Writer/artist Kody Chamberlain will make an appearance Wednesday as part of the Oklahoma City Ad Club’s Career Day. The comic-book creator is known for his crime story “Sweets,” set in New Orleans as a killer attacks days before Hurricane Katrina.
While in Oklahoma City, Chamberlain will speak on his background in advertising and design.
“I do a variety of presentations, but the one I’m planning for OKC is about creativity and finding new ways to create, expand, and leverage good ideas,” Chamberlain said in an email interview. “It’s a well-rounded presentation that’s designed for people already working in a creative industry. I like included a bit of pop culture philosophy from various sources including Bob Ross, Jaws, Bruce Lee, and Dumbo the Flying
"Sweets" No. 5.
Elephant.”
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Features Editor Matthew Price has worked for The Oklahoman since 2000. He’s a University of Oklahoma graduate who has also worked at the...
Features Editor Matthew Price has worked for The Oklahoman since 2000. He’s a University of Oklahoma graduate who has also worked at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and was a Dow Jones Newspaper Fund intern for the Dallas Morning News. He’s always been interested in comics, reading them at age 2, working in comic shops starting at 17, printing his first comics 'zine at 20 and buying a comic-book store at 23. His column on comics, Word Balloons, has run weekly in The Oklahoman’s Weekend Look section since 2001.Matt's blog, Nerdage, has been honored by the Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists, and his store, Norman's Speeding Bullet Comics, co-owned with his wife, Annette, was nominated for the Eisner Spirit of Retailing Award in 2005.
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