Episode 307: Trading Drawing for Thinking

This week, we talk about building out your ideas with promise in a first draft (6:20), using the lettering stage to edit (10:25), what to expect when you're selling comics at a street market (17:40), Kickstarter videos (27:00), workshop notes opening your mind (34:20), catching up on commissions (44:50), and a pet peeve (52:30).

This week, we discuss comic lettering and rewording as you do it (4:30), getting feedback on a short fiction project (18:30), and compare notes on two different types of conventions (27:50).

This week, we talk about a convention that wasn't (5:00), stories with multiple POVs (19:00), inspirations around a new character design (33:00), and keeping up on your reading (38:20)

This week, we talk about convention preparation and mailing lists (5:00), one way to define the drafts of a story (21:30), turning a comic story into a script (35:50), and turning a story based on memoir into fiction (42:00).

This week, we talk about building a brand new scene out of a cut scene from a previous (different) story (5:30), working on table design and presentation (13:20), setting deadlines for a short-term writing project (28:10), expanding on drawings to make trading cards (36:30), and taking time for yourself (40:30).

This week, we discuss penciling pages while you do the big thinking about a story (6:40), finding pockets of time to get editing in, plus an editing test case (16:20), comparing sticker companies (26:20), tackling the large issues in a comic script (31:50), and a field report from Fil-Am Creator Con (40:20).

This week, we compare notes on stories we're starting, including penciling pages in a new story (4:25), compartmentalizing a story's editing fixes (15:20), finishing comics in preparation for a trade (23:50), closing in on a structure for a new story (33:10), sticker designs (42:20), and a recap of Rose City Comic Con (46:20).

This week, we talk about convention prep for an air travel show (4:15), finishing projects as a skill (13:20), the first comics we ever made (22:15), reviewing critical pages to close a story (30:35), putting work in an anthology story (38:45), ironing out the key plot elements of a sprawling story (48:15), and horror sticker designs (56:25).

This week, we celebrate a Kickstarter coloring book launch and the work behind it (6:25), provide a recap of Keith's new favorite convention (16:25), submitting a cover to a client (27:00), and making a big structural change to a non-linear story (30:45).

This week, we talk about changing your work method for a crucial scene (3:00), the graphic design work (and the other work) in setting up a Kickstarter (12:45), finishing a page outline for a comic (27:50), and field reports from two different shows (34:20).