A substitute teacher by day, Jonathon fills much of the rest of his time churning out wildly imaginative webcomics for his website, jonathondalton.com. The subject matter of these comics varies greatly – you’re just as likely to stumble upon a story rooted in ancient Aztec lore as you are a humorous vignette exploring the secret origins of Chop Suey.
The former comic, which Dalton describes as a “Mesoamerican fantasy story”, recently earned him a grant from the Xeric Foundation – an organization dedicated to provided yearly financial assistance to committed comic book self-publishers.
This week’s interviewee is Ethan Rilly, the Toronto-based author and artist of Pope Hats. Pope Hats # 1 was a Xeric Foundation Grant-winning comic book that obtained high praise for its fresh art, natural dialogue, and quirky narrative. I talked to Ethan about his graphic novel follow-up to Pope Hats # 1, as well as his illustrative background and finding a balance between non-artistic-work and cartooning.
Adam Bourret wrote a comic book called I’m Crazy, which was about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Gay Romance, Hallucinations, Drugs, and Secrets. If this doesn’t pique your initial interest, you probably wouldn’t be interested in this interview and I would instead highly recommend visiting the official website for the Family Circus (http://www.familycircus.com/).
If you are interested, in this post Adam talks about winning the Best English Award at Expozine, how people living with OCD have responded to his book, and why he wouldn’t do another regular webcomic. He also talks about his next book, “Mighty Ernestine”. Awesomeness ensues.
By Kevin
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Posted in Canadian Comics
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Also tagged Adam Bourret, Comic, Comic Artist, Doug Wright Awards, Gay Romance, I'm Crazy, Interview, Mighty Ernestine, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Self-publisher, Webcomic
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