Mariko Tamaki is a Canadian writer primarily known for her graphic novel, This One Summer. The book was a breakout success, landing Tamaki numerous awards such as the 2015 Caldecott Honors award and even an Eisner. In 2016, Tamaki made her debut in mainstream comics with Hulk and Supergirl: Being Super. We were lucky enough to be able to pick her brain and discuss her break into Marvel, her...

CTG: What did comics mean to you as a child and what made you want to make them?   Chaykin: I was four years old. I had two older cousins who gave me a refrigerator box filled with comics books, and in those days, if you read comics you read everything. You didn't read a genre. Comics in those days covered everything from funny animals to teenage stuff, superheroes, westerns, and they...