Interview

 SMALL WONDER

On this show we drop the whole pre-prepared list of questions stuff and just have a nice hang with Worth Gowell , brilliant creator and artist of Small Wonder. We also look at his latest project:

   Kid Houdini and the Silver Dollar Misfits.

  Click the image to the left and get a preview of this amazing effort.  Kid Houdini and the   Silver Dollar Misfits will be available this June, and a special preview print copy will be  available as part of Viper Comics’ Free Comic Book Day Book on May 3. So start saving up  those pennies for free comic book d… oh, never mind….. It's FREE! So no excuses. Check it  out, it's brilliant.

 And check out Worth Gowell on this episoide of Comics Coast To Coast. A great guest who can just hang out and talk like a regular guy. I know we'll be hearing a lot more from Worth in the months to come.

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The great David Alvarez is the subject of our latest Q and A. He is the creator and artist of the comic 'Yenny' .

We make our 4th international call in this show, this time to David's home in San Juan Puerto Rico. David talked to us about his great comic, his rise to comic glory, and his prolific history with Warner Brothers and Disney. It's a great interview with an incredible talent.

This is a very special interview for me (Justin) because I've always wanted so badly to actually speak with David. When I started this web comics thing about 3 and a half years ago, David was instrumental in guiding my perspective and  extremely encouraging. He was the first friend I made in this web comics fraternity and Yenny is still my favorite web comic of all.

 Yenny's MySpace is www.myspace.com/yennylopez

To join the Yenny Yahoo Group, just click here . 

Here's our webcomic picks of the week:

Thurbear by Casey Shaw, and the new and improved Windsor and Albert by Matthew Thompson.

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 We interview the great Paul Gilligan on this one. He's the creative talent who brings us the wonderful Pooch Cafe' each and every day. Paul discusses his process, his own pet situation, and his Pooch Cafe' animated movie deal with Sony.

Paul is Canadian (Hooraaaaay!) and he's just great to listen to. He's articulate, funny, and has the greatest li'l Canadian accent. So listen closely and you'll hear what that's all abewt.

Fair warning: Brian and I discuss politics at the end of the show.  Now, before you all roll your eyes, we don't get in a big fight, like you might imagine. But we fairly discuss this insane race (keep in mind this was recorded a few weeks ago, just after Super Tuesday) and what we think is going to happen. Brian touts the greatnes of Bobby Kennedy and how Obama reminds him of Bobby. Of course I whole-heartedly agree.

The web comic pick of the week is a real interesting one that comes to us via Comics Sherpa . It's called Dro-Mo and I just love it. It's funny, thought provoking, and there's no text so it's a fast read. This is exactly the kind of comic strp that the future comic audience will be gravitating toward. It caters to a short attention span, it works in any country in the world, it's clean, it's ideas are brilliant, and it's a great fit for a hand held device (like a cell phone or pda) which is where people are going to be getting their news more and more often as we go along in this century. I'd say, be on the lookout for more one panel strips like this. Dro-Mo is definitely ahead of the curve.

So over there to the right is the link to the iTunes download: "Fetch!"

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We interviewed the legendary painter and artist Greg Hildebrandt a few weeks ago and here it is. He talks about his collaboration with his beloved brother Tim and how together, the Brothers Hildebrandt created a revolution in comic and fantasy art.

Special thanks to the great Brad Ashworth for joining in on the questioning and for bringing Greg to us. 

Hey! We want to know what you think abour your comics page in your newspaper. Give us a call and let us know what you like on your comics page, what you don't like on your comics page, and what comics you wish were on your comics page. Call us at 206-350-1494 and leave a message. And don't forget to tell us which paper you are reading.

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Interview

Episode 33 - Wiley Miller Interview Part Deux

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 Yes, the second part of the inteview with THE Wiley Miller of Non Sequitur is here!

Wiley’s new book, “Attack Of The Volcano Monkeys “, features the continuing adventures of Ordinary Basil.

 On this half of this fascinating interview, Wiley talks about the absurdity of online polling for comics, his writing process, and just what he really thinks of web comics. So listen and learn from a true master of the artform.

Hey! We want to know what you think abour your comics page in your newspaper. Give us a call and let us know what you like on your comics page, what you don’t like on your comics page, and what comics you wish were on your comics page. Call us at 206-350-1494 and leave a message. And don’t forget to tell us whicjh paper you are reading.

We’ll most likely play your recording, unless it is lewd.

Webcomic picks of the week:

Captain Excelsior by Zack Weiner and Chris Jones

NobbyNobody’s Odd-Fish by Phillip Blackmon

Download us at iTunes or just listen here. 

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Episode 32 - The Wiley Miller Interview

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 Yes, THE Wiley Miller of Non Sequitur graced us with a wonderfully informative and entertaining interview.

 In part one of this eye-opening conversation, Wiley tells us what is wrong and right with everything cartoony. The artists’ approach, the point of view one should have as a commercial entity, and most interestingly- how to think like an editor.

Wiley has spent many years working at newspapers and he knows how newspapers think and how they approach comic strips. He also tells us how he broke barriers in working for new approaches in coloring the Sunday pages.

Wiley is good enough to open this treasure chest to us and we are all the better for it. Get ready to scrap all that you think you know.

Wiley’s new book, “Attack Of The Volcano Monkeys “, features the continuing adventures of Ordinary Basil.

After the interview, Brian and Justin talk about the mechanics of illustrating the LAST FRAME of your comic. Do you make it huge and spastic- thereby directing the reader’s eye to it before they read it and therefore spoiling the joke, or do you make the first frame have the most visual impact to lead the reader? Or does an explosion at the end leave the reader wanting more? Hmmmmmmm….

We also plug the webcomic Kevin and Kell by Bill Holbrook. Check that out, it’s great.

Download us at iTunes or just listen here. 

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In this episode, we talk to "Tundra " creator, Chad Carpenter.  He's self-syndicated in over 150 papers, and is expanding out internationally as well!  He and his marketing guru, Bill Kellogg, take the time to talk to us about how they got where they are and all about the mysterious world of self-syndication.  It's another way to get your work out there for the more industrious and motivated among us, so get your pencils ready to take notes!

Justin and Tom also ramble on about upcoming summer movies, more ideas about niche marketing your strip, and general wackiness.

Our webcomic of the week is "The Barons ," by Ian Culley, and our Comic Strip Theatre comes to us from "Chicken Wings ," by Stefan and Michael Strasser!

This weeks intro/outtro music is 'Until The Road Ends' by Chris McKay and The Critical Darlings

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Episode 30 - Mutts. Yesh!

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On this very special episode, Tom and Justin interview the Mutts’ best friend, Patrick McDonnell.

 Patrick discusses his wonderful comic strip Mutts , his enlightened point of view on life and living, and his work with the Humane Society and other important animal rescue efforts.

Patrick is a very warm and generous guy who gave us our longest interview ever. He’s also very soft-spoken, so if when you are listening to this you are wondering why Tom and I sound so loud, please understand that it’s not because we wanted to sort of ‘sit a little bit higher than our guest’, it’s just that that is how the recording went.

We hope you enjoy this interview and find it as helpful and inspiring as I do. After I listened to it, I couldn’t wait to get behind my drawing table again.

If you have comments, please let us know here or on our web board .

Thanksh!

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We interview "O" in this show for a while. Proudly, he's the first South American cartoonist we've had on the show, and the writer artist of Commissioned Comic.com. "O" tells us all about the wackyness of celebrating the New Year down in Columbia. Commissioned Comic is celebrating it's 1000th comic, so we congratulate "O" and we hope to have him on again soon.

Other than that, it's just us three idiots talking. We talk about drawing under pressure, being a cartoonist parent, and what we have in store for 2008.

 The web comic pick of the week is Jenny The Military Spouse by Julie Negron.  A wonderful strip about the life of a devoted military couple maintaining their marriage through the ultimate long-distance relationship. Go to her website and visit Julie's MySpace page and blog.

 Comic Strip Theater this week puts Mingo on the stage. Mingo, by Mike Sieber, is a very funny comic strip over on Comics Sherpa and we perform the December 25th strip.

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Tom flies solo for the Holidays and interviews Norm Feuti, the former wage-slave behind the excellent syndicated strip "Retail ." 

We talk about writing what you know, inspiration that comes from those horrible jobs we've all held, and especially about Norm's new book, "Pretending You Care, The Retail Employee Handbook."  This ain't no compilation, folks…this is a real live book!  Enjoy!

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