Apr 27, 2015
This special episode of the podcast known
as The Chauncey DeVega Show features
two conversations from Chicago's 2015 Comic and Entertainment
Expo.
The first conversation is with Max Brooks.
He is the author of the zombie tome and landmark
work World
War Z.
His most recent project is the graphic novel The Harlem Hellfighters.
It explores the history of one of America's most storied combat
units and how their struggle for dignity and honor in the face of
Jim and Jane Crow America is one of the most important, yet little
known, histories of the colorline in the United
States.
Max Brooks and Chauncey chat about the challenge of creating a
graphic novel that also tries to be historically accurate where
possible, Will Smith's adapting The
Harlem Hellfighters as
a Hollywood project, the epic book World
War Z,
and favorite reads from his childhood.
The second conversation features Bill
Willingham.
He is the the author of such comic book series as the multiple Will
Eisner award-winning series Fables,
as well as Jack
of Fables, Elementals,
and Fairest.
Bill Willingham and Chauncey talk about the narrative arc
of Fables,
Bill's patience and generous listening to fans of his work, how
Fables is an insight into his personal values, and offers
some wisdom and advice for journeyman writers, artists, and other
folks who want to work as professionals in the comic book
industry.