Inkstuds

Jesse McManus is doing some fantastic work that is exciting, dynamic and full of so much energy. His latest work is the Spider Monkey collaboration with Austin English and Violence Valley from Floating World Comics .

Leela Corman came on the Inkstuds to chat about her new book, Unterzakhn .

Derf returned to the Inkstuds for a conversation about his latest work, a retrospective of his time during his teens, as an aquaintance to the notorious serial killer, Jeffrey Dahmer. The book is a really great character study, capturing a specific place and time, evoking some specific emotions.

Professor and editor of a multitude of comics releases, Paul Buhle came on the show to discuss a handful of his most recent work, including the Yiddishkeit anthology as well a plethora of other like the very recent Port Huron Statement with Gary Dumm.

Evan Dorkin is one of the under appreciated thinkers/writers in comics. He has a unique take on the form and speaks quite passionately about it. It was great to catch up with Evan in an attempt to talk about his latest Milk and Cheese collection, in a conversation that quickly sidestepped in a million directions. This is Evan’s third time on the Inkstuds, and he is always welcome back.

The most attended panel I moderated at Emerald City Comicon last month, was the Comics Influencing Comics panel featuring Brandon Graham, Mike Allred, Nate Powell and Moritat. I had never done anything with so many people watching. It was kind of surreal. Unfortunately, I think half of them were there to see the Jhonen Vasquez panel that was following ours.  

One of my favorite moments at Emerald City Comicon 2012, was being able to do a spotlight panel with Bill Sienkiewicz . I have been a massive fan of his for years and was excited for the chance to talk to him. It was a revealing conversation that touched on a number of artistic interests.

One of the most prolific cartoonists of the underground generation, Bill Griffith , joined me to chat about his new collection, Lost and Found . It is an interesting conversation that touches on a number of different topics, ranging from his Zippy the Pinhead work, to discussing his contemporaries like Rory Hayes.

Montreal illustrator and cartoonist, Matt Forsythe  returned to the studs house for a chat about his latest books, Jinchalo and Comics Class. Matt has been doing some great work and seems to always be getting better.

I was lucky enough to moderate a panel of some comics heavy weights.   Adam Warren , Brandon Graham and Bryan Lee O’Malley . Here is a description of the panel. The panels were listed before Bryan was announced, so that’s why he doesn’t appear announced here. ECCC Spotlight Series: Brandon Graham and Adam Warren in Conversation The Emerald City Comicon Spotlight Series is design...

Canadian artist Gary Taxali joined me for a chat about his new books, art and coins.

Toronto cartoonist, Kagan McLeod , joined me for a discussion of his giant collection Infinite Kung Fu . It’s a massive tome that was many years in the making.

Twisted Sisters co-founder Diane Noomin joined me to discuss her new book, Glitz-2-Go . We had some interference on the line, so the first 10 minutes, has warble in Diane’s voice. It is fine after that. I am really sorry about that. Technology is great and a pain at the same time. Diane will be appearing on Monday in New York. Come and get it, indeed!  Be one of the very first people to get...

After having such a blast doing my year end review show with some fantastic critics of comics, I decided I want to try and do these more often. This episode serves as a bit of a pilot project, to see how many titles, take how much time. We came up with a relatively small list of work to discuss and ended up talking for nearly 3 hours. I really enjoyed this talk, and will be doing this again in the...

Brooklyn based cartoonist and publisher, Austin English , joined me for a lively talk about his new publishing effort, Domino Books . Austin is also the editor of Windy Corner magazine and his latest work is The Disgusting Room, both out from Sparkplug comic books . Austin is always an interesting person to talk to and one of my favorite thinkers on comics.

Gay Genius editor Annie Murphy  joined me to discuss her Kickstarter funded anthology that explorers the wide world of queer culture. It is a really great collection that touches on some topics that aren’t really covered in most contemporary anthologies.

Frank Santoro joined me and Brandon Graham in the studio for a lively discussion of all things comics.

Harvey James came on to chat about his new book from Blank Slate Books, A Long Day of Mr James – Teacher as well as his upcoming work, Zygote . If you want to read his crazy thoughts on Daniel Clowes, you can check it out here .

RUB THE BLOOD editors Ian Harker and Pat Aulisio . This book is insane in all kinds of different ways. Really good companion piece to the new Prophet. We also talked about some of they projects that they are involved in, including Secret Prison , Bowman and much more. These guys have a good thing going in Philly.

Xeric grant winning Vancouver cartoonist and animator,  Steve LeCouilliard came by my office to chat about his book, Much the Miller’s Son . It’s a fun and campy take on the classic Robin Hood myth.

A little late, but here it is, my conversation with three cartoonists about some of their favourite works from 2011. I was joined by Aaron Costain , Dustin Harbin and John Martz . Just like the conversation with the critics, it was a lengthy talk with lots of different work covered. Big Questions by Anders Nilsen Forming by Jesse Moynihan Pinocchio by Winshluss Like a Sniper Lining Up His Shot b...

Wowee Zonk cofounder Patrick Kyle joined me to discuss not only the collective, but also his punk rawk solo comix work, Black Mass. Patrick is a skilled cartoonist who’s work is really coming into it’s own right now.  He also publishes work other toronto folks, under the moniker of Mother Books .

The Next Day collaborators, John Porcellino and Jason Gilmore , joined Pop SandBox publisher, Alex Jansen came together to talk about both The Next Day book and accompanying  online interactive project . It is a very thoughtful piece of work delicately exploring the issue of suicide in a frank but sensitive tone.

Vancouver artist, musician, designer and more, stopped by my office for a chat about his first graphic novel, The Listener . David also performs as one half of the noted Vancouver institution, Mecca Normal.

It’s time for yearly round ups. I am trying to do two best of’s each year, the first with some Critics and second with Cartoonists. On the Critics portion, I was joined by Timothy Hodler , Matt Seneca and Joe McCulloch for a spellbinding 2 hours of talk. Here is the list of what we discuss. Thickness 1 and 2  Edited by Ryan Sands and Michael Deforge Chimo – David Collier The He...