Episode 58: Tara Audibert

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André catches up with a fellow East Coast Comic Expo guest Tara Audibert about her astounding work in representing indigenous Canadian stories across a variety of platforms.Tara Audibert is a multidisciplinary artist & film maker with 20+yrs experience in animation, comics and fine art. She combines Traditional First Nations Art and Storytelling with contemporary design and digital mediums.Award-winning works include animated short film The Importance of Dreaming (2017), comics This Place: 150 Years Retold (2019), and Lost Innocence (2011) which has been placed in the Archives of Canada, Nitap: Legends of the First Nations, a storytelling app and creator of Lil Glooscap and the Legends of Turtle Island (2022) animated TV show. Books JoJo Makoons (2021), Fiddleheads for Fox (2019), Moonbeam (2020). She is of hybrid Wolastoqey-French heritage residing in Sunny Corner, NB.Tara and André discuss early storytelling influences from her parents and how those skills propelled her towards a career in animation and now a feature film that celebrate indigenous culture and language!Listen in on Stitcher, Castbox, iTunes, Spotify or at www.graphichistories.com

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