Inkstuds

Tony Millionaire joined me for another round of questioning. Tony was on of the earliest guests to appear on the show, so it’s nice to touch base again. His latest book is the incredible Art of Tony Millionaire from Darkhorse. I am honestly blown away by the collection. It is a really good look into the man and his work. We also discussed his Maakies strip , The Drinky Crow Show and more Bil...

Noah Van Sciver’s mix actually had me hunting pretty hard for some of the tracks, so he gets some well deserved kudo’s. Noah was on the show a couple of months ago to talk about his great comic, Blammo. I like his comics and you should too. 1. Bardo Pond-Tommy gun angel 2. Joy division- Disorder 3. Kraftwerk- The Model 4. Shellac- Prayer to god 5. Beat happening-Teenage caveman 6. The...

Brad Mackay joined us for a chat about Canadian cartoonist, Doug Wright. Brad is the organizer of the Doug Wright Awards , an award that recognizes the best in Canadian cartooning. More importantly, Brad is one of the three men(along with cartoonist Seth and DQ Chief, Chris Oliveros) behind the Doug Wright collection from Drawn and Quarterly. The collection is a true testament to the passion that...

Ed Choy Moorman was a part of the burgeoning cartooning scene in Minneapolis, but has since moved to Chicago. He recently released the anthology, Ghost Comics. Ed will be joining on the show at some point soon. Here is a PDF of the artwork and instructions to add to your enjoyment. Song list (plain) PULP – BABIES JAY-Z – DECEMBER 4 LAURIE ANDERSON – LET X=X HANDSOME FURS – I†M CONFUSED R...

Sam Gaskin joined me for probably one of the most laid back sounding Inkstuds yet. He is a great cartoonist fresh out of the CCS whose work has been developing into an interesting mix of culture jamming meets personal introspection. I highly recommend his sugarcube minicomic. He also has a bunch of music on youtube , that is the kinda thing I like.

The Illustrated Journey is a fascinating project put together by some fine workers in Vancouver. Here is a description from their website – The Illustrated Journey is a community art project that brings together comic book artists and youth who are in the process of settling and integrating to Canada. The youth share their journey through storytelling and illustration, make friends, improve...

On top of the material in the Jack Survives collection, you can also find Jerry Moriarty’s more recent work, including his Sally series in Kramer’s Ergot’s 6 and 7 and Comic Art Magazine 9 . And if you really feel like hunting them down, the Jack Survives work was also published in the original run of Raw.

Jerry Moriarty’s Jack Survives has been one of those quietly influential books that has only been available to collectors that were willing to cough up the big dough to find a rare copy. Chris Ware even traded an original piece of his art for a copy of the book back when it was out of print. Bueventura Press has recently reprinted the work in a really nice complete collection. Check out Tom...

Cayetano Garza Jr is one of those talented folks out of The Center for Cartoon Studies . His work can be seen in the Funny Aminals anthology and his webcomic Year of the Rat . Hyped-Up Plus Tax – Dabrye Steeps – Freeworm Infinite Regression – Quantic Infesticons (Hero Theme) – Fila Brazillia I Changed My Mind – Lyrics Born Nudez (ft. Too $hort & MC Zumbi of Zion-I...

Jeff Lemire has been putting on astonishing amount of great work over the last couple of years. Essex County , The Nobody and Sweet Tooth are all very strong works that link together to create a larger piece that link the ideas that Jeff is exploring. Check out the Canadian star.

Billy Mavreas is one Canada’s comic scene gems. He is known for being one of the nicest men, who goes out of his way to connect people and help foster a great community spirit through his Galerie Monastiraki . Johnny O’Braides-Lee   -  Alan Lomax, w Ewan MacCol, Peggy Seeger 1:39 Old Brown Shoe   – The Beatles 3:20 Drop Down Mama  – Mississippi Fred McDowell 2:52 I Ca...

Paul Karasik joined me for an indepth conversation about his work. Paul’s most recent work, has been editing the Fletcher Hanks collections . In collaboration with his sister, Judy Karasik, produced The Ride Together, which you can find on amazon for ridiculously cheap .

Lars Brown and I sat down for a proper conversation while he was in Vancouver for a comic convention. He had previously appeared for about 5 minutes on another interview , but that wasn’t enough for me. Check out his book Northworld, the third book will be out from Oni in November.

Many thanks to Gilbert Hernandez for providing this truly stellar mixtape. If you aren’t familiar with Gilbert’s work, I am a little shocked and disappointed. He has been continuing to put out strong work after strong work, with no chance of slowing down. 1–LOVE OF THE COMMON MAN- TODD RUNDGREN 2–LIVING WITHOUT YOU- MANFRED MANN’S EARTH BAND 3–I DROVE ALL NIGHT-...

The Fart Party herself, Julia Wertz , took time for a lively discussion of all things Julia. I really love reading Fart Party and you should too.

Tom Neely ‘s contribution to the Cartoonist Mixtape Project, is probably the most thoroughly thought out yet. Tom has provided art work for people to print off for and use as the cover for a mixtape. Follow his careful instructions at the end of the posting here. Here is a high quality PDF of the cover art , which should be printed on legal sized paper. Please make note, that there are 2 sep...

Brandon Graham , James Stokoe , Marley Zarcone and Lars Brown joined me in the studio today to discuss their latest books. All three of these boys will be apearing this weekend at Vancouver’s very own Comix and Stoies festival.

The wonderful Kate Beaton joined the inkstuds for a second dose of my inane questioning. Her comics still continue to fill me with joy and wonder.

Jaime Hernandez is truly one of the industry greats. It’s really great that he is taking part in this humble little project. Stay – Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs Hang On Sloopy – The McCoys A Whiter Shade of Pale – Procol Harem Get Up (like a sex machine) part 1- James Brown Sunday Morning Comin’ Down – Johnny Cash Everybody Loves Me, Baby – Don McLea...

Brandon Graham is one of Vancouver’s best kept secrets right now. He has a bunch of new comics set to come out from Oni and Image over the next couple of months, not to mention putting together the excellent MeatHaus SOS, which came out last year. He also helped design the Inkstuds T-shirt, which I will be posting information about in the coming weeks. The 18th letter-Rakim Dollar Bill- Scre...

Michael Kupperman stopped by the Inkstuds to discuss all things Kuppermany. His new collection, Tales Designed to Thrizzle Volume One , is a great good times companion.

Renee French was one of the earlier guests that have appeared the Inkstuds hour of power. It seems like a lifetime ago that she was on. Given that and how supportive she has been to the show over the last several years, I was pretty stoked when she offered to take part in Mix Tape project. It is a very eclectic mix that was lots of fun putting together. And if anyone else wants to take part in thi...

Denis Kitchen joined myself and James Lloyd for a conversation about the work of Harvey Kurtzman. Denis is one of the authors of the incredible book, The Art of Harvey Kurtzman from Abrams Books. Denis was also involved in the recent collection Underground Classics and numerous other projects than I can mention here. If you want to see more of Kurtzman’s work, be sure and check out Humbug ,...

This weeks mix comes from Wayno . Wayno provided a great mix of music that will surely delight and surprise. Thanks Wayno for putting this together. Check out Wayno’s notes on the material he selected here . 1. The Out Crowd :: The Squares 2. Phonograph Records :: Scott-Textor Productions 3. Sentimental Journey :: Esquivel 4. Iena Sequence :: Roberto Pregadio 5. Relax-Ay-Voo :: Dean Martin &...

Jillian Tamaki has been getting some much deserved praise for collaboration with her cousin, Mariko Tamaki , on the great book Skim . Don’t stop there though. I spent hours going through all the great work on her sketchblog as well as the wonderful Gilded Lillies from the good folks at Conundrum.