Interview: Jason T. Kruse

On July 22nd through 24th, while attending San Diego International Comic-Con, I ran around to as many of my favorite kids comics creators as I could and asked them all the exact same questions. Keep in mind, exhibit halls are crazy loud and crazy busy, so there is a lot of background noise. Let me know in the comments if you have trouble hearing anything and I’ll translate for you.

The first time I discovered Jason T. Kruse he was sitting at a table in Artists’ Alley basking in the glow of just having licensed his book World of Quest to Yen Press. I bought a copy of the book, read it, liked it, and added it and the second volume to my collection where it has maintained a healthy popularity with the kids in my library.

The next time I discovered Jason I didn’t realize he was the same person I’d met before. Katherine Dacey was raving about Scratch9, a comic she’d picked up at NYCC, but somehow I missed that that Jason T. Kruse was the same as this Jason T. Kruse. In any case, I’m on board now and as equally enthusiastic about both versions of Jason.

Books mentioned in this video:

• Bone series by Jeff Smith
• Dreamland Chronicles, by Scott Christian Sava
• Herobear and the Kid, by Mike Kunkel
• Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert A. Heinlein

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