Daniel Kibblesmith: writing Loki, Colbert & being funny on the Internet

Graphic Policy Radio

English - September 09, 2019 02:30 - 1 hour - 57.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 21 ratings
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Daniel Kibblesmith is an Emmy-Nominated writer for The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, and the writer of comics like Marvel's "Loki" (2019), "Black Panther Vs. Deadpool" (2018) and others. He's also the author of picture books like "Santa's Husband" (2017) and the upcoming, "Princess Dinosaur" (2020). He was one of the founding editors of ClickHole (2014) and his humor writing can be seen in places like The New Yorker and McSweeney's.

We talk about the differences between writing humor in comics, TV, movies, and Twitter.

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