E428 - Special Guest Dylan Meconis — How to Color Comics with Physical Media

This week, we welcome the brilliant Dylan Meconis, creator of Queen of the Sea and Bite Me.

Here’s what we cover:

How most colorists actually break in (hint: it’s not by “murdering another colorist in single combat” — though that was discussed) What “flatting” is — and why it’s often your first step into paid coloring work Why networking is really just “being friends with cartoonists” Portfolio strategy: Why saying “I do everything” is less effective than saying “I do this brilliantly” Analog coloring techniques — watercolor paper, oil-based pencils, and why certain materials go extinct at the worst possible moment Th...