Inspired Ink #18 - Paranoid American - Breaking Through By Creating Controversial Art

Inspired Ink - The Comix Well Spring Podcast

We have the publisher Paranoid American joining us today! We talk about how controversial comics can be the most inspiring and informational, why you should be making the books you want to make, and how to let go of creative control and let mistakes happen. All this and so much more on today’s Inspired Ink!

TIMESTAMPS

01:36 Risks at conventions

04:32 Becoming a publisher

10:38 Expanding to multiple stories

17:52 Working with others

22:00 Building an audience

30:00 Choosing comics as a creative output

39:00 Stories as an outlet

46:50 Advice for publishers

50:00 2024 Outlook

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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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