Drawing Funny Lindsay Workman

Show notes: My wife Nicki Workman takes the stage with comic creators Mike Norton and John Ostrander at the inaugural Memphis Libraries Comic Con during this year's Free Comic Book Day on Saturday, May 6th. Mike Norton is a former MSCA member and is the creator of BattlePug and co-creator of Gravity for Marvel Comics. He's worked for more comic companies than I have toes and fingers. John Ostrander is a legend in the comics industry having created the modern Suicide Squad (as well as appearing in James Gunn's "The Suicide Squad" movie), co-creating Oracle for DC Comics with his late wife Kim Yale, and writing comics like "Seduction Of The Gun", "The Kents", and "Star Wars: Legacy" and many, many, many more. Thanks to Nicki for moderating the panel and doing the interview with Norton and Uncle John!

Oh, I also include some Mid-South Cartoonists Association event news..."stay tooned!"


LINKS:

Mid-South Cartoonists Association/MSCA (Memphis, TN) – www.midsouthcartoonists.org

Free Comic Book Day – www.freecomicbookday.com

Nicki's website – www.fangirlwednesday.com

Mike's website – www.ihatemike.com

Memphis Public Libraries – www.memphislibrary.org

My art website – www.linworkman.com

#midsouthcartoonistsassociation 

#fangirlwednesday

#thesuicidesquad

#ihatemike

#cartooning

#msca

#drawingfunnypodcast

#drawingfunny

#podcast

#podperson

#staytooned


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Run time: 45min 28sec

Show Notes: Devin Hodges is a member of the MSCA and the creator of the comic book series "The Common Days Of Cade". He graduated from University of Memphis with a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts. Founded in 2016, ⁠DIAST Cartoons⁠ is a small brand he formed for displaying various animations and ⁠comic strips⁠ found on this website, social media platforms, etc. "DIAST" is an acronym for "Devin's Improving Art Studio". Devin will be an artist at the upcoming Memphis Libraries Comic Con on May 6th- Free Comic Book Day. Happy anniversary to "The Common Days Of Cade" comic, and happy belated birthday to Devin Hodges!


LINKS:

Devin's art website – www.diastcartoons.com

Instagram – www.instagram.com/devinhodges_diastcartoons

Memphis Comic Expo (DonnieCon) – www.memphiscomicexpo.com

Memphis Comic And Fantasy Con – www.memphiscfc.com

Midtown Con – www.facebook.com/MidtownCon38104

Corinth Comic Con – www.corinthcomiccon.com



Theme: “Silly Bank Heist” music by Steve Oxen. News intro theme by David Fesliyan. "We Groove" by David Renda. ©2020 Fesliyan Studios Inc. – music and sound effects used by permission.

Movie quotes and additional sounds from 101soundboards.com. 

Run time: 1hr 10min 5sec

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 herself to be "Katie the Artist" again in her life. Her childhood was spent growing up between Frayser and Raleigh in North Memphis and would often draw to escape the harsh reality of growing up without a father in her life. After promising her grandmother in 4th grade she would go to the Memphis College of Art she did just that and went on to get a BFA in painting and later on a Masters of Art in Teaching in Art Education to spread the joy and chaos of art to kids in Kindergarten to 12th grade which she has done fully licensed since 2010. Katie was also greatly influenced by the southerwestern artist Ted DeGrazia and Keith Haring. She would often focus on the way people sat or moved with each other than what they were wearing or their faces, and developed her own style of often faceless figures. She is a member of the Mid-South Cartoonists Association, Artists' Link, and is the new social media director for MidSouthCon. She has had her art in art shows around the mid-south including recently had her art featured in the MSCA's "SPAMalittle: Knights Of The Drawing Table" art show at Germantown Community Theatre, and will be part of Playhouse On The Square's 45th Annual Original Art Auction on April 22nd, and the upcoming Memphis Libraries' Comic Con on Free Comic Book Day- Saturday, May 6th.


There's also some MSCA news included such as our next dinner meeting on Tuesday, April 4th at Garibaldi's Pizza from 6-8pm, and Lou Ferrigno's appearance at 901 Comics East on April 4th starting at 4:30pm. Give a listen for more details.



Links:

Mid-South Cartoonists Association/MSCA (Memphis, TN) – www.midsouthcartoonists.org

Artists' Link – www.artistslinkmemphis.org/katie-jones

Facebook – www.facebook.com/thatkatiejonesartstudio

Instagram – www.instagram.com/thatkatiejones

Diviant Art – www.deviantart.com/happysak

TikTok – TheOtakuTeacher

MidSouthCon – www.midsouthcon.org

Garibaldi’s Pizza – www.garibaldispizza.com

901 Comics – www.901-comics.business.site

Germantown Community Theatre – www.gctcomeplay.org

#midsouthcartoonistsassociation

#cartooning

#msca

#thatkatiejones

#cartoonist

#drawingfunny

#drawingfunnypodcast

Music by Steve Oxen and David Fesliyan: ©2020 Fesliyan Studios Inc. – music and sound effects used by permission.

Movie quotes and additional sounds from 101soundboards.com. 

Run time: 42min 36sec

Show Notes: It's been a very busy (and wet) couple of weeks here for us cartoonists but overall it 's been a lot of fun. "Spamalittle; Knights Of The Drawing Table" is the 2nd MSCA art show at Germantown Community Theatre, and we’ll be back again next season. This show featured “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” inspired artwork on display (and for sale) by our members. The Spamalittle art show runs in conjunction with their production of “Spamalot The Musical” March 3-19 at GCT– 3037 Forest Hill Irene Rd. The next morning we were drawn together for our latest Sat-Art-Day at 901 Comics East out on Macon Road. It was another sketchy Saturday in the back gallery room and our next Sat-Art-Day is on March 25th 10-2, plus another Drink-N-Draw event is scheduled for Wednesday, March 15th 6-8. The creative team behind Stoned Ninja will teach you what they know about making comics all while enjoying a beer at Crosstown Brewery (1264 Concourse Avenue) on March 23rd from 6-8pm. Tickets are $30.00ea through eventbrite. The next MSCA event is our monthly dinner at Garibaldi’s Pizza on Walker Ave. (near U of M) this Tuesday, March 7th from 6-8pm. This spring the 2nd Midtown Con at Black Lodge Video will be on April 4th from 10am-5pm. The following month,  Saturday, May 6th the Memphis Libraries Comic Con will be a free event at the main library on Poplar from 11-3. Check out my Tee Public store- more merch to come. “Stay TOONED!”

MSCA – www.midsouthcartoonists.org

My art website – www.linworkman.com

Tee-Public Store – www.teepublic.com/user/lin-workman-art

Kevin L. Williams – www.muleythemule.com

Stoned Ninja – www.stonedninja.com

Garibaldi’s Pizza – www.garibaldispizza.com

901 Comics – www.901-comics.business.site

Germantown Community Theatre – www.theatrememphis.org

Theme: “Silly Bank Heist” music by Steve Oxen. News intro theme by David Fesliyan.

©2020 Fesliyan Studios Inc. – music and sound effects used by permission.

Run time: 19min 40sec

Show notes: For this 50th episode of Drawing Funny I’m joined by MSCA president Kevin L. Williams as we interview his longtime friend Steve Troop. Steve has worked as an animator, cartoonist and graphic designer for around 30 years now. He’s the creator of Mayberry Melonpool, an online comic strip series since 1996. In the late-2000s, Steve’s puppet versions of Melonpool were featured in the online web series Quickcast by Kevin Smith (Clerks). He has worked as an illustrator and storyboard artist for Attack of the Killer Tomatoes - The Animated Series, and CGI animated feature Ping Pong Rabbit. Steve co-owns Puppet Design Studio in Valencia, CA where he’s designed and built puppets for Nike, American Greetings, Glee, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Teen Titans, and The Big Bang Theory. Steve’s credits include working with Mike Johnson (director - Corpse Bride), Phil Nibbelink (animator - Roger Rabbit), Kid Cudi, Pharell, live puppetry performance in Trace Adkins’ music video “Brown Chicken, Brown Cow” as well as Ed Sheeran’s 2014 MTV Video Music Awards Best Male Video, “Sing.” Steve and Melonpool made a cameo in Comic Book: The Movie, and is also the co-creator of the off-off-Broadway production, Alien VS Musical. Steve will be the instructor at a puppetry design/build workshop at The Land Schools in Las Vegas this March 24-26, 2023. He’ll teach you everything he learned in the first ten years of building puppets - in three days! If you are serious about puppetry, you should attend this class. Use code Prcy30 at checkout for 30% off ANY workshop. More info at www.thelandschools.com. Stay TOONED!


LINKS:
Mid-South Cartoonists Association/MSCA (Memphis, TN) – www.midsouthcartoonists.org

My art website – www.linworkman.com

Kevin L. Williams – www.muleythemule.com

Steve Troop – www.stevetroop.com

Melonpool Comics – www.melonpool.com

Alien VS Musical – www.alienvsmusical.com

Puppet Design Studio – www.puppetdesignstudio.com

Puppet Troop – www.puppettroop.com

Land Schools (Las Vegas) - www.thelandschools.com

Theme: “Silly Bank Heist” music by Steve Oxen. "ShakaLaka" by David Renda.

©2020 Fesliyan Studios Inc. – music and sound effects used by permission.

Movie quotes and additional sounds from 101soundboards.com.

Run time: 1hr 40min

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 at the Princess Theatre in Decatur, AL. We discuss some of the Mid-South Cartoonists Association's 35th Anniversary events that happened in 2022, some of the club's history (founded in March, 1987). Plus we share info on upcoming events for this year including our next monthly dinner meet-up at Garibaldi's Pizza this Tuesday (January 3rd 6-8pm), our Drink-N-Draw (Wednesday, January 18th 6-8pm) and Sketchy Saturday (January 28th 10am-2pm) at 901 Comics East, and "Spamalittle" art show at Germantown Community Theatre (March 3-19). 

Happy New Year! Stay tooned, and keep drawing funny!

Linwood

LINKS:

Mid-South Cartoonists Association/MSCA (Memphis, TN) – www.midsouthcartoonists.org

My art website – www.linworkman.com

Kevin L. Williams – www.muleythemule.com

901 Comics – www.901-comics.business.site

Germantown Community Theatre – www.theatrememphis.org

Alabama Blues Brothers – www.comiclab.simplecast.com

Garibaldi’s Pizza – www.garibaldispizza.com

Theme: “Silly Bank Heist” and additional music by Steve Oxen.

©2020 Fesliyan Studios Inc. – music and sound effects used by permission.

Movie quotes and additional sounds from 101soundboards.com.

Run time: 52min 5sec