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Working: A Newspaper Comic That Shows a Changing America

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Society & Culture, News, Business

3.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

This week, host Ronald Young Jr. talks to Darrin Bell, creator of the syndicated newspaper comic strip Candorville. In the interview, Darrin explains how hard it was to get Candorville picked up for syndication and how all newspaper comics artists face an up-hill battle to get published. He also talks about his routine for creating new strips every week, how he develops his characters, and real-life issues that inspire the strip’s political commentary. After the interview, Ronald and co-host Isaac Butler discuss ways for politically conscious artists to stay grounded and take care of their mental health.  In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, Darrin talks about his love for Star Wars, Star Trek, and Battlestar Galactica.    Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you’ll also be supporting the work we do here on Working. Sign up now at slate.com/workingplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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between June 2022 and May 2023. Potential savings will vary. Discount's not available in all states and situations. Before I started the strip I wrote a 50 year long outline but it's a loose outline. I had no idea where it was going to go. I didn't

1:04.8

know where the country was going to go. I did think I'd be doing less and less of it because

1:09.6

I thought things were going to improve and I'd have less to be upset about. That's not the case.

1:18.2

Welcome back to Working. I'm your host, Isaac Butler.

1:21.2

And I'm your other host, Ronald Young Jr.

1:23.4

Ronald, it is always great to see your smiling face on our Zoom call while we record

1:28.1

this.

1:29.1

Who is that we heard at the top of this week's episode?

1:31.6

That was the voice of Darren Bell. And who is Darren and why

1:35.8

did you want him on the show? Darren Bell is a Pulitzer Prize winning

1:39.6

cartoonist who recently published the audio book of his graphic novel The Talk, which is a pontification

1:46.5

on race relations in the United States framed around his life story.

1:50.8

I know that's a mouthful, but it's incredible. It's a very poignant work and since

1:55.2

he also publishes a daily comic strip called Canderville, I was very interested in exactly how he gets all

2:00.9

of his work done. Yeah, now I am too.

2:04.0

Do our Slate Plus listeners get a little something extra this week?

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