Drawing Funny

Show notes: It's time for our annual MSCA Year End Review with the ⁠Mid-South Cartoonists Association's president ⁠Kevin L. Williams⁠. We grabbed some dinner at Huey's in midtown, and then headed over to his place to record this episode. We look back on events from another busy art year for us, and we look ahead to what's coming up for our cartooning group, and other seasonal events and holiday markets in and around Memphis. We also discuss details on the ⁠MSCA⁠'s ⁠Monthly Dinner Gatherings at Garibaldi's Pizza⁠ (1st Tuesday of each month from 6-8pm), our recent Annual Holiday Art Swap, the upcoming "The Art Of The Game" happening in December/January at the ⁠Memphis Jewish Community Center⁠, our other previous art shows at ⁠Germantown Community Theatre⁠ and ⁠Playhouse on the Square⁠, our group ⁠anthology zine⁠, ⁠Rouge's Gallery⁠ events, Ave Maria Home visits, the local convention scene, Con Cards, ⁠Choose 901 article⁠, ⁠Andre L. Miller⁠, and more.We also look back at some of the interviews I did for the 17 episodes of "Drawing Funny" in 2025 such as Holtermmonster with the ⁠Monster Market⁠, ⁠Beale Street Monster Club⁠'s co-founder Michael Cox, MSCA alum ⁠Mike Norton⁠, Comics Universe owner "Lethal" Rethal Miller, ⁠Greg Cravens⁠, ⁠Ryan "Big Daddy" Ladner⁠, ⁠That Katie Jones⁠, my wife Nicki Workman, and appearances on the ⁠Comic Geek Speak podcast⁠ and ⁠Geek Tank Radio⁠ show on ⁠98.1 The Max/News Talk 989⁠. It was definitely another busy year for all of us artists in 2025. Hope to see you around the M-Town in 2026. Be sure to slide by the many MSCA events going on around the mid-south area, and please stop by my con table and say hi, and/or hit me up to be on the podcast! Hope you're all doing well and have a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Fantastic Festivus, and a wonderful New Year.LINKS:Drawing Funny Podcast website – ⁠⁠www.drawingfunny.com⁠⁠Drawing Funny Podcast on Spotify – ⁠⁠www.podcasters.spotify.com/⁠⁠DF on Apple – ⁠www.podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/drawing-funny/⁠Lin Workman Art Site – ⁠www.linworkman.com/⁠Mid-South Cartoonists Association/MSCA (Memphis, TN) – ⁠⁠www.midsouthcartoonists.org⁠Rogue's Gallery Memphis Geekery Art – ⁠www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558445560338⁠Beale Street Monster Club –⁠ www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554859980515⁠Memphis Monster Market – ⁠www.memphismonstermarket.com/⁠Memphis Arts Collective – ⁠www.memphisartscollective.com/⁠Dale Martin artist – ⁠www.smearysoapboxpress.wordpress.com/⁠Garibaldi’s Pizza (U of M) – ⁠⁠www.garibaldispizza.com⁠Toshigawa Universe (store) – ⁠www.toshigawa-universe.square.site/⁠Playhouse On The Square – ⁠www.playhouseonthesquare.org/⁠Germantown Community Theatre – ⁠www.gctcomeplay.org/⁠Memphis Jewish Community Center – ⁠www.jccmemphis.org/⁠Comic Geek Speak Ep. 1979 – ⁠www.comicgeekspeak.com/episodeDetails.html?episodeId=2897⁠Geek Tank Radio Ep.  – ⁠www.geektankradio.wordpress.com/2025/07/07/geek-tank-radio-7-06-2025-lin-workman-and-the-art-business/⁠DF Episode 69 – “Leg Godt = Play Well” (Hernando Bricks & Mini Figs) – ⁠www.drawingfunny.com/2024/11/21/episode-69-leg-godt-play-well/⁠Choose 901 (MSCA article) – ⁠www.choose901.com/drawing-community-the-past-present-and-future-of-the-mid-south-cartoonists-association/⁠Theme: ⁠music⁠ ⁠⁠“Silly Bank Heist” ⁠⁠plus⁠ "⁠Swingin' Sleighride⁠" and "⁠Presents On Christmas Morning⁠" by Steve Oxen⁠⁠⁠.⁠⁠⁠⁠ News intro theme by ⁠David Fesliyan⁠. ⁠"Holiday Hustle" by David Renda⁠. ©2020 ⁠⁠Fesliyan Studios Inc.⁠⁠ – music and sound effects used by permission. Please DO NOT add this audio content to the YouTube Content ID System. I have used background music which is owned by ⁠⁠Fesliyan Studios⁠⁠.Harmonica solos by ⁠Kevin L. Williams/Soloman DH Blues⁠.Movie quotes and additional sounds from ⁠⁠101soundboards.com.⁠⁠⁠⁠“Drawing Funny” podcast⁠⁠⁠ hosted/produced by ⁠⁠⁠Lin Workman⁠⁠ ©2025. “Drawing Funny” is intended for entertainment and educational purposes only.Run time: 1hr 36min 11sec#drawingfunnypodcast

Show notes: In this 86th episode of the Drawing Funny podcast, we say so long to the 2025 spooky season, and look ahead to what's coming up for that other holiday season. I've got news about local holiday markets/events in the mid-south, and the upcoming ⁠Mid-South Cartoonists Association⁠'s "The Art Of The Game" happening in December/January at the ⁠Memphis Jewish Community Center⁠. I'll have a few pieces in that show.I also look back at some of the Halloween related events I attended such as ⁠Monster Market⁠ and the Centennial Celebration of the 1925 movie "The Phantom Of The Opera" at the ⁠Beale Street Monster Club⁠. I interviewed the Monster Club's co-founder, Michael Cox while at ⁠A. Schwab's on Beale⁠ and found out more about the club's origins. My wife Nicki and I also checked out author/monster club co-founder Tony Kail's ⁠Beale Street Hoodoo Museum⁠ upstairs, and had some hand dipped chocolate shakes downstairs made by Elliot Schwab. You can see pics from my visit to Beale on my ⁠HaveGeekWillTravel.com site.⁠It was definitely another busy fall schedule, and continues to be as we head into Thanksgiving. The following week after Turkey Day the MSCA will have their monthly Dinner gathering at Garibaldi's Pizza off Walker Avenue near the U of M. This month is their Annual Holiday Art Swap, and the deadline to turn in pieces for the next art show. ⁠Check out the MSCA website for more info and links HERE.⁠ ***SHAMELESS PLUG ALERT!!!***I need to make some Christmas cash, and if you need some unique holiday gifts be sure to check out ⁠my art sale⁠. Details in this episode and on my art website at ⁠www.LinWorkman.com⁠. Free delivery in the mid-south for the monsterpiece paintings, sorry- no shipping. Cash (PayPal or card) and carry, only. I've also got several ⁠sketchcards⁠ and ⁠sketchcover comics and zines⁠ at ⁠The Cellar Table Top Games & Comics⁠ out in Bartlett, TN. Lots to choose from!Thanks for "tooning in". Hope you all have a Happy Thanksgiving!LINKS:Drawing Funny Podcast website – ⁠⁠www.drawingfunny.com⁠⁠Drawing Funny Podcast on Spotify – ⁠⁠www.podcasters.spotify.com/⁠⁠Drawing Funny Podcast on Apple – ⁠www.podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/drawing-funny/⁠Lin Workman Art Site – ⁠www.linworkman.com/⁠Have Geek Will Travel (Beale Street visit) – ⁠www.havegeekwilltravel.com/⁠Mid-South Cartoonists Association/MSCA (Memphis, TN) – ⁠⁠www.midsouthcartoonists.org⁠⁠Beale Street Monster Club –⁠ www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554859980515⁠Memphis Monster Market – ⁠www.memphismonstermarket.com/⁠A. Schwab on Beale – ⁠https://www.a-schwab.com/⁠Beale Street Hoodoo Museum – ⁠www.hoodoomuseum.org/⁠"King" Jerry Lawler's Hall of Fame Bar and Grille – ⁠www.lawlersonbeale.com/⁠Garibaldi’s Pizza (U of M) – ⁠⁠www.garibaldispizza.com⁠Memphis Japan Fest – ⁠www.memphisjapanfestival.org/⁠Toshigawa Universe (store) – ⁠www.toshigawa-universe.square.site/⁠Toshigawa Universe (YouTube) – ⁠www.youtube.com/@ToshigawaUniverse⁠Playhouse On The Square – ⁠www.playhouseonthesquare.org/⁠Germantown Community Theatre – ⁠www.gctcomeplay.org/⁠Memphis Jewish Community Center – ⁠www.jccmemphis.org/⁠Shape Shifter Art School and Gallery – ⁠www.shapeshifterartschool.com/⁠Memphis Zine Fest – ⁠www.instagram.com/memphis_zine_fest/⁠Blues City Comic Con (Memphis)– ⁠www.bluescitycomiccon.com/⁠Animation Y'all! Expo (Nashville) – ⁠www.animationyall.com/⁠DeSoto Arts Council (Hernando, MS) – ⁠www.facebook.com/desotoartscouncil⁠Theme: ⁠⁠⁠music ⁠“Silly Bank Heist”⁠⁠, "Phantom In The Organ" and "Presents On Christmas Morning" by Steve Oxen⁠⁠⁠⁠.⁠⁠ News intro theme by ⁠David Fesliyan⁠. ⁠"Holiday Hustle" by David Renda⁠.©2020 ⁠⁠Fesliyan Studios Inc.⁠⁠ – music and sound effects used by permission.Harmonica solo by ⁠Kevin L. Williams/Soloman DH Blues⁠.Movie quotes ⁠⁠101soundboards.com.⁠⁠⁠⁠“Drawing Funny” podcast⁠⁠⁠ hosted/produced by ⁠⁠⁠Lin Workman⁠⁠ ©2025. “Drawing Funny” is intended for entertainment and educational purposes only.Run time: 56min 9sec

Show notes: In this first episode of the start of Drawing Funny's 6th season we get to hear from Memphis native now Wisconsin wordsmith John Jackson Miller about his early years in the M-town from a Batman book signing in the G'town. JJM was recently back in the midsouth to promote the Random House Worlds release of "BATMAN: REVOLUT?ON" (his 2nd Batman novel and follow-up to "BATMAN: RESSURECTION") at the new Barnes & Noble in Germantown, TN. He talks about the '89 Batverse and WWTBD? (what would Tim Burton do?), plus we get to hear John's origin story straight from the writer's mouth and learn how he got from Memphis to Gotham City by way of strange new worlds in a galaxy far, far away! John's childhood sounds very similar to my own, and not just the growing up in and around Memphis parts. We were both named after our fathers who came from large families, and both of our moms were an only child- and knew Elvis back in the day. My wife Nicki and I have known JJM since before she and I were actually officially a couple, and often see him at local book signings, library appearances, and conventions around the mid-south. He was a fixture at MidSouthCon for many years, and is currently on a signing tour where he's been hanging out with some super-folks like "Batman" movie executive producer Michael Uslan at the New York Comic Con, and in a convention green room with "The Flash" star John Wesley Shipp. At this JJM B&N book signing, Nicki and I ran into some friends of ours from MidSouthCon- and the Bluff City Batman! In addition to John's book signing life story audio, I catch you up on some local art scene news including details on the current Mid-South Cartoonists Association "Drawn Of The Dead" art show at Germantown Community Theatre, the group's next game themed art show at the Jewish Community Center in December/January, the MSCA's upcoming monthly dinner gathering at  Garibaldi’s Pizza on November 4th, this weekend's Memphis Comic and Fantasy Convention and Memphis Japan Fest, and next month's Memphis Zine Fest!Thanks to John Jackson Miller and Barnes & Noble for such a BATASTIC book signing event. I hope they're have JJM back in town again soon. Maybe for a 3rd Bat-book..? We've had "BATMAN: RESSURECTION" and "BATMAN: REVOLUT?ON", so I'm just throwing "BATMAN: RESOLUTION" out there if no one else has used it yet- just sayin'... ;) Hope you all have a safe and Happy Halloween!LINKS:Drawing Funny Podcast website – ⁠www.drawingfunny.com⁠Drawing Funny Podcast on Spotify – ⁠www.podcasters.spotify.com/⁠Drawing Funny Podcast on Apple – www.podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/drawing-funny/Mid-South Cartoonists Association/MSCA (Memphis, TN) – ⁠www.midsouthcartoonists.org⁠My art website – ⁠www.linworkman.comJohn Jackson Miller – www.farawaypress.com/Random House Worlds – www.roguesgallerymemphis.com/Garibaldi’s Pizza (U of M) – ⁠www.garibaldispizza.comMemphis Japan Fest – www.memphisjapanfestival.org/Memphis Comic & Fantasy Con – www.memphiscfc.com/Geek Tank Radio – www.geektankradio.wordpress.com/MidSouthCon – www.midsouthcon.org/Memphis Zine Fest – www.instagram.com/memphis_zine_fest/#midsouthcartoonistsassociation#msca#memphistn#comics#starwars#batman#jjm#johnjacksonmiller#linworkmanart#drawingfunnypodcast#drawingfunny#podperson#staytoonedTheme: ⁠“Silly Bank Heist” ⁠⁠music by Steve Oxen⁠⁠.⁠ News intro theme by David Fesliyan.©2020 ⁠Fesliyan Studios Inc.⁠ – music and sound effects used by permission.Please DO NOT add this audio content to the Youtube Content ID System. I have used background music which is owned by ⁠Fesliyan Studios⁠.Movie quotes and additional sounds from ⁠101soundboards.com.John Jackson Miller recorded live at Barnes & Nobel in Germantown, TN on October 25, 2025 and used with permission.⁠⁠“Drawing Funny” podcast⁠⁠ hosted/produced by ⁠⁠Lin Workman⁠ ©2025. “Drawing Funny” is intended for entertainment and educational purposes only.Run time: 1hr 54min 40sec 

Show notes: In this episode I catch you upon my weekend at the Memphis Comic Expo at the Memphis Sports & Event Center at the fairgrounds. I give you my thoughts on this year's MCX (aka "DonnieCon"), and share an interview I did there with one our favorite artists- Mike Norton. It was great catching up with Norton and finding out more about his "Battlepug" Kickstarter campaign, "Krypto: The Last Dog Of Krypton" comic series for DC Comics, and "Revival" TV series on SyFy. I really enjoyed getting to meet voice actress Nika Futterman who voices Asajj Ventress on the Star Wars Clone wars cartoons. And speaking of Memphis conventions, this episode is packed full of info on upcoming events like the MSCA "Drawn Of The Dead" art show, monthly dinner gatherings at Garibaldi’s Pizza, Rogue’s Gallery Daughters Of Dorkness pop-up shop, updates on our “The Good, The Bad, And The Sketchy” zine, and go over fall cons and art events around the M-town like the Memphis Comic and Fantasy Convention, Monster Market, Memphis Comic Con In The Park, Memphis Oddity & Curiosity Market, River Arts Fest, Memphis Library Teen Arts Fest, Pink Palace Museum Crafts Fair, Memphis Japan Fest, Covington Comic Con, and the Memphis Zine Fest.Our next MSCA Monthly Dinner Gathering is Tuesday, October 7th from 6-8pm at the U of M at Garibaldi’s Pizza off Walker Avenue. We should be putting together the latest issue of our "The Good, The Bad, and the Sketchy" luck themed zine...fingers crossed!Hope you can make it out to any or all of these events. “Stay tooned” for more details on other events coming up around the holidays and after the first of the year!LINKS:Drawing Funny Podcast website – ⁠www.drawingfunny.com⁠Drawing Funny Podcast on Spotify – ⁠www.podcasters.spotify.com/⁠Drawing Funny Podcast on Apple – www.podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/drawing-funny/Mid-South Cartoonists Association/MSCA (Memphis, TN) – ⁠www.midsouthcartoonists.org⁠My art website – ⁠www.linworkman.com⁠Garibaldi’s Pizza (U of M) – ⁠www.garibaldispizza.comMonster Market – www.memphismonstermarket.com/The Medicine Factory – www.medicinefactory.org/Memphis Sports & Event Center – www.themsec.com/Memphis Comic Expo/MCX – www.memphiscomicexpo.com/Memphis Comic & Fantasy Con – www.memphiscfc.com/Geek Tank Radio – www.geektankradio.wordpress.com/Rogue’s Gallery Memphis – www.roguesgallerymemphis.com/Drawing Funny Ep. 68 Memphis Comic Expo – www.drawingfunny.com/2024/11/04/episode-68-memphis-comic-expo-2024/Drawing Funny Ep.70 MCFC 2024 – www.drawingfunny.com/2024/11/28/episode-70-mcfc-2024/Drawing Funny Ep. 54 Memphis Libraries Comic Con 2023 – www.drawingfunny.com/2023/05/15/episode-54-memphis-libraries-comic-con/Drawing Funny Ep. 7  MCX At The Aggi’center! – www.drawingfunny.com/2020/11/27/episode-7-at-the-aggicenter/#midsouthcartoonistsassociation#msca#memphistn#garibaldispizza#supportlocal#comics#cartoonists#cartooning#memphis#mcx#mikenorton#comicons#linworkmanart#drawingfunnypodcast#drawingfunny#podcast#podperson#staytoonedTheme: ⁠“Silly Bank Heist” ⁠⁠music by Steve Oxen⁠⁠.⁠ News intro theme by David Fesliyan.©2020 ⁠Fesliyan Studios Inc.⁠ – music and sound effects used by permission.Please DO NOT add this audio content to the Youtube Content ID System. I have used background music which is owned by ⁠Fesliyan Studios⁠.Movie quotes and additional sounds from ⁠101soundboards.com.⁠“Monster Mash” performed by Bobby “Boris” Pickett. Written by Bobby Pickett & Lenny Capizzi. Produced by Gary S. Paxton.⁠⁠“Drawing Funny” podcast⁠⁠ hosted/produced by ⁠⁠Lin Workman⁠ ©2025. “Drawing Funny” is intended for entertainment and educational purposes only.Run time: 55min 12sec(Click on the highlighted hyperlinks or links in the show notes to check them all out.)

Show notes: In this episode I give you info on upcoming events like MSCA upcoming art shows, monthly dinner gatherings at Garibaldi’s Pizza, ConCards game nights, Rogue’s Gallery Daughters Of Dorkness pop-up shop, updates on our “The Good, The Bad, And The Sketchy” zine, and go over upcoming events around the M-town like the Memphis Comic Expo, Memphis Comic and Fantasy Convention, and Monster Market- including a quick interview with head monster maker Holtermonster herself, Lauren Holtermann!I also discuss my latest art projects, and opinion on teaching an old dog like myself some new tricks, and trying to remember how to do some of my old tricks! I've been creating some new wood panel art for Monster Market this October. Having a lot of fun with these Trekell art panels and acrylic paint markers.Last week I also broke out my compressor to get back in the saddle with airbrushing and creating new monsterpiece paintings. I started painting back in '86 but haven't touched my airbrush since back around the pandemic days almost 5yrs ago..! I talk about my recently completed Bela canvas and go over my painting process, history with airbrushing, and how creating art for me has changed over the years- the good and the bad. This past weekend I dropped off Drac and my other art for this year's Monster Market. I'll have "Scared Silly" zines, art prints, stickers, "BATS" trading cards, hand-drawn sketchcards and sketchcovers, original Monsterpiece art, and more. There will be an opening night party at The Medicine Factory dowtown on Friday, October 10th from 5-10pm. It's a free event to check out, and lots of other great monster merch to purchase! Hope you can make it out. “Stay tooned” for more details!LINKS:Drawing Funny Podcast website – ⁠www.drawingfunny.com⁠Drawing Funny Podcast on Spotify – ⁠www.podcasters.spotify.com/⁠Drawing Funny Podcast on Apple – www.podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/drawing-funny/Mid-South Cartoonists Association/MSCA (Memphis, TN) – ⁠www.midsouthcartoonists.org⁠My art website – ⁠www.linworkman.com⁠Garibaldi’s Pizza (U of M) – ⁠www.garibaldispizza.comMonster Market – www.memphismonstermarket.com/Holtermonster – www.holtermonster.com/The Medicine Factory – www.medicinefactory.org/Memphis Sports & Event Center – www.themsec.com/Memphis Comic Expo/MCX – www.memphiscomicexpo.com/Memphis Comic & Fantasy Con – www.memphiscfc.com/Geek Tank Radio – www.geektankradio.wordpress.com/Trekell Art Supplies – www.trekell.com/Paasche Airbrush – www.paascheairbrush.com/The Art Center – www.artcentermemphis.com/Casey’s Art Box – www.caseysartbox.com/Rogue's Gallery Memphis – www.roguesgallerymemphis.com/Drawing Funny Ep. 77 Casey’s Art Box – www.drawingfunny.com/2025/03/27/episode-77-caseys-art-box/Drawing Funny Ep.70 MCFC 2024 – www.drawingfunny.com/2024/11/28/episode-70-mcfc-2024/Drawing Funny Ep. 68 Memphis Comic Expo – www.drawingfunny.com/2024/11/04/episode-68-memphis-comic-expo-2024/#midsouthcartoonistsassociation#msca#memphistn#garibaldispizza#supportlocal#comics#cartoonists#cartooning#monsters#airbrush#paintmarkers#gotwood#linworkmanart#drawingfunnypodcast#drawingfunny#podcast#podperson#staytoonedTheme: ⁠“Silly Bank Heist” ⁠⁠music by Steve Oxen⁠⁠.⁠ News intro theme by David Fesliyan.©2020 ⁠Fesliyan Studios Inc.⁠ – music and sound effects used by permission.Please DO NOT add this audio content to the Youtube Content ID System. I have used background music which is owned by ⁠Fesliyan Studios⁠.Movie quotes and additional sounds from ⁠101soundboards.com.⁠"Monster Mash" performed by Bobby "Boris" Pickett. Written by Bobby Pickett & Lenny Capizzi. Produced by Gary S. Paxton.⁠⁠“Drawing Funny” podcast⁠⁠ hosted/produced by ⁠⁠Lin Workman⁠ ©2025. “Drawing Funny” is intended for entertainment and educational purposes only.Run time: 1hr 5min 23sec(Click on the highlighted hyperlinks or links in the show notes to check them all out.)