Inkstuds

Swiss cartoonist, Frederik Peeters joined me to talk about his work, including new book, Aama , the first in a series. There is a fair amount of wide ranging work of Peeters available in English. The story of his the beginnings of his relationship with his ladyfriend, Blue Pills has gotten a lot of acclaim on this side of the ocean, but his work is diverse, it’s only one side of what he has...

Brandon and I were very excited to chat with Steve Wolfhard . Steve is a former Vancouverite that has since moved to Los Angeles to become a storyboarder on Adventure Time. Together with his writing partner Tom Herpich, they create some of the most amazing thoughtful introspective and odd shows I have ever seen on tv. Whenever a new episode by them is on, it’s an immediate watch in my house....

Final Incal artist, Ladrönn , joined me and guest co-host, Joe Keatinge for a chat about his work in comics. Ladrönn’s run on the marvel series, Cable along with writer Joe Casey, is a cult favorite among me and many friends. It brings in a unique Kirby styling, working against the flavor of the week of most mainstream comics works. You can also find his work in the first 3 issues of the v...

We continue our day in Burbank with an interview with Steven Universe storyboarder, Lamar Abrams . Lamar’s series of Remake books from Adhouse are really fun and enjoyable. Lamar has a great sense of timing and creative viewpoint in his work. His next work can be found in the Thickness collection coming from Youth In Decline. This episode was sponsored by  House of ORR ,  Roll20 , and  Co...

Brandon and I sat down for a chat about cartoons and comics with Rebecca Sugar . Rebecca is probably best known for her creation, Steven Universe as well as her work on Adventure Time. It was really great to get a chance to talk to her and seeing how she views animation. Really interesting deep thoughts on the artform. This episode was sponsored by  House of ORR ,  Roll20 , and  Colonial Souls...

Twelve Gems cartoonist, Lane Milburn , joined me to talk about his excellent new book from Fantagraphics. I really loved. It has all the right elements from 1980’s BW and Heavy Metal magazine, while still a fun and current book. I was really happy to chat with Lane about it and hope you get a chance to check it out. This episode was sponsored by  House of ORR ,  Roll20 , and  Colonial Sou...

Jesse Moynihan was our first guest on a day of interviewing folks in the back of a restaurant in Burbank California. Jesse’s book Forming, the second volume of which just came out from NoBrow books. His work explores a lot of really interesting ideas, utilizing a plethora of literary traditions both classical and contemporary. And it also has some great spaced out conceptual madness. Jesse i...

Our last interview on the first day in Los Angeles was with John Pham . We stopped by workplace, the animation studio for ADHD. John had a nice office to himself where his staff would place foul drawings of him on his door. It was pretty great. John main series are Sublife from Fantagraphics and his self-published series, Epoxy. The fourth issue came out last year and is pretty amazing. Derek Kirk...

Our second interview in Los Angeles, was with Ron Rege Jr . His Cartoon Utopia book is a personal favorite of mine, exploring a lot of ideas and ways of telling stories. I have wanted to talk with Ron about this work since it first start appearing as mini comics and snippets in various anthologies. The book is a meditation of exploring different idea’s around esoteric and magickal concepts....

Our first interview in Los Angeles found us making our way to the home of Jordan Crane. I’ve talked to Jordan a couple of times in the past and always enjoy the enthusiasm and energy he brings to the conversation. The anthology that he edited in the late 90/early 2000’s, Non, was a groundbreaking and important work, with the 5 book being a touchstone of things to come in comics. His c...

Our trip to Los Angeles, included a stop in San Francisco. While there, we are were able to meet up with Junko Mizuno . Her work has always excited me. from the early roughness in Pure Trance, to her brutal fairy tale retellings to her recent work, Pelu . Junko has shown to have an amazing style and unique voice in comics. Originally from Japan, she now resides in San Francisco, continuing to do c...

The First Leg of our road trip journey started in the most perfect way possible. Michael Allre d was someone I have wanted to talk to for a while. I was supposed to interview him a couple of years ago when we did a roundtable talk with Craig Thompson and Brandon Graham, but ran out of time, since the the conversation went for 2 hours. This time, we went to have our interview. As with all interview...

Phase 7 mastermind, Alec Longstreth joined me to about his recently released work, Basewood, a comic 10 years in the making. There is an amazing amount of free comic work to check out on Alec’s site. I intended to have this posted a lot sooner. Apologies to Alec for my slowness!

Sequential Artists Workshop Co-founder, Tom Hart , joined me to talk about the school, his comics and more. Tom’s a great thinker and talker on comics. His recent work, Rosalie Lightning, is a power comic of Tom’s, processing the sudden passing of his young daughter. He is currently posting process work as he puts the complete book together.

Blacksad artist, Juanjo Guarnido joined me to chat about his painted comic work and animation. We also chatted about his current project, a Kickstarter to make an animated music video for Swedish metal band, Freak Kitchen.

  We Can Fix It and Chester 500 xyv  cartoonist, Jess Fink , joined me talk about her comics work. I have been a fan of Jess’s work for quite some time and was really excited to finally talk to her about her comics. She can also be found as a contributor to Smut Peddler and her collaboration with Joey Comeau, We Are Become Pals .

2 years ago, I had the good fortune of being able to get Craig Thompson, Michael Allred and Brandon Graham into a room for a lengthy conversation. It was originally intended to be edited down for video, but for now, here is the audio. I only recently got my hands on the audio, or else I would of posted it much sooner. I wanted to get this up for listening, as an example of what you can expect from...

Comics as we know it is wide and fractured. There’s Direct Market comics, bookstore comics, webcomics, indie comics, manga, Eurocomics, and several more subcultures. I’m curious about what working under the broad umbrella of “comics” is like for creators, publishers, critics, academics, and more. Over the course of this month, I’m going to interview several people who...

Comics as we know it is wide and fractured. There’s Direct Market comics, bookstore comics, webcomics, indie comics, manga, Eurocomics, and several more subcultures. I’m curious about what working under the broad umbrella of “comics” is like for creators, publishers, critics, academics, and more. Over the course of this month, I’m going to interview several people who...

Comics as we know it is wide and fractured. There’s Direct Market comics, bookstore comics, webcomics, indie comics, manga, Eurocomics, and several more subcultures. I’m curious about what working under the broad umbrella of “comics” is like for creators, publishers, critics, academics, and more. Over the course of this month, I’m going to interview several people who...

Comics as we know it is wide and fractured. There’s Direct Market comics, bookstore comics, webcomics, indie comics, manga, Eurocomics, and several more subcultures. I’m curious about what working under the broad umbrella of “comics” is like for creators, publishers, critics, academics, and more. Over the course of this month, I’m going to interview several people who...

Comics as we know it is wide and fractured. There’s Direct Market comics, bookstore comics, webcomics, indie comics, manga, Eurocomics, and several more subcultures. I’m curious about what working under the broad umbrella of “comics” is like for creators, publishers, critics, academics, and more. Over the course of this month, I’m going to interview several people who...

Comics as we know it is wide and fractured. There’s Direct Market comics, bookstore comics, webcomics, indie comics, manga, Eurocomics, and several more subcultures. I’m curious about what working under the broad umbrella of “comics” is like for creators, publishers, critics, academics, and more. Over the course of this month, I’m going to interview several people who...

Comics as we know it is wide and fractured. There’s Direct Market comics, bookstore comics, webcomics, indie comics, manga, Eurocomics, and several more subcultures. I’m curious about what working under the broad umbrella of “comics” is like for creators, publishers, critics, academics, and more. Over the course of this month, I’m going to interview several people who...

Special guests Frank Santoro and Brandon Graham help me bring in the 500th episode of inkstuds. 8 and a half years of podcasting and still going strong. I had those two gents on because both of them have been on several times in the past and I always enjoy talking to them. During the show, Brandon and I announce our upcoming kickstarter campaign for an inkstuds tour/roadtrip. expect that to be lau...