Gary Groth interviews Cathy Malkasian (Eartha), the PBS/Nickelodeon animation director (Curious George, The Wild Thornberrys) turned graphic novelist, about her first middle-grade GN, NoBody Likes You, Greta Grump. MLK graphic biographer Ho Che Anderson shares his animation storyboards; Anya Davidson talks to Sally Cruikshank about an underground comix-influenced career that includes feature film credits and Sesame Street. Plus: an unpublished Ben Sears (Midnight Gospel) comic; Jem and the Holograms creator Christy Marx talks about working in both comics and animation; sketchbook pages by Vanesa Del Rey (Black Widow), an interview with Amazon warehouse worker-turned-cartoonist Ness Garza; Paul Karasik’s essay on an unseen gem, and much more.
