Author News & Interviews

Interview: Susan Hughes, author of No Girls Allowed

Sep 1, 2008

The bold and vibrant No Girls Allowed is an irreverent, educational look at how girls and women have had to sometimes hide their own gender to get ahead in history. Despite the fact that they had to hide their femininity, they still serve as excellent role models for girls today. Here, artist Willow Dawson explains the reasons and philosophies behind the book.

How did you and writer Susan Hughes meet, and what brought this project about?

Interview: Jeff Smith, author of Bone: One-Volume Edition

Sep 1, 2008

When did you first come up with the idea for the Bone series? What was the inspiration behind it?

I made up the Bones in kindergarten. I always loved cartoons as a kid—reading them, watching them on TV—and so I decided to come up with my own. And that’s when I thought of Fone Bone!

Interview: Queenie Chan, author of The Dreaming: The Collection

Jun 24, 2008

Queenie Chan was barely an adult when she began drawing, but in a short amount of time, she was able to make a successful manga career out of it. Launching her career with The Dreaming, she expanded her work with TokyoPop by working as an illustrator on some of the graphic novels based on Dean Koontz’s Odd Thomas books. Chan talked to GraphicNovelReporter about how she got started, what her work process is like, and what advice she has for people interested in making their own comics professionally.

Interview: Jessica Abel, author of Drawing Words and Writing Pictures: Making Comics: Manga, Graphic Novels, and Beyond

Jun 10, 2008

What made you decide to create this book? Why do it now?

Jessica Abel: The immediate inspiration came when Matt was pitching his book 99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style to publishers. Our agent, Bob Mecoy, found that lots of editors were intrigued but thought the book was a bit too esoteric. But if Matt could write a “how to write a graphic novel” book, well, that would be another story. When I heard this, I jumped right in. We didn’t want to write the book they were asking for, but we’d already thought of trying to write a real textbook on comics—someday—and this seemed like the perfect opportunity.

Interview: Greg Weisman, author of Gargoyles: Clan Building Vol. 1

Jan 23, 2008

Greg Weisman has been professionally involved with comics since his days at college. After initially being at DC, he branched out to work for Disney and sold them the animated series Gargoyles. Though Gargoyles is no longer airing new episodes, Weisman has launched a bestselling comics series dealing with the characters. He told GraphicNovelReporter about how he broke into the comics business, the early stages of Gargoyles, and his latest work with Young Justice.