Show Notes: Katie Jones was born in Memphis, TN and studied at the Memphis College of Art for her BFA in Painting and a Masters of Art in Teaching in Art Education. A majority of her time is spent making classroom examples or lesson plans but at the request of her therapist she is allowing… Continue reading Episode 52 – “That Katie Jones”
Show Notes: It’s been a very busy (and wet) couple of weeks here for our merry band of cartoonists, but overall it’s been a lot of fun. “Spamalittle: Knights Of The Drawing Table” is the 2nd art show that the MSCA has exhibited in the lobby of Germantown Community Theatre, and we’ll be back for… Continue reading Episode 51 – “Spamalittle & Drawalot!”
Show notes: For the first 2023 episode of Drawing Funny I’m joined by MSCA president Kevin L. Williams (aka Soloman Blues). We took the show on the road did some recording over the weekend while in the MSCA’s secret mobile recording unit. We were on our way home from seeing the Alabama Blues Brothers perform… Continue reading Episode 49 – “Year End Blues”
Show notes: Well, I’m back to basics with this episode of Drawing Funny. This is a bit of a follow up for Episode 40 – “Where Do I Begin?”. After a couple conversations with some new comic creators, I wanted to share some more thoughts on creating comics with you. Trust me, they’re very basic,… Continue reading Episode 47 – “Back To Basics”
Show notes: Well, I’m back with more Drawing Funny…no actual tricks, just hopefully some more pod treats for you. Since my sinuses are killing me and I wanted to get this out before Halloween weekend this is mostly another short local happenings episode featuring news on the upcoming MSCA dinner meet-ups at Garibaldi’s Pizza, art… Continue reading Episode 46 – “Tricks-N-Treats”
Show notes: Well, after an unexpected forced hiatus by a laptop hard-drive crash and finally clearing several sketchcard gigs off my drawing board…I’m back with more Drawing Funny! This is mostly another local happenings episode featuring news on the Mid-South Cartoonists Association’s 35th anniversary display at the Hernando Library, MSCA dinner meet-ups at Garibaldi’s Pizza,… Continue reading Episode 45 – “MSCA On Display”
Show notes: In this episode I share some local upcoming event news, plus I sit down to talk toons and discuss some Sour Grapes with cartoonist Tim Jones. Tim is the creator, artist and writer of the widely popular, self-syndicated comic strip, “SOUR GRAPES”. He created SOUR GRAPES back in 2013. It’s a weekly strip about… Continue reading Episode 43 – “Sour Grapes”
Show notes: In this solo episode I have an update and details on the current MSCA art show at the Germantown Community Theatre. It and the play “The Complete History Of America (abridged)” can be seen February 17-27, 2022. This is one of our 35th anniversary events, and we’re working on a couple more (additional announcements… Continue reading Episode 37– “What’s Goin’ On”
Show Notes: “RELEASE THE DRAGON!” MSCA member Dale Martin has released a new ongoing comic series with local writer Brad Starnes: THE DRAGON TEMPLAR! Set in the depths of the Middle Ages, during the era of the Crusades, this medieval adventure comic follows a band of Knights Templar, Rome’s agents on the ground as the Universal Church tries to lay… Continue reading Episode 35 – “The Dragon Templar”
Show notes: Hey, Dudes and Dudettes. In this episode I discuss my opinions on using photo reference, taking or giving advice, and more discussion on not feeling like a tool for using tools like lightboxes and projectors to get the job done Also share some MSCA news, info on some upcoming DeSoto Arts Council‘s kids/teen… Continue reading Episode 32 – “That’s Your Opinion, Man”