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An impromptu post-panel panel from our May 8 event at The Pilot all about the grant process in Canada, broken down into federal, national, and municipal options. Join Adrienne Kress as she guides a spontaneous panel with Bedside Press publisher, Hope Nicholson and talks about the different ways to get funding for your projects, and…
Change in the comics industry isn’t just limited to the creative teams on the books that we read. Attending conventions as guests is a big part of catching the eye of other comic book pros, editors, and publishers, and is instrumental in these people finding new creators to work with and represent their stories. Not…
Featured banner art is Swamp Thing by Yanick Paquette. Something that we strive for at Creator Resource is to help with transparency in the comics industry and helping you better navigate all aspects of your career. Among the many things that can be confusing as an artist is trying to figure out what rates to…
With the idea of continuing to promote, encourage, and support the writing community. Here are some excellent links to help writers learn. To discover more about the industry, scripting, and what to expect when writing and making comic books. This list is updated regularly, so check back periodically. FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR CHUCK WENDIG’S BLOG: On…
This week’s piece is all about understanding who does what in a comic book. There are numerouspeople involved in making a comic book happen so we’ll going to list out some of the major ones for you. Typically in the credits of a book, especially superhero comics, you’ll see a number of creators listed. You may…
For this week’s How To Get Into Comics, I wanted to cover something that can confuse a lot of people: terminology. Below you’ll find a list of a number of different terms that are broken up into different categories to help things make more sense. COMIC BOOK ROLES AND CREATIVE TEAMS This list of terms breaks…
Artist Jenn St. Onge and myself got to talking about comic conventions and the diversity of the invited guests. For many shows, the gaps are pretty staggering, and we got to wondering about how we could help fix that. Our solution was to create a database of women, trans, and non-binary creators working in the…
Shop in Featured Banner above is Page & Panel in Toronto, Canada For this week’s How To Get Into Comics, we’re going to be talking about places that you can get your comic book fix. There are tons of options for you that start at the low, low price of FREE! Of course, some of these options do require that…