Inkstuds

Furry Trap cartoonist, Josh Simmons returns to the inkstuds for another chat at my kitchen table. On top of his fantagraphics work, he also has Habit  published recently by Oily comics and some videos that he has been doing, including the most recent, Utz. Special thanks to Robin Bougie for joining us. Always happy to have him join me for anything.

Canadian TV writer and producer Ted Mann, joined me to talk about his time making comics, working for National Lampoon and more. We also discuss his film work and how that all connects together. You can read Ted’s first comic here on my sister site, the Canadian Comics Archive. Thanks to Ted to taking the time to chat with me. Also to good friend, Claire Gibson for joining me to talk to Ted....

Jeff Smith returns to the inkstuds to talk about his latest book, the full collection of his series, RASL. Jeff will be appearing at the excellent sounding festival at the Billy Ireland Museum in November. Jeff also edited the lastest installment of the Best American Comics.

Shannon O’Leary and Joan Reilly joined me to chat about their anthology, The Big Feminist But . It’s an excellent collection of wide ranging cartoonists on difference facets of modern feminism.

Sam Henderson has been making his Magic Whistle comics for the last 20 years. The latest issue, number 13 will be out this fall by the recently revitalized Alternative Comics . Sam has also been doing short animations of his work you can watch on youtube.

New York located painter, Mu Pan , joined me to chat about his art, history and his time spent as a member of Meat Haus .

Dash Shaw is back for his third Inkstuds visit. This time, we discuss his latest books, including New School and 3 New Stories from Fantagraphics and New Jobs from Uncivilized Books.

I have been a fan of Phil McAndrew ‘s work for quite some time. I am a huge fan of what Phil does and happy to have a nice big book, Crying In Front of You Dog and Other Stories . Thanks to Phil for coming on the show after us talking about doing an interview for about 5 years!

It’s hard to believe that this is the third time that Ivan Brunetti has been on the show. I am a huge fan of Ivan’s work and always happy to have the opportunity to talk to him. His latest book is called Aesthetics: A Memoir . Near the end of the interview, we talk about an anthology put together by his current and former students anthology, called Lineworks . Check it out! The music o...

Comics writer Steven T Seagle was on to talk about his collaboration with Teddy Kristiansen new book for First Second books, Genius . I have been a reader of Seagle’s work from my days when I worked in a comic store in my teens.

Tales Designed to Thrizzle creator, Michael Kupperman , joined me to chat about his latest work, the second volume of Tales and much more. He is also working on a book of amazing vintage magazine articles, which you can more about on his website and tumblr .

Quebecois cartoonist, Julie Delporte joined me to talk about her new book from Koyama Press, Journal . Julie also co-hosts her own radioshow about comics in Quebec!

Fantagraphics co-publisher Kim Thompson passed away yesterday. He was a major force in the comics that i enjoy, and the work that I try to cover on this show. I had the honour of being joined by Kim on the twice. T he first time was with Gary Groth to talk about Fantagrapics . It was an earlier interview for me, so I apologize for my terrible awkward questions. The second time was for a round-tabl...

Animator and Cartoonist, Cathy Malkasian was on to talk about her latest book, Wake Up, Percy Gloom . We also discuss her animation work and other comics published by Fantagraphics.

French cartoonist Blexbolex joined me to talk about his art and comics. His work published in English from NoBrow press and Enchanted Lion Press has been getting a lot critical acclaim for amazing use of colour in creating some fantastic books, like No Mans Land and child oriented work like People and Seasons.

Fantagraphics Associate Publisher Eric Reynolds and Crockett Johnson biographer, Philip Nel were on the the show to discuss the new series of Barnaby reprints published by Fantagraphics. Also be sure to check out Philip’s biography of Crockett and his wife, Ruth Krauss.

Cartoonist and musician  Geneviève Castrée , joined me to talk about her new book from Drawn and Quarterly, Susceptible. We also talk about some of the many projects she has going on in Anacortes Island in Washington State and musical work under the name Ô Paon .

Austrian cartoonist, Ulli Lust joined me to chat about her new book from Fantagraphics, Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life . Ulli will be in Toronto for TCAF this week, so if you are there, I suggest checking out her work.

Annie Mok joined me to talk about her comics in advance of her upcoming book tour across America. Her mini comics like James Joyce and Stitching Together are quite beautiful and I really enjoy them. Annie’s more recent work that we discuss covers revealing, personal traumatic issues. Her upcoming work is featured in a number anthologies including Every/Body from 2d Cloud . Here are some of A...

Sharknife cartoonist, Corey Lewis was in Vancouver visiting friends and I talked Brandon Graham into bringing Corey into the studio. We recorded a pretty fun 90 minutes of listener call ins, online questions and more. Corey will be back in Vancouver for a convention appearance on May 19th at the Heritage Hall Vancouver Comicon.

Hey, I†m Sloane and I write, draw and color comics . You might have seen my work online or in a few Image series like Change, Glory or Prophet. Robin asked me to drop in and share my recent Comics Coloring Workshop that I held this past weekend at Stumptown Comics Festival here in Portland, OR. Joseph Bergin III , colorist of Prophet and all around rad artist, was cool enough to come talk with m...

South African Dungeon Quest cartoonist, Joe Daly joined me to chat about is on going comic series and more.

I was invited to give a talk at the Vancouver Art Gallery as a part of the comics related  programming for the Art Spiegelman Co-Mix show. Instead of just having me blather for an hour about comics, I thought it would be more interesting to do a panel with some creators I really liked. I asked Jen Vaughn and Emily Carroll to join and then had quite a hard time, but was eventually able to get Bran...

Cartoonist Miriam Katin joined me to discuss her fantastic new book, Letting It Go. This book is a real heart felt delight. Well worth checking out. I also really enjoyed her previous long-form work, We Are On Our Own. Miriam will be appearing in Ottawa for the Writers Festival there April 26th and then  ate the Blue Metropolis Montreal Literary Festival in Montreal on April 28th.

Portland cartoonist, Sam Alden , joined me to talk about his ongoing comic series, Eighth Grade and Haunter (featured on the excellent Study Group Comics website). Sam is a relatively young creator who is already make some fantastic work that shows a lot of heart and creativity.