Join a Spectacular Conversation with Top Shelf Productions and Ballad for Sophie creators Filipe Melo & Juan Cavia!

A young journalist prompts a reclusive piano superstar to break his silence, unearthing a sweeping tale of rivalry and regret, packed with all the drama of a rock & roll biopic and more twists than a night at the opera. In Ballad for Sophie, writer Filipe Melo and artist Juan Cavia have composed a stunning graphic symphony exploring a lifetime of ambition, betrayal, compassion, anguish, long-buried secrets, and flying pianos.

Now, you can get to know both creators in a visually spectacular conversation about jazz vs. classical music, hilariously bad album covers, orbiting around the absence of another person, digging deeper to write more personal stories, finding innovative ways to draw the past, and making peace with a family legacy.