I chat with Scholastic/Graphix editor Cassandra Pelham Fulton about how graphic novels are created from the editorial POV... and then with creator Nilah Magruder about her road to comics success. It's a double episode - and DOUBLE the fun! 

* The Literaticast has a Patreon! Throw in a buck to support the show, get a first chance to ask our guests questions, and you might just win a book.
* Find me on Twitter! Find Cassandra on Twitter! Find Nilah on Twitter!
* Cassandra recommends the following as MUST READS for folks new to the Graphic Novel world:
Bone; Smile; Amulet; Cleopatra in Space; El Deafo; Lumberjanes; Persepolis; Maus

* I'm obsessed with a grownup book - YOUNG JANE YOUNG by Gabrielle Zevin. 
* Cassandra is obsessed with PUSHEEN! Created by Claire Belton and Andrew Duff. 
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* Check out Nilah Magruder's website
​* Nilah recommends some Webcomics: How to Be a Werewolf; Agents of the Realm; Witchy 
* I get two obsessions this week - my latest is the documentary HAROLD AND LILLIAN, A HOLLYWOOD LOVE STORY
* Nilah's obseessions are HAIKYU!! - an anime series about volleyball (among other things) - and MY HERO ACADEMIA, about a school where kids train to be superheroes.
* Nilah's Books!

Hi. So, yeah. This episode was deleted -- however, I really liked a lot of the links in the show notes, so I am leaving them up, because they are quite useful! 

* The Literaticast has a Patreon! Throw in a buck, win some prizes, get sneak peeks at upcoming guests and an opportunity to ask them questions, ETC.
* Author Tara Lazar has a great blog post about laying out a picture book (with charts!) -- So does Debbie Ridpath Ohi (including a dowloadable storyboard thumbnail sheet!) -- there is a LOT more info about this than I could possibly get into in a podcast rant, so please go down the rabbit hole a bit. And remember: if you are not an illustrator, this is only an exercise - - it's for your eyes only. So don't be shy!
* I think WRITING WITH PICTURES by Uri Shulevitz is out of print - but you can get it from your library.
* This article by editorial director Carol Hinz from Millbrook is well worth the read: How Picture Book Pagination Keeps Readers Turning the Pages.
* Oh and if you like weird animals AND CURSING, partake of my new obsession, the Drunk Safari podcast. ​