Let's see, what can we tell you about our friend, Frank?
He lives in NYC, although he was born in California. He's a pretty young guy, but already has a long list of high-profile clients. He's friends with the equally amazing James Jean and Jillian Tamaki. Oh yeah, and he was sick as a dog the night Obama won (you'll have to hear him tell that story).
I found Frank's site like I find many sites—trolling the Internet in the wee hours (kinda like I'm doing right now). He wrote an entry called "Growing Pains" that was linked on Drawn!, and it was all about inspiration and influences. Not just creative influences, but people who've influenced his perspective on the business of art as well (Charles Schultz, Walt Disney, Todd McFarlane). I immediately loved his work and found his words to be thoughtful and honest—so it was on! After a few polite back and forths, Frank kindly agreed to come on and chat with Dwight and I.
In the interview, he talks about growing up in Cali and attending Art Center in Passadena, comic books, his competitive nature, sex museums (yeah, you heard me), the election results and the eternal debate: art vs. commerce.
And just to set the record straight, to us, he's the one and only Frank Stockton. It seems he comes from a long line of Stocktons and one of them wrote the famous short story, "The Lady, or the Tiger?". Go figger!
**For this episode, we played snippets of Donny Hathaway's "This Christmas" and "I Wanna Sex You Up" by the aptly named, Color Me Badd.
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Hilarious show. Great interview. Swell job guys.
Posted by: Steve | December 24, 2008 at 22:56
That was a really fun interview! Great job guys--I've just found the site and have been burning through the podcasts. Super informative stuff!!
Posted by: Michael Facey | December 25, 2008 at 14:38