Filed under: Interviews

Brooke McEldowney, creator of 9 Chickweed Lane and Pibgorn, was interviewed by WUKY (NPR station at the Univ. of Kentucky). Here’s the link to the MP3.

Jonathan Lemon writes in to tell Daily Cartoonists about an interview with KAL, Tom Meyer, Mark Fiore on the topic of The Art of Political Cartooning conducted by the Commonwealth Club. You can listen to it online.

Comics Reporter Tom Spurgeon has posted an interview with Brendan Burford, King Feature’s new comics editor. At age 28, Brendan picks up where Jay Kennedy left off after Jay’s untimely death. TOM SPURGEON: When your promotion was announced, I think it was [King Features President] Rocky Shepard who in one of the articles indicated that […]

It looks like The Journal News editorial cartoonist Matt Davies is scheduled to appear on Minnesota Public radio to discuss the challenges of covering the war in editorial cartooning. Also slated during the segment will be Tim Kreider, an alternative weekly editorial cartoonist out of Baltimore.The segment will air during Midmorning about 10:06 a.m. CST

Daryl Cagle has posted another audio interview, this time with M.e. Cohen. Scroll down to find the link on his blog.

Head over to Daryl Cagle’s blog to listen to audio of Monte Wolverton talking about his work. Also posted is another audio clip of Israeli cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen about his cartoons.

Mr. Media has posted a lengthy and interesting interview with Lee Salem, President and Editor at Universal Press Syndicate. Mr. Salem fields questions about his first impressions about Doonesbury, The Far Side, Calvin and Hobbes, Cathy, For Better or For Worse, Foxtrot, Boondocks, Bloom County and Lio.There’s also an interesting discussion on the Universal Press […]

Patrick McDonnell was interviewed by the Star Ledger where he discusses the dogs in his life that inspires in comic strip Mutts.

KOTV in Tulsa has a story (including video) of their interview with Tulsa World editorial cartoonist (and Kudzu creator), Doug Marlette.

I’m a bit late with this one, but it’s a good read (and listen if you’re into the podcast scene). Mr. Media has an extensive interview with Mark Tatulli who created last years comic breakout strip Lio.Here’s an excerpt from the interview: ANDELMAN:Have you ever in the time you have been doing this strip, have […]

The Lawrence Journal has a good interview with Stephan Pastis, creator of Pearls Before Swine. He talks about his artistic ability, poking fun at other comics among other things. Also provided is segments of the interview in audio where he talks about how the internet has helped and hurt comic strips and how he comes […]

Pulitzer Prize winners Mike Luckovich and Walt Handelsman were interviewed by NEWSWEEK on Air on their most controversial and favorite cartoons of the year. They also talked about what subjects they see coming into the new year. You can listen to it online.

After reading the “spirited” discussion in the comments regarding the launch of Diesel Sweeties, I’ve invited Ted Rall, who is responsible for acquisition and development for United Media, to respond to any questions you might have about the launch/selection of Rich Stevens’ feature. Email me with your questions and I’ll forward him the most frequently […]

Andrew Feinstein, co-creator of Girls and Sports was recently interviewed by Expanded Books regarding the release of his first book, Opening Lines, Pinky Probes and L-Bombs: The Girls & Sports Dating & Relationship Playbook. You can see the interview on YouTube.

Mike Lynch links to a couple o’ interviews with Bizarro cartoonist Dan Piraro on the topic of veganism and cartooning.