Episode 11: Gisèle Lagacé
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Episode 11: Gisèle Lagacé

Gisèle Lagacé is a Canadian cartoonist from New Brunswick. She has worked on various creator-owned webcomics including Ménage à 3, Eerie Cuties, and many more. Alongside writer/co-creator Ian Boothby, she currently draws Exorsisters at Image Comics. She has also drawn for Archie Comics, IDW (Jem and the Holograms), Dynamite (Betty Boop), Marvel, UDON, Chapterhouse, and more! Find her at giselelagace.com.Join her and André as they discuss censorship in America, French / English relations in Canada and Her leaving home right after high school with her partner Mark to pursue a career in Rock n Roll music!

Tune in to hear another engaging and fun interview with a homegrown Atlantic Canadian talent!

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Episode 10: Marco Rudy
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Episode 10: Marco Rudy

This episode André celebrates the holiday season by talking with one of the most unique artists in the industry and someone our host is a huge fan of Marco Rudy!

Originally from Mozambique, Marco Rudy moved to Brazil and broke into comics by networking through his Deviant Art page. He eventually collaborated with Howard Wong & Jim Valentino on Image Comics After The Cape. From there he did some ink work for BOOM! on the covers of Zombie Tales and Cthulhu Tales. He eventually landed at DC with Final Crisis: Escape & Final Crisis: Resist, and later on working on other DC titles such as Action Comics, The Shield, Superboy, Supergirl, and Superman/Batman.

Marco was one of the two main artists on the New 52 series Swamp Thing with Yanick Paquette and Scott Snyder. In October 2013, Marco was the artist behind Marvel Knights: Spider-Man, in which Spidey faces-off against 99 of his Spider-foes. He's recently had gigs on a few other Marvel books, including Uncanny X-Men and New Avengers Annual, as the titular artist for Bucky Barnes: The Winter Soldier, contributed to several other Marvel books, with single issues and covers. Currently Marco is working on a creator-owned project RDW!

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Episode 9: Tony White
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Episode 9: Tony White

Halifax-based editor and writer, Tony White, has helmed some of the most popular titles to come out of Canada, like Captain Canuck, All New Classic Captain Canuck, Northguard, a Summer Special and multiple Free Comic Book Day specials. Currently, he is editor of the popular Die Kitty Die! series, Indestructible from Sandstone Comics, Indie comic favourite ADAM, as well as the Joe Shuster Award nominated series, True Patriot Presents for which he also writes all-ages comic stories. Recently, Tony was nominated for a Sequential Magazine Award for writing.Tony is the dad of two lovely geek girls and the husband of the most patient woman he knows.

Learn about how Tony was in a horrendous Car accident, how his wife shot him down the first time he asked her out and how he eventually made it into editing Comic Books through online poker with Kevin Smith!

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Episode 8: Troy Little
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Episode 8: Troy Little

André catches up with an old friend and amazing comics creator Troy Little!Three time Eisner nominee and Harvey nominee.

Troy has worked with IDW, Oni and Tops Shelf on such titles as the award winning adaption of Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, Rick & Morty VS Dungeons & Dragons, The Powerpuff Girls, Radically Rearranged Ronin Ragdolls with Kevin Eastman (TMNT), as well as his creator owned books, Chiaroscuro and Angora Napkin.

Troy discusses how Dave Simm creator of Cerebus inadvertently kickstarted his comics career and how he received death threats when it was announced he would be adapting a Hunter S. Thompson novel into a graphic novel!

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Episode 7: Sandy Carruthers
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Episode 7: Sandy Carruthers

André talks to Sandy Carruthers a good friend with a long history in the comics industry!

Sandy is a Canadian artist and retired graphic design instructor, known for his work as the first illustrator of the original Men in Black comic book series, and as creator of the webcomic series, Canadiana: the New Spirit of Canada.Recently Sandy helped create independent comic company Sandstone Comics!

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Episode 6: Peter Breau
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Episode 6: Peter Breau

In this episode André speaks with a guest he hasn't met before a first on the Graphic Histories Podcast

Peter Breau doesn't leap tall building with a single bound but he does write about heroes who do. Peter is a comic book, screen and fiction writer. He has written many comics in his short 3-year career. His works are available on Amazon.ca and at Walmart USA , Barnes and Noble and local comic shops near you. Peter lives in Saint John with his wife Kelli and 2 children Dante and Jaden.Join André and Peter as they discuss various avenues of self publishing, cryptozoology and the existence of Aliens!

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Episode 5: Mike Rooth - Part 2
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Episode 5: Mike Rooth - Part 2

Part 2 of my 2 Part Conversation with Mike Rooth too titanic of a talk for just one episode!

Mike Rooth is a Canadian comic book artist and illustrator. He is widely known for his published work with Aftershock Comics and Valiant Comics, with some of the most speculated covers. He is currently doing cover work for IDW and their TMNT line of Jennika and The Last Ronin comics!

In the conclusion we discuss Mike's brief career building bleachers and the incident that led him to take a risk on a career in art. We go on to speak about his career in comics, the Marvel Cinematic universe as well as Andre's dream casting for a Fantastic Four movie and toxic fandom! Learn how Mike ruined some people's childhood with a comic cover!

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Episode 4: Mike Rooth - Part 1
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Episode 4: Mike Rooth - Part 1

Part 1 of my 2 Part Conversation with Mike Rooth too titanic of a talk for just one episode!

Mike Rooth is a Canadian comic book artist and illustrator. He is widely known for his published work with Aftershock Comics and Valiant Comics, with some of the most speculated covers. He is currently doing cover work for IDW and their TMNT line of Jennika and The Last Ronin comics!

In Part 1 we discuss Covid-19, conspiracy theories, Living like a pioneer, his amateur wrestling career and how drawing with his mom started him on his eventual career path.

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Episode 3: Brenda Hickey
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Episode 3: Brenda Hickey

Take a journey into Anime, Manga and Bronies when André speaks with comic artist and writer Brenda Hickey! Brenda's had an unhealthy obsession with the comics art form from a very young age beginning with the Sailor Moon anime and it’s tie in manga. As an artist on the My Little Pony comics for IDW Brenda has a unique perspective on that very interesting section of fandom. Explaining Pony culture and the environment of those conventions listen to a tale of her first trip to a Brony convention in Germany and the techno rave that followed! From a Bayer Pharmaceutical comic about Hemophilia to her own Self Published book it’s been an interesting tale and you are about to hear it! Lucky you!

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Episode 2: Andrew Clark
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Episode 2: Andrew Clark

We return to the featured interview format this time with Nova Scotian independent Comic Writer and Artist Andrew Clark, Andrew is the sole creator behind ADAM a popular local creator owned comic known for it's dark humor and intense violence. Clark is also an avid commissions creator and is well connected on the east coast graphic art and convention scene. Learn all about a local home grown artist, his father 's religious calling late in life, hemophilia and what comes after death!

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