What's Your Story?
by Todd Dolce'
Enjoy the personal backstories and career experiences shared by some of your favorite seasoned artists as well as upcoming creative talents in this relaxed paced 1:1 interview format. This is the podcast where we ask the question, "What's YOUR Story?"
Episodes
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"What's Your Story?" #012-Samantha Cotterill Interview
Send us Fan Mail Samantha Cotterill is the award-winning picture book author and illustrator featuring an incredibly vast lineup of books for children of all ages. Samantha has been featured in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal for her wonderful art contributions. She has also…
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"What's Your Story?" #011-Bob Weber Jr. Interview
Send us Fan Mail With a worldwide newspaper distribution of 400+, my guest today, none other than the esteemed cartoonist, writer and illustrator, Bob Weber Jr. is likely best known for his award-winning syndicated comic strip and brain puzzler panel ….. "Slylock Fox." Bob's ingenious cast of...
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"What's Your Story?" #010-Andy Runton Interview_Season Finale 2-Hour Special Episode
Send us Fan Mail Andy Runton’s cute little Owly character found his way home before my very eyes while perusing online sometime in the very early 2000’s and I couldn’t help but smile as Owly's deceptively simplistic shape design immediately appealed to all of my senses. In a sea of overdone and...
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"What's Your Story?" #009-Raissa Figueroa Interview
Send us Fan Mail Raissa Figueroa’s beautiful illustrations first caught my attention while perusing online through my usual community outlets and immediately captivated me with her use of organic and luminescent colors weaved beautifully into her water-colored worlds of both land, sky and sea.…
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"What's Your Story?" #008-Paige Keiser Interview
Send us Fan Mail I discovered Paige Keiser’s wonderful children's book/spot illustrations while perusing online through the usual popular community social outlets and I was immediately attracted to the wonderfully “soft and breezy” style of her watercolor strokes and subject matter. She struck…
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"What's Your Story?" #007-Rob Renzetti Interview
Send us Fan Mail I first was introduced to Rob Renzetti’s magnificent work through my son Wyatt while preparing him to get in the car and head out to school one morning..... and of course..... struggling to pull him away from a cartoon that would not relinquish its mighty grip from his undivided...
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"What's Your Story?" #006-Anna Terreros-Martin Interview
Send us Fan Mail I first discovered Anna's work through social media where illustrations shared from her recent authored illustrated Children's book entitled, "The Friendly Mammoth" first appeared. My love for the Woolly Mammoth and appreciation for great story telling coupled with the beautiful...
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"What's Your Story?" #005-Alice McKinley Interview
Send us Fan Mail It was with great pleasure that I had the opportunity to chat with my recent guest and a rising star in the world of Children's Book Illustration, . . . Alice McKinley! I may think of her as a rising star but with several illustration credits already to her name, she is quickly...
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"What's Your Story?" #004-Scott Christian Sava Interview
Send us Fan Mail It is with great excitement that I have the opportunity to share with you my recent interview with the very talented Scott Christian Sava. Scott has donned many hats thus far in his diverse and quite exciting career in the creative arts industry which encompasses that of…
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"What's Your Story?" #003-Charles Brubaker Interview
Send us Fan Mail When I think of Charles Brubaker, I immediately think of some of the old Terrytoons styles of cartoons, namely Tom Terrific, as well as a combination of works from Jay Ward Productions (60's Rocky and Bullwinkle fame), Total Television (60's Underdog fame) and an added sprinkling...
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"What's Your Story?" #002-Floyd Norman Interview
Send us Fan Mail Today it is such a great honor to have a special guest who is a legend in the animation industry whose works date back to the early days of that MAGICAL, MYSTICAL studio located in California that was proudly named after its namesake and creator, The Walt Disney Studios. Floyd...
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"What's Your Story?" #001-Fred Blunt Interview
Send us Fan Mail I was so fortunate to have the opportunity to sit down with today’s guest, Fred Blunt and chat about his background, family roots along with his art process(s) behind the creation of his many whimsical characters that grace the pages of so many children’s books available in the...
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Boing! #16-Jerry Eisenberg Interview
Send us Fan Mail As a young lad on Saturday mornings during the late 60's and early 70's, transfixed in front of our little color TV in the den... watching as many cartoons as possible...., it never once occurred to me that behind all of the wonderful art and hilarious plots, were many talented...
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Boing! #15-Tony Benedict Interview
Send us Fan Mail I'm excited to announce that yet again, we have a legend here and this time all one has to do is go back to the glory days of animation where the most memorable shows from the past possessed a common thread; STORY. When you look at an animated cartoon (past or present...Series or...
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Boing! #14-Mitch Schauer Interview
Send us Fan Mail I remember perusing through the paltry animated series offerings in the 90's on my television and just pining for a cartoon that one could enjoy as an adult as well as a child. Where had all of those great animated shows disappeared to? Pink Panther, Rocky and Bullwinkle, The...
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Boing! #13-Jason Lethcoe Interview
Send us Fan Mail One look at the comic strip, "Pipe the Pelican", and I was hooked! With a vibe that dates back to the 30's and 40's, the style, the line art and the design aspects all point to an earlier time in cartooning history. There is a certain innocence and sense of boundless imagination…
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Boing! #12-Mark Siegel Interview
Send us Fan Mail I discovered Mark Siegel purely by accident as I often do with many of my special guests on this webcast. Listening to a friend's webcast, (komicskast.libsyn.com) I heard him talk about this really neat webcomic that will soon be released as a graphic novel (October 5th)…
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Boing! #11-Al Jaffee Interview
Send us Fan Mail I recall as if it were yesterday, running over to the magazine rack in the grocery store when I was 10 years old, with the hopes of spotting the latest edition of MAD magazine. I wasn't always permitted to purchase the copy despite its advertised "cheap" price. Carefully I would...
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Boing! #10-Chris Eliopoulos Interview
Send us Fan Mail I recall laying in bed while reading books to my son and picking up an all ages comic book that had been sitting on a stack just within arm's reach on the floor. I had purchased a few books from our local comic shop a week prior and had placed them by my son's bed with the hopes…
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Boing! #9-Rob Renzetti Interview
Send us Fan Mail In my household, its an impossibility to leave for work without at least seeing some excerpts from the cartoon hit, "My Life as a Teenage Robot" created by Rob Renzetti. My son has to watch it on TV before he heads off to school, therefore I must walk past it on my way to the...
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Boing! #8-Mark Buford Interview
Send us Fan Mail It's spooky, it's creepy, it's absolutely hilarious and it's poised to take the comic strip world by storm! Scary Gary is a comic strip reminiscent of the old Addam's Family style of humor, and after reading just a few strips back when I first discovered it in June, I was hooked!...
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Boing! #7-June Foray Interview
Send us Fan Mail I could not have imagined turning on my family's old Admiral TV in the 60's and hearing a different voice coming from the lip-synched lips of Tweety and Sylvester's beloved Granny or from the mouth of that fast gliding Rocket J. Squirrel from The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show.…
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Boing! #6-Don Bluth Interview
Send us Fan Mail From the dairy farm in Payson, Utah, to an animation studio in Ireland, Don Bluth has done it all! I was fortunate enough to sit down with Don as he talks candidly about his past, his present and the future regarding his work in the animation industry. There are so many great...
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Boing! #5-Dan Thompson Interview
Send us Fan Mail The Action Adventure strip is BACK!!! (with a twist) Join me as I interview the wonderfully talented Dan Thompson as we discuss his action adventure strip Rip Haywire, which is syndicated through United Features and emits a retro feel paying tribute to some of the old classics…
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Boing! #4-Gene Deitch Interview
Send us Fan Mail It is with great pleasure that once again I present to you another interview with yet another animation legend. Gene Deitch took some time out from his busy schedule and talked to me from his home in Prague (Czech Republic) to share some very insightful stories and lessons that…
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Boing! #3 - Bob Scott Interview
Send us Fan Mail Talking with Bob Scott was both enlightening and inspiring! Bob not only is a fantastic animator with such projects as "The Incredibles" and "Cats Don't Dance" under his belt, (and so many others) his recent work on his "Molly and the Bear" comic strip speaks volumes about his...
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Boing! #2-Lowell Hess Interview
Send us Fan Mail I'm both honored and excited to share with you my recent telephone interview with the Illustration legend, Lowell Hess. Mr. Hess was kind enough to grant me some time to discuss his amazing career that saw him illustrating wonderful images for Collier's magazine, Boy's Life…
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Boing! #1- Joe Harris Interview
Send us Fan Mail Look,..It's a bird, it's a plane....no it's Joe Harris. He's right here and I talked with him for an hour about all things UNDERDOG!!! Keep in mind that it was a "land line" telephone conversation, so I was only able to record the interview at a minimum quality level. Oh well,..I...
About this show
Enjoy the personal backstories and career experiences shared by some of your favorite seasoned artists as well as upcoming creative talents in this relaxed paced 1:1 interview format. This is the podcast where we ask the question, "What's YOUR Story?"
Hosted by
Todd Dolce'