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Inspired Ink #35 - Melissa Capriglione - Indie Insight On Agents And Publishing Houses
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This week we have creator Melissa Capriglione joining us. We talk about
the process of finding a graphic novel agent and working with a publisher, how LGBTQ Comics have transformed over the years, and fun with color theory! All that and so much more on today's Inspired Ink!
TIMESTAMPS
01:00 Pitching a graphic novel
06:20 Working with editors and agents
09:00 Deciding to take a book to a publisher
12:00 Royalties and advances process
15:45 Finding an agent
19:30 Pros of major and indie publishing
26:00 The Creation process
33:30 Original artistic inspiration
38:40 LGBTQ+ in comics
45:30 The importance of creating for yourself
48:20 2024 Outlook
Find Melissa online:
Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/mcapriglioneart
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mcapriglioneart/
Check out Melissa’s website:
https://www.mcapriglione.art
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Brandon Bloxdorf is the creator of the publishing imprint and podcast Apollo City Comics and an indie comic book creator including Teenage Babylon, Fake Your Death, various anthologies and more!
Find Brandon online:
https://linktr.ee/apollocitycomics
Episode edited by Alex Batts, chief operations officer and co-host of the publishing imprint and podcast Apollo City Comics.
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