Where did the idea for “A Softer World” originate?
Horne: Joey started making comics in, maybe, 2001, using pictures cut out from magazines about royalty (this is a thing that happens when you have a Queen; there are multiple magazines about The Royals). When yet another King Edward abdication comic got dull, we thought maybe we could use my photos instead. I’d started taking photos on shoots (usually involving costumes and props) with my university friends, so I had a pretty significant backlog of shots. I don’t really recall any moment of feeling like making photo comics was a dumb idea, neither do I recall feeling like we were being particularly innovative (and of course, later we learned that there was a whole tradition of photo comics). It was just a thing that seemed like a good idea! Take us through the process of a typical strip, if there is such a thing. Emily, do you create a triptych of photographs and send them along to Joey. Joey do you write based on what Emily sends you or how do you work? Comeau: Emily and I talk about
