{"podcast":{"title":"Pesto Comics - Audio Edition","slug":"pesto-comics-audio-edition-7033321","podcast_index_feed_id":7033321,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/1239092.rss","website_url":"https://pestocomics.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/1239092/3c9705c6d58222a56a36cf89b86db67d.jpg","author":"Adriano Ariganello | Pesto Comics","episode_count":136,"summary":"See inside the mind of a comic book micro-publisher every week, with behind-the-scenes insights into books like FROM PARTS UNKNOWN, SNIP, NAKED KAIJU WOMAN and more from Pesto Comics.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T08:21:58.347668+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pesto-comics-audio-edition-7033321"},"episode":{"title":"2026 Mid-Year Review of Pesto Comics","slug":"2026-mid-year-review-of-pesto-comics","published_at":"2026-07-09T19:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pesto-comics-audio-edition-7033321/2026-mid-year-review-of-pesto-comics","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pesto-comics-audio-edition-7033321","url":"https://pestocomics.substack.com/p/2026-mid-year-review-of-pesto-comics","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/206207402/0c9851ded7f9dff6251f90769402800c.mp3","summary":"A mid-year review of Pesto Comics covering three business pillars: direct market, crowdfunding, and books, plus plans for the back half of 2026. 00:00 Introduction 01:15 Pillar 1: Direct Market 04:29 Pillar 2: Crowdfunding 08:34 Pillar 3: Books 10:02 The Lesson of the first half of 2026 12:05 Looking Ahead: Second Half of 2026 16:37 Digital Strategy 17:29 Outside Comics 18:39 Wrap-Up == See everything Pesto Comics has to offer at https://pestocomics.com == Check out all the comics and books coming from Adriano and Pesto Comics! In Comic Shops: ----------------------------------- FROM PARTS UNKNOWN #1-3 (of 5) In Stores NOW! FROM PARTS UNKNOWN #4 (of 5) On-Sale 08/05 FROM PARTS UNKNOWN #5 (of 5) FOC 08/10 | On-Sale 09/09 SNIP #1 (of 5) LOCAL COMIC SHOP DAY EARLY RELEASE VARIANT FOC 08/17 | On-Sale 09/26 Kickstarter Comics: ------------------------------- NKW3 #3 On Kickstarter - LIVE NOW! https://bit.ly/nkw3 SNIP #3, 4 & 5 On Kickstarter - August https://bit.ly/snip3 CRIMSON FRONTIER #1 & 2 On Kickstarter - September https://bit.ly/cf1comic Books: ----------- SWITCH/RESTART On Backerkit (Printopia!) - September https://bit.ly/switchrestart LEO LUCAS #1-3 (Backlot Babylon, The Price of Fame, Cult of Glamour) On Kickstarter - November https://bit.ly/backlotbabylon == This video is available as an audio podcast on all your favourite platforms as 'Pesto Comics Audio Edition' and on Substack at https://pestocomics.substack.com --- Find Adriano on social media: https://www.instagram.com/pestocomics/ https://bsky.app/profile/pestocomics.bsky.social https://x.com/pestocomics https://www.tiktok.com/@pestocomics See more from Adriano on the Instant Ink Comic Book Podcast every week: https://www.youtube.com/@InstantInkPodcast/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss…","meta_description":"A mid-year review of Pesto Comics covering three business pillars: direct market, crowdfunding, and books, plus plans for the back half of 2026. 00:00 Int…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1172,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/pesto-comics-audio-edition-7033321/episodes/2026-mid-year-review-of-pesto-comics/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pesto-comics-audio-edition-7033321/2026-mid-year-review-of-pesto-comics.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}