Best Keith Foster and Scott Lost Podcasts (2023)

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Episode 133: Making Edits Seamless 1:37:28

11h ago1:37:28

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This week, we discuss troubleshooting at the printer (3:40), a kaiju in-store event (10:10), working under a tight deadline to make new prints for a show (14:40), the top outline and page outline process for a comic (23:25), keeping a 'cut not add' mindset in editing your story (32:50), cranking out even more prints for a show (37:00), and turning …

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Episode 132: The Character Work 1:13:07

7d ago1:13:07

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This week, we review a productive panel week and the power of small increments (5:45), then we have a lengthy discussion on stopping your progress to do necessary character work (16:15), touching on character sheets (22:40), knowing when to go heavy on research (29:30), and how doing that research makes writing your story easier in the future (32:1…

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Episode 131: Choosing Simplicity 1:24:43

14d ago1:24:43

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This week, we recap Free Comic Book Day (4:15), the discuss getting back into drawing after running a Kickstarter (18:30), final edits of comics in the PDF stage (30:00), and designing a trading card (41:00), before we get to this week's topic: choosing simplicity (49:00).

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Episode 130: Trusting your Vision 1:14:59

23d ago1:14:59

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This week, we discuss art for a trading card (4:50), interviews and the daily work behind running a Kickstarter (9:00), hiring an artist for a future variant cover (13:00), trusting the vision for your story - but not too much (17:20), and some answers to listener questions on comic book agents (26:10) and when writer/artists should stick to writin…

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Episode 129: Finding the Right Story to Tell 56:38

30d ago56:38

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This week, we recap the first two days of Amazing Las Vegas (4:00), then talk about writing a short story over a weekend (14:05), working on backgrounds (17:00), forcing yourself to shutoff creative work so you can focus on Kickstarter work (19:30), and a fun two-page spread (26:00) before we get to this week's main topic: finding the right story t…

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Episode 128: Making the wrong ideas right 1:20:05

1M ago1:20:05

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This week, we discuss the home stretch of Kickstarters (8:10), those unexpected moments when characters change the story (14:00), update frequency for Kickstarters (25:30), getting pages back and seeing your script changes (30:20) before this week's topic: making the wrong ideas right (38:40).

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Episode 127: Process and Influences with Andy Belanger 1:41:43

1M ago1:41:43

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This episode, we welcome veteran comic creator Andy Belanger to the podcast to talk all things process! We discuss the benefits of working on your own stories (8:15), getting deeper into the craft of writing (15:30), how varying your influences helps (27:00), the state of sales in the industry (36:45), Kickstarter (40:00), and the current state of …

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Episode 126: No Small Characters 1:17:10

2M ago1:17:10

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This week, we discuss the time that goes into launching a Kickstarter (3:15), reviewing a story with fresh eyes (14:30), your name in the back of Kickstarters and how to fill extra pages in your comic (18:45), some editor notes that might apply to your stories (29:30) before we get to this week's main topic (36:30) - no small characters.…

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Episode 125: Avoiding Lazy Storytelling 1:12:36

2M ago1:12:36

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This week, we share a few thoughts on WonderCon, including the art of staying patient (13:10), 'I'll be back' (22:05), and the value of a well-rounded product portfolio (28:20), then talk about a nice writing milestone (37:20) before this week's episode: avoiding lazy storytelling (47:00).

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Episode 124: Self-Publish or Work with a Publisher? 59:40

2M ago59:40

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This week, we give our thoughts on Day One of WonderCon (4:20) before we discuss getting back to your work after stepping away (9:55), recording guitars for a comic soundtrack (12:50), putting the finishing touches on a comic for a Kickstarter (14:45), and creating what you want without thinking of how it fits in your portfolio (18:00) before we ge…

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Episode 123: Creating What you Want 1:24:10

2M ago1:24:10

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This week, we talk about the dramatic changes that happen from beginning to end when you make small changes along the way (5:45), getting colors back for a piece (15:00), reviewing interior pages for a backup story (22:30), Kickstarter thumbnails (26:10), comfort in creating whatever you want (41:15), and returning to your art after some time away …

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Episode 122: What makes a cover a cover 1:34:16

3M ago1:34:16

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This week, we discuss adjusting the colors on full-color pages to fit the story and the problem-solving that comes with cell phone exchanges (6:20), those times when you need to sit down to write (14:15) those times when you need to get away from your project for a day or two (26:00), writing where the heat is (32:20), working with public domain (a…

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Episode 121: Working with Editor notes 1:26:36

3M ago1:26:36

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This week, we talk about selling yourself on submissions(3:00), visiting your story location for extra authenticity (20:30), changing up the way your work as a way to keep things fresh (29:15), and working with your editor's notes as our main topic (34:40), as well as special logos for alternate covers (53:40) and toy designs (58:30).…

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Episode 120: Creative Retreat and Accountability check-in 1:33:46

3M ago1:33:46

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This week, we discuss our creator retreat and the work we did there - thumbnail work (8:00), line-editing your writing (9:15), using the SLAC method to turn thumbnails into panels (26:15), writing the first draft of a comic script (28:30), patchwork comic covers (36:20), and making sure your dialogue matches the size of the panel it sits in (40:00)…

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Episode 119: Overshowing and Overtelling 1:10:48

3M ago1:10:48

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This, we talk about revising unused / mothballed stories and making them new (3:55), setting up a story around dialogue (10:15), negotiating with artists (15:00), designing a logo for your comic (23:50), and writing a comic's scene skeleton and page outline (29:00) before this week's topic: overshowing and overtelling (35:50).…

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Episode 118: Endings (and Getting them Right) 1:35:22

4M ago1:35:22

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This week, we talk about comic lettering and changing dialogue (5:10), ensuring the characters are doing the work of the story (12:15), reviewing the almost-final version of your comic for consistency (21:40), having a plan for the middle of a Kickstarter (28:20) before this week's topic: finding the right way to end a story (41:00).…

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Episode 117: Letting Your Work Air Out 1:34:31

4M ago1:34:31

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This week, we talk about the differences in writing long and short stories (6:10), designing characters for a story arc and getting the essence of your source material (18:25), turning an unused remnant of a large story into a story of its own (24:55), and absorbing material to improve your stories (31:25) before this week's main topic: letting you…

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Episode 116: Variation and Sound Effects 1:30:40

4M ago1:30:40

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This week, we discuss celebrating the work you complete (5:00), starting and completing work different than the type of work you've done before (13:40), the line between doing work yourself and outsourcing (22:05), working with the next generation of creators (30:40), lettering your own sound effects (38:00), and a Scott and Keith collaboration cov…

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Episode 115: Setting Your 2023 Goals 1:30:41

4M ago1:30:41

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This week, we talk about moving on from a project (10:00), finding the right angle for a background panel (21:50), starting and finishing a cover (29:40), starting the flats for your comic (32:30), and changing the seas of pop culture intake (34:40) before this week's topic: setting your 2023 goals (54:00).…

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Episode 114: Remembering the money part of comics 1:25:22

4M ago1:25:22

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This week, we talk about choosing the proper angles for your panels (8:30), reconciling creative mode and business mode (19:00), investing in the fun details of your comic (22:15), and asking yourself questions on whether or not you're writing the right thing (34:00) before this week's main topic: remembering the money angle of making comics (41:15…

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Episode 113: Choosing the Right Parts of the Story 1:28:09

5M ago1:28:09

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This week, we discuss printing out your script to enable a revision (4:00), using, but not overusing, artistic tools so your own creativity shines (11:30), cutting the unnecessary parts from a scene (28:00), and staying patient wiht your clients (33:00) before this week's topic: choosing the right parts of the story (34:40).…

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Episode 112: Tackling Your Workload and Naming 1:38:04

5M ago1:38:04

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This week, we discuss finishing the first draft of a comic script (6:30), the value you should put on names in your story (10:45), that magic point on a project when you can plan for the end date (25:20), another method of tackling the work on a comic (29:10), the value of ramping down (41:15), and confirming story solutions wiht your editor (53:45…

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Episode 111: Magic Systems 1:31:09

5M ago1:31:09

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This week we discuss finishing a page that contains a ton of detail (6:25), loose scheduling for upcoming projects (16:00), working with clients (20:00), getting your first blast of feedback and rethinking the broad strokes on a new project (28:00), and getting product back after a long design process (40:45) before this week's main topic: rules ar…

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Episode 110: Favorites of 2022 1:38:10

5M ago1:38:10

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Continuing the year-end Making Comics tradition, it's part two of our year-end suite with guest Gary Hodges, this time with favorites of the year! Roll out the year with us as we share our favorite comic book (8:30), artist (15:45), writer (43:00), TV show (53:45), movie (1:05:00), and band (1:13:00), among other favorites.…

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Episode 109: The Holiday Special! 1:44:43

6M ago1:44:43

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This week, we welcome Gary Hodges back to the show for our year-end tradition! To get things started, we discuss the compromise between productivity and perfectionism that every comic has (4:30), tackling the tough work when that's all that's left (30:10), reaching the point where creativity has to give way to research (38:30), and the importance o…

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Episode 108: The Other Rule of Thirds 1:09:53

6M ago1:09:53

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This week, we discuss feeding your brain with pop culture (4:15), sticking to page-a-week work goals (7:45), a different way of doing research while working on your story (12:10), when work and payment schedules don't go smoothly for commissions (24:15), and rewriting dialogue and scene descriptions for already-completed art using paper and pencil …

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Episode 107: Using Color to Make an Impact 1:17:40

6M ago1:17:40

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This week, we talk sticking to getting your page done for the week and becoming aware of a change in your style (7:00), working out an interesting way to deliver 'talking heads'-type information (11:00), working through editor feedback on your comic (20:15), writing your way through a story to figure it out (33:30), and considering a change in your…

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Episode 106: Understanding Characters Different from You 1:27:48

6M ago1:27:48

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This week, we discuss finding even better ways to retrofit prior ideas into a story (5:00), completing a panel a day while also developing your style (13:15), re-focusing your project priorities (21:30), using for-hire artists to finish a project (29:10), and getting feedback from a professional (43:00) before this week's main topic: understanding …

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Episode 105: Comic Convention 101 1:32:52

7M ago1:32:52

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This week, we talk about returning to a project with renewed energy (6:25), exploring the rules of your story world (14:00), commission updates (22:45), writing critical scenes to your story as you need to do it (25:20), and using and growing a network of contacts (37:30) before this week's topic: comic convention 101, from getting a table at conve…

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Episode 104: Your comic's done... now what? 1:25:02

7M ago1:25:02

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This week, we discuss the big thinking that goes into stories and repurposing prior ideas (11:30), writing as exploration (25:30), fighting to work when you're under the weather (28:55), incorporating all notes (big and small) into your comic (33:15), and working with client corrections (39:30) before this week's topic: your comic's done... now wha…

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Episode 103: Creating from Life Experiences 1:18:03

7M ago1:18:03

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This week, we discuss the end of separate journeys; the end of a month-long panel a day project (3:45) and the end of a nearly five-year journey in completing a novel (8:00), working on different projects and the differences in them (15:20), starting a new project and consciously thinking about new processes (21:00), balancing paid work with your o…

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Episode 102: Story planning and Accounting for your time 1:06:39

7M ago1:06:39

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This episode, we welcome E.Bursonson (Ed Brown) to the podcast and start with a discussion of comics we grabbed at Alakazam comics in Irvine, CA (4:00) before we discuss editing multiple comic scripts and story planning (24:40), doing the hard work on pages, so final editing can happen (37:00), and working on commissions and compensating for you ow…

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Episode 101: Making every word (and line) count 1:25:12

8M ago1:25:12

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This week, we discuss the work ahead involved in Drawtober when you're using Drawtober for a project (5:45), the need for detailed thinking around your characters (12:00), a commission update (23:40), and improving a cliffhanger ending for a comic (26:00) before this week's topic: making every word (and line) count (35:05).…

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Episode 100: Century mark mega-pod! 2:09:22

8M ago2:09:22

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It's the enormous 100th episode! We welcome Gary Hodges to discuss drawing pages that involve a lot of detail (5:30), trying a new method for a backup story in a comic (11:05), and progressing through the middle of Drawtober (25:35) before Gary runs us through a series of questions on the comic process and the first 100 episodes, including the acco…

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Episode 99: Backgrounds 1:14:14

8M ago1:14:14

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This week we recap a guest appearance on a show (6:30), different ways to approach your work when it's not flowing or feels off (8:55), preparing thumbnails for an intense Drawtober (18:30), top-level thinking around a comic involving scene versus summary (23:40), scheduling backward from a goal date (30:20), and completing commissions ahead of sch…

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Episode 98: Strike first, strike hard... with your comic 1:19:11

8M ago1:19:11

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This episode, we discuss the Amazing Las Vegas convention (4:40), the work it sometimes takes to finish complex pages (8:10), the attendance difference for top creators (12:30), a nice lesson from a popular show (25:30), and consolidating unnecessary dialogue and story (29:15) before this week's main topic: striking first and striking hard... when …

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Episode 97: Dynamic Poses 1:26:29

8M ago1:26:29

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This week, we talk about work on a detailed double-page spread and its ensuing complex page (6:00), lettering (and editing while you edit) and assembling the visuals for a comic (11:20), planning out an upcoming work schedule (24:45) and how research can pay off when you least expect it (29:00), before this week's main topic: dynamic poses (39:30).…

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Episode 96: Submitting to Publishers 1:09:31

9M ago1:09:31

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This episode, we discuss the final major hurdle in a writing project (3:55) and using the SLAC method and picking the coolest page to get your energy back on a project (12:50) before this week's main topic: submitting your comic proposal to publishers (32:00). At 51 minutes, we discuss AI art and an experiment we had with AI generators. If you want…

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Episode 95: Writing tips from the Pros 1:11:10

9M ago1:11:10

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This week, we discuss tackling an issue of drawing when you can choose what you want to do (4:00), a show that reinforced proper storytelling (10:00), resetting yourself with a good adage to make comics by (15:40), and lettering your own writing and editing on the fly (20:45) before this week's main topic: writing tips from comic "prose" from an ol…

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Episode 94: Dialogue 1:28:33

9M ago1:28:33

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This week, we catch up on business, convention schedule planning and cover art (4:20), prepping a script for lettering (14:00), balancing commissions and your work (19:55), and knowing the right things to cut in your story (24:00) before this week's main topic: dialogue (31:10).

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Episode 93: Anatomy 1:29:03

9M ago1:29:03

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This week, we recap Emerald City Comic Con (3:00) and discuss the current business landscape of comic cons and how to pack for a show, building a network of people you like working with (22:25), finding real-life examples of what you want to draw (34:00), and remembering to take time to relax (35:40) and learn more about your craft (39:30) before t…

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Episode 92: When Expert Feedback collides 1:26:43

10M ago1:26:43

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This week, we discuss making additions to a comic when the mood strikes (3:20), reviewing thumbnail layouts for a comic (13:00), trying different page layouts (27:00), putting extra effort into separator pages and covers (36:10), and backing up creator correspondence (45:00) before this week's main topic: aligning feedback with your vision and what…

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Episode 91: Building out your characters 1:38:35

10M ago1:38:35

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This week, we discuss slipcase production (8:20), putting your personal stamp on lettering (11:30), the natural evolution of your style (21:30), being productive in unusual situations (30:50), videos/podcasts we loved that will improve your craft level drawing (33:00) and writing (38:15), before this week's main topic: building your characters (54:…

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Episode 90: From San Diego to Scotland 1:38:06

10M ago1:38:06

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This week, Scott (back from San Diego Comic Con) and Keith (back from a Scotland trip) recap our weeks and discuss journaling (3:55), getting creative with your vendors to get product on time (14:25), how inhabiting a place can bring a story together (25:00), mishaps in hiring an inker (31:05), changing comic artists at full speed (47:40), and the …

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Episode 89: Endings and How Extra art can pay off 1:14:59

10M ago1:14:59

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This week, we discuss finishing a short-deadline cover (3:30), taking stock of your projects (16:15), choosing the right ending for your story (23:30), the value of doing as much 'extra' art as possible (32:05), and large-picture story thinking (40:30). SPOILER WARNING for Thor Love and Thunder at 53:10, that ends at 55:15.…

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Episode 88: Guidelines for Drawing a Comic page (Part 2) 1:08:43

11M ago1:08:43

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This week, we discuss working ahead to ramp down on a vacation (5:25), work on a one-page comic (8:10), reworking a comic so an issue ends on a good note (17:20), working on a panel until it works and quick production turnarounds (20:10), and packaging conversations (27:00) before this week's topic: part two of ten guidelines for drawing a comic bo…

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Episode 87: Guidelines for Drawing a Comic page (Part 1) 1:09:00

11M ago1:09:00

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This week, we discuss late-stage edits for both a comic and a novel (4:20), editing the lettering (and art) in a book (15:30), and graphic design and Kickstarter design (21:45) before this week's topic: part one of ten guidelines for drawing a comic book page (26:50).

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Episode 86: What is your comic about? 1:23:59

11M ago1:23:59

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This week, we discuss how being under the weather can create a different kind of productivity (10:25), putting the finishing touches on a comic script (21:00), making sure the most visually interesting things are on the page (26:05), delivering work for clients (32:30), and accepting those days where you need to power down (34:30) before this week'…

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Episode 85: From Other Media to Comics (with Tim Radecki) 1:07:02

11M ago1:07:02

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This week, Scott and Keith welcome Tim Radecki (Super-bud, Grave Brigade). We discuss the continuation of zipatones (5:45), image choices for a one-page strip (11:00), and working on writing projects in various stages and balancing time between them (13:20) before we discuss comic writing versus writing for other media and how sometimes you learn a…

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Episode 84: Basic Visual Concepts 1:16:55

11M ago1:16:55

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This week, we discuss the right amount of Kickstarter promotion and the right art to use (5:40), modifying writing goals (18:45), and balancing page word with client work (25:50) before we discuss basic visual concepts (34:55) and how knowing them can help you break them.

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