Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Mike Watt by clicking on the video player above! Exploitation Nation, Mike Watt’s bi-annual journal in which he gives lowbrow entertainment a highbrow survey, is all about underground comix in its sixth issue. I’m always looking for an excuse to feature comics-related subjects on Mr. Media,... Continue Reading →
Gay cartoonist Howard Cruse has many competing sides! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of cartoon characters largely abandoned in the 1970s but praying for a revival any day now… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! My dad once said that nothing bad would ever happen to me because I could always... Continue Reading →
Cartoonist Howard Cruse packages Wendel for the modern gay readers! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of famous American cartoonists who could pass for gay… in the new new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Part 1 of 2 When it came to Howard Cruse’s comic strip character Wendel, the word “gay” really did mean “happy.” That’s one of... Continue Reading →
From Headrack to Stuck Rubber Baby, still Howard Cruse, still gay! PODCAST INTERVIEW
I met cartoonist Howard Cruse in March 2004 at the Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida. He was one of the featured guests at the college’s “Comics Summit on Diversity,” an event that included Mary GrandPre, illustrator of the Harry Potter novels and American master Will Eisner, whose biography I was... Continue Reading →
Erotic Comics editor Tim Pilcher sees what you’re thinking! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Tim Pilcher has a dirty mind! That’s what some people think, no doubt. He did just publish the second edition Erotic Comics: A Graphic History and it is filled with cartoon images of men, women, aliens and even a cat dancer engaged in all manner of physical intimacies. (If you have sensitive ears or... Continue Reading →
Prism Comics editor talks about LGBT Comics! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Jonathan Riggs is my guest for this hour of Mr. Media. I began the show with some trepidation -- I was late getting back from the bank for one thing and almost missed the show entirely! -- and I know absolutely nothing about the narrow market for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered comics. Hell,... Continue Reading →