Pesto Comics - Audio Edition

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit pestocomics.substack.com 00:00 Welcome Back 01:31 A Breakthrough Moment 02:36 A Story for an Artist 03:44 Coming Up with the Concept 05:12 The Campaign 06:44 Costs in Depth 11:20 Final Performance 12:47 The Long Tail 13:38 Lessons Learned 14:56 Looking Forward 16:27 Super Secret Epilogue

00:00 Welcome Back 01:00 Worklog 01:26 Prelaunch Rodeo 01:40 Project Updates 02:16 Main Story 03:04 The Mainstream Pods 05:31 The Indie Pods 07:55 Coming Up on the Substack 08:19 Upcoming Appearances 08:41 Pesto Comics Release Calendar 09:05 Instant Ink Comic Book Podcast 09:56 Super Secret Epilogue 12:42 Writers Block & Project Time 16:57 Is This Fun? This is a public episode. If you would like t...

00:00 Welcome Back 01:00 Worklog 01:26 Prelaunch Rodeo 01:40 Project Updates 02:16 Main Story 03:04 The Mainstream Pods 05:31 The Indie Pods 07:55 Coming Up on the Substack 08:19 Upcoming Appearances 08:41 Pesto Comics Release Calendar 09:05 Instant Ink Comic Book Podcast 09:56 Super Secret Epilogue 12:42 Writers Block & Project Time 16:57 Is This Fun? This is a public episode. If you would like t...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit pestocomics.substack.com 00:00 Welcome Back 01:37 The Spark 02:48 Can't Do It Alone 03:21 The Software 04:18 My Recording Setup 05:11 Getting It Out There 06:09 What's Next 07:05 Coming Up on the Substack 08:01 Pesto Comics Release Calendar 09:34 Super Secret Epilogue 10:14 Big Smoke Pulp 2 Update 11:52 Writing the Substack 13:02 More S...

00:00 Welcome Back 01:02 Worklog 01:33 Project Updates 02:48 August 03:23 September 05:08 October 05:45 November and December 05:52 January 2026 06:32 February 06:50 Pitching and Planning 08:10 Coming Up on the Substack 08:39 Upcoming Appearances 09:00 Pesto Comics Release Calendar 10:57 Instant Ink Comic Book Podcast 12:02 Super Secret Epilogue 14:11 The Pratfalls of Social Media 15:22 Avatar Ran...

00:00 Welcome Back 01:39 Worklog 02:11 Project Updates 03:05 The Right Kind of Store 04:28 Back in My Day 05:52 Changing Tides 06:57 Coming Up on the Substack 08:28 Upcoming Appearances 12:18 Instant Ink Comic Book Podcast 13:25 Super Secret Epilogue This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pestocomics.substack.com

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit pestocomics.substack.com 00:00 Welcome Back 01:39 Less is More 02:30 Getting the Reps In 03:05 Comment and Community 04:06 Another Dimension in Audio 04:53 Do It Your Way 05:32 Leave a Comment 05:39 Coming Up on the Substack 06:11 Super Secret Epilogue

00:00 Welcome Back 01:36 Worklog 01:59 Project Updates 02:54 Disclaimer 03:09 Fixing Past Disappointments 03:56 The Silver Age Returns to the Silver Screen 04:50 James Gunn Gets Superman 05:57 It's Still Not Perfect 06:21 Excited for the Future of the DCU 07:06 Leave a Comment 07:12 Coming Up on the Substack 08:29 Upcoming Appearances 09:51 Pesto Comics Release Calendar 12:03 Instant Ink Comic Boo...

00:00 Welcome Back 01:47 A Poll about Post Length 02:55 Worklog 03:29 Project Updates 04:14 What I Look for in an Artist 05:47 It's Your Professionalism 06:58 The Naughty List 08:37 Where to Start 09:21 What It Looks Like When I Do Reach Out 09:52 Who Needs Artists Anyway? 10:35 My “Worked With” List 11:32 I'm Very Lucky 12:06 Coming Up on the Substack 13:23 Upcoming Appearances 14:08 Pesto Comics...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit pestocomics.substack.com 00:00 Welcome Back 01:56 Toronto (and Canadian) Comics History 03:27 Paywall 03:46 Let's Keep Going 05:22 America, The Beautiful 06:32 A Lost Canadian in a Strange (American) Land 09:09 What Does This All Mean? 10:07 The Goods (A Preview) 11:33 Coming Up on the Substack 13:17 Super Secret Epilogue

Table of Contents 00:00 Welcome Back 01:21 Worklog Updates 02:00 Project Updates 02:58 It's Finally Time 03:40 What Happened to Issue 5? 04:15 Other Changes to the Campaign 06:36 What's Available This Time? 09:34 Is There Going To Be a Collection? 10:10 So, Wait, What's It About? 11:12 Coming Up on Substack 11:33 Upcoming Appearances 12:06 Pesto Comics Release Calendar 13:35 Instant Ink Comic Book...

In this episode, we dive deep into a postmortem of the eighth Pesto Comics campaign, 'From Parts Unknown #3.' I cover lessons learned from the underperformance of the third installment, and provide updates on upcoming projects. 00:00 Welcome Back 01:22 Project Updates 01:56 ComixLaunch Acknowledgment 02:31 Funding 04:39 Backers 07:06 Marketing 08:06 Q&A 11:32 Super Secret Epilogue This is a public...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit pestocomics.substack.com 00:00 Welcome Back 01:34 Where I've Been and Where I've Tabled 03:40 Preparation (and Research) is Key 05:31 Sell Your Story - and Your Book 07:17 Managing Expectations 08:36 Networking Nirvana 10:03 The Centre of Attention 10:56 Why Table at All? 12:14 Questions? 12:21 Super Secret Epilogue

00:00 Welcome Back 01:24 Worklog Updates 01:54 Project Updates 02:30 Role Updates 03:01 Somewhere New 03:28 The Good 05:47 The Not-So-Good 06:39 Looking Forward 07:42 What's Coming Up on the Substack 08:14 Upcoming Appearances 09:05 Pesto Comics Release Calendar 09:41 Instant Ink Comic Book Podcast 10:25 Super Secret Epilogue This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other s...

00:00 Welcome Back 01:11 Worklog Updates 01:45 Project Updates 02:23 Made It to the Show 03:55 The Good 05:51 The Not-So-Good 08:14 Looking Forward 09:50 Coming Up on the Substack 11:19 Release Calendar 12:15 Instant Ink Comic Book Podcast 12:55 Super Secret Epilogue This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pestocomic...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit pestocomics.substack.com 00:00 Welcome Back 02:24 A New Strategy 03:25 Finding Rafael Chrestani 04:26 Coming Up with the Concept 05:20 The Campaign 06:33 Costs in Depth 11:15 Final Performance 12:53 The Long Tail 13:38 Lessons Learned 14:46 Looking Forward

00:00 Welcome Back 01:54 Worklog Updates 02:37 Project Updates 03:06 Media Updates 03:32 Convention Updates 04:43 My Reading Philosphy 06:35 The Books That Won Me Over (So Far) 10:55 Books I'm Excited to Read 12:53 Not Just Entertainment 15:13 Coming Up on the Substack 16:04 Upcoming Appearances 18:57 Pesto Comics Release Calendar 22:46 Instant Ink Comic Book Podcast 24:33 Super Secret Epilogue Th...

00:00 Welcome Back 02:32 Worklog Updates 04:05 Project Updates 04:52 Media Updates 05:16 I'll Cut to the Chase 07:39 Two Brands, One Company 10:08 The Pulp Writerly Strategy 11:39 Why Do All This? Isn’t It More Work? 12:26 What Does This Mean for Comics? 13:44 What Does the Future Hold? 15:33 Coming Up on the Substack 16:07 Upcoming Appearances 16:30 Release Calendar 17:31 Instant Ink Comic Book P...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit pestocomics.substack.com 00:00 Welcome Back 01:35 Why Kickstarter 03:22 It Starts With an Image 04:59 Show Them the Goods 06:34 Make a List, Check It Twice 07:31 Why We’re All Here: Rewards 08:36 All About the Dollars 09:33 Getting Comics in Hands 10:20 Show Them Your Work 10:53 Who Made This? 11:19 Disclaimers 13:11 Straight FAQs 13:34...

Table of Contents 00:06 Welcome Back 02:03 Worklog Updates 03:02 From Parts Unknown #4 in Prelaunch 03:29 Big Smoke Pulp Vol. 1 on Kindle Unlimited 04:02 Big Smoke Pulp Vol. 2 Call for Entries 04:45 My Floppy Ears on Two Geeks Talking 05:10 Happy Birthday to Me! 05:53 Talking to Myself 07:13 More Importantly 08:28 But You Care, Don't You? 09:24 The Point 10:23 Leave a Comment 10:32 Coming Up on th...

Table of Contents 00:00 Welcome Back 01:57 From Parrts Unknown #4 is in prelaunch! 02:30 Big Smoke Pulp Vol. 1 on KU Right Now! 02:58 Big Smoke Pulp Vol. 2 - Call for Entry 03:38 Hear Me on Two Geeks Talking This Saturday 04:01 No Longer Going Elsewhere 04:46 A Lot at Once 05:44 Rethinking the Book Strategy for Volume 2 06:40 Comics and Reworks 07:34 Tariff Trouble 09:05 Lesson Learned: Slowing Do...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit pestocomics.substack.com Social media sucks. == Join the 60-day free trial of the paid newsletter for exclusive content and behind-the-scenes details. https://pestocomics.substack.com/91ee8a65 == 00:00 Welcome Back 02:39 From Parts Unknown #4 in Prelaunch 03:26 Being Everywhere at Once is Exhausting 04:23 Tier 1: Substack 05:08 Twitter...

YouTube is the place to be - mostly. == Join the 60-day free trial of the paid newsletter for exclusive content and behind-the-scenes details. https://pestocomics.substack.com/91ee8a65 == 00:00 Welcome Back 01:21 From Parts Unknown #3 01:54 The Death of Traditional Media 03:05 And Yet 04:10 All Thriller, No Filler 05:55 Commmunity-Based Approach 07:37 Picking Winners 09:24 Coming to the Substack 0...

Are bad guys really bad? (Yes.) == Join the 60-day free trial of the paid newsletter for exclusive content and behind-the-scenes details. https://pestocomics.substack.com/91ee8a65 == 00:00 Welcome Back 01:47 From Parts Unknown #4 in Prelaunch 02:26 Antiheroes in the Golden Age of Television 04:09 Antiheroes Have Levels 06:16 When Murder is Justified 08:00 Charisma Covers the Crime 08:41 Is There a...

A busy, crisis-causing weekend. == Join the 60-day free trial of the paid newsletter for exclusive content and behind-the-scenes details. https://pestocomics.substack.com/91ee8a65 == 00:00 Welcome Back 01:56 The End From Parts Unknown in Prelaunch 02:56 My Place in the Pack 05:16 A Very Busy Saturday 07:19 King of the Introverts 08:56 A Crisis of Direction 10:59 Reflecting on All of It 13:02 Comin...