STAPLE 2015 "Pitching Comics" Panel with Janelle Asselin, hosted by Meredith Nudo, a valiant Valkyrie from Houston, TX. Whether looking to pitch your own or just learn more about the process of how comics are made, this is a great primer on all of the above. An excerpt of this interview was originally featured on Giant Size #33: Heart and Soul, our STAPLE 2015 Special.
Apr 22, 2015
57 min
Monica Gallagher started making comics on the web, but before that, anime and manga (and Elfquest) made her a fan who wanted to create in addition to consume. An excerpt of this interview was originally featured on Giant Size #33: Heart and Soul, our STAPLE 2015 Special.
Apr 22, 2015
10 min
STAPLE 2015 Q&A with Brooke Allen, Grace Ellis, and Babs Tarr, hosted by Annie Bulloch, Valkyrie owner of 8th Dimension Comics in Houston, TX. Behold (...be-hear?) the origin of "Lumberjumbies", as coined by Brooke Allen and as memorialized on the Lumberjanes page at Wikipedia. This Q&A was not excerpted or otherwise used on Giant Size #33: Heart and Soul, our STAPLE 2015 Special. Think of this as a Special Edition Extra you'd get in the big of a big, expensive hardcover.
Apr 21, 2015
58 min
Brooke Allen (illustrator, speaks first) and Grace Ellis (writer, speaks second) are two of the co-creators of the mega-smash-hit, *New York Times-bestselling *Lumberjanes. This interview was originally featured (in full, uncut) on Giant Size #33: Heart and Soul, our STAPLE 2015 Special.
Apr 21, 2015
9 min
Terry Moore is the creator of Strangers in Paradise, Echo, and Rachel Rising. We discuss Rachel Rising and the importance of support from grassroots fans and local comic shops. In Rachel Rising, the we open on a dead protagonist. They discuss the origins of the piece and his motivation for telling this story this way.
Mar 7, 2014
12 min
Ian Churchill talks about Miracleman/Marvelman, getting in as a fan, and an era when characters were allowed to be fun.
Feb 22, 2014
15 min
Do not miss a chance to talk with him at a convention.
Feb 17, 2014
28 min
Jonathan Coulton wrote a song called "Code Monkey". His friend, comic book
writer Greg Pak, made a joke on Twitter about how they should make it into
a comic. He wasn't joking.
Apr 20, 2013
Kelly Sue DeConnick started out writing comics by working on English-language adaptations of manga. Her work on 30 Days of Night: Eben and Stella led to job after job that eventually brought her to overseeing taking Carol Danvers from "Ms." Marvel to "Captain" Marvel,
Nov 18, 2012
1 hr 21 min
A short preview of things to come in this "uncut interview" companion to Giant Size.
Feb 10, 2012
3 min