Inkstuds

Megan Kelso has been making great honest inspired comix for the last 15 years. I have been a fan of her work for many years, and am always happy to see her comix. Her latest collection is Squirrel Mother from Fantagraphics. You can also read her fabulous story, Watergate Sue that was published in the prestigious New York Times last year.

Fran̤oise Mouly has been making comix more interesting for the last 30 years. From her start with Raw Magazine , putting out some of the smartest comix one can lay their hands on. Fran̤oise joined us today to discuss her latest endeavour, Toon Books РComix for kids. As Editorial Director, Fran̤oise has gone through a lengthy process to create a valuable educational tool in regards litera...

Here is my first installment of March†s focus on Women in comix. Mixed in with the regular thursday interviews, will be shorter interviews with some other Women doing great comix. Tatiana Gill is one of the young Women in the small press that I chose to focus on. Her latest book, Pictures of You is an emotional journey entwined in the fine world of adolescent melancholy. Check out her site for m...

Dave joined us to discuss his latest projects, Glamourpuss and Judenhass . Both projects show Dave†s art style moving into an area of photo-realism, but thats about all the 2 projects have in common. Dave is also the man behind his selfpublished comic called Cerebus which ran for 300 issues. A massive unmet feat in comics.

My good friend Robin Bougie made a return appearance on the Inkstuds to discuss his trilogy of awesomeness that he is releasing today. Join us as we discuss his wonderful zine, Cinema Sewer, filth filled anthology, Sleazy Slice, and mix tape of madness, Retard-o-Tron . This is a show for mature listeners, so maybe don†t play it at work. We were also joined by Philip Barrett who is a frequent ill...

James Sturm is a man of many talents. He is the skilled cartoonist behind the Golems Mighty Swing (collected in the swell D&Q book: Gods, Gold and Golems ). His latest book is Satchel Paige , a unique story using the life of a pioneering baseball player to explore a difficult time for African Americans in the south. James is also the founder of The Center for Cartoon Studies , helping a whole...

Paul is one of my favorite cartoonists right now. I know I say that alot, but anyone who has been listening to any of the review shows, knows that I always recomend his work. He has a nice selection of books from Fantagraphics , as well as regular appearances in Mome . He also colours some comic called Omega the Unknown .

The inkstuds were joined by two stellar creators today. Brian K Vaughan and Pia Guerra have been doing Y the Last Man for the 5 years, and just released the last issue of their acclaimed series. It was a really neat chat about there collaborative work and the series.

Don and I were joined by Jeet Heer , Tom Spurgeon and Dan Nadel for a round table discussion about comix as art. It was a really fascinating discussion with some of the smarter guys currently writing about comix. The station we broadcast out of, was doing a day of special programing celebrating the birthday of art, which included some lots of audio art. Follow up – I edited the show to get r...

When Fantagraphics started publishing their Mome anthology, Jonathan was the cartoonist, whose work jumped out at me immediately. He still early in creative comix career, but I think he has shaped into be one the stronger new guys on the block. You can check out what he has to say at Blog Flume . As well, you can also catch his swell design work on Comic Art Magazin e (by far the strongest comix m...

Join us as we delve further into the mind of Joe Matt .

  Here it is folks, the guy you have all been waiting for. Joe Matt has been making some pretty hilarious comix for the last 20 years and is wealth of knowledge and hell of a chatty guy. He has four books available from one of my favorite publishers, Drawn and Quarterly , his most recent being Spent – a journey into his favorite past time/curse. This is part one of a two interview.

2007 provided us with a lot of awesome comix. Take a listen to hear about some of what Colin and I have enjoyed this year.

Jonathon Dalton is one of Vancouver†s local young guys starting up in this comic game. He has a handful a mini†s out, but one look at his work, and you can already tell that he is on the ball. He has a story in the upcoming Fablewood Anthology . Jonathon†s work is mix of personable surreal tales and fantasy taken beyond the normal expectations. I really enjoy his work, and you can tell alot...

Frank Santoro joined the †studs for a great chat about his comix. His latest book, Storeyville , is a reprint of a newspaper he put out in the mid 1995 presented in a beautiful hardcover edition. You can find all of Frank†s work published by those fine folks at Picturebox . His most notable series, Cold Heat is a fantastic journey through a drug fueled maze of 1990†s psuedo reality.

This has to be one of the funnest shows I have done in a while. Brian was an awesome guest. Brian Ralph has some great comix in his repertoire. His latest book is Daybreak from the always awesome Bodega books . You can check out updates of his strip .

John Bell joined us to discuss his book, Invaders from the North . It is a comprehensive history of Canada and comix, covering the range of crazy goldenage goodies, to modern alternative masters like Dave Cooper, Chester Brown and everything else in-between. It is a pretty important look at the history of Canadian comix, and I recommend checking it out.

One of my favourite new books this year, is Matt Kindt†s SuperSpy . Published by TopShelfComix , SuperSpy is an excellent journey into the complex world of espionage. Taking place during the Second World War, Matt has created a wealth of intriguing characters. I strongly recommend reading this book its AWESOME.

Patrick Rosenkranz joined the inkstuds(for this installment, the Inkstuds consisted of myself and Robin Bougie, author of Cinema Sewer and editor of Sleazy Slice) for a discussion of the work of Greg Irons. Patrick authored the wonderful collection for Fantagraphics , You Call This Art?! A Greg Irons Retrospective . Greg was an accomplished creator in the classic underground scene, whose knack for...

Adrian joined us in the middle of his tour to promote Shortcomings, his latest graphic novel pulled from his series Optic Nerve, published by Drawn and Quarterly. If you are in Vancouver, come join me and other locals at Sophia books for Adrian†s book signing on November 13th from 7-10pm.

Part 3 of our conversation with Bryan Talbot, where jump into his latest work, Alice in Sunderland. By far one of the best books of the year. All of his books are available from darkhorse books .

Bryan Talbot was nice enough to sit down and have a nice long chat with Colin and myself. Here is part 1, where we discuss his early career.

Part 2 in our extended conversation with the kind Mr. Talbot. In this part of the conversation, we discuss my favorite book of his, Tale of One Bad Rat , and much more.

Colin and I were delighted to be joined by Chris Ware and Jeet Heer to discuss the great works of Frank King. King†s work with Gasoline Alley, a strip dating back nearly 90 years is still felt on some of my modern favorite cartoonists. From Shulz to Matt, King masterful craftsmanship and storytelling have influenced many. Not only is Gasoline Alley excellent, it is also the longest running real...

Rod Filbrandt is the talentsed cartoonist behind Wombat, Dry Shave , and Tar Paper Town. His work has been a stable of awesomeness in the Georgia Straight for many years, and is one of Vancouver†s most read and recognizable cartoonists.