Strip Search Podcast, Episode 7

Strip Search Podcast, Episode 7 - Jen Lopez

Jen Lopez (center) was our special guest this month on Strip Search with Dave London (left) and Pete Chianca.

If you have a hobby -- and we know you do -- you're definitely going to want to hear our conversation with Boston-area cartoonist Jen Lopez, whose comic panel "By The Yard" features an avid quilter and her boyfriend, an avid model train collector, as they navigate modern relationships while trying not to let their hobbies bankrupt each other. (It may or may not be based on her -- you'll have to listen to find out.)

Also, we hit some of the highlights of our stop last month at the Boston Kids Comics Fest, and preview the current issue of Comic Strip Cartoonist magazine, featuring Snuffy Smith (yes, THE Snuffy Smith) and a visit to the Charles Schultz Museum.

You can listen to the podcast here, and see some of Jen's work below:

Before "Off The Yard," Jen Lopez drew the strip BizToons, which appeared in Worcester Magazine.

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