Inkstuds

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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 .

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.

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 .

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.

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...

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.

Wally Gropius cartoonist, Tim Hensley joined me for a chat about his comics, music and more. Wally Gropius is pretty excellent and well worth checking out for a some unique cartooning that shows a man that has been studying and implementing his craft.

Drew Friedman is not just one of America’s most well-known and widely respected illustrators, but his work is arguably the most identifiable. Having worked for counterculture bibles over the years like National Lampoon, RAW, Screw, SPY and Mad, Friedman has, in the past fifteen years, garnered mainstream respectability with onslaughts of work for Entertainment Weekly, Mother Jones, Newsweek,...

Multi-faceted comix and comics person, Denis Kitchen joined me for a chat about his new book, The Oddly Compelling Art of Denis Kitchen . On top of talking about his artwork, we also discuss a bit of his time as publisher and other comics oriented projects.

I feel like Brandon Graham and Frank Santoro are guys that I need to be doing annual check-ins with, and luckily this year, Michael Deforge was around to join us. We chatted with a specific subject in mind, the idea of fusion in modern comics. Frank can put it better than I, so take a listen and enjoy.

This show is a little different, it is two separate interviews with the collaborators of To Teach, Bill Ayers and R yan Alexander-Tanner . I was really curios to hear about this project from the different directions of how this project came about and how it works. I think its pretty interesting two-parter.

Quebecer cartoonist Philippe Girard first English translated book, Ruts and Gullies is a delightful and subdued piece of work. Philippe is part of a Canadian world of cartooning that I still know way to little about, but there seems to be a good chunk of great Quebecer books coming out from Conundrum and Drawn & Quarterly. Also, just for full disclosure, the Inkstuds book is being published by...

CC Colbert aka American historian Catherine Clinton joined me for a chat about her book, Booth, from First Second Books . It was a great talk about the history of not only John Wilkes Booth himself, but also the use of history is a discipline in creating comics. For those that don’t know, over the last several years, I have been working on my own BA degree in History, so this one was especia...

Michael DeForge picked some great music for his interview a couple of months ago, so when i asked to do a mixtape, I couldn’t say no. And you know what, he brought the awesome. 1. Betty Davis – Game Is My Middle Name 2. The Soul Seven – Mr. Chicken 3. The Dirtbombs – I Can’t Stop Thinking About It 4. Gloria Jones – Tainted Love 5. The Cramps with the McMartin Pr...

Cosmic Canadian Cartooning Cat lover, Keith Jones stops by for a chat about his epic comic, Catland Empire. It’s probably one the crazier comics I have read this year, so that means it’s great!

Swedish hedonistic cartoonist Simon Gardenfors joined me to discuss his new translated book from Top Shelf, 120 Days of Simon . Its a pretty fun journey of madness and unique look at Swedish cartooning.

Gabby Schulz joined me for a lively chat about his Eisner nominated book Monsters . I really really liked this book. Very much in the same vein as Justin Green, with cartooning that can’t be beat.

Michel Fiffe is one of the founding dudes of the Act-i-vate comics collective and a mighty fine cartoonist himself. He did this mix quite a while ago, and I have been way too slow on posting it. Its a fine mix that needs to be listened to.

Dash Shaw returns for a catch  up on his latest projects, Bodyworld , Unclothed Man in the 35th Century A.D. and his film projects . We also have a little bit of a follow up discussion to the panel from TCAF .