Why Comics? A Visual Action Figure Exploration
Compiled by Jason D. DeHart
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jddehartwriting
- Mar 14
- 3 min
An Interview with author A. David Lewis
1. What draws you to create in the comics medium? While I grew up reading all sorts of literature, plays, poems, etcetera, I found that...
jddehartwriting
- Mar 12
- 3 min
An Interview with comics creator Dawud Anyabwile
1. What initially drew you to comics? That started when I was very young. This was circa 1972-1973. I was introduced to them by a...
jddehartwriting
- Mar 5
- 1 min
Book Love for New Titles 3/5/23
Fascinating, beautiful, and taking on a variety of shapes, Amanda Gunn explores verse with insight and exploration of self and world in...
jddehartwriting
- Mar 1
- 6 min
An Interview with comics creator Darren Vincenzo
1. What drew you to comics initially? Like most comic book pros, I grew up as a fan. In fact, I was looking at comics and tracing images...
jddehartwriting
- Feb 24
- 2 min
An Interview with author Sydney Dunlap
What inspires you to write for young readers? What most inspires me to write for young readers is how much I learned about life from the...
jddehartwriting
- Feb 21
- 4 min
An Interview with author and artist John Derf Backderf
1. What drew you to comics initially? Who knows. Comics grabbed me when I was very young, before I could even read, and that was that. It...
jddehartwriting
- Feb 21
- 2 min
An Interview with author George Jreije
1. Please tell us a bit about Shad Hadid and the Alchemists of Alexandria, as well as the forthcoming sequel. Shad Hadid’s first...
jddehartwriting
- Feb 17
- 3 min
An Interview with author Sandra L. Rostirolla
1. Please tell us a bit about the background of Making Friends with Monsters. A few years ago, I was back home in Sydney, Australia,...
jddehartwriting
- Feb 13
- 3 min
An Interview with comics creator Todd Dezago
1. What initially drew you to the comics medium? As a kid, I was drawing all the time and, of course, was immediately drawn to the...
jddehartwriting
- Feb 10
- 4 min
An Interview with author Randall Moore
Please tell us about what inspired you to write A World Without Men. Language and concepts in the broader society like #MeToo, toxic...
jddehartwriting
- Feb 6
- 2 min
An Interview with author George Ella Lyon
1. Please tell us about what drew you to the written word and to verse. I grew up in a house full of books & music. My daddy loved poetry...
jddehartwriting
- Feb 5
- 6 min
Profiles in Literacy Education: Dr. Sophia Sarigianides
1. Please share a bit about your professional and personal journey to literacy and education. Sometimes I see the path as an accident,...
jddehartwriting
- Feb 5
- 4 min
An Interview with comics creator Chris Schweizer
1. Please tell us what first drew you to comics. My parents always had comic strip collections in the house, and read the funnies page...
jddehartwriting
- Feb 3
- 4 min
An Interview with comics creator Bishakh Som
1. Please tell us what first drew you to comics. When I was a toddler, my parents used to read to me the dialogue from Tintin comics, so...
jddehartwriting
- Feb 1
- 2 min
An Interview with comics creator Joe Staton
1. What initially drew you to comics? JS: I’ve always been attracted to comics. I guess it’s the visual approach of telling the story,...
jddehartwriting
- Feb 1
- 2 min
An Interview with comics creator Andrea Mutti
1. What drew you to comics? The passion for reading, images, and the possibility of exploring fantastic worlds in the company of...
jddehartwriting
- Jan 31
- 5 min
An Interview with comics creator David Petersen
1. What drew you to comics? I really enjoyed 70's X-Men comics (though I was reading reprints with Art Adams' covers) and the original...
jddehartwriting
- Jan 30
- 3 min
Profiles in Literacy Education: Dr. Paul Gorski
1. Please share a bit about your professional and personal journey to the world of education. In college as a sociology major, I was...
jddehartwriting
- Jan 27
- 2 min
An (updated) interview with comics creator Omaha Perez
1. Please tell us a bit about Bodhisattva: Instant Karma, including any inspirations. Instant Karma follows three very different troubled...
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