Remembering cartoonist Gahan Wilson

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn : Remembering cartoonist Gahan Wilson Image
Bullseye with Jesse Thorn : Remembering cartoonist Gahan Wilson Image

Remembering cartoonist Gahan Wilson

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We lost an incredibly talented cartoonist last year, Gahan Wilson. For more than 50 years, his twisted single-panel cartoons have appeared in magazines like Playboy and The New Yorker. His work always had this really distinct tone. Wilson’s take on the macabre is loopy, dark and strange. There were monsters. Sometimes aliens. Maybe a pirate. To remember his life, his work and his impact we are revisiting Jesse’s interview with Gahan from 2010. In it, he talked about the arc of his career and using childhood fears as inspiration. He also talked about his contributions to the National Lampoon.