The Interview: David Thiel

The Michigan State University Comic Art and Graphic Novel Podcast interviews David Thiel.

Fans of David’s recent work will want to hear this extended interview. Includes a breakdown of the process of setting the aural mood of Dialed IN! and Lexy Lightspeed as well as a retrospective of his diverse career in gaming.

This is the interview were I realized I was a fan of David way before I even knew it, and you probably were too.

Traditionally, the show interviews award-winning cartoonists, but for this surprise episode I interviewed David Thiel, who composed the intro theme, bumpers, and outro music for the podcast, in addition to decades of work in video games and, of course, pinball.
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Direct link: http://msucomics.libsyn.com/episode-010-david-thiel
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The interview is in-depth, lengthy, and boasts some never-before heard audio, like musical deconstruction of Dialed-In, the iterative process of finding a main play or “out of mode” tune for that game, as well as another process chat about making the music for the podcast, and LOTS lots more. I hope the pinball community will enjoy this episode. David and I had a lot of fun putting it together and we’re excited to share it with you.
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Best,
Ryan Claytor
Owner/Author/Artist
Elephant Eater Comics
Web: http://www.ElephantEater.com
Email: ryan@elephanteater.com
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Michigan State University
Assistant Professor
Department of Art, Art History, and Design
MSU Comics Forum – Director
comicsforum.msu.edu
MSU Comics Art and Graphic Novel Podcast – Producer & Host
msucomics.libsyn.com