Inkstuds

Simon Roy is an example of one of those kids doing good comics that is miles ahead of his age. Jan’s Atomic Heart is like a mix Gipi and Heavy Metal stuff from the 70’s before it became all barbarians with Boobs. Check out a preview here .

Bob Fingerman joined us for a chat about his two new books, Connective Tissue and From the Ashes . Both books are great examples of a cartoonist having fun making comics, which is what its all about really, having fun.

Here is the audio results of the panel I was a part of at TCAF. I was joined by my fellow nerds, Robert Dayton , Frank Santoro , Dash Shaw and Dustin Harbin for a discussion on mainstream comics and the influence that they have had on alternative comics. It’s not the most focused panel, but we had fun and got some good discussions going with the audience. The idea that Frank and I had going...

Craig Yoe joins the Inkstuds for yet another awesome conversation. This time, we talk about the Boody Rogers collection from Fantagraphics and Secret Identity, the Fetish Art of Joe Shuster put out as a part of Abrams new Comic Arts line.

Chris Brandt’s documentary, Independents , as an interesting look at the creative process in the comics world. It’s an interesting documentary worth checking out, to get a look into the minds of some interesting comics folks.

This has to be one of the more inspirational guests that I have had on in a while. Emmanuel Guibert’s latest books, The Photographer , as well as Alan’s War are both incredible looks at unique men in unusual situations. The Photographer, follows the his close friend Didier Lefevre as he joins Doctors Without Borders in 1986 Russian invaded Afghanistan. Alan’s War is the story of...

Box Brown’s new book, Love is a Peculiar Type of Thing , is a great little debut. It is a fine mix of some cute loveydovey stuff and some more honest self exposing harsh material, creating an interesting balance.

Miss Lasko-Gross’s autobio series from Fantagraphics are some of my fav autobio comics I have read in a while. Escape From Special and A Mess of Everything are both excellent books and well worth checking out. Its not often that you come across such honest work.

Christopher Butcher and Peter Birkemoe are organizing the very exciting Toronto Comic Art Festival aka TCAF. I really appreciate the different take that they have on the standard convention platform and are instead puting together, for lack of a better term, a kind of celebration of comics. The festival takes place on May 9 and 10 at the Toronto Reference Library with a slew of other events happen...

Jason Turner and Manien Bothma came by for a chat about their new book, True Loves 2. I really liked True Loves 1 and the second is even better. It is one of the most Vancouveresque comics you could ever come across. Check out New Reliable Press’s website for a preview of the book.

Mike Dawson joined me for a chat about his latest book, Ace-Face as well as his past work, including the autobio epic, Freddie and Me. I really enjoyed both of those books and think that Mike crafts some good fun comix. He can also be found in the new anthology, Awesomer , by some guys called IndieSpinnerRack . It actually sounds like a decent anthology.

I interviewed Jaime Hernandez at Emerald City Comicon was my highlight of the trip to Seattle. We sat down for a chat in probably the only quiet spot in the whole convention center. I shouldn’t have to tell you how important Jaime is in the world of alternative comics, but if you haven’t read Love and Rockets yet, do yourself a favor and pick up one of those great cheap collections fro...

Jeet Heer and Kent Worcester joined me for an extensive conversation about their latest collection, A Comics Studies Reader . The book is a great collection of essays about different aspects of involving the favorite topic of this show, Comic Books. We had a great conversation around the importance of the development of comics scholarship within academic disciplines. Trust me, its a lot more inter...

Just in time for Paul Hornschemeier ‘s visit to the Pacific Northwest. I am really excited about him coming to Vancouver on Friday at Lucky’s Comics , and I better see all of you there. This is Paul’s second time on the show and we have lots to talk about including some good process chat about the rerelease of Mother, Come Home .

Nate Powell joined me to discuss his two books,  Swallow Me Whole and Sounds of Your Name. Swallow Me Whole has found itself at the top of many critics list for 2008 and I can see why, it is a really great book.

This has to be one of my favorite interviews i have done in awhile. Ted Stearn started doing Fuzz and Pluck in one of my favorite comic series, Rubber Blankets , on the insistence and support of Dave Mazzucchelli. Fuzz and Pluck in Splitzville is his latest collection, which nicely follows  the cartooning traditions Gary Panter and Terrytoons. This show also features a bonus of 15 minutes of me c...

Since I got the new site up, I have been spending countless hours trying to clean up some of the past shows and do a little maintenance work. Most of the shows on the site should be at 128kbps, some are less, but most are at that standard. As well. I FINALLY fixed all of the ID3 tags on the files. I am the first to admit that sometimes I get really lazy about the small stuff. and as the show pr...

Pohadky has to be one of the nicest looking books that Drawn and Quarterly has put out in their Petit Livres series. I got the chance to sit down the duo behind the book Marek Colek and Pat Shewchuk aka Tin Can Forest and discuss their work in great detail. Don’t forget that they will be in town, March 20th, at Lucky’s comics for a book launch and art show.

Lucas Soi is a local Vancouver artist putting together a great series of illustrations exploring images of sex violence. I recommend checking out his book from Medium Rare , it has some awesome filthy goodness.

Chris Wright has a really interesting unique vision in comix that I think is just freakin’ awesome. He creates this awesome Victorian world of odd obscure creatures. Check out his book Inkweed from my good friends at Sparkplug Comics

Nathan Fox has some great new work out and is pumping out some the nastiest goodness that I have seen in a while. Check out his Pigeons From Hell series from Dark Horse or his Fluorescent Black work in Heavy Metal. His work has great visceral quality that most cartoonists can only attempt, while Nathan rocks it. Check this out too, someone just brought it to my attention – Nathan doing an en...

Derf and I sat down for a chat about punk rock, Jeffrey Dahmer and much more. His book P unk Rock and Trailer Parks is a lot of fun and you should check it out. He also does an ongoing strip The City , that is carried in a whole bunch of different alt weeklies.

John Kerschbaum is the man behind the hilariously funny book, Petey and Pussy from Fantagraphics. All of his work is great and makes me laugh my ass off.

CF aka Christopher Forgues aka Kites and some other musical projects, sat down with me for a chat about comix. His series from Picture Box , Powr Mastrs has been getting alot of love and I have really enjoyed it so far as well.

George Metzger continues chatting with us about his comix and experience in the underground comic scene. Patrick Rosenkranz covers George†s work in some detail in his book Rebel Visions .