Denis Markell, author of Click Here to Start, stops by the podcast to talk about setting a mystical adventure in a mundane space, making the kid characters feel real, and the notion that just because you haven’t found the solution doesn’t mean that there isn’t one (you just have to keep trying).
Jake Parker: Picturebooking, Episode 68
On the show today we have Jake Parker and his debut picture book Little Bot & Sparrow. Jake has worked in comics, concept art, illustration and animation. He started the popular drawing challenge Inktober and co-founded the illustration education website svslearn.com. Basically Jake Parker makes things! And after this talk you’re going to be inspired to make things too.
Box Brown: All The Wonders, Episode 309
Box Brown, cartoonist of Tetris: The Games People Play, stops by the podcast to talk about the first game his dad would play, moments of accessing a meditative state when creating comics, and the noble act of making a game just for the sake of making it.
Robert Sabuda: All The Wonders, Episode 308
Robert Sabuda, author and paper engineer most recently of The Christmas Story, stops by the podcast to talk about the magic of storytelling and drama in 3D, working with the 4th dimension of time, and his great appreciation for the other hands that make his books.
Matthew Holm: All The Wonders, Episode 307
Matthew Holm, Babymouse co-creator and now co-author of Marvin and the Moths, stops by the podcast to talk about drawing on the horrors of the middle school experience, humor as a social function, and the idea that you don’t tell a story, you find it.
Bending the Arc: Books Between, Episode 11
Vera Brosgol: All the Wonders, Episode 306
Vera Brosgol, author illustrator of Leave Me Alone!, stops by the podcast to talk about story solutions achieved through scheduled massages, needing to be along before others can see her work, and the idea that you can’t be in love with your art if it’s not working for the s
Candace Fleming and Eric Rohman: All The Wonders, Episode 305
Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann, author and illustrator team behind Giant Squid, stop by the podcast to talk about fascinating readers, a guy who could tell a story, but just couldn’t tell a true one, and phrases that feel great when they land on the ear.
Evan Turk: Picturebooking, Episode 67
Author and illustrator Evan Turk shares all the wonders of his picture book THE STORYTELLER with us. The text in this book transforms the reader into a traditional storyteller. The art transforms the story into an explosion of culture and imagination.
Marla Frazee: All The Wonders, Episode 304
Marla Frazee, author illustrator most recently of The Bossier Baby and illustrator of Is Mommy?, written by Victoria Chang, stops by the podcast to talk about channeling her inner 5-year-old, words taking over, and giving kids a place where there’s comf