How to Follow Up Your Biggest Launch Ever with Ryan Claytor

Last year, cartoonist Ryan Claytor celebrated 20 years of publishing with a big Kickstarter launch for “One Bite at a Time” which went on to get nominated for Eisner and Ringo Awards. How do you follow up a massive launch like that? And how does one keep the passion going strong for another 20 years?

Ryan joins Tyler for a discussion about his next venture the “Elephant Eater Comics Annual Dispatch” which attempts to answer those questions and more!

Highlights of This Session Include:

Ryan shares the aftermath of his biggest, most ambitious project launch ever, and how he was determined to make his next project a lighter load.
Why Ryan has fallen in love with printing on newsprint and tips for launching projects at a unique size.
Innovative approaches to cataloging your work as you go to make projects like Ryan’s easier to launch.
Plus: Ryan’s perspective on how AI is (and is not) showing up in the work of his college art students and where things go from here.

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Today’s Featured Guest:

Ryan Claytor is the Coordinator of the Comic Art and Graphic Novel Minor and Assistant Professor at Michigan State University

He’s a multiple Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo Prize Winner, and has been nominated for Ringo and Eisner awards.

Last year he celebrated 20 Years of Publishing under the Elephant Eater Comics imprint with a well received HD artbook, showing off his artistic pursuits that have included comics, neon signs, watches, pin-ball machines, fancy pancakes, mirror drawings and more!

Links Mentioned in Today’s Show:

Elephant Eater Comics Annual Dispatch – A yearly newspaper art book featuring process-rich peeks at design projects from comics artist and university professor, Ryan Claytor
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ryanclaytor/annual-dispatch

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