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Children Chatting With Rashad Doucet and Jason Reeves

Episode Summary

Join the Children Chatting with Authors Podcast as they interview author and illustrator Rashad Doucet and author Jason Reeves about their book Pax Sampson: The Cookout, Vol. 1, and about being an author and artist.


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Participant(s) Bio

Author and Illustrator Rashad Doucet:

Rashad Doucet is from New Orleans by way of Eunice. He is a Ville Platte, Louisiana, native who's been drawing comics since his grandma gave him a pencil and some paper to keep quiet during church. He's known for his work with Oni Press on comics like Invader Zim, Rick and Morty, and Alabaster Shadows. He's also worked with DC Comics, Stela, and most recently was a part of the Eisner-winning Elements: Fire Anthology. Rashad is currently a professor of sequential art at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia, where he can often be found listening to 80s power ballads and watching way too much anime.

Author Jason Reeves:

A New Orleans, Louisiana native, Jason Reeves is a publisher, art director, and award-winning illustrator operating out of Los Angeles, CA. His most recent works include being creator, publisher, and illustrator of the OneNation and Kid Carvers series by 133art Publishing. Past projects include being a featured illustrator in Black Comix Returns by Magnetic Press/Lion Forge, a hardcover collection of art and essays showcasing the best African American artists in today's vibrant comic book culture; and writer and illustrator on Arch Enemy/USAToday.com's F-00 Fighters webcomic. In addition to comics, he has done illustrations for Esquire Magazine, the USA Network, Wizards of the Coast, Heavy Metal, and HASBRO.


Book cover for Pax Samson: The Cookout, Vol. 1
Pax Samson: The Cookout, Vol. 1
Doucet, Rashad


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