Off Panel #545: Inbetween with Faith Erin Hicks

About this episode

Faith Erin Hicks discusses her graphic novel Inbetweens and the evolving landscape of comic creation.

Cartoonist Faith Erin Hicks joins the show to talk about her new graphic novel Inbetweens and the evolving role of comic creators. Hicks discusses her (tough) love of horror, operating outside the box, the path to release for Inbetweens, battling boredom, Inbetweens' origins, its evolution, the leads of the book, its timeframe, the gender disparity of animation, changing requirements for cartoonists, the evolution of the internet, The Adventures of Superhero Girl, slowing down, and more.

People in this episode

Guest: Faith Erin Hicks

Topics covered

• graphic novels
• comic creators
• horror
• animation
• gender disparity
• internet evolution

Keywords

• graphic novel
• Faith Erin Hicks
• Inbetweens
• comic creators
• horror
• animation
• gender disparity

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Inbetweens, The Adventures of Superhero Girl

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