JLL 006 : Interview with John Allison

Jason Loves Life Podcast - Helping Your WebComic Live Long and Prosper

I had a wonderfully delightful interview with…

John Allison

John Allison is a British writer and artist of the webcomics Bobbins, Scary Go Round, Bad Machinery, and Giant Days. He has a long list of awards and has recently partnered up with Oni Press.

“What would Columbo do?”

In this episode we talk about John Allison’s love for detective stories, how he worked a variety of jobs while starting his first comics, and his personal thoughts on commission work of Pop culture characters.

We also cover some amazing business related topics that can help you monetize your art/stories.

In this episode you will learn:

• What is John Allison’s best selling merchandise.
• Why prints are a great first product to start selling.
• Using Advertisement on a website.
• Creating characters
• John’s writing process
• How he creates his characters
• and more…

You can read John Allison’s work at http://www.scarygoround.com/, Go purchase his books at your local book shop or comic book shop, and then read his great article on WebComics entitled Post webcomics

Things Mentioned in this Episode:

• http://www.scarygoround.com/
  John Allison’s WebComic Site
• Manga Studio
  A software product that allows users to scan, create, sketch, and ink digital and softcopies of their manga and comic artwork.
• Adobe Illsutrator
  (Click Here to Try Creative Suite 6 Free!)
  Graphic Design Software
• Google AdSense
  Allows website creators to put ads on their website.
• Project Wonderful
  Allows website creators to put ads on their website.
• Oni Press
  Publisher
• Topatoco
  Merchandise sales and drop shipment service.
• keenspot
  Link Sharing site for WebComics
• dumbrella
  A bunch of dudes that go to Comic Con- San Diego
• SPX
  Small Press Expo