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Comics Manifest

Aaron Williamscomicsmanifest.com
Join Aaron Williams on Comics Manifest where he interviews amazing and influential creators in comics. Guests share their creative journey, express what excites them today, share their worst creative moment, and most memorable successes. Expect to receive strategies you can adopt, mindsets that you can obtain, and ACTIONABLE tips that can inspire you and help you take your comics projects to the next level. Comics Manifest aims to inspire the aspiring creator and with new episodes airing every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, you can expect to be inspired all week long!
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Episodes

066: The Art of Positivity with Trungles

Trungles, is a cartoonist and creator of the comics The Magic Fish, Matches, and Tamarind. He is also the creator of Limerence Press's The Glass Mountain Coloring Book.

Jan 04, 201744 min

065: You Are Not Unique with Chris Grady

Chris Grady is a cartoonist and teacher. He is the creator of the webcomic Lunarbaboon and also ran 2 successful Kickstarter campaigns to manifest his books Lunarbaboon volume 1 and Lunarbaboon volume 2 into reality.

Jan 02, 201745 min

064: You Can See Opportunities That No One Else Can with David Malki !

David Malki ! is the creator of the popular webcomic Wondermark the co-creator of the book series Machine of Death and has also run multiple Kickstarter campaigns for Wondermark merchandise including jigsaw puzzles and greeting cards. David also ran a Kickstarter campaign that raised over 500,000 dollars to manifest the Machine of Death board game into reality.

Dec 06, 201657 min

063: Discovering The Sensibilty of Your Work with Dash Shaw

Dash Shaw is a cartoonist and animator, as a cartoonist he is the creator of the graphic novels, Bottomless Belly Button, Cosplayers, and Bodyworld and as an animator Dash is the creator of The Unclothed Man in the 35th Century A.D., Seraph, and his latest animated feature My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea.

Dec 03, 201645 min

062: Facing Your Fears with Katie Rice

Katie Rice is an illustrator and cartoonist, She is the winner of Penny Arcades Strip Search and the creator of the webcomics, Camp Wedonwantcha and Katie Comics.

Dec 01, 201635 min

061: Be Proud Of What You Create with Tommi Musturi

Tommi Musturi is a cartoonist, illustrator, and publisher. He is the co-creator the Finnish comics publishing house Huuda Huuda and the creator of the graphic novels, Walking with Samuel, Simply Samuel, and the Book of Hope.

Nov 29, 201633 min

060: Take The First Step To Build Momentum with Sophie Goldstein

Sophie Goldstein, is an award winning cartoonist. She is the winner of two ignatz awards and the creator the incredible graphic novel, The Oven, The comic series House of Women, co-creator of the web comic Darwin Carmichael is Going to Hell, and a handful of shorts that you can check out on her website RedInkRadio.com.

Nov 26, 201637 min

059: Challenge Yourself and Always Be Growing with Sandra Lanz

Sandra Lanz is a cartoonist and illustrator, her work can be found in the comics Prophet: Strikefile, Creepy Magazine, and Volume 2 of From Under Mountains. Sandra is also the creator of the Stela exclusive comic House Girls and the illustrator of the successfully Kickstarted graphic novel, Luci's Let Down.

Nov 23, 201643 min

058: Your Work Has Value with Zack Giallongo

Zack Giallongo is a cartoonist and illustrator, he is the writer of Star Wars Ewoks, the illustrator of the Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue presents Romeo and Juliet and MacBeth, and the creator of the New York times best-selling graphic novel BROXO. Zack is also the host of The Galaxy of Super Adventure podcast!

Nov 19, 201646 min

057: Heart Is What People Are Attracted To with Taneka Stotts

Taneka Stotts is a comic book writer and editor, she is the writer of the webcomics Full Circle, Love Circuits, and the comic for Stela, Deja Brew. Taneka is also the editor of the comics Afar, Elements: Fire, and the Award-Winning "Beyond: The Queer Sci-Fi and Fantasy Comic Anthology" She also ran the successful Kickstarter campaign that raised over 75,000 dollars to Manifest the Beyond anthology into reality.

Nov 17, 201648 min

056: The Ability To Listen with Dan Jurgens

Dan Jurgens is a writer, penciller, and inker, who has worked on so many titles from DC and Marvel Comics, including Superman, Batman, Teen Titans, Captain America, and Thor. He is the creator of the character Booster Gold and is the writer of Superman: Lois and Clark, Batman Beyond, and Action Comics.

Nov 14, 201640 min

055: Building Your Team with Lucy Knisley

Lucy Knisley is an award winning, new york times best selling, cartoonist, illustrator, and teacher. Her work has been published through Marvel, Valiant, Boom Studios!, and First Second Books. She has been a guest speaker and lectured at many events including San Diego Comic Con, New York Comic Con, SPX, and The Toronto Comic Arts Festival. And she is the creator of the graphic novels, An Age of Innocence, Displacement, French Milk, Relish and Something New!

Nov 11, 201633 min

054: Follow Your Gut Feeling with Rui Tenreiro

Rui Tenreiro is an illustrator, cartoonist, and art director. His work has been featured in publications such as The Guardian, The New Yorker and The New York Times. He is also the creator of the graphic novels, The Celebration, Museum, and Lanterns of Nedzu.

Nov 10, 201632 min

053: Make A Plan with Jeff Smith

Jeff Smith is a cartoonist who has won multiple awards including 11 Harvey awards and 11 Eisner awards, He is the creator of the iconic graphic novel series BONE, the award winning graphic novel RASL and the webcomic, TUKI: Save the Humans.

Nov 07, 201637 min

052: Letting Go Of Attachment with Jesse Moynihan

Jesse Moynihan is a cartoonist and illustrator, He has worked as a writer and storyboard artist on the show Adventure Time, he is a winner of the Xeric grant and creator of the graphic novel, Follow Me and the webcomic series, Forming.

Nov 04, 201638 min

051: Serve The Story You Are Telling with Steve Lieber

Steve Lieber is an Eisner award winning writer and illustrator who has published work through many publishers including Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Image, and Oni Press on properties including Batman, Superman, Hellboy, and Star Trek. He the illustrator of the Graphic Novel Whiteout and the co-author of the book: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Graphic Novel.

Nov 02, 201626 min

050: Let You Shine Through with Der-shing Helmer

Der-shing Helmer is an illustrator and cartoonist, she is the creator of the webcomics The Meek and Mare Internum. She recently conducted a successful kickstarter campaign that raised over 115,000 dollars to manifest the printed edition of The Meek into reality.

Oct 31, 201626 min

048: Don't Take Advice, Invent It with Nicholas Gurewitch

Nicholas Gurewitch is a cartoonist and illustrator, he is the creator of the award winning comic strip, The Perry Bible Fellowship and the books The Perry Bible Fellowship Almanack and The Trial of Colonel Sweeto and Other Stories. He also ran a successful kickstarter that raised over 100 thousand dollars to Manifest his book Notes on a Case of Melancholia into reality.

Oct 26, 201628 min

046: Show Up With The Notion Of Service with Jerzy Drozd

Jerzy Drozd is an illustrator, Cartoonist, teaching artist, and fellow podcaster. He is the creator of the popular webcomic Boulder and Fleet, Co-Creator of the Kids Read Comics festival, and the host of many comic-centric podcasts including, Comics Are Great! , Lean Into Art, and Kid's Comics Revolution.

Oct 21, 20161 hr 6 min

045: It's All About The Work with Ibrahim Moustafa

Ibrahim Moustafa is a comic book artist who's work has been featured in Godzilla in Hell, Flash Season ZERO, Doctor Fate, and the Eisner-Award nominated series High Crimes. He is also the creator of the Stela comic series Jaeger.

Oct 19, 201625 min

043: Commit All The Way with Christopher Sebela

Christopher Sebela is a writer of Marvel, Darkhorse, Boom! Studios, Oni Press, and Image Comics with amazing titles that include, Escape From New York, Ghost, High Crimes, Welcome Back, Heartthrob, and Demonic. Chris is also the author of the book, I Lived in A Clown Motel.

Oct 14, 201644 min

042: Make A Comic A Day with Box Brown

Box Brown is an Ignatz award winning cartoonist and illustrator. He is the man behind the comics publishing house Retrofit Comics. The creator of the New York Times Best Selling graphic novel, Andre the Giant: Life and Legend and the graphic novel Tetris: The Games People Play.

Oct 12, 201634 min

041: Done Is Beautiful with Colleen Coover and Paul Tobin

Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover are comic creators extraordinaire, they are truly a creative power couple and have won multiple awards for their collaborative creations. Titles that they have collaborated on include, the all ages comic Banana Sunday, the graphic novel Gingerbread Girl, and the multi-award winning comic series, Bandette.

Oct 10, 201643 min

039: Weather The Storm and Don't Fear Failure with MK Reed

MK Reed is an author and cartoonist, she is the creator of the webcomic About A Bull and her work has been featured in a handful of anthologies and magazines including Papercutter and Galago, she is also the writer of the graphic novels Cute Girls Network, Palefire, Science Comics: Dinosaurs, and the award winning graphic novel Americus.

Oct 05, 201618 min
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