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 differences encompassed by the fact that one has books and comics and the other just comics? Or are there things that […]
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 space that mostly reaches book readers? What is the audience like? Today we talk to Greenlight Bookstore co-owner Jessica Stockton […]
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 the people in the world that they should buy it. And your best allies on that front can be bookstores […]
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 — a book gathering praise like a snowball rolling down a hill and accumulating snow — and that can sometimes […]
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 employ someone whose job is to figure it out. Today we talk to Tucker Stone all about marketing. Until recently, Tucker […]
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 is. How do they work with all the rest of the people at the publishing house — their boss, the […]
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 comic in all the right colors in the correct trim size and with a cover that has spot gloss in […]
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 book blurb! And in this episode of Graphic Novel TK, book blurbs are the focus: we talk about how to get […]
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 enough to live on? We’re excited to talk to Jen Wang, the creator of the graphic novels Koko Be Good, […]
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 up. And covers are probably the most-seen parts of books — the book’s visual identity. Today, we talk to Colleen […]