Comics Manifest
127 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 6 years ago - ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsJoin 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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076: Never Be Afraid To Make A Mistake with George O'Connor
February 03, 2017 21:48 - 54 minutes - 25.7 MBGeorge O'Connor is a New York Times best selling illustrator and cartoonist, and the creator of the 12-book graphic novel series, Olympians. George's newest installment of his Olympians series Artemis: Wild Goddess of the Hunt is out now.
075: Being Honest With Your Work with Evan Dahm
January 30, 2017 20:22 - 37 minutes - 17.9 MBEvan Dahm is an illustrator, cartoonist, and creator of the web comics, Rice Boy, Order of Tales, and Vattu.
074: Make A Decision And Take A Chance
January 28, 2017 00:19 - 7 minutes - 4.13 MBMotivational Minute: Make a Decision and Take a Chance! It is so hard to pursue your passions, fear of failure, fear of not being good enough, fear of whatever is always there to stop you. So what does Kazu Kibuishi and Kelly Fitzpatrick do along their journey that's different how did they overcome that fear?
073: One Year Can Make A Difference with Kelly Fitzpatrick
January 26, 2017 00:27 - 49 minutes - 23.4 MBKelly Fitzpatrick is a comic book colorist and has worked on comics including Snow Fall, Peter Panzerfaust, Bitch Planet, and Shade the Changing Girl.
072: Learn To Let Go with Kean Soo
January 23, 2017 11:30 - 42 minutes - 20.2 MBKean Soo is an award winning cartoonist and creator of the all ages graphic novel series March Grand Prix and Jellaby.
071: Identify The Opportunity And Dance With It with Matt Hawkins
January 20, 2017 23:43 - 52 minutes - 24.8 MBMatt Hawkins is a writer, producer, and the president/COO of Top Cow Comics! He has written and created titles including Think Tank, The Tithe, Postal, Lady Pendragon and Aphrodite Nine.
070: You Don't Need To Explain Yourself To Anyone But Yourself with Michele Foschini
January 18, 2017 11:30 - 42 minutes - 20.1 MBMichele Foschini is the Chief Creative Officer and Co-Founder of BAO publishing.
069: Don't Wait For Perfection with Cat Farris
January 16, 2017 11:30 - 36 minutes - 17.2 MBCat Farris is a cartoonist and illustrator who has done work through publishers including OniPress, IDW, and Darkhorse. Cat is also the creator of the mini comic series Flaccid Badger and the popular webcomic series The Last Diplomat.
068: You Have A Responsibilty To Create with Terry Moore
January 12, 2017 01:00 - 54 minutes - 25.4 MBTerry Moore is an award winning cartoonist. He is the creator of Abstract Studios and the books Strangers in Paradise, Echo, Rachel Rising, and Motor Girl.
067: You Can Control The Work, But You Can't Control The Outcome with Leila Del Duca
January 09, 2017 12:48 - 36 minutes - 17.2 MBLeila Del Duca is a cartoonist and illustrator from the comic book mecca of America, Portland Oregon and is the co-creator of the comic series Shutter and the writer of the graphic novel AFAR.
066: The Art of Positivity with Trungles
January 04, 2017 11:37 - 44 minutes - 20.9 MBTrungles, 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.
065: You Are Not Unique with Chris Grady
January 02, 2017 11:30 - 44 minutes - 21.2 MBChris 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.
064: You Can See Opportunities That No One Else Can with David Malki !
December 06, 2016 01:30 - 56 minutes - 26.6 MBDavid 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.
063: Discovering The Sensibilty of Your Work with Dash Shaw
December 03, 2016 21:55 - 44 minutes - 21 MBDash 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.
062: Facing Your Fears with Katie Rice
December 01, 2016 01:10 - 35 minutes - 16.7 MBKatie 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.
061: Be Proud Of What You Create with Tommi Musturi
November 29, 2016 01:17 - 32 minutes - 15.5 MBTommi 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.
060: Take The First Step To Build Momentum with Sophie Goldstein
November 26, 2016 21:15 - 37 minutes - 17.5 MBSophie 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.
059: Challenge Yourself and Always Be Growing with Sandra Lanz
November 23, 2016 11:30 - 43 minutes - 20.4 MBSandra 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.
058: Your Work Has Value with Zack Giallongo
November 19, 2016 00:47 - 45 minutes - 21.4 MBZack 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!
057: Heart Is What People Are Attracted To with Taneka Stotts
November 17, 2016 11:45 - 47 minutes - 22.5 MBTaneka 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.
056: The Ability To Listen with Dan Jurgens
November 14, 2016 19:39 - 39 minutes - 18.8 MBDan 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.
055: Building Your Team with Lucy Knisley
November 11, 2016 18:08 - 32 minutes - 15.6 MBLucy 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!
054: Follow Your Gut Feeling with Rui Tenreiro
November 10, 2016 00:27 - 31 minutes - 15.2 MBRui 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.
053: Make A Plan with Jeff Smith
November 07, 2016 15:59 - 36 minutes - 17.5 MBJeff 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.
052: Letting Go Of Attachment with Jesse Moynihan
November 04, 2016 10:30 - 38 minutes - 18 MBJesse 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.
051: Serve The Story You Are Telling with Steve Lieber
November 02, 2016 20:09 - 25 minutes - 12.4 MBSteve 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.
050: Let You Shine Through with Der-shing Helmer
October 31, 2016 10:30 - 25 minutes - 12.4 MBDer-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.
049: Even If You Are Where You Want To Be You Need To Get Better, The Only Thing That Matters Is Progress with Johnnie Christmas
October 28, 2016 11:04 - 32 minutes - 15.5 MBJohnnie Christmas is a cartoonist and illustrator, he is the creator of the comic Firebug and the artist and co-creator of the comic series sheltered and the graphic novel series Angel Catbird!
048: Don't Take Advice, Invent It with Nicholas Gurewitch
October 26, 2016 11:50 - 28 minutes - 13.6 MBNicholas 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.
047: Consistency And Artistic Fulfillment with Anton Kannemeyer
October 24, 2016 11:39 - 41 minutes - 19.5 MBAnton Kannemeyer is a comic creator and satirical fine artist. Anton is the co-founder of the Magazine Bitterkomix and the creator of Alphabet of Democracy and Pappa in Afrika.
046: Show Up With The Notion Of Service with Jerzy Drozd
October 21, 2016 11:39 - 1 hour - 30.7 MBJerzy 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.
045: It's All About The Work with Ibrahim Moustafa
October 19, 2016 10:30 - 25 minutes - 12.2 MBIbrahim 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.
044: You Can't Wait For Inspiration To Strike with Jeff Parker
October 17, 2016 10:30 - 27 minutes - 13.3 MBJeff Parker is a writer and comic book artist of Marvel, DC, Image, Dynamite, and Darkhorse Comics, with incredible titles including Batman '66, X-Men First Class, Aquaman, Flash Gordon, and Future Quest.
043: Commit All The Way with Christopher Sebela
October 14, 2016 10:30 - 44 minutes - 20.8 MBChristopher 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.
042: Make A Comic A Day with Box Brown
October 12, 2016 12:06 - 34 minutes - 16.3 MBBox 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.
041: Done Is Beautiful with Colleen Coover and Paul Tobin
October 10, 2016 10:56 - 43 minutes - 20.4 MBPaul 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.
040: Set A Goal and Make Progress No Matter How Small with Jackie Lewis
October 07, 2016 10:30 - 39 minutes - 18.9 MBJackie Lewis is an illustrator and comic book artist. She is the artist of the Oni Press comics Lion of Rora and Merry Men. Jackie also educates aspiring creators as a professor of sequential art at SCAD.
039: Weather The Storm and Don't Fear Failure with MK Reed
October 05, 2016 10:30 - 17 minutes - 8.77 MBMK 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.
038: Work Around Your Weaknesses and Take Advantage of Your Strengths with Jason Shiga
October 03, 2016 10:30 - 28 minutes - 13.5 MBJason Shiga is an Eisner, Ignatz, and Xeric award winning cartoonist, known as the Crazy Genius of comics he is the creator of the comics Fleep, Meanwhile, Empire State (a love story or not), and the graphic novel Demon.
037: Take Opportunity But Don't Lose Your Voice with Ken Niimura
September 30, 2016 10:49 - 38 minutes - 18.4 MBKen Niimura is an illustrator and cartoonist, his work has been featured in Marvel, Image, and DC comics. Ken is also the illustrator of the award-winning graphic novel I Kill Giants and the creator of the graphic novel Henshin.
036: Plan Your Day To Defeat Procrastination with Ru Xu
September 28, 2016 10:30 - 17 minutes - 8.8 MBRu Xu is an illustrator and cartoonist. She is the creator of the popular webcomic Saint for Rent and the creator of the graphic novel Newsprints.
035: Passion, Discipline, and Usagi Yojimbo with Stan Sakai
September 26, 2016 10:30 - 31 minutes - 15.1 MBStan Sakai is the creator of the iconic comic book character Usagi Yojimbo and has a completely legendary career with over 15 awards, including multiple Eisner awards, a Harvey award, a Cultural Ambassador Award, and The Silver Inkpen Award, for his lifetime achievements and contributions to comic books.
034: Three Steps To Start Your Journey As A Comics Colorist with Matt Wilson
September 23, 2016 10:30 - 43 minutes - 20.3 MBMatt Wilson is an award winning colorist extraordinaire, whose work can be found in comics including, Wonder Woman, Phonogram, Paper Girls, and The Wicked and The Divine.
033: Make Each Project Count with Malachi Ward
September 21, 2016 10:30 - 26 minutes - 12.7 MBMalachi Ward is a comics creator who has done work for Image Comics Prophet, he is the creator of the comic book series Ritual, the book From Now On, and the Co-Creator of the amazing story being featured in image comics Island anthology Ancestor.
032: There Is Not One Way To Do It, So Find What Works Best For You with Charles Forsman
September 19, 2016 10:30 - 34 minutes - 16.5 MBCharles Forsman is a cartoonist and creator of comics including Snake Oil, The End of the Bleeping World, Celebrated Summer, Luv Sucker, and REVENGER!
031: Treat It Like A Business with John Green
September 16, 2016 10:30 - 38 minutes - 18.1 MBJohn Green is an illustrator and cartoonist, he is the co-creator of the comic series Quicken Forbidden and the graphic novel series Teen Boat. He is also the creator of the graphic novel Hippopotamister.
030: Make Sure You Are Practicing The Right Way with Matthew Roberts
September 14, 2016 10:30 - 24 minutes - 12 MBMatthew Roberts is an illustrator and comic book artist, he is an artist at Skybound and the co-creator of the comic series Manifest Destiny.
029: Follow Opportunity But Bring Your Passion With You with Jake Parker
September 12, 2016 10:30 - 31 minutes - 15.2 MBJake Parker is a cartoonist and illustrator, He worked at Blue Sky Studios on amazing features including Horton Hears a Who, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Rio, and Epic, He is the creator of Inktober and his comics work can be found in the Flight and Explorer anthologies, Marvel's Rocket Racoon, his graphic novel series missile mouse and he recently ran a successful KickStarter that raised over one hundred thousand dollars to manifest his new graphic novel Skyheart Book One: The Star Seed ...
028: Keeping A Positive Mental Attitude with Emi Lenox
September 09, 2016 10:30 - 20 minutes - 9.8 MBEmi Lenox is an illustrator and cartoonist, her work has been featured in comics including Sweet Tooth, Glory, and Madman, she is the creator of the autobio comic Emitown and the co-creator of the Image Comics mini-series Plutona!
027: Make It, Don't Let Your Idea Be A Dream Forever with Tom Parkinson-Morgan
September 07, 2016 10:30 - 33 minutes - 16.1 MBTom Parkinson-Morgan is a cartoonist and illustrator who has been able to take full advantage of the Patreon platform to fund the creation of his webcomic Kill Six Billion Demons. And if you have yet to check out the series, you can pick-up the printed edition of Kill Six Billion Demons Book One today.