Episode 255: Creating great Settings

This week, we talk about reworking story pages (4:00), keeping a journal and scene scouting (10:20), knowing when the script you left in a drawer needs an update, and making revisions (17:05), figuring out the scene structure for a story (21:10), getting public feedback on cover layouts (29:00), what a professional is (48:00), and finding variant covers in your archives (54:30).

This week, we talk about the work behind "mini-documentary" pieces that tie to a Kickstarter campaign (3:20), year two of a local convention (12:15), wrapping up work before a trip (26:30) and the creativity on that trip, setting as a character (35:00), and putting the finishing touches on Kickstarter rewards (44:40).

This week, we discuss the momentum that builds through page work (4:15), the necessary work in building a publisher's reach (12:10), building an art print portfolio (20:20), putting care into the promotion for a book (34:30), preparing for a convention (42:00), and getting inspiration from your reading (47:30).

This week, we discuss problem-solving in lettering (7:30), the more involved comic pages (24:00), planning out the buildup to a Kickstarter (32:20), creating more art for a convention (42:00),

This week, we talk about productive page work (4:05), unpacking a visual style (8:30), the right time to send a story off to readers (11:20), the benefits of adding new skills to your skillset (20:45), the initial stages of setting up a Kickstarter (30:40), tabling at a one-day show (35:30), and finding what you like in a story that aged nine months (46:15).

This week, we welcome Cory Kerr (Rage of Enlightenment) to discuss a bunch of things, including a new Bay Area convention (6:00), being a comic vendor at a non-comic show (18:00), a rollercoaster "fan at the show" story (22:00), bringing themes to your work (40:30), studying comics to make comics (45:40), and the ideas that created Rage of Enlightenment (56:40).

This week, we talk about a fun side project (4:25), inhabiting a character's point of view (9:20), further PDF assembly hijinks (16:45), and convention prep (29:00) before our main topic: endings (37:40).

This week, we talk about the genesis of a new artistic journey (3:20), constructing a final PDF of a trade paperback (21:50), when fellow creators spot your story flaws (31:30), and making good on a (personally) important art page (42:00).

It's a seven person, live-in-the-studio roundtable! This week, we welcome creators Scott Serkland (Young and the Dead), Cory Kerr (Rage of Enlightenment), Gary Hodges (Dinosaurs vs Marsbots), Jim Lujan (The Unicornians) and Josh Kemble (Jacob's Apartment, Two Stories) to recap a creative retreat and discuss an inspirational 'proof of concept' piece (3:40), the nonlinear work in forming a story (13:30), how chaos can increase focus (24:00), picking the right work for a retreat (34:20), the value of a retreat in its creative time (51:20), and much more!

This week, we discuss re-lettering (3:40), the road to improvement in your work (21:00), client work and business branding (35:00), exploring a new technology for productivity (39:10), and rethinking your story's framework (49:20).