Episode 62: Comics with Mimi Pond and Carol Tyler

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This week we celebrate the launch of Henry’s new book, Comics and Stuff, with another installment of our series on comics. We have Mimi Pond, author and artist of 2014 New York Times bestseller Over Easy and The Customer is Always Wrong and Carol Tyler, author and artist of You’ll Never Know (which was compiled into Soldier’s Heart) and Fab Four Mania. Both of these authors are discussed in Comics and Stuff. And the heart of the interview comes as they discuss here their relationship with the stuff they render in rich detail across their books. These two inspirational artists discuss their origin stories as comics creators and their involvement with some of the men who created the underground comics movement in the 1960s. They discuss what it meant to them to tell women’s stories of work and family life through their comics and how they took inspiration from the scrapbooking tradition. They also discuss the impact of movies on comics (that’s right and not the other way around) and encourage comic artists to study movies for their visual storytelling. Near the end, Mimi asks Carol about her experiences as a young Beatle fan, experiences central to her newest book. And then they open up about contemporary comics artists they think we should be reading, offering lots of great recs for comics readers. Make sure to stay tuned in for the wrap-up since Henry gives readers a preview of Comics and Stuff and what he says there about today’s guests. Looking for comic recommendations? Check out our notes section below!