Podcasts

TPD 339 – Gathering Experiences for the Classroom (& Myself)

A thoughtful question/wondering came to me via the Doctor Baer AMA form:

I know a big part of how you advocate for comics and a thing you’ve shared that brings you a lot of joy is the teaching part of what you do– teaching comics. Through the long journey that is making a graphic novel, do you find that you pick up new tidbits/angles/perspectives/lessons that you can apply to teaching your students in the classroom?

Whether or not you’re planning on working with students, reflecting on your artistic experience only enriches it. But I also share how it leads to teachable moments and lessons plans that are fun for beginners.

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The Heroic Autobots – Four Million Years Later, episode 27.1

A bit of a break from the norm; before the new characters start showing up, we’re taking a minute to discuss the many Autobots we already know, as well as their little squishy friends.  Don’t worry, I edited out the 2 hours Jerzy spent crying and muttering “How is Chip so good??”

And yep, that means next time we’re covering the Decepticons. Episode coverage will resume after that with “A Prime Problem”!

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The Core – Four Million Years Later, episode 27

First off, please forgive the audio issues this episode, we were dealing with two separate audio problems teaming up!

So THE CORE is not a PRETTY episode, but is it a BAD one?? We found it’s NOT! You might just shut your eyes and listen to it. Chip Chase is BACK, and he’s got a PLAN! But so does MEGATRON! And Starscream has a SNIPER RIFLE and 6 Autobots in his sights!! Tune in and find out why we groaned at this episode as children but have a new appreciation for it as…. older children.

Song at 54:48-55:30 is “We’re In This Together” by Nine Inch Nails covered by Tara Rice. It’s fantastic!

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Enter the Nightbird – Four Million Years Later, episode 26

Dr. Fujiyama (the famous scientist) has created a female ninja robot, which is definitely NOT an assassin, even though it has nunchucks, throwing stars, and sais! Definitely not!! Megatron MUST HAVE IT, and Starscream gets all kinds of jelly!! Good story, pretty good animation… it’s even got Rumble and Frenzy. All this, and Trailbreaker gets blasted across a huge auditorium!!

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Day of the Machines – Four Million Years Later, episode 25

Well… Hoover had a lot of issues with this episode. Buuuuut, at least it wasn’t animated by Akom? Thankfully there were SOME redeeming things in here that we were able to call attention to. Still didn’t stop us from talking about it for an hour and a half. It’s got Frenzy, and it’s got Skyfire, so each of our hosts had SOMETHING to like. And it’s got… Paul??? Give it a listen!

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TPD 338 – Why I Make Art

For my last Art Soundoff entry for 2023, I’m sharing a previously Patreon-only entry from 2022. It’s a longer entry, but I think it clearly states the reasons behind my love of making comics.

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TPD 337 – Outlets

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TPD 336 – Sleep

I missed a few Art Soundoff entries, but I’m back to talk about with my relationship with sleep, particularly the weird place we go when we sleep!

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TPD 335 – Gratitude

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TPD 334 – Empathy

I think about how my relationship with the challenges of making art has changed for this Art Soundoff entry.

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