It’s some more visual storytelling talk, this time with Simpsons storyboard artist and cartoonist Luis Escobar!

We spend a little bit of time at the top discussing his work on a recent controversial Simpsons couch gag, followed by an attempt to find a proper name to what people have been calling “motion comics”. It’s a terrific medium, but is it appropriate to call them comics?

From there we dive into a discussion on a new project Luis has been working on, and how the Dramatica writing system has been changing his creative process. If you’ve ever participated in a game of Dungeons & Dragons, you might find Dramatica a familiar method of story and character building!

Links mentioned in this episode:

* The Heart & The Bottle book for the iPad (video)

* Story: Substance, Structure, Style and The Principles of Screenwriting, by Robert McKee

* The Hero with a Thousand Faces, by Joseph Campbell

* Dramatica: A New Theory of Story, by Melanie Phillips

* The free Dramatica audio book series

* The crazy Dramatica story structure chart (PDF)

* Understanding Comics, by Scott McCloud

* Luis’ Illustrated Trip to Italy

* Luis’ animatic teaser showing Rob facing off with the sorcerers

* Ghettomation, a terrific animation podcast

For a preview of how the Dramatica software looks and feels, check out this great video by Jonathan Rector!

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