Speech Bubble

We open another podcast from our archives in January 2014, just a few days after losing someone integral to Toronto’s comic book community. Debra Jane Shelly didn’t work in comics, but the mark she left on the scene was just as indelible. I look back on her impact with indie comic book creator and animator Brian Evinou. Brian self-publishes his own comics, (Fight Song, Lucy Legacy) has animated some of the most innovative cartoons, (Ugly Americans, Moon Beam City) and is the co-editor of a grand horror comic anthology (Monstrostity Vol. 1 and 2). After pouring one out for Debra, we talk about his time in the trenches of Artist’s Alley, how he got the editing job on Monstrosity, why making comics is better than making cartoons and that time he had a front row seat when Aaron pissed off Neil Gaiman (Sandman, American Gods)