Inkstuds

In promotion of his latest book, This Will All End In Tears , Joe sat down for an interview with myself to discuss his book, sadness, honesty in story telling, and how to make a comic book launch fun in and interesting. Published by Canadian small press book publisher, Insomniac Press, the book is a collection of 5 stories, each a tale of sadness and heartbreak..

This week on the Inkstuds, I was joined by Ed Brisson , kingpin behind the great comix publisher, New Reliable Press and Jordyn Bochon and Colleen MaCissac of the Radar Friends. We discussed the second You Ain†t No Dancer anthology. It was a fun chat about that great book.

I feel kind of humbled and honoured by getting the chance to interview Ralph Steadman . Ralph is one of the premiere artists of the 20th century. His work as artistic companion to Hunter S. Thompson in the fine world of Gonzo Journalism is only out done by his incredible solo work. I was joined in the interview by Chris Clarke of Pulp Fiction books for a very fascinating hour of chat with Ralph. H...

I was lucky enough to be able to take advantage of the fact that Chester Brown was on doing a tour across Canada to support the soft cover release of Louis Riel. Chester came into the studio to sit for an hour while Colin and I quized him with many questions about his body of work. Chester is by far one of Canada†s comix legends. His auto-bio works, I Never Liked You and Playboy, are both hallma...

Colin and I had the chance to talk to Joe Sacco while he was making a very rare appearance, promoting his latest book. But I Like It. The majority of Joe†s work is journalistic, focusing on areas ravaged by war in conflict. The most known of his works are, Palestine, Safe Area Gorazde and The Fixer. Joe was an extremely smart and engaging guest and I feel honored to have been able to talk to him...

This week on the †studs, I rocked the mic solo with my guest, Brian Fukushima of the great and mighty Crown Commission sword fight collective. Brian is the host of the Spy vs Pie podcast , creator of Jobgoblin and much more.

Ok, so Renee†s work is not scary, but damn is it creepy. I was joined by Robin Konstabaris for a conversation with Renee French over international telephone lines. Renee might be best known for her super creepy awesome art style. Her work is very original and most innovative work that I have ever seen. Check out her latest book, The Ticking, from those whacky cats at Top Shelf Comix .

What started out as a mad scramble, turned into a pretty decent interview. Don, Colin and I talked to James Kochalka about his comix, his teaching, and his favorite brushes. His line was busy when I first called him, so we killed time by talking a little about Jack Jackson. All in all it was a good show. James is the creator behind such great titles as American Elf , Super Fuckers , and craploads...

I had a unique chance to do a one-on-one over the phone interview with Anders Nilsen . He is one of my creators in this new generation of extremely talented imaginative cartoonist pumping out great stuff. He has great stuff from both the great publishers big name indy publishers, Big Questions and Dogs and Water from Drawn and Quarterly . As well as the Monologues for the Coming Plague from F anta...

Fresh on the heels of Convention season, Alex Robinson sat down with us for a chat over the phone to talk about his books, Box Office Poison and the more recent, Tricked . Alex†s books are great stories involving some realistic approach to interpersonal relationships. Just last week, Alex received a Harvey Award for Best Original Graphic Novel.