Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of neighborhood dogs in the new new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! This show has always put out the welcome mat for black cartoonists, from daily strippers such as Ray Billingsley and Charlos Gary to editorial artists such as David G.... Continue Reading →
Will Eisner documentary talk with Andrew Cooke and Jon Cooke! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Andrew Cooke and Jon Cooke – yes, they’re brothers – have devoted roughly eight years of their lives to producing and distributing the documentary film, Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist. I know the Brothers Cooke pretty well and feel their pain because for several years, we were on somewhat similar career tracks. ANDREW... Continue Reading →
710 Treasure this: Nat Gertler’s Peanuts memorabilia collection! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Nat Gertler, author, The Peanuts Collection: Treasures from the World's Most Beloved Comic Strip When you’re done reading your favorite comic strip today, wouldn’t it be cool to have some lasting ephemera to put on your desk, in your school locker, in the kitchen or on your nightstand? Something that will remind... Continue Reading →
Bitch Slap star America Olivo meets Spider-Man on Broadway! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: America Olivo, actor, "Chicago P.D.," "Defiance," "DeGrassi: The Next Generation" Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of shirtless, Levi Johnston wannabes… in the new new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! If you’re enjoying Mr. Media on video, you already know that the camera loves America... Continue Reading →
An X-Rated Christmas with Howard Stern favorite Red Peters! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Red Peters, comedian, singer, "It's A Red Peters Christmas! Volume 1," Howard Stern Show regular Red Peters is back on Mr. Media today to celebrate Christmas his way -- which means putting in your earbuds and getting ready to laugh your ass off. We had such a good time playing Red’s salacious... Continue Reading →
701 Cartoon Art Museum curator Andrew Farago speaks ‘Looney’! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Andrew Farago, curator, Cartoon Art Museum, author, Looney Tunes Treasury My brother Ira was a Popeye fan. Me? Looney Tunes all the way. I lost hours of my youth watching Bugs, Daffy, Elmer, Porky, Tweety, the Road Runner, Sylvester and Marvin over and over again the way my son once watched The Bear... Continue Reading →
The Horror! The Horror! 1950s comic books, that is, not my yearbook photo! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Jim Trombetta, author, The Horror! The Horror! Comic Books the Government Didn’t Want You to Read! Any book in which Goosebumps author R.L. Stine writes the introduction is gonna be scary. But The Horror! The Horror! Comic Books the Government Didn’t Want You to Read! is a different kind of frightening. It’s about... Continue Reading →
MAD cartoonist Sergio Aragones marginalizes Mr. Media! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of MAD cartoonist Sergio Aragones fans dressed up for Halloween as Groo the Wanderer… in the NEW new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! My first issue of MAD magazine was purchased near the checkout counter at a Stop & Shop supermarket in... Continue Reading →
House actress Charlyne Yi supports Oxfam America! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Charlyne Yi, actress, "House, M.D." Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of deaf senior citizens who thought I said “Knock-knock” instead of Knocked Up and are not so quietly telling each other jokes to which they can no longer remember the punchlines… in the NEW new media capital of the... Continue Reading →
Artist Drew Friedman asks ‘Too Soon?’ PODCAST INTERVIEW
Turn to any page in Drew Friedman’s new book, Too Soon?, and it’s hard not to either smile or laugh out loud. Friedman, who has enjoyed a long and successful career as a caricaturist of the powerful, the successful and the way overblown ego, demonstrates in this new collection how much his work has evolved... Continue Reading →