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Off Panel #523: Why We Love Comics with Hayden Sherman, Rachael Stott, Russell Dauterman, and Trung Le Nguyen

October 27, 2025
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Off Panel: A Comics Interview Podcast

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Recorded live at New York Comic Con, artists Hayden Sherman, Rachael Stott, and Russell Dauterman and cartoonist Trung Le Nguyen joined the podcast to talk about why they love comics, with each happening in individual segments. Up first, Sherman (1:22) discusses what fuels their love, controlling the read, what unlocked comics, artist's artists, where influences come from, how making comics impacts reading them, and more. Then Stott (17:25) joins to talk about early loves in comics, finding the unexpected, the impact of the individual, her relationship with the medium, smooth comics, and more. Dauterman (34:35) follows to discuss his love of comics, the appeal of the new, what's changed for him as a reader, looking to the past, what keeps him excited about comics, and more. Lastly, Nguyen (51:29) discusses the universality of images, accessibility, comics DNA, how making comics changed things, the process of comics, and more.