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How do you come up with names for your characters?
Arlo and Augustus are great names for characters, but how does Catherine dream them up?
  1. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  2. Introducing James
    01:39
    Introducing James
  3. How James got started
    03:33
    How James got started
  4. A pirate picture story
    10:15
    A pirate picture story
  5. Picturing Nessie
    04:01
    Picturing Nessie
  6. Q&A with James Mayhew
    11:26
    Q&A with James Mayhew
  7. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  8. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  9. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
  10. Lauren reads
    04:58
    Lauren reads
  11. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  12. UK schools vs American schools
    02:13
    UK schools vs American schools
  13. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
  14. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  15. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  16. Why comics matter
    06:03
    Why comics matter
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