Off Panel #546: Boom Tube with Tiffany Babb

About this episode

Comics critic Tiffany Babb discusses her zine The Comics Staple and various aspects of comics journalism.

Comics critic Tiffany Babb joins the show to talk about her comics zine, The Comics Staple, and the world of comics journalism. Babb discusses pre-Kickstarter feelings, the joy of creating, her fearless nature, the importance of failure, why comics needs something like The Comics Staple, the importance of tastemakers, the contributors to the zine, the Staple's audience, what differentiates it, why she enjoys prints so much, the impact of her previous work, the state of comics journalism, what's missing in that space, the Eisner judge experience, her read of the industry, convention panel tips, and more.

People in this episode

Guest: Tiffany Babb

Topics covered

• comics journalism
• The Comics Staple
• creativity
• failure
• tastemakers
• Eisner judge experience
• convention panel tips

Keywords

• comics
• Tiffany Babb
• The Comics Staple
• journalism
• Eisner
• conventions
• creativity
• failure

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Comics Staple

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