This week, we talk about the admin and social media stuff that goes with being a creator (4:35), creating a detailed drawing for a coloring book (14:15), Comic Con Revolution (18:20), refining pitches (33:35), restarting the fire for drawing (43:45), and flatting pages (52:00).
Episode 287: Changing styles and Productivity
18/05/2026 | 1 h 2 min
Today, we talk about a record(?) week of art productivity (4:15), assembling bonus material for the back pages of a comic (13:30), chaos via issues with files for the printer (22:00), writing the correct age and digging into dialect (31:00), and rising printing costs (48:00).
Episode 286: Pacing and Beginnings
11/05/2026 | 1 h 15 min
This week, we discuss early story pacing (6:45), drawing interiors (14:00), compare notes on Free Comic Book Day (35:30), and behind the scenes work to finish a comic (57:30).
Episode 285: From Idea to Cover
04/05/2026 | 1 h 18 min
This week we talk about going from idea to a cover (2:40), how lettering on a comic evokes Marvel method (13:30), continuing work on interiors (23:30), the odd feeling of light notes in a workshop (26:10), preparing PDFs and files in advance of a Kickstarter finishing (30:00), and discuss current comics we're reading (41:00).
Episode 284: The Many Faces of Editing
27/04/2026 | 1 h 24 min
This week, we discuss the beginning of a story draft edit (6:00), making the most of extra pages in a comic (26:45), editing a comic as you letter (32:20), finishing thumbnails for common pages in a comic (40:15), the LA Times Festival of Books (44:40), and finding the right thumbnail for a cover (49:30).
Making Comics is a podcast where indie comics creators Scott Lost (Wanderers of Melissanda, The Second Shift) and Keith Foster (Kodoja, Three Protectors) discuss the world of independent comics from both artist and writer perspectives. It centers around one question - what did you do last week? Art, writing, promotion, you name it - it all adds up to the work behind an indie comic.
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