I know it’s the burning question of our age: “How DOES Tom create his podcast.” I must’ve had…gosh…one person ask me this, so due to overwhelming desire, here it is.
It starts…
….with inspiration. Or, really, just me reading the comics. (Man, if I got paid to do this, it’d really be the ultimate job, wouldn’t it?) I send out emails to people I want to interview, and see if they’re interested and have the time. I get suggestions from colleagues in Tall Tale Features, other artists I know, fans who write me, and mostly from my own reading and interest level. I’ve found that by and large, cartoonists are extremely amiable folk, and love to talk about their craft. I’ve only had one outright refusal, and that was from the extremely talented and nice Walt Simonson, legend among comic book artists…and he had just come off a long spate of interviews and very nicely told me that he was just frankly sick of talking about himself! He said I should try again, and trust me…with the movie “Thor” on the way, I will have him on at some point.
Anyway…emails are sent out, schedules are made, and generally on Thursday nights around 5:30PM San Diego time, the curtain goes up and the magic begins.
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