Was it a challenge to figure out what the story for this second book should be? I think some of that mythology seeps its way into the stories we tell. JA: When I was a kid, my dad used to tell me Greek myths during the painfully long twenty hour Spring break drive from Ohio to Florida. RR: I wanted to make kids comics that told a big story and were sort of cinematic in tone. What inspired the stories and characters in the first book, Giants Beware? I remember writing a letter to Dick Giordano (the editor of DC comics in the 1980s), in which I asked him if I needed to be able to draw to get into the comic book industry. I discovered Underground and Alternative comics in the early 80s and sort of left superheroes behind. RR: I’ve been a comics fan my whole life! Starting with Disney comics, moving on to Mexican wrestler comics, and finally superhero comics, particularly Kirby. Have you been fans of comics since childhood, or was it something you only came to later?
I brought that to Jorge, and he developed it, and thus a graphic novel series and a great collaboration was born. I had these characters bouncing around in my head and in my sketchbook, and a rough outline of a story. I’ve been on the art side of animation and Jorge on the writing side. RAFAEL: We’ve been friends for a very long time and we always wanted to collaborate on something. You both have backgrounds in animated TV series and films…how did you come to writing and illustrating this comic series respectively? The first graphic novel in the series left readers hungry for more sword slinging action, clever humor, and fun character building, and the wait is finally over! With Dragons Beware! hitting shelves today, we figured this was a great time to sit down with the series creators Rafael Rosado and Jorge Aguirre to discuss creating the sequel, their backgrounds in animation, and the future of Claudette and her pals.
The book, and its new follow up, Dragons Beware!, follow the courageous and battle hungry Claudette, her brother and culinary prodigy Gaston, and Marie the princess with a penchant for negotiation in their medieval adventures. The first book in The Chronicles of Claudette, Giants Beware! was quite well received in fact, it earned the creators several awards, including the Cybils Award for Elementary/Middle Grade Graphic Novels.
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