Interview | Jim McClain and Rose McClain

During C2E2, Kara and Matt sat down with (stood up, wrangled, it’s all the same) with some great COMIXOLOGY SUBMIT creators to talk about their books, their process, and what they read themselves. Since these interviews were done on the fly and in the heat of the con, we also transcribed these interviews. Some parts of the interview have been abridged for maximum hilarity. Enjoy our interview with SOLUTION SQUAD’S Jim and Rose McClain!

Matt:  We have some special guests. We have Jim McClain and Rose McClain from Solution Squad. It’s probably one of my favorite ones because it fills a hole in comics that I probably have never read on or seen before which is educational, and you can get all ages interested in the book with math, which I totally wasn’t expecting at all.

How did you think of that going in? Was that your goal to fill that void in comic? Can you talk about how you came to make the book?

Jim:  Yeah, it originally started out as me doing worksheets for my class. I’m a 7th grade math teacher by trade, and I would use Superman, Batman, Wolverine, X-Men to make math problems that were interesting to the kids and engaging.

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