Cynthia’s work has been published in Phoenix New Times (a Village Voice Publication) and Phoenix Magazine. She’s presented her work as part of the Graphic Medicine Conference and she’s a participant in the Sequential Artists Workshop. She’s currently working on a graphic memoir titled, Figuring Us Out.
Interviews by Cynthia
Cynthia has interviewed graphic novelists, illustrators, animators and creative people about their artwork and process.
For all of her interviews and stories about comics and art, visit her page on Phoenix New Times. Here are a few of her favorites:
LISA HANAWALT on Hot Dog Taste Test and Bojack Horseman's Sci-Fi Aspects
Lisa Hanawalt wears a lot of hats — or, more accurately, outfits, some of which she may have designed herself. She's an artist, illustrator, James Beard award-winning food columnist (Lucky Peach), ceramicist, textile and apparel designer, and animation producer and designer (Bojack Horseman), and co-hosts a podcast (Baby Geniuses) with comedian Emily Heller. Her first book, 2013's My Dirty Dumb Eyes, was a critical success.
GAVIN AUNG THAN on Founding Zen Pencils and the Impact of Sharing Powerful Quotes
Not many months ago, we found a website, Zen Pencils, which deftly combines some of our favorite things: comics, pithy quotes, and short biographies. The site’s been up since early 2012, but we’re almost glad we’re behind the curve because now there are two Zen Pencils books to savor — and we found it in time for Zen Pencils creator Gavin Aung Than’s first U.S. book tour.
ALISON BECHDEL on Fun Home the Musical, Teaching, and Her Next Book
Bechdel, whose groundbreaking and award-winning strip, "Dykes to Watch Out For" had a 25-year run, became a New York Times bestselling author and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist with her first graphic memoir, Fun Home. She edited Best American Comics 2011 and published her second memoir, Are You My Mother?, in 2012. Bechdel is the recipient of a 2012-2013 Guggenheim Fellowship and last year was a Mellon Residential Fellow for Arts and Practice at the University of Chicago.