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Today's Guest: Jeffrey Brown, cartoonist, Darth Vader & Son, Vader's Little Princess, Jedi Academy, Lucy & Andy Neanderthal, Clumsy, Funny Misshapen Body.
Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Jeffrey Brown by clicking on the video player above!
Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of Gungans from the planet Naboo who hope that Jar Jar Binks didn’t make it impossible for them to be featured in a future Jeffrey Brown book… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida!
It was probably about two years ago when my family gave me a copy of Vader’s Little Princess by Jeffrey Brown for my birthday.
I will admit that I thought it was a gag gift, a trifle, something that was an after thought. The cover features Darth Vader participating in a tea party with Princess Leia and an Ewok, for cryin’ out loud!
Then I start reading it. JEFFREY BROWN podcast excerpt: "Google thought of me for this idea they had: they would do an everyday father and son moment between Darth Vader and Luke. My autobiographical work dealt with awkward, everyday moments. And they knew I was a dad. My immediate reaction was to think of Luke as four years old, because that's how old my son was. I did a bunch of sketches, but in the end, they decided not to use the idea. But my publisher, Chronicle Books, had done a lot of work with LucasFilm and I thought maybe they could take the idea to them. That became the first book, 'Darth Vader & Son.'"
You can LISTEN to this interview with cartoonist JEFFREY BROWN, author of STAR WARS: VADER'S LITTLE PRINCESS, LUCY & ANDY NEANDERTHAL and CLUMSY, by clicking the audio player above!
Oh, my goodness, folks, I don’t care how old you are, if you’ve ever seen a film in the original Star Wars trilogy, you will adore this book. Every page is a unique nugget of whimsy and delight that will have you laughing and crying as Brown looks at life with Leia from adoles