A short interview with Chris Shipton, director of Live Illustration
Favourite podcast?
What went wrong https://www.whatwentwrongpod.com/
Details complicated creative projects going horribly wrong - and being rescued.
Dogs or cats?
It is of course dogs. They start off trickier than children but become a lot easier.
Elvis, taken by chance to a dog show and somehow got 2nd place
Why graphic recording?
I saw it was a thing and thought “I could do that” but also it’s like that Daniel Pink book.
What do you like about it?
Drawing stuff! Trying to make people laugh.
Best gig?
Pulp 1995 Glastonbury. And I got Jarvis Cocker’s autograph that same day.
If you had to survive a zombie apocalypse with a strategy based entirely on a board game, which game would you pick?
I think I’d immediately become a zombie - I live near a hospital and would be at ground zero anyway.
If you weren’t an artist what would you have become?
Fabulously wealthy.
Last book you read?
The Information Martin Amis. It’s mainly middle aged men being horrible to each other.
What colour would Tuesday be?
Black and white. With a bit of grey to make it pop.
Which fictional character would you choose to have dinner with?
Poirot. Although it raises the chances of being murdered significantly.
