Dan Berry speaks to Stephen Collins about the requirements of doing a weekly strip for the Guardian, what is and is not funny, backing out of dead ends, the Beyonce Train and an enormous beard that is also evil.
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Stephen Collins
Dan Berry speaks to Stephen Collins about the requirements of doing a weekly strip for the Guardian, what is and is not funny, backing out of dead ends, the Beyonce Train and an enormous beard that is also evil.
Robert Ball
Robert Ball talks to Dan Berry about his very recent leap into the world of freelance illustration from a high profile branding design job, the difference between analogue and digital illustration and of course DANGER.
UPDATE! 19 March 2013
Rob wrote me this very interesting email about his interview. Over to Rob;
Hi Dan,
Just listening to you interview Ian Culbard and I kind of regret not talking about the difference between design, Illustration and comics now.
Broadly speaking the key difference between Design and the other two is one of authorship – whatever you design should be 100% appropriate for the client or project, the designer should be invisible because he or she is irrelevent to the success of that project. There are exceptions, of course, maybe fashion being the most extreme example – if you commissioned Jean Paul Gaultier you’d be disappointed if your dress looked like it was designed by Tom Ford.
The fashion example is closer to illustration – you are employed for a consistent approach and aesthetic. The difference with illustration and comics then becomes one of discipline – the two are connected but the task is different. Again there are exceptions – I guess comic artists are told to draw the ‘Marvel’ or ‘DC’ way, but the aspiration is to be recognised and paid for your own style.
If you took a design approach to a comic, you would choose to draw and write in a style that most suited the story that you wanted to tell, which is completely impractical (you see some artists do it to a degree – Rob Davis, for example) rather than a story that is within your capabilities to tell.
In fact, if you really took a design approach to comics you wouldn’t draw them yourself at all!
I don’t know why I’m telling you this, I guess it’s a round about way of saying the podcast’s got me thinking, and that’s a good thing!
Rob.
Robert Ball
Robert Ball talks to Dan Berry about his very recent leap into the world of freelance illustration from a high profile branding design job, the difference between analogue and digital illustration and of course DANGER.
Philippa Rice
Philippa Rice and Dan Berry talk styles, making money on the internet, the value of a re-tumbl, mean streaks and what would happen if she was banned from every single comics show.
Philippa Rice
Philippa Rice and Dan Berry talk styles, making money on the internet, the value of a re-tumbl, mean streaks and what would happen if she was banned from every comics show.
Kate Brown
Kate Brown talks to Dan Berry about the highs and lows of drawing comics and shares with us an indespensible tool for cartoonists. The Flowchart:
Kate Brown
Kate Brown talks to Dan Berry about the highs and lows of drawing comics and shares with us an indespensible tool for cartoonists; The Flowchart.
Hannah Berry
Hannah Berry speaks to Dan Berry about writing and drawing comics and the deep darkness at the heart of her very soul.
Hannah Berry
Hannah Berry speaks to Dan Berry about writing and drawing comics and the deep darkness at the heart of her very soul.
Scott C.
Dan Berry talks to Scott Campbell all about his working methods, his career thus far and the possibility of him turning to the dark side. Amongst other things. It was awesome.
Scott C.
Dan Berry talks to Scott Campbell all about his working methods, his career thus far and the possibility of him turning to the dark side.
Jamie Smart
Jamie Smart speaks to Dan Berry about his work, his audience and living life under the gaze of the internet. We were given some technical lemons in the recording of this podcast, but we managed to seamlessly make delicious audio lemonade.
Jamie Smart
Jamie Smart speaks to Dan Berry about his work, his audience and living life under the gaze of the internet. We were given some technical lemons in the recording of this podcast, but we managed to seamlessly make delicious audio lemonade.
Rob Davis
Rob Davis talks to Dan Berry about his career so far in comics; how he got in, how he got out and how he got in again.
Charlie Adlard
Dan Berry speaks with Walking Dead artist Charlie Adlard about his process, how he got started in the comics industry and his thoughts on comic book covers featuring snarling faces. When you talk to Charlie Adlard however, the topic inevitably turns to death, the loss of humanity and zombies. Always zombies.
Charlie Adlard
Dan Berry speaks with Walking Dead artist Charlie Adlard about his process, how he got started in the comics industry and his influences. When you talk to Charlie Adlard however, the topic inevitably turns to death, the loss of humanity and zombies. Always zombies.
Joe Decie
Joe Decie talks to Dan Berry about his partially true autobiographical comics, whether or not he really has a dog, getting arrested as a teenager for painting trains and how to propose marriage in a comic.