From the Editor (Exaggerated Features Issue 2016.3)

Hello again! Welcome to the second and final interactive PDF issue of 2016. Just a reminder that the next two issues, the pre- and post-con, will be printed. We hope for the pre-con issue to be mailed out by early October and the post-con issue to arrive no later than mid-February.

Sometime last year, I received an email from Eric Goodwin asking if I still had a copy of Adam English’s CD Sketched Out? Of course, I did. It seems that Eric was writing a few songs of his own that had a similar theme. That email led to two of the three interviews in this issue. In our first interview, Adam English talks about his career as an established “filk” singer and reflects on what compelled him to produce his first, and probably first ever in the world, caricature- themed CD back in 2005. (You read that correctly, “Filk” is a term for genre of music connected to the sci-fi and fantasy community.)

In the second interview (or should I say SELF-interview) Eric Goodwin interviews himself and shares one of his new songs about drawing caricatures. See page 17 on how you can download Eric’s song for free. In the third one, Ben Vincent interviews one of the founders of Ren and Stimpy, Bob Camp.

Time to announce nominations for the board. Know someone who would make a great leader or maybe you want to step forward yourself? If so, see page 5 for details.

It seems there is always a caricature- related gathering going on somewhere in the world. In this issue, we get a brief glimpse into two recent art gatherings across the globe. Canadian member Robert LaFontaine highlights what we missed at the latest gathering of the Association of Canadian Cartoonists. In the other article, ISCA member Beau Hufford offers his take on his latest trip to Japan for the Caricature Japan Festa. If you want to get in on the action, there is information for the caricature mini-con near Seoul, hosted the Korean Chapter of ISCA, on page 24.

Also, don’t forget to book your rooms for one of the largest caricature gatherings in the world: the annual convention in Phoenix. You will find everything you need to know starting on page 6, followed by a sneak peek of the current line-up of seminars and presenters. Lastly, we are always looking for new ideas and new contributors for this magazine. Let us know!

Debbie “debbo” Burmeister Exaggerated Features Editor/Art Director efeditor.isca@gmail.com