Interview with Paul F Tompkins
Interview conducted via email. SM: Please describe your most recent brush with danger. PFT: I thought I was allergic to peanuts! False..
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Interview with Paul Scheer
Interview conducted via email. SM: You’re the last surviving human getting ready to board a ship leaving Earth. What brief message..
Interview with Aziz Ansari • Comedian
SM: Please finish the following sentence: “The days, they go by like…” AA: The days, they go by like.. years as I wait..
Interview with Dale Beran • Writer of the online comic A Lesson Is Learned
SM: What compulsion would you say that you are proudest of? DB: I had a friend in 6th grade who coughed every time someone he didn’t..
Interviews With Comedians Andres du Bouchet & Anthony DeVito
Interview with Andres du Bouchet SM: Do you know how to cook? My girlfriend says I will never be complete until I learn how to cook. Is..
Visual Interview with Polly Chandler • Photographer
This week, we continue a series of visual interviews, in which an artist or photographer replies to our interview questions with a sketch..
Interview with Matthew Forsythe • Artist
This week, we continue a series of visual interviews, in which an artist or photographer replies to our interview questions with a sketch..
Interview with Nina Paley • Artist
SM: If you were looking for ghosts walking around disguised as men, what would give them away? NP: Their online personal ads. SM: If we..
Interview with Keith Kin Yan • Photographer
This week, we begin a series of visual interviews, in which an artist or photographer replies to our interview questions with a sketch or..
Interview with Robert Lanham * Author of The Hipster Handbook & Editor of Free Williamsburg
SM: If all the important aspects of your dreams were “marked” to get your attention, what sort of marking would they have? RL:..
Interview with Deborah Orgel • Artist
SM: Please describe your favorite photograph that has been taken of you. DO: It’s a black and white picture, taken at a friend’s..
Interview with Martin Cendreda • Illustrator/Creator of “Dang!” & “Zurik Robot”
SM: When was the last time you felt yourself close to understanding something that has puzzled you for a long time? MC: First grade. When I..
Interview with Nick Gurewitch • Artist/Creator of “The Perry Bible Fellowship”
SM: When was the last time you had on a set of headphones? NG: Yesterday. SM: Barring yourself, what’s the best thing to come out of..
Interview with Tom Wilson
SM: When was the last time you found yourself in an unexpectedly sinister circumstance? TW: Being a champion of what is right and good, I..
Interview with Jason Little • Artist & Creator of “Bee”
SM: Where do you look to for relief from emotional distress? JL: My life is fairly free of major strife and conflict, so emotional distress..
Interview with Jason Kottke • Professional Blogger
SM: How do you usually act when you find yourself speaking to a representative of your local law enforcement? JK: I’ve never been a..
Interview with Sage Francis
SM: When we say the word “languid”, what does it make you think of? SF: Fluid language. Then I think of a flaccid penis. SM:..
Interview with Elena Dorfman • Photographer
SM: In your calmest moments, what is usually the first thing you want to know about your surrounding environment? ED: Is there anything to..
Interview with Paul Hornschemeier • Artist
SM: Please describe the way you dance to someone who’s never seen it. PH: Complete Spinal Liquidation. This sets in slowly, with an..
Interview with K. L. Cook • Fiction Writer
SM: Please recommend a phrase to mutter under one’s breath, moments after running out of bullets, crouched behind a rock, hearing the..
Interview with Christopher Moore • Author of “The Stupidest Angel”,”Lamb” and “Fluke”
SM: What two elements would you recommend we combine to feed men in order to make them speak to animals? CM: Humility and Acorns. SM: C.S...
Interview with Bunny McIntosh of Melting Dolls
SM: Please describe the way you dance to someone who’s never seen it. BM: If you can imagine a sea lion choking and on fire. Only..
Interview with Colm Mac Con Iomaire • Fiddle Player for “The Frames”
SM: If scarecrows are for scaring crows, what scares the scarecrows? CMCI: Pteradactyls SM: Barring yourself, what’s the best thing..
Interview with Philip Warner of Lithium Picnic Photography/Suicide Girls
SM: Please describe your most recent brush with danger. PW: Driving in LA traffic last week. They like to honk. LA drivers tend to view..
Interview with Jim Rugg • Artist; Co-Creator of “Street Angel”
SM: Barring an airplane, when was the last time you spent an extended period of time at a high altitude? JR: Last summer. I went on a hot..
Interterview with Eric Byler • Writer & Director of “Charlotte Sometimes”
SM: How would you recommend we recognize you in the afterlife? EB: If i’m in heaven I’ll be with my family and my dogs. If i’m in..
Interview with The Skygreen Leopards
GD: Glenn Donaldson DQ: Donovan Quinn SM: If you were to bury something under a thick layer of ice, what would you likely be trying to..
Interview with Debra Kang Dean • Poet
SM: Please describe an impressionable moment involving a body of water, be it lake, river or ocean. DKD: I almost drowned in the Pacific..
Interview with Alan Michael Parker • Poet
SM: If you were to illustrate a river with a secret in it, what would you be sure to include in the drawing? AMP: Phantasmagoric machines..
Interview with Wiley Wiggins * Actor
SM: What’s your first reaction to the sound of your name spoken out loud? WW: I guess it’s usually a crapshoot between, fear,..
Interview with Kimya Dawson * Musician
SM: When was the last time you did something without having any good reason for doing it? KD: A couple of weeks ago some stranger on some..
Interview with Saul Williams • Poet
SM: Given that music is a collection of patterns, and man is a collection of patterns, what separates man from music? SW: Business. SM:..
Interview with Greg Dulli • Musician
SM: If you could send a postcard to heaven with a guarantee of reply, what message would you send? GD: If we are to achieve all that you..
Interview with Val Kappa • Comedian
SM: If you were to illustrate a river with a secret in it, what would you be sure to include in the drawing? VK: I would draw a river with..
Interview with Beau Sia * Poet
SM: Please describe your smile to someone who has never seen it. BS: I think that you should ask an ex-girlfriend or someone I’ve..
Interview with Hank Stuever * Washington Post Reporter & Author of “Off Ramp”
SM: When was the last time you found yourself talking your way into trouble? HS: At the District of Columbia’s DMV. I needed to..
Interview with Andrew Vachss * Author & Attorney
SM: If you were to illustrate a river with a secret in it, what would you be sure to include in the drawing? AV: A current. SM: If you woke..
Interview with Daniel Robert Epstein • Interviewer
SM: If you were transformed into a tree tomorrow, where would you need to place your roots to survive? DRE: I’ve lived in a lot of..
Interview with Martin Luther • Musician
SM: When was the last time you found yourself drawn to a church or house of worship? ML: I attend worship service and sunday school at the..
Interview with Wendy Ip • Musician
SM: When was the last time you felt like a stranger in a usually familiar city? WI: Actually, the last time I visited my best friend in..
Interview with Barb Lien-Cooper • Comic Artist, Creator of “Gun Street Girl”
SM: When was the last time you went to a party that you thought about for days afterward? BLC: I love parties, but only certain kinds. I..
Interview with Anita Endrezze • Poet
SM: When was the last time you found yourself in a unexpectedly wonderful place? AE: Last Summer, I hiked two miles which was difficult for..
Interview with Christian Finnegan • Comedian
SM: When was the last time you found yourself stranded somewhere, and how did you get un-stranded? CF: Being a stand up comic, I get..
Interview with Davy Rothbart • Co-Creator of FOUND Magazine, Contributor to NPR’s “This American Life”
SM: What is the best reason you can think of for anyone to do anything? DR: To try and meet girls! SM: What did you want to happen to you..
Interview with Martín Espada • Poet
SM: When was the last time you felt like you were a part of an unbreakable circle? ME: I recently made the mistake of hanging my son’s..
Interview with Chris Buck • Photographer
SM: If you were heard to say “I’m ready to fight him now”, what would you likely be referring to? CB: As the organizer of..
Interview with Eric Powell • Artist, Creator of “The Goon”
SM: What advice would you give a man trying to rail against a growing darkness? EP:Be vigilant but don’t get too obsessed that you..
Interview w/ Michael Whelan • Artist
SM: When was the last time you had a wild night in a strange city? MW: I saved this question for last in case I had such a night before I..
Interview w/ Chris Funk • Musician “The Decemberists”
SM: Please recommend a phrase to speak aloud before going down with a sinking ship. CF: How about a speech? “Have struck an iceberg...
Interview w/ Missy • Founder, “Suicide Girls”
SM: Do you have anything you carry around for good luck? M:I have carried items through out my life but I lack the follow through to..
