Aug 14, 2026 · 44 min · 13 segments
Tony Lopes has spent more than two decades finding the funny in absolutely everything: cavemen, office life, technology, death, animals, human behavior, and the occasional idea that should probably…
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Hey everyone, welcome back to Inside the Kingdom, the show where we go behind the comics, the creators, and the characters that have kept readers laughing for generations here.
I'm joined by Jen, our lovely editor here from King Features, and we're going to talk again Insanity Street.
meaning there aren't any regular characters, no permanent settings, no shortage of places or jokes to land.
One day, he may be in a prehistoric cave, the next, a corporate office, a pet store, a courtroom, or a podcast.
Tony's been joined in Sandy Street Daily since 2000, and his work has reached readers around the world.
Along the way, he's earned a record 15 Stanley Awards from the Australian Cartoonists Association, an honor voted on by fellow cartoonists, of course.
And then we're talking about the craft today behind these one-panel laughs, the persistence it takes to make a life in comics, and why a cartoonist who can take readers anywhere still has to get them in there just a few inches of space.
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Hey everyone, welcome back to Inside the Kingdom, the show where we go behind the comics, the creators, and the characters that have kept readers laughing for generations here.
I'm joined by Jen, our lovely editor here from King Features, and we're going to talk again Insanity Street.
meaning there aren't any regular characters, no permanent settings, no shortage of places or jokes to land.
One day, he may be in a prehistoric cave, the next, a corporate office, a pet store, a courtroom, or a podcast.
Tony's been joined in Sandy Street Daily since 2000, and his work has reached readers around the world.
Along the way, he's earned a record 15 Stanley Awards from the Australian Cartoonists Association, an honor voted on by fellow cartoonists, of course.
And then we're talking about the craft today behind these one-panel laughs, the persistence it takes to make a life in comics, and why a cartoonist who can take readers anywhere still has to get them in there just a few inches of space.
