Note from Janna: James Powell is a comics editor, writing coach, and the author of the House of Fear series from Dark Horse. He works with fiction writers across both prose and comics, and he's run nine Kickstarter campaigns — which is part of …Read More
Note from Janna: I'm excited to share my interview with Mike Dawson, the award-winning creator behind the middle grade graphic novel The Fifth Quarter and, most recently, The Hidden Dominion of Geordie James (Union Square Kids). We spent the first half of our talk on …Read More
Note from Janna: I'm excited to share my conversation with Nadine Takvorian, a first-generation Armenian-American author and illustrator of children's books and graphic novels based in the Bay Area. Her debut YA graphic novel, Armaveni, came out this year and has already earned four starred …Read More
Note from Janna: Jon and Desi are a husband-and-wife team based in Southern California, and both former teachers — Desi taught high school English, Jon taught middle school art. Desi is a writer, copywriter, and voice actor; Jon is a writer-illustrator who runs the …Read More
Note from Janna: Danica Novgorodoff and Meera Subramanian's publicist Tracey Daniels reached out to me about their new book, A Better World Is Possible: Global Youth Confront the Climate Crisis (First Second). The title caught my attention, because I think many of us are …Read More
Note from Janna: In this conversation, I'm talking with Elizabeth Jancewicz and Eric Stevenson, husband-and-wife creator team, about how their Instagram webcomic — about a stray cat named Pilgrim — unexpectedly built an enthusiastic audience of readers. They have more than 53,000 followers on …Read More
In this interview with Katie Risor, I asked her about the journey to getting her first book, the early reader graphic novel Welcome to the Forest, published. Welcome to the Forest: The Harvest Party, by Katie Risor (Andrews McMeel) Hey Katie! How did your journey …Read More
This is an interview with Josh Smeaton, the founder -- along with collaborator Josh Sippie -- of Hullabaloo, a kids comics magazine! In print! The cover of the first issue! The two Joshs are running a Kickstarter to help fund the first issue. I asked Josh …Read More
Stan Yan is a first generation American-born Chinese writer, illustrator, caricature artist, and instructor from Denver, Colorado, who has been drawing comics before he realized it. He helped cofound the Squid Works comic creator cooperative, was a board member of the Colorado Alliance of …Read More
Angela Hsieh is a Taiwanese American illustrator and author whose life choices can mostly be explained by her love of goofy animals. She is the writer and illustrator of the graphic novel, Lu and Ren's Guide to Geozoology, as well as the illustrator of …Read More