We're back with a new episode of Inspired Ink! This week on the show, host Brandon Bloxdorf sits down with Joe Ellis to discuss the desire to create, crowdfunding approaches, and building relationships with artists! All that and much more on today's Inspired Ink.
TIMESTAMPS
1:00 - Early Influences
4:00 - Storytelling Through Characters
10:00 - Realizing a Passion for Craft
15:00 - Creative Output
21:15 - Being Involved in the Indie Comic Community
25:27 - The Desire to Create
31:00 - Crowdfunding Approach
36:30 - Approaching Cons & People
48:45 - Dream Casting Trifecta
1:00:30 - Distribution
1:04:40 - Final Plugs
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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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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!
Find Brandon online:
https://linktr.ee/apollocitycomics
Episode edited by Alex Batts, Marketing Coordinator for Comix Wellspring.
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