Thick Lines

Katie and Sally discuss Kyoko Okazaki's 1996 comic "Helter Skelter." Topics discussed include The Cyborg Manifesto, Mary Gaitskill, decadence, and more. CW: this episode contains frank discussions of disordered eating and death. Next week: ARCHIE.

Katie and Sally discuss Julie Doucet's 1993 comic "My New York Diary." Next time: Kyoko Okazaki's "Helter Skelter."

Katie and Sally discuss Osamu Tezuka's 1970 comic "The Book of Human Insects," and Katie buys a record. Topics discussed include the fallacy of originality, paranoia, Mishima, and cult music. Next episode: Julie Doucet's "My New York Diary."

Katie and Sally discuss Richard Sala's 1997 comic "The Chuckling Whatsit." Topics include Georges Franju, Lynd Ward, Leg Avenue, Factsheet Five, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, and the specific nomenclature of telephones. Rest in peace Richard Sala (1954–2020).

Katie and Sally talk "Ghost World" by Daniel Clowes. Sally gets an everything bagel manicure. Katie has a theory about films on suburbia. Also discussed: Ghost World (the film), Capricorns, Ozu, Spaniel Rage. P.S. We're now available on Spotify!

In our inaugural episode, we're talking "Buddy Does Seattle: The Complete Buddy Bradley Stories from 'Hate' Comics 1990–1994" by Peter Bagge and introducing the critical theory that everyone who thinks they're Enid Coleslaw is actually Lisa Leavenworth. Also discussed: Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, The Maxx, Watchmen, Ghost World.