The July issue of the online Comic Foundry magazine is now up, featuring an interview with Flash writers Danny Bilson and Paul DeMeo, a look at homosexuality in comics, a guide to eating in San Diego and a discussion with Lilli Carre, creator of the new indy buzz book Tales of Woodsman Pete:
6. Tales of Woodsman Pete is your first major body of work - what’s been the scariest part about your “debut”?
I wouldn’t say that anything’s been scary, really… if anything, it’s been really fantastic having a book get printed and distributed without that labor on my part. I didn’t get to see the book or a proof or anything until it was printed and waiting for me to stand behind at the MoCCA fest, so that was kind of weird, and actually, perhaps that lack of direct control over the product was kind of scary, especially since it has a much higher print run than anything I ever printed myself. Also the fact that this was my debut in terms of my first published book and that it would be the first impression people would get of my work made me pretty nervous. I’m curious about how it will be received now that the audience for it has expanded quite a bit. Much more exciting than scary, certainly.
They also talked to a few bloggers about comics they would recommend for summer vacation reading … our own Kevin Melrose and Lisa Fortuner, along with myself, offered suggestions, as did our old friend Brian Cronin and “Beaucoup” Kevin Church, who offered some help on getting summer loving:
TO SHARE WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND:
Peanut Butter and Jeremy, by James Kochalka. I mean, who wouldn’t want to read a comic about a cat and his friend, a crow with a particularly bad attitude? Cute without being overly so and full of genuine laughs, this will get you at least a few kisses and is the perfect gateway drug.
Thanks again to Tim Leong for the opportunity to contribute.
July 4th, 2006 at 1:41 pm
Thanks for getting the word out - I hadn’t heard of this before but it looks interesting, will check it out now.