Today's Guest: Mark Anderson, cartoonist, Andertoons Watch Mr. Media's video interview with cartoonist Mark Anderson by clicking the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of one-shot cartoon characters just begging Mark Anderson for another shot at fame—or at least, infamy… in the NEW new media capital of... Continue Reading →
Bleeker: The Rechargeable Dog is a boy’s dream come true! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Jonathan Mahood, daily cartoonist, "Bleeker: The Rechargeable Dog" Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of the most famous AI in America, including Robot from Lost in Space, Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation, Deep Blue from IBM and Al Gore from Current TV… in the NEW new... Continue Reading →
931 Meet Gil: A big-boned comic strip of divorce and optimism! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Norm Feuti, cartoonist, "Gil," "Retail" Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of real people whose lives only make it seem like they’re trapped in a comic strip… in the new new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Does anyone else think that daily comic strips are a... Continue Reading →
769 Horrible? Hagar cartoonist Chris Browne is anything but! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Chris Browne, cartoonist, "Hagar the Horrible," author, The Monster Who Ate the State Part 1 of 4 (More below) Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of famous vikings including Leif Ericksen, Erik the Red and Brett Favre… in the new new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Hagar... Continue Reading →
Get Syncopated with King Features comics editor Brendan Burford! PODCAST INTERVIEW
If you read the comics in your daily newspaper, my guest today has probably touched your life. Spider-Man, Hagar the Horrible and Curtis all report to him at his day job as comics editor for King Features Syndicate. But by night—and weekends, no doubt—Brendan Burford is himself a cartoonist dedicated to the notion that... Continue Reading →
Cartoonist Patrick McDonnell loves his Mutts and so do we! PODCAST INTERVIEW
If you want to see daily comic strips in their classic form, the place I’d steer you is cartoonist Patrick McDonnell’s “Mutts.” Finely drawn, acerbic in voice yet sweet by nature, gentle in image yet often violent in humor, “Mutts” is a throwback to the earliest days of the art form, when a brick... Continue Reading →
Got Zits? Got Baby Blues? Jerry Scott is at center of both! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Jerry Scott, Jim Borgman, Rick Kirkman, comic strip co-creators, "Zits," "Baby Blues" Not too surprisingly, when my son Charlie was born, it didn’t take long for me to see the humor in the “Baby Blues” comic strip by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott. It was so relatable! And when Charlie hit 6 or 7,... Continue Reading →
Cartoonist Mort Walker on creating Beetle Bailey, Hi and Lois! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Mort Walker is the dean and -- in some ways -- the curator of American cartoonists. Best known for his long-running strips “Beetle Bailey” and “Hi & Lois,” Walker, 84, is also a bedrock member of the National Cartoonists Society, and he’s the founder and energy behind the National Cartoon Museum. This is the... Continue Reading →
11 Cartoonist Ray Billingsley brings a black perspective! PODCAST INTERVIEW
When I was researching my biography, Will Eisner, A Spirited Life, one of the biggest surprises for me was learning that two extremely successful daily cartoonists, Ray Billingsley of “Curtis," and Patrick McDonnell of “Mutts,” were once students of Eisner’s at the New York School of Visual Arts. Eisner spoke highly of both men,... Continue Reading →