Comics creator Tim Probert is welcomed to the show for the first time to discuss his award-winning all ages fantasy graphic novel series Lightfall and its latest installment, A Place Between, book four of the series.
"I loved books growing up that didn't talk down to me as a kid and just talked to me as a person and that weren't afraid of being scary."
Tim's website
Conversation highlights
* Beginning the series as an animated pitch for Nickelodeon called The Ballad of Bea and Cad.
* Visual influences on the Lightfall world including Dinotopia and the Hudson Valley School of painters
* Narrative influences including Brian Jacques’ Redwall series, The Lord of the Rings, and Hayao Miyazaki’s Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
* Visualizing Bea's anxiety in comic book form
* Character maturation across the series and adapting to your audience
* Delving into workflow and advice for younger artists
From the publisher
In the fourth installment of the award-winning, critically acclaimed Lightfall series, Bea, Cad, and their friends continue their quest to restore light on their dark world. Perfect for fans of Amulet and Avatar, this next book dives deeper into the magical world of Irpa, where ancient secrets and adventures abound.
After surviving a shipwreck on the Fuerre Sea, Cad washes ashore on the shores of Pellidyr. There, he searches for Lorgon, the Water Spirit, but instead finds the other spirits of Irpa who question if their planet can be saved. One of them offers to help Cad and transports him to A Place Between, a strange liminal realm between the living and the dead, where Cad works to uncover the reason Lorgon summoned them to Pellidyr in the first place.
Meanwhile, Bea awakens within the walls of the capital city. While Pellidyr’s leader has heard the tales of Bea’s derring-do and believes her to be a hero with all the answers, she’s never felt more uncertain about the future. What she does know is that she can’t accomplish anything without her crew. When Bea’s escape plan also brings her to A Place Between, she makes a shocking discovery that changes her understanding of everything that came before her…and what could soon follow.
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