Jerzy Drozd

Talking about walking the line between eerie and cute on CAG!

 

In this special unscheduled episode of the Comics Are Great! show I’ll be joined by Eric Orchard, cartoonist behind Maddy Kettle: The Adventure of the Thimblewitch, published by Top Shelf. Maddy Kettle is a plucky young girl who faces witches, vampire bats, and spider goblins, yet never loses hope or refuses help when asked. She is assisted by friendly ballon-riding bears, banjo-playing raccoons, and vampire bats. So is this a creepy story or a light-hearted adventure? Maybe it can be both, thanks to the special affordances that only comics can offer!

Join us for a discussion on how comics is the perfect medium to blend opposite elements together and produce something new.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Edward Gorey
• Maurice Sendak
• Eric Orchard’s inspiration Tumblr
• Fox and Duck, Eric’s new webcomic
• The Warren Commission Report: A Graphic Investigation Into the Kennedy Assassination

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Talking about the role of fandom on CAG!

 

Whatever your stance on cosplay, one can’t deny that it’s an active arena in fan participation with media. Is it simply a distracting branch that interferes with the “pure” transactions between fans and creators? Or is it a means for fans to enrich their participation with the creations themselves? When fandoms form around a creation, how should a creator respond?

This time I’m joined by Rachel Ashley-Lovelace for a discussion on the culture of fandoms and cosplay and how they might coexist with the creative forces that inform them.

AADL Production Librarian Anne Drozd also drops by for another round of book recommendations!

Links mentioned in this episode (thanks to Eric Klooster for collecting the links!):

• Cosplay
• Indiana Jones
• Star Trek Costumes from ANOVOS
• Macross Frontier
• Tenth Doctor
• Agent Dana Scully
• Gallifrey One Convention
• Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony
• Prancercise
• Furry Fandom
• Walmart Wolverine
• Small Press Expo
• Power Con
• Homestuck
• San Diego Comic Con
• New York Comic Con
• Avatar The Last Puppet Bender
• Dragoncon
• Masters Of The Universe Power Tour
• Worbla
• Glimmer
• The Idiot’s Lantern (Dr. Who episode)
• Ebay UK
• The King of Kong
• Rachel Lovelace on Facebook
• Two Geeks Talking
• Feelax

Comics and Book Recommendations:

• Vader’s Little Princess
• You’re All Just Jealous of My Jetpack: Cartoons
• Starbunny Inc.
• Hello Kitty Hello 40

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This episode was recorded live at the Ann Arbor District Library.

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Comics Are Great! returns with a battle between kid and adult authors!

 

We grown-up cartoonists think we know what kids are and aren’t picking up on in our work. After all, we were kids once! But memory can be fickle testimony, so in the next Comics Are Great! I’ll be joined by 12-year-old cartoonist Connor to talk about what he perceives to be the anatomy of a good story for kids.

I’ll also be joined by Gregg Schigiel, creator of PIX: One Weirdest Weekend, artist on Spongebob Comics, and host of the Stuff Said podcast.

If you haven’t seen Gregg and Connor in action, they led some events at the 2014 Kids Read Comics festival in Ann Arbor, MI. You can see their banter during the Kids Comics Award show held that weekend here.
Links mentioned in this episode (thanks to Eric Klooster for collecting the links!):

• Stuff Said Show
• Detroit Fanfare
• Kids Read Comics Convention
• Road Food
• Eater
• Judge Doom from Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
• Back To The Future
• Johnny Carson
• Mannix
• Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader
• Swag
• Our Gang (The Little Rascals)
• Norman Bates
• Weird Al
• The Dick Van Dyke Show
• UltraGirl
• Homestuck
• When I Was Your Age Lyrics

Comics and Book Recommendations:

• This One Summer
• Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: One Dead Spy
• Sisters
• The Warren Commission Report: A Graphic Investigation into the Kennedy Assassination
• Meanwhile

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