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Open Studio

Open Studio: Comic book artist Justin Stewart

By Tom Musgrave
Published October 15, 2026 at 10:05 AM EDT
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Open Studio Podcast Logo. A podcast on the arts in Kentucky with host Tom Musgrave. Features colorful abstract shapes and a cartoon rendering of Tom Musgrave.

This week on WUKY's Open Studio Tom Musgrave welcomes illustrator, graphic designer, comic book artist and graphic novelist Justin Stewart. He talks about his superhero origin story with art, the challenges of the kind of storytelling that he does, and what makes Kentucky such a good setting for these stories.

Show links:

https://justin3000.com/

https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Justin_Stewart

Open Studio
Tom Musgrave
Tom Musgrave is a senior public relations writer for the University of Kentucky and editor of the daily campuswide electronic newsletter UKNow. Prior to joining the UK staff, Tom spent nine years as the Kentucky Arts Council’s communications director. In 2018 he created the arts council’s monthly podcast, Kentucky ArtsCast, serving as primary host and executive producer. Tom’s first job in state government was working for Virginia Moore at the Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
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