Inspired Ink #29 - Tanya Dorph Mankey - The Reality Of The Aspiring Creative Life

Inspired Ink - The Comix Well Spring Podcast

We have artist and creator Tanta Dorph-Mankey joining us today! We talk about what it means to have a day job as a creative person, managing expectations as you work towards a creative degree, and how finding your community can help provide you with confidence in your projects! All this and so much more on today’s Inspired Ink!

TIMESTAMPS

01:00 Managing jobs versus creativity

14:00 Introduction to comics

19:20 Wrestling talk

24:20 Family influences

26:15 Schooling experience

32:18 Artistic goals and finding community

39:30 Stories as escapism

44:45 The other end of tough trials

50:00 Make what you like

53:40 2024 Outlook

Find Tanya online:

Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/minacoleta

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/minacoleta/

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/minacoleta.bsky.social

Check out Tanya’s websites:

https://www.tdorphmankey.weebly.com

https://www.minacoleta.storenvy.com

Find Comix Well Spring online:
X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ComixWellSpring
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comixwellspring/
Check out the Comix Well Spring website:
https://www.grekoprinting-comixwellspring.com/
Brandon Bloxdorf is the creator of the publishing imprint and podcast Apollo City Comics and an indie comic book creator including Teenage Babylon, Fake Your Death, various anthologies and more!
Find Brandon online:
https://linktr.ee/apollocitycomics
Episode edited by Alex Batts, chief operations officer and co-host of the publishing imprint and podcast Apollo City Comics.
Find Alex online:
X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/apbattman
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apbattman/