Drawn Out is a new weekly podcast from Heard Yet Media featuring interviews with cartoonists, animators and illustrators. From comics to street art and from political cartoons to TV animation, we will be speaking with a range of interesting, creative people like Greg Moodie, David ‘Swatpaz’ Ferguson, Gill Hatcher, Colin Bell and Neil Slorance.

Hosted by Glasgow-based cartoonist Terry Anderson, the show’s first season will comprise twelve episodes released between September and November. A second series is expected to follow in the new year.

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In Episode 1 we welcome cartoonist Greg Moodie to the show. Greg’s unique political cartoon strips came to prominence during the Scottish independence referendum campaign between 2012 and 2014. Initially available on the National Collective website and latterly on Bella Caledonia, Greg began a weekly spot in The National newspaper shortly after it’s November 2014 launch.

Greg has two books of strips out at the moment, Greg Moodie Versus The Union and Greg Moodie’s Election Dissection and is launching a book of Chris Cairns’ cartoons from Wings Over Scotland in October 2015.

Greg recently jumped into animated satire with his Moodievision series. We chat about all that plus Greg’s avid following on social media in this episode.

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Show Links:

Greg Moodie’s website
Moodievision at Bella Caledonia
Greg Moodie on Twitter

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In Episode 2 we welcome animator David ‘Swatpaz’ Ferguson to the show. For about as long as there’s been a YouTube to post them to, Davey has been putting hilarious animations with an unapologetically Glaswegian accent online. With a distinct visual style and surreal sense of humour he drew the attention of YouTube heavy hitters like Rhett & Link and Frederator Studios.

This led to Davey being one of only a handful of animators invited to write, design and direct a special ‘guest episode’ of Cartoon Network’s Adventure Time.

In this episode we learn about his experience working on one of the world’s most popular TV shows, all without leaving his house. We also discuss his other work and characters along with a look at how his Adventure Time opportunity arose.

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David’s website
David on YouTube
David on Twitter

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In Episode 3 we welcome cartoonist Gill Hatcher to the show. Gill is the founder of Team Girl Comic, a long-running series of small press anthology comics for female creators based in Scotland. Gill won widespread acclaim and British Comic Award and Scottish Independent Comic Book Award nominations for her solo project The Beginner’s Guide to Being Outside.

Gill’s interest in the natural world is also reflected in her latest book, The Seagull Appreciation Society. In this episode we talk about the appeal of the great outdoors; childhood influences; Glasgow’s booming small press comics scene; the evolution of Team Girl Comic; gender mix in the comics community; and much else besides.

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Gill’s Website
Team Girl Comic
Gill on Twitter
Gill on Tumblr

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In Episode 4 we chat with Colin Bell and Neil Slorance. Colin and Neil recently concluded their all-ages comic book series Dungeon Fun, having swept the board at the 2014 Scottish Independent Comic Book Awards and launched a collected edition in September. They also produce a humour strip for the monthly Doctor Who: Twelfth Doctor title from Titan Comics.

In a freewheeling and funny conversation with the lads we cover how the two met; the importance they place on creating a child-friendly comic; how they landed the Doctor Who gig and the controversial debate over whether their stories are canon in the Whoniverse; the fleeting nature of internet fame; tortoises; and lots more. Also, Terry gets schooled on the pronunciation of “kawaii”.

WARNING: this episode contains mild spoilers for both Dungeon Fun and upcoming Doctor Who strips.

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Colin Bell website
Colin Bell on Twitter
Neil Slorance website
Neil Slorance on Twitter
Do Gooder Comics
Buy Dungeon Fun

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In Episode 5 we chat with Lorna Miller. Lorna’s recent work focuses on editorial cartooning and can be seen in Private Eye, Morning Star, Bella Caledonia and on the new investigative journalism site ‘The Ferret‘. Other outlets for Lorna’s work include cartoons drawn for Hastings Independent Press and for the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom.

Lorna made her debut on the 90’s small press comics scene with her humour title Witch, later republished by Slave Labor Graphics in California. She decamped from Glasgow to the south of England and for a decade worked on UK children’s comics featuring licensed characters such as Thomas the Tank Engine and Moshi Monsters.

In this conversation we talk about how local politics brought Lorna back to the drawing board after a time away; the challenges facing women pursuing a career in cartooning; and what she thinks may lie ahead for the profession: all in a spirited and frank conversation.

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Lorna Miller’s Work
Lorna on Twitter
Lorna on Bella Caledonia

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In Episode 6 we chat with Hattie Kennedy. Hattie has recently completed a PhD at the University of Glasgow, looking at political comic strips from the 1980 and ’95 Québec independence referenda and how they affected voters’ perceptions of the figure involved.

Besides her academic studies, Hattie also writes about comics for the Graphixia and Panels websites and was one of the organisers of the Comics Unconference that took place in Glasgow in 2015.

In this conversation we talk about how widespread the academic study of cartoon material has become around the UK; pay tribute to the Stirling Maxwell Centre at Glasgow Uni; compare Scottish political cartooning with Québecois and Catalonian material; and reveal a couple of new projects Hattie will be working on now her thesis is finally complete.

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Hattie on Graphixia
Hattie on Panels
Hattie on Twitter
Read Harder Book Group Glasgow
Comics Forum at Thought Bubble
Comics Forum on Twitter

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In Episode 7 we chat with Will Anderson. In 2013 Will won a BAFTA for his film The Making of Longbird in which he is seen recreating and arguing with a stroppy Soviet-era cartoon character. His Monkey Love Experiments was also BAFTA nominated, in 2015.

Will is well known for his animated videos featuring a cast of hilarious pigeons, ducks and other birds. Monkey Love Experiments picked up awards at Glasgow, Edinburgh and London film festivals and his company, Whiterobot make animated material for feature film and tv projects.

In this episode we look at Will’s influences; the development of his drawing style; why feathered creatures in particular appeal so much to him; his ongoing collaboration with fellow animator Ainslie Henderson; and get some details on their next production too.

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Will’s Website
Whiterobot
Will on Twitter

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