The Panel Garden

Shadia Amin is just this amazing personality, and she's a super talented artist. Her most recent work was for Marvel in Spider-Ham, Great Power, No Responsibility.

Guest Links

Website - https://www.shadiaminart.com/
Agent - http://azantianlitagency.com/pages/artist-sa.html
Buy Shadia Kofi - https://ko-fi.com/shadiaminart
Insta - https://www.instagram.com/shadiaminart/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/shadiaminart
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shadiamin/
Comivine - https://comicvine.gamespot.com/shadia-amin/4040-104673/

Guest Bio

Shadia Amin is a Colombian comics artist and illustrator. She graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design with a BFA and MFA in Sequential Art and a BFAMinor in Illustration.

Juan came by to talk about writing comics, creating believable, inclusive characters, and world-building, as well as his current Kickstarter, which is live now!

Check out the Kickstarter at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thirty-three/thirty-three?ref=panel-garden-eva-webb

Guest Bio

I am a freelance writer from Los Angeles, California.

I was born in Mexico Michoacán. And I came to America when I was 2 going on 3. I grew up in South Central Los Angeles, im the Crenshaw area. So Boyz in the Hood was a big movie for me growing up.

I received my B.A. in History from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). A also were I studied film, TV, and literature in UCLA.

I developed my love for comics in college. After I read Persepolis by Satrapi something woke up in me. My community college was right across the street from a comic shop, so it was inevitable. Reading comics and studying went hand in hand for me. I didn’t know it then, but I was studying to be a writer.

My heart lies in comics. Since 2018 I've produced multiple shorts and full-length comics with amazing creators. I have also worked with publishers such as Marvel Comics, A Wave Blue World, and Action Lab Entertainment.

In March 2020 my superhero comic book, The World's Strongest, was released by Action Lab Entertainment. The book was met with critical acclaim upon it's release. Later that year I released a short story titled, A Match. It is a beautiful sports drama that is currently free to read right here! Between us, that’s the story that opened doors for me.

In September 2021 my short story, The Recording Studio, was featured in the Dead Beats 2 horror anthology.

December 8, 2021 I will make my Marvel Comics debut in the pages of Marvel Voices: Comunidades. A beautiful anthology highlighting Latinx Marvel heroes and creators. My story is about Nina the Conjuror, the Brazilian Sorcerer Supreme of the 1950’s! She must save the world from the nature spirit Anhanga.

​I have an eclectic collection of books under my name. From slice of life stories of heartbreak (Tilly) to modern-day fantasy tales (A Moment in Time), I write what I would love to read.

​When I'm not writing or reading I'm spending time with my lovely 2-year-old daughter and my awesome wife—who said I would be a writer long before I even thought of it. They're both a big inspiration to me.

Guest Bio

Alyson Shelton wrote and directed the award winning feature, Eve of Understanding. She wrote and created the comic, Reburn, which successfully funded Issues #1 and #2 on Kickstarter during 2021. She’s currently finalizing the scripts for Issue #3 and #4, that will finish the first arc. Her original screenplay, The Night We Met, was selected for the 2nd round of the 2021 Sundance Creative Producing Lab. Additionally, her essays have appeared on MsMagazine.com, Hobart Pulp, Survivor Lit and Little Old Lady (LOL) Comedy Blog. She lives in Los Angeles with her family where she juggles Zoom calls, reads and swims in the ocean.

Follow her on Twitter and Instagram @byalysonshelton.

Hannibal sat down with Eva to discuss his creative process and the way he sees the world. The conversation covered a lot of ground, discussing everything from his first moments around comics to his latest projects, and the joys of representation in thoughtful storytelling.

Guest Bio

Hannibal Tabu is a writer, journalist, DJ, poet, designer, digital program manager and raconteur living in south Los Angeles with his wife and two children. AWARDS: 2012 Top Cow Talent Hunt, 2019 Cultural Trailblazer Award from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, was on the Eisner Award-winning staff of Comic Book Resources, contributed to Ringo Award-winning comics benefit anthology Mine! A Celebration of Liberty and Freedom For All.

COMIC BOOKS: Time Corps, Irrational Numbers and Scoundrel for Wunderman Comics; Artifacts #35 for Top Cow/Image Comics; Fathom Sourcebook, Soulfire Sourcebook, Executive Assistant Iris Sourcebook and Aspen Universe Sourcebook for Aspen Comics; Menthu: The Anger of Angels with Robert Roach; Project Wildfire on Second Sight Publishing with Quinn McGowan; co-writer (alongside 2 Guns writer Steven Grant) of an issue of Watson and Holmes for New Paradigm Studios. PROSE: Waso: Will To Power and Waso: Gathering Wind for Stranger Comics; Dark Universe: The Bright Empire, Steamfunk!, Cyberfunk! and Black Power prose fiction anthologies for MV Media; two self-published novels (The Crown: Ascension and Faraway). POETRY: (sic) Vice Verse (journal); A Drumming Between Us (journal); Multiverse: An Anthology of Superhero Poetry; two volumes of Drumvoices Revue (anthology); Voices From Leimert Park and Voices From Leimert Park Redux (anthology). JOURNALISM: weekly comic book reviews can be found on http://BleedingCool.com and the iHeartRadio podcast Nerd-o-Rama with Mo and Tawala. MORE INFORMATION: please visit the website, http://hannibaltabu.com.

Everybody, this is one of my favorite interviews of all time. Gerry Conway is a massive talent, the second full-time writer on Spider-Man, and the creator of multitudinous characters you read and enjoy today. Also, he's a super nice guy!

Find Gerry on Twitter at https://twitter.com/gerryconway

Guest Bio

Gerry Conway is an American writer of comic books and television shows. He is best known for co-creating the Marvel Comics vigilante The Punisher (with artist Ross Andru) and scripting the death of the character Gwen Stacy during his long run on The Amazing Spider-Man. He is also known for co-creating the DC Comics superhero Firestorm (with artist Al Milgrom), and for scripting the first major, modern-day intercompany crossover, Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man.

Taylor came by to talk lettering and comics production with Eva. We covered all kinds of interesting ground. This one really is a ton of fun!

Guest Links

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TaylorEspo, https://twitter.com/TaylorEspo
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghostglyph
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GhostGlyphStudios
Official Website: https://www.ghostglyphstudios.com

Guest Bio

Taylor Esposito is a comic book lettering professional, owner of Ghost Glyph Studios and teacher at the legendary Kubert School. A former staff letterer at DC and production artist at Marvel, he has lettered titles such as Red Hood and The Outlaws, Constantine and Bunny Mask. Other publishers he has worked with include Line Webtoon, Vault Comics, Image, Aftershock, Dark Horse, Dynamite, BOOM! Studios, and IDW.

Chris came by for an exciting talk about queer comics, and the things that inspire him.

Twitter - https://twitter.com/iamchrisfildes
Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iamchrisfildes/crime-and-dsorder-an-lgbtq-comedy-thriller

Pink came by for a discussion about comics, print, digital, and what makes her mind work.

Guest Bio

Pink Pitcher is an Artist, Author, Seamstress, Druid, and Textile and Domestic Historian (among other titles). She is currently publishing her first comic - Root & Branch - as an ongoing story in both print and web. She enjoys costuming and cosplay in a variety of genres, and would love to draw your RPG character.

Follow her Kickstarter!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pinkpitcher/root-and-branch-volume-five-a-fantasy-webcomic-in-print

Website - http://rootandbranchcomic.com/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/pinkmakescomics
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/pinkilicious7/
Tumblr - https://rootandbranchcomic.tumblr.com/
Store - https://gumroad.com/pinkilicious

John came by to talk about his latest comic, and the process of writing, as well as to how it compares to the process of working in theater.

Guest Links

The Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/worthcost/marguerite-vs-the-occupation?ref=project_build
The Showercap Blog - http://showercapblog.com/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/CapShower

Guest Bio

John Luzar wrote Marguerite vs. the Occupation, MINE, and The Worth & the Cost for Resistance Comics, and blogs about politics under a mask as Shower Cap.

Katie came by for a fantastic conversation about comics, and her projects, but especially the Cardboard Kingdom 2.

Guest Links

The Cardboard Kingdom 2 - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/612942/the-cardboard-kingdom-2-roar-of-the-beast-by-chad-sell/

Website: https://www.katieschenkel.com

100 Light Years of Solitude - Free on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JustPlainTweets/status/1325914080075526144
Comixology: https://www.comixology.com/100-Light-Years-of-Solitude/digital-comic/905345
Gumroad: https://troutcave.gumroad.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/justplaintweets

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