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The 'Riffs Interview: 12 Secrets of the insanely viral 'OATMEAL' creator Matthew Inman
MATTHEW INMAN shares at least one striking trait with Mark Zuckerberg, beyond the fact they are once-introverted, sandy-haired, whipsmart men in their 20s. Both the Facebook founder and the founder of "THE OATMEAL" seem to understand their missions on...
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Michael Cavna
| March 11, 2011; 2:00 PM ET |
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Interviews With Cartoonists, The Webcomic, This Riffster's Reading List
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Andrews McMeel, Matthew Inman, The Oatmeal
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The 'Riffs Interview: 'MARS NEEDS MOMS' author Berkeley Breathed buckles in for Hollywood voyage
THE THREE FACES OF MILO: Berkeley Breathed's real-life son [from left]; Breathed's rendering of his Milo character for the picture book "Mars Needs Moms"; and Milo the boy hero in the new Disney film of the same name. (images...
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Michael Cavna
| March 11, 2011; 7:00 AM ET |
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Interviews With Cartoonists, The Holly Word
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Berkeley Breathed, Bloom County, Mars Needs Moms, Opus, Robert Zemeckis, Simon Wells, Wendy Wells
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The 'Riffs Interview: Post syndicate launches Donna Lewis's 'REPLY ALL' today
NOTE: "Reply All" creator Donna A. Lewis will take reader questions during a Post.com live chat today at 1 p.m. You can go to this link to read and participate. For many years, Baltimore native DONNA A. LEWIS was more...
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Michael Cavna
| February 28, 2011; 10:30 AM ET |
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Interviews With Cartoonists, The Comic Strip
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Amy Lago, Donna A. Lewis, Reply All, Washington Post Writers Group
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'ZUCKERBERG' writer likes 'Social Network's' Oscars chances tonight
Jerome Maida's mission wasn't entirely dissimilar from that of Oscar-nominated "Social Network" screenwriter Aaron Sorkin: By dint of research and glint of imagination, their job was to create a fleshed-out story that spins the largely mysterious person and caricatured...
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Michael Cavna
| February 27, 2011; 1:00 PM ET |
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General, Interviews With Cartoonists, The Comic Book
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Aaron Sorkin, Bluewater Comics, Hayden 5 Media, Jerome Maida, Mark Zuckerberg, Sal Field
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The 'Riffs Interview: 'FRAZZ' creator Jef Mallett on art, childhood -- and inspiration at the 10-year mark
(Editor's note: A shorter version of this interview appears in today's print edition of KidsPost.) JEF MALLET AT THE BOARD (photos by Jeffrey Sauger for The Washington Post) Neither Jef Mallett nor his comic-strip avatar, Frazz, has children, but...
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Michael Cavna
| February 27, 2011; 10:00 AM ET |
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Interviews With Cartoonists, The Comic Strip
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'OBAMA NATION' artist decries MSNBC rant about 'racist obscenity' cartoon
"THE LAST WORD": Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Artist Batton Lash says he's fair game for criticism over his controversial "Obama Nation" cartoon. What Lash now calls out-of-bounds, though, is the extent...
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Michael Cavna
| February 18, 2011; 11:00 AM ET |
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Interviews With Cartoonists, The Political Cartoon
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Andrew Breitbart, Batton Lash, James Hudnall, Lawrence O'Donnell, Obama Nation
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, February 16, 2011
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, January 11, 2011
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, January 4, 2011
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, January 3, 2011
THE YEAR IN COMIC RIFFS: What most resonated with readers in 2010,
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, December 13, 2010
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, December 2, 2010
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The 'Riffs Interview: 'American Vampire's' SCOTT SNYDER on vampires, Vertigo & collaborator Stephen King,
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The 'Riffs Interview: 'CYANIDE & HAPPINESS's' Dave McElfatrick tackles visas, viscera & American humor,
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, October 20, 2010
'Superheroes': Turning 97 today, JOE SIMON reflects on his legacy with JACK KIRBY (*As do STAN LEE and NEIL GAIMAN) ,
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, October 11, 2010
State Dept. sends Katrina cartoonist JOSH NEUFELD to Mideast to 'showcase cultural freedoms',
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HILARY PRICE on why her 'Rhymes With Orange' will turn pink this Sunday,
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, October 5, 2010
The 'Riffs Interview: TED RALL returns from Afghanistan, ready to draw upon his up-close encounters,
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, September 13, 2010
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, September 3, 2010
'RHYMES WITH ORANGE': Rina Piccolo fills us in on her Hilary Price fill-in,
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, August 30, 2010
The 'Riffs Interview: Comic artist CLIFF CHIANG offers an insider's tour of Neil Young's 'Greendale',
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, August 29, 2010
FAREWELL: His dream shot down, 'MY CAGE' cartoonist has a word for comics fans,
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, August 26, 2010
The 'Riffs Interview: CATHY GUISEWITE reveals why she's really ending her strip -- and why she won't abide 'Cathy Classics' reruns,
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, August 13, 2010
The 'Riffs Interview: Being Bill Watterson -- 'LIO' creator MARK TATULLI shares the secrets of spoofing 'Calvin & Hobbes',
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, August 11, 2010
The 'Riffs Interview: Artist JOHN ROMITA JR. talks family business, Big Daddies & the 'Kick-Ass' sequel,
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, August 10, 2010
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, August 9, 2010
The 'Riffs Interview: New Eisner winner JOHN LAYMAN relishes the success of 'CHEW',
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, August 3, 2010
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, July 27, 2010
COMIC-CON 2010: 'Opus's' BERKELEY BREATHED talks pigs, penguins & the thrill of adapting 'Pete & Pickles' for animation,
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, July 23, 2010
COMIC-CON 2010: Legend STAN LEE talks 'geek power,' new movies -- & why he was embarrassed to be a comic-book writer,
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, July 23, 2010
COMIC-CON 2010: Keith Knight talks new books, Nappy Hours & why he won't be on an Angry Black Panel,
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, July 22, 2010
COMIC-CON 2010: DC's DAN DiDIO talks Superman, Wonder Woman & why he loves fan interaction,
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, July 22, 2010
Has COMIC-CON outgrown San Diego? 9 big-time guests tell us where to go,
Michael Cavna
, July 21, 2010
Q&A: Muslim cartoonist offers her thoughts on depicting Muhammad,
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, July 19, 2010
A PEKAR TRIBUTE: Collaborators & colleagues remember 'sweet, curmudgeonly' Harvey,
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, July 13, 2010
Behind the Lines: 'DOONESBURY's' Trudeau illuminates today's 'Sgt. Bitch' strip [UPDATED],
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, July 9, 2010
'Wimpy Kid's' JEFF KINNEY shares his path & partnership with 'Big Nate',
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, July 7, 2010
'NEXT GREAT CARTOONIST' finalists offer their reactions to the contest,
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, June 28, 2010
The 'Riffs Interview: Lincoln Peirce's 'BIG NATE' becomes an 'overnight' best-seller,
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, June 27, 2010
The 'Riffs Interview: How the incisive TRACY WHITE made it to 'Eighteen' (A Cartoon Memoirist's Tale),
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, June 27, 2010
JEFFY 'LIVES' HERE: Cool new site lets you tour cartoonists' studios [UPDATED],
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, June 25, 2010
'Riffs Interview: How Michael Arndt went from celebrity assistant to 'TOY STORY 3' screenwriter in two moves,
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, June 17, 2010
The 'Riffs Interview: GENE WEINGARTEN, New Cartoonist, dares to attempt comic pearls before breakfast,
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, June 4, 2010
WEINGARTEN: People who 'critique comic strips are anuses',
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, June 3, 2010
THEIR TURN: 12 top cartoonists offer their take on 'Draw Muhammad Day',
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, May 20, 2010
The Riffs Interview: 'Kavalier & Clay's' MICHAEL CHABON: In truth, he's Washington D.C.'s own,
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, May 12, 2010
Fischetti-winning Steve Breen: Awards 'mean more than ever' in tough times,
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, April 17, 2010
The 'Riffs Interview: New Pulitzer winner MARK FIORE drafts a path less traveled,
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, April 13, 2010
The 'Riffs Interview: 'Secret of Kells' filmmaker TOMM MOORE,
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, April 2, 2010
The 'Riffs Interview: 'TRAIN YOUR DRAGON' directors enter a new dimension,
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, March 26, 2010
The 'Riffs Interview: Artist Mike Manley makes his 'Judge Parker' debut today,
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, March 15, 2010
Comic Riffs Cameo: Stan Lee's bid for Oscar [UPDATED],
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, March 11, 2010
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, March 8, 2010
POLITICO's Wuerker says winning Herblock Prize is 'mind-boggling',
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, February 18, 2010
The 'Riffs Interview: 'PvP' creator Scott Kurtz speaks today at Macworld,
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, February 12, 2010
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, February 12, 2010
The Demi-Post: Comedy Central's DEMETRI MARTIN Returns. Thankfully.,
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, February 4, 2010
THE OSCARS: Pixar's 'Up' soars to score a historic nom,
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, February 2, 2010
'CALVIN & HOBBES': How a Cleveland reporter landed a rare interview with reclusive Bill Watterson,
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"I've never regretted stopping 'Calvin and Hobbes,' " says reclusive creator in first interview in decades,
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Top 10 Names for the new Apple tablet (*as chosen by top artists),
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, January 27, 2010
Seven top artists reveal their hopes for Apple's new tablet,
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, January 27, 2010
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, December 11, 2009
The 'Riffs Interview: WES ANDERSON introduces his fantastic 'Mr. Fox',
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UPDATE: A new Congressional app for your iPhone? Artist says Apple finally bites ,
The Reliable Source
, November 15, 2009
The comic strip that ruined a friendship, rankled a newspaper and landed in court. And that was BEFORE being launched.,
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, November 12, 2009
Remembering Comic-Con co-founder Shel Dorf ,
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, November 7, 2009
Playing the Palace: Hours back from Iraq, top cartoonists share tales of a USO tour,
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, October 24, 2009
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, October 13, 2009
'Riffs Interview: As 'SNL' Satirizes Nobel-Winning Obama, Is Mike Luckovich Ready to Go Down That Same Road?,
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, October 9, 2009
The 'Riffs Interview: Tom Tomorrow Is High on Drawing for Kids & Rock Stars. The Future of Alt-Cartoons, Not So Much. ,
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, October 2, 2009
The Riffs Interview: Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz Dives Headlong Into Being a Comic-Book Creator,
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, September 23, 2009
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The Riffs Interview: Tim Burton & Jennifer Connelly Were Deeply Drawn to the Beguiling '9',
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, September 9, 2009
The 'Riffs Interview: Stan Lee Sizes Up the Disney-Marvel Deal,
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, September 1, 2009
The 'Extract' Interview: Filmmaker Mike Judge After 'Office Space',
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, August 29, 2009
The Interview: Archie Comics EIC Victor Gorelick,
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, August 19, 2009
The Interview: 'Zits' Co-Creator Jerry Scott,
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, August 6, 2009
The Interview: 'SpongeBob' Creator Stephen Hillenburg,
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, July 14, 2009
The Comic Riffs Anniversary Gift: Telling Quotes From Top Cartoonists,
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, July 13, 2009
The Interview: Exiled Iranian Cartoonist Nik Kowsar,
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, July 10, 2009
The Interview: 'Ice Age' Director Carlos Saldanha,
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, July 1, 2009
The Interview: 'Twitter Bird' Artist Simon Oxley,
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, June 19, 2009
The Interview: Dan Wasserman's Inside Line on the Boston Globe's Labor Woes ,
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, June 12, 2009
The Interview: 'Mallard Fillmore' Creator Bruce Tinsley,
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, June 5, 2009
The Interview: 'UP' Animator Bob Peterson of Pixar,
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, May 29, 2009
The Interview: Animator/Filmmaker MIKE JUDGE (Pt. 2),
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, May 28, 2009
The Interview: 'Goode Family' Creator Mike Judge (Pt. 1),
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, May 27, 2009
The Interview: 'Comic Riffs' Blogger Michael Cavna,
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, May 19, 2009
The Interview: 'SNL' Writer/Animator Robert Smigel,
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, May 15, 2009
The Interview: "Maus's" Art Spiegelman,
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, May 5, 2009
The Interview: 'Slowpoke' Alt-Cartoonist Jen Sorensen,
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, May 1, 2009
The Interview: Jeff Corriveau, "DeFlocked" Creator & TV Comedy Writer,
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, April 23, 2009
The Interview: DC Comics's Dan DiDio,
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, April 9, 2009
The Interview: 'Monsters' Animator Phil 'Captain 3D' McNally ,
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, April 7, 2009
The Twitter Interview: Political Cartoonist Mike Thompson,
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, April 3, 2009
The Twitter Interview: Cartoonist Daryl Cagle,
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, April 2, 2009
The Twitter Interview: 'PvP' Creator Scott Kurtz,
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, April 1, 2009
The Interview: Animator Bryan Brinkman,
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, March 23, 2009
The Exit Interview: Pink-Slipped Memphis Cartoonist Bill Day,
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The Interview (Pt. 2): David Horsey of the (RIP?) 'Seattle Post-Intelligencer' ,
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, March 10, 2009
David Horsey: How a Cartoonist Survives If Ink Newspaper Dies ,
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, March 9, 2009
Taste Test: What Do You Think of These Brand-New Animations? ,
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, March 3, 2009
The Interview: Drew Litton of the (RIP) Rocky Mountain News,
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, February 27, 2009
The Interview: Comedian/Cartoonist Demetri Martin of Comedy Central,
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, February 11, 2009
The Interview: 'Dilbert' Creator Scott Adams,
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, January 29, 2009
Obama Talk: 'Boondocks' Creator Disgusted With 'Gutter News',
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, January 23, 2009
Obama the Comic Superstar: Stan Lee Explains All...,
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, January 14, 2009
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, January 8, 2009
The Interview: 'Brewster Rockit' Cartoonist Tim Rickard,
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Fave Fan Anecdotes: 'Pickles' & 'Candorville',
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, December 26, 2008
Fave Fan Anecdotes: 'Pearls Before Swine' & 'Hi and Lois',
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, December 25, 2008
Fave Fan Anecdotes: 'The Buckets' & 'Big Nate' ,
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, December 24, 2008
Fave Fan Anecdotes: 'For Better or For Worse' & Signe Wilkinson,
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, December 23, 2008
Favorite Fan Anecdotes: 'Speed Bump' and 'Sherman's Lagoon',
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, December 22, 2008
The Interview: 'Candorville' Cartoonist Darrin Bell (Pt. 2),
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, December 18, 2008
The Interview: 'Candorville' Cartoonist Darrin Bell,
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, December 17, 2008
The Interview: Pixar Animator Angus MacLane,
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, December 11, 2008
The Interview: "Mutts" Cartoonist Patrick McDonnell,
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, December 8, 2008
The Interview: "Watchmen's" Dave Gibbons,
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, November 20, 2008
The Interview: Steve Greenberg: Life as a Pink-Slipped Political Cartoonist,
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, November 17, 2008
The Interview: "Opus's" Berkeley Breathed,
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, October 22, 2008
The Interview: Alt-Political Cartoonist Ted Rall,
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, October 2, 2008
The Interview: "Iron Man" Writer Matt Fraction,
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, October 1, 2008
The Interview: Comic-Book Writer Grant Morrison,
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, September 25, 2008
The Interview: HBO Animator Steve Dildarian,
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, September 19, 2008
The Interview: Ex-BET Chief Reg Hudlin of "Black Panther",
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, September 15, 2008
The Interview: Jim Borgman of 'Zits',
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, September 9, 2008
The Interview: 'Hulk' Writer Jeph Loeb,
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, September 3, 2008
The Interview: 'For Better or for Worse's' Lynn Johnston,
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, August 27, 2008
Interview With the Creator: Writer Brian K. Vaughan,
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, August 19, 2008
The Interview: "Cul de Sac's" Richard Thompson,
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, August 18, 2008
The Interview: Political Cartoonist Mike Luckovich,
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, August 8, 2008
The Interview: Political Cartoonist Signe Wilkinson,
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, August 7, 2008
The Interview: Political Cartoonist Steve Breen,
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, August 5, 2008
The Interview: 'Pearls Before Swine's' Stephan Pastis,
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, July 31, 2008
The Interview: Marvel Comics' Joe Quesada,
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, July 24, 2008
The Interview: 'Boondocks' Creator Aaron McGruder,
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, July 22, 2008
Garry Trudeau: The Interview,
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