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Animation history – Joel Adams interview

Joel Adams is an artist who worked on character designs for King of the Hill. He’s worked on numerous other character design and animation projects and we talked about his work, inspirations, and the state of character design work today.

0:30 – Joel talks about his work as lead character designer for King of the Hill and other work.

He talks about how he got into the artwork business.

3:00 – Joel talks about King of the Hill and how he designed characters. He gets into the process of character design.

5:53 – Joel talks about his favorite comic characters.

7:26 – Joel talks about the rules that apply when designing characters.

9:30 – Joel talks about his other projects.

13:30 – Joel talks about what inspired various King of the Hill characters.

16:40 – Joel talks about recent changes in character design. Technology changes and style changes.

23:45 – Joel can be found on JoelAdamsart.com.

Links of interest

http://joeladamsart.com/

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Guests: Joel Adams

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: animation, character design, King of the Hill, Incredible Hulk, Tarzan, X-Men, Batman, Burroughs, Power Rangers, fifth element, captain america, marvel

Comic book history – Comic book writer – Christopher Priest interview

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Christopher Priest has been a comic book writer for over 40 years and has worked for both Marvel and DC. He’s written for Deathstroke, Justice League, Vampirella and many other titles. He also helped to redevelop Black Panther.

{Note: The sound gets better after a minute or so but I wanted to include some interesting pre-interview talk that unfortunately doesn’t have the same sound quality as the full interview.}

0:20 – Christopher talks about the creation of Black Panther.

1:35 – Christopher talks about how Black Panther developed.

2:36 – Christopher talked about how he got into the comic book business.

4:00 – Christopher talks about what got him his job at Marvel.

6:30 – Christopher talked about working on Cracked magazine and being mentored by Stan Lee.

8:05 – Christopher talked about what story lines inspired him most.

10:15 – Christopher talks about his various career milestones.

12:50 – Christopher talks about the comic book business.

14:45 – Christopher talks about how he got Power Man and Iron Fist.

16:30 – Christopher talks about where he gets his writing ideas from.

20:15 – Christopher talks about developing Man Ape.

22:15 – Christopher talks about his role with the Black Panther film.

23:00 – Christopher talks about how he redeveloped Black Panther.

26:50 – Christopher talks about his professional life following Black Panther.

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35:00 – Christopher talks about Deathstroke on tv.

36:03 – Christopher talks about the storylines he created that he’s most proud of. He goes into his Justice League storyline.

43:54 – Christopher can be found on Christopherpriest.com

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Links of interest

http://christopherpriest.com/cpdc/

Guests: Christopher Priest

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: comic books, writer, green lantern, DC comics, Marvel, Stan Lee, Cracked, Spiderman, Batman, Power Man, Iron Fist, Conan, Deathstroke, Justice League, News Radio, Iron Man, Vampirella

Game of Thrones actor – Ian Beattie (Meryn Trant) interview – Great Philadelphia Comic Con 2018 – youtube

Actor Ian Beattie has been on stage, film and television for over 20 years. He’s best known for his roles on Game of Thrones as Meryn Trant and on the movie Alexander as Antigonus. I spoke to him at the Great Philadelphia Comic Con.

1:51 – Ian Beattie started acting as a child in a Northern Ireland circus. He kept at that for a while and then went to law school to be a barrister. But then he went to acting school in 1989. He spent a few years in LA doing theater but then went to Belfast and did stage and tv work here and there.

3:03 – His big break was getting on the movie Alexander but his biggest success was getting the role of Ser Meryn Tranth in Game of Thrones. That was a game changer.

3:34 – Experience was what changed his way of acting. He learned a lot with Alexander. He’s always been an intense actor and has always researched his roles including the accents. He’s done a few real characters and that’s helped him with doing research. He really likes doing historical characters. He really enjoyed his work on Alexander as Antigonus.

6:45 – He loves film and television and he loves being on set. He considers himself a good director’s actor and loves to be on the same page. Gabriel Burnham said that when you’re playing a role it’s vital to find the truth and make it your truth.

8:03 – He’s loved wearing the costumes in Vikings and in the Tudors. He’s inspired by fellow directors and actors. But he doesn’t have favorite actors or actresses that he loves watching.

9:22 – He’s most moved by strong scripts and stories. He likes the to find the realism of the time he’s in. he also likes to take in what others around him teach him.

11:24 – He’s always wanted to fly but then he figured out he was afraid of heights. He’s most inspired by people who have changed the world for the better.

12:03 – As a kid he loved Batman. As a teenager he loved Judge Dredd. He loved seeing Karl Urban and would have loved that role. But there are a million roles he’d love to play. He was down to the last two in a role and didn’t make it but anytime things could change. He was down to final selection in a Justice League role but they decided to go younger.

13:50 – If the audience spots you acting then you’re in trouble.

14:16 – On the last day of Alexander they were praying to a statue. He was on a two hundred foot ledge without railing and it freaked him out since he had only vision out of one eye.

15:03 – Everyone should always maintain their belief and stay hungry. Persistence pays and always practice while you’re waiting for a role.

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Guests: Ian Beattie

Host: Cris Alvarez