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Twenty things you (probably) didn’t know about Script Magazine Editor-in-Chief, Jeanne Veillette Bowerman. 1. My first job was… working for New York State Dog Licensing Bureau. I was tasked with filing licenses for deceased dogs, complete with reading the tear-stained letters from their owners when they mailed back the license tags. Yes, feel free to […]

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We talk to Aspen Comics Editor-in-Chief and Damsels in Excess and Charismagic creator/writer, Vince Hernandez about the production process of comic books from idea to finished book, what good sales numbers are for indie publishers, his new comic series Damsels in Excess and much more. To hear the interview, listen to the podcast below. Have a question about […]

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We talk to Top Cow President/COO and Tales of Honor and Think Tank writer, Matt Hawkins about his new comic book adaptation of the Honorverse series of novels, producing the comic book Theory of Everything and selling it as a feature film,  the 2013 Top Cow Talent Hunt and much more. To hear the interview, listen […]

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20 QUESTIONS with ROB LEVIN Twenty things you (probably) didn’t know about Bushido and Netherworlds, writer and CBR editor, Rob Levin. 1.  My first job was… working at a healthy hot dog restaurant at the mall called Everything’s Linked. In comics, it was as an editorial intern for Top Cow. 2.  If I wasn’t a […]

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20 QUESTIONS with JAMES LUCAS JONES Twenty things you (probably) didn’t know about Oni Press Editor-in-Chief, James Lucas Jones. 1.  My first job was… in eight-grade, bussing tables at the family-owned pizza place around the corner from our house. 2.  If I wasn’t an editor, I would likely be… a teacher or a hobo. 3.  I […]

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We talk to Archaia Editor-in-Chief, Stephen Christy about the process of evaluating submissions, Graphic novels vs. monthly titles and the differences between the big two comic book publishers Marvel and DC and Archaia Entertainment and more. Listen to the entire interview below. Have a question about writing you’d like answered? Send us an EMAIL! Or Tweet it […]

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We talk to Top Cow President and writer of Think Tank and Cyberforce, Matt Hawkins about ways to break into comic book industry as a writer, using science and technology in stories and the Top Cow Talent Hunt. Listen to the entire interview below. Have a question about writing you’d like answered? Send us an EMAIL! […]

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We talk to Aspen Comics writer/Editor-in-Chief, Vince Hernandez about the challenges he faces as an editor, developing creator owned comics, how, as a writer, he deals with being edited by someone else and much more. Listen to the entire interview below. Have a question about writing you’d like answered?  Send us an EMAIL!  Or Tweet it to […]

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We talk to Dark Horse Comics Senior Managing Editor and writer, Scott Allie about how he got his start in the industry, the submission process at Dark Horse, writing prose vs. for the comic book medium and much more. Listen to the entire interview below. Have a question about writing you’d like answered?  Send us an EMAIL!  Or […]

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We talk to Bloomsbury USA Publishing Director, George Gibson about what he does as Publishing Director, taking the reins at Bloomsbury USA, the type of books he is looking for, running publishing houses large and small, and some of Bloomsbury’s newest books. Listen to the entire interview below. Have a question about writing you’d like answered? […]

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We talk to Tin House Co-founder and editor, Rob Spillman about what it’s like editing a literary magazine, what he looks for in a great short story, the importance of confidence in writing, recent trends in the world of literary fiction, and the (less-obvious) differences between short stores and full-length books. Listen to the entire interview below. […]

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We talk to W.W. Norton Senior Editor, Tom Mayer about the nature of being an editor, the process a submitted manuscript goes though to become a published book, the editor-author relationship, the difference between editing fiction and nonfiction, and what makes a manuscript really stand out. Listen to the entire interview below. Have a question about writing […]

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We talk to Oni Press Editor-in-Chief, James Lucas Jones about the submission process and where Oni finds new talent, what an editor’s responsibilities are, ownership of comic properties, the effect of digital downloads to the comic book industry, lead times in comic book publishing, Billy Pilgrim vs. Scott Pilgrim and much more. Listen to the entire interview […]