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Gargoyles Reawakening Podcast ep. 17

Posted on April 3, 2017 by twogargs

I was recently asked to be a guest, for the second time, on the fantastic Gargoyles Reawakening Podcast.  Hosts Lisa and Karell are fantastic ladies, and asking myself and artist Mike Rieger to play off each other as guests just makes everything much more fun (for us, anyway!)

It should be pretty obvious by now that I hold Disney’s Gargoyles in very high esteem, since I named my comics company Two Gargoyles and I do a comic whose main characters are gargoyles– but just in case you didn’t know, Gargoyles is one of the best animated shows to come out of the 90’s. It remains a solid viewing choice to this day– if you haven’t seen it yet, oh man, have a gander at it (buying the DVD’s is actually better because they are not edited by Toon Disney, which chopped them up horribly).

We discuss the Season 1 episode, “Deadly Force,” and talk about story elements and fandom and whatever else comes into our minds. And you can actually SEE us as well as hear us, thanks to the magic of Skype.  Give us a listen, and if you enjoy, please subscribe to the podcast!

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And as an added bonus, here is myself (Michael McAdam) and Mike Rieger doing a promo spot at last year’s Edmonton Expo!

TDA #2 Underway!

Posted on October 19, 2016 by twogargs

TDA #2 excerpt

This week’s Two Gargoyles update has a sneak peek at the script for Twilight Detective Agency #2!

When I write, the characters in my head are as real as if they’re in the room with me.  They’re more than just dialogue and action prompts; I think about what they’re wearing– like, how their clothes FIT.  What they’re thinking behind what they’re saying.  How they relate to each other, to the environment nearby, to the world at large.

In this scene, Riverdale is making a journal entry about his and Hawkstone’s ostracism from the Gargoyle community.  It’s a pretty big deal to him; he thrives on social interaction.  Riv needs people.  To someone like him, ostracism is straight-up torture.

There’s so much around that concept that won’t make it into the comic– maybe he took up yoga to try and distract himself from the loneliness?  Maybe he plays video games all day until it’s time to sleep?  Maybe he drives his brother insane with a constant need for interaction?  Those are all possibilities, each one a reality for the character– but my favourite thing as a writer is that even I don’t know which one will become part of the published story until I write it– and even then, it isn’t a sure thing until I re-read the script and edit it.

Writing is as much a journey for me as, I hope, the reader who sees the finished product and discovers the story for themselves.

See you next week!

Michael