Mike White, MELLYBEAN AND THE GIANT MONSTER
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.5 • 643 Ratings
🗓️ 12 July 2022
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Zibby is joined by author and illustrator Mike White (along with two other special guests) to discuss his Mellybean series. Mike shares the story of how he adopted his real-life dog, Melly, and how she inspires him to be more optimistic and outgoing every day. The four also talk about the person who inspired Mike to get into illustration and storytelling, how working on the series helps him work through his mental illnesses, and where the series could go next.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, the creator and host of the award-winning podcast that you're listening to right now. |
| 0:07.8 | Thank you so much called Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. |
| 0:10.7 | It is a daily podcast 365 days a year, and each day we talk to an author about all of the things related to their career, their book, their life, and more in 30 minutes or |
| 0:21.1 | less, because who has time? I am now an author myself, although I wasn't when I started this |
| 0:25.9 | podcast, and you can get my new memoir, Bookends, a memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature, |
| 0:31.8 | wherever books are sold starting July 1st, and my children's book, Princess Charming. You can |
| 0:37.4 | learn more about me at Zibby Owens.com, |
| 0:39.5 | but really you're here to learn more about the authors, |
| 0:42.2 | and that is what we're going to do. |
| 0:44.4 | Also, be sure to check out all the other podcasts |
| 0:46.9 | in the ZCast Podcast Network. |
| 0:49.4 | You can learn more at ZCastnetwork.com |
| 0:51.9 | and definitely check out those shows as well. |
| 0:58.4 | Thank you. at Zcastnetwork.com and definitely check out those shows as well. Mike White is the author of Melivine and the Giant Monster, which by the way, my kids |
| 1:03.5 | found at school, were obsessed and couldn't believe that I could get in touch with him |
| 1:07.8 | and secure this interview. And then, by the way, Mike White ended up doing animation classes online with one of my kids, |
| 1:14.5 | which was just the coolest thing ever. |
| 1:16.5 | Mike White is a half Asian, half Canadian, all-American artists living in San Francisco. |
| 1:20.9 | He has done animation for television, directed music videos, started companies, |
| 1:25.0 | built games for mobile phones, tablets, desktop, web and virtual reality, |
| 1:28.7 | and make comic books. He likes making comic books the most. Starting at the age of four and teaching |
| 1:33.9 | himself how to draw by tracing Garfield strips, it has been Mike's lifelong dream to make a living |
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