In today’s episode, we get inside information on how to work for a comic book website, from longtime CBR writer Hannibal Tabu. We also break down why his pitch won at Top Cow’s talent hunt as well as his process for writing comics from start to finish. Also, we talk about Hannibal’s upcoming series Time Corps.
Hannibal Tabu is an American comic book writer and professional reviewer writer from CBR. Hannibal was the winner of Top Cow’s talent hunt in 2012 and has an extensive writing resume in comics such as “Watson & Holmes” as well as “Time Corps”. Writing in many different mediums and styles, Hannibal has found himself involved with many different companies over the years and is very versatile in his writing styles.
In this episode, Omar and Hannibal go into great detail regarding the process of creating and writing comics, as well as touch on certain traits that can help you succeed in the not only the comic book industry but in any creative outlet.
Where to find Hannibal Taboo:
Topics that Omar and Hannibal discuss:
- Some industry features that survived the dotcom boom.
- Ideas on how to hone in on your niche in the comic book industry.
- Challenges that you can run into when you are working with an artist in a professional setting.
- The balance that you need to find in your life between writing and essential life duties.
- How learning as you go can be a valuable strategy in writing.
- Marketing is one of the most valuable aspects of creating a successful book.
- Reasons to do a large amount of writing in the brainstorming process to develop your characters, then creating an extensive outline.
- Using people from your own life to base certain small aspects of characters in your story.
- The different aspects and experience of life that play an impact on the development of your character.
- The benefits of thorough research in developing a strong story and relatable or realistic characters.
- Ways to network with other creators and how to maintain professional relationships.
- More reasons to sell yourself as your brand and why speaking interviews are a great way to market yourself.
- The personal connections that can make the collaborative process totally worth it.
- Little details that can be uncovered through research that can add authenticity to your writing and story.
- The three things that you can do to improve and progress in writing
Links from the show:
- CBR
- Top Cow
- Next Planet Over (offline)
- Eric stevenson
- Image
- Usenet
- Xenoglyphs
- Luke Cage
- WonderCon 2013
- 2 Guns
- Watson and Holmes
- Philip Buchanon
- Irrational Numbers
- Scoundrel
- Wunderman Comics
- Earth invasion
- Time Corps
- Hoopla Digital
- Scrivener
