Reel Accuracy: Animation & Graphic Novels

This is Reel Accuracy. An opportunity to hear from experts as they discuss their work, describe their passion, and most importantly, help us break down films.For our next episode of Reel Accuracy, we talk to Pierre-Alexandre Comtois. Pierre is a veteran of the animation industry who has lent his talent as a story artist to Disney, Warner Bros and Netflix, working on projects such as The Addams Family, Sonic Prime, and the Peanuts specials, to name a few.Pierre is also the creator, author and illustrator of the graphic novel series Sunder, the story of a young monk named Zeek who embarks on a quest to return a mysterious book to its rightful owner. Navigating danger, uncertainty and peril, not to mention some absolutely frightening villains, Sunder is beautifully illustrated, expertly paced, and a wonderful homage to Luke, Bilbo, and all the other scrappy underdogs of the universe.Listen as Pierre takes us through how he got his start in animation, the experience of working for studios big and small, how he kept coming back to comics, and what it was like to create a world and tell a story capturing the true spirit of adventure.And in perhaps his greatest feat to date, Pierre will lend his insight to help us examine The Book of Eli. This oft-overlooked 2010 post-apocalyptic flick features stunning visuals, slick action scenes, and Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman facing off in expertly understated performances.We discuss all of this and more while sampling two drinks: a ‘Badger Special Brew,’ crisp beergarita that gave Trevor the confidence to pronounce Pierre’s full name, and ‘Valencia’s Apothecary,’ a gin-based citrus concoction inspired by Sunder.