Blockhead: Cartoonists talk Comics

Episode 25: Brad Perri & I resume our discussion of “Peanuts”, The Beatles, comics and the kitchen sink as “Blockhead’s” first anniversary special continues!

Brad Perri, cartoonist of the break-out hit “Pirate Mike” on GoComics.com, joins Geoff to celebrate “Blockhead”’s  first anniversary in a special two-part episode! We talk Charles Schulz’s old neighborhood, Chris Ware, The Beatles, and of course, everything “Peanuts”!

Episode23: “Peanuts “ graphic novel illustrator extraordinaire, Robert Pope, joins us for Part 2 of our fascinating discussion about Charles Schulz   Peanuts, comics, and the challenge in bringing comics’ most-beloved characters to a new generation of readers in new stories and adaptations.

If Charles Schulz had an artistic doppelgänger, it might’ve been today’s guest, Robert Pope; illustrator of the recent graphic novel  “Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown!” and a host of “Peanuts”-themed books from Simon & Schuster!

Cartoonist Pat Sandy Returns for part 2 of his discussion with Geoff about his hit strip, “Next Door Neighbors” on GoComics.com. The conversation about comics ranges wide, but somehow always circles back to Charles Schulz and “Peanuts”! Go figure!

Pat Sandy, cartoonist/creator of the hilarious comicstrip, “Next Door Neighbors” on GoComics.com talks shop with Geoff, and the two cartoonists touch upon the business, the writing, the influences, the evolution of “Neighbors’ and of course, Charles Schulz & “Peanuts”!

Part 2 of the Ray Billingsley interview! In this episode Geoff and Ray talk about cooking, comics and everything in-between, with some great anecdotes from Ray about Charles Schulz, Will Eisner and other comics greats!

This is a special one; Ray Billingsley, creator of the long-running syndicated comicstrip, “Curtis”, and good friend of Charles Schulz, stops by to talk about his life, career, Sparky, “Peanuts” and best of all, his own work on the beloved King Features comicstrip, “Curtis’!

ZED cartoonist Duane Abel drops by to talk comics, Charles Schulz, Peanuts, perseverance  & defining cartooning success on your own terms. 

Part 2 of my discussion with Ryan Flanders, former Design Director at MAD magazine! The end of MAD? What does it all mean? Ryan & I dig deep into the fallout from the end of one of our favorite magazines.