Podcasts of a European Persuasion

I haven’t done a podcast post in a while, and we’ve had a couple of particular interest pop up recently. Let’s get to them:

Live From Angouleme

Listen to Part One. Listen to Part Two.

The “Creator At Large” podcast, hosted by Jeremy Melloul, published two episodes filled with interviews from Angouleme with representatives from various international publishers. That includes Hong Kong, Italian, French (Glenat and Dargaud), and American creators (Josh Dysart and Alberto Ponticelli) and publishers working internationally.

While both parts are worth listening to, I’m partial to the first episode. That covers the Franco-Belgian publishing world directly. The second part includes the interview with Dysart and Ponticelli, which I also enjoyed.

Most exciting to me is the interview at the end of part one. Ivanka Hahnenberger (VIP Brands) works with the Festival to bring more Americans over to Angouleme. ::cough cough::

Bonus reading: Jeremy has a nice write-up from a trip to Angouleme three years ago. It’s titled “What Angouleme Taught Me About the American Comic Industry.” It’s a longer read, but worth it.

Europe Comics: The Podcast

The fine gents at The Awesome Comics Podcast hosted Irina Polianina at the beginning of the month. She’s the Marketing and Communications Coordinator for Europe Comics. She talks a bit about what Europe Comics is, how they work, how many comics they’re working on, and some of her favorite BD books.

The interview starts at the 9:00 mark and runs for an hour. After that, they review some of their recent favorite BD books. That includes one of my favorites, Cyril Pedrosa’s “Hearts at Sea.”

Bonus Listening

One of my favorite weekly podcasts continues to be Comics Lab. It’s kind of the spiritual successor to Webcomics Weekly. Brad Guigar and Dave Kellett talk about the world of webcomics and how they make a living in it.

The journey of webcomics businesses is fascinating to me. No doubt, that’s partially spurred by my original love for comic strips even before comic books. Combine that with my love of the internet and how it’s evolved and changed over the last 25 years. This show hits a particular sweet spot.

Also, Brad and Dave are just funny. The most recent episode is worth listening to, if only for the first five minutes where they riff on Voltron. But then listen to the previous episode with the interview that goes slightly off the rails. Brad has a disagreement with a journalist about the necessity of publishers and the Direct Market, etc. It’s both entertaining and slightly adversarial in all the most wonderful ways.

Bonus: Brad and Dave were also guests on the Creator At Large podcast recently. This post has circled back on itself, so it’s time to get out….