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With your host Cat Smith, KSVY Sonoma
A local and an absolute delight, director Thom Butler was in studio to discuss his feature documentary, Raven Awakens. The focus of the film is another local, an artist, Jim Callahan, and his journey in the creation of a bronze statue of a raven. About the film: “Our first film in the series looks at Sonoma, California bronze sculptor, Jim […]
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Irina Maleeva was discovered in Italy by Federico Fellini when she was 15 years old. She went on to perform in 3 of his films. Now she embarks on a journey with a singing career and a one woman show. About Irina: Born in Bulgaria the daughter of a famous stage actress and an aristocratic Italian statesman, Irina Maleeva, who […]
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Children’s book author David Milgrim, better known as his alter ego, Ann Droyd, called to tell us all about his book, “If You Give a Mouse An iPhone.” About If You Give a… If you give in to temptation and give a bored little mouse your iPhone, “even for ten minutes, “he’s probably going to beam to some faraway place […]
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A fun web comic for children is Tales of the Brothers Three. We had a fun conversation with the creator, Joshua Hauke about the stories. About Tales: Find all of the comics and more at their official website. You can also be their fan on Facebook and Twitter! Here is the interview. Original air date: 9/30/14
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One of the cutest shorts shown at SIFF 2014 was an animation called “Missing U.” We talked with creator Brooke Wagstaff about the short. About Missing U: Follow along with I as she journeys to discover her missing U! To find out more, visit Brooke’s website, and also check out Missing U on Facebook. Here is the interview followed by […]
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A super cute children’s book Cat discovered at San Diego Comic-Con was Magic Poof. It’s about a little girl on picture day,… and her hair. Author Stephen Hodges called in to tell us how this book came to be. About Magic Poof: The Poof, a great ball of curly hair sits on top of 7 year old Ange-Marie’s head. His […]
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Back in August of 2013, we had Michael on the show to talk about Roshambo Comics. Since then, it has evolved into Gamemasters Comics with more villains based on childhood games and even more adventure! About Gamemasters: When the balance of evil is tipped in the bad guys’ favor and the hard decisions need to be made, there is one […]
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Free comics on the web? That’s what Eric Carter, writer, and his team offer through their website Carpe Chaos. Eric called in to tell us all about it. About Carpe Chaos: “Carpe Chaos is an independent science-fiction space-opera webcomic about five alien races who learn to travel between stars, and it focuses on the ways their cultures collide and how […]
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Marvel storyboard artist and illustrator called in to talk about his new sketchbook, Comic Relief: the Art of Chris Copeland. About Chris Copeland: “Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Chris Copeland has spent the last four years as a storyboard artist on major animated TV series such as The Emmy award-winning program, Transformers: Prime, Ultimate Spiderman, Ben 10: Omniverse, and […]
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Wandering through San Diego Comic Con this past summer, I had to stop and talk to an artist because of a certain piece she was featuring. Rachel Dukes spends a lot of time drawing her cat, and this picture was the cat with the phrase, “I like you.” Melissa and I say that to everyone. A couple months later after […]
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