Shane Portman is an Emmy nominated writer who has had a distinguished career working in the animation industry. Recently, Shane turned his talents toward making comic books. When he decided to create a sequential art series he knew he wanted it to reach a bit deeper than your average funny book tale. Shane reached inside and unearthed the painful experience during his youth of his father's heart attack to use as inspiration for his own book. The result of his introspection is Shrub (currently being funded on Kickstarter by Fanbase Press), a tale of a sentient bush that looks to connect to its roots by going on a cross country trip with a grieving pair of siblings who have recently suffered a loss within their own family. On this episode of the Part-Time Fanboy podcast, Kristian chats with Shane about the loss of both of their fathers, how growing up in a pre-internet age provided freedoms for kids that may not exits in today's world, and how he believes his story can bring awareness to how people grieve and help them deal with grief.
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