8/11/16: For eight adventure filled issues, Isaac Cates has been immersed in the pen and ink world of Cartozia Tales. Teaming up with multiple indie cartoonists, Isaac has self-published his comic compilation for the past three years and was recently nominated for a prestigious Ignatz Award.

Eva tags along as Isaac reprints Issue 1 at Queen City Printers and meets some young fans at Phoenix Books in Burlington.

You can meet Isaac and take a trip to Cartozia at Vermont Comic Con on August 27th.

Music: Kevin MacLeod, “Mysterioso March” & “Folk Round”

This episode of Stuck in Vermont was made possible by

Hotel Vermont and Vermont Tourism

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