Brandon Montclaire on Beethoven - The Last Symphony

Joining Creator Talks is Brandon Montclaire who has written a graphic novel anthology with Frank Marraffino titled Ludwig van Beethoven - The Final Symphony (Z2 Comics). It features dozens of artists and sports a cover by David Mack. 

2020 was the 250th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven. We discuss Beethoven's influence on pop culture and cite a few examples from the 20th century.  Brandon also explains the development of the graphic novel, how he and Frank split writing duties and some of the artists on the book.

We talk about how early performances of Beethoven's music changed how the public approached listening to classical music, and we digress about our own experience listening to and collecting vinyl records. 

Brandon discusses his previous work for Marvel Comics writing Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, the end of the series and it's continued growth through trade paperbacks and a cartoon in production for Disney.  

We conclude our discussion with the 9 Questions I ask my guests including "the one that got away" and the time Brandon took a risk buying a comic shop. 

 

Audio Clips:

A Charlie Brown Christmas - Bagatelle No. 25 "Fur Elise"

A Clock Work Orange - Beethoven's 9th Symphony

Soylent Green - “Pastoral” from Beethoven's Symphony No. 6

A Fifth of Beethoven - Walter Murphy

 

Creator Talks Theme Song: "Jazz Relax" from LoopsLab 

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