A video of this interview is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B60O8hHgVkI&t=0s&list=PL_pXBtCqjKy9DJ7UWxUI0GI_JGcX1exh5. Matt Knieling is a comic creator and librarian coming from Cookeville, TN. He attended HM&B to promote his array of mini comics ranging from all-ages books such as Frolic Not the Mount to the satirical college-life strips of Oracular Spectacular. You can find Matt’s minicomics and prints at http://mattknieling.tumblr.com.??He also helps organize his local indie-comic con CCAF, or Cookeville Comic Arts Festival, sponsored by the Putnam County Library. CCAF happens every Saturday in October and ends in a culmination on Nov. 5, 2016 with the Cookeville Comics Expo. More info can be found at https://www.facebook.com/cookevillecaf.??????????????????This independent artist interview was conducted by Joseph Coco on behalf of Becca Hillburn's art process blog, Nattosoup (http://nattosoup.blogspot.com). It was conducted in the artist alley during the convention.