Dirty Old Ladies: The Podcast

Lets go on a most excellent adventure! Spike, Kel, and Amanda all talk about their time travel feeling. Spike and Amanda have very strong feelings. Kel doesn't.   

We are getting close to a year of being in a pandemic. Spike, Kel and Amanda talk about how we have changed the way we promote our work and try to increase our income in these unprecedented times. 

Character idea: A rich orphan, who is a super detective no one can outsmart is also a super awesome trained fighter.  Spike, Kel, and Amanda talk about Mary Sues. Do they even exist? Or are they just a sexist way to criticize female characters the critic doesn't like?

I've made a huge mistake. Spike, Kel, and Amanda share all the mistakes they made in their career and what they wish they had done differently. 

We not on make comics but also like to read them! In this episode, Spike, Kel, and Amanda share the comics they have been reading and enjoying lately. 

When you wish upon a star... will your story get very far? Spike, Kel, and Amanda talk about wish fulfillment in stories. Is there such a thing as too much? Can an entire story be wishfullfillment?

You never know if something will work until you try! Spike, Kel, and Amanda share their experiments to try and make money. Whether it's about release schedules or using new platforms when they pop up. 

Spike, Kel, and Amanda answer listener questions! 

Being a fancy bitch abroad! Spike tells Kel and Amanda tales of her adventures at Angouleme Comic Fest.

Nice! Spike, Kel, and Amanda talk about fanservice. From cheesecake to beefcake. When it fits in the story or gets in the way. Does it get in the way or does it help move the story along?

One day, we'll defeat Kakarot. Spike, Kel, and Amanda talk about how jealousy is a normal feeling. Having it isn't the problem, how you use it can be for good or ill. 

Your book is done! Everything is drawn and it has a release date! Hooray! But now what do you do? Spike, Kel, and Amanda discuss all the steps you can take to give your book a successful release. 

We're triple threats. We business, we write, and we draw. Two episodes ago we talked about things we like to write, but we also draw. Here's what we like to draw!

Fight the man! Get fair pair! Spike is away at Thought Bubble, so Kel and Amanda chat with Sasha Basett about unionizing comics. 

The ladies babble incessantly about what they like to make comics about!

The girls talk about a full jam-packed year's worth of convention highs and lows as they traveled all over the continent, peddling comics and networking.

Where are your parents?! Spike, Kel, and Amanda talk about the trope so common in YA stories and Anime, dead or missing parents. Why are these children left to their own devices and what does that do for the story?

Spike, Kel, and Amanda are all US based so this episode we are interveiwing Nina Matsumoto about doing comics Canada.

Spike, Kel, and Amanda are all US based so this episode we are interveiwing Kate Ashwin about doing comics off in the UK

Spike, Kel, and Amanda all talk about working on licensed property comics. What are things to concerned before jumping into that work for hire pool.