{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The United States Department of Nerds Podcast","title":"Styles & Nicky - The Plague Returns: Behind the Scenes at Lucky Devil","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3005,"description":"The dead don't always stay buried.\nLucky Devil Comics returns to the United States Department of Nerds Podcast as Styles and Nicky join The Chairman before the Council for the next chapter of THE PLAGUE.\nWhen Lucky Devil Comics first joined USDN, THE PLAGUE #1: ILL FATE was a make-or-break independent comic fighting for the chance to exist.\nNow, Ill Fate is in readers' hands, THE PLAGUE has reached a new audience through GlobalComix, Lucky Devil Comics is taking the book directly to readers at conventions, and Issue #2 is already moving through production.\nThis time, we're looking at what happens after you make the comic.\n\nStyles and Nicky discuss the response to Ill Fate, what readers understood about Diego that surprised them, lessons learned from producing their first issue, and how that experience is shaping Issue #2.\nWe also dig into:\n⚰️ What happened after THE PLAGUE #1: ILL FATE was released\n💀 The moment Lucky Devil realized readers genuinely wanted more\n🩸 What readers connected with beyond the blood, action, and revenge\n🔥 Why reader demand brought the idea of a black-and-white edition back to life\n📖 Bringing THE PLAGUE to GlobalComix and reaching a new digital audience\n💼 The business realities of creating, marketing, and selling independent comics\n💥 What conventions have taught Lucky Devil about reaching readers face-to-face\n⚙️ Building an ecosystem around crowdfunding, direct sales, conventions, and digital distribution\n🪦 Where THE PLAGUE #2 stands in production and where Diego's story goes next\n😈 Why Issue #2 can become more visceral, brutal, and action-heavy now that the world has been established\n🔮 The long-term future of THE PLAGUE and Lucky Devil Comics\n\nIssue #2 picks up with Diego still trying to understand what has happened to him and what he's capable of. As his personal vendetta continues, the larger conflict begins forcing him to confront the difference between revenge and becoming something closer to the hero others may need him to be.\nLucky...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/jK77dc0vRU6rdQe3lGzQeHxWXmC-iqPIYcsRvu3WnRw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xMDE0/NzI5MzBlZGRiOGQ2/MzFlNGI2NzJiMzc2/MTczOC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}