Lynn Johnston: The Podcast!

As long promised, we've finally posted the audio of my lengthy chat with "For Better or For Worse" cartoonist Lynn Johnston -- in conjunction with the publication of my piece on changes to the comic strip which runs in USA Today on Monday. Hear the chat here or right-click here to save it to your computer and listen to it whenever you wish.

Johnston, author of the most popular comic strip in North America, opens up about which comics she likes, what she thinks of her critics, why she's changing her format so radically, what may happen to the characters, what topics she may take on next and how her perspective has changed since she became so wealthy and famous for her cartoon.

For other perspectives on the comics, I'm a HUGE fan of the Comics Curmudgeon, whom I quoted in the online version of the piece. And this daily blog on FBOFW is addictive, even if I frequently disagree.

SHOW CANCELED THIS WEEK

Sorry folks -- I'm being shipped to Reno to cover the on-going Fossett saga. Will pick up again next week. Keep watch at www.nytimes.com for my stuff and we'll be back on track next week with Steve Wynn.

Also, keep watch on the feed for the Lynn Johnston interview, which will go up in the next day or so to go with my piece in a major national publication on changes to "For Better or For Worse."

"The Strip" is LIVE @ 7 p.m. w/Macy Gray + Lynn Johnston!

We're sticking to our original plan of having the live show TONIGHT with singer Macy Gray and an excerpt of my long, great chat with "For Better or For Worse" cartoonist Lynn Johnston. Also, more on the Jerry Lewis thing, the New Frontier implosion, the Amazing Johnathan slur non-controversy and the latest shooting on the Strip. Join us @ 7:05 p.m. PT at LVRocks.Com in the chat and have a drink handy on the not-so-off chance Miles lets out a cuss. Or grab the show when it posts on Thursday here.

Macy's concert in Vegas is this coming weekend so her interview can't hold. The full Johnston interview will post as Strip Extra within the week, so keep watch for that. The cartoonist is radically altering her format as of Sept. 3. And next week, God willing, we'll have Jerry Lewis for our 2nd anniversary show! Plus, a medley of outtakes I've been collecting.

Don't forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes. Miss a week, miss a lot.

And now I'm off to try some sort of yoga that involves a 105-degree room and a lot of sweat. Eek.