Comics

Barr, Donna

11/29/2000
Dominick A. Miserandino
Did Erwin Rommel have a gay brother? Well, no, but Donna Barr has been writing comics about World War II from the most unusual of perspectives. She discusses the different points of view of WWII from the German side to the America side.

DM) You've said, "...I am now in possession of undisclosed sources, who trust that they can reveal formerly classified -- and dangerous -- information to me, and use me as an outlet for information that would literally threaten their lives or the lives of their families." What did you mean?

DB) The stories of World War Two are not over yet. Especially the stories from the Germans, which have been revised and repressed ever since the end of World War Two.

Love, Jason

11/29/2000
Dominick A. Miserandino

DM) How did you start in on your cartooning career?

JL) Unlike most cartoon panels, I buy the drawing for "Snapshots" on a work-for-hire basis (meaning I own everything). I have been through five illustrators now and spent more than $5000 on the artwork. I presently employ a gentleman named Jeff Law, who freelances for Disney and myself. I expect him to be with me until I die.

Brady, Pat

11/29/2000
Dominick A. Miserandino
Pat Brady, the world famous cartoonist who created 'A Rose is A Rose' describes his art and his life as a cartoonist.

DM) How much of Rose is a Rose is based on your real life?

PB) The gags I write for Rose is Rose are written all from daydreams and are based very little on actual events in my life. Themes however, and some of the characters, are more directly related. For example, when I was very young I had a Dreamship much like Pasquale's... I owned a cat not unlike Peekaboo, and I still believe in guardian angels... The name Pasquale was my own nickname when I was Pasquale's age, given to me by a Catholic priest...

Adams, Scott

11/29/2000
Dominick A. Miserandino
Scott Adams gives us a deeper perspective on why Dilbert gets more popular when the economy goes south, and lets us in on how he creates his comic.

DM) Do you think that if the boss makes the employee happy, productivity will increase?

SA) I think it makes him not quit. Retraining new employees has got to cost you something.

DM) How do you feel the working world and the environment have changed since Dilbert came on the scene?

SA) Most of the changes have to do with just the way the economy is performing.

Sinclair, Peter

9/1/1999
Dominick A. Miserandino

DM) Where do you do the actual designing of the comic?

PS) I work out of my home in Midland, Michigan, a small, Midwestern, heavily Republican town, where my family has now lived for six generations.

DM) Since you have lived in your hometown for such a long time, would you say your family has been an extremely big influence in your work?

PS) Huge. My mother and father stood up against two giant corporations which were building a nuclear plant here in the early '70s.

Weber, Bob

4/13/1999
Dominick A. Miserandino
Bob Weber Jr. published in over 500 newspapers, and author of books for the famous Slylock Fox.

DM) How did you first start in cartooning?

BW) I always enjoyed drawing and writing as a kid, but I got my real start at doing cartoons in college... I edited a humor page for the campus newspaper and contributed many of my own cartoons. I was a biology major at the time. I soon realized I preferred cartooning to studying and began submitting cartoons to magazines

DM) What was the first magazine you submitted to?

BW) At first I submitted to small magazines (trade journals).

Kin Eagle

4/4/1998
Dominick A. Miserandino

DM) How many stories might you have told to your children which never made it even close to the book stage?

KE) Well, in the context of being parents, a large, unknown number--I would say this is probably true of most, if not all, parents. The books I have had published as of this date are not really tales, for the most part, although I do have a few stories in the works. Therefore, the stories I do tell to my kids are just variations on common themes, much like any other parent would do.

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