Episode 112: Fairy Dharawat

Introducing Fairy Dharawat

Fairy Dharawat is a cat-loving lassie who writes and draws while diving headfirst into the wonderful world of comics, admiring their adventurous plot lines and intricate illustration. She’s also gearing towards meditation and learning about the many joys it brings.

Show Notes

Website | Fairy Dharawat

Twitter | @Fairy_Dharawat

Instagram | @theradicaldoodler

LinkedIn | @fairy-dharawat

Preferred Pronouns | She/Her

Episode Transcript

Tara: This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress.

Liam: We ask questions and our guests share their stories, ideas, and perspectives.

Tara: And now the conversation begins. This is Episode 112.

Liam: Welcome to Hallway Chats. I’m Liam Dempsey.

Tara: And I’m Tara Claeys. Today we’re joined by Fairy Dharawat. Fairy is a cat-loving lassie who writes and draws while diving headfirst into the wonderful world of comics, admiring their adventurous plot lines and intricate illustration. She’s also gearing towards meditation and learning about the many joys it brings. Welcome, Fairy. We’re so glad you’re here.

Fairy: Thank you. Thank you. I’m really happy to be here.

Liam: Fairy, we’re delighted to have you on the show. Thanks for coming out into our hallway today. Can you tell us a little bit more about yourself, please?

Fairy: I’m actually a writer. I’ve been a writer for more than six years. I like to write. Now I’m moving towards different kind of stuff to read like comics. I’m really trying to do new things, and that’s the exciting part. I think right now, I’m trying to read different things. That’s what I’m doing.

Tara: Would you tell us more about the comics that we talked about when we introduced you? I’m really curious to hear more about what type of comics and what you love about comics.

Fairy: I’ve always been more of a horror fan. I never knew there’s an entire huge world of horror comics. Once I got to know that, that there is actually adult novels for people like me, I was hooked. So there is this comic illustrator called Junji Ito. He’s Japanese. He is actually a manga artist. He draws and he writes intricate stuff, like so detailed, so layered.

So I was hooked onto his work. I was so into it that I finished all his work, all his horror manga comics in a span of three months. I know, three months may sound a long time, but I was doing a lot of other things. But I was so invested, and I really wanted to write more about comics, and how it really helped me to see things differently. Like reading is different. And reading comics is different because you consume the art as well. It’s not just words. Those illustrations are a story. Every panel has a story, every panel goes ahead. And that’s so fascinating.

Liam: That’s interesting that you’re deliberately – I don’t want to say transitioning, but expanding – from reading books to consuming comic books. How did that happen? Did somebody share a comic book and said, “Hey, Fairy, check this out? Or did you pass it in the shop and say, “Oh, my gosh”? Tell us about that.

Fairy: I never started with Japanese manga artists and comics. It was always more DC. When it comes to Warner Brothers and DC, that was part of a childhood while growing up. In between, we just lost it. It wasn’t before like all these Marvel and movies came. This is before that.

I mean, I was surrounded by nerds. Not geeks.