Travis Richey just keeps outdoing himself when it comes to “A Space Traveler Who…?” We mean Not Inspector Spacetime…. We mean Inspector Spacetime…
Well, whatever the fuck this very cool web series and its hero are called, here’s the latest scoop:
Original Comic Art for Kickstarter Backers! by Travis RicheyGreetings, Inspectators!
Another incredibly busy week. Did a few interviews. It’s interesting that Season One ofChilltown is over, the Lele Show is on hiatus, I’m not planning on releasing new stuff till the Fall and people are still contacting me for interviews. Really speaks to what the web is like. Somebody who never heard of you can find your series and become a fan at any time.
Met KL Thomas from SketchBlock podcast. They have a really cool podcast and interview comedians, comedy writers and people doing improv. KL’s also a producer and involved in some very cool projects–like producing Jenn Dodd’s new show. We grabbed some ice cappuccino and sat in the garden of the church of St. John the Divine. She pulled out her tape recorder and mic and we just had a blast. It really was a lot of fun. You can check it out here.
Then did an long phone interview with Rodimus Prime. He’s the very cool guy who has a wildly successful podcast with his wife called The Black Guy Who Tips. I’m a fan of their podcast and they’re having me on the show as well. The interview I did is for their premium channel (you have to subscribe to listen.) We got pretty deep. He’s a great interviewer. It felt like I was talking to an old friend. Here’s the link. When I’m on The Black Guy Who Tips, I’ll also post.
Yes, it’s true. We’ve known writers who had absolutely no books on their shelves, their computers, their phones, or even their Kindles. “Why should I read what somebody else wrote?” one of them said. “If it was good I would’ve written it, right?”
Sorry, dood, wrong.
Belle Beth Cooper explains why:
Calvin & Hobbes was the comic strip of the late ’80s and early ’90s. It was brilliantly drawn, just as brilliantly written, and installed awe in everyone who saw it, whether they were readers or artists or publishers.
Bill Watterson, its creator, retired the strip at the end of 1994, saying that he had reached the point where he would never be able to outdo what he’d already done and with that challenge behind him he was going to relax.