Roger Langridge and Dan Berry chat about tricking people into liking their work, getting better at writing and remaining visible.

Ok, here’s a couple of things. I’ve put together the means to send out a monthly newsletter. It’ll have a recap of the month’s episodes, some behind the scenes stuff, happenings and updates on all things Make/Tell. It will possibly be the best damned email newsletter you’ve ever signed up to. Think of it like a newspaper that gets emailed to you or a pen-pal you don’t really write back to or one of those family letters that get sent out at christmas, only every month. Perfect. There’s a handy box in the sidebar just to the right here, so go and do that.

I’m drumming up donations to help cover the cost of travelling to do more interviews in person. I think you can tell from the shows so far that I prefer chatting face to face. Not only do I get more control over the sound quality, it’s much nicer to talk to someone in person instead of through a screen. If you like the idea of this, donate whatever you want to help me do this. If you are completely happy with the show exactly as it is, then still consider donating a quid or two. It costs me money to do this show, and your donations mean I get to keep doing it. What I’d really like is for people to set up a recurring donation so I can plan stuff ahead. That’d be cool.

Talking of planning ahead, I’m planning on producing a handful of shorter more polished shows on specific themes. It should be fun. The working title for these is ‘Be Specific’.

So in summary, give me your email address and your money and I’ll keep recording myself talking to people.

Ryan North and Dan Berry talk about writing Dinosaur Comics comic for ten years, writing the Adventure Time comics, the webcomics marketing economy and running the largest kickstarter publishing project.

Declan Shalvey and Dan Berry recorded a conversation at the 2D festival in Derry over breakfast in a restaurant, hence the background noise. Topics covered include the way that other cultures see each other, process and realism.

Warwick Johnson Cadwell and Dan Berry talk at the 2D festival in Derry, Northern Ireland about making noises while drawing, quality of line and driving someone else’s car. Warwick was also on the very first Make It Then Tell Everybody. Check that out too.

Emma Vieceli and Dan Berry found the time after a busy day at the 2D Comics festival in Derry to record a chat. Topics of conversation include a round of bad job oneupmanship, the stigman surrounding the word manga and working digitally.

Lisa Hanawalt and Dan Berry talk process, comedy and leaning in to a career. Lisa’s new book My Dirty Dumb Eyes is out from Drawn & Quarterly.

Stephen Holland of the comic shop Page 45 in Nottingham talks to Dan Berry about the terms mainstream & small press, getting people into comics and whether people judge a book by it’s cover.

Donya Todd and Dan Berry talk comics, including artistic intuition, sexism and smoking. Donya is the author of Death and The Girls, out soon from Blank Slate Books and is the editor of the Bimba anthology. 

Will Morris talks to Dan Berry about paper, looking, drawing and reveals some shocking information about a beloved tv show. Check out Will’s website, the WebTrip site and his book The Silver Darlings.

This show was recorded live at the Illustrato.rs Lineup show at the Mall Galleries, London on the 4th May.Dan Berry spoke to Richard Short, Karrie Fransman and Posy Simmonds about their work, their approach and the challenges in creating long-form work.

A word of warning though – this was recorded in an art gallery, so the acoustics were terrible. The recording is actually better than the live sound on the day though. Big echoey white walls may be great for hanging art, but they aren’t so good for reproducing those soft intimate Make It Then Tell Everybody tones that you’ve grown accustomed to.