19: DoubleFeature Comics with Four Star Studios

Four Star Studios is a Chicago-based studio grown out of four creative professionals deciding they didn’t want to work from home any more.   Once Four Star got together they realized they had all the talent in one place to, in addition to all their other work, put out digital comics in the form of DoubleFeature Comics. “Two comics by top creators for 99¢.”

That seems like an easy enough formula?  Except nobody else was really doing it the way Four Star thought it could be done.  Sean Dove,  Josh Emmons, Mike Norton, and Tim Seeley and their industry friends are putting out original, all-ages material that’s a cinch to get at the right price point.

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16: Cartoonist Caanan Grall

Celadore, Muppet Thor, various sketch ups,  and his main strip Max Overacts; these are some recent projects from cartoonist Caanan Grall. Caanan talks about his career including his early influences growing up in Australia, getting a degree in advertising, and his experiences as a working cartoonist in the 2000s.

I’ve read Max Overacts for about a year now, it’s one of my favorite comics and stops on the internet. I was thrilled to get a chance to talk to Caanan a little bit about his process and work, we cover a lot of ground.  I wanted to bother Caanan with more boring process questions, talk about his love of Back to the Future, his Eisner nomination in the Best Digital Comics category and more, but if I kept yammering at him, when would there be time to make stuff?

Caanan is running an Indie Go Go campaign to produce and print the first volume of Max Overacts. Check out Max and Caanan’s other work, and check out what he’s offering with your copy of Max Overacts Volume 1.

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