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Make Comics #43 – Keep Moving Forward

Show Notes

It’s a long, hard road, this comics thing. Usually it is, anyway. This week, Josh Flanagan and Andy Schmidt are asked how to find the strength to go on. Maybe it’s not that bad, but when you struggle at this making comics thing for long enough, it can seem endless. Well, you’re not alone, and it’s not really that unusual. We offer our best advice.

Running Time: 00:15:27

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Andy Schmidt is the founder of the online comic book school Comics Experience, as well as a former editor at Marvel Comics and IDW Publishing. Josh Flanagan has been working on iFanboy.com, talking, reviewing, and thinking about comics for over a decade, as well as writing and creating some of his own.

If you’re interested in going further, you can check out Comics Experience, where there are plenty of classes available in all the disciplines of comic book creation from writing to drawing to coloring to lettering.

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Music:
What’s Your New Thing?
Walking Concert

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Comments

  1. Not comparing yourself really spoke to me. That’s an easy trap to fall in to.

    Also, the reminder that it took Bendis 10 years to get going. Thanks guys!

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