Jay Odjick reveals ‘KABOOM! Blast Off’

Here’s my chat with Jay Odjick about his new graphic novel KABOOM! Blast Off from Scholastic Canada.

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Jay Odjick is an artist, writer and producer from Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg, an Algonquin community just outside of Maniwaki, Quebec. He loved reading comics as child and eventually went from being a fan to a comic book creator. His indigenous superhero Kagagi appeared first as a graphic novel and is now an animated television series broadcast in both English and Algonquin. Jay drew upon his upbringing to illustrate Blackflies — a story is set on a northern Alberta reserve, about Helen, a young girl whose sister and father have been swept up by a swarm of insects. Jay previously illustrated Munsch’s story The Ocean Goes On Forever, which appears in the anthology Munsch Mania. Jay’s latest book is KABOOM! Blast Off with illustrations by KC Oster.

The story of KABOOM! Blast Off goes like this: “When we meet Zack, he’s being looked after by his super-cool Auntie Jess and dreaming of one day being like his hero, slick business tycoon Konstantin Pierce. Zack’s parents are away — yet again — for their important careers in ‘refrigerator sales.’ Little does Zack know their true identities: Greywolf and Shadowbird are F.U.S.I.O.N agents on a mission to protect Indigenous artifacts from a nefarious tomb-robber!”

You can discover more about Jay Odjick on Instagram at @jodjick

Check out a previous chat with Jay here

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