#254: Appalachia Comics Project

About this episode

Chuck discusses the Appalachia Comics Project and interviews comic book author Andrew Aydin about his graphic novel on Hurricane Helene.

Today, Chuck clarifies commentary from past episodes and talks with Andrew Aydin, a comic book author who came up with the idea to tell the story of Hurricane Helene through a graphic novel called "Islands in the Sky." We talk about this, and the newly launched Appalachia Comics Project. Relevant links Learn more about the Appalachia Comics Project https://www.appalachiacomics.org/Kickstarter Campaign https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/appalachiacomics/appalachia-comics-projectTransition Mu...

People in this episode

Host: Chuck

Guest: Andrew Aydin

Topics covered

• comics
• graphic novels
• Hurricane Helene
• Appalachia
• storytelling

Keywords

• Appalachia
• comics
• graphic novel
• Hurricane Helene
• Andrew Aydin
• Appalachia Comics Project
• storytelling

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Appalachia Comics Project, Kickstarter

Books & works: Islands in the Sky

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