{"id":12079,"date":"2020-01-03T16:32:29","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T23:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/?p=12079"},"modified":"2020-06-12T11:35:12","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T17:35:12","slug":"you-have-a-cool-job-comic-book-creator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/you-have-a-cool-job-comic-book-creator\/","title":{"rendered":"You Have a Cool Job: Comic Book Creator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"You Have a Cool Job: Comic Book Creator\" width=\"770\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UuZPNz5FRKA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><b>On this week\u2019s episode<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>On this week\u2019s episode of You Have a Cool Job,<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> we\u2019re talking with Dave Dellecese, author and comic book creator. Dellecese co-created the comic book series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Holidaze-1-Dave-Dellecese\/dp\/0988845334\/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=holidaze+dellecese&amp;qid=1578344145&amp;sr=8-2\">Holidaze,<\/a> which centers around the bar mythical holiday characters like Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy visit after a day of work. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dellecese shares with listeners about his creative writing process, and delves into details on how he met his collaborator and developed the series.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"truncatedAudioInfo__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"truncatedAudioInfo__content\">\n<div class=\"sc-type-small\">\n<h2><b>About the show<\/b><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><i>You Have a Cool Job<\/i> is a podcast hosted by Jaclyn Walsh from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peterson\u2019s<\/a>. The show highlights professionals who have\u00a0a unique, interesting, uncommon, or otherwise cool job.<\/p>\n<p>Our goal is to motivate you and show how interesting, fulfilling, and anything-but-average your career can be, and we\u2019ll do this by talking with people who took a path less traveled. We ask these fascinating individuals how they got to where they are in their career based on their education, experience, and influences; why they love their job; and lots more.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Want more?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>If you like what you\u2019re hearing, check out these resources to get plugged in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">For more episodes of <i>You Have a Cool Job, <\/i>visit our YouTube channel. View other podcast blogs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/category\/podcasts\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to receive an email containing each podcast episode of\u00a0<i>You Have a Cool Job<\/i> as they\u2019re released.<\/p>\n<div id=\"sendgrid-subscription-widget\" class=\"sendgrid-subscription-widget\">\n<form id=\"sg-widget\" data-token=\"02b75070a54eca958dbbe3e4b152b4f9\"><input id=\"sg_email\" name=\"sg_email\" required=\"\" type=\"email\" placeholder=\"you@example.com\" \/><input id=\"sg-submit-btn\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Learn more about Dave&#8217;s work <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davedellecese.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have a nomination for the show? Drop a line\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:%20jaclyn.walsh@petersons.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12082\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12082\" style=\"width: 452px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12082\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03160132\/Holidaze-1.jpg\" alt=\"Lacey &amp; Lily comic book cover\" width=\"452\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03160132\/Holidaze-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03160132\/Holidaze-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03160132\/Holidaze-1-270x180.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12082\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cover art for Dellecese&#8217;s upcoming comic book series Lacey &amp; Lily<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12083\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12083\" style=\"width: 452px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12083 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03160145\/LL-2.jpg\" alt=\"Cover art for children's book The Little Lamp\" width=\"452\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03160145\/LL-2.jpg 452w, https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03160145\/LL-2-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12083\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cover art for children&#8217;s book The Little Lamp, written by Dellecese.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this week\u2019s episode On this week\u2019s episode of You Have a Cool Job, we\u2019re talking with Dave Dellecese, author and comic book creator. Dellecese co-created the comic book series Holidaze, which centers around the bar mythical holiday characters like Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy visit after a day of work. Dellecese shares with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":12081,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1717],"tags":[3684,3683,1718,1720],"class_list":{"0":"post-12079","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-podcasts","8":"tag-author","9":"tag-comic-book","10":"tag-podcast","11":"tag-you-have-a-cool-job","12":"ad_tags-you-have-a-cool-job"},"better_featured_image":{"id":12081,"alt_text":"Comic Book Cover from Creator Dave Dellecese's series Holidaze","caption":"","description":"Comic Book Cover from Creator Dave Dellecese's series Holidaze","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":600,"height":600,"file":"2020\/01\/Holidaze-2.jpg","sizes":{"medium":{"file":"Holidaze-2-300x300.jpg","width":300,"height":300,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03155858\/Holidaze-2-300x300.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"file":"Holidaze-2-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03155858\/Holidaze-2-150x150.jpg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"Holidaze-2-270x180.jpg","width":270,"height":180,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03155858\/Holidaze-2-270x180.jpg"},"contentberg-main":{"file":"Holidaze-2-600x515.jpg","width":600,"height":515,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03155858\/Holidaze-2-600x515.jpg"},"contentberg-main-full":{"file":"Holidaze-2-600x508.jpg","width":600,"height":508,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03155858\/Holidaze-2-600x508.jpg"},"contentberg-slider-stylish":{"file":"Holidaze-2-600x515.jpg","width":600,"height":515,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03155858\/Holidaze-2-600x515.jpg"},"contentberg-slider-carousel":{"file":"Holidaze-2-370x370.jpg","width":370,"height":370,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03155858\/Holidaze-2-370x370.jpg"},"contentberg-slider-grid-b":{"file":"Holidaze-2-554x466.jpg","width":554,"height":466,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03155858\/Holidaze-2-554x466.jpg"},"contentberg-slider-grid-b-sm":{"file":"Holidaze-2-306x466.jpg","width":306,"height":466,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03155858\/Holidaze-2-306x466.jpg"},"contentberg-slider-bold-sm":{"file":"Holidaze-2-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03155858\/Holidaze-2-150x150.jpg"},"contentberg-grid":{"file":"Holidaze-2-370x245.jpg","width":370,"height":245,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03155858\/Holidaze-2-370x245.jpg"},"contentberg-list":{"file":"Holidaze-2-260x200.jpg","width":260,"height":200,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03155858\/Holidaze-2-260x200.jpg"},"contentberg-list-b":{"file":"Holidaze-2-370x305.jpg","width":370,"height":305,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03155858\/Holidaze-2-370x305.jpg"},"contentberg-thumb":{"file":"Holidaze-2-87x67.jpg","width":87,"height":67,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03155858\/Holidaze-2-87x67.jpg"},"contentberg-thumb-alt":{"file":"Holidaze-2-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03155858\/Holidaze-2-150x150.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]}},"post":12079,"source_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03155858\/Holidaze-2.jpg"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>You Have a Cool Job: Comic Book Creator - Peterson&#039;s<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Petersons&#039;s podcast guest Dave Dellecese discusses his career as an author and comic book creator for the series Holidaze. Learn more.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/you-have-a-cool-job-comic-book-creator\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"You Have a Cool Job: Comic Book Creator - Peterson&#039;s\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Petersons&#039;s podcast guest Dave Dellecese discusses his career as an author and comic book creator for the series Holidaze. Learn more.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/you-have-a-cool-job-comic-book-creator\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Peterson&#039;s\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/petersons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-01-03T23:32:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-06-12T17:35:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03155858\/Holidaze-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jaclyn Walsh\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Petersons\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Petersons\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jaclyn Walsh\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"You Have a Cool Job: Comic Book Creator - Peterson&#039;s","description":"Petersons's podcast guest Dave Dellecese discusses his career as an author and comic book creator for the series Holidaze. Learn more.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/you-have-a-cool-job-comic-book-creator\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"You Have a Cool Job: Comic Book Creator - Peterson&#039;s","og_description":"Petersons's podcast guest Dave Dellecese discusses his career as an author and comic book creator for the series Holidaze. Learn more.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/you-have-a-cool-job-comic-book-creator\/","og_site_name":"Peterson&#039;s","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/petersons","article_published_time":"2020-01-03T23:32:29+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-06-12T17:35:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03155858\/Holidaze-2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jaclyn Walsh","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Petersons","twitter_site":"@Petersons","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jaclyn Walsh","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/you-have-a-cool-job-comic-book-creator\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/you-have-a-cool-job-comic-book-creator\/"},"author":{"name":"Jaclyn Walsh","@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/4443ff55d3e59fda2ae9884f88010a62"},"headline":"You Have a Cool Job: Comic Book Creator","datePublished":"2020-01-03T23:32:29+00:00","dateModified":"2020-06-12T17:35:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/you-have-a-cool-job-comic-book-creator\/"},"wordCount":293,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/you-have-a-cool-job-comic-book-creator\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03155858\/Holidaze-2.jpg","keywords":["author","comic book","podcast","you have a cool job"],"articleSection":["Podcasts"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/you-have-a-cool-job-comic-book-creator\/","url":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/you-have-a-cool-job-comic-book-creator\/","name":"You Have a Cool Job: Comic Book Creator - Peterson&#039;s","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/you-have-a-cool-job-comic-book-creator\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/you-have-a-cool-job-comic-book-creator\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03155858\/Holidaze-2.jpg","datePublished":"2020-01-03T23:32:29+00:00","dateModified":"2020-06-12T17:35:12+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/4443ff55d3e59fda2ae9884f88010a62"},"description":"Petersons's podcast guest Dave Dellecese discusses his career as an author and comic book creator for the series Holidaze. Learn more.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/you-have-a-cool-job-comic-book-creator\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/you-have-a-cool-job-comic-book-creator\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/you-have-a-cool-job-comic-book-creator\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03155858\/Holidaze-2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03155858\/Holidaze-2.jpg","width":600,"height":600,"caption":"Comic Book Cover from Creator Dave Dellecese's series Holidaze"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/you-have-a-cool-job-comic-book-creator\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Stories","item":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/category\/stories\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"You Have a Cool Job: Comic Book Creator"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/","name":"Peterson&#039;s","description":"Peterson&#039;s helps students discover their best fit educational program","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/4443ff55d3e59fda2ae9884f88010a62","name":"Jaclyn Walsh","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3bc93783112e610e1a2714225febcf5795d3f68585fd283a8fcc2211d7c3cb68?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3bc93783112e610e1a2714225febcf5795d3f68585fd283a8fcc2211d7c3cb68?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3bc93783112e610e1a2714225febcf5795d3f68585fd283a8fcc2211d7c3cb68?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jaclyn Walsh"},"url":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/author\/jaclyn\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12079"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13075,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12079\/revisions\/13075"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}