Comics Are Great! 77 – Action and Comedy with Tony Cliff and the Houghton Brothers!

Chris Houghton! Shane Houghton! Tony Cliff! And more!

How do you design awesome action sequences? What’s the secret to writing scenes that make the audience roar with laughter? I know I couldn’t answer these questions on my own, so I’m grateful to be joined by the perfect roundtable for the job: Tony Cliff, author of the soon-to-be-released Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant, and Chris and Shane Houghton of Bongo’s Simpsons Comics, Adventure Time comics, and Reed Gunther! Together we explore why understanding character is so crucial to comedy, and why understanding movement is so crucial to action.

We’ve also got another round of book recommendations with Erin Helmrich of the Ann Arbor District Library!

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

• Cosplay
• Nickelodeon Animation
• Disney Animation
• The Illusion of Life
• The Animator’s Survival Kit
• Scott McCloud: Blood in the Gutter
• Scott Adams
• Stalactites and Stalagmites
• Lajos Egri
• G.I. Joe: Retaliation
• Brandon Dayton
• John Carter
• Invisible Ink
• LA Story
• Wreck-It Ralph
• Rejected Comics by Chris and Shane Houghton
• The video trailer for the Kairos BD

Chris and Shane make a deal with the devil!

Book Recommendations:

• Stargazing Dog
• Relish: My Life in the Kitchen
• Hilda and the Bird Parade
• The Doug TenNapel Sketchbook
• Chris Schweizer’s Sketchbook
• Not My Bag
• Snow Crash

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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