Inspired Ink #19 - Tom Franck - Love The Process More Than The Reward

Inspired Ink - The Comix Well Spring Podcast

We have creator Tom Franck with us today! We talk about why you don’t need to get permission to make art and comics, how loving the process more than the reward is the better mindset, and alternative ways to promote and produce your work! All this and so much more on today’s Inspired Ink!

TIMESTAMPS

00:50 Moving into comics

05:10 Diving into the elevator pitch

10:10 Stages of creation

20:00 Being open in the creative process

24:45 Outlook on promotion

32:30 Robot design

39:20 Comic design

41:00 Long-term planning

52:00 Embrace your opinions

1:00:00 2024 Outlook

Find Tom online:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jmachinder/

Check out Tom’s website:

https://cwsbookstore.com/categories/uncategorized/jumbo-titan-x-and-the-great-robot-arms-race-3/

Check out the Comix Wellspring Website:
https://www.grekoprinting-comixwellspring.com/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwjqWzBhAqEiwAQmtgT9lMgshcP-XuA7gctn49NdCMG7L0tluEe3bbaqyQb76igz7U6RSmbBoC52gQAvD_BwE
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Brandon Bloxdorf is the creator of the publishing imprint and podcast Apollo City Comics and an indie comic book creator of titles including Teenage Babylon, Fake Your Death, various anthologies and more!
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Episode edited by Alex Batts, chief operations officer and co-host of the publishing imprint and podcast Apollo City Comics.
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