Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Lynn Johnston by clicking on the video player above! While I can’t tell you that I have read Lynn Johnston’s wonderful daily comic strip, “For Better or For Worse” from the very beginning in 1979, I can’t remember a time when The Patterson Family was not... Continue Reading →
Keith Brown draws upon Trump’s Wages of Sin! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Keith Brown by clicking on the video player above! I can’t remember how I first came in contact with Missouri cartoonist Keith Brown, but I’m pretty sure Facebook or Twitter was involved. Keith is the creator of a short-lived, self-syndicated daily comic strip called “The Wages... Continue Reading →
1183 There’s nothing ambiguous about SNL animator J.J. Sedelmaier! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: J.J. Sedelmaier, animator, "Saturday Night Live": "The Ambiguously Gay Duo," "The X-Presidents," "Fun with Real Audio"; "Tek Jansen" for Stephen Colbert; "Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law" Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with J.J. Sedelmaier by clicking on the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience... Continue Reading →
In The Comics, Brian Walker respects a serious business! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of small-bodied talking animals with giant heads and more wisecracks than Don Rickles… in the new new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! The Comics by Brian Walker. Order your copy today by clicking on the book cover above!Comics are Brian Walker’s... Continue Reading →
Jonathan Alter delivers The Promise; does President Obama? PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Jonathan Alter, The Promise: President Obama, Year One Here’s the opening of a conversation that would get me divorced: “Honey, I’m going to spend the next 17 months researching and reporting about President Obama’s first year in office. Oh, and I’m going to keep my full-time job at the magazine and keep... Continue Reading →
78 Can CompuServe Be Saved? ESSAY
Originally published May 19, 1997 My first experience with the online world was back in the mid-1980s. A CompuServe disk came in the box with my first Apple computer, a IIc, and as geeky as the company's name was, I couldn't wait to try it out. The brochure promised a world of information, discussion groups... Continue Reading →
4 Universal Press Syndicate editor Lee Salem on funny pages! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Lee Salem is a guy I’ve admired for many, many years. As the president and editor of Universal Press Syndicate, he is the man responsible for recognizing a slew of creative talent that impacted American pop culture and the funny pages over the last 30-plus years. The origins of Garry Trudeau and “Doonesbury,” Gary... Continue Reading →