Comics Are Great! 69 – Talking Drama with Raina Telgemeier

Drama! Smile! Baby-Sitters Club! Raina Telgemeier!

We close out the 2012 broadcast schedule with a special event! I’m joined by guest co-host Cassie, who helps me interview Raina Telgemeier about her latest graphic novel Drama. Together we talk about how Drama is a “spiritual sequel” to Smile, how an author might use their own experiences to inform their stories, and whose work most inspired Raina.

Toward the end of the episode we’re visited by Erin Helmrich of the Ann Arbor District Library for another round of great book recommendations!

Links mentioned in this episode (thanks to Eric Klooster for collecting them!):

• The Royal Christmas Message
• Video trailer for Drama
• The Princess Diaries
• The Kids’ Comics Revolution podcast
• The Far Side
• Fox Trot
• Go Comics
• Calvin and Hobbes
• Dumbo
• The Little Mermaid
• Pinnocchio
• Oliver & Company
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame
• Mulan
• Hercules
• The Princess & the Frog
• The Lion King
• Toy Story 3

Comics Recommendations (some affiliate links):

• Fishing with Gubby
• For Better or Worse
• Luann
• Zebrafish
• Nightschool, Vol. 1
• Mal and Chad: Food Fight!
• The Baby-Sitters Club: Kristy’s Great Idea
• X-Men: Misfits

Live streams every other Wednesday at Comicsaregreat.tv and on Google+!

Audio hosting provided by Ka-Blam Digital Printing. This episode was recorded live at the Ann Arbor District Library.

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