Comics: Kristen Gudsnuk
- A 'Comic Book Club' video featuring Kristen Gudsnuk appeared, underscoring interest in creator-focused book conversations on YouTube. - Gudsnuk is known for humor and accessible visual storytelling that draws engaged audiences to illustrated work. - The interview-format episode is available on YouTube, showing creators still drive discoverability for illustrated titles (youtube.com).
A new “Comic Book Club” interview put Kristen Gudsnuk back in the YouTube comics conversation, this time to talk about Dark Horse’s *Touched by a Demon*. (youtube.com) The episode on YouTube says Gudsnuk “returns to the podcast” and centers on *Touched by a Demon*, a four-issue Dark Horse series she writes and draws. Dark Horse lists issue #1 as published in January 2026. (youtube.com) (darkhorse.com) Dark Horse describes the book as a humor-and-supernatural comic about Bifrons, a low-level demon who opens a life-coach agency in the mortal world to try to earn redemption. Issue #2 was listed by Dark Horse last month, and issue #3 was listed three weeks ago. (darkhorse.com 1) (darkhorse.com 2) (darkhorse.com 3) Gudsnuk’s career has moved across webcomics, middle-grade graphic novels, licensed work, and creator-owned comics. Her official site says she started with the webcomic *Henchgirl* and later created *Making Friends* and the *Minecraft: Wither Without You* trilogy. (kristengudsnuk.com) Scholastic Canada describes *Making Friends* as an IndieBound bestseller and says it was selected for the Young Adult Library Services Association’s Great Graphic Novels for Teens list. The same bio says Gudsnuk lives in Queens, New York. (scholastic.ca) That mix of credits helps explain why interview shows book Gudsnuk for long-form episodes instead of quick promo clips. She has one foot in direct-market comics through Dark Horse and another in school-and-library graphic novels through Graphix and Scholastic. (kristengudsnuk.com) (darkhorse.com) “Comic Book Club” has been running as a live talk show and podcast in New York, with hosts Pete LePage, Justin Tyler, and Alex Zalben, according to the show’s site. That format gives cartoonists a place to talk process, publication, and new releases in the same feed where listeners also get weekly comics coverage. (comicbookclublive.com) Gudsnuk has appeared with the show before. A March 30, 2016 post on the site promoted an earlier “Comic Book Club” episode with Gudsnuk tied to *Henchgirl*. (comicbookclublive.com) The current interview lands as Dark Horse’s Gudsnuk page also lists a *Touched by a Demon* trade paperback alongside the single issues. For a cartoonist whose books have moved between comic shops, bookstores, and school readers, the YouTube stop is part of the release cycle now, not a side event. (darkhorse.com)
