Rare Book Cafe 2.0 is on the air on YouTube! Our guests today: Historian Dr. Jim Clark and cartoonist Rob Smith Jr.

Welcome to the first episode of Rare Book Cafe 2.0, the rebooted program now on YouTube (broadcasting live on Google Hangouts on the Air). Rare Book Cafe originated on Blab.im in 2015 but the platform shut down in August 2016.

Guests: Dr. Jim Clark, a Florida historian who teaches at the University of Central Florida and is author of six books. Rob Smith Jr., Florida cartoonist and creator of Swampy's Florida.

Miami Beach bookseller Steven Eisenstein is the host of Rare Book Cafe. Thorne Donnelley, owner of Liberty Books in West Palm Beach, and Lindsay Thompson, owner of Henry Bemis Books in Charlotte, North Carolina, are co-hosts.

T. Allan Smith is creator and executive producer.

Rare Book Cafe is sponsored by the Florida Antiquarian Book Fair, celebrating its 36th year on April 21-23, 2016 at The Coliseum in downtown St. Petersburg. Florida Antiquarian Book Fair features more than 100 booksellers offering rare, used, and collectible book, vintage prints, antique maps, vintage photographs, autographs, and collectible printed matter of all kinds.

RARE BOOK CAFE: Cartoonist Rob Smith Jr. shares stories of Florida history and his extensive Florida book collection

WATCH LIVE: Cartoonist and caricaturist Rob Smith Jr., creator of the Swampy's Florida cartoon series, will be special guest on Rare Book Cafe. A native Floridian, Rob has an abiding interest in Florida history. His lively history lectures/cartoon sessions have delighted audiences for decades. Rob is a regular feature at the Florida Antiquarian Book Fair, drawing caricatures of fair-goers free of charge. Rob Smith Jr. also is an avid book collector and will share some stories about his collection during Rare Book Cafe. You can watch Rob live right here on the Florida Antiquarian Book Fair blog or you can tune in on Blab.im (search for Rare Book Cafe). The program will be available on replay here as well.

Book Fair: Rob Smith Jr. on the 'book sail'

Cartoonist Rob Smith Jr, creator of Swampy's Florida, is enthusiastic about the "Book Sail" theme of this year's Florida Antiquarian Book Fair. It speaks to Florida's maritime heritage. Rob will draw caricatures at the book fair and discuss his passion for Florida history. The Florida Antiquarian Book Fair runs March 9-11, 2012 at The Coliseum in downtown St. Petersburg. The book fair is the largest of its kind in the southeastern United States. More than 115 dealers in rare books, antiquarian books, antique maps, vintage photographs and more will exhibit at the book fair. | Music by Kevin MacLeod: Night Cave, Accralate