@usdn-chairman.bsky.social🚛 Jim Whiting grew up working on his family's garbage truck, earning money to buy comic books.
Years later, those childhood experiences helped inspire his creator-owned sci-fi comic, Margo Intergalactic Trash Collector.
🎙️ Full Interview:
youtube.com/live/wYZUpnv...
@usdn-chairman.bsky.social💥 Margo blew a hole in the universe.
Her employer turned it into a garbage dump.
Now the universe on the other side wants answers.
Jim Whiting teases the next chapter of Margo Intergalactic Trash Collector.
🎙️ Full Interview:
youtube.com/live/wYZUpnv...
@usdn-chairman.bsky.socialHollywood wants your comic. Now what?
Christopher Reda discusses Zombie Zero, film options, creative compromises and what indie creators should know before Hollywood calls.
🎬 Chairman's Cut:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rCl...
@usdn-chairman.bsky.social🚀 Meet Margo.
Jim Whiting has been building Margo Intergalactic Trash Collector for more than 20 years.
Now those creator-owned sci-fi adventures are being collected in Apocalypse in Pink, with a new Margo series planned for 2027.
@usdn-chairman.bsky.socialImagine if bookstores only carried two publishers.
Christopher Reda discusses why comic shops need variety and why indie publishers need opportunities to reach readers.
🎬 Chairman's Cut:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpog...
@usdn-chairman.bsky.socialWhat if artists could receive funding to give them time to create?
Stephen Kok explains how Australian arts grants can help support creators while they work.
Sometimes creators don't need another idea. They need time.
🎙️ Full interview:
@usdn-chairman.bsky.social“She throws a punch. Make it epic.”
Stephen Kok explains how years working with TRANSHUMAN artist Razz Tsolmon created a shorthand built on trust and knowing the characters.
🎙️ Full interview:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEmF...
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@usdn-chairman.bsky.socialKorean comics have a massive digital audience. Could physical K-Comics be next?
Christopher Reda discusses K-Toon Studios and bringing Korean creators and stories into comic shops.
🎬 Chairman's Cut:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzEm...
@usdn-chairman.bsky.socialHow do you earn the trust of Kickstarter backers?
Stephen Kok’s rule:
Keep your word.
Communicate honestly. Be accessible. Follow through on what you promise.
🎙️ Full interview:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEmF...
@usdn-chairman.bsky.socialTurning a movie into a comic took thousands of hours.
Christopher Reda explains how Blackout was rebuilt frame by frame, transforming film stills, action and dialogue into comic book pages.
🎬 Chairman’s Cut:
youtu.be/QMvCroOV4ZE
@usdn-chairman.bsky.social📅 SEPTEMBER 29
⏰ 7:00 PM ET
🔴 WATCH LIVE: youtube.com/live/HVr1Vvw...
50 episodes of A Knight’s Title.
Russell Michael Berger returns to the Council to celebrate nine seasons, Episode 50, and the upcoming Halloween spin-off Souls of the Dying Star.
Join us LIVE.
@usdn-chairman.bsky.socialTwo basic rules of comic lettering:
Left to right, top to bottom.
One action per panel.
Es Kay explains why lettering is part of storytelling, not just words in balloons.
🎙️ Full interview:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEmF...
@usdn-chairman.bsky.socialDon’t wait 10 years to start creating comics.
Stephen Kok’s biggest regret? Waiting instead of gaining 10 more years of experience.
Don’t procrastinate. Start creating.
🎙️ Full interview:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEmF...
🚀 Kickstarter:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/191...
@usdn-chairman.bsky.social🚨 PROGRAMMING UPDATE
Tonight's USDN Podcast interview with C.E. Massari has been postponed due to an unexpected scheduling conflict.
We apologize to everyone who planned to join us live.
We'll announce a new date once confirmed.
@usdn-chairman.bsky.social🚨 SEPT. 21 • 7 PM ET
🔴 LIVE:
youtube.com/live/Fr2d0a9...
🔥 THE MAFIA VS. THE KLAN IS LIVE!
C.E. Massari returns to USDN to take us inside the Kickstarter and pick up where we left off in June.
🔥 Back it:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cem...
@usdn-chairman.bsky.socialWhat happens when we can replace the human body?
Only 10 DAYS LEFT to back Stephen Kok’s TRANSHUMAN Vol. 1–4: Betrayal.
🎙️ Full interview:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEmF...
🚀 Kickstarter:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/191...
@usdn-chairman.bsky.social“If you're not Marvel and DC, you shouldn't even have a publishing company.”
Christopher Reda says he's encountered that attitude while trying to sell his indie comics.
He discusses the fight for visibility, shelf space and readers.
🎬 Full interview:
youtube.com/live/E0khI-9...
@usdn-chairman.bsky.social🚨 USDN IS HEADING TO BALTIMORE!
The USDN Podcast will be covering @baltimorecomiccon.bsky.social 2026, September 25–27, as approved press.
Get your tickets and come join us!
And if you see The Chairman on the convention floor, come say hi.
@usdn-chairman.bsky.socialCould Korean comics become as popular as manga in America?
Christopher Reda discusses K-Toon Studios and bringing Korean creators and stories from digital manhwa into the U.S. physical comics market.
🎬 Full interview:
youtube.com/live/E0khI-9...
@usdn-chairman.bsky.socialSecret societies. Pre-Revolutionary France. Historical intrigue. Rabbit holes everywhere.
@bobbycampbell.net takes us inside Tales of the Illuminatus #3: Opus Chao.
Enjoy the adventure or start digging.
