Spotlight on Colleen Doran (From HeroesCon 2024)

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Today’s episode comes directly from this year’s HeroesCon in lovely Charlotte, NC. Greg had the opportunity to host a few panels this year; the first of which was this spotlight on cartoonist/illustrator Colleen Doran. As described in the show programing guide:

Her work has garnered more nominations and awards than we have space to list here, but trust us, it’s a looong list.

Eisners, Bram Stokers, Harveys, Hugos, inclusion in the Best American Comics series… when discussing COLLEEN DORAN’s career as a cartoonist and illustrator, there are so many highlights only the bravest of souls would try and host a panel looking to take stock of them all. T

hankfully for HeroesCon, GREG MATIASEVICH (Multiversity Comics) has taken up the challenge. Come see how he does in conversation with one of the best artists working in comics, or any other field, today!

[This episode is number 816 in a series.]

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CHAPTERS

00:00 – Preamble

01:26 – Intro

02:52 – How has it been adapting Gaiman’s prose work to comics?

08:41 – What’s your process like when you’re working from someone else’s material?

21:48 – What is the status of A DISTANT SOIL, and how different do you think your career would have been if you hadn’t had a creator-owned project like it to start your career with?

22:51 – Which word is more important for a creator to know – yes or no?

24:12 – What are some working tips from your freelance career that you think every creator should know?

39:53 – Remembering Keith Giffen

42:23 – Who was the last big art revelation you had?

44:06 – Is it possible to divorce illustration from storytelling?

45:19 – Do you think the American market will ever appreciate how much of comics ‘writing’ is done by the artist?

51:15 – Outro

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Go to the episode page at: https//robotsfromtomorrow.net/colleen-doran-hc24