I’m on the Sequential Artists’ Pub podcast again! The SAP is a “virtual bar” where comics creators can hang out and discuss their craft. If you create comics, you should grab a frosty beverage and join us at 9:00 Central Time.

Man, I had a lot of fun on this episode. I got to discuss my feelings about blogging, nitpickers, and how drawing autobio comics is in fact world building. Now I just have a bunch of things stuck in my head that I wish I would have said at the time. Go listen to it here.

We’re recording live at 9:00 Central Time. Tonight we’ll have special guest Steve Hamaker, Colorist of Bone and maker of Fish N Chips.

You can see the Jam I participated in on Thursday at http://www.cartoonistconspiracy.com/conspire/?p=702
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And you can listen to the Sequential Artist’s pub (recordered on Friday night) at http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/20378. I pretty much have one question for our special guest, Steve Hamaker. I asked him about image file backups because working in IT has made me paranoid about system failures and data loss.

This month’s album art is courtesy of DungeonWarden. Bring your favorite beverage and see you this evening at 10PM EST on Talkshoe.com.

Here are some of the topics of interest we’ll be talking about in our 8th episode:

• Our Favorite Tools / Tips / Tricks (aka What’s in YOUR arsenal?)
• Starting a strip ( should one start with random gags and progress towards story arcs? i.e. what’s the best approach? )
• The Artist / Writer Balance (does excelling in one detract from the other?)
• Marketing

This episode was all kinds of awesome. I particularly liked the speech that Jerzy Drozd made about how the art and writing in comics are inseparable.

You can find out more about the episode here.

Just a reminder: There will be a new Sequential Artists’ Pub show this Friday at 10PM EST on Talkshoe. There’s been some good conversation happening in the SAP message board, if you want to get some insight into our panel discussions.

On Friday, another episode of the Sequential Artists’ Pub took place. The start of the hour focused on social networks and marketing techniques, followed by a critique of the Garrett William’s webcomic Kenny Chronicles, and of course, the weekly Artists’ Picks.

On the call and in the participating in the chat were:

StealThisComic
DungeonWarden
Ryan Dow
Comics_Grrl
Javier Hernandez
Audra
Jerzy Drozd
JT Shea
madscott
Frumph
Liz Walsh
Kaiki
KSekelsky
Jinxville
poinko
Denise Guinn

and friends. If I’ve left out a URL, please let me know in the comments below. Take a listen to our show and let me know your thoughts. As always, the ‘Pub’s forum is open 24/7.

I won’t be at the Sequential Artists’ Pub tonight because of preparations for 24 Hour Comic Day, but that doesn’t mean YOU shouldn’t be there.  Here’s the skinny:

This Friday (10PM EST), featured guest Brandon McKinney to the Sequential Artists’ Pub. (You can see a peek of his artwork above.) Brandon is an immensely talented artist - his professional portfolio includes work for Lucasfilm, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Electronic Arts, and much, much more. More recently, Brandon’s work appeared on the Army of Two graphic novel.

The Sequential Artists’ Pub Podcast is available for download.  This week we talked about fears that come from being a cartoonist.

LISTEN TO THE EPISODE HERE