The Making Comics Gutter Talk podcast goes international. Again. In this episode, Adam is joined by Denmark’s own, Palle Schmidt. If that name sounds familiar to you, it’s at least one of two things. Either you have heard the previous Gutter Talk episodes Palle was on, as well as the Comic Con panel back in 2014 moderated by Patrick Yurick, or it’s the amazing work he’s done in Thomas Alsop or Comics for Beginners, a site dedicated to educating those with the dream of creating comics.

In this episode, Adam and Palle discuss a wide range of topics. Whether it’s the inside scoop on Palle’s techniques as an artist or the various ways and differences artists are treated and respected between Denmark and the United States. They even touch on taxes. Taxes! We know, what do taxes have to do with comics? Well, directly, not much. But in the overall grand scheme of things, no one can escape them. Even underpaid artists.

Make sure you give the Gutter Talk podcast a rating and review on iTunes and check out the MakingComics.com site for all your comic creating needs.

Palle’s Links:

Palle’s site (@Palle_Schmidt)

Stiletto

Thomas Alsop

Comics For Beginners

Our Links:

Intro & Outro Song:

“RetroFuture Clean” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Outro Song Behind Vocals:

“Backed Vibes (clean)” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Transitions:

InceptionBrassHitMedium.wav: Herbert Boland / www.freesound.org

Old Fashion Radio Jingle 2.wav: club sound / www.freesound.org

For many folks, our esteemed Making Comics Gutter Talk host included, winter is a difficult time of year. Time changes, cold weather, having to constantly correct yourself on the year because it changed and it’s hard to get in the new habit of writing the new year. We get it. But Spring is about to… well, spring, and it’s time to wake up the sleeping beast that is this podcast. And what better way to rub the sleep out of our eyes than with one of the podcast’s favorite past guests.

In this first episode of 2019, which was admittedly recorded in 2018, Adam is joined by writer, artist, director, and overall swell guy, Graham Annable. If the name sounds familiar, it could be because he was a guest on the podcast a few years back. However, there’s a pretty sizable chance you know the name from his wonderful work, such as the Laika production, The Boxtrolls, which he co-directed. It could also be from the hilarious and sometimes poignant sketches and comics, Grickle. Or maybe it’s from his more recent graphic novels, Peter & Ernesto, in which he is both artist and writer. And as you’ll see, most recently, part-time editor.

Graham’s Links:

Graham’s site (@grickle)

Graham’s books, including Peter & Ernesto

Our Links:

Intro & Outro Song

“RetroFuture Clean” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Outro Song Behind Vocals

“Backed Vibes (clean)” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

We have bold new experiment ready for you to enjoy this week – the very first ComicFuel Workshop podcast! Bizhan Khodabendeh’s “Panel Layout: The Golden Ratio” from 2014 is our most popular article ever posted on our website. So, for season 1 of Gutter Talk we’ve decided to revisit the article in the form of a FREE WORKSHOP.

That’s right! We said FREE WORKSHOP!!!

I hear you asking:

“But, Patrick… This is just a podcast. How is a podcast a FREE WORKSHOP?”

Great question! The idea is super simple:

1. If you haven’t yet, read through Bizhan’s Article “Panel Layout: The Golden Ratio”
2. Come back to this post at MakingComics.com/guttertalkpod
3. Start playing the podcast and follow along with the tutorial below
4. Skip ahead to the future and you will have 1 full page of comic art completed that utilizes Bizhan’s Golden Ratio theory.

I told you it was simple. (I know, that last step is a doozy).

This is a crazy experiment for MakingComics.com and the Gutter Talk ComicFuel series. We want to know if you liked it, if you hated it, something was confusing, or even if you just want to say hi. All of the feedback is welcome and encouraged. To give us feedback, comment below or email us at [email protected].

Oh, and hey, if you like this episode please let us know by signing up to be a Patreon patron, giving us a one-time donation, or giving us a tip on the RadioPublic app.

For your convenience we’ve broken the podcast down into chapters:*

• 00:00:00 – Pre-Roll Ad
• 00:01:30 – *NEW* ComicFuel Theme Song
• 00:02:17 – Patreon Updates
• 00:04:10 – Show Intro
• 00:06:14 – Bizhan Introduction
• 00:10:55 – Workshop Agenda, Goals, & Deliverables
• 00:12:28 – Materials Overview
• 00:19:04 – Step 1: Thumbnailing
• 00:27:07 – Steps 2 & 3: Page Layout 1
• 00:33:54 – Steps 4 & 5: Page Layout 2
• 00:42:53 – Step 6: Penciling
• 00:52:44 – Step 7: Refining Pencils
• 01:01:00 – Step 8: Inking
• 01:14:03 – Steps 9-11: Refining Inks
• 01:25:25 – End of Lesson & Next Steps
• 01:27:31 – “Flats” Definition
• 01:32:31 – Closing The Loop: Golden Ratio
• 01:36:51 – Closing Credits

*If you are versed at all with “enhanced” podcasts, we’ve also included chapter markers directly in the episode so you should be able to jump to sections fairly easily from within your podcast player. If none of that makes any sense – ignore me.

Credits

Lesson & Photos by Bizhan Khodabendeh (@mendedarrow). Support him and his work by visiting MendedArrow.com.

All music was graciously provided by our friends “Another Dead Clown” from the instrumentals of “This May Not Work.” Support Another Dead Clown by purchasing their albums at: https://anotherdeadclown.bandcamp.com/

Music Tracks, in order of perception:

• Pre Roll Ad – Fuzzy Analog
• New Show Intro – Akashic Fields
• Transitions – “Space Demons” by Christopher O’Keeffe
• Step 1 Break – For the Aeroplane & 27 Second Kiss
• Step 2 – Evas Guitar
• Step 4 & 5 – Akashic Fields & Holy Fuck
• Step 6 – Penny Proposition & Eight Miles To Ludlow
• Step 7 – Pyramids
• Step 8 – Guns & Currency & Frank O
• Step 9-11 – Drinking Song & Spencer’s Bad News

The Golden Ratio Workshop

Audio Walkthrough

The Objective

To complete a full page of comic art utilizing Bizhan’s application of the Golden Ration compositional theory.

Materials

If you are interested in downloading all photos used below in high resolution, the script below, comic page templates (in both 11×17 & 8.5×11 – multiple formats), and more then we got you covered! Go check out our Patreon page where a donation of $2 a month will get you a download of all the materials for the workshop: https://www.patreon.com/makingcomics

Required Materials:

1. Pencil & Eraser
2. Pen (Specific ones outlined below, but any will do)
3. Paper (11×17 suggested, but copy paper can be made to work) 
4. A ruler

Suggested Materials:

1. Mechanical pencil
2. Bristol paper
3. Printed template
4. Light box
5. Staedtler 01
6. Staedtler 03
7. Pentel brush pen
8. Uniball white gel pen
9. Eraser

00:19:04 – Step 1: Thumbnailing

1.) Sketching thumbnails of page: I usually sketch multiple thumbnails per page because my first solution often isn’t a very strong solution. It’s also better to figure out a concrete solution before hand so that you aren’t constantly adjusting to make a better page.

00:27:07 – Steps 2 & 3: Page Layout 1

2.) This can be done beforehand, but you need to transfer your printed copy of my template to the paper. To do this we use a light box which makes it easier the trace an image. Sandwich the template between the box and a sheet of bristol paper.

3.) Now turn the box on and trace it using a pencil and ruler.

00:33:54 – Steps 4 & 5: Page Layout 2

4.) This is what it should look like. Notice how I don’t trace the circular shapes. I just have a general idea of where they go.

5.) Pencil panel borders laid out in the sketch using the notches surrounding the template.

00:42:53 – Step 6: Penciling

6.) Next sketch your environments and characters with pencil. I use basic shapes to build them – knowing that I will add a lot of detail during the inking process. While penciling I am considering both my thumbnail and the overall grid system. I often make adjustments to my initial idea while doing the pencil drawing.

00:52:44 – Step 7: Refining Pencils

7.) This is approximately what my final pencils would look like for my page. Not a lot of detail, but enough to remind me what my plans were for these drawings and to nail down the composition. For example, all of these fish will be covered in scales, but it would be a waste of time for me to pencil every scale since I will be inking them anyways. It’s like making myself draw it twice for no reason. It’s more important for me to nail down the overall gesture of the fish.

01:01:00 – Step 8: Inking

8.) Next we start inking. I first start with the 01 Staedtler pen. I like these because they tend to take awhile to dry so I can ink for long periods of time.

01:14:03 – Steps 9-11: Refining Inks

9) Next I use the 03 Staedtler pen to fill in smaller shadowed areas and draw a thick outer line. This helps separate the character from the background – after I ink the background also with an 01 pen.

10) The larger black areas and the “alligator teeth” shadows are both often illustrated with a Pentel brush pen. To fill in the black areas with a bit of texture I turn my pen sideways almost against the page and drag it perpendicular to itself. Areas that can’t be filled in this way I use the brush as I would any writing tool.

To get the  “alligator teeth” I turn my pen sideways and press gradually harder as I pull my hand away from the tip of the pen. When these are stacked close to each other, the affect is a jagged edge.

11) I’ll now use my white gel pen to either cut into some of the black areas with highlights OR to clean up a mistake with my inking. I will also use white out tape or white out to do this.

01:25:25 – End of Lesson & Next Steps

12.) Finally I erase the pencils and this is what it looks like.

To show how it gets wrapped up which I won’t go into detail because that should be left for yet another tutorial.

13.)  I scan the inks, clean them up and add panels. You might notice that I added some dock pilings in the background. After a bit of drawing. I’ll often use parts of previously drawn pages to save time or add complexity to a panel. This is more useful with the backgrounds than the characters. Sometimes repeating a character drawing can make the comic feel stale so I avoid it unless it contributes to the narrative.

14.) Then I color the page.

• Patrick’s 4 Part GIMP Comic Coloring Tutorial Series
  • DIGITAL COLORING FOR COMICS – GIMP EDITION
  • Tutorial Part 1
  • Tutorial Part 2
  • Tutorial Part 3

15.) Finally I add the type and word. bubbles digitally.

• Patrick’s FREE Adobe Illustrator Lettering Template

We hope your ears are ready for more comic candy, because Gutter Talk has returned!

With Gutter Talk’s mid-season intermission behind us, Adam Greenfield is back at it with another incredible interview – this time with Eisner Award Nominated writer and publisher Norm Harper!

This week’s episode is filled with engaging conversation surrounding Norm’s breakout comic, Rikki, and what it means to take an old, well-known tale and spin it with a fresh, comic-style twist! Adam and Norm’s conversation also finds itself exploring the ideas behind belonging to a clan and finding oneself, walking between film and comics, jumping into the world of indie comics, fighting off imposter syndrome, and starting an incredible publishing company!

Also, for those of you who love listening to the sultry voice of our host and the plethora if diverse guests on the regular, please consider helping us make more episodes by donating at least $1 to the show on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/makingcomics. Hitting our goals means more episodes, which means more tips, tricks, and insight into the comic world for you!

The Sequels Info

Intro & Outro Song

“RetroFuture Clean” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Outro Song Behind Vocals

“Backed Vibes (clean)” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Songs Behind Ads

“Elmore Heights” by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License. (http://freemusicarchive.org)

“Dirty Wallpaper” by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License. (http://freemusicarchive.org)

Though our Season 1 Intermission might have arrived, that doesn’t mean anybody around here gets to rest – and that means you! That’s right, while we scurry about, finishing up the last couple of interviews and other such surprises, we’ve got some homework for you. But don’t worry, it’s nothing too difficult. In order to make sure you’re prepared for our super secret upcoming book club episode, we decided to re-release one of our most popular episodes from the past – the Graham Annable interview – just in case you missed it last time!

For those about to listen in for the first time, here’s a little episode information: Our hero Adam Greenfield is joined today by Graham Annable, the co-director of the Academy Award nominated movie, The Boxtrolls, as well as the amazing animator and artist behind Grickle. One of the more gracious guests we’ve had on the Gutter Talk podcast, the conversations were open windows into Graham’s thought processes as not just the great artist he is but also what it takes to be a director, even if a co-director, on a major stop-motion picture. Give it a listen, Tweet out some of your favorite moments, and let us know what you think!

The Original Episode

91: Graham Annable

Book Club Book

• Physical Book: Peter & Ernesto: A Tale of Two Sloths
• Digital Book [Nook]: Peter & Ernesto: A Tale of Two Sloths

How in the world could we do our first season of the MakingComics.com Gutter Talk Podcast without bringing back the #ComicFuel podcast? The #ComicFuel podcast was launched as a question/answer show by our leader Patrick Yurick for the massively popular “How To Make A Comic Book” course on Coursera. Students from around the world submit questions and the seemingly endless fountain of facts bubbling inside of the brain of Patrick does its best to link them with the answers needed. On this seventh installment of #ComicFuel we cover questions like “Am I too old to make a living off of comics?”, “How do you manage a long-form comic project?”, “How do you learn to draw?”, and more. So pop on your headphones, get out a paper and pen, and draw while listening to Patrick traverse the world answering comic-making quandaries.

Jump-To Sections

• [00:00:00] Support MakingComics.com Ad
• [00:00:25] Show Theme
• [00:01:10] Introduction
  
• [00:04:10] Graham Annable Book Club Announcement
• [00:06:10] Season Intermission Announcement
• [00:08:00] Season Patreon Campaign Announcement
• [00:12:50] What happened to the ComicFuel podcast?
• [00:20:15] Question #1: Am I too old to make a living off of comic books?
• [00:25:15] Question #2: How do you start outlining a big comic idea that you have?
• [00:29:27] Question #3: How do you manage a long-form comic project?
• [00:31:34] Ad Break
• [00:33:35] Question #4: How do you learn how to draw?
• [00:43:20] Question #5: Who makes comics? Only aspiring comic creators?
• [00:47:35] Question #6: How do you collaborate with a team making comics together?
• [01:01:00] Closing Statements
• [01:03:00] Show Outro

Show Notes

[00:00:25] Show Theme

[00:01:10] Introduction

— Gutter Talk Season 1 Episode 4 (115)
— ComicFuel #7
— What is ComicFuel?
— ComicFuel was a podcast started on May 14, 2016 by MakingComics.com leader, and teacher, Patrick Yurick. The podcast is a Q&A show with questions supplied from students within the “How To Make A Comic Book” MOOC on Coursera (which has over 27,000 enrolled students from all over the world). The show sometimes includes inspirational audio clips referred to as “AudioFuel”.  As defined within the first episode of the course, Comic Fuel is defined as: Any kind of inspirational piece of wisdom that directly results in the encouragement of artistry. Aka – psychological fuel, like coffee, designed to conquer your demons and keep going.

[00:04:10] Graham Annable Book Club Announcement

Announcing Our First Season Book Club Book: Graham Annable’s “Peter & Ernesto – A Tale of Two Sloths”
– More news to come
– Graham on a future episode
– Buy the book on Amazon
– Keep an eye on
— the Gutter Talk newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dGp7c9
— MakingComics.com Facebook page
— Instagram
— Twitter
— The podcast feed itself…

[00:06:10] Season Intermission Announcement

Apologies for the brevity of this episode
– Teaching animation to some of my students who are sailing around the world in a yacht.
— Not returning until the 30th
— No internet
– Mid-season break

[00:08:00] Season Patreon Campaign Announcement

– Patreon Readthrough
— Patrons: 32
— 1-5 Monica Sampler
— Pledged: $46
— Current Cost of MakingComics.com
—- Per Year: $2,100
—- Per Month: $175
– RadioPublic
— Week 1 RP earnings:
— 13 Listens
— $3.00 – New Listener Bonus
—- Total = $3.26
— Tips are live!
— Download The RadioPublic App and search for MakingComics.com Gutter Talk
— Listen to 3 episodes
– MakingComics.com
— Paypal One Time Donation
— Go to MakingComics.com
— Scroll to the bottom of the page
— Click on the link that says “One-Time Donations”

[00:12:50] What happened to the ComicFuel podcast?

– Where has ComicFuel been? (aka – updates)
— Milestones in my life
—- June 2017 – Cambridge back to San Diego
—- April 2018 – Baby due (Calvin) in January 4 2019
—- June 2018 – Podcation & Jupiter Saloon
—- August 2018 – Finished at MIT (gradx.mit.edu)
– MakingComics.com
— What is the site for?
— Is it working?
— What is the next level for the site?
— ComicFuel a little lost in that shuffle
— Season 1 of Gutter Talk Is a Great fit.
– The Wiki – comicfuel.wikidot.com
— The wiki isn’t up to date exactly
— Should the show still have a wiki? Contact me at [email protected] if you’d like to help curate the ComicFuel wiki.
– Past Episodes of ComicFuel
— 108: Patrick Yurick & Adam Greenfield (ComicFuel 6)
— 101: Patrick Yurick & Rachel Beck (ComicFuel 5)
— 99: Patrick Yurick & Adam Greenfield (ComicFuel 4)
— 97: Patrick Yurick, Ulises Farinas, & Lucy Bellwood (ComicFuel 3)
— 96: Patrick Yurick (ComicFuel 2)
— 95: Patrick Yurick (ComicFuel 1)
– Old Show Notes
— ComicFuel.WikiDot.com
— Old Soundcloud Stream

[00:20:15] Question #1: Am I too old to make a living off of comic books?

“I’m about to turn 43, I’m too old to start to draw comics and turn it into my work?” – Papayrus, 42, Spain

— Notes
— No
— Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers (10,000 Hours) or, Alec Longstreth = 2,000 pages
— Honesty – it is hard to make a living off of comics alone

[00:25:15] Question #2: How do you start outlining a big comic idea that you have?

“I have an idea that spans many angles – it’s kind of a comic that deals with journalism/psychology/therapy – how on earth do you start to conjure up an outline when the idea is so fuzzy?” – Emma, Hamilton, New Zealand

— Notes
—- Up to you. I’d probably start with trying to format the project into a pitch packet
—— “Here Comes The Pitch” series by Jim Zub
—— Remnants from “Get A Grasp!” Course
——— How to Start Making Comics
——— Worldbuilding
——— Project Management
——— Pitching Your Project
——— My Punisher Pitch Packet

[00:29:27] Question #3: How do you manage a long-form comic project?

“How can we make long comic novels?” – Dhyaan, 11, India

Notes:
– Planning
— My Article Series on This:
— Ability Calibration
— Defining Scope
— Project Management
— Spreadsheet Tutorial
— Establishing A Schedule

[00:31:34] Ad Break

[00:33:35] Question #4: How do you learn how to draw?

“What advice would you give someone who would like to start a webcomic but has no experience in drawing, illustrating etc. as I’ve only been a reader and trying to navigate helpful articles online has been tricky.” Angus, 19, Western Australia

“How can I get started with drawing – something I’ve always wanted to do – as I have no experience in doing so?” – Frank, 30, New York

Notes:
— Just start
— Practice A Lot
– workbooks are great
— Zen Tangles
— 10 Books to Explore
– Principles & Elements of Art
— Video Explainer
— PDF breakdown
—– Elements – Color, Form, Line, Shape, Space, Texture, & Value
—– Principles – Rhythm, Balance, Emphasis/Contrast, Proportion, Gradation, Harmony, Variety, & Movement

[00:43:20] Question #5: Who makes comics? Only aspiring comic creators?

“Are there any comic artists who have backgrounds in fields other than art, graphic design, or other non-visual areas of study (literature, science, philosophy, etc…)?” – Cameron, 31, California

Notes:

– My MIT Comic
– Nick Sousanis
– XKCD & Randall Munroe
— Comics are a communication medium.
— Often the mistake is made that what we’ve commercially seen popular is what comics are (superheroes).

[00:47:35] Question #6: How do you collaborate with a team making comics together?

“What’s your advice: should we do it all from A to Z or find a more collaborative approach, say one does the script, another the environments,  the characters, and so on? If so are there any collaborative forums?” – Nuno, 33, Portugal

“How can an aspiring writer begin to collaborate with an aspiring illustrator to create a comic or graphic novel? What is the relationship like between writer and illustrator in the comic world?” – Cameron, 31, California

Notes:

– Start by knowing, as an individual, the entire process
– Collaboration requires new time in the process spent communicating
— MIT comic
— Assess your weaknesses and decide how to address them
—- Evaluate your goals
—— Commercially viable?
—— Specifically reflective of your own vision?
——— In narrative? Art? Or both?
—— Budget
—— Time

– Collaborative Forums
— Digital Webbing
— MakingComics.com Underdog community
—- Facebook group
—- Reddit
— MakingComics.com Slack
— Reddit
—- #makecomics
— Potentially Andy Schmidt’s “Comics Experience”

[01:01:00] Closing Statements

[01:03:00] Show Outro

Songs Used

• Patreon Info Segment:“Story To Fall Through” by Dr. Turtle, used under CC BY / Desaturated from original
• Intro & Outro Songs:“Unexpected Hoedown In Bagging Area” by Dr. Turtle, used under CC BY / Desaturated from original
• #Comic/Audio Fuel Segments
  • “The Kid In The Bins” by Dr. Turtle, used under CC BY / Desaturated from original
  • “Dry Run Well” by Dr. Turtle, used under CC BY / Desaturated from original
• Daily-Challenge Segment: “New Boots Rag” by Dr. Turtle, used under CC BY / Desaturated from original

We hope you enjoyed the show last week! This week, we’re switching gears and truly getting into the nitty-gritty world of comics.

Raise your hand if you’ve ever wanted to see your comic book on the shelves at your local comic book store! Do you know what it takes to get your comics through those sacred doors and into the pulls? Besides hard work (and a healthy dose of tears), there are some fine intricacies that go into understanding what makes a comic sell. Which is why this week, Adam sat down with Glynnes Pruett, owner and operator of one of America’s (and definitely L.A.’s) finest comic shops, The Comic Hideout.

Sporting her blue hair and kick-ass attitude, Glynnes dove deep with Adam into the trends that she sees comics heading. From women’s involvement in kicking down age-old gender stereotypes and embracing comics, to building offline communities around comic books and friends, Glynnes proves that sometimes it’s best to be weird and crazy and silly as she channels that energy into fun, creative projects that make her Eisner-nominated business one of the hottest spots around and a place you definitely want your comic to call home!

Please consider supporting us so that more episodes of the show can be released by donating at $1+ to the show on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/makingcomics

The wait for Gutter Talk Episode 2 is finally over and things are about to get intergalactic!

You see, one of the most-heard bits of feedback we get from our beloved listeners is that they love listening to Gutter Talk while doodling or sketching or inking. They love the inspiration it brings as they push onward with their often tedious work. It’s sort of a way to give the brain something to focus on while the hands do all the heavy lifting.

Well, we took this feedback and we thought, “Hmm, what can we do to really up the ante in terms of entertainment and inspiration?” Suddenly the answer struck! “We’ll take our listeners to the theatre!” Adam joyously proclaimed. And thus Gutter Talk Theatre was born!

Not long after, we decided to team up with Podcation, (another project from the inimitable mind of our fearless leader, Patrick Yurick), to take you, our loyal listeners, away from your studios and drawing pads and send you deep into the furthest reaches of the galaxy, on an epic adventure filled with love, loss, and a maybe a stiff drink or two.

It is with great pleasure that Gutter Talk Theatre presents: Jupiter Saloon!

Please consider supporting us so that more episodes of the show can be released by donating at $1+ to the show on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/makingcomics

About Jupiter Saloon

This sci-fi comedy audio drama centers on The Jupiter Saloon — a dive bar in space. It’s a place where weird characters from all over the galaxy come for a heavily poured drink, interesting conversation, and the possibility of adventure. Plus, patrons who are short on credits can settle their tab by telling a good story.

Sort of like Cheers meets Tales from the Crypt. In space!

Full credits for the Jupiter Saloon podcast are available here.

To learn more about Jupiter Saloon visit JupiterSaloon.com

Intro Song:

“RetroFuture Clean” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Ad Songs:

“Abracadabra” Silent Partner
https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/music

“Elle va au Japon” Nic Bommarito
Licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License
http://freemusicarchive.org

“Upbeat” Jon Luc Hefferman
Licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License
http://freemusicarchive.org

Transition:

“InceptionBrassHitMedium.wav”Herbert Boland
www.freesound.org

It’s finally here! It’s finally happening! The oh-so official first episode of the new “Gutter Talk Season 1” has arrived and it’s got all of us here at Making Comics more excited than we honestly have any right to be.

In case you haven’t heard (how that’s possible at this point, we’re not entirely sure), Gutter Talk is releasing in a new seasonal format. This season, we’re releasing 8 episodes each Friday – all filled to the brim with invaluable insights, terrific tools, and a little dash of Adam’s signature wit on the side. Okay, maybe a little more than a dash. You can even sign up here if you’re in the mood to get email updates (and possible behind-the-scenes goodies) from each episode on the day they drop. Because in this fast-paced day and age, a little reminder here and there never hurt anyone.

Anyhow, moving on to Episode 1! Esteemed host Adam Greenfield sits down in an unexpectedly pleasant park with artist, writer, and director Scott Marcano. Known the world around as the writer of the inimitable 90’s hit movie “Bio-Dome” and head of the Diablo Comics publisher, Scott’s enthusiasm for all things media is unstoppably contagious. Adam and Scott’s conversation jumps naturally between topics that range from video games and film rights for comics books to censorship and profanity to even the merits of print versus digital comics. This episode is brimming with deep industry knowledge that even the most battle-hardened comic creators will find enlightening. But don’t take our word for it. Give Episode 1 a listen and tell us what you think! And while you’re at it, drop us a little love on iTunes (or wherever you find your favorite podcasts) with a quick rating and maybe a review if you’re feeling especially happy to hear us back on the air!

Please consider supporting us so that more episodes of the show can be released by donating at $1+ to the show on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/makingcomics

Scott’s Links:

Diablo Comics (@mister_diablo77)

“The Void Divine” by Corey Snowden

Intro & Outro Song:

“RetroFuture Clean” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Outro Song Behind Vocals:

“Backed Vibes (clean)” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Songs Behind Ads:

“Plant Food”  Nic Bommarito

Licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

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“Please Listen Carefully” Jahzzar

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Just a quick message from Adam on upcoming Making Comics Gutter Talk all new Season 1. Okay, maybe also a message to become a subscriber at our Patreon page, too. Fine! Also a call for any sponsors or advertisers. But when it’s all said and done, really, it’s still a quick message from Adam.

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“RetroFuture Clean” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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San Diego Comic Con is a great place to meet and talk to comic artists and writers from all over the world. This year, Adam had the opportunity to talk to creators from Fanbase Press for Making Comics Gutter Talk episodes. In this week’s episode, two of them, David Accampo and Amanda Donahue join Adam on the back terrace of the San Diego Convention Center, out where you can hear everything from the medieval knights battling it out to the military helicopters flying by to the seagulls on the bay behind us.

The conversation began with a discussion on their latest collaboration, The Margins, and what it meant to them as creators. After their history was dredged up, but in a good way, the talk turned to the comic creating process, from the David’s writing to Amanda’s first foray into the world of comics.

If you enjoy these podcasts and want to hear more of them, please visit our Patreon page and help us make that happen. We at Making Comics would very much like to get back to our roots and put out podcast content on a regular, weekly basis. But in order to do that, we need your help. Also visit us on iTunes and give us a rating and review. This increases the podcast visibility and more listeners means more opportunity for more content. See the big, beautiful circle we’re drawing?

David & Amanda’s Links:

David’s site  (@daccampo)
Amanda’s site (IG page)
THE MARGINS Resources:
Website:   www.TheMarginsComic.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheMarginsComic/
Twitter:    @TheMarginsComics
Purchase Link:  https://fanboycomics.ecrater.com/p/30006833/the-margins

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“RetroFuture Clean” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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