SCAMP recently gave a mention to Kellie Strøm and his excellent book, Sadie the Airmail Pilot. Following up on that we have an interview with the man himself where he talks about how, using models, photoshop and traditional techniques, he created this distinctive style.
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Here’s last weekend’s Guardian interview with Oliver Jeffers. His most recent book is The Great Paper Caper. There is also a gallery of some of his illustrations here.

Hi-Fructose Magazine has an interesting talk with artist Chris Berens about his work and ink technique. You can see more work on his website here.

Paddy Molloy is a UK illustrator whose work currently features in theatre O’s current production in the Dublin Theatre Festival. Written by Enda Walsh, Delirium is an energetic re-imagining of Dostoevsky’s classic, The Brothers Karamazov. Molloy’s work graces the posters and programme for the production as well as featuring in the performance itself, in the form of a projected animation. IGI Member and Scamp regular Scalder asks Paddy a few questions about his career and working for the theatre.

Sc: So, with a name like Paddy Molloy, I’m guessing there’s an Irish connection?

PM: A very Irish name. There is an Irish connection on both sides of my family. But quite distant.
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This week The Comic Cast meet up IGI member, illustrator, cartoonist and SCAMP contributor, BRENB to talk about his work editing the comic anthology Toenail Clippings (1998-2002), his involvement with Gerry Hunts comic Streets of Dublin, his strips for The Dubliner and The Phoenix and his reimagining of the iconic Darth Vader helmet in The Vader Project exhibition amongst many other random things..go have a listen here…The Comic Cast v BRENB

The New Yorker has an interview with illustrator Noma Bar who uses pictograms to illustrate portaits of the famous. There is also a book called ‘Guess Who? The Many Faces of Noma Bar‘ you can check out.

Here’s a few podcasts spotted recently by the Scamp team that may be worth checking out. Cartoonist Bob Byrne of Mr. Amperduke fame is interviewed on The Comic Cast. Dublin-based street artist Asbestos is interviewed by Culture Shock radio. Lane Smith is interviewed by Just One More Book. And here’s two Bookworm interviews: Françoise Mouly is interviewed about Toon Books, and Art Spiegelman is interviewed about his new book ‘Breakdowns’.

Here’s a collection of great Steven Heller podcasts from the ICON5 illustration Conference recently held in New York. They feature interviews with Gary Panter and James Jean among others.

Steven Heller interviews Mark T. Smith, the official US illustrator for the Olympics ’08. Great idea. Somehow I doubt if we’ve got an ‘official’ Irish illustrator for this years Olympics but hey it’s not too late for someone to step up and be the unofficial one?

The excellent Fecal Face has a recent interview with Gary Baseman, A ‘pervasive artist’ / illustrator. When you’ve had enough of that, the same website has a great feature on the work of Eric White.