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I first interviewed Al Columbia nearly 4 years ago. Since that time, he has released Pim and Francie: The Golden Bear Days . A collection of work that probably consists of more printed work than all his previous work put together. We get pretty in-depth in this interview, clocking in at 2 hours of conversation. We cover a lot of ground and I feel like we could probably have another dozen conversat...

Fingerprint’s cartoonist, Will Dinski is crafted some amazing looking comics. I am really loving the work that I have seen by him and blown away by the care he puts into all aspects of his work. Listen carefully for a special giveaway!

I sat down for chicken and donuts with my favorite drawer of gronch, Mr James Stokoe . The interview was a blast and we have all kinds of surprise visitors that show up. Please keep in mind that the interview was done at 1230 in the morning. His Orc Stain collection is getting all kinds of love and is a wonderful read. Be sure to check out his Wonton Soup collections from Oni Press as well.

I met up with Ho Che Anderson in Toronto last year, in the days before TCAF. We had an amazing conversation about his King book , and then when I looked down at the digital recorder, I noticed it wasn’t recording. Major bummer. The interview posted here, was done immediately after. I have never had an interview not be recorded before, and I hope to never have that happen again. My apologies...

This week, I was joined by a round table of swell critics to discuss their picks for the previous year. Christopher Butcher, Tucker Stone and Bill Kartalopoulos provided for a great hour of conversation. The books discussed are Bodyworld by Dash Shaw Michael Deforge’s collective output Love & Rockets New Stories #3 by Los Bros Hernandez The Wrong Place by Brecht Evens Xed Out by Charles...

Michael DeForge , Zack Soto and Noah Van Sciver joined me for a look at some of the best comics of 2010. I wanted to hear from a selection of cartoonists to see what books stood out to them. The list of what we talked about is partial list put together by a selection of individual lists provided by the guests. There are an additional 30 comics that we did not talk about, that they identified. We t...

The first time I interviewed Renee French , was very early in the Inkstuds days. Thankfully I didn’t scare her off and she agreed to come back and catch up. Her latest book, H-Day seems like a new step in her work, really taking it to a new and wonderful place. She also has new work that has been serialized in Fantagraphics anthology, Mome .

Sanctuary cartoonist , Nate Neal and I yakked about his latest book, his work and Mome and other topics of general cartooning interest. Sanctuary has a really great language all to itself, and his work in Mome utilizes a while different skill set. Good comics.

Howdy, True Believers! Frankie Santoro here with a guest spot over on Inkstuds. I wanted to have some crossover blog action and asked Robin if he would be kind enough to host the audio of an interview I did with Kevin Huizenga and Jim Rugg at the Pittsburgh Indy Comics Expo back in October of this year. It was a good talk with lots of laughs. Please enjoy.

Chris Cilla ‘s new book, The Heavy Hand is a great surreal trip. Chris has been doing work in various anthologies including Kramers Ergot, Paper Rodeo and more.

I will be in Toronto on Sunday to do an event with Dave Cooper at my favorite comic store, the Beguiling . I am really excited about the event. Dave is super nice and those Beguiling guys know how to do things right. After that, I will be going on a bit of a travel that will eventually take me to New York for the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival. My publisher will be meeting me there with cop...

Photo courtesy of Brian Fukushima This week was even crazier than last week’s fundraising show. I was joined by Brandon Graham , James Stokoe , Marley Zarcone , and the multi-talented Brian Fukushima . We were also had some fabulous call-ins from Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Fest programming director Bill Kartalopoulos, CCS librarian extraordinaire Jen Vaughn and long lost friend, Jordyn Boc...

Fort Thunder alum, Brian Chippendale joins me for lengthy talk about his comics (Maggots, Ninja , Galacticrap, Puke Force and the brand new If-n-Oof ), music ( Lightning Bolt and Black Pus) and art. Brian is in a dog park while we did the interview, so expect some odd interludes.

Brian Fukushima and Robin Konstabaris joined me for fun filled hour of talk. It was really great, we managed to raise a good amount of funds for the station and had a blast doing it. Thanks to Joe Keatinge , Jordyn Bochon and Jordan Shiveley for calling in. Brian will be back next week along with Brandon Graham . If you want to call in, the number is 604-822-2487. Special thanks to Annie Koyama fo...

Matt Dembicki has put together a great comic anthology collecting and adapting First Nations folklore stories called Trickster .

Comix Claptrap hostess and Bay Area cartoonist, Rina Ayuyang joins me for a chat about her new collection, Whirlwind Wonderland. Rina is a great chatter in all things comics and her book is pretty great too.

Sarah Glidden’s How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less is one of the more exciting books to come out from Vertigo in quite a while. It’s a great look at personal growth and development in the most unique of situations. and it’s a lovely book. Sarah’s work can also be found on the blog for her studio that she shares with some other talented folks. And don’t forget...

David King’s mini comics are among my most favorite mini comics. His newest and biggest collection, Lemon Styles , continues to delight me. Go read his comics. he makes the funny.

Gary Groth , Jeet Heer and Ben Schwartz joined me for a lively roundtable discussion on The Best American Comics Criticism collection out from Fantagraphics. It’s great discussion and I wish we had way more time. It gets very lively.

Dave Cooper is someone that i have wanted to interview since starting the show 5 years ago. I caught up with Dave during his recent tour up the west coast. We discuss comix, cartoons and art! And a little reminder that i am taking off for my book launch at Floating World for 6pm of Oct 14th and then I will be at table 312 at APE! See you there!

I have been waiting for Vanessa Davis ‘ new book, Make Me A Woman , for quite some time. Her monthly strips in Tablet Magazine have been a fantastic read, and an even better read in this collection. Vanessa has some great insights into her work and was great to chat with.

Dustin Harbin has made a couple of appearances on the studs, but this time, we talk about his favorite thing, Dustin Harbin (I don’t know for a fact that Dustin’s favorite thing is himself, infact, I am probably completely wrong). Dustin’s new book is his first Diary collection from the wonderful Koyama Press as well as a plethora of work to check out on his site.

I sat down with David Wightman and Jacob Ciocci while they were in Vancouver on tour, to discuss their project Extreme Animals . They did a pretty great show that night and suggest checking out their work on youtube . Jacob Ciocci is also a founding member of Paper Rad , so chatting with him when he was in town, seemed like an obvious good idea.

Stuart passed away earlier this week. I really enjoyed doing this interview last year, and it was probably one of my favorites of all time. Stuart Hample joined me for an entertaining conversation about his new collection of Woody Allen comic strips and his own personal history in cartooning, including some great stories about Al Capp .

Vancouver creative talent, Sarah Leavitt , joined me live on air, to discuss her book, Tangles. It is a heart breaking recollection of her time with her mother, as she succumbed to Alzheimers. I found the book to be very real and honest. Well worth reading.