Off the Page Interview Part 2

This is an interview I did for a local show based in Broomfield CO, called "Off the Page." It'll air on several public channels in the Denver Metro Area throughout the month of July. It's mostly about my work on Fool's Gold, and ends with some talk on my new series, Madame Xanadu.

Thanks to Jesse Johnson of iotk Media, www.iotk.tv, for a copy of this!

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Entertainment

Tags:

• amy
• reeder
• hadley
• fool's
• gold
• tokyopop
• madame
• xanadu
• vertigo

[foxblade2]

dear amy reederhadley i already knew americans and japanese and chinese can become mangakas but does that mean i would have to move to one of those places its because i live in northern ireland and i want to become one although i dont think i really have a chance from where i live but if i do plz tell me thks cya ^¬^

[amyreederhadley]

Hi! You can live anywhere; in this day and age all you need is internet access. You should check out Sweatdrop Studios (look it up)--they're a UK-based collection of manga artists (aspiring and published) and they are very generous with advice.

[DAsObiQuiet]

You're amazing. You know that? So...how did you break into this? Was Fool's Gold your first?

[amyreederhadley]

Thanks! My first was Tokyopop's fourth Rising Stars of Manga contest, and then was Fool's Gold :) So I got in through a contest.

[foxblade2]

yeah i heard of sweatdrop studios before in the neo magazine (uk anime mag) and otaku usa the american one apparently its somewhere in england so i think id still have to get on an airplane to get there since northern and southern ireland is sepparated from great britain i actually dont mind moving there cus my dads side is english so ill see in a decade i think (only 14)after art college or else queens uni(ya never know) anyway thks again cya later ^¬^v

[BeeN2HeLLnBacK]

How did you get an interview as such a young artist? O.o

[LighthawkForce]

i wish i could of got better help when i went to college to become an illastartor :( the teacher just kept bashing me on and on he said it wasnt my culture and then i had to leave college.

[DevynRodriguez]

Getting to work with Matt Wagner? Hes not only a great artist but also a great writer.

[winglessangel951]

I love how you got so excited about the moving doll on your FG page, haha.

[llRin]

I'm so glad that I get to watch this interview. It doesn't happen so often that I get to see a very talented American manga artist/writer. I've always been wanted to be like you when I grow up. Personally I'm a highschool student who doesn't want to do anything BUT drawing (even so i've been taking all ap classes since they just put me there and yes I do try hard and get through sleepless nights to do well in those classes).

I'm so glad that you're so open so we get to see how you work. =)

[Izumizu]

That was a great interview :D I really liked it. In the future I hope to illustrate my own comic, but I find it hard to place panels in the right spots. I've studied allot of comics and movies, but it's still pretty hard. Practice makes perfect i guess.. Keep up the good work :D

[therealmanos]

All your work has paid off, Amy! Madame Xanadu is amazing! I've been loving the work you and Matt have done here. I've even been plugging it on my page. I really enjoyed issue #3 by the way.