Dumb Comic Creators Podcast

Episode 11 - Marc Von Ahnen + Henry A + Chainsaw Man and Atomic Hercules

Whoooaa crazy episode 11! Eric and Keegan are joined by awesome guest indie comic creator and stand up comedian Marc Von Ahnen who has made the comic series "Ahab Van Helsing vs Nosferatu Carcharodon". Marc talks about how he started making the comic and his process, also working with different artists. 

Eric and Keegan are also graced by 6 year old comic critic Henry who reviews Death Maze #1. 

 

Finally, they review Chainsaw Man and Atomic Hercules comics.

 

Notes:

Watch the video of this episode for free on our Patreon page!

Marc's Threadless: https://ahabvanhelsing.threadless.com/

Marc's Email: mvonhanen@gmail.com

 

Marc's "Love is Magic" short story is in this anthology: https://m.comixology.com/Captain-Ginger-Season-2-3/digital-comic/866942?ref=c2VyaWVzL3ZpZXcvbW9iaWxlL3NsaWRlckxpc3QvSXNzdWVz

 

Death Maze #1 can be found here: https://dumbcomiccreators.com/deathmaze1

 

Atomic Hercules Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adamfalp/atomic-hercules-1

Episode 10 - Daniel Welch + Coloring Your Own Comic

Eric and Keegan are joined by indie comic artist Daniel Welch to talk about his new project "Escape from Buproprion" as well as his process and inspiration when making comics. Then Keegan explains how he tried to color his own comic for Death Maze #2. Spoilers: It was tedious. Finally the Dumb Comic Creators review Sex & Violence by Jimmi Palmiotti and Justin Gray and also The Pro by Garth Ennis. 

Episode Notes:

Daniel mentions a few comic creators on this episode. Check them out:

1. Gabrielle Bell

2. Frank Miller

3. Chris Ware

 

Also Daniel's Instagram account is right here. 

Dan's Gumroad shop is here (cheap!) https://gumroad.com/danielddog

We reviewed Sex and Violence and The Pro

 

I also go into some detail on Lynn Varley's colors in The Dark Knight Strikes Again, which you can find here.

Episode 9 - Russell Nohelty

Support Russell’s new project here:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/russellnohelty/ichabod-jones-volume-1-2-a-lovecraftian-dark-fantasy-comic

Follow him on Instagram.

You can get some free books from his website too.

Find the Fingerbang series here:

https://mokesstudio.com/shop

and on Instagram

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Episode 8 - Jer Gordon and Ben Perone

This week’s guests are Ben Perone and Jer Gordon, creators of the indie comic series called Fingerbang about a superhero who can shoot whatever he wants out of his fingers. We interview them about their process, their art style and how they work together on their comic. Then - we talk about how we started making comics. We also review and discuss Old Man Logan and Box Office Poison.

Definitely find and buy their comics at https://mokesstudio.com/shop/

Their instagram is https://www.instagram.com/mokes_studio/

Episode 7 - Kassandra Grob Haas on Drawing Her First Comic

Eric and Keegan are joined in the virtual Zoom studio by Kassandra Grob Haas who is working on her first comic book project and has also worked as a colorist for several comic projects. She discusses the challenges of adapting her style to the new medium. Find her project @TiggyComic and her art page @kassandragrobart on Instagram. They also discuss hiring comic book artists and look at several artist profiles on Reddit.com/r/Comicbookcollabs and Fiverr.com.

Episode 6 - Brian Judge of One and Only Comics

In this episode Eric and Keegan get to interview Brian Judge of @One_And_Only_Comics on Instagram about how he began making comics, his process, his art choices, and his hatred of Batman. We also go over three different colorists' versions of Keegan's comic Death Maze #1 and discuss the differences. We finally review the comics Deadly Class and Witchdoctor.

Brian’s instagram: https://www.instagram.com/one_and_only_comics/

Brian’s comics:

https://oneandonlycomics.bigcartel.com/

Episode 5 - Writing (Comics) with Willy Sasso

In this episode, we welcomed guest Willy Sasso, screenwriter and co-writer of The Nefarious Mr. Green Issue #2 comic that is currently in production. Willy talks writing, adapting your stories between mediums, and of course, Star Wars. He’s currently working on a musical, but you can find his comedy album here and a film he made (that we mention on the show) called Found Footage, can be found here. We also review two comics. Joker by Brian Azzarello and Drinking at the Movies by Julia Wertz.

Episode 4 - Draft Two of The Dealmaker - Pyongyang and Spy X Family

This week’s episode goes through Eric’s second draft of his first issue of The Dealmaker. Eric and Keegan also discuss finding artists briefly. They also review Pyongyang by Guy Delisle and Spy X Family by Tatsuya Endo.