Dan Berry chats with The Rickard Sisters; Sophie (the writing sister) and Scarlett (the drawing sister) about their work together adapting edwardian political fiction – finding the ‘king poles’ of the story, cutting stuff that hasn’t aged particularly well and getting old stories in front of modern audiences. We spoke about how their creative partnership […]
Dan Berry and Monica Gallagher chat about the different eras of webcomics, from the deeply interpersonal setup ‘back then’ to the more algorithmic now, growing up artistically speaking in public and resisting the urge to ‘George Lucas’ your earlier work and the pains of pitching. Check out Monica’s website, instagram and patreon. Help support the […]
Lee Lai and Dan Berry get in deep on pencils, words and pictures that do different jobs and giving yourself treats at each stage of the process. Check out Lee’s patreon here! Support Make It Then Tell Everybody on patreon!
Dan Berry and CROM have a chat about finishing what you start, letting go of perfectionism, and building a creative life on your own terms. Support the show on Patreon!
Georgina Chadderton and Dan Berry chat about teaching comics, translating comics across a culture gap, working with editors and overcoming perfection. Check out Gina’s book Oh Brother from wherever you like to buy books from. Consider supporting Dan and the production of the Make It Then Tell Everybody podcast on Patreon for the price of […]
Michael Lark and I chat get together to chat in Michael’s back garden about process, working from reference, work ethics, how to hide the flaws in a drawing and how life experiences can help bring things into focus. This is the first new Make/Tell interview since June 2022, and here we are in June 2026, […]
Yes, yes, I know. Not a new episode of Make/Tell, not really. I stopped making this podcast, remember?
https://youtu.be/1zea1BH4-04 This is an excerpt from David Gaffney’s book Concrete Fields This illustrated version was first performed by David at the Show N Tell event at the Lakes International comic art festival in 2023. This version is read by me (Dan), who also wrote the music for it. This project scratched some itches I didn’t […]
Make It Then Tell Everybody was/is a podcast I hosted and produced from 2012 to 2023. The podcast had a guiding principle; that it had to be useful to the person listening. You should still be able to find it most places you find podcasts. The show wouldn’t have existed without Lizz Lunney, Simon Berry, […]
Maybe you’ve already heard, maybe this is how you find out, but this is the last episode of Make It Then Tell Everybody. This episode is a Q&A with Dan.
