Upcoming Episode! The Parlour Room, Featuring Dan Dougherty!

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Hello there, classy ladies and gents. This Friday, we will be having our first guest on the the Get Classy podcast. His name is Dan Dougherty, and he is an accomplished writer, artist, and musician. He is a winner of the Shel Dorf Award for comic strip of the year, and has acclaimed works such as:

• The autobio daily comic strip Beardo
• The Touching Evil comics, which he created
• The Apocalypse Plan, which he illustrated with frequent collaborator Rafael Nieves
• And much more!

We met Dan at Indiana Comicon, and he’s currently on a convention tour. He’ll be at Indiana Pop Con May 30 –  June 1. We’re looking forward to having Dan on the show so he talk about his projects and life as an independent artist. If you’d like to submit some questions for the interview, there’s plenty of options!

• Write to us at our email, daneandjakegetclassy@gmail.com
• Comment below this post
• Comment in the facebook fan page
• Tweet us some tweets on the Twitter

We look forward to hearing from you!

Episode 8: A Contract with God and other Tenement Stories

In this episode, we discuss Will Eisner’s A Contract with God and Other Tenement Stories, arguable the first graphic novel. This was my pick, and one of my favorite comics. It’s Eisner’s retelling from various memories of his childhood in 1930s New York City. It’s an incredibly honest and expressive book, and it gives you something to think about as well as just entertain you on a visceral level.

Jake and Emily of course kick in some great commentary on the nature of God and how hopes and dreams worked in the 1930s (Hint: Not well). It’s a beautiful book and worth a look for anyone who wants to see some of the potential that comics can aspire toward.

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