Interview w/ Mike McGee • Poet
SM: When was the last time you went on an unexpected detour? MM: April 4, 2002. It was the first time I hung out with the woman who would..
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Interview w/ Brian Sendelbach • Artist
SM: Given the global exchange rate, what is still not for sale under any circumstances? BS: My vinyl copy of Electric Light..
Interview w/ Christopher Baldwin • Comic Artist, “Bruno”
SM: If we gave you a sackful of money and a pointy hat made of newspaper, how would you spend the rest of the day? CB: Well, I want to be..
Interview w/ Brendon Small •Comedian, Writer/Co-Creator of “Home Movies”
SM: If we gave you a sackful of money and a pointy hat made of newspaper, how would you spend the rest of the day? BS: Oh that’s..
Interview w/ Todd Barry • Comedian
SM: What sort of pirate would you be? TB: Hmmm. I’ve never given this any thought. I don’t really know much about pirates, or..
Interview w/ Tim Heidecker
SM: If scarecrows are for scaring crows, what scares the scarecrows? TH: Why, Lions, Tigers and Bears, of course! SM: Barring yourself,..
Interview w/ David Rees • Comic Artist, “Get Your War On” “My New Filing Technique is Unstoppable”
SM: When was the last time you had on a set of headphones? DR: Election night 2004. SM: What was the last circumstance in which you found..
Interview w/ Taylor Mali • Poet
SM: When was the last time you took a big risk? TM: The last time I took a really big risk was today. I am writing you from a hotel bar in..
Interview w/ Glen Duncan • Author, “Weathercock” “I, Lucifer”
SM: Please tell us about the last time you risked your life. GD: Two days ago, by getting in the car to drive into central London. Nothing..
Interview w/ Adrian Tomine • Comic Artist, “Optic Nerve”
SM: What would we know if we didn’t know trouble? AT: I don’t know…boredom? These are hard questions. Can’t we talk..
Interview w/ Renee French • Artist
SM: When was the last time you looked over your shoulder at something important? RF: Yesterday I looked over my shoulder at a crow who was..
Interview w/ Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz • Poet
SM: When was the last time you were down on your luck? CA: How about right now? I spent about nine hours last night watching the election..
Interview w/ Matthew Francis • Author/Poet
SM: What do you do to remedy melancholy? MF: Go for long walks in the country. Cook a meal. Read. For really serious cases, I play chess,..
Interview w/ Jennifer Daydreamer • Artist
SM: If you were to paint a roomful of ghosts, what would you make sure to include in the portrait? JD: Blue ghosts. I would paint real..
Interview w/ Bwana Spoons • Artist
SM: Please recommend a phrase to mutter under one’s breath, moments after running out of bullets, crouched behind a rock, hearing the..
Interview w/ Steve Almond • Author, “The Evil B.B. Chow”
SM: If you were heard to exclaim, “There it is!”, what would you most likely be pointing at? SA: My masculinity. It’s always..
Interview w/ Derrick Brown • Poet
SM: Please describe an impressionable moment from your childhood. DB: My father was watching television when arguing with my mother. He..
Interview w/ David Heatley • Artist
SM: Up to this point, what has time done to you? DH: Time has made me humble and hopefully a little wiser. It’s definitely improved..
Interview w/ Visqueen (Rachel Flotard * Ben Hooker * Kim Warnick) • Band
RACHEL’S ANSWERS: SM: How would you recommend we recognize you in the afterlife? RF: Look for the puppy and kitten stampede. SM: Give..
Interview w/ Paul Feig • Creator, “Freaks and Geeks” • Author, “Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence”
SM: When was the last time you danced in a public setting? PF: Five minutes ago. I was at the grocery store and the theme from the 1980s TV..
Interview w/ Carol Lay • Comic Artist, “Way Lay”
SM: If you were to draw a rocket ship, what would you be sure to include in the portrait? CL: There are two basic types of cartoon..
Interview w/ Maria Bamford
SM: Please create a fantastical creature for you to ride around on, and give it a name befitting it. MB: A cloud of white Fur named Rajive...
Interview w/ Johnny Ryan • Comic Artist, “Angry Youth Comix” , “Shouldn’t You Be Working?”
SM: If you were heard to exclaim, “There it is!”, what would you most likely be pointing at? JR: My heterosexuality. SM: What..
Interview w/ Citizen Cope • Musician, “The Clarence Greenwood Recordings”
SM: If you had to square off against the devil in a competition based on some area of the creative arts (i.e. a fiddle contest), what would..
