Meet Sloane Leong, author of A Map to the Sun! What initially drew you to comics? I came to comics late when I was about 13 but before that I had been writing and illustrating my own stories that were basically proto-comics starting back in the 3rd grade. Every week my teacher would give [...]
Meet Dave Roman, editor of History Comics and Science Comics! What initially drew you to comics? I was always interested in anything remotely connected to cartoons...so any book that had a cartoon on the cover would immediately catch my eye. Like so many other kids, I found that the most wonderful thing about comics [...]
Meet Alison Wilgus and Wyeth Yates, creators of The Mars Challenge! What initially drew you to comics? Alison Wilgus: When I was a kid my dad made the critical error of renting some VHS tapes of the ORIGINAL Ninja Turtles cartoon show in an attempt to get me [...]
Meet Lisa Brown, author of The Phantom Twin! What initially drew you to comics? I have always been fascinated by the interplay between word and image, whether in picture books, graphic design, comics, or even fine art (the work of Jenny Holzer comes to mind). What was your inspiration behind The Phantom Twin? Ghosts (I’m [...]
Meet Jo Rioux, artist of The Daughters of Ys! 1. What initially drew you to graphic novels? Graphic novels—or bandes-dessinées as they are known in French—were my favorite books to read as a kid. I devoured them! But "Comic book artist" wasn't considered a wise career choice, so I never even dreamed I could do [...]
