There's a Stan Yan in the Basement

About this episode

The episode features a conversation with Stan Yan about his work as an author-illustrator and the challenges of internet connectivity during the chat.

Otherwise known as The Many Misfortunes of Stan Yan's Internet Connection, which we managed around quite successfully, I'd say! Join us for a chat with Stan Yan, author-illustrator-graphic novelist-comic artist of (yes, I already made the book title puns above) There's a Zombie in the Basement and (JLG Gold Standard) The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang! Despite our intermittent connection issues this was an absolutely wonderful chat as we got to know the breadth of Stan's educational and illustrative chops. Next time we'll talk more about his history as a stockbroker. _________ This episode’s book reviews: THE STUFF BETWEEN THE STARS, words by Sandra Nickel and illustrations by Aimee Sicuro SPARKLE PIGS by Kit Holliday (hi Steph!) _________ The artwork for You May Contribute a Verse features our quokka mascot, Versey, and was generously created by the great Maddie Frost! Find her on IG @hellomaddiefrost or on her website Maddie-Frost.com Our theme music is So Happy by Scott Holmes. You can find more of his music at scottholmesmusic.com Love the podcast and wanna support more episodes like this? Find Community Shoutouts, Merch and our Patreon here!! Find us on Bluesky…

People in this episode

Hosts: Josh Monken, Brenna Jeanneret

Guest: Stan Yan

Topics covered

• comics
• illustration
• interview
• children's literature
• internet connection issues

Keywords

• Stan Yan
• comics
• illustration
• children's books
• internet issues

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: scottholmesmusic.com

Books & works: There's a Zombie in the Basement, The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang, THE STUFF BETWEEN THE STARS, SPARKLE PIGS

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