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UPDATE: A new Congressional app for your iPhone? Artist says Apple finally bites
Kerry, McCain & Pelosi (among others), as you may never see them -- thanks to Apple. (Courtesy of Tom Richmond ) UPDATE: MAD artist Tom Richmond tells Comic Riffs this weekend that Apple has just notified him that --...
By The Reliable Source | November 15, 2009; 11:15 AM ET | Comments (4)
The comic strip that ruined a friendship, rankled a newspaper and landed in court. And that was BEFORE being launched.
NOTE: With some stories, the "full disclosure" clause cannot wait till the end, like some sort of buried, "oh-by-the-way" afterthought. In this case, with this story, I'm obligated to disclose up top that I know or have known most...
By Michael Cavna | November 12, 2009; 02:05 PM ET | Comments (3)
Remembering Comic-Con co-founder Shel Dorf
In this June 29, 2006 picture, Sheldon Dorf holds a Dick Tracy comic book in Ocean Beach, Calif. (AP Photo / San Diego Union Tribune) I met Shel Dorf just once, in the mid-'90s in San Diego, but boy,...
By The Reliable Source | November 7, 2009; 04:00 PM ET | Comments (0)
Playing the Palace: Hours back from Iraq, top cartoonists share tales of a USO tour
I'm sitting in a hotel bar-and-grille that's so close to Virginia's Dulles International Airport, the hotel's walls have flight-time boards that flicker like mood lighting in the lobby. The mood at my table is a bit more subdued. Until,...
By Michael Cavna | October 24, 2009; 09:00 AM ET | Comments (0)
The 'Herblock!' Show: Cartoonists, Library of Congress Pay Tribute on Legend's 100th Birthday
The Library of Congress's exhibit "Herblock!" (opening today) celebrates the late political cartoonist Herb Block on his 100th birthday. (Doree Lovell) You stroll among these freshly mounted, never-before-displayed original drawings at the Library of Congress and you are struck...
By Michael Cavna | October 13, 2009; 07:00 AM ET | Comments (10)
'Riffs Interview: As 'SNL' Satirizes Nobel-Winning Obama, Is Mike Luckovich Ready to Go Down That Same Road?
MIKE LUCKOVICH: Obama is "smart and smooth -- he's a hard guy to satirize." The Atlanta Journal Constitution's Pulitzer-winning cartoonist, MIKE LUCKOVICH, quickly honed in on his Barack Obama caricature during last year's campaign. What's been slower to evolve...
By Michael Cavna | October 9, 2009; 08:35 AM ET | Comments (2)
The 'Riffs Interview: Tom Tomorrow Is High on Drawing for Kids & Rock Stars. The Future of Alt-Cartoons, Not So Much.
A self-portrait by Tom Tomorrow. TOM TOMORROW calls it his "up and down" year, and so far, has it ever been: At the beginning of '09, his alt-political cartoon feature "This Modern World" was bleeding newspaper clients; by summer,...
By Michael Cavna | October 2, 2009; 10:10 AM ET | Comments (2)
The Riffs Interview: Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz Dives Headlong Into Being a Comic-Book Creator
Led by Pete Wentz's efforts, Fall Out Boy launches its new comic-book series. (Image Comics) It's a bleak, futuristic setting. Forces of authority are trying to control the development of machines. And in this illustrated tale, a toymaker scientist...
By Michael Cavna | September 23, 2009; 10:05 AM ET | Comments (1)
The 'Riffs Interview: 'SNL's' Bill Hader Embraces His Inner Nerd for 'Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs'
(Sony Pictures Animation) Bill Hader say his voice was "nerdy enough" to be cast as the lead voice in "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs." [ NOTE: Updated Sunday with new video.] I've got two things to declare upfront...
By The Reliable Source | September 20, 2009; 06:20 PM ET | Comments (4)
The Riffs Interview: Tim Burton & Jennifer Connelly Were Deeply Drawn to the Beguiling '9'
As a brilliant animator himself for the better part of three decades, off and on, TIM BURTON is not easily impressed by new talent. So when he decided to back turning Shane Acker's Oscar-nominated student short into a feature...
By Michael Cavna | September 9, 2009; 09:09 AM ET | Comments (1)
The 'Riffs Interview: Stan Lee Sizes Up the Disney-Marvel Deal
Stan Lee (AP)Enlarge Comic The phone rang at about 6 a.m., West Coast time. It's not every morning that the chairman of Walt Disney Studios calls you so close to dawn, even if you're Stan Lee. The executive, Richard...
By Michael Cavna | September 1, 2009; 06:00 AM ET | Comments (7)
The 'Extract' Interview: Filmmaker Mike Judge After 'Office Space'
MIKE JUDGE's newest film almost didn't survive the bombing. From "Beavis & Butt-Head" to a still-new "King of the Hill," Judge had been an animator for the better of a decade when, in 1999, he made the transition to...
By Michael Cavna | August 29, 2009; 03:15 AM ET | Comments (0)
The Interview: Archie Comics EIC Victor Gorelick
Veronica, Archie and Betty: They enjoy sharing a float and a sandwich. (AP Photo/Archie Comic Publications) When you spend a half-century at arguably the oldest humor comics firm in America, you pick up a little something. Or rather, at...
By Michael Cavna | August 19, 2009; 07:00 AM ET | Comments (5)
The Interview: 'Zits' Co-Creator Jerry Scott
JERRY SCOTT knows about a little something about teenagers reaching driving age. For inspiration, he need only look out on his window of his San Luis Obispo home, even if he's as apt to find his elder daughter on...
By Michael Cavna | August 6, 2009; 01:05 PM ET | Comments (2)
The Interview: 'SpongeBob' Creator Stephen Hillenburg
Stephen Hillenburg (Reuters/Luis Enrique Ascui) Tom Kenny, who voices the character of "SpongeBob SquarePants," says the show's creator, STEVE HILLENBURG, is a prime lesson in the importance of following your passions. Hillenburg was working as a marine biologist, but...
By Michael Cavna | July 14, 2009; 07:00 AM ET | Comments (1)
The Comic Riffs Anniversary Gift: Telling Quotes From Top Cartoonists
It only fully dawned on me several hours ago: The ever-humble, still-sprightly Comic Riffs blog is officially turning 1-year-old. Like, today. Hitting that milestone wasn't always a foregone conclusion, so the blog tips its proverbial cap to the thousands...
By Michael Cavna | July 13, 2009; 12:45 PM ET | Comments (4)
The Interview: Exiled Iranian Cartoonist Nik Kowsar
"I believe my cartoons are on the same frequency as to what the Iranian people are feeling," says Iranian expat cartoonist Nik Kowsar.(Courtesy of Nik Kowsar) Iranian-born political cartoonist NIK KOWSAR has been jailed because of his commentary. He...
By Michael Cavna | July 10, 2009; 09:45 AM ET | Comments (1)
The Interview: 'Ice Age' Director Carlos Saldanha
Scratte (left) and Scrat in "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs." (Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox) "Coraline," "Monsters vs. Aliens" and "Up" have all delivered brilliant 3-D effects this year -- each offering its own visual strengths -- yet...
By Michael Cavna | July 1, 2009; 10:05 AM ET | Comments (1)
The Interview: 'Twitter Bird' Artist Simon Oxley
Simon Oxley, who designed the Twitter logo. (Noriko Oxley) Japan-based illustrator SIMON OXLEY is not a cartoonist, but rather a brilliant artist with a truly comic sense of humor. He has created thousands of whimsical illustrations, yet most of...
By Michael Cavna | June 19, 2009; 12:05 PM ET | Comments (2)
The Interview: Dan Wasserman's Inside Line on the Boston Globe's Labor Woes
DAN WASSERMAN (Courtesy of Dan Wasserman / Boston Globe) This week, Boston Globe political cartoonist DAN WASSERMAN -- responding to his newspaper's vote to reject a new labor deal -- created a brilliantly distilled cartoon. Because the New York...
By Michael Cavna | June 12, 2009; 09:45 AM ET | Comments (1)
The Interview: 'Mallard Fillmore' Creator Bruce Tinsley
Bruce Tinsley (Courtesy of King Features Syndicate) BRUCE TINSLEY, ironically, had no designs on becoming a comic-strip artist. Nearly two decades ago, he was a political cartoonist, a practioner of the single-panel, non-continuity ever-topical format at the Charlottesville Daily...
By Michael Cavna | June 5, 2009; 10:30 AM ET | Comments (5)
The Interview: 'UP' Animator Bob Peterson of Pixar
Bob Peterson arrives at the premiere of Disney Pixar's 'Up' in Hollywood on May 16. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) As Pixar's balloon-questing movie, "UP," lands in theaters today, it represents just the latest cinematic adventure for its writer and co-director,...
By Michael Cavna | May 29, 2009; 07:00 AM ET | Comments (0)
The Interview: Animator/Filmmaker MIKE JUDGE (Pt. 2)
Mike Judge (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) In the interest of full transparency, Comic Riffs and animator/filmmaker MIKE JUDGE share many of the same influences. Not just some creative ones -- Terry Gilliam, Chuck Jones, Harvey Pekar and Charles Schulz, to...
By Michael Cavna | May 28, 2009; 09:30 AM ET | Comments (2)
The Interview: 'Goode Family' Creator Mike Judge (Pt. 1)
MIKE JUDGE, co-creator of the Fox series "King of the Hill," poses in front of an illustration of the animated character he voices, Hank Hill, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ric Francis) As animator/filmmaker MIKE JUDGE nearly wraps up his...
By The Reliable Source | May 27, 2009; 07:30 AM ET | Comments (3)
The Interview: 'Comic Riffs' Blogger Michael Cavna
'STEVE GREENBERG' (Courtesy of Steve Greenberg and Cagle.com) One danger of publicly bemoaning the state of the Endangered Newspaper Comics Industry for a living is that fellow journalists begin to contact you to speak authoritatively on the state of...
By Michael Cavna | May 19, 2009; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (1)
The Interview: 'SNL' Writer/Animator Robert Smigel
Robert Smigel: The man behind "Ambiguously Gay Duo" and "X-Presidents." (Gino Domenico/AP File Photo) Tomorrow night, "SNL" wraps an especially stellar season -- from Tina Fey's Sarah Palin to Justin Timberlake's charismatic hosting -- and Sunday night, NBC will...
By Michael Cavna | May 15, 2009; 12:00 PM ET | Comments (2)
The Interview: "Maus's" Art Spiegelman
Art Spiegelman in his Manhattan studio last October. (Helayne Seidman for The Washington Post)Enlarge Image ART SPIEGELMAN is most famous for his comic Holocaust narrative "Maus," but the cartoonist's career spans so much more -- from his underground comics in...
By Michael Cavna | May 5, 2009; 11:30 AM ET | Comments (1)
The Interview: 'Slowpoke' Alt-Cartoonist Jen Sorensen
Until last year, I had read the alt-comic "SLOWPOKE" on occasion, but I had not really READ "Slowpoke." That is, I had not pored over it as a book collection, in which editorial cartoonist Jen Sorensen's superbly ironic worldview comes...
By Michael Cavna | May 1, 2009; 12:30 PM ET | Comments (2)
The Interview: Jeff Corriveau, "Deflocked" Creator & TV Comedy Writer
"DEFLOCKED" Enlarge Comic You've written for "Saturday Night Live." You've provided punch lines for Leno. And your comedy credits include head writer for E!'s then-titled "Talk Soup." With such a resume, what propels a professional joke-writer to devote his...
By Michael Cavna | April 23, 2009; 12:00 PM ET | Comments (2)
The Interview: DC Comics's Dan DiDio
For DC Comics, 2009 is chock full of big storylines. There's the action in "New Krypton" (which puts Superman in the unfamiliar position of not being the most super person in the Milky Way). There's "Battle for the Cowl" (which...
By Michael Cavna | April 9, 2009; 09:30 AM ET | Comments (1)
The Interview: 'Monsters' Animator Phil 'Captain 3D' McNally
The leap from studying furniture design in London to becoming an animator on a multimillion-dollar 3-D film in Hollywood can sound like a doozy. But PHIL McNALLY, a Northern Ireland native who legally adopted the middle name "Captain 3D" even...
By Michael Cavna | April 7, 2009; 08:30 AM ET | Comments (0)
The Twitter Interview: Political Cartoonist Mike Thompson
Detroit Free Press political cartoonist MIKE THOMPSON has deep roots in old media. He's worked as a print cartoonist in multiple newsrooms; his current newspaper has just curbed some home delivery; and he's now with a new syndicate (Creators) after...
By Michael Cavna | April 3, 2009; 11:30 AM ET | Comments (0)
The Twitter Interview: Cartoonist Daryl Cagle
DARYL CAGLE is a political cartoonist. Daryl Cagle is a syndicator. And not least of all, Daryl Cagle is a "magazine Web site" (via MSNBC.com) that publishes roughly 200 other editorial cartoonists. His site draws eyes, and his tweets draw...
By Michael Cavna | April 2, 2009; 11:30 AM ET | Comments (1)
The Twitter Interview: 'PvP' Creator Scott Kurtz
Today, Comic Riffs continues its four-day look at cartoonists who use Twitter. Yesterday, we spoke with "Candorville" cartoonist Darrin Bell, and in today's print edition of The Washington Post, we discuss Twitter at length with a range of cartoonists. So...
By Michael Cavna | April 1, 2009; 08:30 AM ET | Comments (1)
The Interview: Animator Bryan Brinkman
Thanks to a stunt earlier this month on Jimmy Fallon's late-night NBC show, New York animator BRYAN BRINKMAN not only gained more than 30,000 followers on Twitter. Two weeks later, his raised profile continues to draw fans to his work....
By Michael Cavna | March 23, 2009; 03:30 PM ET | Comments (0)
The Exit Interview: Pink-Slipped Memphis Cartoonist Bill Day
When Comic Riffs reached political cartoonist BILL DAY yesterday afternoon by phone, he was still trying to absorb the news: The Commercial Appeal in Memphis had just pink-slipped him, and more than a dozen colleagues, several hours earlier. As Day,...
By Michael Cavna | March 19, 2009; 11:30 AM ET | Comments (3)
The Interview (Pt. 2): David Horsey of the (RIP?) 'Seattle Post-Intelligencer'
As his newspaper faces its D-Day sale deadline today, Comic Riffs continues its interview with Seattle Post-Intelligencer editorial cartoonist DAVID HORSEY. Horsey, who has the highly trafficked Web site DavidHorsey.com through Hearst Corp., says he is ensured of keeping his...
By Michael Cavna | March 10, 2009; 11:30 AM ET | Comments (0)
David Horsey: How a Cartoonist Survives If Ink Newspaper Dies
It's D-Day for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. With Hearst's stated 60-day window to find a buyer set to close tomorrow, the storied, historic P-I faces the shuttering of its print newspaper -- short of a Microsoft billionaire or some other moneybagged...
By Michael Cavna | March 9, 2009; 07:30 AM ET | Comments (1)
Taste Test: What Do You Think of These Brand-New Animations?
Richard Thompson may be the "voice" of his comic strip "Cul de Sac," but that doesn't mean he can get a gig as a voice IN his comic strip. "I tried out for the dad and didn't make it,"...
By Michael Cavna | March 3, 2009; 08:30 AM ET | Comments (8)
The Interview: Drew Litton of the (RIP) Rocky Mountain News
I was in college, it was 1992, and I was trying to carve out a style, a voice, a tone to my newspaper cartoons. Over many long hours, it often felt like working in a vacuum -- a standup...
By Michael Cavna | February 27, 2009; 08:00 AM ET | Comments (3)
The Interview: Comedian/Cartoonist Demetri Martin of Comedy Central
DEMETRI MARTIN, the doodling comedian who debuts his own show tonight on Comedy Central ("Important Things With Demetri Martin"), is not easily defined. In any attempt to fit a description of him on a handbill, you might end up...
By Michael Cavna | February 11, 2009; 01:30 PM ET | Comments (0)
The Interview: 'Dilbert' Creator Scott Adams
For many of his readers, it's easy to view cartoonist SCOTT ADAMS as a former real-life avatar of his oppressed officeworker, Dilbert. But chat with Adams for even a short time and you observe why Adams was able to leave...
By Michael Cavna | January 29, 2009; 11:15 AM ET | Comments (1)
Obama Talk: 'Boondocks' Creator Disgusted With 'Gutter News'
It's enough to cause Aaron McGruder to consider going silent. At least when he's amid the media. Aaron McGruder (AP/Sony)Enlarge Comic "I don't have much of a stomach for this kind of thing anymore," the creator of "The Boondocks" tells...
By Michael Cavna | January 23, 2009; 06:00 AM ET | Comments (9)
Obama the Comic Superstar: Stan Lee Explains All...
It's been an eventful year for Spider-Man -- and it's still January. Enlarge Comic Today, Marvel Comics releases a coveted inauguration-edition of the "Spider-Man" comic book (No. 583), in which Spidey gets a dap from President-elect Obama. Yep, two youthful-looking,...
By Michael Cavna | January 14, 2009; 06:00 AM ET | Comments (1)
'Mother Goose & Grimm' vs. Juan Valdez--The Lawsuit
THIS JUST IN: Cartoonist Mike Peters v. Juan Valdez "Mother Goose and Grimm" cartoonist MIKE PETERS is used to getting sued over his political cartoons. What he never anticipated was facing international legal action over a comic strip. Now, though,...
By Michael Cavna | January 8, 2009; 06:00 AM ET | Comments (5)
The Interview: 'Brewster Rockit' Cartoonist Tim Rickard
BREWSTER ROCKIT: This week, iBot and Oldbot wage a war we have more than a little interest in. (TMS)Enlarge Comic It is hard not to be charmed by "Brewster Rockit" creator TIM RICKARD, who is chatting by phone from North...
By Michael Cavna | January 6, 2009; 06:00 AM ET | Comments (2)
Fave Fan Anecdotes: 'Pickles' & 'Candorville'
MOVING TOONS: CREATORS SHARE POIGNANT FAN ANECDOTES All week on Comic Riffs, in the spirit of the season, syndicated cartoonists share their favorite fan anecdotes -- telling us in their own words about their artwork that struck a particularly poignant...
By Michael Cavna | December 26, 2008; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (0)
Fave Fan Anecdotes: 'Pearls Before Swine' & 'Hi and Lois'
MOVING TOONS: CREATORS SHARE THEIR POIGNANT FAN ANECDOTES: All week on Comic Riffs, in the spirit of the season, syndicated cartoonists share their favorite fan anecdotes -- telling us in their own words about their artwork that struck a particularly...
By Michael Cavna | December 25, 2008; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (1)
Fave Fan Anecdotes: 'The Buckets' & 'Big Nate'
MOVING TOONS: CREATORS SHARE THEIR POIGNANT FAN ANECDOTES All week on Comic Riffs, in the spirit of the season, syndicated cartoonists share their favorite fan anecdotes -- telling us in their own words about their artwork that struck a particularly...
By Michael Cavna | December 24, 2008; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (0)
Fave Fan Anecdotes: 'For Better or For Worse' & Signe Wilkinson
All week on Comic Riffs, in the spirit of the season, syndicated cartoonists share their favorite fan anecdotes -- telling us in their own words about their artwork that struck a particularly poignant chord with readers. Today, LYNN JOHNSTON and...
By Michael Cavna | December 23, 2008; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (0)
Favorite Fan Anecdotes: 'Speed Bump' and 'Sherman's Lagoon'
MOVING TOONS: COMIC CREATORS SHARE THEIR POIGNANT FAN ANECDOTES I was both intrigued and a little alarmed by the return address on the letter. It was early 1991, the United States was at war, I was in college -- and...
By Michael Cavna | December 22, 2008; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (2)
The Interview: 'Candorville' Cartoonist Darrin Bell (Pt. 2)
Comic Riffs spoke with Los Angeles-based cartoonist DARRIN BELL , who yesterday shared thoughts here about his strip, as well as the comic industry at large. Today, we continue with Part 2, in which Bell talks more in depth about...
By Michael Cavna | December 18, 2008; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (2)
The Interview: 'Candorville' Cartoonist Darrin Bell
When Los Angeles-based cartoonist DARRIN BELL takes aim at a comic target, it's refreshingly difficult to predict just where he'll take you in his strip "Candorville." One week, the ghost of George Carlin is lecturing on humor and society; weeks...
By Michael Cavna | December 17, 2008; 12:35 PM ET | Comments (3)
The Interview: Pixar Animator Angus MacLane
The Pixar film "Wall-E" is beginning to scoop up critics' awards, but it was a much smaller film that I hotly anticipated when the "Wall-E" DVD recently hit consumer shelves. I'd heard about this short called "Burn-E," based on a...
By Michael Cavna | December 11, 2008; 12:45 PM ET | Comments (1)
The Interview: "Mutts" Cartoonist Patrick McDonnell
"Mutts" creator PATRICK McDONNELL has won some of the biggest awards in the cartooning biz, including the National Cartoonist Society's Reuben Award and Germany's international Max and Moritz Award. Yet it's safe to say that his honors for animal and...
By Michael Cavna | December 8, 2008; 06:00 AM ET | Comments (2)
The Interview: "Watchmen's" Dave Gibbons
Whenever some backward-thinking cultural dinosaur questions the literary merit of graphic novels, the comic fan's most effective rebuttal can be a simple act: The "Watchmen" franchise heats up. (Dave Gibbons / DC Comics)Enlarge Comic Just hand the pitiable cretin a...
By Michael Cavna | November 20, 2008; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (0)
The Interview: Steve Greenberg: Life as a Pink-Slipped Political Cartoonist
In this time of unremitting layoffs and buyouts of newspaper cartoonists, multi-talented artist STEVE GREENBERG still figured his position at the Ventura (Calif.) County Star was one of the safest in the nation. After all, Greenberg -- as a one-man...
By Michael Cavna | November 17, 2008; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (3)
The Interview: "Opus's" Berkeley Breathed
For a fella accursed with wings that won't work, few creations have soared as creatively high as Opus the Penguin. And joining him for that three-decade ride in such rarefied air has been his creator, BERKELEY BREATHED (who, we should...
By Michael Cavna | October 22, 2008; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (3)
The Interview: Alt-Political Cartoonist Ted Rall
Ted Rall: alt-cartoonist, reporter, new association prez, syndicate executive -- the portfolio still grows... (TED RALL) When we caught up with "alternative" political cartoonist TED RALL recently, his resume was as long as our arm -- and since then,...
By Michael Cavna | October 2, 2008; 11:17 AM ET | Comments (2)
The Interview: "Iron Man" Writer Matt Fraction
Matt Fraction got his shot at Iron Man -- and sought to embrace new fans and honor the die-hards. (MARVEL) As the monster hit film "Iron Man" comes to DVD this week -- and Marvel and Paramount reach a...
By Michael Cavna | October 1, 2008; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (2)
The Interview: Comic-Book Writer Grant Morrison
When everyone from Comic Book Resources to Entertainment Weekly cites your status as a creative superstar, you know your place in the comics pantheon is ensured. Scottish writer GRANT MORRISON's legacy includes providing one of the most unique interpretations of...
By Michael Cavna | September 25, 2008; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (2)
The Interview: HBO Animator Steve Dildarian
Rising HBO animator STEVE DILDARIAN has never feared sacrifice in the name of gainful employment. He has toiled over scalding asphalt. He has been locked in a cage. And he has voiced a talking toilet. The man is fearless, if...
By Michael Cavna | September 19, 2008; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (0)
The Interview: Ex-BET Chief Reg Hudlin of "Black Panther"
When REGINALD HUDLIN was ousted last week as programming chief at BET, the network cited Hudlin's desire to "get back to his roots." Which, in his case, means his longtime interest in movies. Reginald Hudlin calls Black Panther "the baddest...
By Michael Cavna | September 15, 2008; 01:00 AM ET | Comments (0)
The Interview: Jim Borgman of 'Zits'
He wins the respect of his peers. He wins the big cartooning awards, including the Pulitzer. And he most certainly keeps winning legions of fans. JIM BORGMAN, who co-creates the comic strip "Zits" with Jerry Scott, has accomplished much in...
By Michael Cavna | September 9, 2008; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (5)
The Interview: 'Hulk' Writer Jeph Loeb
When Marvel Comics decided to do a Hulk mystery story, it knew it had the perfect man for the job: Jeph Loeb, who's one of the comic industry's best mystery writers. Loeb -- who has put Batman through such adventures...
By Michael Cavna | September 3, 2008; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (1)
The Interview: 'For Better or for Worse's' Lynn Johnston
"I just want to be happy with my job," says cartoonist Lynn Johnston.Enlarge Image Nearly three decades after launching "For Better or For Worse" from the small Canadian community of Lynn Lake, LYNN JOHNSTON has decided it's time to tell...
By Michael Cavna | August 27, 2008; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (38)
Interview With the Creator: Writer Brian K. Vaughan
"Y: The Last Man." (Courtesy of Brian K. Vaughan) He writes for DC. He writes for Marvel. He bags his second Eisner Award this year for his own creation, the apocalyptic comic-book series "Y: The Last Man" (for which...
By Michael Cavna | August 19, 2008; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (2)
The Interview: "Cul de Sac's" Richard Thompson
CUL DE SAC Strip (Richard Thompson) ">Enlarge Comic It's not often, when promised a "Q&A," you are delivered a literal question-and-answer. As in one Question, one Answer. But -- voila! -- here 'tis. "Cul de Sac's" Richard Thompson (Courtesy of...
By Michael Cavna | August 18, 2008; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (5)
The Interview: Political Cartoonist Mike Luckovich
Mike Luckovich: "If Obama wins, he's going to be difficult. Maybe he'll have an idiot vice president." Politically speaking, this year has given much. From "Saturday Night Live" debate sketches to New Yorker magazine's controversial cover, political humorists have...
By Michael Cavna | August 8, 2008; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (0)
The Interview: Political Cartoonist Signe Wilkinson
Signe Wilkinson: So why is Obama so enjoyable to caricature? "He's got great eyebrows and a great mouth and he's a lean, skinny guy. He came pre-packaged!" For Sunday's Post Style&Arts piece on political caricature, we talked shop with...
By Michael Cavna | August 7, 2008; 10:45 AM ET | Comments (2)
The Interview: Political Cartoonist Steve Breen
Steve Breen. For Sunday's Post piece on political caricature, we talked shop with STEVE BREEN, the San Diego Union-Tribune's Pulitzer-winning editorial cartoonist. Here's the full interview, in which Breen also shares his thoughts on his artistic idols, reader complaints,...
By Michael Cavna | August 5, 2008; 10:00 AM ET | Comments (0)
The Interview: 'Pearls Before Swine's' Stephan Pastis
Stephan Pastis: Will Larry the Croc go Hollywood? And more important: Will Stephan let us invest? . The Washington Post, it seems, likes to ask a bit more of "Pearls Before Swine" creator STEPHAN PASTIS than do other papers....
By Michael Cavna | July 31, 2008; 10:00 AM ET | Comments (5)
The Interview: Marvel Comics' Joe Quesada
Joe Quesada: The man who helps make big Marvel projects and readers' "nerd-gasm fantasies" come true. (Marvel) As Comic-Con kicks off today, the event banks on six-digit attendance over four days and the glare of international attention -- but...
By Michael Cavna | July 24, 2008; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (2)
The Interview: 'Boondocks' Creator Aaron McGruder
"I'm way too invested in" this presidential election, says "Boondocks" creator Aaron McGruder. (AP Photo/Sony Pictures Television, Kyle Christy) Let the record show that The Washington Post, on occasion, withheld Aaron McGruder's now-defunct syndicated strip "The Boondocks" back in...
By Michael Cavna | July 22, 2008; 10:30 AM ET | Comments (10)
Garry Trudeau: The Interview
Garry Trudeau sees this as a golden time for booming satire. (Katherine Frey/The Washington Post) For nearly 40 years and seven White House administrations, Garry Trudeau, creator of the Pulitzer-winning comic strip "Doonesbury," has been America's foremost satirist of...
By Michael Cavna | July 15, 2008; 10:00 AM ET | Comments (13)
