Critiquing Comics #248: "The Blossoming City" pt 1 and "Loon News: The Comic Strip!"

About this episode

The episode discusses Ian M's comic about a community garden in Sapporo and Eric Paul Johnson's comic strip Loon News.

Ian M is a Japan-based Canadian creator whose work we've discussed on this podcast before. His work is often about Japan, but not necessarily about himself. In The Blossoming City part one , he begins the story (presumably true?) about a community garden in Sapporo, in a story that he tells in a variety of cartooning styles. Tim and Adam discuss. Eric Paul Johnson is a podcaster who is publishing an archive of his since-discontinued comic strip Loon News: The Comic Strip! on Patreon. Tim and Emmet find that, while the art and lettering certainly improved over the years, perhaps the most notable thing about the strip is what it reveals about its author. Brought to you by: Face the Music ELO podcast Our supporters on Patreon

People in this episode

Host: Tim Young

Guest: Ian M

Topics covered

• comics
• community garden
• cartooning styles
• Japan
• comic strip analysis

Keywords

• comics
• Japan
• community garden
• cartooning
• Loon News

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Blossoming City, Loon News: The Comic Strip!

Places: Sapporo

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