Podcast appearances and mentions of tom batiuk

This bonus episode celebrates the return of an in-person Ohioana Book Festival on Saturday, April 22, 2023, at the Columbus Metropolitan Library's Main Library. The day will include panel discussions, readings, activities, an on-site book fair, and a live Page Count podcast recording, among other offerings.   Festival authors featured in this episode who are scheduled to participate in the live Page Count panel, “Turning Points in a Writing Career,” include:   Mindy McGinnis, author of the YA mystery A Long Stretch of Bad Days Ric Sheffield, author of the memoir We Got By: A Black Family's Journey in the Heartland Judith Turner-Yamamoto, author of the novel Loving the Dead and Gone Andrea Wang, author of the picture book Luli and the Language of Tea Felicia Zamora, author of the poetry collection I Always Carry My Bones   Additional authors mentioned in this episode: Abby Collette, Amanda Flower, Brad Ricca, Tom Batiuk, Kari Gunter-Seymour, Cinda Williams Chima, Tricia Springstubb, Margaret Peterson Haddix, Prince Shakur, and Will Hillenbrand.   For the full list of more than 150 participating authors and illustrators, visit Ohioana's 2023 Festival Authors page. For more information about the festival, visit the Ohioana Book Festival page. We hope to see you in Columbus on April 22!   Page Count is produced by Ohio Center for the Book at Cleveland Public Library. For a transcript of this episode, visit the episode page. To get in touch, email ohiocenterforthebook@cpl.org (put “podcast” in the subject line) or follow us on Twitter or on Facebook.

This year 'Funky Winkerbean' celebrates its 50th anniversary and on Dec 31 Tom Batiuk will retire the comic strip.

The Fourth Awakens on Enjoy Stuff this week as we celebrate Star Wars Day with our special guest Dennis Keithly. Join us as we catch up with what we've been enjoying from the Galaxy Far, Far Away!   The beginning of May means that it's time to prepare to have the Fourth Unleashed! Star Wars Day is this week and we celebrate all things Star Wars with a special guest.    News Pixar just released a new, and very revealing trailer for Lightyear Images have been revealed of an upcoming LEGO set that looks like the Atari 2600. Now if it would only work as a console too! Doritos announced a Stranger Things promotion that will include a ‘Concert from the Upside Down' later this summer. What we're Enjoying Shua found a comic based on the Orville TV series that takes place between seasons 2 and 3. Orville 2.5 is another fun addition to the franchise. Our guest Dennis revisited his Dungeons and Dragons themed novels from his youth called Dragonlance. A TSR published series that had some very promising stories in it. In anticipation of this year's Thor: Love and Thunder movie, Jay has been reading Jason Aaron's Thor series. Cool stuff that set the foundation for the cinematic story.    Sci-Fi Saturdays/MCU Location Scout Be sure to check out Jay's articles on Retrozap.com. This week he goes back to the beginning of the dinosaur franchise to examine the 1993 masterpiece Jurassic Park.  Is this the greatest sci-fi film of the 90's? We'll let you be the judge, but Jay makes some great points as he shares a ton of groundbreaking moviemaking and storytelling techniques that changed the way we see movies forever.     Enjoy movies! It seems that the words “May the Fourth be with you” is pretty much understood by everyone these days. This once inside joke has become as mainstream as Merry Christmas. But where did this handy pun originate?    We find the origins of the first clever person to put this date together with Star Wars, and it may not be where you think. And we track the exponential growth of the use of the Star Wars based joke to the massive promo machine it is today.    Then, we look at the Star Wars things we all have been enjoying. In anticipation of Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim at the end of the month, Shua has been listening to the 1980 NPR Radio Drama adaptation of Star Wars starring Mark Hamill and Anthony Daniels. A fun version that gave us a way to experience Star Wars before the common use of VCRs.    Dennis has been putting together some great LEGO sets, including a Probe Droid and an A-Wing. And he's been binge watching The Clone Wars animated series in anticipation of Celebration.    Jay has been making his way through the new LEGO Star Wars Skywalker Saga. He's found a ton of clever, funny Easter eggs and joke throughout the game that makes an already amazing game even more fun.    We also report on some cool games and books that are available now. And to wrap it all up, Shua shares some Star Wars week puns and a collection of Funky Winkerbean comic strips where the artist Tom Batiuk shared Jedi Jokes.   Are you celebrating Star Wars Day? How will you channel your inner Jedi? Did you read all the way to the bottom? First person that emails me with the subject line, “Jar Jar shot first” will get a special mention on the show.  Let us know. Come talk to us in the Discord channel or send us an email to podcast@enjoystuff.com

My podcast is one year old! I'm not sure how long some of you have been listening, so I decided to make a clip show of my favorite interviews from very early in the first year. These guests include former MLB star Darryl Strawberry, comedian Don Jamieson, Chef Andrew Gruel, comic/impressionist John Byner, Funky Winkerbean creater Tom Batiuk, and comedy writer Tom Leopold. Follow Tony on his various social media platforms: Twitter & GETTR - @TonyMazur Instagram - @tmaze25 Be sure to subscribe to Tony's Patreon. $5 a month gets you bonus content, extra podcasts, and early access to guests. Visit Patreon.com/TonyMazur. Cover art for the Check Your Brain podcast is by Eric C. Fischer. If you need terrific graphic design work done, contact Eric at illstr8r@gmail.com.

In this episode we meet Steve Foss.   He is a guide in the Ely area and is taking us lake trout fishing.   Then we reconnect with our friend Tom Batiuk about an amazing survival story.

Avid newspaper readers have seen Tom Batiuk's work for nearly a half century. He is the creator of the wildly popular and sometimes controversial Funky Winkerbean, and he also created Crankshaft, a spinoff of the former.   Tom and Check Your Brain's Tony Mazur talked about the history of Funky Winkerbean, how it went from a "gag-a-day" strip in the beginning to a narrative-based story arc years later that touched on serious subjects such as cancer, death, suicide, and gay rights. They also pondered who would play characters like Funky, Les Moore, and Ed Crankshaft in live action movies, and about the comics section of today.   Follow Tony on his various social media platforms: Twitter - @TonyMazur Instagram - @tmaze25   Cover art for the Check Your Brain podcast is by Eric C. Fischer. If you need terrific graphic design work done, contact Eric at illstr8r@gmail.com.

Tom Batiuk, creator of comic strips Funky Winkerbean and Crankshaft joins The Jo(h)ns on this WESU archive classic from February of 2018. We discussed a lot of cool stuff, from his beginnings, to his progressing characters in a medium that tends to keep things static. Oh, and how it's a hard sell for newspaper cartoonists if they don't have a cat in their product. This was a good time, so Listen In!

We had the opportunity to talk with Tom Batiuk, creator of the Funky Winkerbean comic strip, about how humor can have a positive affect on the mind, body, and spirit, even during difficult and stressful times. Listen to our interview for more about Tom's personal story, and about how humor can play a positive role in our lives.  Tom began drawing Funky over 45 years ago when he was still a middle school teacher in Ohio.  Funky Winkerbean is published in over 400 newspapers across the U.S. During those years he's had the opportunity to use his influence to address some difficult societal issues with humor and wit. He also created a character in Funky's story line who was diagnosed with breast cancer.  Her name was Lisa.  Lisa's story has made a positive impact for many people, as she modeled the use of humor to alleviate the effects of disease, and the side effects of aggressive, prolonged treatments.   In 2007, the Lisa's Legacy Fund was started to raise funds for cancer research and education.  To learn more about Lisa's Legacy Fund, you can follow this link here.  A new book about Lisa's story has recently been released called Lisa's Legacy Trilogy. This box set includes the complete story of Lisa's life as it unfolded in the pages of Funky Winkerbean.     For more information please visit our website at www.theheartofhospice.com, or find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.  

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Gerard speaks with Tom Batiuk, the creator of The Funky Winkerbean, who was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist for “Lisa’s Story: The Other Shoe,” a full-color comic collection of a breast cancer battle. A cancer survivor himself, Batiuk describes his experience of receiving his own cancer diagnosis, “he began to fully appreciate the fundamental void that separates empathy and personal experience.” Lisa’s Story is his way of giving voice to that experience. Lisa’s Story is a treasured collection for all comic enthusiasts, but those whose lives are touched by cancer, whether as patient or provider, will find laughs and tears in this meaningful volume

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Gerard speaks with Tom Batiuk, the creator of The Funky Winkerbean, who was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist for “Lisa’s Story: The Other Shoe,” a full-color comic collection of a breast cancer battle. A cancer survivor himself, Batiuk describes his experience of receiving his own cancer diagnosis, “he began to fully appreciate the fundamental void that separates empathy and personal experience.” Lisa’s Story is his way of giving voice to that experience. Lisa’s Story is a treasured collection for all comic enthusiasts, but those whose lives are touched by cancer, whether as patient or provider, will find laughs and tears in this meaningful volume

Tom Batiuk is the creative mind behind the comic strip "Funky Winkerbean."  Tom began drawing Funky over 45 years ago when he was still a middle school teacher in Ohio.  Funky Winkerbean is published in over 400 newspapers across the U.S.   Helen & Jerry had the opportunity to talk with Tom recently about how humor can have a positive affect on the mind, body, and spirit, even during difficult and stressful times.  Tom created a character in Funky's story line who was diagnosed with breast cancer.  Her name was Lisa.  Tom used her story for many good purposes, including the use of humor for self care to alleviate the effects of disease, and the side effects of aggressive, prolonged treatments.   In 2007, the Lisa's Legacy Fund was started to raise funds for cancer research and education.  To learn more about Lisa's Legacy Fund, go here.  A new book about Lisa's story has recently been released called Lisa's Legacy Trilogy. This box set includes the complete story of Lisa's life as it unfolded in the pages of Funky Winkerbean.   Listen to our interview for more about Tom's personal story, and about how humor can play a positive role in our lives.   For more information please visit our website at www.theheartofhospice.com, or find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.  

Are millennials unmotivated slackers glued to their phones, ramen, and hair buns? Dr. Frieda Birnbaum says Millennials actually have things right, and baby boomers should take note and experience life now instead of waiting for retirement. Plus comic strip author and cancer survivor, Tom Batiuk talks about the ten year anniversary of the defining moment in his strip, Funky Winkerbean. And these stories: Eye tattoo goes very wrong. Police shoot actor portraying a robber. Actual robber has epic disguise. Alien Hunter team discover ET Highway across America. How to stop Facebook from listening to you. Woman drivers in Saudi Arabia. Bad drivers in America. And finally, abandoned baby comes with start up cash.

Comic strip creator, Tom Batiuk, stops by to visit with Marcie and Whistle about his career as a nationally syndicated comic strip writer and the creator of Funky Winkerbean. He also talks in depth about his character Wally, an Iraq and Afghanistan veteran, who returns home with post traumatic stress disorder. Through the coaxing of his girlfriend, Rachel, Wally embarks on a journey to receive a service dog named Buddy that changes his life. Batiuk sheds some light on the inspiration for his creations, his collaboration with Puppies Behind Bars, and his belief that America’s funny pages should reflect what’s happening in the world. More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - It’s All in the Funny Papers with Marcie Davis Enter the Promo Code: WORKING and get 10% off at Shoebuy.com!