TV Guidance Counselor Episode 630: Evan Dorkin

I was interviewed several weeks ago by Ken Reid for his TV Guidance Counselor podcast, ostensibly about my animation work, but we went all over the place, as to be expected when my brain and mouth are involved. Which was agreed upon beforehand.

Here's the episode description, with two annotations added:

"This week Ken welcomes artist, writer and comic book legend (I didn't write that part) Evan Dorkin to the show.

Ken and Evan discuss living the dream, low bars, being disgusted by your own personal failings, Spring Break, hating Florida, how nobody actually grows up in Staten Island, being an artist, 80s punk, never leaving your home, being Jewish in an Italian neighborhood, Ska, Bim Skala Bim, accents, being too hung over to see your name in the  credits of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, kids getting their shoes stolen at punk gigs, Kevin Shields ordering food, The Cars, Suicide (the band, I felt I should point out), Milk and Cheese, Space Ghost, music on TV, pre-MTV days, Rockworld, the legend of Steranko, meeting girls, the introduction of surrealism to America, big egos, John Romita, Jack Kirby, Superman the Animated Series, how great Paul Dini is, Batman The Animated Series, Dwayne McDuffie, Freakazoid, Supergirl, why nobody but Kal-El can be from Krypton, how TV writing is all puzzle solving, continuity, Tik Tok's second life of Eltingville, Bibo, collecting comics, the Marvelization of DC, going to comic cons in the 1970s, dark and gritty, Comic Book Fascists, Beasts of Burden, Dario Argento, Giallo, wanting subtitles over dubbing, how anyone can make a movie, loving horror films, Trick R Treat, character design, Bouncing Boy, minutia, the internet, fan fiction, Alex Toth, wearing your influences on your sleeve, lost dark episodes of Superman The Animated Series, audiences and love of Halloween, screenplays, storytelling, Metal Men, being freaked out by failure and being neurotic, self sabotage, failed pilots, letting people down, Patreon, dealing with health issues, and the struggle of being a creative person trying to make a living."

I remember it being a fun talk. Here's some links to listen to the interview:

https://tvguidancecounselor.libsyn.com/tv-guidance-counselor-episode-628-evan-dorkin

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tv-guidance-counselor-podcast/id821665905?i=1000651736633