top of page

Search


An Interview with artist Juan Samu
Cover image colors by David Garcia 1. What initially drew you to comics? The comics in the mid-80s and early 90s in Spain were a bomb for...
jddehartwriting
Jul 31, 20224 min read

An Interview with comics creator Barbara Kaalberg
1. What drew you to comics? I was a huge fan of Elfquest in the 80's and had gone to school for Advertising Design. I was pretty good...
jddehartwriting
Jul 30, 20222 min read

An Interview with author Stefan Petrucha
1. What initially drew you to comics? It’s pretty much how I learned to read. I have fond memories of sitting in my grandfather’s lap as...
jddehartwriting
Jul 30, 20222 min read

An Interview with author Ann Jacobus
1. What inspires you to write for young readers? The characters and voices that come to me, and the stories I want to tell, all...
jddehartwriting
Jul 30, 20222 min read

An Interview with author Arianne Costner
1. What inspires you to write for young readers? My first year after college, I taught a very spirited seventh-grade Language Arts class....
jddehartwriting
Jul 29, 20222 min read

An Interview with artist Marc Deering
1. What initially drew you to comics? Initially, I was very young and they were pretty cheap, but mostly, it was the escape into a...
jddehartwriting
Jul 29, 20221 min read

An Interview with comics creator Eduardo Ferigato
1. What initially drew you to comics? My father used to read a lot of adventure books and comics. He was kind of a nerd, I guess, when...
jddehartwriting
Jul 28, 20222 min read


An Interview with author, artist, and teacher Cara Florence Goldstein
1. What inspires you to create comics and other work? What inspires me to create comics is my childhood mentor, Al Baruch, who made...
jddehartwriting
Jul 28, 20222 min read

An Interview with comics creator Roy Richardson
1. What initially drew you to comics? I had an aunt who used to babysit for my brother and I, and she'd read comics to us to keep us...
jddehartwriting
Jul 27, 20222 min read

An Interview with comics creator James Anderson
1. What draws you to create for young people? As a child, I always imbued my toys with personalities of their own and sent them off on...
jddehartwriting
Jul 27, 20222 min read


An Interview with author Ann Marie Stephens
What draws you to write and create for young readers? It was a natural occurrence. I’ve been creating with little kids since I was 11....
jddehartwriting
Jul 26, 20222 min read

An Interview with artist JK Woodward
1. What drew you to comics originally? I was a fan of comics as a kid and it really never went away. As I grew up, I started noticing and...
jddehartwriting
Jul 25, 20222 min read

An Interview with author and artist Matt Madden
1. What drew you to comics originally? I slipped into making comics gradually through a series of chance encounters with books and...
jddehartwriting
Jul 24, 20227 min read

An Interview with comics creator Shannon Wheeler
1. What initially drew you to comics? The daily comics in the newspaper. I'd read the pictures before I could read the words. I learned...
jddehartwriting
Jul 24, 20222 min read

An Interview with comics creator Soussherpa (Robert T. Baumer)
1. What initially drew you to comics? I've always had the aptitude to draw ever since I can remember. People always liked what I did. I...
jddehartwriting
Jul 23, 20222 min read

An Interview with author and artist Nir Levie
1. Please tell us about your journey to making graphic novels I have drawn comics since I can remember. It started with small strips and...
jddehartwriting
Jul 23, 20224 min read


An Interview with comics creator Tim Perkins
1. What drew you to comics originally? I was surrounded by comics and books from as early as I can remember. Both Mum and Dad loved books...
jddehartwriting
Jul 22, 20226 min read

An Interview with comics creator Rashad Doucet
Image from bookriot.com. 1. What initially drew you to comics? My grandmother. When I was a toddler all my bedtime stories from her were...
jddehartwriting
Jul 21, 20222 min read

An Interview with comics creator Greg LaRocque
1. What initially drew you to comics? At first it was the art, I would read them & draw my own pin-ups of Superboy or the Batman. Then...
jddehartwriting
Jul 20, 20222 min read

An Interview with comics creator Márk László
1. What initially drew you to comics? I was into drawing ever since I was a baby, so the love for anything visual (but mainly) cartoons...
jddehartwriting
Jul 20, 20222 min read
bottom of page