Proof That We're In a Simulation With Elissa Sussman and Arielle Jovellanos

First Draft Episode #326: Elissa Sussman and Arielle
Jovellanos

Elissa Sussman and Arielle Jovellanos, author and illustrator,
respectively, of YA contemporary novel Drawn That Way. Elissa is
also the author of Burn, Stray, and the upcoming adult novel,
Funny You Should Ask. Arielle illustrated Evil Thing, a Cruelle
de Ville backstory novel written by Serena Valentino, as well as
graphic novel Black Star, written by Eric A. Glover.


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Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode:




Hear Elissa’s First Draft interview here




Glen Keane, 38-year veteran of Walt Disney Feature Animation
and creator of Disney characters such as The Little Mermaid,
Aladdin, The Beast, Tarzan, and Rapunzel.




Howard Ashman, Oscar-winning lyricist, playwright, and stage
director who wrote the lyrics for The Little Mermaid




Frederator, an independent animation and media studio who
produced Adventure Time, Bee and PuppyCat, and Bravest
Warriors




Pendleton Ward, creator of Adventure Time




LAIKA studios, an animation production studio that created
Coraline (movie)




The Avengers (movie)




Chris Evans, actor who portrays Captain America




Babs Tarr, American illustrator and comic book artist who
drew a run for Batgirl for DC




Annie Wu, American illustrator and comic book artist who drew
a run of Hawkeye for Marvel




Janelle Asselin, former editor of DC comics




Kevin Wada, illustrator




Fresh Romance, the anthology which includes Arielle’s comic,
“School Spirit”




Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan




The Heroes of Olympus by RIck Riordan




Elizabeth Bewley, literary agent at Sterling Lord Literistic,
Inc.




Waking Sleeping Beauty (documentary)




Janet Sung, illustrator, designer, colorist




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Chris Appelhans, writer and
director of Netflix animated movie Wish Dragon, and
illustrator of picture books Sparky! (written by Jenny
Offill) and A Greyhound, a Groundhog (written by Emily
Jenkins).




Sarah Kuhn, author of the
Heroine Complex series, Shadow of the Batgirl with Nicole
Gaux for DC Comics, the Star Wars audiobook original Doctor
Aphra, talks about her new young adult novel, From Little
Tokyo, With Love.




Jon Klassen, Caldecott
Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author and
illustrator of the I Want My Hat Back series, who is back
with a book he wrote and illustrated: The Rock From the Sky.




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