Podcast 117: Getting real about comics
January 22nd, 2010 by admin
The new class talks about life as a Sequential Artist as well as the usual comic headlines and must reads.
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About SEQALAB – The definitive podcast for comic creators and enthusiasts
The SEQALAB podcast is a production of the students, faculty, and alumni of the sequential art department at the Savannah College of Art and Design. This twice-weekly podcast is for comics enthusiasts and hopeful creators who want to learn about comics and their production, gain industry insights, and celebrate the significance of the medium. Through education, practice, and expert instruction it is the goal of SEQALAB to aid listeners in becoming successful self-publishers or industry freelancers.
January 24th, 2010 at 2:42 am
love you podcast just started listening and love how you ‘got real’ about comics, I like hearing about how the comic work really is because even though I want to be a comic artist of sorts, I know it’s a hit or miss type of job. why I might become an art teacher. hope your all well.
January 24th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
The “inspirational” lecture you mention near the end that Mark Kneece reads to his classes is by Dave Sim.
January 24th, 2010 at 8:15 pm
In regards to the insurance thing, it’s really not much of a difference buying yourself or getting it through an employer. When Liz and I got out of undergrad, we purchased our own health insurance - which we used when I had an otherwise ridiculously expensive surgery.
The amount we paid per month is about a ten dollar difference from what’s taken out of my SCAD paycheck. Don’t assume you have to have a 40-hour a week job in order to afford insurance. Granted, you’ll need to be able to afford that 400 or so a month, so you WILL need SOMETHING, but few if any employers pay insurance outright; most offer insurance and deduct the costs from your pay.
One thing I didn’t hear talked about was editorial illustration. Now, this lends itself better to the indie comics-leaning folk than the mainstream or Manga guys, but even so, editorial illustration for magazines and newspaper supplements pays well and, if you have a signature and readily identifiable, is an extremely via while simultaneously providing income to subsidize the comics work.
There are loads of kids magazines - Nick and Disney Adventures were both great opportunities, now gone, but there are still plenty of others - as well as any number of specialty mags that use an illustration for nearly every article. Cat Fancy, Soldier of Fortune, Biblical Archeology, American Cowboy, and loads of similar extremely specific subject matter publications are always taking illustration work. Likewise larger publications like Reader’s Digest, Premier, and National Geographic.
January 29th, 2010 at 4:34 pm
Loving the “new class”! You guys are great. Keep it up!