Episode 447 - Building a Long Term Audience!

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01/22/24 • 139 min

What does it take to make a comic strip for over a decade? Thats the question that the gang ask Alan Henderson (The Penned Guins) this week. From where the ideas come from, building an audience and ending in a satisfying manner its a fascinating journey into the mind of a long term indie comics creator. Theres also amazing recommendations, talk about language translations, marathons, snickers and so much more!

Great stuff to check out this week - Alan Henderson, The Penned Guins, Ink Blot Festival, John M. Burns, Rory Donald, Leatherhead Library Con, Lawless Comic Con 2024, Dan Charnley, Dans Monsters, Tribute Press, Vanguard, Home Free, The Eagles of Rome VI, The Enfield Gang Massacre, Our Bones Dust, Party Girl, The Comic Book Story of Beer, Hartlepool Monkey, DC Comics Hostess Snacks Ads

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Episode 446 - Copycats in Comics!

Are you ready for a superpowered ER Nurse? The ACP is, and this week they talk with the creators of 'Copycat' Heath Amodio (The Heathens) and Cullen Bunn (Dark Ark, The Sixth Gunn) about their upcoming book, writers collaborating, taking projects to the screen and scenes that were too extreme for editors! Theres also chat about crowdfunding, first issues, independent and underground comics and more.

Great stuff to check out this week - Copycat, Cullen Bunn, Heath Amodio, Zoop, Nightwalkers, Storm King Comics, Long Haul, ACP Drink and Draw, Lawless Con 2024, Alan Henderson, The Penned Guins, Moth Hill, Afterlight Comics, Jazz: Juggernauts Against Zealous Zealots, Green Archer Comics, No Brainer, Edison Neo, Shitty Stories, Cam Hayden, Ultimate Spider Man, Travelling to Mars, Ablaze Comics, Electric Chair, Transformers, Adventureman: Ghost Lights, Matt Fraction, Terry and Rachel Dodson

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Episode 448 - 40 Years of Comics with Bob Fingerman!

This week the ACP are joined by Bob Fingerman (Minimum Wage) to talk about his career in making comics, from schools to published work, the teachings of classic creators, looking back at a 40 year career of cartooning and so much more! Its a fascinating insight into one of the great minds of indie comics, and as well as that there's also some comics festival travel tips and great comics to check out in the week ahead too!

Great stuff to check out this week - Bob Fingerman, Thats Some Business You're In, Minimum Wage, Zoop, NoBrow, Thorgal, Artificial, The Horizon, Ghost Machine, Image Comics