Episode 62: Jason Chatfield - Dra...

Episode 62: Jason Chatfield - Drawn to New York

Artists of New York by Dan Riley

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Jason Chatfield is a cartoonist - whose work has appeared in "Mad Magazine" and "The New Yorker" - and a standup comedian, based in New York City.

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(00:00) From Perth to New York

(02:15) Cartooning starts as a hobby

(04:40) Detention and the first paid caricature

(07:10) Discovering late-’90s cartoon career paths

(10:05) Skipping college and the 10,000-hour grind

(13:30) Perth as a craft crucible

(17:00) Quokkas, family, and bus-ride sketching

(20:10) MAD Magazine as a classroom

(23:00) Learning from peers and ACA presidency

(26:30) Taking over a 102-year-old strip

(30:10) Daytime drawing, nighttime comedy in Melbourne

(33:40) Annual U.S. trips and ... 

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