In this episode of Storyline Sessions, Aidee Sea, the author of After Death Comics, talks about many topics including the process of creating webcomics, building a community, differences between writing short form and long form stories and AI's impact on art.Timestamps:00:00 - Start00:54 - Conversation start01:05 - Horrorween comics - 4 years running02:32 - Long form comics03:39 - The After Death Comics origin and mixing genres07:05 - Aidee's process09:11 - Constructing stories in webcomics12:07 - Deciding between ideas14:56 - Keeping your style vs writing for the audience18:06 - The business side of creative work21:32 - Sponsorships, Patreon and crowd funding25:05 - Separating yourself from your work27:24 - Current events and universal feelings in comics29:45 - AI and art33:31 - People (not) stealing artists' work35:12 - Comic Collaborations39:00 - Unexpected genre that Aidee would like to try40:55 - Gaming and game influences43:29 - Working on video games46:38 - People and horror in different media47:26 - Influences50:11 - Writing and testing jokes52:30 - Readers' reactions and leaving clues for them58:31 - How to keep readers engaged1:01:07 - Limitations and creating different types of comics1:02:34 - Other comic authors as inspiration1:04:12 - Working on "traditional" comics1:06:46 - Horror film of the year1:07:44 - Spoilers for the Barbarian (2022)1:09:03 - Taking lessons from horror movies1:09:35 - Future plans for After Death Comics1:12:13 - OutroYou can find Aidee at linktr.ee/afterdeathcomicsFollow Storyline Sessions Podcast on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/storyline.sessions/riverside.fm affiliate link (I receive a recurring commission with no additional cost to you): https://www.riverside.fm/?via=marko

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