Horror Writer, Crowd Funding Expert, Wrestling Fan, and Ice Cream Aficionado Dirk Manning joins the show this week, and we dive deep into the intricacies of writing comics, breaking in to comics, crowdfunding comics, and being your own best advocate. Dirk and Gabe discuss Dirk's career, his successes and failures, his influences, how to create a thriving community of fans, and what inspires him.

As with every episode of Tradecraft, they also dig into how Dirk defines success and what it takes to get there,

To learn more about Dirk head to his website: www.dirkmanning.com

To take part in Dirk's latest Kickstarter "Butts in Seats: The Tony Schiavone Story" head here:
www.buttsinseatscomic.com