Off Panel #542: Riot! with Laura Hudson and Tim Leong

About this episode

Laura Hudson and Tim Leong discuss their new comic series Exploit and their experiences in the comics industry.

Writers (and comics journalism legends) Laura Hudson and Tim Leong join the show to talk their new Mad Cave series Exploit and their journeys to it. Hudson and Leong discuss the power of honesty, publishing their first comic, the evolution of Exploit, whether they always wanted to make comics, how the series developed, the impact of collaboration, Exploit's origins, channeling frustrations into the work, the book's energy, the importance of looking cool, print journalism trends, looking at comics from the outside, and more.

People in this episode

Guests: Laura Hudson, Tim Leong

Topics covered

• comics
• publishing
• collaboration
• journalism
• creativity

Keywords

• comics
• Exploit
• Laura Hudson
• Tim Leong
• Mad Cave
• publishing
• collaboration
• journalism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mad Cave

Books & works: Exploit

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