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Making Comics

Episode 294: Expanding on a Script Outline

Jul 6, 2026 · 1 hr 19 min · 11 segments

This week, we discuss a top-down writing format for comic scripts (3:50), quickly figuring out the layout for a cover (26:00), brainstorming exclusives for SDCC (36:45), and a wild search for…

This week, we discuss a top-down writing format for comic scripts (3:50), quickly figuring out the layout for a cover (26:00), brainstorming exclusives for SDCC (36:45), and a wild search for freelance inkers (45:00).

This week, we discuss a top-down writing format for comic scripts (3:50), quickly figuring out the layout for a cover (26:00), brainstorming exclusives for SDCC (36:45), and a wild search for…

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Show signals: SuitabilityLimitedAudience≈3k followers

Speakers: Scott LostHostKeith FosterHost

Top entities: Keith Foster×7 Mark Millar×3 Pretty Deadly×3 Gary Hodges×4 Phoenix

Welcome & Show Premise0:00 – 1:16

0:00

[upbeat music] Welcome to Making Comics, the podcast exploring the comics process from two different perspectives.

0:33

I'm Scott Loss, the creator and artist of The Second Shift, Wanderers of Milasanda, Paradise Hills, and Granite for the Accidental Aliens.

Keith FosterHost

0:39

And I am Keith Foster.

Keith FosterHost

0:40

I write the novel The Witchmaster of Norway, and the comics Animals, Space Minotaur, Cadogia, and Three Protectors.

0:47

Fuck yeah.

0:48

We do a boatload of stuff.

Keith FosterHost

0:49

We do a lot of shit.

0:49

And if you guys got...

0:51

Goddamn right.

0:52

If you have a boat that's empty, we got enough shit to fill that thing up.

Keith FosterHost

0:54

I'll s- I'll f- fulfill your goddamn boat.

0:57

Oh, right in the, right in the buoy.

Keith FosterHost

0:59

Right [laughs] in, right, right in the-

1:01

Right in the goddamn buoy.

Keith FosterHost

1:04

[laughs]

1:04

Booyah.

Keith FosterHost

1:05

Yeah, exactly.

Keith FosterHost

1:06

Exactly.

1:06

All right, man.

1:07

Hey, we're back here.

1:08

We're a podcast.

1:09

We talk about comics.

Keith FosterHost

1:10

Mm-hmm.

1:10

Uh, we talk about the stuff we do and, and how to make them so you guys can get better at making them if you don't know how to make them.

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Welcome & Show Premise0:00 – 1:16

0:00

[upbeat music] Welcome to Making Comics, the podcast exploring the comics process from two different perspectives.

0:33

I'm Scott Loss, the creator and artist of The Second Shift, Wanderers of Milasanda, Paradise Hills, and Granite for the Accidental Aliens.

Keith FosterHost

0:39

And I am Keith Foster.

Keith FosterHost

0:40

I write the novel The Witchmaster of Norway, and the comics Animals, Space Minotaur, Cadogia, and Three Protectors.

0:47

Fuck yeah.

0:48

We do a boatload of stuff.

Keith FosterHost

0:49

We do a lot of shit.

0:49

And if you guys got...

0:51

Goddamn right.

0:52

If you have a boat that's empty, we got enough shit to fill that thing up.

Keith FosterHost

0:54

I'll s- I'll f- fulfill your goddamn boat.

0:57

Oh, right in the, right in the buoy.

Keith FosterHost

0:59

Right [laughs] in, right, right in the-

1:01

Right in the goddamn buoy.

Keith FosterHost

1:04

[laughs]

1:04

Booyah.

Keith FosterHost

1:05

Yeah, exactly.

Keith FosterHost

1:06

Exactly.

1:06

All right, man.

1:07

Hey, we're back here.

1:08

We're a podcast.

1:09

We talk about comics.

Keith FosterHost

1:10

Mm-hmm.

1:10

Uh, we talk about the stuff we do and, and how to make them so you guys can get better at making them if you don't know how to make them.