Graphic Novel TK
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Backmatter - Publishing During Covid, with Shannon Wright
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
2020 and 2021 have been a very strange time in publishing -- a time when the way that publishing a book works has changed rapidly and in unexpected wa...
Episode 38 - After Publication, with Julia Pohl-Miranda
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
So your book has been published! It is now in out in the world for everyone to read. And now . . . what happens? Do people mostly come to find your b...
Episode 37 - Approaching Publication, with Jacq Cohen
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Your publisher has called you to tell you that your book has a publication date! It's coming out! In the future! What . . . do you do in the meantime...
Episode 36 - Working with a Publisher, with Nilah Magruder
24 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Publishers! If you've got one, they're involved in all the parts of making a book -- from negotiating a book deal to contracts, editing, design, marke...
Episode 35 - Media Outlets, with Petra Mayer
25 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Headlines! Radio segments! Feature pieces! Your comic might be in one of those spaces one day. But . . . how? Today we're talking to Petra Mayer, the...
Episode 34 - Conventions, with Christopher Butcher
07 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Conferences, conventions, and festivals! As a comics creator, should you go to them? What should you do there? What's the best way for you to work wit...
Episode 33 - Social Media, with Ngozi Ukazu
22 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Social media! Authors are there, talking about themselves and their books, all the time. What goes into thinking about how to do that in a successful ...
Backmatter - Short Form to Long, with Sarah Winifred Searle
27 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We interrupt our regular arc of Graphic Novel TK posting to bring you a new feature: Graphic Novel TK Backmatter. Where Graphic Novel TK follows a boo...
Episode 32 - Trade Publicity, with Calvin Reid
08 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On the last few episodes of Graphic Novel TK, we've been talking to booksellers, comic book sellers, teachers, and librarians about how they work with...
Episode 31 - Comics Academia, with Margaret Galvan
11 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Comics can help young kids learn! But what about after those kids go to college? How are comics used in an academic space? Today we're delighted to t...
Episode 30 - Teachers, with Cathy G. Johnson
06 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
More and move all over America, comics are being used in schools -- in classes, in school libraries, in book reports and reading requirements. How are...
Episode 29 - Libraries, with Robin Brenner
23 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Libraries! They're in every town in the United States -- and many of them have comics and graphic novels in them. How did that state of affairs come ...
Episode 28 - Distribution, with Julie Schaper
07 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Distribution! What stores is your graphic novel in, and where is it displayed? Is it reaching the school and library market? Is it featured in museum...
Episode 27 - Sales, with Jess Brigman
18 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
One of the jobs most shrouded in mystery at a publisher (at least for an author) is that of a sales rep. Who are they? What do they do? Despite the fa...
Episode 26 - Bookstores and Comics Stores, with Jake Shapiro
03 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 book...
Episode 25 - Bookstores, with Jessica Stockton Bagnulo
05 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Episode 24 - Comic Stores, with Patrick Brower and W. Dal Bush
07 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 st...
Episode 23 - Publicity, with Maya Bradford
23 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 te...
Episode 22 - Marketing, with Tucker Stone
11 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 mak...
Episode 21 - Advocating for a Book, with Connie Hsu
19 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Episode 20 - Graphic Novel Printing, with Linda Palladino
04 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 l...
Episode 19 - Book Blurbs, with Diana Pho
21 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Episode 18 - Comics as a Full-Time Career, with Jen Wang
07 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Episode 17 - Cover Design, with Colleen AF Venable
16 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Episode 16 - Production, with Alexa Villanueva
01 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
How do books get made? You might think that's a comprehensive statement about the theme of our podcast -- but for this episode, we're focusing specif...
Episode 15 - Listener Q&A, with Alison and Gina
18 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Comics and graphic novel publishing! It can be a strange and confusing landscape if you're not someone who has spent a lot of time working closely wit...
Episode 14 - Comics Design, with Hilary Thompson
04 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Designers have one of the most visible jobs in comics -- someone puts the covers and the page layouts and the lettering and the page numbers and the f...
Episode 13 - Managing Editorial, with Jill Freshney
21 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
There are a number of jobs in publishing that happen behind the scenes -- and one of them is the Managing Editor. In this episode, we talk to Jill Fre...
Episode 12 - Finishing a Graphic Novel, with Jenni Holm
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
So you're making your graphic novel -- and you're coming to the end. The final page/final panel is in sight. Yay! It is an exciting milestone you are...
Episode 11 - How to Make a Graphic Novel, with Carey Pietsch
17 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
You've got a book deal! Or a self-publishing plan! A graphic novel is your next project. Yay you! But how do you go from a book deal, or a plot idea...
Episode 10 - Being Professional, with Lucy Knisley
03 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
So you've got a book deal! And an agent, and an editor, and a publisher -- you're doing amazing. Or you've got a pitch that you're just finishing u...
Episode 09 - Rights, with Miriam Miller
19 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In our last episode we talked all about contracts -- what part of the creative process you get one in and how to look at them to figure out if you hav...
Episode 08 - The Contract, with Katie Lane
05 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It's contracts time! But what does that mean? What's involved in the process of coming to an agreement with a publisher? What more should you be look...
Episode 07 - The Acquisitions Meeting, with Andrew Eliopulos
22 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What happens once an editor at a publishing house has a book on submission that they want to buy? What are the steps that they need to take between th...
Episode 06 - The Book Deal, with Jen Linnan
09 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
How do you get from a proposal to a book deal? What do you need for a proposal? What's the process of talking to agents and publishers to get a contra...
Episode 05 - Publishers, with Annie Koyama
26 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Graphic Novel TK, we're delighted to talk to the amazing Annie Koyama, the publisher of Koyama Press. If you don't know Koyama Pres...
Episode 04 - Agents, with Bernadette Baker-Baughman
10 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week! Agents -- who are they? What do they do? What are their jobs like, and how helpful is it for authors and artists to work with them? We tal...
Episode 03 - Pitching, with Calista Brill
27 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
From an Idea to a Pitch for a Publisher So you have an idea for a graphic novel! That’s great. But when is it time to pitch that idea to a publishe...
Episode 02b - Lingo Part Two, with George Rohac
13 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What do all of these publishing words mean? This week we’re bringing you part two of our conversation with long-time comics professional George Ro...
Episode 02a - Lingo Part One, with George Rohac
27 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Words! As comics people, we all love them — but there are so many mysterious terms in publishing that it sometimes makes your head spin. In this epi...
Episode 01 - Origin Stories, with Ryan North
13 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the debut episode of GNTK we talk about why we’re all so fired up to explain the nuts and bolts of graphic novel publishing -- with guest bestsel...