S03 Bonus: A Night Ride to the Day with Molly Mendoza

Content warning: suicidal ideation [15:41-15:53; 19:14-19:30; 23:05-23:12; 43:25-43:55] Our tale begins three episodes ago: "Molly Mendoza, comic artist and creator of Skip, come on our show!" Nat cried, and lo! Through time and space — Molly heard his plea... and replied! So in this special bonus episode, our hosts are whisked away to the neon desert dreamland of Breeze Hu's "A Night Ride to the Day." --- The conversation with Molly continues in the Comic Sans Aftershow, our Patreon-exclusive podcast where Yan and Nat chat in depth with guests on their work and creative practice. Become a Friend of Comic Sans today! 00:00 - Welcome to the show, Molly! 10:27 - Molly Rant-doza: Watching Your Shadows 12:08 - Yan and Nat Recap A Night Ride to the Day 17:01 - Discussion 50:09 - Yan's Final Questions In this episode, Yan and Nat read A Night Ride to the Day by Breeze Hu. Show notes and bibliography available here. --- Molly Mendoza is an artist living in Portland, Oregon. Through their work they explore the complex emotions of interpersonal relationships and self-love with a focus on layered visual storytelling, mark-making, and color. Buy Molly's latest graphic novel "Stray" from Bulgilhan Press, and their short comics from Gumroad. Follow them on Instagram and Bluesky. If you enjoyed the show, you can support us on Patreon, leave us a review, or follow us @comicsanspod on Instagram, Bluesky, and Tiktok. Comic Sans is an Andas Productions podcast hosted by Myle Yan Tay and Nathaniel Mah, produced by Scott Lee Chua and Roshan Singh Sambhi. Edited by Maddy Searle (audio) and Kit Ling Leong (video). Transcribed by Danielle Anne Espinosa. Cover art and motion graphics animation by Knikni Studio (Maryana Rudakova). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices