{"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":"Aiming for Growth","slug":"aiming-for-growth","published_at":"2026-06-04T20:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pesto-comics-audio-edition-7033321/aiming-for-growth","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pesto-comics-audio-edition-7033321","url":"https://pestocomics.substack.com/p/aiming-for-growth","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/200533985/129eaafb9bbfaa23a4e90b5538cf750c.mp3","summary":"Trying to grow while the headwinds push you back. 00:00 Introduction 00:40 The Direct Market Pipeline 01:32 Financing & Paying Artists 02:12 Seeking a Government Loan 03:04 Naked Kaiju Woman Flagged as Explicit 04:46 Kickstarter Policy Changes 05:19 Commitment to NKW & Future Plans == Check out all the comics and books coming from Adriano and Pesto Comics! Direct Market Comics: ----------------------------------- FROM PARTS UNKNOWN #1 (of 5) IN STORES NOW! FROM PARTS UNKNOWN #2 (of 5) IN STORES NOW! FROM PARTS UNKNOWN #3 (of 5) Available for Pre-Order until Monday June 8th In Stores - Wednesday July 8th FROM PARTS UNKNOWN #4 (of 5) Available for Pre-Order until Monday July 6th In Stores - Wednesday August 5th Kickstarter Comics: ------------------------------- NAKED KAIJU WOMAN #3 On Kickstarter - June https://bit.ly/nkw3 SNIP #3, 4 & 5 On Kickstarter - July https://bit.ly/snip3 CRIMSON FRONTIER #1 & 2 On Kickstarter - August https://bit.ly/cf1comic PRIME CUT #1 & 2 On Kickstarter - TBD https://bit.ly/prime1comic Books: ----------- BACKLOT BABYLON (LEO LUCAS #1) On Kickstarter - October 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 --- See everything Pesto Comics has to offer at https://pestocomics.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 this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pestocomics.…","meta_description":"Trying to grow while the headwinds push you back. 00:00 Introduction 00:40 The Direct Market Pipeline 01:32 Financing & Paying Artists 02:12 Seeking a Gov…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":516,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/pesto-comics-audio-edition-7033321/episodes/aiming-for-growth/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/aiming-for-growth.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}