warning signs that a creator should look out for that they’re putting time and energy into a comic that just isn’t working? When should one give up and move on, and when should they stick it out?

We’re joined in the audio by Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed, andMatt Munn of Zed Reckoning.

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From there we discuss a recent video editorial by Robert Kirkman (who was later interviewed on the Wordballoon Comics Podcast on the subject). We talk for a bit about the future of comics and the role of creator-owned works in the industry.

We’re joined in the audio by Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed, Matt Munn of Zed Reckoning, and JT Shea of the Gigcast.

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We’re joined in the audio by Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed and Matt Munn of Zed Reckoning.

We’re joined in the chat by Largopredator, Dungeon Warden, Kevin Cross, Shawn Robare, Tara Tallan, Diana Nock, and Green Art Studios. If I forgot anyone, or if I neglected to link to your website, please email me, and I’ll add it to the show notes.

Don’t forget – only one week left in the Big Contest! We’ve had some great entries so far. Can’t wait to see yours!

The Art & Story Challenge for this week: Check out Kevin’s comics on his blog, read at least a couple of pages (if not more), and write him an email citing at least one thing he did right, and one thing that could use more work. We cartoonists crave good feedback, so let your voice be heard! Kevin would certainly appreciate it.

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We follow that up with some talk on originality. We all fear that our work and/or story is too similar to something else out there that’s met some success. Sometimes we unconsciously ripped something off. Sometimes we find out that someone had the same idea without our knowledge. Is this such a bad thing? How much energy should we put into worrying about being similar to others (in style or content)? When is it straight-up plagiarism, and when is it just similar? And if it’s just similar, why do we fear doing what’s already been done? Is originality a quality exclusive to the content of a story, or are there other ways to be original? And is originality the only noble goal available to artists?

We’re joined in the audio by Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed, Matt Munn of Zed Reckoning, and Shawn Robare of Branded in the 80s.

We’re joined in the chat by Largopredator, Tony Piro, Audra Furuichi, Jarmo, Dungeon Warden, Kevin Cross, Vicmakey, Capesandbabes, Gamegeezer, Kaiki, Wes Molebash, and Visarut. If I forgot anyone, or if I neglected to link to your website, please email me, and I’ll add it to the show notes.

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We’re joined in the chat by Largopredator, Tony Piro, Audra Furuichi, Jarmo, Dungeon Warden, and Visarut. If I forgot anyone, or if I neglected to link to your website, please email me, and I’ll add it to the show notes.

The challenge for this week: Check out Tony’s comic Calamaties of Nature, read at least a couple of strips (if not more), and write him an email citing at least one thing he did right, and one thing that could use more work. We cartoonists crave good feedback, so let your voice be heard! Tony would certainly appreciate it.

Also another reminder about The Big Contest! We’ve opened the doors to anyone interested in a grand prize package of comics. Click the link for more information on how to participate. Only a few weeks left!

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We’re joined in the chat by Kevin Cross, Largopredator, Tony Piro, Audra & Scott, Jarmo, Dungeon Warden, Mister Spook, Green Art Studios. If I forgot anyone, or if I neglected to link to your website, please email me, and I’ll add it to the show notes.

The challenge for this week: Check out Krishna’s comic Uncubed, and write him an email citing at least one thing he did right, and one thing that could use more work. We cartoonists crave good feedback, so let your voice be heard! Krishna would certainly appreciate it.

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We’re joined in the chat by Kevin Cross, Largopredator, Tony Piro, The Blog Comics, Shawn Robare, Audra & Scott, Green Art Studios. If I forgot anyone, or if I neglected to link to your website, please email me, and I’ll add it to the show notes.

A reminder to the listeners about the critiquing challenge this week- go to Matt’s comic and send him an email citing one thing he did right, and one thing that needs more work.

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We’re joined in the chat by Kevin Cross, Largopredator, Tony Piro, The Blog Comics, Jarmo, Mayal, Wes Molebash, Green Art Studios, and Kaiki. If I forgot anyone, or if I neglected to link to your website, please email me, and I’ll add it to the show notes.

And another reminder, the Sequential Artists’ Pub is recording live this Friday! Click here for more info.

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We’re joined in the chat by Kevin Cross, Largopredator, Tony Piro, Scott & Audra, Krishna Sadasivam, Jarmo, David Faenza, Dungeon Warden, and Dave Rigley.

Don’t forget, we’ll be at Wizard World Chicago this weekend! Hope to see you there.

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We’re joined in the audio by Krishna Sadasivam of The Sequential Artists’ Pub and Shawn Robare of Branded in the 80s.

We’re joined in the chat by Matt Munn, The Blog Comics, Kevin Cross, Largopredator, Tony Piro, Scott & Audra, Garrett Williams, and Glenn Meyer.

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We also talk for a little bit about our entry points into making comics. As usual, I dead-end the conversation by getting all nerdily philosophical about comics, but no one told me to shut up.

We’re joined in the chat by Matt Munn, Shawn Robare, Anthony Harris, Adam Talley, The Blog Comics, Audra Furuichi, and Dave Rigley (Dave, send me a link to your site and I’ll post it!).

In other news the next episode of The Sequential Artists’ Pub will be recording live this Friday at 10 p.m. EST! Find out more information here and here. Everyone interested in talking comics shop is invited!

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We’re joined in the chat by Largopredator, Matt Munn, Shawn Robare, Henrik, Tim Fischer, Tony Piro, and Kevin Cross.

Some of the books discussed in this episode:
Dynamic Wrinkles and Drapery, by Burne Hogarth
How to Draw Comics The Marvel Way, by Stan Lee and John Buscema
The DC Comics’ Guide to Penciling Comics, by Klaus Janson
Making Comics, by Scott McCloud

Also, submitted by the participants on the show:
Force: Character Design from Life Drawing, by Mike Mattesi
Force: Dynamic Life Drawing for Animators, by Mike Mattesi
Drawing Drapery from Head to Toe, by Cliff Young

Also in the news, The Sequential Artists’ Pub is a new podcast where cartoonists meet on Friday nights for some informal shop talk. The first episode is live, and our next episode is Friday, 13 June at 10 p.m. EST. Stop on by if you’re interested in more conversations like this show. You can check out the Sequential Artists’ Pub forums here.

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Here’s the Google Doc with the topics selected for this week.

We’re joined in the chat by Largopredator, Matt Munn, Shawn Robare, Jarmo, Henrik, Diana Nock, and Kevin Cross.

If I missed anyone, let me know! I’ll update the post.

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Here’s the Google Document of proposed topics for this week.

We’re joined in the audio by Tim Fischer of The Amateur Hour comics podcast, and in the chat by Sally Scott, Largopredator, Matt Munn, Audra & Scott, Shawn Robare, Jarmo, and Kevin Cross.

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We’re joined in the audio by Sally Scott, and in the chat by Largopredator, Matt Munn, Audra, Henrik, Shawn Robare, and Todd Dolce.

In other comics podcast news, I’ve finally managed to get a new episode of the Saturday Supercast recorded, featuring an interview with Diana Nock of Imaginary Friends Forever.

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I also have a book recommendation for this week – Vanishing Point, Perspective for Comics From the Ground Up, by Jason Cheeseman-Meyer.

We’re joined in the chat by Largopredator, Matt Munn, Audra, Kevin Cross, Snapshot, and The Blog Comics.

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During our talk about lettering, we discuss one of Sally’s pages, seen here.

We have a coloring tutorial provided by Audra. As we amass more we’ll post them in this thread:
Amy Reeder Hadley’s copic coloring tutorial #2

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In the chat we’re joined by Audra of nemu*nemu, Matt of Zed Reckoning, and Jarmo. A good time was had by all, I don’t think anyone was hurt.

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We’re joined by Tim Fischer and Anthony Harris of The Amateur Hour podcast, Sally Scott, Shawn Robare, and Kyubikitsy of nemu*nemu.

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Note: Because this recording was made using Talkshoe, the quality isn’t quite as good as our regular Art & Story podcasts. You may have to crank the volume at certain points. We’ll work in future episodes to normalize the volume a bit.

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