A video of this interview is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGYO9cGDBvA&t=0s&list=PL_pXBtCqjKy9DJ7UWxUI0GI_JGcX1exh5. Brian Mayer is a board game designer living in Perry, NY. He attended American Library Association Annual Conference to promote his board game, Freedom: The Underground Railroad (http://playplaylearn.com/games/freedom-underground-railroad) a 1-4 player abolitionist movement-themed strategy board game, and to introduce librarians to board games as educational tools. He also prototyped some game concepts including a particle physics board game at the show and assisted the Games and Gaming Round Table in setting up board game islands for librarians considering building or expanding their board game collection. His games and pedagogy tools/references can be found at his site, http://playplaylearn.com.??????????????????This independent artist interview was conducted by Joseph Coco on behalf of Becca Hillburn's art process blog, Nattosoup (http://nattosoup.blogspot.com).

A video of this interview is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiPFU-5_IVg&t=0s&list=PL_pXBtCqjKy9DJ7UWxUI0GI_JGcX1exh5. 0:16 Jerzy's Work?Jerzy Drozd is a cartoonist, teaching artist, and podcaster from Ann Arbor, MI. He attended Toronto Comics and Arts Festival to promote the Kennedy Assassination book he co-illustrated, Warren Commission Report (http://abramsbooks.com/product/warren-commission-report_9781419712302/) and also his recently launched all-ages full-color adventure web comic, Boulder and Fleet (http://boulderandfleet.com).??4:51 Educator's Day at TCAF?Jerzy put on a delightful workshop targeted at teachers and librarians to use comics and sequential art as a teaching mechanism during TCAF's educators day. Joseph recorded the interactive panel which can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIHlRObImNw&index=12&list=PL_pXBtCqjKy-L_vq3ZPxPPh6UHE1ulekp

A video of this interview is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPBQzCmD2yo&t=0s&list=PL_pXBtCqjKy9DJ7UWxUI0GI_JGcX1exh5. Jennie Hinchcliff is a zine and mail artist from San Francisco, CA. She attended American Library Association Annual Conference to promote zines in libraries, her Red Letter Day Zines and Good Mail Day: A Primer for Making Eye-Popping Postal Art, both about correspondence art. You can find her books, zines, classes, blog at her website, https://redletterdayzine.wordpress.com.??????????????????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. If you would like to be interviewed at a convention or show support for the interviews, please contact Becca and contribute to her Patreon, https://patreon.com/Nattosoup.??Music credits: Steve Combs - Plug Me In

A video of this interview is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahpnfSfTZjM&t=0s&list=PL_pXBtCqjKy9DJ7UWxUI0GI_JGcX1exh5. Becca Hillburn is a comic artist and writer living in Nashville, TN. She attended American Library Association Annual Conference to promote her watercolor children’s comic, 7” Kara (http://nattosoup.com/kara-comic), about an 11-year old lilliputian girl who gets into trouble when being introduced to humans for the first time. She also was promoting Gizmo Granny, the upcoming children’s novel she illustrated about a grandmother exploring a fantasy world through magical technology. Her comics, mini-comics, commissions, blogs, charms, buttons, stickers, prints, panels, interviews, etc. can be found at her authorship site http://beccahillburn.com or her store site http://nattosoup.com.??Becca’s work was also featured in the recently released gamer girl anthology Chainmail Bikini and the soon to be released 1001 Knights full color lady-knight anthology.

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A video of this interview is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn3kCdiT2Ds&t=0s&list=PL_pXBtCqjKy9DJ7UWxUI0GI_JGcX1exh5. Rachel is an illustrator and comic artist living in Vallejo, CA. Her shoujo-style shines in all her prints, comics, zines, and buttons which can be found at her site http://rachelannmillar.com. She also contributes to the all-female Paperlinks (http://www.paperlinks.org) comic creators blog.??This independent comics interview was conducted by Joseph Coco on behalf of Becca Hillburn's art process blog Keep on Truckin', Nattosoup (http://nattosoup.blogspot.com). If you would like to be interviewed at a convention or show support for the interviews, please contact Becca.??Music Credits: Andy Heller - "Prowl"

A video of this interview is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMh14_AG5W0&t=0s&list=PL_pXBtCqjKy9DJ7UWxUI0GI_JGcX1exh5. Tyrell Cannon is a comic artist coming from Chicago, IL. He attended SPACE to promote his latest science fiction comic Victus #2. He has been creating comics for more than a decade and has an interesting existential side project, Simon, which demonstrates his journey, mentally and technically, through comics. He also has a great interactive comic using traditional mediums https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0xo92-0pAI. His comics, blog, comic videos, prints, panels, performances, and t-shirts can be found at http://tyrellcannon.com.??This independent comics interview was conducted by Joseph Coco on behalf of Becca Hillburn's art process blog Keep on Truckin', Nattosoup (http://nattosoup.blogspot.com). If you would like to be interviewed at a convention or show support for the interviews, please contact Becca.??Music Credits: Andy Heller - "Prowl"

A video of this interview is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2Go0gNjq4g&t=0s&list=PL_pXBtCqjKy9DJ7UWxUI0GI_JGcX1exh5. Greg Oh is a New York based comic artist. He attended MoCCAfest as a recent graduate to promote his mini-comics and is currently searching for a fellow to assist in writing comics.??This independent comics interview was conducted by Joseph Coco on behalf of Becca Hillburn's art process blog Keep on Truckin', Nattosoup (http://nattosoup.blogspot.com). If you would like to be interviewed at a convention or show support for the interviews, please contact Becca.??Music Credits: Andy Heller - "Prowl"

A video of this interview is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XgomctjaK8&t=0s&list=PL_pXBtCqjKy9DJ7UWxUI0GI_JGcX1exh5. Lonnie Mann is a comic artist and UX designer who is soon to be living in Seattle, WA. He attended Alternative Press Expo to promote his travel autobio comic Thoughts From Iceland, which can be purchased from his site http://www.lonniecomics.com/?page_id=452. His other comic projects include Stakeout, Meet In The Middle, The Art Assignment Intro, and Know Your Dragon – Tiamat.??He will be attending Locust Moon Comics Festival (Philadelphia, PA – Oct. 25, 2014), Jet City Comic Show (Tacoma, WA – Nov. 8, 2014), and Emerald City Comicon (Seattle, WA – March 27 – 29, 2015)??This independent comics interview was conducted by Joseph Coco on behalf of Becca Hillburn's art process blog Keep on Truckin', Nattosoup (http://nattosoup.blogspot.com). If you would like to be interviewed at a convention or show support for the interviews, please contact Becca.

A video of this interview is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyyTFcQX214&t=0s&list=PL_pXBtCqjKy9DJ7UWxUI0GI_JGcX1exh5. Troy Allen is a comic writer, blogger, and film critic from Washington D.C.. He attended SPACE to promote his wrestling indie superhero comic, Bamn, which will be available as a web comic as of free comic books day 2014 (May 3) at http://bamncan.com. He is working with artist Jay Payne. His comic strip can be found at http://magicbulletcomics.blogspot.com. His blogs can be found at http://www.androidmassacre.com. ??This independent comics interview was conducted by Joseph Coco on behalf of Becca Hillburn's art process blog Keep on Truckin', Nattosoup (http://nattosoup.blogspot.com). If you would like to be interviewed at a convention or show support for the interviews, please contact Becca.??Music Credits: Andy Heller - "Prowl"