John Hendrix

Illustrator, Author, and Professor, John Hendrix, talks to Giuseppe Castellano about the lessons he learned from the early days of his illustration career; how his religious faith intersects with his art (and why he thinks “God is dunking” on him); what baseball can teach us about working as an illustrator; and more.

To learn more about John, visit johnhendrix.com.

Artists mentioned in this episode include: Barry Fitzgerald, Marshall Arisman; Milton Glaser, Seymour Chwast, Steven Heller, Grant Wood, Chris Van Allsburg, and Marjane Satrapi

Giuseppe mentioned an blog post he wrote about the similarities between baseball and illustration. You can read it here.

John is the Chair of the MFA Illustration and Visual Culture Program at Washington University in St. Louis. To learn more about the program, visit samfoxschool.wustl.edu.

John and Giuseppe spoke about the intersection of Faith and Art in John’s books. One such title is The Holy Ghost: A Spirited Comic, from Abrams ComicArts.

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