Tag: Graphic Novel TK
Graphic Novel TK Episode 26: Bookstores and Comics Stores
We've talked about bookstores and comics stores before on Graphic Novel TK -- in fact, in our two episodes immediately prior to this! But how are bookstores and comics stores different? Are all their...
Graphic Novel TK Episode 25: Bookstores
Bookstores! They're so full of . . . books. But what about comics? What's their place there?
How can people who make comics work to try to find their work a home in a physical...
Graphic Novel TK Episode 24: Comics Stores
You're going to be an author!
But how do you get your books to actually sell? After you've told your friends and family that your book exists, you still have to convince the rest of...
Graphic Novel TK Episode 23: Publicity
Media! Reviews!
It's amazing when you make a book, and then people start talking about it -- online, in print, on the radio, and sometimes even on television.
It can seem like that happens spontaneously --...
Graphic Novel TK Episode 22: Marketing
Marketing is making sure that the people who would be excited for a particular book know about it, and about how great it is. How does a publisher makes sure that happens? Generally they...
Graphic Novel TK Episode 20: Advocating for a Book inside a Publishing House
Your editor will edit your book!
But what else does an editor at a publishing house do? They're the first person at a publishing house to get excited about a book and how amazing it...
Graphic Novel TK Episode 20: Graphic Novel Printing
Paper + ink = book!
But how does that paper combine with the ink to make a book? What dread machine combines the two -- and how does it get them to look like a...
Graphic Novel TK Episode 19: Book Blurbs
Sometimes when you pick up a book, you'll find a quote from an author (not the one who wrote the book) on the cover saying how great they thought the book was. That's a...
Graphic Novel TK Episode 18: Comics as a Full-Time Career
Making comics full time is the dream for a lot of people in the comics industry!
But what does being a full-time cartoonist mean practically? What do you do every day? And can you make...
Graphic Novel TK Episode 17: Cover Design
Can you judge a book by its cover?
That's what cover designers aim for -- creating a cover so amazing that the people who would want to read the book are drawn to pick it...
Graphic Novel TK Episode 16: Production
How do books get made?
You might think that's a comprehensive statement about the theme of our podcast -- but for this episode, we're focusing specifically on how physical books actually get made: the process...
Graphic Novel TK Episode 15: Listener Q&A
Comics and graphic novel publishing! It can be a strange and confusing landscape if you're not someone who has spent a lot of time working closely with the industry. (It can be a strange...
