How important do you think it is that females are now receiving greater success and promotion in the industry? The comics industry has been stereotyped as a male industry in the past but now there is so much amazing work created by people such as yourself, Raina Telgemeier, Noelle Stevenson and Molly Knox Ostertag to name a few. We live in a time where it’s really easy to research things and access information, so if there’s something that interests you find a book or a website with info on how to do it and get started! Those classes are there to give you a good foundation and to teach you skills, but if you want to make comics, abstract art, found object sculptures, videos, animations, or whatever else you feel drawn to don’t put it off until you feel “good enough” or until someone is telling you to do it for an assignment.
It’s important to learn the basics and that’s what most art classics will focus on. Other than that, my main advice is to make the kind of art that you’d like to make professionally one day. This is boring advice, but it’s also the most helpful: practice, practice, practice. I have several keen illustrators in my class who would love a career in the arts, what advice can you offer young artists desperate to succeed?
The odd and the unknown still interest me very much! I’d love to tell some stories with paranormal and supernatural elements. No solid plans at the moment, but I would LOVE to at some point in the future. You said you wanted to be a paranormal investigator when you were younger, do you have any plans to create a graphic novel about a character who does this for a living? I was definitely an Olive-type growing up– I had a ton of interests and activities going on and had different friend groups that didn’t really interact or intersect. The solution of having Olive host came from my own experience hosting a school talent show. As I was writing I inserted elements of my own childhood self into the character. The idea of a kid trying to figure out where they stand with their friends during a school variety show came from something my agent (then editor) Elizabeth Bennett’s daughter had gone through. Is Click based primarily on your own growing up experience or did you use stories from friends and family to help you create such a realistic depiction of that period in life? Kayla talks to Richard Ruddick about illustration, paranormal investigators and the work of Raina Telgemeier, Noelle Stevenson and Molly Knox Ostertag… Find out more about Kayla here! Today we welcome Kayla Miller into The Reading Realm to talk about the graphic novels Click and Camp.
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