Inkstuds

Brandon and I threw in an extra stop on our epic roadtrips. We made a short jaunt down to portland for a Weekend. Our first interview while there was with writer, Kelly Sue DeConnick . Kelly’s work includes Captain Marvel, which has spawned off the amazing Carol Corps  fan community as well as leading Dark Horse’s Prometheus based story projects. You should definitely check out her co...

  Our last interview on the first leg of the roadtrip was a special one for me. I have been a fan of JH Williams III since I was a young man working in a comic store. It’s been really exciting to see how is work has grown. Not just visually, but as a writer, JH has crafted some really heartfelt work that shows amazing understanding and nuances that may not be as easily found in contempo...

Ed Brubaker was the last interview during our time in LA. He’s probably the perfect person to end our time in Los Angeles with. From his early days in alternative comics to current mainstream acclaim, Ed is in continuing to make personal work that speaks to his strengths as a writer. He just finished his Fatale series with collaborative Sean Phillips , with new work continuously on the way....

Our LA journey brought us to the home of one of the most Memorable characters in comics. There’s not much for me to say about Rob Liefeld that you probably don’t already know. He was an artist at Marvel for his early career, creating characters such as Cable and Deadpool and the poly-bagged X-Force #1. Left Marvel to cofound Image Comics. Created Youngblood and a whole bunch more ther...

Here is the defining event of the LA trip. As promised in our Kickstarter, we would record a live Inkstuds with some great guests at the excellent Nerdmelt space at Meltown Comics . Brandon and I were joined by Bryan Lee O’Malley, Jaime Hernandez, Tom Herpich and Pendleton Ward. It was a weird and interesting conversation that somehow devolved into some odd directions. I am a huge fan of all...

Toronto cartoonist, Georgia Webber stopped by my office during her west coast tour, to sit down for an interview. Georgia’s series, Dumb, is a fascinating work documenting her life, navigating through a severe vocal injury. Georgia will be in Portland doing a silent comics event at Floating World on July 30th , and events at Fantagraphics in Seattle on August 6th and Luckys in Vancouver on A...

Bryan Lee O’Malley joins me and co-host, Brandon Graham for a talk about his excellent new book, Seconds. Bryan is probably most known for his Scott Pilgrim series of comics. This is his first release after finishing off that series, taking his work in an excited new direction. This episode is brought to you by the fine folks at  Robots From Tomorrow .  

One of the things on the trip that stuck out for me and Brandon, was almost everyone shared a key influence on the work they made. Jaime Hernandez has had an immeasurable influence on comics creators. His work in Love and Rockets continues to make waves for it’s depth in characters and storytelling. His latest collection, Love Bunglers has received an immense amount of critical praise, all v...

Swiss cartoonist, Frederik Peeters joined me to talk about his work, including new book, Aama , the first in a series. There is a fair amount of wide ranging work of Peeters available in English. The story of his the beginnings of his relationship with his ladyfriend, Blue Pills has gotten a lot of acclaim on this side of the ocean, but his work is diverse, it’s only one side of what he has...

Brandon and I were very excited to chat with Steve Wolfhard . Steve is a former Vancouverite that has since moved to Los Angeles to become a storyboarder on Adventure Time. Together with his writing partner Tom Herpich, they create some of the most amazing thoughtful introspective and odd shows I have ever seen on tv. Whenever a new episode by them is on, it’s an immediate watch in my house....

Final Incal artist, Ladrönn , joined me and guest co-host, Joe Keatinge for a chat about his work in comics. Ladrönn’s run on the marvel series, Cable along with writer Joe Casey, is a cult favorite among me and many friends. It brings in a unique Kirby styling, working against the flavor of the week of most mainstream comics works. You can also find his work in the first 3 issues of the v...

We continue our day in Burbank with an interview with Steven Universe storyboarder, Lamar Abrams . Lamar’s series of Remake books from Adhouse are really fun and enjoyable. Lamar has a great sense of timing and creative viewpoint in his work. His next work can be found in the Thickness collection coming from Youth In Decline. This episode was sponsored by  House of ORR ,  Roll20 , and  Co...

Brandon and I sat down for a chat about cartoons and comics with Rebecca Sugar . Rebecca is probably best known for her creation, Steven Universe as well as her work on Adventure Time. It was really great to get a chance to talk to her and seeing how she views animation. Really interesting deep thoughts on the artform. This episode was sponsored by  House of ORR ,  Roll20 , and  Colonial Souls...

Twelve Gems cartoonist, Lane Milburn , joined me to talk about his excellent new book from Fantagraphics. I really loved. It has all the right elements from 1980’s BW and Heavy Metal magazine, while still a fun and current book. I was really happy to chat with Lane about it and hope you get a chance to check it out. This episode was sponsored by  House of ORR ,  Roll20 , and  Colonial Sou...

Jesse Moynihan was our first guest on a day of interviewing folks in the back of a restaurant in Burbank California. Jesse’s book Forming, the second volume of which just came out from NoBrow books. His work explores a lot of really interesting ideas, utilizing a plethora of literary traditions both classical and contemporary. And it also has some great spaced out conceptual madness. Jesse i...

Our last interview on the first day in Los Angeles was with John Pham . We stopped by workplace, the animation studio for ADHD. John had a nice office to himself where his staff would place foul drawings of him on his door. It was pretty great. John main series are Sublife from Fantagraphics and his self-published series, Epoxy. The fourth issue came out last year and is pretty amazing. Derek Kirk...

Our second interview in Los Angeles, was with Ron Rege Jr . His Cartoon Utopia book is a personal favorite of mine, exploring a lot of ideas and ways of telling stories. I have wanted to talk with Ron about this work since it first start appearing as mini comics and snippets in various anthologies. The book is a meditation of exploring different idea’s around esoteric and magickal concepts....

Our first interview in Los Angeles found us making our way to the home of Jordan Crane. I’ve talked to Jordan a couple of times in the past and always enjoy the enthusiasm and energy he brings to the conversation. The anthology that he edited in the late 90/early 2000’s, Non, was a groundbreaking and important work, with the 5 book being a touchstone of things to come in comics. His c...

Our trip to Los Angeles, included a stop in San Francisco. While there, we are were able to meet up with Junko Mizuno . Her work has always excited me. from the early roughness in Pure Trance, to her brutal fairy tale retellings to her recent work, Pelu . Junko has shown to have an amazing style and unique voice in comics. Originally from Japan, she now resides in San Francisco, continuing to do c...

The First Leg of our road trip journey started in the most perfect way possible. Michael Allre d was someone I have wanted to talk to for a while. I was supposed to interview him a couple of years ago when we did a roundtable talk with Craig Thompson and Brandon Graham, but ran out of time, since the the conversation went for 2 hours. This time, we went to have our interview. As with all interview...

Phase 7 mastermind, Alec Longstreth joined me to about his recently released work, Basewood, a comic 10 years in the making. There is an amazing amount of free comic work to check out on Alec’s site. I intended to have this posted a lot sooner. Apologies to Alec for my slowness!

Sequential Artists Workshop Co-founder, Tom Hart , joined me to talk about the school, his comics and more. Tom’s a great thinker and talker on comics. His recent work, Rosalie Lightning, is a power comic of Tom’s, processing the sudden passing of his young daughter. He is currently posting process work as he puts the complete book together.

Blacksad artist, Juanjo Guarnido joined me to chat about his painted comic work and animation. We also chatted about his current project, a Kickstarter to make an animated music video for Swedish metal band, Freak Kitchen.

  We Can Fix It and Chester 500 xyv  cartoonist, Jess Fink , joined me talk about her comics work. I have been a fan of Jess’s work for quite some time and was really excited to finally talk to her about her comics. She can also be found as a contributor to Smut Peddler and her collaboration with Joey Comeau, We Are Become Pals .

2 years ago, I had the good fortune of being able to get Craig Thompson, Michael Allred and Brandon Graham into a room for a lengthy conversation. It was originally intended to be edited down for video, but for now, here is the audio. I only recently got my hands on the audio, or else I would of posted it much sooner. I wanted to get this up for listening, as an example of what you can expect from...