There's more to this book #art #drawing #characterdesign

Name: There's more to this book #art #drawing #characterdesign
Uploaded: 2025-01-19T17:00:59+00:00
Duration: 43 s
Channel: Ryan Maloney
Description: In this brief author commentary, Ryan Maloney clarifies that his upcoming book, titled Pancake Pennsylvania, is not primarily about pancakes. He recounts…

19 Jan 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief author commentary, Ryan Maloney clarifies that his upcoming book, titled Pancake Pennsylvania, is not primarily about pancakes. He recounts how the project began with a whimsical idea of a stack of mile‑high pancakes and featured competitive pancake‑eating characters such as Penny Petite and Peter Prescott. As the story developed, he wove in his passion for Buffalo Bills football, using the iconic Bills‑vs‑Oilers comeback as a narrative spark. The resulting premise centers on a fictional Pennsylvania town that is fanatically obsessed with football, with cultural details like fans buying pieces of turf as souvenirs. While the book draws heavily from Buffalo Bills lore, Maloney emphasizes that it is a fictional tale about football mania rather than a direct biography of the team.

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This book's not entirely about pancakes. When I first came up with the idea, it was about a stack of mile-high pancakes. I started to write and draw competitive pancake eaters like Penny Petite and Peter Prescott, but it started to pull together when I incorporated Buffalo Bills football. See right here, Darrell Talley. So I called the book Pancake Pennsylvania, but it's really about a town obsessed with football. Parts of this story were inspired by the greatest comeback game, the Buffalo Bills versus the Houston Oilers. After that game, I remember people buying pieces of turf and putting on their shelves as souvenirs. So it's not directly about Buffalo Bills football, but it's inspired by a town that are maniacs about it.