Makingcomics.com Gutter Talk Podcast

Welcome to April and what is shaping up to be another stellar month of Gutter Talk podcasts, including the audio from our live Gutter Talk panel at WonderCon. In order to remain in the moment, let's start with today's podcast. In this eposide, Adam sits down with artist and writer, Michael Dambold. The topics discussed in this episode ranged from the difficulties of what it's like to grow up in the Louisiana, right in the heart of Cajun Country, when your bloodline is not from there to the process of creating a story and both the successes and failures that came from it. Turns out what was needed was Michael telling the story he wanted to tell, not necessarily the story he thought people wanted to hear or read. As an artist, that realization is a difficult one to get to. On the one hand, you want readers and viewers to enjoy the story and art so it's easy to fall into the trap of trying to satisfy them by giving them what you think they want. However, what's more important and rewarding as an artist and writ