CJ Standal: Writer, Rebirth of the Gangster Comics

CJ Standal: Writer, Rebirth of the Gangster Comics - Tom Ray's Art Podcast

CJ Standal is an indie comic book writer living here in Madison WI. We met while he was at the Mighty Con here in Madison.

CJ writes and publishes the comics Rebirth of the Gangster, B.A.E Wulf, and has also published a series of essays about graphic novel writing called Outside the Panels from a course he taught to his high school students.

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