Author: DOuG pRATt
A Brilliant Mind
Be Groovy… or Else!
Cartoonists Talk Comics
From yesterday’s NCS Fest (National Cartoonists Society Festival), Lynn Johnston chats with Patrick McDonnell.
Borrowing an idea from BBC Radio’s long-running Desert Island Disc series, an international cartoonist interview with Dave Gibbons.
American Masochists
https://youtu.be/CD9pzwootxk
It’s no wonder that Trump has had so many business failures. He has lousy judgment and he makes terrible decisions. And yet his supporters continue to cling to him as somehow having the answers we need.
Farewell, Mrs. Peel
This is a confession that will surprise none of my friends. I am enamored of certain British women in mid-60’s films, television, and music. Julie Andrews, Petula Clark, Diana Rigg and, of course, my good friend Prue Bury are, for me, the ultimate in class, intelligence, beauty and sex appeal.
Years ago I heard NPR’s Scott Simon interviewing Diana Rigg. Simon was obviously having trouble maintaining his composure, he was so in awe of her. An adolescent dream coming true, and the reality of it turning a grown man into a helpless, quivering mass. Believe me, I know the feeling.