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Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
This is your home for stories about comics or comic-based stories. We curate news and talk with storytellers and artists. We focus on children’s books, graphic novels, illustrations, and the people behind these works that bring joy and inquiry.
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- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 554) The Vermont Family Who Claimed They Could Make the Dead Appear
In the 1870s, people traveled to rural Chittenden, Vermont to see something extraordinary: members of the Eddy family who claimed they could communicate with…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 553) When the Monsters Escape the Book: Yuvashri Harish on Kill Your Darlings
What happens when the monsters you've spent your life reading about suddenly come crawling off the page? Author Yuvashri Harish joins The We Make Children's…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 552) Sean Rubin on Fantasy, Fandom, and the Magic of Redwall
On this episode of, I’m joined by Sean Rubin, series artist and longtime fan of Brian Jacques’ Redwall, to talk about the upcoming Redwall: The Collector’s…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 551) Richard Dansky on Death, Dread, and Interactive Stories
n this episode of Storycomic Presents, I’m joined by Richard Dansky, author, horror writer, tabletop RPG designer, and veteran video game narrative designer…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 550) Maggie Tokuda-Hall on Writing Quiet Books for Noisy Times
On this episode, I’m joined by award-winning author Maggie Tokuda-Hall to talk about her new picture book Bathtime for Snow Monkeys, illustrated by Yas Imamura…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 549) The Vermont Author Turning Universal Mysteries Into Horror
On this episode of Storycomic Presents, I’m joined again by Vermont author Dan Durick to talk about The Mechanism of Collapse, Book Two of The Tetrad Cycle…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 548) What Happens When the Death Card Shows You Your Killer?
On this episode, I’m joined by debut YA author Jasmine Smith to talk about her dark contemporary fantasy Death Card, published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 547) Why Children’s Graphic Novel Creators Need Their Own Pitch Platform
On this episode of Storycomic Presents, I’m joined by Johnell DeWitt, Michelle Lin, Patrick Williams, and Abigale Lyn to talk about the newest developments at…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 546) Why American Gothic Horror Makes a Perfect Roleplaying Game
#IanLemke #NevermoreRPG #NepentheGames #TabletopRPG #TTRPG #AmericanGothic #GothicHorror #HorrorRPG #GameDesign #RoleplayingGames #IndieRPG #Poe #TabletopGames…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 545) Why Bill Lutz Keeps His Sketchbook Close
#BillLutz #BillLutzDesigns #VermontArtist #VermontComics #Illustration #Cartooning #GraphicDesign #PathwaysBeforeTheReturn #TheFrontiersmen #SciFiComics…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 544) The Comic Creator Who Asks: What Is Going On Here?
#IsaiahRatliff #TheWaterbat #Waterbat #MurkyWaters #IndieComics #ShortComics #Webcomics #ComicCreator #ComicsInterview #VisualStorytelling #CreativeProcess…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 543) Jim Arnosky on Nature, Drawing, and Helping Kids Notice the World
#JimArnosky #VermontAuthor #ChildrensBooks #KidsLit #NatureBooks #WildlifeBooks #AuthorIllustrator #DrawingFromNature #VermontBooks #ScienceBooksForKids…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 542) John Schu Returns With a Gentle Story About Joywalking
#JohnSchu #HollyHatam #LilyMaysJoyfulDay #RuthieRosesBigIdea #CandlewickPress #PictureBooks #KidsLit #ChildrensBooks #MindfulnessForKids…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 541) The Comic That Turns Readers Into Inmates
#MattStevens #AlexRobnett #PanopticonComic #DarkWebComics #DigitalPools #Macroverse #KickstarterComics #IndieComics #SciFiComics #MysteryComics #PrisonStory…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 540) What Happens When a Seventh Grader Hides the Truth About Her Family?
#RoxieInColor #DianeDebrovner #StacyCervenka #CandlewickPress #MiddleGradeBooks #KidsLit #ChildrensBooks #DisabilityRepresentation #BlindParents…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 539) Podcasting Is Easy… Until You Actually Do It
On this episode of Storycomic Presents, I’m joined by my recurring podcast friends Kurt Sasso and Jeff Haas for our quarterly podcasting roundtable. Every few…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 538) Mark Bell Returns With Mothman, Teen Ghost Hunters, and a Bus Full of Kids
Mark Bell returns to Storycomic Presents to talk about his newest Kickstarter, S.P.I.R.I.T. #1–4: Mothman Needs Us! The campaign brings readers into the world…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 537) If Superman’s Creators Could Be Treated This Way, Anyone Could
On this episode of Storycomic Presents, I’m joined by bestselling author and former attorney William Bernhardt to talk about his book The Superman Wars: A…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 536) Two Siblings, One Temporary Home, and the Fear of Belonging
On this episode, I’m joined by award-winning author N. West Moss to talk about her middle-grade debut, Birdy, on sale February 17, 2026. Birdy follows…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 535) The Comic That Turns Epic Poetry Into Kid-Friendly Adventure
On this episode, I’m joined by returning guest Alexis “Lex” Fajardo, Eisner Award-winning cartoonist and creator of Kid Beowulf, to talk about his newest…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 534) The Game Designer Preserving Historic Tabletop Games
#DavidMcCord #NewVentureGames #TabletopGames #BoardGames #GameDesign #StrategyGames #HistoricGames #ClassicGames #SoloGames #PrintAndPlay #PegGames…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 533) Jelly Bean Falls Into the Toilet — And Then Life Gets Complicated
On this episode , I’m joined by Amy Meislin Pollack, author of The Adventures of Jelly Bean series. Amy has been living with the character of Jelly Bean since…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 532) John Holland Finally Brings Vampires vs. Zombies Back From the Dead
John Holland is back on the show for a new Kickstarter — Vampires vs. Zombies, a comic idea that has been living in his head for years. John first tried to…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 531) The Cosmic Horror Comic That Starts on the Moon
#TheEyeCollector #JonathanBall #GMBChomichuk #ImageComics #StrangerFiction #AlchemicalPress #CosmicHorror #HorrorComics #IndieComics #CreatorOwnedComics…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 530) Two Sisters. One Blizzard. No One Coming to Save Them.
#ShifaSafadi #ShifaSaltagiSafadi #SistersAlone #MiddleGradeBooks #NovelInVerse #VerseNovel #KidsLit #ChildrensBooks #SurvivalStory #Sisterhood #GriefInKidLit…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 529) Hollywood Storytelling Meets Animal Facts in An Awesome Bird
#RustyAustin #AnAwesomeBird #ThePelican #ChildrensBooks #KidsLit #PictureBooks #AnimalBooks #Pelicans #StudentIllustrators #MiddleSchoolArt #ClassroomBooks…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 528) Alan Barillaro on Courage, Spirit Animals, and Storytelling in Pictures
#AlanBarillaro #BunnsRabbit #BunnsRabbitII #TheReturnOfTheSpiritRabbit #MiddleGradeBooks #KidsFantasy #ChildrensBooks #IllustratedNovel #SpiritAnimals…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 527) The Indie Comics Backlist Problem — And John Holland’s Smart Fix
John Holland returns to the show to talk about the Die Bold Comics Digital Library, now moved to Fund My Comic, and why digital comics are such a smart way for…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 526) A Colorist Builds His Own Universe: Pigmacast Goes Full Creator
#FrankWalk #Pigmacast #PigmacastStudio #Hellstones #IntoTheFray #KickstarterComics #IndieComics #CrowdfundedComics #SupernaturalComics #ActionComics…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 525) The Middle-Grade Dragon Book That Starts With “Wait… I’m a dragon?”
#AmosJLandon #WaywardPlace #Fledgling #DragonEmperorSeries #Heir #MiddleGradeBooks #KidsFantasy #Dragons #IndieAuthor #IndieBooks #WomensFiction…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 524) The Most Important Thing Washington Did After the War
#BarbaraCarrollRoberts #WhenGeorgeWashingtonBowed #AnneYvonneGilbert #CreativeEditions #NonfictionPictureBook #KidsHistory #AmericanHistoryForKids…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 523) A Stuttering Main Character Done Right: Maggie’s Big Break
#Jenniferdickinson #MaggiesBigBreak #MiddleGradeBooks #KidsLit #DebutAuthor #DisabilityRepresentation #StutteringAwareness #SpeechDifference #TheaterKids…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 522) Justin Coke on Making Magic Feel Dangerous (and Funny)
#JustinCoke #SWATEldritchBlue #SecretWizardAssaultTeam #KickstarterComics #IndieComics #CrowdfundedComics #UrbanFantasyComics #HorrorComics #MagicAndMayhem…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 521) A Book of Quiet Power for a Loud Year
#JoanMWhite #ACommonersPrayer #RootstockPublishing #VermontPoetry #ShelburneVermont #PoetryCollection #DebutPoetry #ZenAndPoetry #Haiku #Haibun #NaturePoetry…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 520) The Darkly Funny Book Where Gossip Outlives You
#EdithForbes #TheLawnmowerLady #RootstockPublishing #VermontFiction #NorwichVermont #SmallTownFiction #DarkComedy #LiteraryFiction #HumorousFiction…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 519) The Picture Book That Explains Honor Flights in a Way Kids Understand
#JeffGottesfeld #HonorFlight #CandlewickPress #MattTavares #ChildrensBooks #PictureBooks #KidsLit #Veterans #HonorFlightNetwork #WashingtonDC #HistoryForKids…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep 518): How Ursula Nordstrom Helped Build the Children’s Book Canon
#NancyHudgins #BooksGoodEnoughForYou #UrsulaNordstrom #MiddleGradeBooks #ChildrensBooks #KidsLit #AbramsBooks #BookBiography #PublishingHistory #EditorsMatter…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 517) Editing Dissent: Sharon Darrow on Curating Voices Without Smoothing the Edges
#SharonDarrow #RootstockPublishing #TheCountryInTheMirror #PoemsOfProtestAndWitness #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #ProtestPoetry #PoetryOfWitness #VermontPoetry…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 516) Cryptic Signals, Paranoia, and the D-TALq Question
#BenjaminHunting #DeadAirComic #DeadAir #IndieComics #ComicKickstarter #CrowdfundedComics #SciFiHorror #HorrorComics #SciFiComics #CollegeRadio #TimeSplitStory…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 515) A Forty-Year Story Where the Past Refuses to Stay Quiet
#DonLesser #CrystalSprings #RootstockPublishing #LiteraryFiction #DebutNovel #FoundFamily #LoveOfPlace #FriendshipStories #PioneerValley #WesternMassachusetts…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 514) John Holland Just Put 800+ Pages of Comics on Zoop (Here’s Why)
#JohnHolland #DieBoldComics #Zoop #ZoopComics #DigitalComics #IndieComics #ComicBooks #ComicsPodcast #ComicCreator #ComicsCommunity #SupportIndieComics…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 513) “Top Gun for Kids” With Real Emotional Stakes: Meet Jett Cooper
#MelanieHill #JettCooper #MiddleGradeBooks #KidsLit #ActionAdventure #AviationBooks #FlyingStories #STEMReads #GriefInKidsBooks #ResilienceForKids #ComingOfAge…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 512) Poetry vs. Fiction: The Honest Differences Nobody Explains
#ErikaNicholsFrazer #ErikaFrazer #PSOV #PoetrySocietyOfVermont #CanYouSeeHerTheMoon #NoOneWillEverHearYou #FinishingLinePress #RootstockPublishing…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 511) Stuck in the Tree: Turning Embarrassment into Courage
#TheBoyInTheTree #JConwell #LittleRipples #RipplesMedia #PictureBook #ChildrensBooks #KidsLit #EmotionalIntelligence #SocialEmotionalLearning…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 510) The Infrastructure Indie Authors Actually Need (And Nobody Talks About)
#MelissaAddey #ALLi #AllianceOfIndependentAuthors #IndieAuthorBookstore #IndieAuthorMonth #SelfPublishing #IndieAuthors #AuthorCommunity #BookDiscovery…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep 509): The Picture Book That Makes Imagination Feel Possible Again
#RainbowKite #KellyBennett #PictureBook #ChildrensBooks #KidsLit #ReadAloud #Imagination #CreativePlay #SelfExpression #ClassroomBooks #LibraryBooks #KMBrown…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep 508): Punk’n Heads: Making Music, Making Mistakes, Making a Life
#DaveBaker #PunknHeads #TopShelfProductions #GraphicNovel #IndieComics #ComicsPodcast #NicoleGoux #PunkRockStories #HorrorPunk #BandDrama #ComingOfAge…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep 507): A Secret War From the 1970s to 2000s… Told by Eyewitnesses
#DVSM #GaryHodges #IndieComics #GraphicNovel #SciFiHorror #HorrorComics #SciFiComics #FoundFootageHorror #DocumentaryStyle #Worldbuilding #ComicCreator…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 506) The Read-Aloud That Makes Kids Smarter Without Them Noticing
On this episode, I’m joined by children’s book author Maureen Devlin, creator of the Backer & Backer series — a set of books built around one of the best…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 505) The Vermont Fantasy Series That Quietly Gets Bigger Every Book
#EclaronaChronicles #VMLaFountain #VermontAuthor #EssexJunction #FantasyBooks #FaeFantasy #EpicFantasy #QueerFantasy #InclusiveFantasy #IndieAuthor…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 504) A Jailbreak in Space… With Noodles (And Somehow It Works)
#Snoodles #SnoodlesInSpace #EscapeFromZoodletraz #StevenJoseph #AndyCase #ChildrensBooks #KidsGraphicBooks #ReadAloud #KidsLit #Illustration #Imagination…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 503) Courage Isn’t Loud: Two Quietly Powerful Survival Stories
#LaurenEnnis #DaughtersOfAttrition #GraphicNovel #IndieGraphicNovel #ChildrensBooks #MiddleGradeBooks #HistoricalFiction #Kabul #AfghanistanStories…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 502) How Do You Adapt Real History Without Losing the Nuance?
#ReturnOfTheRooftopKoreans #TaeYeonLee #IndieComics #GraphicNovel #ComicCreator #IndieGraphicNovel #ComicsInterview #Worldbuilding #ComicWriting #ComicArt…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 501) “Ask Questions, Get Burned” — Inside Vermont’s Most Messy Fictional Town
#StolenMountain #IMAiken #VermontAuthors #VermontBooks #LiteraryThriller #LegalThriller #SmallTownSecrets #MysteryNovel #IndiePress #CatalystPress…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 500) Building a Tech Audience When Everyone’s Doomscrolling
#BernieSmith #GigabyteMagazine #TechNews #TechJournalism #ArtificialIntelligence #AINews #CyberSecurity #InfoSec #Robotics #DigitalMedia #OnlinePublishing…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 499) The Origin Story Behind Cosmic Wars (It Started When He Was 12)
#CosmicWars #KickstarterComics #IndieComics #ComicBookKickstarter #SciFiComics #SpaceOpera #ComicCreators #GraphicNovel #Worldbuilding #IndieCreator #ComicArt…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep 498): The World’s First Werewolf Goes to Ancient Egypt
#LycanSolomonsOdyssey #LycanComic #WerewolfComic #KickstarterComics #IndieComics #HorrorComics #MythologyComics #AncientEgypt #GraphicNovel #ComicBookSeries…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 497) When A Wizard Becomes A Bird
#MeganCarolHaas #WizardAquarius #TheAdventuresOfTheWizardAquarius #MiddleGradeFantasy #ChildrensBooks #BedtimeStories #KidsLit #NatureMagic…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 496) Anthrax, COVID, and Dengue: Inside the Maya Maguire Mysteries
#MillicentEidson #MayaMaguire #MicrobialMysteries #MayaVerse #MedicalMystery #Zoonoses #PublicHealthFiction #Epidemiology #ClimateChangeFiction #Anthracis…
- Storycomic Presents: Interviews with Amazing Storytellers and Artists
(Ep: 495) Building Drintera: Secrets of a Great Campaign Setting
#AndrewGronosky #Drintera #TabletopRPG #TTRPGWorldbuilding #FantasySetting #IndieRPG #GameDesign #CampaignSetting #DungeonMasterLife #GMTools #StoryDrivenGames…