{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6595af8ae73ad200164959c5/6920d143177ade4909ab4dd4?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Extra Special Live(ish) Episode","description":"<p>In this episode, Julia and her partner Jonah head to Harrogate for the 2025 Thought Bubble Festival to interview graphic novelists and comic creators! We had the chance to chat with Sarah Graley, one half of the team for <a href=\"https://bookshop.org/a/104235/9781534327962\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Pizza Witch</a> and Our Super Adventure, Hamish Steele of <a href=\"https://bookshop.org/a/104235/9781454948964\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">DeadEndia</a> (both the comic creator and Netflix show) and most recently <a href=\"https://bookshop.org/a/104235/9781454955030\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Go-Man</a>, and Bex Glendining of <a href=\"https://bookshop.org/a/104235/9781419765056\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">On Starlit Shores</a>, their debut graphic novel about grief and magic.</p><p>Comics to read if you want somewhere to start: <a href=\"https://bookshop.org/a/104235/9781974741427\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Chainsaw Man</a>, <a href=\"https://bookshop.org/a/104235/9781637154380\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Pilgrim</a>, Alien vs Predator, <a href=\"https://bookshop.org/a/104235/9780679748403\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Maus</a>, <a href=\"https://bookshop.org/a/104235/9781779501127\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Watchmen</a>, Pokemon Adventures Manga, <a href=\"https://bookshop.org/a/104235/9781646142675\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Brooms</a>, <a href=\"https://bookshop.org/a/104235/9781774880739\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Gulf</a>, and <a href=\"https://bookshop.org/a/104235/9781250171115\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Snapdragon</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sarahgraley/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow Sarah Graley</a> &amp; Sarah's fave comic atm: <a href=\"https://bookshop.org/a/104235/9781250896698\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">My Sister the Werebeast</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/hamishsteele/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow Hamish Steele</a> &amp; Hamish's fave comics: <a href=\"https://bookshop.org/a/104235/9781770463363\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Beautiful Darkness</a> and Blackjack</p><p>Follow<a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/lgions/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Bex Glendining</a> &amp; Bex's fave comics: anything with gothic vampires, <a href=\"https://bookshop.org/a/104235/9781638932161\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Hungerstone</a>, <a href=\"https://bookshop.org/a/104235/9798893380309\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">I Who Have Never Known Men</a>, <a href=\"https://bookshop.org/a/104235/9780063374607\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Lamb</a></p><p>As always, thank you for being a Novel Friend! We'll see y'all next time--on the first and third Sunday of each month.</p>","author_name":"Julia Steudle"}