Thick Lines

Katie is joined by Alejandra Gutiérrez ( Safe Sex , Twisted Romance ) to discuss The Complete Sabrina the Teenage Witch: 1962-1972  by George Gladir, Dan DeCarlo, et. al. (Archie Comics, 2014). Topics discussed include Archie, Teen Witch, The Craft, the God Warrior, and an inquiry into the dark-sided world of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Follow Gutiérrez on Instagram @hellewoods666. Suppo...

Katie and Sally discuss "Friday Foster: The Sunday Strips" by Jim Lawrence and Jorge Longarón (2021, Ablaze, orig. pub. 1970-1974). Topics discussed include Tintin, Pam Grier, Hilda, fashion illustration, romance comics, and more. New Thick Lines x Greg Petre t-shirts: tinyurl.com/32ss9fa6 Find Sally at FLUKE Athens on March 25: flukeisawesome.blogspot.com Support the show and get bonus episodes a...

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Katie and Sally discuss "Pink" by Kyoko Okazaki (Vertical, 2013, orig. pub. 1989). Topics discussed include Graham Rawle, Quentin Blake, Jennifer's Body, Jean-Luc Godard, and Lana Del Rey's Phoebe Gloeckner moment. Support the show and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod.

Happy Valentine's Day! Katie and Sally are joined by Gina Wynbrandt ("Someone Please Have Sex with Me") to discuss "Paying for It" by Chester Brown (Drawn & Quarterly, 2011). Also discussed: "Love Addict: Confessions of a Serial Dater" by Koren Shadmi. Find more Wynbrandt at ginawynbrandt.com and on Instagram at @ wynbr . Support the show and get bonus episodes at  patreon.com/thicklinespod . Foll...

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Sally is joined by Tommi Parrish ("The Lie and How We Told It") for a discussion on their sophomore book "Men I Trust" (Fantagraphics, 2022). Recorded live at Partners and Son in Philadelphia in January 2023. Follow Tommi on Instagram @tommi_pg. Thank you to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible!

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Sally is joined by autobio cartoonist and illustrator Keiler Roberts on the heels of two her recent Drawn & Quarterly releases: " Creepy" by Lee Sensenbrenner and " The Joy of Quitting ." Topics discussed include quitting comics, the illusion of permanence, puppy training, Barbies, and more.   See Roberts's Simple Wardrobe video here:  https://www.youtube...

Katie and Sally are joined by Vanessa Davis (Spaniel Rage, Make Me a Woman) to discuss "Daddy's Girl" by Debbie Drechsler (2008, Fantagraphics, orig. pub. 1993-1996). CW for discussions of sexual abuse. Topics discussed include Lynda Barry, Richard Sala, Julie Doucet, and lots more. Debbie Drechsler interviewed by Gary Groth (excerpt): https://tinyurl.com/2esutu8p Find more of Vanessa's work at sp...

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Katie and Sally discuss "Orochi: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 3" by Kazuo Umezz (Viz, 2022). Topics discussed include Dan Clowes, Junji Ito, Old Enough, fairy bread, Junko Mizuno, and lots more. Thank you to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible! Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod.

Katie and Sally pay respects to three artists who passed in 2022: Margaret Keane (1927–2022), Diane Noomin (1947–2022), and Aline Kominsky-Crumb (1948–2022). Read Diane Noomin's TCJ memoriam: tcj.com/diane-noomin-1947-2022 Read Peter Bagge's 1990 interview with Aline Kominsky-Crumb: tcj.com/the-aline-kominsky-crumb-interview Support the show and get bonus episodes at  patreon.com/thicklinespod . F...

Katie and Sally discuss their top comic picks from 2022, plus the first inaugural Reading of the Patrons and a Thick Lines/Bubbles contest announcement. Sally's picks: "Romantic 3-D Sci-Fi Nightmare Goes to War #2" by Brad McGinty (Glorp Gum) "Acid Nun" by Corinne Halbert (Silver Sprocket) "The Archway" by Emma Jon-Michael Frank & Patrick Kyle (self-published) "The Devil's Grin #2" by Alex Graham...

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Katie and Sally are joined by Bubbles Zine editor Brian Baynes to discuss the first (and penultimate) issue of Panels magazine (1979). Topics discussed include: Geneviève Castrée, Bill Griffith, Art Spiegelman, CF, Billy Childish, Jules Feiffer, Rube Rooky, Will Eisner, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, the Mets, and lots more. Order issues of Bubbles at bubbleszine....

Katie and Sally are joined by Bhanu Pratap all the way from Kolkata to discuss "Red Colored Elegy" by Seiichi Hayashi (Drawn & Quarterly, 2018). Topics discussed include Garo, animation, Nagisa Oshima, and lots more. Follow Bhanu on Instagram at @ hanabhanu . Support the show and get bonus episodes at  patreon.com/thicklinespod .

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Katie and Sally discuss "Story of a Story" from "The Complete Crepax: Erotic Stories, Part I: Volume 7," by Guido Crepax, translated by Micol Arianna Beltramini (Fantagraphics, 2022). PLUS a special Christmas comic surprise reading. Topics include Anaïs Nin, Just Jaeckin, Georges Bataille, Marquis de Sade, Emmanuelle, Milo Manara, and lots more. Thank you...

Katie and Sally are joined by Dash Shaw ( Discipline , Bottomless Belly Button , Cosplayers ) to discuss Acting Class by Nick Drnaso (Drawn & Quarterly, 2022). Topics discussed include Chris Ware, Ari Aster, Dungeons & Dragons, The Rehearsal , Julian Opie, Chantal Akerman, Todd Solondz, Batman: Year One , E. C. Segar, Peter Saul, and lots more. Find more Dash at dashshaw.net and on Instagram at @...

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod Katie and Sally are joined by Noel Freibert to discuss the insanely formative "Secret Comics Japan: Underground Comics Now," (2000, Viz) edited by former Garo editor Chikao Shiratori. Topics discussed include Junko Mizuno, Shintaro Kago, Junji Ito, Makoto Aida, Usamaru Furuya, Kiriko Nananan, and lots more. Follow Noel on Instagram at @noel_freibert_sweett...

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Katie and Sally discuss the second issue of comics periodical Panels from 1981, including a lengthy interview with Carl Barks aka The Good Duck Artist. Also discussed: Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Jesse Marsh, Alex Toth, The Comics Journal , getting mad, Tarzan, Trina Robbins, Bill Griffith, Bugs Bunny, and lots more. Thank you to our patrons for making this epi...

Sally  is joined by 1/2 of The Talent Family, Leomi Sadler, (while Katie's away) to  discuss "Old Ground" by Noel Freibert (Koyama Press, 2017).  Topics include jigsaw puzzles, alternative uses for caulking guns, Mickey Zacchilli, Brian Blomerth, Dane Martin, kids' clothes, some special offers for our Patreon subscribers and a prayer.  Noel Freibert: @noel_freibert_ sweettooth   Leomi Sadler: @leo...

Katie and Sally discuss "In Clothes Called Fat" by Moyoco Anno (2014, Vertical; orig. pub. 1997). CW for discussions of disordered eating. Topics discussed include Kyoko Okazaki, Hideaki Anno, josei manga, "quiet quitting," and more. Next time: "Old Ground" by Noel Freibert. Recommended by Sally - Bhanu Pratap interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJkctpYfUEQ Support the show and get bonus ep...

Happy Halloween! In this special episode, Katie and Sally talk tarot – in particular, the Smith-Waite (aka Rider-Waite) deck. First up, scholar and historian Liz Foley O'Connor, PhD ( Pamela Colman Smith: Artist, Feminist & Mystic ; Pamela Colman Smith: The Untold Story ) gives us a lesson on the life, times, and complicated identity of tarot illustrator and fine artist Pamela Colman Smith. Next,...

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Tales From The Crypt scholar Sam Szabo stretches out on the couch with Sally to talk EC's post-Comics Code title, "Psychoanalysis," a truly troubling 4-issue run. Topics discussed include: MAD Magazine, Sex and The City, real-life Jughead hats, and more. Catch Szabo skulking around Short Run Seattle Comix & Arts Festival on November 5th! Read Sam's comics...

Katie and Sally discuss "Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron" by Dan Clowes (Fantagraphics, 1993). CW for discussions of sexual violence. Topics discussed include Russ Meyer, Charles Burns, Thomas Pynchon, and most importantly, TINA! Plus Katie finally talks about the Thick Lines appearance in the KCET "Love and Rockets" documentary. Next time: "In Clothes Called Fat" by Moyoco Anno. Watch "Love and...

Katie and Sally take listener questions and Sally introduces the Diabolical Boyfriend Bracket! Who's the worst boyfriend in all of the comics we've read so far? Scares and surprises ahead! Next time: "Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron" by Daniel Clowes. Support Thick Lines and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod, and follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod.

It's the start of Halloween season on Thick Lines! Katie and Sally welcome co-editor of The Comics Journal Joe McCulloch to the show to discuss "Orochi: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 2" (2022, Viz) by Kazuo Umezz. But first, we catch up about SPX and the Philly Comics Expo. Topics discussed include Sally's new zines, gekiga, The Twilight Zone, Junji Ito, and lots more. Next time: "Like a Velvet Glove...

Full episode available at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Katie sits down for a special interview with Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez as part of the KCET Artbound documentary "Love and Rockets: The Great American Comic Book." Jaime discusses Gilbert's 1993 story "Mouth Trap" (Love and Rockets no. 41), and Gilbert discusses Jaime's 1989 story "Spring 1982" (Love and Rockets no. 31). Catch "Love and Rockets...

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. An up-and-coming comics critic joins Sally for a look at Coco Paluck's nonbinary fairy tale "Illmannered," issues 1 and 2 (Tobangus Comix, 2022). Topics discussed include bugs, manners, slime, and more. Katie has been put on notice! Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod.