Mo Willems coming to NPR soon

Picture book (and early reader) illustrator and author Mo Willems just got hired as NPR’s radio cartoonist on All Things Considered.

A radio cartoon? “What the heck is that?” you say. I wondered, too, since cartoons are visual, not auditory. It turns out that Willems will describe the cartoon, and Michele Norris will take a stab at the punch line.

It sounds interesting to me, though it doesn’t sound like cartooning any more–rather a different type of humor. What do you think?

Read more about this at NRP, where you can also try your hand at writing the punch line. Included are four cartoons Willems has drawn and already written the punch line to. The punch lines are hidden (though I see them for one cartoon) and you can write your own and email them in with the link provide. The best captions may be read on the show.

July 29th, 2008