Friday, September 5, 2008
AAEC - Cartoonist Profile
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Brian McFadden
Brian McFadden's comic strip, Big Fat Whale, tackles politics and pop culture every week with its absurd sense of humor. Big Fat Whale appears in the Boston Phoenix, Portland Phoenix, and Cleveland Free Times. Brian is also a member of Cartoonists With Attitude.
Big Fat Whale was featured in Attitude 3: The New Subversive Online Cartoonists edited by Ted Rall.
In addition to the comic strip, Brian is a member of the Boston based sketch troupe The Good Students. He also writes spec scripts and hopes to write for television someday.
Brian is 27 and lives in Somerville, Massachusetts.
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| Description of Presentation: |
A slide show featuring several cartoons, including narration and anecdotes about their creation as well as reader and editor reactions to the strips.
Followed up with Q&A |
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Flexible |
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With enough notice, most locations and schedules can be accommodated. Less notice is required for Greater Boston and Providence. |
| Terms: |
A reasonable honorarium in the Greater Boston/Providence area; plus travel and lodging expenses anywhere else. |
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A digital projector with a VGA cable. |
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