![]() ![]() ![]() And it makes the writing easier on me, to be honest, because I’m just putting down how the characters are interacting. But I feel the most immersed in the books when the characters are interacting with each other the paneling of a graphic novel sets up that back and forth between characters-the kind of rapid-fire response they have to each other. Narwhal and Jelly is dialogue-based there’s slightly less of that in Tater Tales, which has a narrator. ![]() Looking back that would have been a good fit for me from the beginning but it took me a while to realize that. As a kid I was a reluctant reader, but I consumed pictures and my introduction to reading was through comics. Then I pitched them some more picture books for the series, and brought up the graphic novel and they seemed keen to give it a go. But Simon & Schuster wanted to see the second picture book through first. I had signed on for two picture books, and when it was time for the second one, I said maybe it should be a graphic novel instead. What’s the story behind Rot’s transition from picture book protagonist to graphic novel star? ![]()
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