Art & Story 022 – The Big Controversy
January 21, 2008 by Mark
Filed under Art & Story, Podcast
Word to the wise: This episode may contain content that might not be appropriate for younger listeners. Jerzy & Mark delve into the subject of “All-ages” verses “Adult” comics and all the baggage that each genre brings to the table. Also listener email and we pose the question: “does the world need a live Art & Story spin-off show?”
This episode we talk about The Horror Etc. Podcast. We talk quite a bit about the work of Tim Fischer, including his podcasts Tim’s Late Night Lounge and The Amateur Hour.
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Live show ‘eh?
I don’t have a lot to contribute on the subject of comics, but as a fan of the show, I’m all for more.
5 PM EST works for me as a “work from home-er”, but for those on the west coast with “normal jobs”, that’s 2 PM.
Still, the best time for the show is the best time for you guys. 5 PM sounds like when Mark gets off work, which is perfect, because it doesn’t interrupt your art flow. You can get off work, do the show, then get to business. With the anticipation of an 8 PM show, knowing my own slacking habits, I wouldn’t be giving my pre-show work my all. Sure, disciplined it’s totally doable, but doing a show in the middle interrupts the flow.
Now, I could be totally wrong about work schedule being the reason, but hey, that’s alright. Best guess.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Yes, the 5 PM EST time slot comes out of the fact that Mark will be kicking off of work, and I usually have the house to myself at that time. But we’re open for suggestions if a whole lot of listeners have a preferred time.
You’re absolutely right about the workflow concerns. Inserting the show in the middle of an art workday definitely has the potential to throw an artist out of the zone. But at the same time, talking about comics often serves as a motivator to work harder–I know that my conversations with Mark have sent me into a frenzied tear at the art desk. So it can go both ways, I guess.
And I’d like to think that everyone has something to contribute to a discussion on any subject they’re interested in, even if it’s as simple as wondering about something like the color red. That’s usually enough to get a conversation started, and too often the ideas that we as individuals think are trivial or obvious are something that others had never considered.