James Hilger | TREEBOY | Comics & Cartoonists

About this episode

Henry Chamberlain interviews James Hilger about his graphic novella TREEBOY, exploring themes of the human condition.

Hello, and welcome to the future of comics. I'm Henry Chamberlain, your host, and I'm happy to introduce you to one of the new talents in comics, James Hilger, creator of TREEBOY, a 38-page full length graphic novella. If you are a fan of literary comics, the kind of comics that explore the human condition, then you'll enjoy TREEBOY a cross between gritty pulp fiction, magic realism and coming-of-age. Get your copy here: https://jamesvhilger.com/shop/

People in this episode

Host: Henry Chamberlain

Guest: James Hilger

Topics covered

• comics
• graphic novella
• literary comics
• human condition
• magic realism
• coming-of-age

Keywords

• James Hilger
• TREEBOY
• graphic novella
• literary comics
• pulp fiction
• magic realism
• coming-of-age

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: TREEBOY

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