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What happens when a childhood dream refuses to let go? In this episode, I sit down with cartoonist and Lum and Abner historian Donnie Pitchford to explore how old-time radio, comic strips, and a love for storytelling shaped his life. Donnie shares how he grew up inspired by classic radio shows like Lum and Abner, pursued art despite setbacks, and eventually brought the beloved Pine Ridge characters back to life through a modern comic strip and audio adaptations. We talk about creativity, persistence, radio history, and why imagination still matters in a visual world. If you care about classic radio, cartooning, or staying true to your calling, I believe you will find this conversation both inspiring and practical. Highlights: 00:10 Discover how a childhood love of Lum and Abner sparked a lifelong dream of becoming a cartoonist. 08:00 Hear how college radio and classic broadcasts deepened a passion for old time radio storytelling. 14:33 Understand how years of teaching broadcast journalism built the skills that later fueled creative success. 23:17 Learn how the Lum and Abner comic strip was revived with family approval and brought to modern audiences. 30:07 Explore how two actors created an entire town through voice and imagination alone. 1:00:16 Hear the vision for keeping Lum and Abner alive for new generations through comics and audio. Top of Form Bottom of Form About the Guest: Donnie Pitchford of Texas is a graduate of Kilgore College, Art Instruction Schools, Stephen F. Austin State University and the University of Texas at Tyler. He has worked in the graphic arts industry and in education, teaching at Hawkins High School, Panola College, and Carthage High School at which he spent 25 years directing CHS-TV, where student teams earned state honors, including state championships, for 20 consecutive years. In 2010, Donnie returned to the endeavor he began at age five: being a cartoonist! The weekly “Lum and Abner" comic strip began in 2011. It is available online and in print and includes an audio production for the blind which features the talents of actors and musicians who donate their time. Donnie has created comic book stories and art for Argo Press of Austin, illustrated children's books, written scripts for the "Dick Tracy" newspaper strip, and produced the science fiction comedy strip "Tib the Rocket Frog." He has collaborated with award-winning writers and cartoonists George Wildman, Nicola Cuti, John Rose, Mike Curtis, Joe Staton, and others. In 2017, Donnie began assisting renowned sculptor Bob Harness and currently sculpts the portraits for the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame plaques. Awards include the 1978 Kilgore College "Who's Who" in Art, an Outstanding Educator Award from the East Texas Chapter of the Texas Society of CPAs in 1993, the CHS "Pine Burr" Dedicatee honor in 2010, and a Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2018 from Spring Hill High School. In 2024, Donnie was inducted into the City of Carthage Main Street Arts Walk of Fame which included the placement of a bronze plaque in the sidewalk and the Key to the City. Donnie and his best friend/wife, Laura, are members of First Methodist Church Carthage, Texas. Donnie is a founding officer of the National Lum and Abner Society and a member of Texas Cartoonists, Ark-La-Tex Cartoonists, Christian Comic Arts Society, and the National Cartoonists Society. 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Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us. Michael Hingson  01:21 Well, hi everyone, and welcome to another episode of unstoppable mindset. I've been looking forward to this one for a while. We have Donny Pitchford as our guest today. You're probably going, who's Donnie Pitchford? Well, let me tell you. So years ago, I started collecting old radio shows. And one of the first shows that I got was a half hour episode of a show called Lum and Abner, which is about a couple of characters, if you will, in Pine Ridge, Arkansas. And I had only heard the half hour show sponsored by frigid air. But then in 1971 when ksi, out here in Los Angeles, the 50,000 watt Clear Channel station, started celebrating its 50 year history, they started broadcasting as part of what they did, 15 minute episodes of lemon Abner. And I became very riveted to listening to lemon Abner every night, and that went on for quite a while. And so I've kept up with the boys, as it were. Well, a several years ago, some people formed a new Lum and Abner society, and Donnie Pitchford is part of that. I met Donnie through radio enthusiast of Puget Sound, and yesterday, USA. And so we clearly being interested in old radio and all that, had to have Donnie come on and and talk with us. So Donnie, or whatever character you're representing today, welcome to unstoppable mindset. Donnie Pitchford  02:58 Huh? I'm glad to be here. Michael Hingson  03:00 He does that very well, doesn't he? It's a Donnie Pitchford  03:04 little tough sometimes. Well, I'm really glad to be here. Thank you. Michael Hingson  03:10 Well, I appreciate the audio parts of lemon Abner that you you all create every week, and just the whole society. It's great to keep that whole thing going it's kind of fun. We're glad that that it is. But let's, let's talk about you a little bit. Why don't you start by telling us about the early Donnie, growing up and all that. I'm assuming you were born, and so we won't worry about that. But beyond that, think so, yeah. Well, there you are. Tell us about tell us about you and growing up and all that, and we'll go from there. Donnie Pitchford  03:42 Well, I was born in East Texas and left for a little while. We lived in my family lived in Memphis, Tennessee for about seven years, and then moved back to Texas in 1970 but ever since I was a kid this I hear this from cartoonists everywhere. Most of them say I wanted to be a cartoonist when I was five years old. So that's in fact, I had to do a speech for the Texas cartoonist chapter of the National Cartoonist Society. And that was my start. I was going to say the same thing, and the President said, Whatever you do, don't do that old bit about wanting to be a cartoonist at age five. Everybody does that, so I left that part out, but that's really what I wanted to do as a kid. And I would see animated cartoons. I would read the Sunday comics in the Memphis Commercial Appeal, and then at some point, my dad would talk about radio, and my mother would talk about listening to radio. We would have the reruns of the Lone Ranger television show and things like Sky King and other programs along those lines, and my parents would all. Way say, Well, I used to listen to that on the radio, or I would hear Superman on the radio, or Amos and Andy or whatever was being rerun at that time, and that fascinated me. And I had these vague memories of hearing what I thought were television programs coming over the radio when I was about two years old. I remember gunshots. I remember, you know, like a woman crying and just these little oddball things. I was about two years old, and I kept thinking, Well, why are we picking up television programs on my mother's radio? Turns out it was the dying gasps of what we now call old time radio. And so at least I remembered that. But when I was about, I guess eight or nine we were, my dad took me to lunch at alums restaurant in Memphis, and I saw that name, and I thought, What in the world? So what kind of name is that? And my dad told me about London Abner, and he said it reminds me. It reminded him of the Andy Griffith Show or the Beverly Hillbillies. I said, I'd love to hear that. He said, Ah, you'll never hear it. He said, those were live they don't exist, but years later, I got to hear them. So yeah, but that's how I grew up wanting to be a cartoonist and coming up with my own characters and drawing all the time and writing stories and that sort of thing. Michael Hingson  06:24 So when did you move back from Memphis to Texas? Donnie Pitchford  06:28 July 2, 1970 I just happened to look that up the other day. How old were you then? I was 12 when we came back. All right, so got into, I was in junior high, and trying to, I was trying to find an audience for these comic strips I was drawing on notebook paper. And finally, you know, some of the kids got into them, and I just continued with that goal. And I just, I knew that soon as possible, you know, I was going to start drawing comics professionally. So I thought, but kept, you know, I kept trying. Michael Hingson  07:06 So you, you went on into college. What did you do in college? Donnie Pitchford  07:11 Well, more of the same. I started listening to some old time radio shows even as far back as as high school. And I was interested in that went to college, first at a college called Kill Gore College, here in East Texas, and then to Stephen F Austin State University. And I was majoring in, first commercial art, and then art education. And I thought, well, if I can't go right into comics, you know, maybe I can just teach for a while. I thought I'll do that for a couple of years. I thought it wouldn't be that long. But while I was at Stephen F Austin State University, the campus radio station, I was so pleased to find out ran old time radio shows. This was in 1980 there was a professor named Dr Joe Oliver, who had a nightly program called theater of the air. And I would hear this voice come over the radio. He would run, he Well, one of the first, the very first 15 minute lemon Abner show I ever heard was played by Dr Oliver. He played Jack Benny. He played the whistler suspense, just a variety of them that he got from a syndicated package. And I would hear this voice afterwards, come on and say, It's jazz time. I'm Joe Oliver. And I thought, Where have I heard that voice? It was, it's just a magnificent radio voice. Years later, I found out, well, I heard that voice in Memphis when I was about 10 years old on W, R, E, C, radio and television. He was working there. He lived in Memphis about the same time we did. Heard him on the campus station at Nacogdoches, Texas. Didn't meet him in person until the late 90s, and it was just an amazing collection of coincidences. And now, of course, we're good friends. Now he's now the announcer for our audio comic strip. So it's amazing how all that came about. Well, I Michael Hingson  09:16 I remember listening to sort of the last few years of oval radio. I think it was, I don't remember the date now, whether it's 57 or 50 I think it's 57 the Kingston Trio had come out with the song Tom Dooley, and one day I was listening to K and X radio in Los Angeles. We lived in Palmdale, and I heard something about a show called suspense that was going to play the story of Tom Dooley. And I went, sounds interesting, and I wanted to know more about it, so I listened. And that started a weekly tradition with me every Sunday, listening to yours truly Johnny dollar and suspense, and they had a little bit of the FBI and peace and war. Then it's went into half and that that went off and Have Gun Will Travel came on, and then at 630 was Gun Smoke. So I listened to radio for a couple of hours every week, not every Sunday night, and thoroughly enjoyed it. And so that's how I really started getting interested in it. Then after radio went off the air a few stations out in California and on the LA area started playing old radio shows somebody started doing because they got the syndicated versions of the shadow and Sherlock Holmes with Sir John Gielgud and Sir Ralph Richardson. And I still maintain to this day that John Gielgud is the best Sherlock Holmes. No matter what people say about Basil Rathbone and I still think Sir John Gielgud was the best Sherlock Holmes. He was very, very good. Yeah, he was and so listen to those. But you know, radio offers so much. And even with, with, with what the whole lemon Abner shows today. My only problem with the lemon Abner shows today is they don't last nearly long enough. But that's another story. Donnie Pitchford  11:11 Are you talking about the comic strip adaptation? Okay, you know how long, how much art I would have to 11:21 do every week. Michael Hingson  11:25 Oh, I know, but they're, they're fun, and, you know, we, we enjoy them, but so you So you met Joe, and as you said, He's the announcer. Now, which is, which is great, but what were you doing then when you met him? What kind of work were you doing at the time? Donnie Pitchford  11:45 Well, of course, there was a gap there of about, I guess, 15 years after college, before I met him. And what ended up happening my first teaching job was an art job, a teaching art and graphic arts at a small high school in Hawkins, Texas, and that was a disaster. Wasn't a wasn't a very good year for me. And so I left that, and I had worked in the printing industry, I went back to that, and that was all during the time that the National London Abner society was being formed. And so I printed their earliest newsletters, which came out every other month. And we started having conventions in MENA, Arkansas and in the real Pine Ridge and the my fellow ossifers As we we call ourselves, and you hear these guys every week on the lemon Abner comic strip. Sam Brown, who lives in Illinois, Tim Hollis, from Alabama. Tim is now quite a published author who would might be a good guest for you one day, sure. And just two great guys. We had a third officer early on named Rex riffle, who had to leave due to various illnesses about 1991 but we started having our conventions every year, starting in 1985 we had some great guests. We brought in everybody we could find who worked with lemon Abner or who knew lemon Abner. We had their their head writer, Roswell Rogers. We had actors, I'm sure you've heard of Clarence Hartzell. He was Ben withers, of course, on the Old Vic and Sade show. He was Uncle Fletcher. We had Willard Waterman, parley Bayer, some of their announcers, Wendell Niles. And my memory is going to start failing me, because there were so many, but we had Bob's, Watson, Louise curry, who were in their first two movies. We had Kay Lineker, who was in their third movie. The list goes on and on, but we had some amazing when did Chester lock pass away? He passed away? Well, Tuffy passed away first, 1978, 78 and Chet died in 1980 sad. Neither of them, yeah, we didn't get to media. Yeah, we didn't meet either one of them. I've met Mrs. Lock I've met all of chet's children, several grandchildren. We spoke to Mrs. Goff on the phone a time or two, and also, tuffy's got toughie's daughter didn't get to meet them in person, but we met as many of the family as we could. Michael Hingson  14:32 Still quite an accomplishment all the way around. And so you you taught. You didn't have success. You felt really much at first, but then what you taught for quite a while, though, Donnie Pitchford  14:45 didn't you? Yes, I went back to the printing industry for about a year, and in the summer of 85 about two weeks before school started, I had got a call that they needed someone to teach Broadcast Journalism at. Carthage High School, and we had a department called CHS TV. I ran that for 25 years. I taught classes. We produced a weekly television program, weekly radio program. We did all kinds of broadcasts for the school district and promotional video. And then in the last I think it was the last 10 years or so that I worked there, we started an old time radio show, and we were trying to come up with a title for it, and just as a temporary placeholder, we called it the golden age of radio. Finally, we said, well, let's just use that, and I think it's been used by other people since, but, but that was the title we came up with. I think in 19 I think it was in 93 or 9495 somewhere in there. We started out. We just ran Old Time Radio, and the students, I would have them research and introduce, like, maybe 45 minutes of songs, of music, you know, from the 30s, 40s, maybe early 50s, big band and Sinatra and Judy Garland and you name it. Then, when the classes would change, we would always start some type of radio program that was pre recorded that would fill that time, so the next class could come in and get in place and and everybody participated, and they went out live over our cable television channel, and we would just run a graphic of a radio and maybe have some announcements or listing of what we were playing. And we did that for several years, usually maybe two or three times a year. And then in I think it was 2004 or so, we had an offer from a low power FM station, which was another another county over, and we started doing a Sunday night, one hour program each week. And I think we ended up doing close to 300 of those before I left. And so we got old time radio in there, one way or the other. Michael Hingson  17:03 Well, I remember. I remember, for me, I went to UC Irvine in the fall of 1968 and by the spring the last quarter of my freshman year, I had started getting some old radio shows. So started playing shows, and then in the fall, I started doing a three hour show on Sunday night called the Radio Hall of Fame, and we did radio every night. And what I didn't know until, actually, fairly recently, was our mutual friend Walden Hughes actually listened to my show on Sunday, and so did the gas means actually, but, but we had a low power station as well, but it made it up, and so people listened to it. And I've always been proud of the fact that during the fact that during the time I ran the Radio Hall of Fame, I'd heard of this show called 60 minutes with a guy named Mike Wallace, but never got to see it. And then it was only much later that I actually ended up starting to watch 60 Minutes. Course, I always loved to say I would have loved to have met, met Mike Wallace and never got to do it, but I always said he had criminal tendencies. I mean, my gosh, what do you think he was the announcer on radio for the Green Hornet, a criminal show, right? Sky King, a lot of criminals. Clearly the guy. Anyway, I would have been fun to meet him, but, Donnie Pitchford  18:31 and his name was Myron. Myron Wallach at the time. Wallach, you're right. I think that's right. Michael Hingson  18:37 But it was, it was fun and and so I've actually got some Sky King shows and green Hornets with him. So it's, it's kind of cool, but Right? You know, I still really do believe that the value of radio is it makes you imagine more. I've seen some movies that I really like for that the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers with Kevin McCarthy back in 1955 I thought was such a good movie because they didn't show the plants taking over the humans. It was all left to your imagination, which was so cool, and they changed all that in the later remake of it with Leonard Nimoy, which I didn't think was nearly as good, not nearly as suspenseful. But anyway, that's just my opinion. But radio, for me was always a and continues to be a part of what I like to do. And so I've been collecting shows and and enjoying and, of course, listening to lemon Abner, So what made you decide to finally end teaching? Donnie Pitchford  19:38 Well, you know, I could only do that so long. I was getting I was getting very tired, getting kind of burned out, and I had to have a change. There's something had to change. And I was able to take a few years early and retire, and I still the whole time I had a. That it was like a haunting feeling. I, you know, I wanted to be a cartoonist. I would pray, you know, you know, Lord, is there some way can I, can I get out of this? And can I do what I really want to do? And I had some mentors that was finally able to meet people that I would write letters to as a kid, a cartoonist and comic book editor named George Wildman was one of them. He was nice enough to answer my letters when I was a kid, and I'd send him drawings, and he would encourage me, or he would send little corrections on there, you know. And another one was a gentleman named high Eisemann, who passed away recently at age 98 on his birthday, but men like this inspired me, and that it kept at me through the years. I finally met George in 1994 at a convention of the the international Popeye fan club. And I'm I'm at high the same way, and also a writer named Nicola Cuddy, who wrote some Popeye comics. I met him the same way, same event, we all became friends, and I had a good friend named Michael Ambrose of Austin, Texas, who published a magazine devoted to the Charlton Comics company. Sadly, he's deceased now, but Mike and I were talking before I retired, and finally I got out of it. And he said, now that you're out of that job, how would you like to do some art? I said, That's what I want to do. So he gave me the opportunity to do my first published work, which was a portrait of artist George Wildman. It was on the cover of a magazine called Charlton spotlight, then I did some work for Ben Omar, who is bear Manor media publisher for some books that he was doing. One was Mel Blanc biography that Noel blank wrote, did some illustrations for that. This was all happening in 2010 and after that. So I was getting it was getting rolling, doing the kind of work I really wanted to do. And there's a gentleman named Ethan nobles in Benton, Arkansas, who wanted to interview me. I'd gotten, I don't know how he I forgot how he got in touch with me. Maybe he heard me on yesterday USA could be wanted to interview me about London Abner. And so he was starting a website called first Arkansas news. And somewhere in early 2011 we were talking, and I said, you know, you want this to be an online newspaper, right? He said, Yes. I said, What about comics? He said, I hadn't thought about that. So I said, Well, you know, you're a big Lum and Abner fan. What if we could we do a Lum and Abner comic strip? He said, Well, who would Where would I get? Who would do? And I said, Me. So I drew up some proposals, I drew some model sheets, and we did about four weeks of strips, and got approval from Chester lock Jr, and he suggested there's some things he didn't like. He said, The lum looks too sinister. He looks mean. Well, he's mad. He said he's mad at Abner. This won't happen every week. He said, Okay, I don't want LOM to be I said, Well, you know, they get mad at each other. That's part of the that's the conflict and the comedy Michael Hingson  23:30 at each other. Yeah. Donnie Pitchford  23:33 So we, we ironed it all out, and we came up with a financial agreement, and had to pay royalties and one thing and another, and we started publishing online in June 2011, and about six weeks later, the MENA newspaper, the MENA star in MENA, Arkansas, which was the birthplace of Lyman, Abner, Chet Locke and Norris Goff, they picked it up, and then we had a few other newspapers pick it up. And you know, we're not, we're not worldwide, syndicated in print, but we're getting it out there. And of course, we're always online, but and the first Arkansas news went under three or four years later, and so now we have our own website, which is Lum and Abner comics.com so that's where you can find us Michael Hingson  24:24 online. So where's Pine Ridge? Donnie Pitchford  24:28 Pine Ridge is about 18 miles from Mena, Arkansas. MENA is in western Arkansas, and Pine Ridge is about 18 miles east, I believe I'm trying to picture it in my mind, but it's it's down the road, and it actually exists. It was a little community originally named for a postmaster. It was named waters, waters, Arkansas, and in 1936 the real. At cuddleston. He was a real person who owned a store there in waters, and was friends with the locks and the golfs with their parents, as well as Chet and Tuffy. But he proposed a publicity stunt and an actual change of name to name the community Pine Ridge. So that's how that happened. Michael Hingson  25:24 Now, in the original 15 minute episodes, who is the narrator? Donnie Pitchford  25:28 Well, it depends what era their first one trying to remember. Now, Gene Hamilton was an early announcer in the Ford days, which was the early 30s. We don't have anything recorded before that. Charles Lyon was one of the early announcers, possibly for for Quaker Oats. I don't have any notes on this in front of me. I'm just going on memory here. Memory at the end of a long week. Gene Hamilton was their Ford announcer. Carlton brickert announced the Horlicks malt and milk did the commercials when they 1934 to 38 or so. Lou Crosby took over when they were sponsored by General Foods, by post them, the post them commercials, and Lou stayed with them on into the Alka Seltzer era. And his daughter, the celebrity daughter, is Kathie Lee Crosby, you may remember, right, and she and her sister Linda, Lou were a couple of our guests at the National lemon Avenue society convention in 1996 I think let's see. Crosby was Gene Baker came after Crosby, and then in the 30 minute days, was Wendell Niles. Wendell Niles, yeah, in the CBS the 30 minute series and Wendell. We also had him in Mina, super nice guy when it came, when it got into the later ones, 1953 54 I don't remember that announcer's name. That's when they got into the habit of having Dick Huddleston do the opening narration, which is why we now have Sam Brown as Dick Huddleston doing that every week. Michael Hingson  27:27 So was it actually Dick Huddleston? No, it Donnie Pitchford  27:30 was North golf, tough. He always played the part of Dick Huddleston. Okay, the only, the only time that, as far as I know, the only time the real dick Huddleston was on network radio, was at that ceremony in Little Rock Arkansas, when they changed the name of the town that the real dick Huddleston spoke at that event. And we actually, we discovered a recording of that. I was just gonna ask if there's a recording of that there is. Yeah, it's on 12 inch, 78 RPM discs. Wow. And they were probably the personal discs of lock and golf, and they weren't even labeled. And I remember spinning that thing when Sam Brown and I after we found it, it was down in Houston, and we brought them a batch of discs back, and I remember spinning that thing and hearing the theme song being played, I said, this sounds like a high school band. And suddenly we both got chills because we had heard that. I don't know if it was the Little Rock High School band or something, but it's like, Can this be? Yes, it was. It was. We thought it was long lost, but it was that ceremony. Wow. So that was a great find. Michael Hingson  28:45 Well, hopefully you'll, you'll play that sometime, or love to get a copy, but, Donnie Pitchford  28:50 yeah, we've, we have we played it on yesterday, USA. Oh, okay, so it's out there. Michael Hingson  28:57 Well, that's cool. Well, yeah, I wondered if Dick Huddleston actually ever was directly involved, but, but I can, can appreciate that. As you said, Tuffy Goff was the person who played him, which was, that's still that was pretty cool. They were very talented. Go ahead, Donnie Pitchford  29:19 I was gonna say that's basically tough. He's natural speaking voice, yeah, when you hear him as Dick Huddleston, Michael Hingson  29:24 they're very talented people. They played so many characters on the show. They did and and if you really listen, you could tell, but mostly the voices sounded enough different that they really sounded like different people all the time. Donnie Pitchford  29:41 Well, the fun thing are the episodes where, and it's carefully written, but they will, they will do an episode where there may be seven or eight people in the room and they get into an argument, or they're trying to all talk at the same time, and you completely forget that it's only two guys, because they will overlap. Those voices are just so perfectly overlapped and so different, and then you stop and you listen. So wait a minute, I'm only hearing two people at a time, but the effect is tremendous, the fact that they were able to pull that off and fool the audience. Michael Hingson  30:15 I don't know whether I'd say fool, but certainly entertained. Well, yeah, but they also did have other characters come on the show. I remember, yes, Diogenes was that was a lot of fun listening to those. Oh yeah, yeah, that was Frank Graham. Frank Graham, right, right, but, but definitely a lot of fun. So you eventually left teaching. You decided you accepted jobs, starting to do cartoons. What were some of the other or what, well, what were some of the first and early characters that you cartooned, or cartoons that you created, Donnie Pitchford  30:50 just, you mean, by myself or Well, or with people, either way, I did some things that were not published, you know, just just personal characters that I came up with it would mean nothing to anybody, but a little bit later on, I did a little bit of I did a cover for a Popeye comic book. Maybe 10 years ago, I finally got a chance to work with George Wildman, who was the fellow I talked about earlier, and it was some of the last work he did, and this was with Michael Ambrose of Argo press out of Austin, Texas. And we did some early characters that had been published by Charlton Comics. They had, they had characters, they were, they were rip offs. Let's be honest. You know Harvey had Casper the Friendly Ghost. Well, Charlton had Timmy, the timid ghost. There, there was Mighty Mouse. Well, Charlton Comics had atomic mouse, so and there was an atomic rabbit. And Warner Brothers had Porky Pig. Charlton had pudgy pig, but that was some of George's earliest work in the 1950s was drawing these characters, and George was just he was a master Bigfoot cartoonist. I mean, he was outstanding. And so Mike said, let's bring those characters back. They're public domain. We can use them. So I wrote the scripts. George did the pencil art. Well, he inked the first few, but Mike had me do hand lettering, which I don't do that much. So it was that was a challenge. And my friend high Iseman taught lettering for years and years, and so I was thinking, high is going to see this? This has to be good. So I probably re lettered it three times to get it right, but we did the very last story we did was atomic rabbit and pudgy pig was a guest star, and then George's character named brother George, who was a little monk who didn't speak, who lived, lived in a monastery, and did good deeds and all that sort of thing. He was in there, and this was the last thing we did together. And George said, you know, since I've got these other projects, he said, Do you think you can, you can ink this? So that was a great honor to actually apply the inks over George's pencil work. And I also did digital color, but those were some things I worked on, and, oh, at one point we even had Lum and Abner in the Dick Tracy Sunday comic strip, and that was because of a gentleman named Mike Curtis, who was the writer who lived in Arkansas, was very familiar with Lum and Abner, and he got in touch with me and asked, this was in 2014 said, Would it be possible for me to use Lum and Abner in a Sunday cameo? So I contacted the locks. First thing they first thing Chet said was how much I said, I don't think they're going to pay us. I felt like, Cedric, we hunt, no mom, you know. And I felt like he was squire skimp at the time, yeah, but I said, it's just going to be really good publicity. So he finally went for it, and Lum and Abner had a cameo in a Sunday Dick Tracy comic strip, and about four years later, they honored me. This was Mike Curtis, the writer, and Joe Staton, the artist, who was another guy that I grew up reading from as a teenager, just a tremendous artist, asked if they could base a character on me. And I thought, what kind of murderer is he going to be? You know, it was going to be idiot face or what's his name, you know. So no, he was going to be a cartoonist, and the name was Peter pitchblende. Off, and he was, he said his job was to illustrate a comic strip about a pair of old comedians. So, I mean, who couldn't be honored by that? Yeah, so I don't remember how long that story lasted, but it was an honor. I mean, it was just great fun. And then then I had a chance to write two weeks of Dick Tracy, which was fun. I wrote the scripts for it and and then there's some other things. I was able to work with John rose, a tremendously nice guy who is the current artist on Barney Google and Snuffy Smith. We did a story, a comic book story, on Barney Google on Snuffy Smith in a magazine called Charleton spotlight, and I did the colors, digital coloring for that. So just these are just great honors to me to get to work with people like that. And Nick Cuddy, I did some inking, lettering coloring on some of his work. So just great experience, and Michael Hingson  36:02 great people, going back to atomic rabbit and pudgy pig, no one ever got in trouble with, from Warner Brothers with that, huh? Donnie Pitchford  36:09 Well, not, not on atomic rabbit, however, pudgy pig created a problem because George was doing some art, and I think somebody from Warner Brothers said he looks too much like Porky, so the editor at the time said, make one of his ears hang down, make him look a little different. But pudgy didn't last long. Pudgy was only around maybe two or three issues of the comic book, so, but yeah, that's George. Said they did have some trouble with that. Michael Hingson  36:44 Oh, people, what do you do? Yeah, well, I know you sent us a bunch of photos, and we have some of the Dick Tracy ones and others that people can go see. But what? What finally got you all to start the whole lemon Abner society. Donnie Pitchford  37:07 Oh, well, that goes back to 1983 right, and I'll go back even farther than that. I told you that my dad had mentioned lemon Abner to me as a kid. Dr Joe Oliver played a 15 minute lemon Abner show on KSA you at Stephen F Austin State University. That got me. I was already into old time radio, but it was the next summer 1981 there's a radio station, an am station in Gilmer, Texas Christian radio station that started running Lum and Abner every day. First it was 530 in the evening, and then I think they switched it to 1215 or so. And I started listening, started setting up my recorder, recording it every day. And a friend of mine named David Miller, who was also a radio show collector, lived in the Dallas area, I would send them to him, and at first he wasn't impressed, but then suddenly he got hooked. And when he got hooked, he got enthusiastic. He started making phone calls. He called Mrs. Lock chet's widow and talked to her. He spoke to a fellow who had written a number of articles, George Lily, who was an early proponent or an early promoter of lemon Abner, as far as reruns in the 1960s and it was through George Lilly that I was put in touch with Sam Brown in Dongola, Illinois, and because he had contacted Mr. Lilly as well. And before long, we were talking, heard about this guy named Tim Hollis. Sam and I met in Pine Ridge for lemon Abner day in 1982 for the first time, and hit it off like long lost friends and became very good friends. And then in 84 I believe it was Sam and Tim and Rex riffle met again, or met for the first time together, I guess in Pine Ridge. And I wasn't there that time. But somehow, in all of that confusion, it was proposed to start the national lemon Abner society, and we started publishing the Jot them down journal in the summer of 1984 Michael Hingson  39:43 and for those who don't know the Jotham down journal, because the store that lemon Abner ran was the Jotham down store anyway, right? Donnie Pitchford  39:50 Go ahead, yes. And that was Tim's title. Tim created the title The Jotham down journal, and we started publishing and started seeking information. And it started as just a simple photocopy on paper publication. It became a very slick publication. In 1990 or 91 Sam started recording cassettes, reading the journals, because we were hearing from Blind fans that said, you know, I enjoy the journal. I have to have somebody read it to me. This is before screen readers. And of course, you know this technology better than I do, but before any type of technology was available, and Sam said, Well, I'll tell you. I'll just start reading it on tape and I'll make copies. Just started very simply, and from then on, until the last issue in in 2007 Sam would record a cassette every other month, or when we went quarterly, four times a year, and he would mail those to the the blind members, who would listen to those. And sometimes they would keep them, and sometimes they would return them for Sam to recycle. But incidentally, those are all online now, Michael Hingson  41:03 yeah, I've actually looked at a few of those. Those are kind of fun. So the London Avenue society got formed, and then you started having conventions. Donnie Pitchford  41:14 Yes, yes. First convention was in 1985 and we did a lot of things with we would do recreations. We would do a lot of new scripts, where, if we had someone that we got to the point where we would have people that hadn't worked with lemon Abner. So we would have lemon Abner meet the great Gildersleeve. Actually, Willard had worked on the lumen Abner half hour show at some point. I believe les Tremain had never worked directly with them, but he was well, he was in some Horlicks malted milk commercials in the 1930s and of course, the Lone Ranger was never on the London Abner show and vice versa, until we got hold of it. So we had Fred Foy in 1999 and he agreed to be the announcer, narrator and play the part of the Lone Ranger. So we did Lum and Abner meet the Lone Ranger, which was a lot of fun. We had parley bear, so Lum and Abner met Chester of Gun Smoke. And those were just a lot of fun to do. And Tim, Tim would write some of them, I would write some of them, or we would collaborate back and forth to come up with these scripts. Did love and amner, ever meet Superman? No, we never got to that. That would have been great. Yeah, if we could have come up with somebody who had played Superman, that would have been a lot of fun. We had lemon Abner meet Kathie Lee Crosby as herself. Yeah, they met Frank brazzi One time. That must be fun. It was a lot of fun. We had some people would recreate the characters. We had the lady who had played Abner's daughter, Mary Lee Rob replay. She played that character again, 50 years later, coming back home to see, you know, to see family. Several other things, we had London Abner meet Gumby one time. Of all things, we had Dow McKinnon as a guest. And we had Kay Lineker come back and reprise one of her roles, the role she played in the London Abner movie. Bob's Watson did that as well. Some years we didn't have a script, which I regret, but we had other things going on. We had anniversaries of London Abner movies that we would play. So whatever we did, we tailored it around our guest stars, like Dick Beals, Sam Edwards, Roby Lester, gee whiz. I know I'm leaving people out. Michael Hingson  43:52 Well, that's okay, but, but certainly a lot of fun. What? Yes, what? Cartoonist really influenced you as a child? Donnie Pitchford  44:01 Oh, wow. I would say the first thing I saw that got my attention was the Flintstones on on prime time television, you know, the Hanna Barbera prime time things certainly Walt Disney, the animation that they would run, that he would show, and the behind the scenes, things that would be on the Disney show, things like almost almost anything animated as a kid, got my attention. But Walter Lance, you know, on the Woody Woodpecker show used to have, he'd have little features about how animation was done, and that that inspired me, that that just thrilled me. And I read Fred lachel's Snuffy Smith Chester Gould's Dick Tracy. Tracy, which that was a that's why the Dick Tracy connection, later was such a big deal for me. Almost anything in the Sunday comics that was big. Foot. In other words, the cartoony, exaggerated characters are called, sometimes called Bigfoot, Bigfoot cartooning, or Bigfoot characters. Those were always the things I looked for, Bugs Bunny, any of the people that worked on those some were anonymous. And years later, I started learning the names of who drew Popeye, you know, like LZ seagar, the originator, or bud sagendorf or George Wildman, and later high eysman. But people like that were my heroes. Later on, I was interested in I would read the Batman comics, or I would see Tarzan in the newspaper. I admired the work of Russ Manning. Michael Hingson  45:49 Do you know the name Tom Hatton? Yes, I do. Yeah. Yes. Tom did Popeye shows on KTLA Channel Five when I was growing up, and he was famous for, as he described it, squiggles. He would make a squiggle and he would turn it into something. And he was right on TV, which was so much fun. Donnie Pitchford  46:09 We had a guy in Memphis who did the same thing. His name was, he's known as Captain Bill, C, A, P, you know, Captain Bill. And he did very much the same thing. He'd have a child come up, I think some, in some cases, they're called drools. Is one word for them. There was a yeah, in Tim hollis's area, there was cousin Cliff Holman who did that. And would he might have a kid draw a squiggle, and then he would create something from it right there on the spot, a very similar type of thing, or a letter of the alphabet, or your initials, that sort Michael Hingson  46:43 of thing. Yeah. Tom did that for years. It was fun. Of course, I couldn't see them, but he talked enough that I knew what was going on. It's kind of fun. My brother loved them, yeah? So later on, when you got to be a teenager and beyond what cartoonist maybe influenced you more? Donnie Pitchford  47:03 Well, I would have to say George, probably because I was corresponding with him, right? Also, I would see the work of Carl Barks, who created Uncle Scrooge McDuck and the Donald Duck comics and all that. His stuff was all in reprint at that time, he was still living, but I didn't know he could be contacted. I didn't try to write to it, right? Years later, years later, I did get an autograph, which was, was very nice. But those people, a lot of people, Neil Adams, who did Batman, the guys at Charlton Comics, Steve Ditko, who was the CO creator of spider man, but he had a disagreement with Stan Lee, and went back to Charlton Comics and just turned out 1000s of pages, but his work was was inspirational. Another was Joe Staton, who was working at Charleton comics, who I got to work with on several projects later on, and I would say just all of those guys that I was reading at the time. Pat Boyette was another Charlton artist. I tend to gravitate toward the Charlton company because their artists weren't contained in a house style. They were allowed to do their own style. They didn't pay as much. But a lot of them were either older guys that said, I'm tired of this, of the DC Marvel system. I want to just, you know, have creative freedom. Charlton said, come on. And so they would work there and less stress, less money, probably one guy named Don Newton started there and became a legend in the industry at other companies. So I found all of those guys inspiring, and I felt I could learn from all of them. Michael Hingson  48:59 Well, you always wanted to be a cartoonist. Did you have any other real career goals, like, was teaching a goal that you wanted to do, or was it just cartooning it? Donnie Pitchford  49:07 Well, it was just a secondary, you know, as I said, when I started, I thought, I'll just do that for a few years. You know, I didn't know it was going to be like 27 but I we had a lot of success. We had, I had some student groups that would enter video competitions. And for 20 straight years, we placed either first, second or third in state competition with one Summit, one entry, another or another every year. And that was notable. I mean, I give the kids the credit for that. But then about five or six of those years, we had what we call state championship wins, you know, we were like the number one project in the state of Texas. So, you know, we had some great success, I think, in that so a lot of years there, I really, you know, that was a blessing to me. Was that career, you. Well, it just, it just got to be too much time for change. After a while, Michael Hingson  50:05 was art just a talent that you had, and cartoon drawing a talent you had, or, I don't remember how much you said about did you have any real special training as such? Donnie Pitchford  50:14 Well, all of my training was, I just couldn't afford to go to a specialized school. You know, at one time, the Joe Kubert School opened just about the time I graduated high school, it was in New Jersey. I just couldn't make that happen, so I went to state colleges and universities and did the best I could. I took commercial art classes, drawing classes, design classes, even ceramics, which came in very handy when I did some sculpting here in the last eight or nine years and worked as an assistant to a sculptor named Bob harness who lives here in Carthage, but I never had any actual comic strip slash comic book training, so I learned as much of that as I could from guys like George wild. And then after I started the lemon Avenue comic strip, an artist named Joe, named Jim Amish, who worked for Marvel, did a lot of work for the Archie Comics. And tremendous anchor is his. He's really a tremendous anchor, and does a lot of ink work over other artists pencils. Jim would call and say, he said, I want to give you some advice. I'm like, okay, at 3am he's still giving me advice. So I'd go around for two or three days feeling like a failure, but then I would, I would think about all the lessons, you know, that he had told me. And so I learned a lot from Jim and tremendous, tremendous guy. And I would listen to what high, sometimes high would call up and say, Why did you use that purple beg your pardon. So it was fun. I mean, those fellows would share with me, and I learned a great deal from those guys. Michael Hingson  52:11 Are you in any way passing that knowledge on to others today? Donnie Pitchford  52:16 I don't know that I am. I've had an offer or two to do some teaching. I just don't know if I'm if I'm going to get back into that or not. Yeah, I'm so at this point, focused on, quote, unquote, being a cartoonist and trying to make that, that age five dream, a reality, that I'm not sure I'm ready to do that again. And you know, I'm not, I'm not 21 anymore. Michael Hingson  52:45 I didn't know whether you were giving advice to people and just sort of informally doing it, as opposed to doing formal teaching. Donnie Pitchford  52:51 Well, informally, yes, I mean, if anybody asks, you know, I'll be glad to share whatever I can. But yeah, I'm not teaching any classes at this point. Michael Hingson  53:01 Well, you have certainly taken lemon Abner to interesting places in New Heights. One, one thing that attracted me and we talked about it before, was in 2019, lemon Abner in Oz. That was fun. Donnie Pitchford  53:17 Well, the credit for that goes to Tim Hollis. Tim wrote that as a short story years ago when he was first interested in lemon Abner. And I don't know if he ever had that published through the International oz society or not. I don't remember, but Tim later turned that into a radio script when we had a batch of guests. This was in 2001 we had, let's see Sam Edwards, Dick Beals, Roby Lester and Rhoda Williams. And each of them had done something related to Oz, either the children's records or storybook records or animation or something. They were involved somewhere in some type of Oz adaptation. So Tim turned his short story into a radio script that we performed there at the convention. So that was a lot of fun. And then he suggested, Why don't I turn that into a comic strip story? So that's what we did. But that was fun, yeah, and we used the recordings of those people because they had given us permission, you know, to use a recording however we saw fit. The only problem is we had a mistake. The fellow that was running the sound had a dead mic and didn't know it. Oh, gosh. So some of them are bit Off mic in that audio, but we did the best. I did the best I could Michael Hingson  54:40 with it's it sounded good. I certainly have no complaints. 54:45 Thank you for that. Michael Hingson  54:47 I I said no complaints at all. I think it was really fun and very creative. And it's kind of really neat to see so much creativity in terms of all the stuff that that you do. As a cartoonist, me having never seen cartoons, but I learned intellectually to appreciate the talent that goes into it. And of course, you guys do put the scripts together every week, which is a lot of fun to be able to listen to them well. Donnie Pitchford  55:17 And that's what that was, the audience I hoped that we would would tap into right there and it, it was guys like you that would would talk to me and say, What am I going to do? You know, I can't see it. So that's why the audio idea came about. And it's taken on a life of its own, really. And we've got Mark Ridgway, who has created a lot of musical cues for us that we use and Michael Hingson  55:45 who plays the organ? Donnie Pitchford  55:47 That's Mark Ridgway. It is Mark, okay, yes, yes. And it's actually digital, I'm sure. I think it's a digital keyboard, Michael Hingson  55:55 yeah, but it is. It's a, it's a really good sounding one, though. Donnie Pitchford  55:59 Yes, yes. There are a few cues that I did, which probably are the ones that don't sound so good, like if we ever need really bad music. If you remember the story we did, and I don't remember the name of it, what do we call it anyway? Lum tries to start a soap opera. Think this was about a year ago. Yeah, and Cedric is going to play, I don't remember it was an organ or a piano, and I don't remember what he played, but whatever it was, I think was Mary Had Michael Hingson  56:32 a Little Lamb, Mary's, Mary Had a Little Lamb on the piano. Sort of kind played. Donnie Pitchford  56:35 It was played very badly, well that, yes, it was on purpose. When mom plays lum tries to play the saxophone. That was me, and I hadn't played this. I used to play the sax. In fact, I played in a swing orchestra here in Carthage, Texas for about five years back in from the early 90s. And so I had this idea, and I hadn't played the horn probably since, probably in 20 years, and his. So I got it out, and I thought, you know, it's gonna sound terrible because it needs maintenance, but it doesn't matter. It's lump playing it, so I got to play really badly. Michael Hingson  57:14 It was perfect. It was perfect, Donnie Pitchford  57:16 yeah, because it had to sound bad. Michael Hingson  57:19 How do y'all create all these different plots. I remember so many, like the buzzard, you know, and, oh yeah, that was fun. And so many. How do you come up with those? Donnie Pitchford  57:28 Well, I used to get some really good ideas while mowing the yard. Don't ask me, why? Or I get ideas. I get ideas in the weirdest thing, weirdest places. Sometimes I have ideas in the shower. You know, I said, I better write this down. Sometimes I'll wake up in the middle of the night with an idea, but there the ideas just come to me. Yeah? The buzzard was fun. I'd had that one. Pretty creative. Yeah, the one about, the one about, let me see. Oh, there was one we did, where wasn't the buzzard? What was that other one? I called the Whisper? Yeah, there was a strange voice that was coming lum thought it was coming from his radio. And he turns his radio off, and He still hears it, and it was a villain who had somehow hypnotized everyone so that they wouldn't see him and he would use his voice only. And then there's a character I came up with, and let me see Larry Gasman played it, and I called him Larry John Walden, and he was the only guy he was blind. He was the only guy that wasn't hypnotized because he couldn't see the you know, I use the old thing about the watch in front of the eyes. I mean, he was the only guy that wasn't hypnotized, so he wasn't fooled by the whisper, and he could track him, because his hearing was so acute that he was able to find him. In fact, I think he could hear his watch ticking or something like that. So he was the hero of that piece. But, well, I just, I just think up ideas and write them down. Tim Hollis has written some of the scripts, maybe three or four for me, I've adapted some scripts that London Abner did that were never broadcast or that were never recorded. Rather, I've adapted a few, written several, and I keep saying, Well, when I completely run out of ideas, I'll just have to quit. Michael Hingson  59:32 Well, hopefully that never happens. What? What are your future plans? Donnie Pitchford  59:38 Well, right now, there's nothing major in the works other than just maintaining the strip, trying to continue it, trying to make it entertaining, and hopefully doing a little work on the website and getting it into the hands of more people. And I'd like to increase. Least newspaper coverage, if at all possible. And because this thing doesn't, you know, it's got to pay for itself somehow. So you know, I'm not getting rich by any means. But you know, I want to keep it fun. I want to keep having fun with it. Hopefully people will enjoy it. Hopefully we can reach younger readers, listeners, and hopefully lemon Abner can appeal to even younger audiences yet, so that we can keep those characters going. Michael Hingson  1:00:29 Yeah, there's so much entertainment there. I hope that happens now in the the life of Donnie Pitchford. Is there a wife and kids? Donnie Pitchford  1:00:40 Yes, there's a wife of almost 40 years. We unfortunately don't have any children. We've almost feel like we adopted several children all the years we were teaching. We we've adopted several cats along the way. And so, you know, we've had cats as pets for almost ever, since we were married. But that's she's, she's great, you know, she's, she's been my best friend and supporter all these years. And we were members of first Methodist Church here in Carthage, Texas, and doing some volunteer work there, and helping to teach Sunday school, and very involved and active in that church. Michael Hingson  1:01:19 So I have a cat, and I hear her outside, not outside the house, but outside the the office here, she wants me to go feed her, and we, we shaved her yesterday because her hair gets long and Matt's very easily. So she got shaved yesterday. So she's probably seeking a little vengeance from that too, but, but my wife and I were married 40 years. She passed away in November of 2022 so it's me and stitch the cat and Alamo the dog, and Karen is monitoring us somewhere. And as I tell everyone, I've got to continue to be a good kid, because if I'm not, I'm going to hear about it. So I got to be good. But it's a lot of fun. Well, I want to thank you for being with us today. This has been a lot of fun. I've learned a lot, but it's just been great to have another podcast talking about old radio shows. And you said again, if people want to reach out, they can go to lemon Abner comics.com if people want to talk to you about doing any kind of cartooning or anything like that. What's the best way they can do that? Donnie Pitchford  1:02:24 Well, they can go to the London Abner dot lumen, Abner comics.com website, and there's a contact a link right there at the top of the page. So yeah, they can contact me through that. Probably that's the easiest way to do it. Michael Hingson  1:02:37 Okay, well, I want to thank you again for being here, and I want to thank all y'all out there. That's how they talk in Texas, right? It's all y'all for everybody. Donnie Pitchford  1:02:46 Well, some of them do, and some of them in Arkansas do too. Well, yeah. Michael Hingson  1:02:49 And then there's some who don't, yeah, y'all means everything, and it Speaker 1  1:02:54 don't, yeah, I don't think squire skimp says it that way. Michael Hingson  1:02:58 Well, Squire, you know, whatever it takes. But I want to thank you all for being here, and please give us a five star rating wherever you're listening or watching the podcast. Donnie would appreciate it. I would appreciate it, and also give us a review. We'd love to get your reviews, so please do that. If you can think of anyone else who ought to be a guest, and I think Donnie has already suggested a few. So Donnie as well, anyone else who ought to come on the podcast, we'd love it. Appreciate you introducing us, and you know, we'll go from there. And I know at some point in the future, the Michael hingson Group Inc is going to be a sponsor, because we've started that process for lemon. Abner, yes, thank you. Thank you. So I want to, I want to thank love and Squire for that 1:03:45 years. Well, it's been my pleasure. Michael Hingson  1:03:50 Well, thank you all and again, really, seriously, Donnie, I really appreciate you being here. This has been a lot of fun. So thank you for coming. Donnie Pitchford  1:03:58 Thank you. 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André chats with a true legend in bringing horror concepts to modern comics and someone who has given him one of his all time favorite moments on the printed page.Stephen R. Bissette is a visionary comic artist and educator best known for his transformative work on DC's The Saga of the Swamp Thing in the 1980s. Alongside writer Alan Moore and inker John Totleben, Bissette's intricate, organic art style and experimental layouts redefined the horror genre, helping co-create the iconic character John Constantine. A graduate of the first class of the Joe Kubert School, he became a fierce advocate for creator rights and a pioneer of independent publishing through his horror anthology Taboo. Bissette later became a respected scholar and instructor at the Center for Cartoon Studies, leaving a lasting legacy as a master of atmospheric, sophisticated storytelling.Stephen talks about how his love of dinosaurs led him to comics, his lost relationship with Alan Moore, giving back to the industry through teaching and his deep love of a Canadian horror classic!Send us a textSupport the show

Welcome to another episode of Las Platicas, a show hosted by Comadres y Comics, where we meet with creators and friends to talk about upcoming projects, events and all around awesome news in the latinx comic community. Today we have the pleasure of speaking with guest Rafael Flores Jr. Rafael is a comic book writer, creator, and a public library assistant from Fort Worth Texas. In 2022 he studied Cinematic Comic Book Writing at The Joe Kubert School and was a double Negative Space Finalist in their first ever short comic contest. After publishing his first two short comics, “The Return of Camazotz” and “Mother Wolf and Cubs”, Grimmcore Studios headed by Daniel Grimm invited Rafael to turn his Camazotz short into a 3 part series and graphic novel under the new horror publisher. So with a script written by Flores edited by Daniel Grimm and with amazing artwork from Brazilian artist Azrael Aguiar, The Return of Camazotz, the Mayan gothic horror series was born. Well received and read throughout the world, with glowing reviews it currently has a 5 star rating on Amazon and over 4 thousand views on the digital comic app Global Comix. Rafael has a passion for telling dark gothic stories infused with Mexican culture and identity. Welcome Rafael!

In this episode, we dive into the creative journey of Evan — from punk rock roots to comic books. We trace his early inspirations like The Big Snit at National Film Board of Canada and The Cat Came Back, Sergio Aragonés, Mort Drucker, the training he got through the Manitoba Society of Independent Animators and the Joe Kubert School, his punk rock roots of the Ramones and the Sex Pistols and his early bands. We also discuss tablets versus paper, blue line work, and some talk on the music of 60's Spider-Man.https://www.studiocomix.com/studiocomixindiecomics/p/murder-city-devil#CaptainCanuck #TorontoComicExpo #IndieComics #ComicArtists #Animation #PunkRock #DIYScene #LuchaMystery #ComicExpo #TheCatCameBack #ComicLife #SpiderMan #IndieArtist #ComicsPodcast #PopCulturePodcastWe are a part of the Boneless Podcast Network: https://boneless-catalogue-player.lovable.app/Linktree: https://linktr.ee/seangeekpodcastPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/meetthegeeksMerch: Tee Public: https://www.teepublic.com/seangeekpodcastRed Bubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/seangeekpodcast/shop@seangeekpodcast on Twitter, Instagram and FacebookMentioned in this episode:New Merch AdAn ad that incorporates Red Bubble and Tee Public

In our latest episode, we sit down with veteran comic book artist Mark Pennington to explore his remarkable career spanning four decades in the industry. Mark shares his journey from graduating the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art in 1985 to starting his career doing designs for iconic toy lines like G.I. Joe  at Hasbro before transitioning to comic book inking in 1988. We dive into his extensive work across major publishers including Marvel, DC, Image, CrossGen, and others, inking legendary titles like X-Men, Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, Eclipso, Violator and more, with particular focus on his acclaimed work on Shade, the Changing Man, which earned him an Eisner nomination for Best Inker in 1993. Mark discusses the often-underappreciated art of inking, his collaboration process with pencilers, working on high-profile titles like Hellblazer and JLA, and how the industry has evolved since he started. We also explore his move into self-publishing and his continued passion for both commercial comic work and fine art.You can follow Mark on Instagram @markpenningtonart.Support the show___________________Check out video versions of this and other episodes on YouTube: youtube.com/dollarbinbandits!If you like this podcast, please rate, review, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts or wherever you found this episode. And if you really like this podcast, become a member of the Dollar Bin Boosters on Patreon: patreon.com/DollarBinBoosters.You can follow us @dollarbinbandits on Facebook, Instagram, and Bluesky, or @DBBandits on X. You can email us at dollarbinbandits@gmail.com.___________________Dollar Bin Bandits is the official podcast of TwoMorrows Publishing. Check out their fine publications at twomorrows.com. ___________________ Thank you to Sam Fonseca for our theme music, Sean McMillan for our graphics, and Pat McGrath for our logo.

In this interview collaborators and friends, Bart Sears and Mark McNabb share stories of their time together at the Joe Kubert School, working for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, designing Hasbro's COPS N' Crooks line of toys, creating iconic covers for Wizard magazine and so much more.You can view a video version of the interview on our YouTube channel at this link: https://youtu.be/2fgBEi8zWuETheir latest project, Drawing Powerful Heroes Vol. 3 is available on Kickstarter at this link https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sen-ko/drawing-powerful-heroes-brutes-and-babes-3-the-splash-page?ref=discovery&term=drawing%20powerful%20heroes&total_hits=6&category_id=250 Thanks to our monthly supporters Alex Wollenschlaeger Aaron Krieger Mark Syp Seth Johnson Dapper Dan Paladin Matthew Toliusis Phillip Sevy Robb Matt Frank Anderson Russell Sheath Bartley Blackmon Kevin Decent Damon Bjorn watson Ryot acovio Alex Giannini Nate Clark William Bruce West Mark Florio David Fink Brent Cranfill MarWe Bruno Cavalcante David M Dalibor Žujović Evin Bryant Gary Hutcherson Fernando Pinto Jeremy Dawe MeltFaceKillah Brian Acosta Joe Marcello DenimJedi Miitchell Hall Lee Markowitz Mark McDonald ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Your Host Dave talks to comics creator Andrew Krahnke about his newest creation, GI Joe Silent Missions: Roadblock, the creative process, the evolution of pop culture, and so much more! Andrew Krahnke is an illustrator and comic book artist from northern Michigan currently living on Long Island. He's a 2002 graduate of The Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art and has been a full-time illustrator ever since. His work includes the motorcycle sci-fi webcomic The OUTRUNNERS. And the second story arc for the critically acclaimed Image Comics book TARTARUS created by Johnnie Christmas and Jack Cole. His most recent work is BLOODRIK, a tale of hunger and stupidity published by Image Comics. Find the video version on the Needless Things YouTube channel! "Procrastibate" by LeSexoflex.com Social Media: Needless Things on Instagram Needless Things on Bluesky

Who's the President, Editor in Chief, Head Honcho, Big Cheese of Archie Comics? Why, it's Mike Pellerito of course! A graduate of the Joe Kubert School, he's been at Archie since 2007, so he has some stories to tell. Plus, Mike's the co-owner of the truly excellent Aw Yeah Comics shop in Harrison, NY. He knows a lot about the comics world, which is exactly why we're talking to him today!You can follow Mike on all the socials, including @mike.pellerito on Instagram and Threads, @pellertweeto on X, and @mikepllerito.bsky.social on Bluesky.____________________Check out a video version of this episode on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/dollarbinbandits.If you like this podcast, please rate, review, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts. And if you really like this podcast, support what we do as a member of the Dollar Bin Boosters: buzzsprout.com/1817176/support.Looking for more ways to express your undying DBB love and devotion? Email us at dollarbinbandits@gmail.com. Follow us @dollarbinbandits on Facebook and Instagram, and @DBBandits on X._____________________Dollar Bin Bandits is the official podcast of TwoMorrows Publishing. Check out their fine publications at twomorrows.com.Support the show

Visit our Patreon page to see the various tiers you sign up for today to get in on the ground floor of AIPT Patreon. We hope to see you chatting with us on our Discord soon!NEWS‘Avengers Assemble' spinoff series coming September 2024Marvel adds even more 'Marvel Must-Haves' free comics in July 2024'X-Men: From the Ashes' Infinity Comic is a 'fresh start' for fans‘1982 DC Comics Style Guide' gets full print run for August 2024'Petrol Head' lands film option deal at MR. B FILMSEXCLUSIVE: ‘Epitaphs from the Abyss' #3 and ‘Cruel Universe' #2 scares up impressive creativesPolitics and horror combine in 'The Exorcism at 1600 Penn'‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' #1 hits 140,000 preorders ahead of FOCCreator-owned company Ghost Machine and the Joe Kubert School announced the launch of the Ghost Machine Future Superstar Scholarship, which will fund tuition and supplies for one third-year student during the 2024-25 semestersTOP 50 COMICS - MAY 2024Our Top Books of the WeekDave:Ultimates #1 (Deniz Camp, Juan Frigeri)X-Men #35 (Various)Chris:Precious Metal #1 (Darcy Van Poelgeest, Ian Bertram) Falling In Love On The Path To Hell #1 (Gerry Duggan, Garry Brown)Standout KAPOW moment of the week:Chris - Birds of Prey #10 (Kelly Thompson, Robbi Rodriguez, Gavin Guidry0 [Page 19 on Box]Dave - Get Fury #2 (Garth Ennis, Jacen Burrows)TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEKDave: G.O.D.S. #8 (Jonathan Hickman, Valerio Schiti)Chris: Batman: Gotham by Gaslight - The Kryptonian Age #1JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.Dave: Fantastic Four #21 (Alex Ross)Chris: Transformers #9Interview: Soo Lee - Cheetara coming out in JulySoo, thank you so much for being on the AIPT Comics podcast! To start, Cheetara is very near and dear to so many, were you a fan of the original series at a young age, or did you gain interest later?You've mentioned there's some cool things overlooked in the original cartoon concerning Cheetara, could you expand on that?This is a story about the past and future within the universe, how deep does Warner Bros let you go? Has there been any push back on ideas?Why do you think Cheetara is one of the most important supporting characters? Is there any synergy between Cheetara and Thundercats?Domenico Carbone draws the series, has there been a specific panel or page that went beyond your expectations?Cheetara isn't your first exploration of a licensed character as you're coming off writing and drawing Maleficent, would you say there are any similarities to your approach to crafting these series?Let's say Cheetara gets a movie deal, and the studio wants your input on who to cast. Any actors come to mind?If Cheetarah was a song what would it be and why?Abba song Superfight: Maleficent vs. Cheetara!

#KeithGleason #MightyMascots #IndieComics #ComicBookCreator #AlternaComics #HeroEnvy #RecklessChronicles #SwampTales #KidSwitch #ComicBookArtist #KubertSchoolAlumni #SelfPublished #ComicLettering #StorycomicPresents #ComicBookLegends Join us on Storycomic Presents for Episode 323, where your host Barney Smith brings you an exclusive interview with Keith Gleason, the renowned indy comic legend and the visionary behind Reckless Sidekick Productions. Dive into the creative mind that brought to life the successful "Mighty Mascots" series from Alterna Comics, and explore his journey from the Joe Kubert School of Cartooning to self-publishing titles like "Hero Envy," "Reckless Chronicles," "Swamp Tales," and "Kid Switch." Don't miss the chance to gain insights from a prolific writer and letterer who continues to shape the indie comics scene. Catch all the action and learn more about Keith's work at Hero Envy. This Episode is sponsored by Janus Point Press.  Learn more about their amazing work at: https://januspointpress.com/   The Title sequence was designed and created by Morgan Quaid. See more of Morgan's Work at: https://morganquaid.com/   Storycomic Logo designed by Gregory Giordano See more of Greg's work at: https://www.instagram.com/gregory_c_giordano_art/   Want to start your own podcast?  Click on the link to get started: https://www.podbean.com/storycomic   Follow us: Are you curious to see the video version of this interview?  It's on our website too! www.storycomic.com www.patreon.com/storycomic www.facebook.com/storycomic1 https://www.instagram.com/storycomic/ https://twitter.com/storycomic1 For information on being a guest or curious to learn more about Storycomic? Contact us at info@storycomic.com   Thank you to our Founders Club Patrons, Higgins802, Von Allan, Stephanie Nina Pitsirilos, Marek Bennett, and Matt & Therese. Check out their fantastic work at: https://marekbennett.com/ https://www.hexapus-ink.com/ https://www.stephanieninapitsirilos.com/ https://www.vonallan.com/ https://higgins802.com/

Comics, podcasting, and creative work. 1:11 Chris reminisces about their long-standing friendship and shared experiences, including a band they used to be in together. Chris discusses his diverse work in comic book art, education, and podcasting. Creativity, teaching, and personal growth. 4:08 Chris has three main focuses: drawing comic books, teaching kids, and paying bills. Chris enjoys teaching kids and finds it therapeutic, but he has had to narrow down their focus due to ADHD. Chris enjoys teaching kids struggling with creativity due to cut art programs and lack of outlets. Chris finds joy in helping kids through their creative pursuits and has an outlet for their creativity through their podcasts and productions. Band dynamics and anxiety. 8:00 Chris acknowledges that the band's anxiety started when they were talking to a representative from Sony. Chris recalls a specific moment in a van when they realized they weren't sure if they wanted to continue with the band for the next 5-10 years, leading to a panic attack. Younger Chris, a band member, recounts an experience with Sony representatives, including one who showed interest in him and another who was unhelpful. Comic books, hockey, and creativity. 18:17 Chris shares their passion for comic books, starting with Spider-Man in the 70s and still enjoying them today. Chris played hockey in their younger years, enjoying the sport and still playing today. Chris recounts a childhood experience of drawing Spider-Man and having a teacher rip it up in front of the class, triggering anxiety. High school experiences and art career goals. 22:08 Chris describes experiencing harassment and bullying from teachers throughout high school, including a guidance counselor who told them they were "stone cold" and wouldn't let their daughter sit beside them. Chris recounts how they got into the Joe Kubert School despite their challenges, including living with an elderly woman whose home was infested with roaches.   Growing up in a tough neighborhood and learning discipline through drawing. 24:52 Chris describes their experience growing up in a predominantly black neighborhood and feeling like an outsider, but also learning valuable lessons about discipline and professionalism from their art classes. Art school, comics, and punk rock. 30:48 Chris describes their experience at a comic book school, where they learned from industry professionals and were taught inking and penciling techniques. Chris describes their experience as an outsider in a new town, where they met Brent and formed a band together, creating a sense of belonging and culture. Music, anxiety, and creative pursuits. 38:12 Chris reveals anxiety led to quitting music Chris shares their plans for their comic book, including turning it into an animated series or short film and seeking additional funding to keep it going. Inspiring and helping gifted youngsters with art and comics. 41:39 Chris wants to help gifted youngsters reach their full potential by providing proper attention and care through their art program. Chris believes it's important to understand that kids can't deal with things the same way adults do, and they need help to avoid turning out "little messed up" and not reaching their full potential. Chris enjoys the challenge of teaching creative kids, finding it easier than expected despite some initial hesitation. Work-life balance and creative pursuits. 45:31 Chris discusses their busy schedule with various creative projects, including a podcast, workshop, and spoken word event, and how they prioritize these tasks to manage their anxiety. Art, comics, and community. 47:43 Chris Machete is an artist who creates comics and does commissions, and he's been getting more attention and more people are reaching out to him for workshops and gigs. Chris has a website machetecomics.ca where people can find all his comics, merchandise, and upcoming events. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Todd McFarlane is launching 10 new Spawn titles in 2024. The Joe Kubert School has added an Advanced Study program. Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon is getting a prequel comic from Titan. All on Comic Book Club News for October 23, 2023.SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, APPLE, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, TIKTOK, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Efficient and effective work is all about finding the right tools for the right job. And no one shares that message more clearly than Erica Blum.  Erica Blum is the program coordinator and an associate professor for the art and design degree at Lindenwood University. She is an Adobe Education leader and an Adobe Creative Educator Level 1. She has obtained many certifications, including the Adobe Certified Associate in Graphic Design and Illustration Using Adobe Illustrator, the ACA in Visual Communication Using Adobe Photoshop, the Adobe Certified Professional in Print and Digital Publication Using Adobe InDesign, and the Adobe Visual Design Specialist CC 2018. Professor Blum was honored to speak during the Adobe Certified Professional launch party in 2021. In addition, she is a member of the Adobe Education Exchange and has over 13 years of teaching and training in graphics, web and design concepts, printing techniques, and software applications. She has designed websites, newsletters, logos, T-shirts, brochures, cards, and more. Her artwork has been displayed in numerous arts shows and has been presented at several summits and workshops. Professor Blum spent a year studying at the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art (now known as the Kubert School) working on her comic book skills. Before becoming a designer, she was an Equity stage manager in and around New York City, a database administrator, an IT worker, and a camera/teleprompter/stage manager for tv and movies. In this episode with Erica, we talk all about her CERTIFIED Educator Conference session, and why she's so passionate about helping educators and students find the right tool for the right job. Erica shares the importance of knowing your software, and what other skills creatives should be building before entering the workforce. We also talk through free and exciting resources available for all educators and Creative Cloud users. If you're looking to add tools to your design toolbox, this episode is for you.  Don't miss out on the amazing resources that Erica mentioned.   Adobe Launch Party: https://youtube.com/live/8OvvmNsbDaM.  Adobe Character Animator: https://www.adobe.com/products/character-animator.html.  Adobe Capture: https://www.adobe.com/products/capture.html.  Adobe Color: https://color.adobe.com/create/color-wheel.  Adobe Fonts: https://fonts.adobe.com/.  Connect with Erica via email at EBlum@lindenwood.edu.  You can also learn more about Erica's program at Lindenwood University here: https://www.lindenwood.edu/arts-and-humanities/art-production-and-design/.  Connect with your fellow educators, like Erica, in our CERTIFIED Educator Community here: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8958289/. Don't miss your chance to register for our annual CERTIFIED Educator's Conference here: https://certified.certiport.com/.

This week I am talking to Jessie Desmond about her book 'Saucers of The North: A History of UFOs in Alaska Airspace'.A historical examination of UFOs in Alaska airspace spanning from native oral traditions, early Russian Alaska, Alaska as a US territory, Alaska as the 49th state, and to the present time. UFOs have been present earlier than most suspect. There are military ties and even some conspiracy theories.Saucers of The North provides a linear examination of Alaskan history based on the perspective of reported UFO activity. The social and cultural impact of UFOs have turned ufology into an area of interest and even the base of some fringe sciences. Alaska is known to have a high amount of UFO reports per capita. Saucers of the North expands on that and dives deep.Learn about:Native oral traditions that have extraterrestrial tiesPre-1947 sightings of strange things in the skyPost-1947 local sightings and military projects like Project PinballAnimal mutilation in AlaskaThe JAL 1628 UFO incident that took place on Nov. 17, 1986Conspiracy theories relating to UFO activityRecent UFO activityBioJessie has always been a creative person with a passion for writing, science, history, illustrating, painting, music, film, the paranormal, and cooking/baking. It's taken a lot of hard work since she came into this world in December of 1982, but she continues to pursue her interests and passions (writing, art, and the paranormal) on a daily basis.Jessie has been in-charge of the - now defunct - paranormal group PEAK (Paranormal Explorers of Alaska) for many years and still collects tidbits here and there of paranormal occurrences in Alaska. Aside from her interest in the paranormal, Jessie constantly writes, draws, and paints. Her first feature-length screenplay, written in February 2006 only took her 9 days! It's listed under 'Writing' and is called Revelations.From 2003-2006 Jessie attended the Joe Kubert School of Cartooning and Graphic Arts in New Jersey, receiving a degree in 2D Animation. Previous to this, at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, she was a theatre major. In 2012, Jessie graduated from UAF with a BA in History with a European emphasis.Jessie spent a little time as the Alaska State Director for MUFON.Currently, Jessie is working on preparing for her first bodybuilding competition - hopefully in figure or physique (depends on how she ends up looking). While hitting the gym all the time, she is also currently working on 2 new books. A book on having a healthy lifestyle (a surprise book; it just happened). Her first novel with a working title of Night Blooms of Damascus.Interests include: pirates, traveling, European and US History, coffee, costuming, Halloween, horror films, the paranormal and occult, bangsian fantasy, steampunk, late-70s British punk rock, new wave/dark wave music, rock n' roll, comic books (X-Men and Batman), mythology and folklore, Egyptian history, being out on the ocean, raising her personal vibrations, conspiracies, chemistry, human anatomy, visiting zoos and museums, and trying new foods.Amazon book link http://rb.gy/cs4cuhttps://www.jessiedesmond.com/https://www.pastliveshypnosis.co.uk/https://www.patreon.com/alienufopodcast

Learn what it takes to work as an inker in the indie comic-book industry with Jose Fuentes of Silverline Comics on this episode of And I Quote. We will also be taking your questions! Jose Fuentes grew up in Plymouth, Indiana before moving to Florida with his wife and kids. He has always been a comic book fanatic and loved drawing comics. He is a graduate from the Joe Kubert School. He has worked for Pickle Press as a Colorist and a traditional Inker as well as created his own self-published comic called Dark Redemption. Jose has also worked on digital inks for a six page story in Silverline Comics' Christmas Special '21 and is the current inker for the upcoming OBSOLETES MINISERIES. When he isn't helping his wife with her Birth Center, Jose loves spending time playing board games with his wife and kids as well as trying out new steakhouses! Follow Jose Fuentes on Social Media: FB: https://www.facebook.com/jose.fuentes.77770 IG: https://www.instagram.com/joseafuentesart/ Follow Ryan on Social Media: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/ryanandiquote Make Sure to LIKE, COMMENT, & SUBSCRIBE! Nerd Culture MERCH!!! www.nerdculture.threadless.com HWWS NC Merch - https://hwwswebtv.threadless.com/design Follow: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/itsnerdculture/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itsnerdculture Twitter :https://twitter.com/itsNerdCulture Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/itsnerdculture

In CROPPED #19, Will Dennis and I chat with designer and letterer extraordinaire Jared Fletcher about working with Cliff Chiang, maintaining a 12-hour workday, and how the Joe Kubert School prepped him for the tech changes that hit the comic book industry. We also talk about ink saturation, how his job relates to what tech printers are using, and his workday schedule.Finally, I find out who decides where word balloons go on the page.This episode is a companion to the chat Will and I had with colorist Lee Loughridge in CROPPED #17.

In CROPPED #19, Will Dennis and I chat with designer and letterer extraordinaire Jared Fletcher about working with Cliff Chiang, maintaining a 12-hour workday, and how the Joe Kubert School prepped him for the tech changes that hit the comic book industry. We also talk about ink saturation, how his job relates to what tech printers are using, and his workday schedule.Finally, I find out who decides where word balloons go on the page.This episode is a companion to the chat Will and I had with colorist Lee Loughridge in CROPPED #17.

Welcome back to Mad Props! We are joined this episode by Marvel and comic book artist Scott Koblish as he talks about his work, comics today, comics becoming movies, and more! The Hero Initiative - https://www.heroinitiative.org/ Scott's work - https://www.amazon.com/s?k=scott+koblish&crid=3LX1VUQGU2O1H&sprefix=scott+koblish%2Caps%2C233&ref=nb_sb_noss_1 About Scott Koblish - Scott Koblish is an American comic-book artist who has worked as a penciler and inker on more than 600 comic books for Marvel and DC Comics. Koblish attended the Joe Kubert School and the School of Visual Arts in New York. He began his career in 1993 as a member of the Romita Raiders, working under John Romita Sr. at Marvel Comics. Koblish worked throughout the '90s as an inker on a variety of Marvel titles: including GI Joe, The Punisher, Elektra, Thor, Hulk, Captain America, Daredevil, X-Factor, X-Man, The Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, The Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, Doom 2099, The X-Men, Moon Knight, Venom, Excalibur and the Star Trek/X-Men crossover “Second Contact” Koblish has also had a long career as a penciler, working for DC (Primal Age, Titans Giant, Batman: The Caped Crusader), Disney (the Jet Pack Pets), Platinum Comics (The Weapon), and Marvel (Spider-Man/Deadpool, Iron Fist, X-Men '92, Uncanny X-Men: First Class, Star Wars). His most popular work at Marvel as a penciler was his 6-year run as an artist on Deadpool for Marvel, where he received the Guinness Book of World Records for most characters to appear on a comic book cover. He is also the author and artist of the book The Many Deaths of Scott Koblish, which is also currently in print in the US and Vietnam. You can find Scott at: https://www.scottkoblish.com/ Instagram- @scottkoblish Twitter- @Koblish You can find us on Instagram - @schnabel.studios and Twitter @schnabelstudios Music Ska - Right Beat Radio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-Hgq... Video edited by Chris Schnabel Episode Produced by Chris Schnabel Mad Props is a Schnabel Studios Production. ▬ Podcast Chapters ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 0:00 - Open 1:43 - Intro 2:00 - Interview Start/Conventions and Travel 12:03 - Deadpool Talk 14:28 - Secret History of the War on Weed 18:50 - Limitations on Super Heros, Success of the Boys, and Umbrella Academy 22:12 - Talking The Boys/Comics or Show/Movie better? 27:22 - The evolution of Comic media 31:42 - Storytelling is the oldest form of entertainment/Religion and the stories of religion 37:40 - Quick look at Scott's career 38:36 - Would you consider the transition to writer? 44:18 - Comic writing becoming gold 46:09 - Scott talks George Perez 55:54 - What is Scott working on and where can you follow him 58:42 - Production credits and end screen --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/madprops/support

I knew nothing about the animated and comic book world before I talked to Kevin Mellon. He is a fascinating man with a lot of experience in his expertise. Kevin is a graduate of the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Arts. He has been working in the comic industry since his first book, GEARHEAD debuted in 2007. Since then he has gone on to do various other projects including THIRTEEN STEPS and THE ATHEIST VOL. 2 with writer Phil Hester. In fall of 2008, GEARHEAD was optioned by Gale Anne Hurd and Vallhalla productions for adaptation into film. He is currently working on an Original Graphic Novel for AiT/PlanetLar with GEARHEAD co-creator/writer Dennis Hopeless as well as writing and drawing his solo creator-owned series for APE Entertainment called SUICIDE SISTERS. Kevin is currently a story board artist for the popular FX TV show Archer. For more information about where to buy his music and art go to: kevinmellon.com    

Send us a Text Message.Cartoonerific Host Brian Mitchell interviews Animator Mike Milo on his early inspirations,  his education in cartoons at The Joe Kubert School in New Jersey, to working on commercials at Broadcast Arts in New York City and his career working on Hollywood cartoons at Warner Bros Animation on Tiny Toons and Tasmania, and then onto his original short cartoon projects at Cartoon Network.  Enjoy this very informative and entertaining episode of The Cartoonerific Podcast!Part two of the Mike Milo interview next week!all rights reserved (c) 2024 Cartoonerific Studios Inc. (c) 2024 By Cartoonerific! Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved

We talk to comic book artist, Charlie LaGreca Valesco about how attending The Joe Kubert School led to a job in the DC Comics Bullpen working on covers for The Death of Superman in the early 90's, getting published in Disney Adventures magazine, founding comic conventions and more in this very entertaining interview!★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Episode 678 - Thanks to Our Patrons Jason Interviews Comic Artist Gavin Smithgavinsmithcomics.com Dead Legends Gavin Smith is a freelance artist who lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. He's worked on Dead Legends (A Wave Blue World), Ghost in the Shell (Penguin/Random House/Kodansha), Heavy Metal Magazine, The Accelerators (Blue Juice Comics), "Have You Any Fear" For Line Webtoon, Gregory Graves (Starburns Industries) Motion Comics for AT&T, The anthologies "ALL WE EVER WANTED" (A wave blue world) illustrating a story with Dead Legends collaborator James Maddox, and The Good Fight illustrating a story by Mark Waid. He's also done background art for various comic books and has had pin-ups in Strayed (Dark Horse Comics) and Deadly Class (Image Comics), and a cover for Vampblade (Action Lab Entertainment). He got his start after graduating from the Joe Kubert School in 2011 and self publishing an issue of a creator owned comic "Human City".Support Our Patreon to Win Prizes and Unlock More C4FaP Bonus Content https://www.patreon.com/comicsfunprofit Shop Kowabunga's Exclusive Variants https://shopkowabunga.com/shop/ Donations Keep Our Show Going, Please Give https://bit.ly/36s7YeL Get on the Kowabunga (Deep Discount Comics) FOC and Preorder list http://eepurl.com/dy2Z8D Email us at: Comicsforfunandprofit@gmail.com - questions, comments, gripes, we can't wait to hear what you have to say. Follow us on twitter.com/ComicsFunProfit & instagram.com/comicsforfunandprofit Like us on Facebook.com/ComicsForFunAndProfit Subscribe, rate, review on itunes, Spotify, Stitcher. Thank you so much for listening and spreading the word about our little comic book podcast. https://comcsforfunandprofit.podomatic.com/

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This week, the guys talk with owners/administrators Jaclyn and Anthony Marques about everything going on at the famed Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art... and both Rylend and David seriously consider going back to school. CHECK OUT THE "COMIC JABRONI" VARIANT OF THE JUMP 1 and 2: https://thejump2.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders/358061 ALL PROCEEDS GO TO THE FAMILY OF EDWIN OCASIO! JACLYN AND ANTHONY MARQUES Twitter: @TheKubertSchool Instagram: @thekubertschool Website: https://www.kubertschool.edu --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions

The Nerds talk with, illustrator and self published author, Anibal Arroyo. We learn about his time at the Joe Kubert School of Cartooning and Graphic Illustration, his pursuit for his teaching degree to teach the next generation of artists, and his part of the Catch Da Craze crew. Watch clips from this episode here: https://youtu.be/Fm2SUPMfa9s Anibal Arroyo: IG- @arroyocus https://m.booksamillion.com/p/Lil-Steves-Closet/Anibal-Arroyo/9781734636505 Follow us: IG/FB- @thenerdsoftheround Twitter- @thenerdsOTR Tone From Across the Hall: IG- @tonefromacrossthehall Sebastian Bonet: IG/FB - @sebastianbonetart Law: FB/IG/TW- @taosbylaw YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo8p... ... Music: @LuCyphNY https://open.spotify.com/artist/5kkyy... --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thenerdsoftheround/support

Penciler. Inker. Cartoonist. Editor. Comic shop owner. Teacher. President of the freakin' Joe Kubert School. Probably colorist too, who knows. Anthony Marques is a one-man comics industry. He's this week's guest on a very special Hypothetical Island Podcast wherein he and Reilly wage ABSOLUTE TOTAL WAR on each other. It's the best time you'll ever have listening to two people try to wipe each other out, I promise you.

This week Amy and Mike continue their discussion with Sergio Cariello, illustrator of The Action Bible and Michelle Baird from Cook Publishing. Arriving this September, and updated version of The Action Bible will feature 25 new Bible stories and 23 expanded stories – all illustrated by Marvel and DC Comics artist Sergio Cariello. The Action Bible family of products has more than 85 million units in print worldwide since it launched in 2010. The original The Action Bible has sold more than 2.3 million copies and has spent more than 515 weeks on the ECPA Top 50 bestseller list. It is available in 27 languages globally, with 10-15 additional language translations to be completed in 2020. Sergio Cariello studied at the Word of Life Bible Institute (in Brazil and New York) as well as the Joe Kubert School of Cartooning (New York). He drew superheroes for Marvel and DC Comics and served as an instructor at the Kubert School. Sergio has spent more than a decade bringing the Bible to life for children and adults around the world. “It’s been the privilege of my life to combine my faith and art in The Action Bible. I loved to study the Bible before I began drawing The Action Bible, so these illustrations are the result of a continuous walk with Christ,” explains Sergio Cariello. “Drawing Captain America or Batman is fantastic, but drawing Jesus is different because I know the Holy Spirit is touching readers’ hearts through my drawings.” See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

This week Amy and Mike catch up with Sergio Cariello, illustrator of The Action Bible and Michelle Baird from Cook Publishing. Arriving this September, and updated version of The Action Bible will feature 25 new Bible stories and 23 expanded stories – all illustrated by Marvel and DC Comics artist Sergio Cariello. The Action Bible family of products has more than 85 million units in print worldwide since it launched in 2010. The original The Action Bible has sold more than 2.3 million copies and has spent more than 515 weeks on the ECPA Top 50 bestseller list. It is available in 27 languages globally, with 10-15 additional language translations to be completed in 2020. Sergio Cariello studied at the Word of Life Bible Institute (in Brazil and New York) as well as the Joe Kubert School of Cartooning (New York). He drew superheroes for Marvel and DC Comics and served as an instructor at the Kubert School. Sergio has spent more than a decade bringing the Bible to life for children and adults around the world. “It’s been the privilege of my life to combine my faith and art in The Action Bible. I loved to study the Bible before I began drawing The Action Bible, so these illustrations are the result of a continuous walk with Christ,” explains Sergio Cariello. “Drawing Captain America or Batman is fantastic, but drawing Jesus is different because I know the Holy Spirit is touching readers’ hearts through my drawings.” See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

We are thrilled to welcome back to the show Clifford Meth! Mister Meth is the co-publisher of Aardwolf Publishing and has been fixture in the world of comic book fandom for over 30 years! Cliff was instrumental in reaching settlements for Dave Cockrum, Gene Colan and Marv Wolfman with Marvel regarding participation for the characters and concepts they created! As a writer, his works include Comic Book Babylon and the upcoming Unsuckled! He discusses all of that, his relationships with many other creators along with an in-progress sale of books from Dave Cockrum's personal comic book collection that benefits scholarships at the Joe Kubert School! (Links are below!) After that we find Bill, Caleb,  Steve and Bryan in the newsroom talking about DC's sudden separation from Diamond Distribution and the equally sudden departures of Ruby Rose (Batwoman) and Hartley Sawyer (The Flash) from their respective CW shows. All this and as usual our Woofs of the Week! http://thecliffordmethod.blogspot.com/ https://thecliffordmethod.blogspot.com/2019/05/dave-cockrum-estate-sale.html      

Listeners have been asking us to talk more about our favorite Rush concert memories, so this week we called up friend of the show Mark Irwin to do just that. Mark is Executive Editor at Insight Editions (publisher of Wandering the Face of the Earth and Clockwork Lives, the follow up to the Clockwork Angel's novel), has worked with Fantoons on The Making of A Farewell to Kings graphic novel, has worked with DC and Marvel Comics as an inker and artist, is a graduate of the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art--I'm running out of room! Join us as we take a stroll down concert-memory lane!

Chris Machete of HM Music, Machete Comics and long time friend stops by to discuss a bunch of cool stuff! In Episode 2 we get into:Going to the Joe Kubert School in New Jersey to perfect his inking and drawing skills and perfecting the art of comic design.His Journey to Canada and starting a band with myself and our great friend DENTTouring and trying to write the "Hit" and his thoughts on whether he would have handled fame?What does he think of these "New" internet and pop stars and whether they deserve it?Opening a music and art school and the stress and joy of it all.We play "What's in the Box" and review a bunch of rad comics and his thoughts on the stories and people involved in making them?We also get a visit from his Daughter Taylor Machete and she fills us in on what she's doing to keep busy and what's next for her as the concert business and her source of income has taken a break.It's a fun episode with one of the most inspirational and fun dudes I know!! 

Guest: ARTIST / WRITER and Alumni of the Joe Kubert School of art Anibal Arroyo shares his story with us on Catch Da Craze. We discuss how he entered comics, his influences, his time in the military and his current and future plans.    We share a throwback video from Anibal’s appearance at the Big Apple Comic Con  from 2005 as he illustrates a sketch cover for a fan.    Commercial Skit: “Trying to Catch Da Craze” We continue with the quest to Catch Da Craze as Sam tries to sneak out of the house in order to pursue the Craze. His plot is thwarted by the Crazee Man. Will he ever get his hands on the Craze?    Score by:  Hall of the Mountain King by Kevin MacLeod | http://incompetech.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...   Get Free Press: Send us a link to your finished comic, novel, kids book, song, film, etc. We will discuss your product on our show.   Join our community today Subscribe to our Youtube channel today and ring the bell  https://www.youtube.com/catchdacraze?...    Buy Our “Stop Act’en Up” Apparel https://teespring.com/stores/catch-da...    Books by Host Samuel: https://www.amazon.com/Samuel-Vera/e/...  Barnes & Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/Samu...  Visit: www.icreatestories.com    Books by Co-Host Jorge: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-...    Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/catchdacraze...  Instagram @ https://www.instagram.com/catchdacraze/  Twitter @ https://twitter.com/CrazeeComics    iHeartRadio https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-th...  Spotify @ https://open.spotify.com/show/6zAzoWE...  Pandora @ https://www.pandora.com/podcast/the-c...  Apple Podcast @ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...  Podbean @ www.catchdacraze.podbean.com  TuneIn Radio @ https://tunein.com/podcasts/Arts--Cul...  Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-...    Hall of the Mountain King by Kevin MacLeod | http://incompetech.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Keith is a 1994 graduate of the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art. He has been working in the comic book industry ever since. Keith has done everything from writing, inking, pencilling, and art for comic books for most of the big publishers. He has even run successful Kickstarter campaigns for his creator owned comics. In this interview we find out what Keith's dream gig is and most importantly... If he is a cake or pie guy.  SUBSCRIBE to watch more videos like this one! LET'S CONNECT! -- Talk Nerdy to Me Facebook -- Zia Comics Facebook -- Zia Comics Twitter -- Zia Comics Instagram -- Talk Nerdy to Me website -- Zia Comics website -- Zia Comics Patreon LISTEN TO OUR PODCAST! - iTunes - Stitcher - Google Play #KeithChampagne #TheSwitch #FrankNStein #DCComics #MarvelComics #IDW #Dynamite #Ghostbusters #StrangerThings #GreenLantern #JSA

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Illustrators Darren Auck, Michael Kraiger, and Lloyd Briggery talk about their roles as alumni and faculty members at the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art! Plus, we go into the future to look back at the biggest moments in pop culture in 2020! All in the shiny, new episode of 1.21 Geekawatts!

He's a fan of Oz and the Trojan War and Casper and has done graphic novels and comic books on all three. A graduate of the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, our guest has won many awards for his work including two Eisners and a Ignatz Award. Here he is, Eric Shanower.

This week, we welcome back Anthony Marques, who a couple months ago became the new owner and president of the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art in Dover New Jersey. He talks about coming up through the school as a student, a security guard, an events coordinator, an instructor and now being the man in charge, getting to know Joe and the other Kuberts, his plans for the school and how he balances that and running Dewey’s Comic City in Madison and continuing to draw.

A native Vermonter, Ethan attended the Maine College of Art and graduated from the Joe Kubert School of Illustration and Design in '98.Ethan has self-published his own comics since Year 2000,  taught a youth program for intro to comics at a day camp for Burlington City Arts for five years, has had work published in roughly a dozen role-playing game books for AEG and many more for 3rd party publishers, Ethan has had exceedingly minor success involving the Comic Book industry (inked a 5 page back up in B.Clay Moore's Battle Hymn for Image Comics back in 2000).Ethan moved to Portland, Oregon in 2008 where he met and volunteered with several the local comic scene enthusiasts that were involved in making Stumptown Comics Fest. In 2015, Ethan illustrated and inked the first issue of the comic Dark Anna & The Pirates of Kadath - a comic which is created and written by local Portland writer, Aaron Duran. Ethan continues to write & draw his own comics for an upcoming anthology called The October Ages as well as working freelance doing spot illustrations for role-playing games. Ethan currently resides in Portland, Oregon with his wife and two studio cats. 

He’s back! Rags Morales returns to Valiant Comics to pencil and ink Bloodshot: Rising Sprit and he’s going to tell us all about it, unfiltered! Join Rags and I with a glass of merlot and learn about the classes he took at the Joe Kubert School of Cartooning and Graphic Art. What did he find so valuable about Joe Kubert’s method? Who were his contemporaries taking classes?  Hop in the way back machine with us for a peak between the pages of the early days at Valiant during the 1990s. Which giants of the comics industry did Rags meet while at Valiant? How successful was Rag’s run on Geomancer? What was does Rag’s think was the “event” that triggered the comic publisher and comic shop implosion of the mid-1990s? How does Rags manage riding out downturns in comic book market place?  What is his most requested commission at comic conventions and which was the oddest! (Note: Put on your ear buds listeners, this episode is rated E for Explicit!)  All this plus when I Kickback With The Creator, Rags answers all my fun questions and provides the best answer to date for his action figure accessory!  And for all ages, Dawn Griffin returns for a Creator Corner segment on location at The Comic Book Shop! May 4th Free Comic Book Day, talking about her upcoming Kickstarter Ida Finds Her Voice. Parents, you need this book!   Interview Segments: Rags Morales:          02:01 - 52:17 Dawn Griffin:           52:18 – 1:07   Please take a moment to rate Creator Talks on iTunes  More about Rags Morales  Click after May 13th: more about Dawn Griffin’s Kickstarter Ida Finds Her Voice This episode is sponsored by The Comic Book Shop!, where comics as for everyone, just be nice.

POD DYLAN Episode 90 - Ain't Talkin' Rob welcomes comic book writer/artist (and fellow Joe Kubert School alumni) Ron Randall to discuss "Ain't Talkin'", the final song on 2006's MODERN TIMES. Have a question or comment? E-MAIL: firewaterpodcast@comcast.net RON RANDALL - http://ronrandall.com Follow POD DYLAN on Twitter: @Pod_Dylan Subscribe to the show on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pod-dylan/id1095013228 Buy this song on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/modern-times/187497036 This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com Follow Fire & Water on TWITTER – https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our Fire & Water FACEBOOK page – https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Thanks for listening!

POD DYLAN Episode 90 - Ain't Talkin' Rob welcomes comic book writer/artist (and fellow Joe Kubert School alumni) Ron Randall to discuss "Ain't Talkin'", the final song on 2006's MODERN TIMES. Have a question or comment? E-MAIL: firewaterpodcast@comcast.net RON RANDALL - http://ronrandall.com Follow POD DYLAN on Twitter: @Pod_Dylan Subscribe to the show on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pod-dylan/id1095013228 Buy this song on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/modern-times/187497036 This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com Follow Fire & Water on TWITTER – https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our Fire & Water FACEBOOK page – https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Thanks for listening!

“Jeg skriver jo bare det som jeg ville håbe andre forfattere ville have skrevet, for at det bliver fedt at tegne.” Jan Kjær er tidligere AD assistent på reklamebureau og arbejdet med konceptudvikling for bla. Lego. Han uddannede sig siden hen på Joe Kubert School i USA og har arbejdet som storyboarder i Hollywood, før han sammen med Merlin P. Mann skabte Taynikma-universet. Siden har han udgivet et hav af bøger under eget navn i spændingsfeltet mellem manga og fantasy, herunder serien om Nomerne. Vi snakker om rejsen fra det faste arbejde, til i dag at være en af de mest anerkendte skabere af børnebogsuniverser herhjemme. Og selvom det kan virke som en gimmick, at udgive bøger med skumsværd med, så er det alt sammen baseret på en overordnet mission om at skabe læselyst. “Jeg er simpelthen opfostret med den mentalitet, med det man laver skulle have mere end et lag, mere end bare underholdningsværdien. Hele det at arbejde med Lego, har totalt nærmest defineret mit forfatterskab."

FW PRESENTS - IRWIN HASEN In honor of the legendary comic artist Irwin Hasen's 100th birthday Rob is joined by fellow Joe Kubert School alum Sean Tiffany to discuss the man's career, the little-seen DONDI movie, and what it was like to have Irwin as an instructor. Put Batman in it! Sean Tiffany - http://oilcandrive.com E-MAIL - firewaterpodcast@comcast.net Follow Mountain Comics on Twitter - https://twitter.com/FWPMountainCom Subscribe to FW PRESENTS on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fw-presents/id1207382042 This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com Follow Fire & Water on TWITTER – https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our Fire & Water FACEBOOK page – https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Thanks for listening!

Go the opportunity to sit and talk with illustrator Terry Anderson. Beginning by telling me how his talent from an early age led him to be working as an illustrator for the Glasgow Herald. Terry went on to discuss the positives and challenges he encountered whilst study at the Joe Kubert School of Cartooning, Evidently passionate about politics and the important role that both cartooning and cartoonist have in todays world. It was a real pleasure to get to the chance to talk with such a interesting and talented guy I hope you enjoy.

Two guests join me this week: writer Steve Orlando (DC’s Super-Girl, JLA, Midnighter) and artist Garry Brown (The Massive and Black Road /Dark Horse). They are collaborating on their creator-owned series Crude published by Skybound / Image Comics. First I discuss their educational background: Steve studied Russian and Creative Writing in while in college. Garry studied at the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art. Who was Garry’s classmate who also appeared on Creator Talks? What did Steve learn about spirits working for a liquor distributor? We get a few tips on how to select the best ones. Who gave gave Steve helpful feedback to help him develop his writing skills? Why does Steve consider Crude a true collaboration with Garry? About the book: https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/crude-1   About Steve Orlando: http://www.thesteveorlando.com/ Twitter: @thesteveorlando   Garry Brown: Twitter: @GarryBoom   Please take a moment to rate Creator Talks on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/creator-talks-podcast/id1180823120?mt=2

This week we feature another interview from Julian Chamblis for his Beyond Impossible Segment. Julian speaks with artists and designer Arie Monroe about her various projects, which include the work she does to run and operate Draw Like Crazy Studios. Monroe is originally from Kansas City Missouri. She received a BA in Studio Art from the University of Missouri Kansas City and attended the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon Graphics. She has worked as an artist since 1997 for companies such as Universal Studios Hollywood, Warner Bros Animation, Dreamworks, Nickelodeon and many more.In 2015 Arie founded DrawLikeCrazy Studios. At DrawLikeCrazy Arie provides quality creative work for a variety of clients. Her work has been featured in Black Comix and Black Comix Return and she was one of the inkers for I Am Alfonso Jones. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Making his podcast World Premiere is Chris Mooneyham!   Chris is the artist on Planet of the Apes: Ursus being published by Boom! Studios. He is a big POTA fan and we discuss POTA in film and television over the years. Which POTA movie was his first, and which made the biggest impression? What challenges did Chris meet trying to draw the likeness of Charlton Heston for POTA:Ursus? We also discuss Chris’ time at the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Design. Chris talks about the demands of the school and his follow classmate Garry Brown (TheMassive Dark Horse; Iron Patriot Marvel; Five Ghosts #6 Image). What feedback did Joe Kubert give Chris about his art? Chris provides an update on when he and writer Frank Barbiere might return to the seriesFive Ghosts! Will Chris take a crack at writing a comic book some day? Answers to these questions and more lie just ahead on this week’s podcast! About the book:http://www.boom-studios.com/2017/10/13/follow- the-rise- of-a- villain-in- planet-of- the-apes-ursus/ Please take a moment to rate Creator Talks on iTunes:https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/creator-talks- podcast/id1180823120?mt=2

This week, we talk to Rich Tommaso about all things She Wolf! One of the coolest current Image Comics series, She Wolf is a hallucinatory take on the werewolf genre that has led to some of Rich's most impressive visuals and elliptical narratives yet. Plus: Zack & Mike talk "the canon" in comics history, Will Eisner, & The Joe Kubert School.

This week, we talk to Rich Tommaso about all things She Wolf! One of the coolest current Image Comics series, She Wolf is a hallucinatory take on the werewolf genre that has led to some of Rich's most impressive visuals and elliptical narratives yet. Plus: Zack & Mike talk "the canon" in comics history, Will Eisner, & The Joe Kubert School.

Welcome to the No BS Marketing Show with Dave Mastovich featuring Hip Hop Cartoonist Ed Piskor!RANTSummer-the laid back mindset. Ever wonder how much productivity suffers for companies? Oftentimes people use the "I'll be on vacation" line to excuse why they can't get to something before, during, or after their vacation. But marketers can be productive even while on the beach! It's market segmentation at it's finest.The No BS Marketing Show, Audible is offering a free download with a 30-day trial to give you the opportunity to check out their service. You can download it for free today.This week's guest is Ed Piskor, a writer, designer, creative, artist, and hip hop historian. He is the author of the Hip Hop Family Tree, Volumes 1, 2, 3, and soon to be released in August, 4. Piskor grew up in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Homestead. In the 1990s, the area was full of gangs so instead of getting involved, he stayed indoors developing his drawing skills. Although his parents involved him in some local art classes, his comic skills are largely self-taught. Growing up in an environment of hip hop, Piskor has a unique ability within the comic world to create his one-of-a-kind Hip Hop Family Tree books.He first gained popularity by his publications on Boingboing.net which went viral. Rather than research, Piskor considers the compilation of the history in his books "reading for pleasure"."Comics is a medium that rewards obsessive compulsive behavior and we indulge in that as cartoonists. You can't turn that off.""Over the years of watching rap music videos or hearing weird guest spots on different rap records, all these questions popped into my head. In an archaeological sort of way I would dig deep to find those answers. As a fan, as a nerd.""During my 20s I would strike out and fail and end up back in my Mom's walk-in closet until I got my foot in."Piskor's work is considered a "journalistic piece". He "followed the 'journalistic code of ethics' when putting this together intuitively just because he wanted to have an extremely comprehensive piece of work." He has not had one notable rapper say that what he's written is untrue."You would think that if you made a billion dollars you would be above that flattery...But it's not true, my phone number is within a network of extremely famous rappers...When I get a phone call from one of these rappers or a number I don't recognize...My heart beats out of my chest when I see that more than when I'm hanging out with a pretty girl I'm waiting for a call from."Ice Cube shared a comic strip of him meeting Dr. Dre by Piskor on social media."The reads are so easy and almost funny to read because it's all in comic book form," Dave Mastovich.Grand Master Flash holds the cover of Volume 1."Volumes 1 & 2 are very historic. If you were really into music you knew and heard a bit about these artists. But the average person doesn't really know Afrika Bambaataa other than Jay Z mentioning it," Dave Mastovich.Volume 2:Run DMC is on Volume 3... "Starting to get into the records that everybody knows," Piskor.Mentors and InspirationA really great art teacher in middle school that always shows up to Piskor's events, even today. "She recognized my craft and just let me go.""Really it's just environment that is my inspiration, because I came from some really extreme spaces. I never want to go back to that and I know I have to keep working hard to not go back."He went to art school for one year after high school. Joe Kubert School of Comic Art. The value for him was being around other people with the same goals and of high talent.

This Monday Graphic Policy Radio welcomes first time guest Steve Lieber to talk about his comic career and his current comic series The Fix published by Image Comics. Released last Wednesday, The Fix has sold out and is going back to print. The series is a story of "crooked cops, scheming mobsters, and corrupt politicians that run things - and the sex toy that can bring them all down." Lieber will join hosts Brett and Elana to discuss the new series which has been praised by fans and critics alike. Steve Lieber studied art at the Joe Kubert School. His comics have been published by DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, Image, Valiant and many other publishers, but he’s best known for his work on Whiteout, a graphic novel adapted as a feature film, and Superior Foes of Spider-Man, a cult favorite published by Marvel. His current project is The Fix at Image comics. His various projects have received nine Eisner Award nominations, and he won the Eisner for Best Limited Series for Whiteout Volume 2: Melt. Steve’s a founding member of Periscope Studio, the largest studio of comic book artists in North America. He lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife Sara Ryan. We want to hear from you! Tweet us your questions @graphicpolicy.

Shag is off this week, so Rob is joined by artist and fellow Joe Kubert School alum John Trumbull for the oft-requested episode, "Tales From The Kubert School"! Have a question or comment? Looking for more great content? THE AQUAMAN SHRINE - http://www.aquamanshrine.net FIRESTORM FAN - http://firestormfan.com THE FIRE & WATER TUMBLR - http://fireandwaterpodcast.tumblr.com JOHN TRUMBULL ART - http://johntrumbull.deviantart.com E-MAIL: firewaterpodcast@comcast.net This episode brought to you by InStockTrades - http://instocktrades.com Subscribe via iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-fire-and-water-podcast/id463855630 Opening Theme, "The Time Is Now" by Michael Kohler. Closing music by Daniel Adams and Ashton Burge of The Bad Mamma Jammas! http://www.facebook.com/BadMammaJammas Thanks for listening! Fan the Flame and Ride the Wave!

May 6, 2010 - Joe Kubert, creator of our Book of the Month for May, Dong Xoai, Vietnam 1965, has been working in comics since before his voice changed. He's seen the industry in all its various forms, writing and drawing comics like Tor and Our Army at War, with Sgt. Rock. More recently, he found acclaim with his graphic novels Fax from Sarajevo and Yossel: April, 19, 1943. He also started the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art to train young comics artists for work in the world comics. Today, at 83 years old, he's still working, still drawing, and knows how lucky he is for it. Josh Flanagan had a conversation with Joe about his career and his new graphic novel. If this doesn't make you love comics, then nothing will. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices