{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Joana Mosi on PHYSICAL EDUCATION","description":"Joana Mosi is an award-winning Portuguese cartoonist whose work is only recently becoming available in English. And that timing matters \u2014 because until Pow Pow Press started publishing her books, The Mongoose and now Physical Education, internationally, there was basically no way for English-language readers to come across it unless they happened to be at the right European festival at the right time. She is part of the growing Lisbon comics scene in Portugal. Paul Gravett called her previous book, The Mongoose, a \u201cformally experimental yet powerful affecting narrative\u201d She draws, she writes, she teaches. Physical Education has already been published in Portugal and was the first-ever graphic novel to be a National Illustration Award of Portugal Highlight Book, but is getting its English language release through Pow Pow Press on May 5th. The work is fictional yet emotionally true, centered on detachment, expressed through sparse characterization, missing facial features, and flexible page design.  [This episode is number 831 in a series.]      CHAPTERS   00:00 \u2013 Intro 01:54 \u2013 Portugal\u2019s Comics Scene 04:38 \u2013 Found in Translation 07:17 \u2013 Revisiting Finished Books 10:50 \u2013 Finding Pow Pow Press 12:42 \u2013 Going Global via Festivals 18:35 \u2013 Style Shift and Critiques 25:32 \u2013 Comics Lessons 31:16 \u2013 Teaching With Empathy 32:43 \u2013 Letting Students Fail 33:55 \u2013 Reaching Out To Mentors 35:34 \u2013 Fiction vs Autobiography 39:20 \u2013 Drawing Detachment 44:41 \u2013 Color Choices 45:40 \u2013 Motifs And Mundanity 48:20 \u2013 Page Layout Decisions 53:21 \u2013 Process 55:57 \u2013 Getting Feedback 01:01:58 \u2013 Outro ","author_name":"Robots From Tomorrow!","author_url":"https:\/\/robotsfromtomorrow.net","html":"