Forum Interview with Greg Evans, Creator of Luann: Greg Evans Was Named 2003 Cartoonist of the Year by the National Cartoonists Society. Luann Deals with the Daily Life and Tribulations of 16-Year-Old Luann, Her Parents, Her Big Brother Brad, and Her Various Friends

Forum: Tell our readers a little about your background. Were you interested in comics and drawing more than the average kid, and did you have some idea early on that you might want to be a cartoonist?

Evans: I was born with CD, Cartoonist Disease. All I ever did as a kid was sit in my room and draw cartoons. I grew up in Burbank, near Disney Studios, and I wanted to be an animator. In my teens, I discovered MAD magazine and wanted to work there. Then I fell into comic-strip reading and realized that a comic strip was exactly what I wanted to do. I submitted my first (lame) strip at age twenty-two.

Forum: Do you have any formal training in art or drawing or design? …

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Publication information: Article title: Forum Interview with Greg Evans, Creator of Luann: Greg Evans Was Named 2003 Cartoonist of the Year by the National Cartoonists Society. Luann Deals with the Daily Life and Tribulations of 16-Year-Old Luann, Her Parents, Her Big Brother Brad, and Her Various Friends. Contributors: Not available. Magazine title: Phi Kappa Phi Forum. Volume: 84. Issue: 3 Publication date: Summer 2004. Page number: 42+. © 2008 Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. COPYRIGHT 2004 Gale Group.

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