Thick Lines

*Apologies for the audio issues on this one!* Katie and Sally talk "Grip" (2020, Perfectly Acceptable Press) by Lale Westvind with Gina Dawson and Tom Marquet from Philly's best comic shop, Partners & Son. Topics discussed include Krautrock, X-Men, G.I. Joe comics, fashion hell, and lots more. We also talk the ups and downs of running a comics shop and what they've learned from putting on the Phil...

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Katie and Sally talk all things "Santos Sisters" with series artist Greg Petre and writer/hype man Marc Koprinarov. Topics discussed include distribution, connecting with retailers, appreciating Archie, Heroes Convention, working with newsprint, avoiding pastiche, and creating an analogue presence in a digital world. Find Greg & Fake on Instagram at @greg...

Katie and Sally discuss "Melody: Story of a Nude Dancer" (Drawn & Quarterly, 2015) by Sylvie Rancourt. Topics discussed include Junko Mizuno, Julie Doucet, Dave Cooper, Charles Burns, Nope, Tara Booth, stuffed peppers, zine trading etiquette, and lots more. Next time: "Grip" by Lale Westvind. Support the show and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespo...

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. By listener request, Katie and Sally discuss various "Herbie" comics (1964-67), written by Shane O'Shea (aka Richard E. Hughes) and drawn by Ogden Whitney. Topics discussed include The Death Ray, comics ads, Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Kupperman, Goofy Grape, Toru Fukuda, the Comics Code, The Fuccons, David McCallum, and more. Catch Sally at the Small Press...

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Summer may be on its way out but vacation never ends on Thick Lines! Join Katie in a special episode with Love and Rockets legend Jaime Hernandez as he reminisces about the 2000 "Making Waves" comics luxury cruise. Who attended? Who fell out of a hang glider? Whose idea was this?! Get the scoop on a comics marketing stunt that has obsessed us ever since w...

Katie and Sally discuss "Finder Library Volume 1" (2011) by Carla Speed McNeil, but first a recap of the Autoptic comics festival in Minneapolis. Topics discussed include Hard Boiled, Sharp Stick, Nope, Betty Boop, Ursula K. Le Guin, Spalding Gray, Precious Moments, Paisley Park, and more. Next time: "Melody" by Sylvie Rancourt. Support Thick Lines at  patreon.com/thicklinespod  and follow us on I...

Katie and Sally are joined by John Vasquez Mejias to discuss "Conan The Barbarian Epic Collection: The Original Marvel Years - The Coming Of Conan" (1970-1972) by Barry Windsor-Smith and Roy Thomas. Topics discussed include Marie Severin, X-Men, Jack Kirby, elephants, Conan Exiles, Monsters, Prince Valiant, and lots more. Visit Katie and Sally at Autoptic Festival in Minneapolis on August 13 & 14!...

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Katie and Sally recount recent zine purchases and a trip to San Diego Comic Con. Released early just for our Patreon subscribers! Topics discussed include: Shawn Kerri, Trina Robbins, Betty Boop, Danzig's fucked up house, I Am Curious (Black), Mod Love, Silver Sprocket, Toynbee tiles, Eisner OSHA violations, getting yelled at by Jim Lee's security detail,...

By summer reading request! Katie and Sally discuss "Batman: Mad Love" by Bruce Timm and Paul Dini (DC Comics, 1993), but first Sally recaps the Hungry Eyes zine show in Brooklyn and Katie gets over COVID. Topics discussed include Batman: The Animated Series, Rose O'Neill, The Crystals, magicians, Sally's Harley Quinn costume, and more. Next time: "Finder" by Carla Speed McNeil. Find Katie at San D...

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Katie takes a sick day while Sally is joined by our dad and yours: John Vasquez Mejias ( The Puerto Rican War, The Teacher's Edition , Paping Zine). Topics discussed include: sleeping in an abandoned comic book store, not letting James Baldwin down, being proud of girlfriends, John hasn't seen 'Sideways', Sally hasn't seen 'Star Wars'. This conversation h...

Katie and Sally are joined by cartoonist, editor, and public health professional Whit Taylor ( The Nib , Fizzle , Harriet Tubman: Toward Freedom ) to discuss Ulli Lust's "How I Tried to Be a Good Person" (Fantagraphics, 2019). Plus, an update from Sally on a "missing" page from Lala Albert's "Seasonal Shift." Topics discussed include memoir comics, character bibles, the new Chris Ware New Yorker c...

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. A solo episode with Katie reflecting on the work of author Ottessa Moshfegh in anticipation of her latest novel, Lapvona . Topics discussed include Mary Gaitskill, American Psycho , bulimia, My Year of Rest and Relaxation , Eileen , Homesick for Another World , and Death in Her Hands . Thank you to our patrons for making mini episodes like this possible.

Katie and Sally discuss Lala Albert's "Seasonal Shift: Comics 2013–2019" (Breakdown Press, 2019) and run down the latest Cronenberg film, "Crimes of the Future." Topics discussed include: Olivier Schrauwen, micro plastics, the return of blogging, and the elusive Livejournal poster whose blog had to be shut down due to court order. Next time: "The Batman Adventures: Mad Love" by Paul Dini and Bruce...

Katie and Sally set to work on cracking the case of Julie Doucet's "Time Zone J" (Drawn & Quarterly, 2022), her return to drawn comics after a 20 year departure and arguably her most conceptual work. Topics discussed include "My New York Diary," "Lift Your Leg, My Fish is Dead," "Dirty Plotte," "365 Days," horror vacui, Le Tigre, Creepshow, Lynda Barry, Priestdaddy, and more. Next time: "Seasonal...

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Once again it's time for The Talent Family as Sally (sans Katie) talks to Stef Sadler about his present-day dystopian workplace zines. Topics include: chef portrayal in popular culture, how much air goes into coffee, high voltage in the home, whether or not Stef caused the pandemic, and of course, Paul McCarthy vs Paul McCartney. Enjoy Stef's comics at fa...

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Sally is joined by Sam Szabo to talk autobio comics: why we make them and why they stink. Topics include Justin Green (R.I.P.), Lynda Barry, R. Crumb, Bad Hands Comics, Gina Wynbrandt, being a trans woman in America and their separate Starbucks employment history. Read Sam's comics at brainboogerindustries. bigcartel.com and preview her upcoming book at ...

Katie and Sally answer listener questions, such as "Which cartoonists would get swept into Scientology?" and "What out-of-print comics would you bring back from the dead?" Topics discussed include Laurie Anderson, the tankini, pilates, Junko Mizuno, Vivian Pickles, PULP Magazine and more, PLUS a special zine announcement from Sally. Thank you to everyone who sent in questions! Next time: "Time Zon...

Katie and Sally discuss Olivier Schrauwen's "Parallel Lives" (Fantagraphics, 2018), a collection of speculative memoir science fiction comics plus one very real (?) alien encounter. Topics discussed include Star Trek: The Next Generation, Jesse Marsh, Chris Ware, Scatman John, UFOs, getting lost in the Johnson & Johnson mansion, Mr. Yuk, and lots more. ATTN LA: visit Katie at the Permanent Damage...

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Katie and Sally are joined by cartoonist Steven Weissman (see Thick Lines ep. 28) for a discussion of Dan Clowes's "The Death-Ray" (2004/2011). Topics include Steve Ditko, Peanuts, Spider-Man, Livermore National Labs, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, thrifting, and Clowes titles including David Boring, Wilson, Ice Haven, Ghost World, Art School Confidential, Like a Ve...

Katie and Sally discuss "Miss Don't Touch Me" by Hubert and Kerascoët (2014, NBM ComicsLit). Topics discussed include Quentin Blake, Edmond Kiraz, The Hours, Schiaparelli, A Little Princess, Beautiful Darkness, Josephine Baker, and more. Special thanks to Drawn & Quarterly for sponsoring this episode. Our Canadian friends can take 40% off Dan Clowes's "The Death Ray" (coming soon on a special Patr...

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Katie and Sally discuss "Batman Archives, Vol. 1 (DC Archive)" (1990), covering Detective Comics featuring Batman from 1939 - 1940. But first, we discuss an unbelievable string of crimes happening in the newspaper cartoonist world. Topics discussed include the Batman film universe, Todd Haynes's Safe, a really weird scene in Joker (2019), the Dilberito, a...

Katie and Sally are joined by Robert Newsome, co-organizer of FLUKE comics and zine festival in Athens, Georgia and creator of The Atomic Elbow wrestling fanzine. The first half of the show we talk FLUKE shop, then a discussion on "The Pits of Hell" by Ebisu Yoshikazu (Breakdown Press edition, 2019). Topics discussed include gambling, sleepy salarymen, Patrick Dean, the sunken cost fallacy, Bizarr...

Katie and Sally discuss "Orochi: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 1" by Kazuo Umezu, a story about nosiness and bone appreciation. Topics discussed include "The Drifting Classroom," "Cat Eyed Boy," Gretchen Felker-Martin's "Manhunt," Junji Ito, daytime TV, getting hit by cars, and more. Next time: a chat with Robert Newsome, organizer of FLUKE Mini-Comics & Zine Festival. Follow us on Instagram @ thickli...

Our first mini episode for our Patreon subscribers! Full audio and video available at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Katie speaks with cartoonist, animator, director and producer Glen Murakami (Batman: Mad Love and Other Stories; Batman: The Animated Series, Justice League, Teen Titans, Ben 10, Superman: The Animated Series, et. al) about the joys of collecting the work of Italian cartoonist Guido Cre...

Katie and Sally discuss "Beautiful Darkness" (2014) by Fabien Vehlmann and Kerascoët, an adorable tale about some cute little sprites who live in — DEAR GOD. Topics discussed include Tales from the Crypt, Red Wall, Red Bull, working with watercolor, Hans Christian Andersen, Miyazaki, and Sally presents a theory about artists and noses. Next time: "Orochi: The Perfect Edition, vol. 1" by Kazuo Umez...