As someone once said about comics, “it’s all limitations”, and this week I’m joined by two terrific cartoonists for a discussion on working within limitations and experimenting to find new forms of expression in comics. As it turns out, these experiments also serve to jump-start one’s creativity, regardless of which form or genre in which you’re most at home.

Matt Feazell is the creator behind the legendary Cynicalman comic series, who shares a video during the show–a first for CAG– the trailer to the new Cynicalman movie he’s been working on.

Matt Madden is the co-author of Drawing Words and Writing Pictures and the DW&WP blog, where you can find some terrific resources to learning how to make and teach comics. He shares a bunch of terrific insights on the value he’s found in making experimental comics like his The Woods Transmissions, 99 Ways to Tell a Story : Exercises in Style (site with samples here), and Oubapo, the Workshop for Potential Comics.

Links mentioned in this episode:

* WCBN

* Espresso Royale

* Terrifying Steamboat Stories 3

* Drawing Words and Writing Pictures: Making Comics: Manga, Graphic Novels, and Beyond

* 99 Ways to Tell a Story : Exercises in Style

* Exercises in Style

* The Cynicalman Movie

* Cynicalman’s official website

* Oubapo

* Jessica Abel

* Tom Hart

* Sean Bieri

Here’s the video from this episode’s live stream (audio player at the bottom of this post):

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVz3vlz5wQk

Tune in next Wednesday live at 12:30 pm Eastern Time on Comicsaregreat.tv!

Audio hosting provided by Ka-Blam Digital Printing. This episode was recorded live at the Ann Arbor District Library.