This week we tackle a couple of recent mini-comics: Chafed by James Mitchell and Evan Spears, and Kid with a Cape by Dave Castro. We also touch on how to pull off a successful first issue, and one possible future for US mainstream comics.
“Chafed” on Deviant Art (registration required to bypass adults-only filter)
“Kid with a Cape” (info on issue 2)
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Have you ever read a comic and pored over the beautiful drawings, or wondered why those colored dots disappeared, or how many people it took to write, draw, print, publish and send out the comic? Have you ever thought of making your own comic?
Tim and Brandon give their thoughts on Guy Delisle’s Pyongyang, DVD movie Justice League: The New Frontier, Spider-Man One More Day, and Writing for Comics with Peter David!
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Marvel & DC Colorist Brian Miller joins us to talk about how colorists get work in comics, coloring techniques, and more!
Buy Hi-Fi Color for Comics from Amazon.com
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Nicholas Gurewitch’s Perry Bible Fellowship is one of a number of comics originally available for free on line that people are now paying to read on paper. Does this put the lie to all the hand-wringing about online availability killing music and movies?
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Tim and Mulele discuss comics & the Hollywood writers’ strike, Mulele’s comics career, Illustration Friday, and the Spider-Man “One More Day” event.
Why the WGA strike won’t hurt Comic-Con
No Strike Zone: Marvel Studios makes a deal with WGA
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Matt Silady is nice enough to come on the show, even after our lousy review of his book! Matt reveals to Tim why doing a photo-based comic isn’t being “lazy” and how he got his book published by AIT/Planet Lar! (Hint: location, location…)
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Patrik Washburn talks to Tim about his Comic Market table, being a full-time artist, and recent Marvel comics.
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Mulele’s been talking to Kodansha for a year. Might the resulting comic end up dropped into a manga contest for non-Japanese?
Morning International Manga Competition
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Paul and Tim tell Mulele about the comics they made as kids, their comics career ambitions, and why they ended up not following through on them. At least, not yet…
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