Kasey Iris Interview - Ghoul

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Kasey Iris joins me to talk about her debut YA graphic novel Ghoul from Top Shelf Productions, a spooky, heartfelt story about a lonely Filipino American teen and her rather ghoulish imaginary friend. Kasey shares how Ghoul grew from a school project adapting the classic Red Riding Hood fairy tale into a fully fledged graphic novel, why she wrote about grief and loss during the COVID pandemic, and how she approached heavy themes like suicide in a YA story with care. We also panel plunge into the craft in the book. Kasey explains the book’s pink and purple palette, her painterly process using…