The word is out, and look what people in the news are saying about Captain Dad!
About the Book
• The first TV interview for the Captain Dad book belongs to Bill Zwecker of “Good Day Chicago” on FOX32 TV! Bill is the top entertainment and celebrity reporter in town, so it was quite a privilege. And a lot of fun. See it all here.
About the Blog
• “That Mr. Byrnes is pointedly droll is no surprise. He is a contributing cartoonist to The New Yorker and creator of Captain Dad, a blog with a voice that is part Dave Barry, part Erma Bombeck and all Pat Byrnes, illustrator, cartoonist and social commentator.”
• Spring Break. Rick Kogan ask Captain Dad what parents do about kids on spring break, but Captain Dad’s five-year-old daughter steals the show!
—WBEZ 91.5 FM Afternoon Shift
• “‘Captain Dad’ Finds The Funny In Parenting”
— Hear the whole interview on NPR’s Talk of the Nation
• The New Normal. ”Don’t call him Mr. Mom. Seriously. That’s all Pat Byrnes, of Chicago, asks. ‘I’m nobody’s substitute, and I’m doing this on purpose,’ he says” in this profile of “alternative” families. Like a man taking care of his kids is alternative. Go figure.
• “This article introduced us to Captain Dad, and we can’t get enough. New Yorker cartoonist Pat Byrnes pens a stay-at-home dad blog—with awesome illustrations to boot.”
• What’s the Market Value For a Homemaker These Days? Eight Forty-Eight invited the Washington Post’s Janice D’Arcy, who writes the On Parenting blog, and Pat Byrnes, aka “Captain Dad” to crunch the numbers–and invite listeners to share their thoughts on the value of a homemaker.
— WBEZ 91.5 FM Eight Forty-Eight
• “Pat Byrnes is many things: a trained rocket scientist, a cartoonist for The New Yorker, the husband of Illinois’ attorney general and…a blogging stay-at-home Dad. Mommy bloggers — meet your male counterpart: Captain Dad.”
—The Jane Dough — Business News We Knead
About Other Stuff
And just to show that Captain Dad is a well rounded guy who does other things than change diapers and sweep crumbs, here are some other news items of Captain Dad doing less dadly things.
| ABC7 News Feature on Smurks — Smurks is an iPhone/iPad app that lets a little face show emotions. It is helping those who have difficulty communicating their feelings due to their disabilities. |
| An Interview on Huffington Post — “Fear No Art” Host Elysabeth Alfano and I talk cartooning as part of her webcast video series on the arts. |
| From the Chicago Sun-Times — This may give some insight as to why I try to keep the blog family friendly. I’ve got a wife and a brother to answer to! |
| Double Duty for Smurks — Smurks started as a digital application to tag Facebook, Twitter and other posts with happy, sad or angry faces … Doctors are now using the application to work with children with autism spectrum disorder to help them better understand and recognize emotions. |
| Pat Byrnes interview on the CU@USC Talk Show — An extended interview with Pat Byrnes about Smurks, including its use in helping people with autism (24 min) |
| New Yorker cartoonist explains why he’s doing emoticon apps — Pat Byrnes is living the dream of all cartoonists, drawing with his sharp pen for The New Yorker … So what is his next big dream? Emoticons. Yeah, Smurks emoticons for iPhone, iPad and soon Android phones. |
| Sketching Pat Byrnes’ toonish path to ‘The New Yorker’ — From WBEZ-FM in Chicago, an “Eight Forty Eight” interview about his path to the funny pages and to talk more about his new App, Smurks. |