10 Epic World Building Tips for Writers & Artists from Wailing Blade’s Rich Douek & Joe Mulvey

Writer Rich Douek and artist Joe Mulvey, the creative team from ComixTribe’s new dark fantasy series Wailing Blade, stops by to share tips for building epic worlds for your characters to play in.

Highlights of this session include:

How you can go as crazy as you want when building your world, as long as you remember to do one important thing.
A simple test artists can put their characters through to see if they’ll stand out.
One key resource you must create that will tie your world together and unlock new story potential.
Plus: Why patience is a virtue when it comes to bringing your epic worlds to life.

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Today’s Featured Guests:

Rich Douek is an award-winning copywriter, and the creator of the independent comic series, Gutter Magic. He has worked on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Universe comics for IDW, and has published short stories in the New York Times-featured All We Ever Wanted anthology, for A Wave Blue World, as well as anthologies for Comixtribe and Red Stylo press. Additonally, he is a moderator of the Comics Experience Creator’s Workshop.
Joe Mulvey is creator, writer and artist of Mummy’s Always Right and SCAM from ComixTribe. Freelance Illustrator, storyboard artist and graphic designer from New York City. Husband and father of two adorable little girls.

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