{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64ac9152062a1f00115dde8c/67fe38e1096ca3e28be80014?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"110 Creator Chat with Karen and Jake of Inked","description":"<p>Karen Wasson is a children’s author based in Melbourne. Jake Minton is an illustrator based in Byron Bay. Together they have created Inked, a middle grade graphic novel adventure of a fish, or maybe we should say octopus, out of water. It’s also a story about friendship and finding your own path.&nbsp;Inked is the first graphic novel from Hardie Grant’s new imprint dedicated to graphic novels called Figment and it’s out now.</p><p><br></p><p>In this chat we discuss: </p><ul><li>Karen and Jake's relationship with comics</li><li>their relationship with libraries</li><li>what it was like working on their first graphic novel and how it all came about </li><li>are they making another graphic novel?</li><li>they also recommend some comics and graphic novels they love</li></ul><p><br></p><p>To stay up to date and for the full roundup of news, resources and new titles visit our website: <a href=\"https://graphic.alia.org.au/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://graphic.alia.org.au/</a></p><p><br></p><p>The ALIA Graphic Groove Theme 2025 courtesy of Clint Owen Ellis <a href=\"https://www.clintowenellis.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.clintowenellis.com/</a></p>","author_name":"ALIA Graphic Novels and Comics"}