Episode 156: Brush With Greatness with Bill Morrison

24th September 2018

This week, we’ll chat with Mad Magazine editor in chief Bill Morrison. Titan Comics recently released a graphic novel adaptation of “The Beatles: Yellow Submarine” written and illustrated by Bill. He’ll give us all the details on the new book, which has been in the works for the past 20 years. Plus, he’ll tell us about his days as a former Disney artist, and what it was like to be asked to collaborate on Bongo Comics long before The Simpsons became a household name. Keeping with The Beatles theme Bill discusses “Brush with Greatness” with Allie and Julia. You might recall the episode features a cameo from Marge’s second true love – Ringo Starr!

Episode notes

This week, we’ll chat with Mad Magazine editor in chief Bill Morrison. Titan Comics recently released a graphic novel adaptation of “The Beatles: Yellow Submarine” written and illustrated by Bill. He’ll give us all the details on the new book, which has been in the works for the past 20 years. Plus, he’ll tell us about his days as a former Disney artist, and what it was like to be asked to collaborate on Bongo Comics long before The Simpsons became a household name. Keeping with The Beatles theme Bill discusses “Brush with Greatness” with Allie and Julia. You might recall the episode features a cameo from Marge’s second true love – Ringo Starr!

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Round Springfield is a Simpsons-adjacent podcast hosted by Allie Goertz and Julia Prescott where they interview writers, directors, showrunners, and voice-actors from the Simpsons-verse on their various paths to Springfield, failed pilots, other projects, and beyond. In this 20-episode limited series, you’ll hear David X. Cohen talk Futurama, Josh Weinstein talk Mission Hill, and Yeardley Smith dig deep into her diverse path of becoming Lisa Simpson.

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