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Behind the Panels: Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham

Meet Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham, creators of Friends Forever! What initially drew you to comics? Shannon Hale: I didn’t grow up reading comics. I simply didn’t have access to them as a kid. But I always looked forward to the comic strips in the Sunday newspaper. Later my husband Dean introduced me to the [...]

By |2024-03-11T02:58:46-04:00August 12th, 2021|:01 Author-on-Author Interviews, Behind the Panels, News|Comments Off on Behind the Panels: Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham

Behind the Panels: Jordan Morris and Sarah Morgan

Meet Jordan Morris and Sarah Morgan, creators of Bubble! What initially drew you to graphic novels? Jordan: I love how adventurous they can be with storytelling. I think they have more license to play with genre in fun and interesting ways. The audience is probably very pop-culture savvy so you can mash up comedy/sci-fi/romance/whatever else [...]

By |2023-05-27T01:22:47-04:00July 19th, 2021|:01 Author-on-Author Interviews, Behind the Panels, News|Comments Off on Behind the Panels: Jordan Morris and Sarah Morgan

Behind the Panels: Charise Mericle Harper and Rory Lucey

Meet Charise Mericle Harper and Rory Lucey, creators of Bad Sister!               What initially drew you to comics? Charise: My father is French, and his mother, my grandmother did not speak English. She lived with us for six months every year, so it wasn't long before my brother and I became fluent in French. [...]

By |2024-03-11T03:03:43-04:00June 21st, 2021|:01 Author-on-Author Interviews, Behind the Panels, News|Comments Off on Behind the Panels: Charise Mericle Harper and Rory Lucey

Behind the Panels: Mike Holmes

Meet Mike Holmes, creator of My Own World!   What initially drew you to comics? I always loved the potential of comics - that you weren't limited by budget or resources one needs to present a visual story in a different medium, like film. If you can imagine it, you can make your dreams come [...]

By |2024-03-11T03:04:15-04:00May 21st, 2021|:01 Author-on-Author Interviews, Behind the Panels, News|Comments Off on Behind the Panels: Mike Holmes

Behind the Panels: Remy Lai

Meet Remy Lai, creator of Pawcasso! What initially drew you to comics? Comics were the first books I read as a child. My parents placed no restrictions on the number and kinds of books my siblings and I read, which I suspect was the least costly and most effective way to keep five kids quiet. I guess [...]

By |2024-03-11T03:20:06-04:00April 19th, 2021|:01 Author-on-Author Interviews, Behind the Panels, News|Comments Off on Behind the Panels: Remy Lai

Behind the Panels: Dave Roman-2

Meet Dave Roman, creator of the Astronaut Academy series! What initially drew you to comics? The drawings, they drew me to comics! I was a drawer who filled his drawer . . . with drawings! As a kid, I'd copy the art from Garfield, The Far Side, and Groo the Wanderer, and those eventually morphed into my own [...]

By |2024-03-19T01:48:43-04:00March 19th, 2021|:01 Author-on-Author Interviews, Behind the Panels, News|Comments Off on Behind the Panels: Dave Roman-2

Behind the Panels: Dan & Jason

Meet Dan & Jason, creators of Blue, Barry & Pancakes! What initially drew you to comics? We've always loved comics! We absolutely love the form and everything it has to offer - words, pictures, pacing, and design. But what really makes comics special for us is that feeling when you sit down with a great [...]

By |2024-03-11T03:21:17-04:00February 20th, 2021|:01 Author-on-Author Interviews, Behind the Panels, News|Comments Off on Behind the Panels: Dan & Jason

Behind the Panels: Natalie Andrewson

Meet Natalie Andrewson, illustrator and adapter of The Nutcracker and the Mouse King! What initially drew you to comics? Well, it took me a long time to learn drawing comics was actually something I could do (and love) with my skills but I always enjoyed drawing stories and making up worlds for my characters to live [...]

By |2023-05-26T13:13:52-04:00November 13th, 2020|:01 Author-on-Author Interviews, Behind the Panels, News|Comments Off on Behind the Panels: Natalie Andrewson

Rainbow Rowell & Faith Erin Hicks Q&A

We’re super-excited that Rainbow Rowell (Eleanor & Park, Fangirl) is going to be doing two graphic novels for us!  The first one will be illustrated by Faith Erin Hicks (Friends With Boys, Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong).  EW just announced this project this morning. Here they Q&A each other! Rainbow Rowell:  You’re such an amazing [...]

By |2024-03-06T07:10:01-05:00January 30th, 2014|:01 Author-on-Author Interviews|1 Comment
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