Good friend of the show, Lex Fajardo, artist and writer of the ever-expanding “Kid Beowulf” universe, was on a panel about kid’s graphic novels and comic books up at the wonderful Stumptown Comic Con in Portland, Oregon. Lex is playing with the big boys and girls now; check out who was on the panel: Matt Holm of “Babymouse,” Raina Telgemeier of “Smile,” Hope Larson of “Chiggers” and the upcoming adaptation of “A Wrinkle in Time,” and the moderator of the panel, Sarah Ryan, a librarian and writer with a very cool website. (She does a great write up of the panel you’re about to hear right here.) Be sure to check out Lex’s newest book, Volume 2 of the Kid Beowulf saga, “The Song of Roland!”
By the way, Lex also did a similar panel at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con, which you can hear right here!
And stay tuned at the end of the interview with Lex to hear another amazing installment of “The Lemon List,” hosted by the amazingly multi-talented Jonathan Lemon of “Rabbits Against Magic.“ In this week’s episode, Lemon makes the case for the brilliant and under-appreciated “Zippy the Pinhead.”
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As someone who’s in the pre-pre-pre stages of dipping my toe into the world of children’s books this was very interesting to hear. Granted, I don’t know yet whether my story will be in the form of a comic/graphic novel or whatever, but it was still interesting to hear what they had to say about limitations, publishers and intended audiences. Until hearing this I would have thought that all ages would mean all ages, and not get immediately categorized into a specific age group depending on the characers. Anyway, it’s given me some stuff to think about.
Great show, Tom. Since I’m trying to break into the all ages graphic novel genre myself, I found lots of helpful info.
Good show, I like the Con Coverage you guys get. I really liked hearing that kids were at the convention, and the insights of the children’s book authors. And I haven’t heard about the Zippy comic for a while, thanks guys
Thanks for the kudos folks, but this one was all about Lex. He was good enough to record the show and then to offer it to me to air. I love getting panel discussions from cons like Stumptown…they really are the meat of a good con, and that was a heck of a panel. So, thanks, Lex! I’ll do my best to get some panels from SDCC up when I go this year!
Thanks, Tom & Lex, for the Stumptown Panel show. I was at Stumptown and wasn’t able to attend that particular panel…. so I am grateful you aired it! Tom, love the show all the way around! Smiles