The latest "Pak Talks Comics" column has hit BrokenFrontier.com. This week's installment features Reader Q&A and an interview with Ann Marie Fleming, a filmmaker who recently turned her award-winning documentary, "The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam," into a graphic novel. Here's an excerpt:

GP: How did working in comics allow you to tell the story differently than working in film?

AMF: 2D is VERY DIFFERENT from 3D... from time-based media. I had to completely rethink the film. I didn't have the sound and music element, and my voice-over, which is such a large part of the film and gives it so much of its colour.

I tried to shift the layout on every pages, so you can explore the information differently, and change it up... I guess it was my way of visually pacing... I added other elements (like Stickgirl, my avatar, the narrator) and I also got to go on more tangential lines which I had to cut down or out in the film. I play with lists and timelines, which is very much how I began to structure my search in the first place.