Rachael Smith is a cartoonist and writer possibly best known for her touching, humorous, and true to life online autobiographical Quarantine Comix. For her latest comics project Rachel set down her pencil and pen and fully embraced the role of writer. Working with artist Katherine Lobo, Smith’s latest book is Good Game, Well Played published by Mad Cave Studios under their Maverick imprint. In Good Game, Well Played is about a group of young employees at a video game shop in the nineties who band together to try and save their workplace from a nefarious landlord who wants to shut it down. During the course of working to rescue their place of employment they must all come to terms with their own insecurities, foibles, and personal struggles. On this episode of Part-Time Fanboy Kristian chats with Rachael about her heartfelt love letter to the struggles of youth, what it was like to only work as the writer on her latest graphic novel, and how comics became the perfect medium for her to combine her talents for both writing and cartooning.
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