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Former Chronicle illustrator Paul Madonna is 'on to the next dream'

Photo by Joen Madonna
Paul Madonna

 

If you’ve read the San Francisco Chronicle in the last 15 or so years, you probably saw something unique. Once a week, the paper published an illustration called “All Over Coffee” that showed a fresh view of San Francisco, accompanied by words of random insight. 

Artist Paul Madonna made that “comic strip without the comic”, and he’s moved on to become a successful book author and illustrator. He took an unusual path, serving as Mad Magazine’s first art intern, before establishing himself in San Francisco, and then being forced out of his home. That’s the inspiration for his new book “On to the Next Dream.” KALW’s Ben Trefny sat down with Paul Madonna to talk about his work.

MADONNA: It's amazing. I'm lucky. I got to have a dream come true. What's even better than that? Well, going on to have another dream.

Click the audio player above to listen to the complete interview.

 

Ben joined KALW in 2004. As Executive News Editor and then News Director, he helped the news department win numerous regional and national awards for long- and short-form journalism. He also helped teach hundreds of audio producers, many of whom work with him at KALW, today.