This week on Creannotators, I talked with cartoonist Derf Backderf about his work on Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio, an investigation and accounting of the events that took place on the campus of Kent State in 1970, leading to four college students shot and killed (and more wounded) by the US National Guard. We talk about the emotional resonance of the student’s stories, the harrowing modern parallels around protests across America, and whether we’ve learned any lessons from Kent State.
On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio/visual annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics!
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, the first chapter in the major X-Men: X of Swords crossover, written by Jonathan Hickman and Tini Howard, has just arrived and it has sent the X-Men and their readers on a quest for the future of Krakoa. The story will be divided in 22 parts just like the 22 tarot cards known as the Major Arcana. The Major Arcana each represent a chapter in a spiritual journey, much like the one the mutant community is undergoing right now. I’m a tarotist myself, and if you’re interested in my insight on this story I invite you to keep reading.