Dumb Comic Creators Podcast

...it did not go well. One of us had covid, but which was it? And why did we even try this? Listen to find out.    Thanks for listening!!!!!!! Real episodes return this week! 

Sefra Orlick is a comic artist and character designer who joined us to share her process of creating webtoons! She talks about several of her projects including Oni x Fox https://tapas.io/series/Oni-x-Fox and Space Pack https://tapas.io/series/Space-Pack and a little about her character designs including the Chromamon Monster Encyclopedia Book http://www.sefraorlick.com/store/p1/Chromamonbook.html...

This week we talk to Chris Snowden, creator of the Instagram comic "Many Muggles" ( https://www.instagram.com/manymuggles/ ) and also the creator of the Muggle Maker, where you can make your own muggle and then create a mug for yourself or a loved one! How freaking cool is that. We had a great time talking about the comic and of course talking about the Muggle Maker! Check out his website to make...

We are joined in this episode by Natosha and Lloyd Jones who write/produce for Midnight Comics ( https://www.midnightcomics.org/ ). They discuss their writing process, how they come up with the mythos of their stories, and how dreams play a part in their writing process.  Follow them! https://www.instagram.com/midnightxcomics/ Support their comics: https://www.midnightcomics.org/shop   Thanks for...

This was a crazy episode. We recorded a whole intro that was terrible (worse than ever before) but luckily we changed it with the one you will listen to. I actually mixed up Andy Warhol and Andy Kauffman and we spent like 5 minutes trying to figure out how that was wrong and it literally went on and on and on...but then we scrapped the whole thing. It was a real life deus ex machina... This episod...

One of our more interesting guests, Alice! Alice the Pigeon Lady...to be exact, joins us to talk about her upcoming book about her pigeon people. Alice started the project right before the pandemic and watched it change and morph and turn into quite an interesting graphic novel. We were happy that Alice could share some details about her book and world and look forward to seeing it completed in No...

Steve Mardo and Shawn French join us to talk about their comic "Epic Tavern: Tales from the Fantastical Crimes Unit". We had a blast talking to these comic veterans and can't wait to see the finished comic out soon! This comic is unique (from our experience) in that it is set in the same world as a video game called "Epic Tavern"  Find Steve: https://www.stevemardo.com/ https://www.instagram.com/s...

This week we had a very interesting artist and creator @spaceyartmacy (aka Macy aka Maeb) who creates her own comics but also is a co-editor of a zine called No Nothing Mag! We had lots of questions! She discusses her influences, how she got into comics and also how they started/marketed No Nothing Mag. Also her comics Barry the Blog, Windows and Half Birthday. Follow Her: https://www.instagram.co...

Holozler is the creator of https://www.instagram.com/groonycomicstrip/ The Groony Comic Strip on instagram, which branches into other media including YouTube videos as we discuss in this video. Was this podcast a part of Groony?? We don't know! But so many intricate details go into this instagram strip, it is worth listening to and trying to follow along! Please be sure to subscribe to Holozler on...

Dan Price and Casey Allen joined us in this episode to talk about their upcoming release "Big Foot Knows Karate". They talk about their creative partnership and Dan also goes into depth about his art style. Plus they have a totally awesome story about how they met. Follow Dan's Instagram @danomyte139 https://www.instagram.com/danomyte139/?hl=en and support their Kickstarter!! https://www.kickstart...

This week's episode is an interview with Ben Machlin, the creator of the instagram comic "Ben Draws Bad" https://www.instagram.com/bendrawsbad/ and book "How to Draw Bad: A Collection of Comics" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08T43T9DF     We talk to Ben about how he started drawing comics, why he draws bad, what it means to "draw bad" and his weirdly specific background in comics (without hav...

We had a blast talking to Jorge Medina this week! He is the writer of Russ 5377 and The Adventures of Wonder Duck and also is a host of his own podcast that features indie artists called "Catch Da Craze". Jorge talks about creating and working with an artist who goes by "Psycho" (see previous episode) and how his comic creating journey has been unexpected but rewarding! Be sure to check out his co...

This week we talk about the thriller/supernatural comic "Cane" with creators Taylor Campbell and Allison Sheppard of Outlawz Comics. They talk about how they met, the inspiration for the supernatural style comic and how they learned and grew as comic creators from the experience of creating their first comic together (Cane #1). Cane #2 is nearing completion and will be out soon as a Kickstarter ca...

We have a great interview with the long-time comic book artist Psycho who is @psychocomicsart on Instagram. Psycho is a comic artist and creator of The Bionic Caveman and Samurai Ninja Rabbits. Psycho tells us about how he started drawing and his winding road through making comics. He also tells us his opinion of digital comic book art and gives us some tips about self-promotion. He also had some...

Don't call it a BONUS EPISODE...but it is sort of that. This episode was recorded right before we took a break...in fact, there's a moment in this episode that Michael warns Keegan that he will be a zombie for 6 months, and that is exactly what happened and why we took a break. So...we never had time to upload this FANTASTIC interview with comic book creator Michael Penick (@penickart) but the tim...

This episode is a critique of the first draft of the completed comic for "The Nefarious Mr. Green" which Keegan has been working on with the artist Luis Santamarina (@mitomante). We're joined in this episode by the original co-author of the screenplay version of "The Nefarious Mr. Green" and Keegan's friend Alex Woods. Eric and Alex give some good notes on the comic. LOOK, this episode is not late...

Comic book artist and writer Brian Judge joins us to talk about his Smashtacular Crime Killer (semi-anthology) and his upcoming anthology which will feature a ton of great Instagram artists! You can read and check out Brian's work on his website and especially check out and read the amazing Smashtacular Crime Killer book linked here: https://www.oneandonlycomics.com/product/crime-killer-smashtacul...

WELCOME TO SEASON 2! This week we were joined once again by Josef Castiel and Jacob Fleming who have a new Curses book coming out soon "Curses #3" and been creating a Kickstarter campaign to help finance. We picked their brain about the Kickstarter campaign and marketing their comic and a little bit about their creative process, which inevitably led to a discussion about Star Wars (all conversatio...

AWWWWWwwwww snap! We're back ya'll! This episode is an interview that was recorded in February with Drew Lenhart, producer, writer, creator, and owner of Snowy Comics. We asked Drew a million gajillion questions about how he does it, and he was amazing and kind enough to answer a bajillion of those questions. Find and support Drew's projects at https://snowyworks.com/ and https://www.instagram.com...

This episode featured Jon Westoff, a talented comic book writer and letterer who brought a lot of experience and knowledge to the podcast! Jon's current Kickstarter is LIVE NOW! So make sure to check it out: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/parttimecomix/cps     Also check out Part Time Comix Twitter: https://twitter.com/parttimecomix?lang=en   And his store-envy: https://www.storenvy.com/stor...

Artist Jorge Zevallos joins us in this episode to talk about his one-shot alien invasion comic Wall Breakers. Jorge was great to talk to and we cover a lot of ground on how he crafted this comic and his tips for comic book artists. We also talk about lots of movies in this episode! You can find Wall Breakers at https://snowyworks.com/ and check out Jorge's instagram page: @simplerbolder   Thanks f...

This week we brought two experienced Chicago improvisers onto the podcast to talk about how to build believable, interesting and dynamic characters using improvisation. We talk about how to create a character right at home, and then we also made a "fake" comic book and thought about how each character could interact and have a relationship with other characters. We hope this information might beco...

Happy New Year listeners! This week we had Brian Judge on the podcast on New Years Day to talk about his recent work "Grublins: The Legend of Pee Boy." You can find Brian on Instagram @One_And_Only_Comics and his website http://oneandonlycomics.com   We also talked a little about our podcast in 2020. But mostly, we didn't waste our guest's time!    Thanks for listening, we appreciate you. Let us k...

This week we all worked on a full page of a comic script. There are books and resources for comic book writers to find comic book scripts, but they were offline or checked out at the library, so Keegan wrote an original script for everyone to work on. This week we were once again joined by Chloe and Andyboowandy (@BirdsofSadness on Instagram). Follow Andyboowandy for inspiration and hilariously un...

Welcome to the 3rd episode of our 4-Part Series called "The December Draw Down"! The DDD was created as a way to focus more on comic book "art" because we have spent so much time talking about writing, editing, marketing...etc. We also wanted to attempt comic book art, because comic artists (sarcastically I'm sure) are often suggesting comic book writers who can't pay learn how to draw! "What an i...