Comics Alternative Interviews: Bill Kartalopoulos - a podcast by Stergios Botzakis & Derek Royal

Time Codes:

• 00:01:20 - Introduction
• 00:03:07 - Setup of interview
• 00:04:13 - Interview with Bill Kartalopoulos
• 01:17:31 - Wrap up
• 01:18:53 - Contact us

Andy and Derek are pleased to have back on their podcast Bill Kartalopoulos, the general editor of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's Best American Comics series. He was on the show two years ago to discuss the 2014 volume of Best American Comics, that one guest-edited by Scott McCloud and Bill's first after assuming editorship. This time around the Two Guys talk with him about the latest volume guest edited by Roz Chast. They specifically ask Bill about his experiences in working with Chast, a cartoonist who brings a very different sensibility to anthology. Most of the conversation is devoted to the process of pulling together each year's volume, and Bill goes into great detail in explaining both his and his guest editors' roles. But they also discuss the specific contributions to the 2016 edition, the decision-making behind those selections, and the many discoveries Bill and Roz made along the way.

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