Make It Then Tell
Everybody is a series of podcast interviews on comics and drawing.
The host is Dan Berry (www.thingsbydan.com)
a comic artist and lecturer at Glydwr Univeristy. In each podcast,
lasting roughly 30-40 minutes, he chats easily with his subjects
about their background and their work, focussing in detail on their
working methods. For artists, it's a great chance to hear the nitty
gritty of working in the comics and illustration trade, and Berry has
also talked to some writers, providing listeners with interviews that
go into a level of detail that you rarely hear. His podcast with
comics and screenwriter Tony Lee is one of the best I've ever heard,
and is pleasingly frank about the industry.
Running through the
interviews is the mantra which is reflected in the title of the
website. The practical nature of the conversations can be inspiring,
leaving the listener with a desire to go and create, even if, like
me, you can barely draw a straight line.
Berry has a great
presenting voice (almost soporific in its effect – one tweeter
suggested he should do hypnosis CDs), and an easy, jokey manner with
his interviewees. The quality of the audio is also astounding, better
than some BBC productions, which adds an air of slickness to the
operation. www.makeitthentelleverybody.com
is a great find, and I recommend downloading a few podcasts straight
away (did I mention it's all free?) and contributing to Dan's
'donate' fund, even if you don't think that comics are your 'thing'.
Truly inspiring stuff.
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