The Fellowship of the Beats: Comic Book Artist Todd Beats Returns

Todd Beats is back, completing a TRILOGY of Nerdy Mewzings Podcast appearances, fresh off a much needed art getaway with his friend Joey Lee Cabral, and in the middle of prepping for New York Comic Con!

We chatted about why school felt like torture for him, how creativity gets trained out of people, and why he posts the hard life lessons under the process videos instead of closing the door after a win. Learn the story behind why Todd keeps an overflowing change cup in his studio and how comfort in mediocrity is easier than another failure.

By the time this airs he will have finished New York Comic Con (Dungeon Crawler Carl covers, Fox Mask Killer, retailer variants), with LA Comic Con (Oct 29–Nov 1), ChainKata covers in November, and a Japan/Singapore trip with Ryan Benjamin and Whilce Portacio still ahead. Honing his sequential art skills is the 2027 target!

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Timestamps

0:00 - El Paso trip with Joey Lee Cabral

6:30 - Kids, wonder & creativity getting boxed in

11:00 - School, shop class & homeschool

19:00 - Why he posts the hard stuff

22:30 - Rob Liefeld, closed doors & going to the audience

32:00 - Marvel house style, Image & Absolute copies

44:00 - Positivity that makes people angry

51:00 - Self-belief, world titles & lonely winning

1:01:30 - The change cup & chasing failure

1:07:30 - NYCC, LA, ChainKata, Japan

1:12:00 - Patreon questions: content, camera, up-angle heads

1:19:00 - Outro