Category: Cool Podcasts
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Space Squid #4: How African Creators Make Money Off Comics (The Bubble)
In this episode of the podcast, Kadi introduces a new segment called The Bubble where he shares his thoughts on different things he finds interesting in the comic book, video game and animation space in Africa. On the first edition of The Bubble, he discusses different ways comic book creators in Africa make money. Time-Stamped […]
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Space Squid #3: Paper Angels & What We’re Looking Forward to in 2020
In this episode, Kofi and Kadi discuss Paper Angels, a comic book by Kudzai Gumbo and Rodney Ngundu from Zimbabwe. In typical Squid CoW fashion, we break down the review into things we like (likies), don’t like (urgh) and what we’re looking forward to (infinity and beyond). We also share some of the projects, news […]
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Fiko’s Corner by Kofi Ofosu
We’ve been chasing down cool podcasts by African creatives since we started Space Squid. One of these is Fiko’s Corner by our good friend Kofi Ofosu and we’re in love. Have you ever wondered what it is like to become a good illustrator and character designer? Or perhaps, yearned to go behind the scenes with […]
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Space Squid #2: Behind the Ink with Bertil Toby Svanekiaer
In this second episode, I go Behind the Ink with Bertil Toby Svanekiaer, a leading animator and 3D generalist in Ghana. We talk a bit about him and his studios, Indigene B.R.O.S. and OOTO Studios and his project, Chaskele. I also pick his brains on the state of animation in Ghana and how he feels […]
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Space Squid #1: Lake of Tears, Naija Cyberpunk and Crowing Roosters
In this first episode, I introduce the podcast properly and together with my partner, Kofi Sydney Asare, we share our thoughts on Lake of Tears, an award-winning graphic novel by Kobina Ofei and Setor Fiadzigbey in typical Squid CoW fashion. We also get in our feels about a series of illustrations by Collyde Prime titled […]