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Episode 99: Sean Williams and Comicker LLC

Rochester Rising

English - September 19, 2018 10:00 - 27 minutes - 49.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
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Today on the podcast we sit down with founder of Comicker LLC, Sean Williams. Comicker is a diversity focused, digital first, creator friendly comics publisher that Sean operates out of Austin, Minnesota. Sean is a New York Times best-selling comics writer and Montana native who cut his teeth in the LA film scene. Today on the podcast we talk about:

• The growth and creation of Comicker.
• The business model behind the publishing company.
• Trends Sean is seeing today in the comics industry, including expansion of paper comics into library systems.
• Lessons Sean learned from his first business endeavor Foot in the Door Entertainment, a film and television production company.
• The pivot Comicker is currently in away from digital and towards print.
• The difficulties of “operating in isolation” as an entrepreneur.
• The prep work Sean is currently doing for an exciting new iteration of Comicker.

“I saw how hard it was to basically break in as a creator…. There was no bridge between school and the real world. I wanted to create that opportunity for other creators, in particular.” -Sean Williams, Founder of Comicker LLC

Today on the podcast we sit down with founder of Comicker LLC, Sean Williams. Comicker is a diversity focused, digital first, creator friendly comics publisher that Sean operates out of Austin, Minnesota. Sean is a New York Times best-selling comics writer and Montana native who cut his teeth in the LA film scene. Today on the podcast we talk about:

 

·      The growth and creation of Comicker.

·      The business model behind the publishing company.

·      Trends Sean is seeing today in the comics industry, including expansion of paper comics into library systems.

·      Lessons Sean learned from his first business endeavor Foot in the Door Entertainment, a film and television production company.

·      The pivot Comicker is currently in away from digital and towards print.

·      The difficulties of “operating in isolation” as an entrepreneur.

·      The prep work Sean is currently doing for an exciting new iteration of Comicker.

 

“I saw how hard it was to basically break in as a creator…. There was no bridge between school and the real world. I wanted to create that opportunity for other creators, in particular.” -Sean Williams, Founder of Comicker LLC