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The Paul Blow Episode

Jon at Handsome Frank, Artist Spotlight

On a brisk November day, we travelled by train to Dorset and sat down to catch up with award winning illustrator Paul Blow


The Handsome Frank podcast Episode 22 with Paul Blow is now live. In a conversation that spans the full length of his career, we discuss the highs and lows of being an illustrator for over three decades.


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Paul talks to us about everything from awards, to losing his life's work, to why he avoided drawing smiley faces for so long. His bold conceptual illustrations often mix themes of humour, sadness and the absurd and his podcast almost perfectly mirrors the variety in his work.

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...the whole of the second floor of this building was on fire and the roof had totally collapsed. Theres an Apple keyboard where all the keys melted in 600 degree heat. My external hard drive and all of our original work done over the years was lost...
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