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Julia Wertz: Flights of Fancy
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By Ryan Willard
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Wertz is a self-described museum of mistakes. She is the creator of the
popular web comic Fart Party, but she is also a serious artist who
lives and works as a full-time cartoonist, finding the freedom to spend
her time thinking and writing about the experiences that are important
to her. Wertz’s passion for her profession runs deep: “I really hate how
a lot of cartoonists think that cartooning is some lowly, depressing,
starving artist lifestyle and they really seem to revel in that. Sure it
doesn’t pay well, but so many things don’t pay well, and if you’re
trying to make a living off your art, then you’re doing it yourself.”
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There Are No Rules: An Interview Between Corinne Loperfido and Cassie J. Sneider
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By Corinne Loperfido and Cassie J. Sneider
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| | Cassie: My name is Cassie J. Sneider and I make zines and puppets and wrote a book called Fine Fine Music.
Corinne: I’m Corinne Loperfido. I make comic drawings, run my own graphic design business, and make costumes. So, Cassie, how did you get into writing and when did you decide that you wanted to turn your stories into comics? |
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Chatting with Eboni Hogan About Writing, Dating, and Surviving as a Full-Time Artist
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By Andrea Henchey
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Eboni Hogan is an award-winning performance poet, author, and teaching artist, who often moonlights as a Vargas girl, albeit a heavily tattooed one. Born in the Bronx to an emcee and a choir girl, Hogan studied at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. She is the 2010 Women of the World Poetry Slam Champion, 2010 Underground Indies Slam Champion, the 2008 Urbana Grand Slam Champion, and a two-time representative of the Nuyorican Slam Team. She has performed and facilitated workshops in over thirty US cities, as well as abroad in Ghana and Germany. She is the author of Grits, a collection of poetry that was nominated for a 2010 Pushcart Prize. She believes in the healing properties of bargain shopping, globe-trotting, and good whiskey. What follows is a transcript of her recent chat with poet Andrea Henchey. |
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Sexy, Seductive Jessie Evans Was Once a Band Geek
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By Elliot Smith
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| | Plug your headphones in. Hit that little megaphone in the bottom, right corner of your screen and make sure the volume is up. Wiggle your fingers on the keys over to jessieevans.net. Listen. Come back when you’re done. |
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The "Women Cant be Funny" Argument Is So Five Years Ago: Meeting Rachel Shukert
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By Sarah Amiel
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| | Recently, I had the pleasure of meeting comedy writer Rachel Shukert, the witty contributing editor of Tablet. She’s also published two critically acclaimed memoirs, her latest, Everything is Going to be Great. In between bites of breakfast at Café Mogador, Shukert discussed a few things, like why she can’t seem to grocery shop, and the ongoing argument of why women can be funny . . . regardless of what those boys say.
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