#43 - Josh Kramer, The Cartoon Picayune

Josh Kramer considers himself a little bit of a journalist and a little bit of an artist.

"It's journalism in the form of comics," said Kramer, founder and editor of "The Cartoon Picayune," a biannual digest-sized magazine with black and white artwork and color covers. "Different stories that are all about real people and true stories, but in the form of a comic book."

Kramer combines the two skill sets he picked up as a graduate of The American University's School of Communications and The Center for Cartoon Studies to tell true stories through the comics medium.

"I want something that is a compelling narrative, or you don’t know that going in necessarily, but you want to at least think there is going to be a good story there," he said. "And then, something that is going to look great on the page."

Kramer spoke to It's All Journalism producers Michael O'Connell and Julia O'Donoghue about the process of reporting stories through words and pictures.