"... wearing a big grin and a custom-designed work apron featuring the dust sprites from Spirited Away."

Well, of course you all should have taken my advice and be following Tom Spurgeon's excellent Holiday Interview Series over at The Comics Reporter, but just in case you haven't been keeping up, do yourself a favor and scroll to the bottom of this interview with the Cartoon Art Museum's Andrew Farago for the best "meeting a cartoonist" anecdote EVER.