Josh Neufeld, A.D.: NEW ORLEANS AFTER DELUGE graphic novelist: Mr. Media Radio Interview

There are all kinds of journalistic storytelling styles, starting with your basic who/what/when/where and why.

There is also “if it bleeds, it leads.”

And let’s not forget the “New Journalism” class of the 1960s and ‘70s, exemplified by everyone from Tom Wolfe to Truman Capote it used dramatic literary techniques to add depth to the reader’s involvement.

These days, some bloggers and tweeters have taken short-form journalism to new highs—and lows.

But how many people think of comic book and graphic novel creators as part of journalism? I see a few hands raised, but not nearly enough.

I would suggest to you that a wave of artist and writers who once would have been relegated to the comic book ghetto are creating compelling journalism in hand-drawn pictures these days. A recent guest on this show, Brendan Burford (Syncopated), publishes a series of what he calls “nonfiction picto-essays”—essentially journalism in sequential art.

The latest example I can recommend to you is Josh Neufeld’s new book, A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge. It’s the story of a handful of very different residents of the Crescent City in the days leading up to and the months following the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Reading it, you’ll laugh, you’ll cry and you’ll come away with an informed perspective about the lives of average Americans dealing with extraordinary challenges.

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Mike Gold, COMICMIX.com editor, co-founder: Mr. Media Interview

Image via WikipediaRemember when convenience stores had spinning racks with signs at the top that shouted, “Hey, Kid! Comics!”?

Actually, I barely remember that myself, it’s been so long. Finding comic books hasn’t been easy since the late 1970s. And the comic book companies don’t even make the real dough from the so-called 32-page “pamphlets” anymore. The real money is in selling characters to the movies or as toys.

So what’s a guy to do if he just wants the simple pleasure of reading a comic book?

Fire up the web browser and head for ComicMix.com.

ComicMix is all things to all people, publishing online comic books as well as being a one-stop shop for comics news and views.

Joining me to day is one of the three founders of ComicMix.com, a veteran of DC Comics himself, Mike Gold.

You can LISTEN to this interview with COMICMIX.com co-founder MIKE GOLD by clicking the BlogTalkRadio.com audio player below!

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