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Inkstuds, the radioshow about comics.
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Zak Sally | Sammy the Mouse cartoonist/publisher/printer, Zak Sally joined me for a comics talk that goes into some interesting directions. We cover his latest book, as well as variety of funny book topics. | 23 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jesse McManus | Jesse McManus is doing some fantastic work that is exciting, dynamic and full of so much energy. His latest work is the Spider Monkey collaboration with Austin English and Violence Valley from Floating World Comics. | 18 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leela Corman | Leela Corman came on the Inkstuds to chat about her new book, Unterzakhn. | 16 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Derf on My Friend Dhamer | Derf returned to the Inkstuds for a conversation about his latest work, a retrospective of his time during his teens, as an aquaintance to the notorious serial killer, Jeffrey Dahmer. The book is a really great character study, capturing a specific place and time, evoking some specific emotions. | 9 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paul Buhle | Professor and editor of a multitude of comics releases, Paul Buhle came on the show to discuss a handful of his most recent work, including the Yiddishkeit anthology as well a plethora of other like the very recent Port Huron Statement with Gary Dumm. | 1 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Evan Dorkin | Evan Dorkin is one of the under appreciated thinkers/writers in comics. He has a unique take on the form and speaks quite passionately about it. It was great to catch up with Evan in an attempt to talk about his latest Milk and Cheese collection, in a conversation that quickly sidestepped in a million directions. This is Evan’s third time on the Inkstuds, and he is always welcome back. | 15 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Comics Influencing Comics Panel from ECCC with Mike Allred, Nate Powell, Brandon Graham and Moritat | The most attended panel I moderated at Emerald City Comicon last month, was the Comics Influencing Comics panel featuring Brandon Graham, Mike Allred, Nate Powell and Moritat. I had never done anything with so many people watching. It was kind of surreal. Unfortunately, I think half of them were there to see the Jhonen Vasquez panel that was following ours. | 12 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bill Sienkiewicz Spotlight panel at Emerald City Comicon | One of my favorite moments at Emerald City Comicon 2012, was being able to do a spotlight panel with Bill Sienkiewicz. I have been a massive fan of his for years and was excited for the chance to talk to him. It was a revealing conversation that touched on a number of artistic interests. | 9 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bill Griffith | One of the most prolific cartoonists of the underground generation, Bill Griffith, joined me to chat about his new collection, Lost and Found. It is an interesting conversation that touches on a number of different topics, ranging from his Zippy the Pinhead work, to discussing his contemporaries like Rory Hayes. | 6 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Matt Forsythe | Montreal illustrator and cartoonist, Matt Forsythe returned to the studs house for a chat about his latest books, Jinchalo and Comics Class. Matt has been doing some great work and seems to always be getting better. | 4 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Adam Warren, Brandon Graham and Bryan Lee O’Malley in Conversation | I was lucky enough to moderate a panel of some comics heavy weights. Adam Warren, Brandon Graham and Bryan Lee O’Malley. Here is a description of the panel. The panels were listed before Bryan was announced, so that’s why he doesn’t appear announced here. ECCC Spotlight Series: Brandon Graham and Adam Warren in Conversation The Emerald City Comicon Spotlight Series is designed to give you an intimate look into the minds of some of comics greatest creators. Brandon Graham and Adam Warren join you this hour for a conversation talking about finer points of their work. Their western takes on manga have delighted readers locally and abroad. Expect a vivid and lively discussion. | 2 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Gary Taxali | Canadian artist Gary Taxali joined me for a chat about his new books, art and coins. | 28 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kagan McLeod | Toronto cartoonist, Kagan McLeod, joined me for a discussion of his giant collection Infinite Kung Fu. It’s a massive tome that was many years in the making. | 21 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Diane Noomin | Twisted Sisters co-founder Diane Noomin joined me to discuss her new book, Glitz-2-Go. We had some interference on the line, so the first 10 minutes, has warble in Diane’s voice. It is fine after that. I am really sorry about that. Technology is great and a pain at the same time. Diane will be appearing on Monday in New York. Come and get it, indeed! Be one of the very first people to get your hands on a copy of Glitz-2-Go – the long-awaited first-ever comix collection from the legendary Diane Noomin! This groundbreaking artist will be making a rare appearance to celebrate the release, on Monday, March 5th at the Yeshiva University Museum in New York City. Starting at 6:00 PM, you can view original panels of “Baby Talk”, one of Noomin’s most controversial cartoons, as part of the Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women exhibit currently running through April. And then at 6:45 PM, join this pioneering cartoonist for a reading and discussion! The Yeshiva University Museum is located in the Center for Jewish History [ 15 West 16th Street, between 5th and 6th Ave ]. | 1 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Comics Critic Round Table – Feb 2012 Edition | After having such a blast doing my year end review show with some fantastic critics of comics, I decided I want to try and do these more often. This episode serves as a bit of a pilot project, to see how many titles, take how much time. We came up with a relatively small list of work to discuss and ended up talking for nearly 3 hours. I really enjoyed this talk, and will be doing this again in the spring, hopefully with a couple more critics joining in. Thanks to Joe McCulloch, Matt Seneca and Tucker Stone for all bring their best comics talk game to the table. Books discussed Joost Swarte – Is That All There Is? Milo Manara – Volumes 1 and 2 of new reprint library (Indian Summer, El Gaucho, and more) Marti – The Cabbie Extreme Relaunch – Joe Keatinge and Ross Campbell‘s Glory and Brandon Graham and Simon Roy‘s Prophet Ryan Cecil Smith – SF Supplementary File 2 a,b and c George Herriman – Krazy Kat And lastly – an odd discussion of 2000ad | 25 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Austin English | Brooklyn based cartoonist and publisher, Austin English, joined me for a lively talk about his new publishing effort, Domino Books. Austin is also the editor of Windy Corner magazine and his latest work is The Disgusting Room, both out from Sparkplug comic books. Austin is always an interesting person to talk to and one of my favorite thinkers on comics. | 22 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Annie Murphy | Gay Genius editor Annie Murphy joined me to discuss her Kickstarter funded anthology that explorers the wide world of queer culture. It is a really great collection that touches on some topics that aren’t really covered in most contemporary anthologies. | 18 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Frank Santoro and Brandon Graham | Frank Santoro joined me and Brandon Graham in the studio for a lively discussion of all things comics. | 16 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Harvey James | Harvey James came on to chat about his new book from Blank Slate Books, A Long Day of Mr James – Teacher as well as his upcoming work, Zygote. If you want to read his crazy thoughts on Daniel Clowes, you can check it out here. | 6 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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RUB THE BLOOD | RUB THE BLOOD editors Ian Harker and Pat Aulisio. This book is insane in all kinds of different ways. Really good companion piece to the new Prophet. We also talked about some of they projects that they are involved in, including Secret Prison, Bowman and much more. These guys have a good thing going in Philly. | 5 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Steve LeCouilliard | Xeric grant winning Vancouver cartoonist and animator, Steve LeCouilliard came by my office to chat about his book, Much the Miller’s Son. It’s a fun and campy take on the classic Robin Hood myth. | 30 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Best of 2011 with the Cartoonists | A little late, but here it is, my conversation with three cartoonists about some of their favourite works from 2011. I was joined by Aaron Costain, Dustin Harbin and John Martz. Just like the conversation with the critics, it was a lengthy talk with lots of different work covered. Big Questions by Anders Nilsen Forming by Jesse Moynihan Pinocchio by Winshluss Like a Sniper Lining Up His Shot by Jacques Tardi Approximate Continuum Comics by Lewis Trondheim Donald Duck Lost in the Andes by Carl Barks Mickey Mouse by Floyd Gottfredson Miss Don’t Touch Me 2 by Hubert et Kerascoet Prison Pit 3 by Johnny Ryan Mome 22 edited by Eric Reynolds Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton Paying For It by Chester Brown Great Northern Brotherhood of Canadian Cartoonists – Seth Comics Class - Matt Forsythe I Will Bite You - Joseph Lambert Lose #3 – Michal DeForge | 23 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Patrick Kyle | Wowee Zonk cofounder Patrick Kyle joined me to discuss not only the collective, but also his punk rawk solo comix work, Black Mass. Patrick is a skilled cartoonist who’s work is really coming into it’s own right now. He also publishes work other toronto folks, under the moniker of Mother Books. | 12 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Next Day with John Porcellino, Alex Jansen and Jason Gilmore | The Next Day collaborators, John Porcellino and Jason Gilmore, joined Pop SandBox publisher, Alex Jansen came together to talk about both The Next Day book and accompanying online interactive project. It is a very thoughtful piece of work delicately exploring the issue of suicide in a frank but sensitive tone. | 10 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David Lester | Vancouver artist, musician, designer and more, stopped by my office for a chat about his first graphic novel, The Listener. David also performs as one half of the noted Vancouver institution, Mecca Normal. | 5 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Best of 2011 With the Critics – Timothy Hodler, Matt Seneca and Joe McCulloch | It’s time for yearly round ups. I am trying to do two best of’s each year, the first with some Critics and second with Cartoonists. On the Critics portion, I was joined by Timothy Hodler, Matt Seneca and Joe McCulloch for a spellbinding 2 hours of talk. Here is the list of what we discuss. Thickness 1 and 2 Edited by Ryan Sands and Michael Deforge Chimo – David Collier The Heavy Handby Chris Cilla Color Engineering by Yuichi Yokoyama Congress of Animals by Jim Woodring Kramers Ergot 8 edited by Sammy Harkham 2001 by Blaise Larmee Big Questions by Anders Nilsen Paying For It by Chester Brown Prison Pit # 3 by Johnny Ryan | 17 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nate Powell | Nate Powell, joined me for a chat about his latest books, Silence of Our Friends, due out in the new year and his recent release from Top Shelf, Any Empire. This was a really interesting discussion on values and artistic representation. Nate is a very smart creator and puts together some fine books. | 8 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Running with Giants – Geof Darrow Interview in Full Text | Geof Darrow’s work can be described as a forerunner of the Fusion that Frank Santoro and I like to talk about. His work is a mix of Moebius mixed with the frenetic energy of the finer Japanese Manga. I first got into his work, like most, with the excellent Hard boiled. He always grabs me with images that are full of the most ridiculous ideas that under most hands, would probably be a mess but Darrow is able hold it all together. The work available by Darrow is few and far between, but his impact as a cartoonist can be found in the work of many young cartoonists that would stare transfixed on a given image studying every nuance. This interview was conduct back in February of 2011 when he was set to appear at the Emerald City Comicon and was originally aired on the Inkstuds radio show. When we did the interview, he was pretty close lipped about Shaolin Cowboy. Since then it has been recently revealed that Dark Horse will be publishing future volumes of the series. Special thanks to Charles Bottomley for continued support in providing excellent transcriptions. Charles also did the transcription work on the Inkstuds book. Robin McConnell: I guess to run down the comics work, Hard Boiled, Shaolin Cowboy, Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot, Bourbon Thret, as well as a plethora of other goodies that came out in France that I have not been able to get my hands on. Geof Darrow: [laughs] That’s about it, to tell you the truth. There’s a lot of fake titles I came up with that people seem to think exist but never ever…it was joke. They’re kind of … hopes? Comics you want to do one day, you just know you’ll never have a chance? No. It was just a joke. The first book I ever did over there…I always liked the Tintin books, because on the back they had this nice drawing of all these titles of Tintin you could buy. So on the first I did, I put all the titles of books of these books that didn’t exist, so it seemed like the character existed as long as Tintin. But you read any of the titles, I can’t believe anybody would think they actually existed. But people didn’t! People would try to order them. The bookstores were kind of annoyed that I’d done that, because they were getting orders for these things. It was funny. I thought it was funny. Was that something you were doing with Bourbon Thret (said en francais) as well as … Yeah yeah yeah. Bourbon, actually. Okay. Sorry, I was trying to be all proper. No, it’s okay. Bourbon Thret actually is The Shaolin Cowboy in England. So it’s an earlier incarnation of it or is it the exact same character? Yeah. It’s basically the same guy. I want to get a little background on you, because in the time I’ve been putting together this interview, I couldn’t really find very much on you as far as info online, interviews, so I don’t know your background and what got you into comics and what excited you about comics. Well, like anybody, I grew up reading them and I wanted to draw them because I just loved…I mean, I grew up reading, well, the beginning of Batman and Superman. I was into dinosaurs and stuff, so I used to buy anything that had a dinosaur or monster on the cover. Then I discovered … actually, it was by mistake, because I was at the dentist and next door there was a pharmacy and they only had about three comics and one was like Sugar & Spike or something … some girlie comic. The one they had was a superhero comic that was the Fantastic Four annual where Sue and Reed get married. So it was the whole Marvel universe in one book and I had no idea what that was and I bought it and I became a huge fan of Marvel comics, especially Jack Kirby. That was actually the launching part of my great passion for comics. I think Kirby’s a good launching point. Yes, he is and I was fortunate enough to work for him at Hanna-Barbara. I was going to ask about that. Gracious! He would come in and just the sweetest man. Just a really sweet guy who should have | 1 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jason Mclean | Canadian artist Jason Mclean is part of an amazing well of talent out of London, Ontario. Some of his contemporaries include Marc Bell, Peter Thompson, Keith Jones and more. Jason is currently exhibiting in a show called Not Bad for London along with Marc, Peter, Amy Lockhart, James Kirkpatrick, Jamie Q and Billy Bert Young. I very fond of Jason’s work and see a lot of cross over between what he explore and larger idea of storytelling through a single image. | 20 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mike Dawson | Fellow podcaster Mike Dawson and I sat down for a chat about not only comics podcasting, but also his great book from those fine boys at Secret Acres. Troop 142 is a fine collection and shows Dawson’s growth as a cartoonist. Mike is doing a comic book club talk at Midtown Comics in Manhattan on Fulton on tonight, Friday the 18th of November. | 17 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Moonbase Gallery Opening and Shortrun Festival | This week, we have two different interviews. The first is with Mark Atomos Pilon, Luc Latulippe, and Dacosta! to discuss the Moonbase Gallery art show opening tonight November 10th at the Interurban Art Gallery at 1 East Hastings in Vancouver. Second off, I am joined by Kelly Froh, Eroyn Franklin and Jenny Gialenes in regards to Saturday’s Shortrun Small Press Festival in Seattle. The show is free and looks great. I am travelling down from Vancouver just to check it out. Also, there are some other cool things happening in Vancouver this weekend. Jim Mahfood are in town for a convetion at Heritage Hall on Sunday, but more importantly they are also doing a fundraiser for the Comic Legends Legal Defense Fund on Friday night. Also on Sunday is Canzine West. There will be a bunch of comics folks there as well. | 10 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pascal GIrard and Joe Ollmann | Touring buddies, Joe Ollmann and Pascal Girard joined me for a team up talk from Joe’s mansion in Montreal. They both had excellent books out from Drawn and Quarterly over the last year; Midlife for Joe and both Reunion and Bigfoot for Pascal. | 3 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tom Neely | Blot cartoonist Tom Neely returned to the Studs to chat about his latest book The Wolf as well as his collaborative project, Henry and Glenn Forever. And don’t forget that awesome mixtape that Tom did a couple of years ago. | 28 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Shannon Wheeler | With the recent release of the massive Too Much Coffee Man Omnibus, Shannon Wheeler appears to not be slowing down at all with 20 plus years making funny books. His current and upcoming releases alsoinclude Oil and Water from Fantagraphics, I Thought You Would be funnier from Boom and much more. We cover a lot of ground in this conversation. | 19 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Oscar Cahen | Canadian illustrator Oscar Cahen had a brief but impactful career in the 1940′s and 50′s before passing away at the young age of 40. Canadian art historian Jaleen Grove has been exploring his work and was involved in putting together a show of his work at Illustration House in New York. I was joined by Jaleen, Roger Reed from the Illustration House and Oscar’s son, Michael Cahen to discuss Oscar’s work. The illustration House is showing his work for the rest of October. I highly recommend checking it out. Really amazing work. | 14 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dylan Williams | Here is an interview I did with Dylan Williams back in April of 2008. Dylan passed away this past weekend. I really liked Dylan and the work that he published and promoted with Sparkplug comics. He did a really great strip about Alex Toth for Austin English’s Windy Corner. I highly suggest reading that. It feel especially poignant right now. | 15 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Craig Thompson | Craig Thompson and I sat down for an extended conversation about his new book Habibi, as well as a larger discussion of comics in general. We also touch on his previous works including Blankets, Good-bye Chunky Rice and Carnet De Voyage | 5 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MK Reed | Americus author MK Reed joined me for a chat about her new book from First Second as well as her other work including About a Bull and Cross Country. | 2 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Comix and Stories 2011 with Rebecca Dart, Robin Bougie and Brandon Graham | I had a rare week this week where I could actually be in the studio and do it live. I was joined by Rebecca Dart, Robin Bougie and Brandon Graham, who are all appearing at the Comix and Stories Smallpress convention in Vancouver this weekend. Rebecca discusses her amazing Battle Kittens book, Robin has a come great filthy books out and Brandon makes terrible puns, and talks about his story in the second Thickness book. We are also joined by Brian Fukushima who makes up a song live on air about Robin Bougie and sings away with gusto. | 25 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Igort | I really enjoyed doing this interview with Igort. The conversation was full of many great insights with a lot of material covered. Like many of his contemporaries, only a handful of his work is available in English. I first got into his work with the drawn and quarterly collection, 5 is the Perfect Number. More recently, you can find him in the Ignatz series, Baobab. Igort is also the editor of the Ignatz line of comics. His latest work, is a series of books on the Ukraine and Russia. You can read what has been translated so far, here. | 15 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Chip Kidd on Shazam! | Here is an interview I did with Chip Kidd over the Christmas holidays and seemed to have escaped my mind. In this interview, we discuss the book on Captain Marvel memorabilia that he had put together, Shazam! | 14 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vera Brosgol | Vera Brosgol joined me for a chat about her debut book, Anya’s Ghost. It’s a great piece of work and shows a lot of promise for a creators first long form work. | 7 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Patrick Rosenkranz on the work of Rand Holmes | Comix historian, Patrick Rosenkranz will be in Vancouver this Saturday at Lucky’s Comics for an art show and retrospective on the work of underground cartoonist, Rand Holmes. Rand’s work was a fixture of Vancouver, gracing the covers the Georgia Straight during the early years. He is also known for his Harold Hedd Comic series. Patrick joined me this week to discuss his book about Rand and a variety of other topics. | 3 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Gene Yang | Gene Yang joined me to discuss his books and the art of collaboration. His latest book is Level Up illustrated by the infamously troubling Thien Pham. Gene’s American Born Chinese has won a plethora of awards and is just one of many great books he has done. | 25 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Black Eye talk with Ryan Standfest, Jeet Heer and Onsmith | Black Eye editor Ryan Standfest brought Jeet Heer and Onsmith on for a chat about the anthology and other issues of dark dark humor. This is a smart bunch and a pleasure to chat with. | 14 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sharon Rudahl | Sharon Rudahl was one of the founders of the great Wimmen’s Comix anthology in the 1970s. It since then, she has a produced a range of fascinating underground comix including Crystal Night, which was reprinted in full in Dan Nadel’s Art In Time Anthology. Recently, Rudahl put together Dangerous Woman: The Graphic Biography of Emma Goldman. Her work will also be featured in a number of upcoming political comic anthologies. | 12 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Inkstuds Book Club 2 – Frank Miller – Ronin – The Recording | Here is the recording of Saturday’s book club where we discussed Ronin. It was a great session with 8 participants. I am really enjoying these. It’s a great chance to discuss books with a group of smart thoughtful folks. Let us know what you thought of Ronin and we can continue the discussion here. Our next book will be Mat Brinkman’s classic, Multiforce. We will be meeting online on July 30th at noon pacific time. Remember to add me on Skype – Inkstuds and email me that you are taking part at inkstudsradio@gmail.com. | 11 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Colleen Frakes | Colleen Frakes Island Brat is a great little story of her time growing up in a very unique location in the Pacific Northwest. Colleen is also a member of the first graduating from the Center for Cartoon Studies in picturesque White River Junction, Vermont. Thanks to Colleen for taking the time to chat with me. | 4 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Wilfred Santiago | Wilfred Santiago’s comic biography of Roberto Clemente is a great look at a specific time in not only baseball, but also touching on mid century american racial and political tones. Wilfred skillfully tackles a range of issues in this great collection. It was a delight to discuss this great book with him. | 30 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dave Mckean | Dave Mckean is on that short list of cartoonists whose work really changed how I understand comics as a young teen many years ago. He has been creating some really fascinating and forward thinking work in books like Cages, Signal to Noise, Pictures That Tick and Violent Cases. His latest book is no exception. Celluloid, fresh out from Fantagraphics, is a remarkable work exploring pornography through a very particular lens. Needless to say, it is fantastic. | 22 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Inkstuds Book Club Week 1 – Jason – Isle of 100,000 Graves – The Recording | Welcome to the inaugural Inkstuds Book Club. I was joined by seven enthusiastic comics folk for a discussion of Jason’s Isle of 100,000 Graves. This is the first time we have tried it out, and I think it worked out. Thanks to Michael, Brandon, Steve, Roman, Nolan, Chris and Andrew for taking part. I would like us to be able to continue the discussion of the book here. If you had a chance to read it, please tell us what you think. The next Book Club will be on July 2nd at noon pacific time. We will be discussing Frank Miller’s early work, Ronin. | 17 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Blaise Larmee | Young cartooning upstart Blaise Larmee sat down for an extended chat about art, comics and identity. His latest book is Young Lions as well as publishing Gaze books. Blaise is doing some interesting and challenging work. I am really curious to see where his cartooning is going to take him. | 16 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Edie Fake | Edie Fake’s Gaylord Phoenix is one of my favorite books of the past while. Edie is able to touch on something very personal and explore in a way that reaches far and succeeds. I think that Gaylord Phoenix is an important work on sexuality in a way that few have been able to successfully approach in an abstract way. Thanks to Edie for having such an open conversation with me about it. | 14 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Kalesniko | Ex-pat Canadian cartoonist, Mark Kalesniko‘s latest book, Freeway explores some of the idea’s around his move to LA and working into the animation industry. Mark was on the show for the first time, many years ago when I was still getting my grips on what I was doing with Inkstuds. As with the last time Mark was on, Colin Upton joins us as well. | 8 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Julia Wertz | Julia Wertz was on the show a couple of years ago, and had since gone through some pretty important changes in her life. Since that time, her book, Drinking In the Movies came out from a big time New York book publisher, and much more. This was a really great catch up conversation with Julia that touches on some pretty important subjects. | 6 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TCAF panel – Canadian Cartoonists Working in the Mainstream | Image stolen from Kevin Boyd and the Shuster Awards blog. http://joeshusterawards.com/2011/05/09/my-tcaf-thoughts-2011-day-1/ Here is the audio from the panel on Canadian Cartoonists Working in the Mainstream from TCAF. I have a hard time summarizing it down to a particular topic, mostly we discussed Canadian identity. The guest list was a bit of a superstar showcase. I was a lucky host. Ray Fawkes, Darwyn Cooke, Jillian Tamaki, Stuart Immonen and Kathryn Immonen are all fantastic talents, and thanks to them for taking the time to answer my questions and also thanks to Ken Steacy for allowing me to call him out in the audience. Also, someone filmed the panel. So you have that as an option too. Part 1 of 4 | 4 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Keith Jones and Lizz Hickey | This interview is a little different. Keith Jones is one of my favorite people, as I have stated several times on this blog. He is about to go move to New York to be with his new bride, the very talented Lizz Hickey. Lizz thought it would be fun to have the two of them on together, and I have to agree. It was awesome. Enjoy. | 3 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jordan Shiveley | Hive editor and publisher of Grimalkin Press, Jordan Shiveley was kind enough to answer my call for interviews when I had some last minute cancellations. I was really happy to talk with Jordan, since he has been putting out some really nice books that could use some more eyes pouring over them. He is also publishing books by a couple of young guys I think the world of, Phil McAndrew and Noah Van Sciver. | 1 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TCAF Panel: Adrian Tomine, Jillian Tamaki, Lorenzo Mattotti | Greetings, humble Inkstudians! I’m Caitlin McGurk, indomitable zinestress and head librarian at The Schulz Library of The Center for Cartoon Studies. As many have already recapped, this years TCAF festival was absolutely unforgettable. One of the highlights for me was the opportunity I was given to moderate a panel with Adrian Tomine, Jillian Tamaki, and Lorenzo Mattoti on comic artists who also work as illustrators. Although that’s a bit of a broad, vague, and essential description of all of us in the business- we were able to hit on everything from using time and motion in comics, to the bureacracries of dealing with editors vs. art directors. The choice of panelists made it especially dynamic: Jillian- who typically defines herself as an illustrator, Adrian- who is without question a cartoonist at heart but whose work for The New Yorker reaches a much broader audience as an illustrator, and Lorenzo- whose work visually identifies as fine art illustration but has been conditioned to work quite well sequentially. | 23 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Zach Worton | Zach Worton‘s The Klondike, is the latest in the fine Canadian tradition of historical narratives. His book is a great look into a particular point in time of what can be described as the Canadian frontier. | 19 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TCAF Panel – Paul Pope, Brandon Graham and Sam Hiti In Conversation | One of the panels I moderated at TCAF, was a conversation between Paul Pope, Brandon Graham and Sam Hiti. I really like to pair up artists with contemporaries that are doing like minded work, that is still very different in a lot of ways. Last year, I had Paul on with Dash Shaw, and it was a really great talk. This year, we went in a completely different direction than last year. For the second half of the panel, I posted images and asked for comments on the images from the participants.Those images are posted below, after Hiti’s storytelling tree concept. | 18 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stumptown Spotlight Panel on Sarah Glidden | Photo courtesy of Jen Vaughn Here is the audio from the panel I did with Sarah Glidden at Stumptown. I really enjoyed this conversation. Sarah is a really smart creator and comics are better to have her making them. In the panel, we touch on her Cartoon Movement piece. | 27 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stumptown Panel with Jeffrey Brown and Brandon Graham | Jeffrey Brown and I had plans to do a panel at Stumptown, where we discuss comics we grew up reading. The three of got to talking over the weekend, and decided it would be fun to have Brandon Graham join us for a pretty fun geek out over comics with ninjas. | 25 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Scott Hampton | Scott Hampton was in Vancouver to give a talk at a local art school, and I took advantage of his proximity and set up an interview. It’s a pretty interesting conversation about comics vs media property that I wasn’t expecting to get in to. I was joined by Brandon, who mentioned the interview here. | 21 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Brecht Evens | Brecht Evens is by far, one of the most exciting young cartoonists. His debut book from Drawn and Quarterly, The Wrong Place was one of the my favorite releases of 2010, garnering much praise on our year end show. Top Shelf recently released an earlier work by Brecht, Night Animals, another whimsical gem. Brecht is another person that I am very excited about meeting at TCAF. | 13 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Drew Weing | Drew Weing‘s comics are among some of my favorites. Along with his wife, Eleanor Davis, they craft some amazing objects. Drew’s first book, Set to Sea is a beautifully drawn little book, garnering some well deserved praise. He also has a story in the new issue of Papercutter #15, a must have anthology. | 11 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lorenzo Mattotti | Lorenzo Mattotti has been doing comics for a little over 30 years. Only a handful of work is available in English, but it’s a handful of excellence. His work first gained notice to North American audiences, thanks to a couple of appearances in RAW and his books, Murmur and Fires. Mattotti’s work is that of a creative giant. He breathes a life into comics that utilizes an unparalleled skill set, resulting in stunning works of art. Fantagraphics has recently released Stigmata to a new generation of readers. Mattotti is truly a cartooning master. This interview was conducted over two sessions and makes up to be my longest interview yet, at over 3 hours after I mixed the music in. Many thanks to Lorenzo for being so generous with his time. For a man whose English is his 3rd language, he was a fantastic talker. Also, thanks to Kim Thompson for playing the connector. Lorenzo Mattotti will be appearing at the Toronto Comics Art Festival in May. A very rare appearance that should not be missed. His collaborative work with Lou Reed, The Raven will be debuting at TCAF. | 31 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Euro Comics Talk Avec Kim Thompson and Bart Beaty | Smart comics folks, Dr Bart Beaty and Kim Thompson joined me to discuss European comics scene. It’s a pretty broad subject, but we are able to cover a lot of different points of interest. The amount of amazing comics out of Europe is really more than I can comprehend. Perhaps this will help navigate the abundance. | 30 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Darryl Cunningham | Darryl Cunningham‘s Psychiatric Tales is a fantastic and smart look at mental health and creating an understanding of the disease. He has also been doing some great reporting pieces on a variety of subject. | 25 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Aidan Koch | Aidan Koch is a part of that smart crew of cartoonists in Portland, putting out some thoughtful modern work. Her book, The Whale is the inaugural release from Gaze books, as well, she is also a recent addition the group of folks in the Mome anthology from Fantagraphics. Here is the correspondence project that Aidan mentions at the end. | 22 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Blake Bell on Bill Everett | Canadian Comics historian, Blake Bell, popped by the Inkstuds cyber studio to discuss his biography of cartoonist, Bill Everett. We also the archiving work that he and Fantagraphics have been doing, in regards to the legacies of Steve Ditko and Everett. | 17 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Joe Sacco | I don’t think Inkstuds listeners really need to be told much about Joe Sacco. His work in regards to Palestine and the Bosnian War have both been revealingly informative and touchstones in Comics Journalism. Joe and I discussed his latest book, Footnotes in Gaza in advance of his trip to Toronto next week for a talk at the University of Toronto. If you are in town, go check it out and don’t miss out on a unique chance to see him in person. As well, Fantagraphics just released a special edition of Safe Area Gorazde. | 11 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jimmy Beaulieu | Quebecois cartoonist, Jimmy Beaulieu came on to chat with me about his collection of translated work, Suddenly Something Happened. Jimmy has a great eye for life and relationships. His comics are strong compelling. Check out his site for some great sketchbook material. | 10 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Aaron Renier | Aaron Renier stopped by Casa Inkstuds for table side chat about his books, Unsinkable Walker Bean and Spiral Bound. Aaron’s work is a lot of fun to read and world to fall in to. | 3 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Geof Darrow | Geof Darrow is coming to Seattle for the Emerald City Comicon next month, March 4-6, and thanks to the kind folks there, i was able ti gave a great chat with Geof. I have been reading his work for years. I remember how my mind was blown when first seeing Hard Boiled. Shaolin Cowboy and Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot are both fantastic reads as well. You can just spend hours focusing on all the details of a single page. The work of Darrow is also an antecedent to crop of fusion comics that Frank Santoro and I like chatting about; mixing comics history with European and Japanese influences sparkling through. | 25 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Carol Tyler | My last interview with Carol Tyler was fantastic, and even ended up in the Inkstuds book. In the previous interview, we ran out of time, before we really go to have a deep discussion about You’ll Never Know. This time, we got super in-depth, and as any interview with Carol goes, it was fantastic. | 16 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Al Columbia | I first interviewed Al Columbia nearly 4 years ago. Since that time, he has released Pim and Francie: The Golden Bear Days. A collection of work that probably consists of more printed work than all his previous work put together. We get pretty in-depth in this interview, clocking in at 2 hours of conversation. We cover a lot of ground and I feel like we could probably have another dozen conversations like this, and still have lots to talk about. Thanks to Al for allowing such a frank and revealing interview. | 6 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Will Dinski | Fingerprint’s cartoonist, Will Dinski is crafted some amazing looking comics. I am really loving the work that I have seen by him and blown away by the care he puts into all aspects of his work. Listen carefully for a special giveaway! | 3 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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James Stokoe | I sat down for chicken and donuts with my favorite drawer of gronch, Mr James Stokoe. The interview was a blast and we have all kinds of surprise visitors that show up. Please keep in mind that the interview was done at 1230 in the morning. His Orc Stain collection is getting all kinds of love and is a wonderful read. Be sure to check out his Wonton Soup collections from Oni Press as well. | 24 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ho Che Anderson | I met up with Ho Che Anderson in Toronto last year, in the days before TCAF. We had an amazing conversation about his King book, and then when I looked down at the digital recorder, I noticed it wasn’t recording. Major bummer. The interview posted here, was done immediately after. I have never had an interview not be recorded before, and I hope to never have that happen again. My apologies to Ho, he was a great to chat with and I highly recommend reading King. | 22 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Best of 2010 with Tucker Stone, Bill Kartalopoulos and Chris Butcher | This week, I was joined by a round table of swell critics to discuss their picks for the previous year. Christopher Butcher, Tucker Stone and Bill Kartalopoulos provided for a great hour of conversation. The books discussed are Bodyworld by Dash Shaw Michael Deforge’s collective output Love & Rockets New Stories #3 by Los Bros Hernandez The Wrong Place by Brecht Evens Xed Out by Charles Burns Young Lions by Blaise Larmee Acme 20 aka Lint by Chris Ware Footnotes in Gaza by Joe Sacco | 13 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Best of 2010 With the Cartoonists | Michael DeForge, Zack Soto and Noah Van Sciver joined me for a look at some of the best comics of 2010. I wanted to hear from a selection of cartoonists to see what books stood out to them.The list of what we talked about is partial list put together by a selection of individual lists provided by the guests. There are an additional 30 comics that we did not talk about, that they identified. We talked about - Wilson by Daniel Clowes Orc Stain by James Stokoe Make Me a Woman by Vanessa Davis Black Blizzard by Yoshihiro Tatsumi Wild Kingdom by Kevin Huizenga Wally Gropius by Tim Hensley ACME 20 by Chris Ware Lemon Styles by David King Bodyworld by Dash Shaw | 6 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Renee French | The first time I interviewed Renee French, was very early in the Inkstuds days. Thankfully I didn’t scare her off and she agreed to come back and catch up. Her latest book, H-Day seems like a new step in her work, really taking it to a new and wonderful place. She also has new work that has been serialized in Fantagraphics anthology, Mome. | 22 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nate Neal | Sanctuary cartoonist, Nate Neal and I yakked about his latest book, his work and Mome and other topics of general cartooning interest. Sanctuary has a really great language all to itself, and his work in Mome utilizes a while different skill set. Good comics. | 16 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kevin Huizenga and Jim Rugg | Howdy, True Believers! Frankie Santoro here with a guest spot over on Inkstuds. I wanted to have some crossover blog action and asked Robin if he would be kind enough to host the audio of an interview I did with Kevin Huizenga and Jim Rugg at the Pittsburgh Indy Comics Expo back in October of this year. It was a good talk with lots of laughs. Please enjoy. | 12 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Chris Cilla | Chris Cilla‘s new book, The Heavy Hand is a great surreal trip. Chris has been doing work in various anthologies including Kramers Ergot, Paper Rodeo and more. | 9 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leaving for a trip | I will be in Toronto on Sunday to do an event with Dave Cooper at my favorite comic store, the Beguiling. I am really excited about the event. Dave is super nice and those Beguiling guys know how to do … Continue reading → | 26 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding Drive Week Two | Photo courtesy of Brian Fukushima This week was even crazier than last week’s fundraising show. I was joined by Brandon Graham, James Stokoe, Marley Zarcone, and the multi-talented Brian Fukushima. We were also had some fabulous call-ins from Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Fest programming director Bill Kartalopoulos, CCS librarian extraordinaire Jen Vaughn and long lost friend, Jordyn Bochon. | 25 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Brian Chippendale | Fort Thunder alum, Brian Chippendale joins me for lengthy talk about his comics (Maggots, Ninja, Galacticrap, Puke Force and the brand new If-n-Oof), music (Lightning Bolt and Black Pus) and art. Brian is in a dog park while we did the interview, so expect some odd interludes. | 19 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Funding Drive 2010 Week One | Brian Fukushima and Robin Konstabaris joined me for fun filled hour of talk. It was really great, we managed to raise a good amount of funds for the station and had a blast doing it. Thanks to Joe Keatinge, Jordyn Bochon and Jordan Shiveley for calling in. Brian will be back next week along with Brandon Graham. If you want to call in, the number is 604-822-2487. Special thanks to Annie Koyama for her swell comic donations. And, you can check out Brian’s twitter songs here. | 18 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Matt Dembicki | Matt Dembicki has put together a great comic anthology collecting and adapting First Nations folklore stories called Trickster. | 14 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rina Ayuyang | Comix Claptrap hostess and Bay Area cartoonist, Rina Ayuyang joins me for a chat about her new collection, Whirlwind Wonderland. Rina is a great chatter in all things comics and her book is pretty great too. | 11 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sarah Glidden | Sarah Glidden’s How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less is one of the more exciting books to come out from Vertigo in quite a while. It’s a great look at personal growth and development in the most unique of situations. and it’s a lovely book. Sarah’s work can also be found on the blog for her studio that she shares with some other talented folks. And don’t forget about the Inkstuds book, which can be found here and in finer comic stores. | 5 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David King | David King’s mini comics are among my most favorite mini comics. His newest and biggest collection, Lemon Styles, continues to delight me. Go read his comics. he makes the funny. | 29 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Best American Comics Criticism Roundtable with Gary Groth, Jeet Heer and Ben Schwartz | Gary Groth,Jeet Heer and Ben Schwartz joined me for a lively roundtable discussion on The Best American Comics Criticism collection out from Fantagraphics. It’s great discussion and I wish we had way more time. It gets very lively. | 21 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dave Cooper | Dave Cooper is someone that i have wanted to interview since starting the show 5 years ago. I caught up with Dave during his recent tour up the west coast. We discuss comix, cartoons and art! And a little reminder that i am taking off for my book launch at Floating World for 6pm of Oct 14th and then I will be at table 312 at APE! See you there! | 13 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vanessa Davis | I have been waiting for Vanessa Davis‘ new book, Make Me A Woman, for quite some time. Her monthly strips in Tablet Magazine have been a fantastic read, and an even better read in this collection. Vanessa has some great insights into her work and was great to chat with. | 6 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dustin Harbin | Dustin Harbin has made a couple of appearances on the studs, but this time, we talk about his favorite thing, Dustin Harbin (I don’t know for a fact that Dustin’s favorite thing is himself, infact, I am probably completely wrong). Dustin’s new book is his first Diary collection from the wonderful Koyama Press as well as a plethora of work to check out on his site. | 29 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Extreme Animals aka Jacob Ciocci and David Wightman | I sat down with David Wightman and Jacob Ciocci while they were in Vancouver on tour, to discuss their project Extreme Animals. They did a pretty great show that night and suggest checking out their work on youtube. Jacob Ciocci is also a founding member of Paper Rad, so chatting with him when he was in town, seemed like an obvious good idea. | 23 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stuart Hample | Stuart passed away earlier this week. I really enjoyed doing this interview last year, and it was probably one of my favorites of all time. Stuart Hample joined me for an entertaining conversation about his new collection of Woody Allen comic strips and his own personal history in cartooning, including some great stories about Al Capp. | 21 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sarah Leavitt | Vancouver creative talent, Sarah Leavitt, joined me live on air, to discuss her book, Tangles. It is a heart breaking recollection of her time with her mother, as she succumbed to Alzheimers. I found the book to be very real and honest. Well worth reading. | 16 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Shannon Gerard | Shannon Gerard stopped by Casa-studs to talk about her comics and crocheting. Her latest book is her collaboration with Jim Munroe, Sword of My Mouth and her strip on Topshelf 2.0, Unspent Love. | 9 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Steve Lafler | This interview with Steve Lafler got pretty deep and interesting. Lots of food for thought to be had. His latest book is the self-published El Vocho and be sure to check out the fantastic Bug House trilogy from Topshelf. | 2 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Inkstuds Mixtape Vol 23 Marc Bell | STARSHIP OF BONE AND OTHER FAVOURITES I have compiled an assortment of (mostly) Canadian home recordings for your enjoyment. If you listen closely, you might notice that some of these “low-fi” musicians are also cartoonists. Some are not. Many do other things besides cartooning and/or music making. One is a defense lawyer. Another is a librarian. At least one of them is involved in the carpentry trade and there is a shopkeeper and a “seasonal” worker in the mix. There is one in particular I know nothing about other than the fact that he seems to enjoy watching television. Thanks to Kip Jackson for lending me some of his archives. A few of the artists I could not reach and so I hope they don’t mind being part of this informal collection. -Marc Bell, July 2010 1. #08 – Terry Piercey 2. #22 – Terry Piercey 3. #01 – Terry Piercey 4. #20 – Terry piercey 5. Superworm – Mouth Harp Ensemble 6. Tastebud – Untanned Hide of a Young Cow 7. Bonus Song for the First Week – Untanned Hide of a Young Cow 8. Backwards Seeds – Ambergris 9. Mountain Pony – Eyeball Hurt and the Medicine 10. Nurse April – Eyeball Hurt and the Medicine 11. Never to Return – Eyeball Hurt and the Medicine 12. Coconut – Drue Langlois 13. Path of Destruction – Drue Langlois 14. Ppop – Discombobulated Ventriloquist 15. German Child with Small Trout – Translucent Tubes 16. Singing Parkade – 40 winks 17. Paid In Foam – Ambergris 18. Dingbatters – Captain Haircut & DJ Sweatpants 19. I Thought you Said you had a Hot Tub and a Steamroom – G.K.A. 20. Hello-Goodbye/Interlude/Colour Of Green – Terraform 21. I saw a Universe in my Sock Drawer – Translucent Tubes 22. A Little Thunderstorm – Eyeball Hurt and the Medicine 23. Valet 10 [Jupiter did Walk on the Dragonfly's Grave] – Eyeball Hurt and the Medicine 24. Potion – U-Play Walkman 25. Wim-Wam – U-Play Walkman 26. In a Coma – U-Play Walkman 27. Starship Of Bone – Poseidon Council 28. Kindergarten Symphony – Mouth Harp Ensemble 29. South American Folk Song – Mouth Harp Ensemble 30. Hillside Chapel – Colin Mclaine 31. I Can’t Watch Automag (With this Fuckin’ TV) – Unknown | 27 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sonja Ahlers | I really enjoyed this chat with Sonja Ahlers about her books, The Selves and Fatal Distraction which both really blew me away in regards to the level of personal work that has gone into them. I really like her work quite a lot of find the process of it equally fascinating. Be sure to check out her blog tooooo. | 26 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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