Conspiracy Theories, Tea, and Brain-Swapped Cats | ReMIND Book Chat

What happens when a missing cat returns with stitches on its head, a brain transplant, and the sudden ability to speak? In this episode, we dive into the creative mind of graphic novelist Jason Brubaker (reMIND, Sithrah, MakingComics). Pull up a chair, grab a cup of tea, and join us as we discuss what would be the best conspiracy theory to make a graphic novel out of, and the conspiracy of British people hating on American Iced Tea. Grab a cup of tea (iced or hot, depending on which side of the Atlantic you side with!) and settle in for a winding, funny, and incredibly insightful chat about graphic novel world-building. In this episode of Ink In The Eyes, hosts Charles Salisbury and Ace McAlpine sit down for a deep dive into Jason Brubaker’s Xeric Award-winning graphic novel, reMIND. Perfect for anyone interested in art, culture, visual storytelling, and writing, this book chat pulls back the curtain on Brubaker’s journey from working as a Hollywood storyboard and visual development artist (on projects like Blade and Kung Fu Panda) to jumping feet first into independent graphic novel publishing. I'll hold your hand as we walk through the bizarre and compelling narrative world of reMIND: complete with missing pets, secret underwater societies, and political conspiracies . As usual we'll take a dynamic detour to discuss conspiracy theories and the importance of anatomical drawing skills, and of course why the British hate iced tea (spoiler, its all the sugar. Which is the most boring of answers.) Episode Timestamps [00:00] - Introduction & The Great Iced Tea Debate [03:57] - Introduction to reMIND [05:45] - The Plot Setup: Stitches, Sub-Oceanic Societies, and Talking Cat [09:23] - SPOILERS [13:49] - Book Two [17:30] - Author's Origin Story [20:45] - Comic-Con Crashing & The Xeric Award Game-Changer [26:36] - Hollywood Visual Development & DreamWorks Credits [30:26] - What Conspiracy Theory Would You Write? [49:51] - Anatomical Drawing [53:48] - Closing Wisdom and we argue about bibimbap