ZITS and BABY BLUES cartoonists Jerry Scott, Jim Borgman, Rick Kirkman: Mr. Media Interview

Not too surprisingly, when my daughter Rachel was born, it didn’t take long for me to see the humor in the “Baby Blues” comic strip by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott.

It was so relatable!

And when Rachel hit 6 or 7, she started reading it herself and thought it was hysterical. She was sooo cute then!

RACHEL: DAAAAAAAD!

What? You’re interrupting my introduction!

RACHEL: Yeah, well, you’re embarrassing me! AGAIN!

Here’s a plotline I’ve never seen in a comic strip: Dad invites daughter to co-host his international, hit podcast and all she does is whine!

RACHEL: DAAAAAAAD!

What now?

RACHEL: You’re hardly an international hit! I don’t even think Mrs. Logan knows about this show and she knows everything about us!

Thanks kid. Do you mind if I continue?

RACHEL: If you must… Actually, let me finish, okay?

WHAT-evah.

RACHEL: My Dad’s right about one thing – I really do like “Baby Blues.” And one of my other favorite strips is “Zits,” which I found out is written by the same man who writes “Baby Blues,” Jerry Scott. He and artist Jim Borgman produce the daily adventures of Jeremy, his parents, and Jeremy’s best friends Hector and Pierce.

We’re really excited to welcome to Mr. Media all three creators of these two strips – artists Rick Kirkman and Jim Borgman and writer Jerry Scott.

You can LISTEN to this Mr. Media interview with "BABY BLUES" and "ZITS" creators RICK KIRKMAN, JERRY SCOTT and JIM BORGMAN by clicking the BlogTalkRadio.com audio player below!

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Alan Gardner, DAILYCARTOONIST.com editor: Mr. Media Interview

Who knew this was going to be such an interesting week for cartooning and comic strip news?

Not me. And not when I invited Alan Gardner to be my guest today.

Alan is the editor of the wildly popular web site DailyCartoonist.com, which is solely dedicated to news of daily comic strips and cartoons. If you’re a cartoonist—writer or artist—an editor, a fan or someone in the business, there are three sites you must check daily: Alan Gardner’s DailyCartoonist.com; David Astor at EditorandPublisher.com and Tom Spurgeon’s ComicsReporter.com.

So what’s going on? We have Lynn Johnston trying to explain how repeating 30 years of continuity in "For Better or For Worse" this week is not actually reprinting; several high profiles political cartoonists at daily newspapers such as Don Wright and Jim Borgman–who was a guest on Mr. Media just last week–taking buyouts; and rumors that Berkeley Breathed may be wrapping up the disappointing Sunday-only adventures of everybody’s favorite penguin, "Opus."

You can LISTEN to this Mr. Media interview with DAILYCARTOONIST.com editor ALAN GARDNER by clicking the BlogTalkRadio.com audio player below!

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