Molly and Kate speak with Sarah Becan about her illustrator origin story. She explains her early love for sequential storytelling, the book that inspired her to create her own work and what drew her to food as a topic. She shares her love for the medium, how she got into the cookbook sphere by first partnering with a local restaurant and why she eventually decided to work solo. An avid lover and participant in the comic community, Sarah takes us step by step through her creative process; selecting the right recipes to illustrate and all of the considerations involved, the decision to drawing digitally or by hand along with all of the specs, editing, timeline, tools and workflow that happen behind the scenes. She discusses the pros and cons of writing solo or with a partner, why she developed her own typeface and leaves us with some advice for aspiring illustrators and comic artists.

Hosts: Kate Leahy + Molly Stevens + Kristin Donnelly + Andrea Nguyen

Editor: Abby Cerquitella

Mentions

Sara Becan

• Website
• I Think You're Saucesome
• Instagram

Toronto Comic Art Festival

Studio Ghibli Food

A Brief History of Graphic Cookbooks, by Charlotte Druckman in the Washington Post

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• The Adventures of Fat Rice by Abraham Conlon and Adrienne Lo
• Let's Make Ramen! by Hugh Amano and Sarah Becan
• Let's Make Dumplings! by Hugh Amano and Sarah Becan
• Let's Make Bread! by Ken Forkish and Sarah Becan
• Let's Make Cocktails! by Sarah Becan
• Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat
• Dirt Candy by Amanda Cohen
• Cook Korean! by Robin Ha
• The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman
• Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud