Cartoonist John Callahan is the subject of an hour long Dutch TV documentary. Click on "video" on the right hand side of this page. Yes, the page is in Dutch -- but the video is not.And you get to see Callahan's day, Callahan talking about his life, the complaints about his edgy cartoons -- and, best of all, you get to see Callahan drawing.
There is nudity (not Callahan) and, if I remember, some swearing.
An interesting slice of his life, with him making some music and talking about his philosophy of life, what it's like to be a quadriplegic cartoonist, and -- I said it before and I'll say it again -- close ups of him drawing.
Thanks to cartoonist Lars Doornbos for finding this and letting me know about it!
Just wanted to say I really enjoy your blog. If it's OK I'd like to recommend it on my blog which is for freelance cartoonists, www.freelancerslament.com
ReplyDeleteFunny, I just got the rights to a John Callahan cartoon for my upcoming book and today been trying to reach Sam Gross about including him, too (but the two numbers I have for him don't work!). I'ma big fan of his and meet him once at playboy party (I'm a cartoonist). So far it's a nice group I got, Charles Addams, Robert Crumb, and bunch of New Yorker guys.
Anyway, thanks for your entertaining and informative blog.
Bob
Just a follow-up; fascinating film and this morning I finally found Mr. Sam Gross and enjoyed an hour long converation with him. To boot he was able to help me with my project - (I'm writing The History of the Snowman and collecting the best snowman cartons. Let me know if you have any You'd like to suggest.).
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Bob (Eckstein)
freelancerslament.com
Hi there, the current location of the documentary is http://www.hollanddoc.nl/kijk-luister/documentaire/r/Raak-me-waar-ik-voelen-kan.html
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