This week, Ian talks with Cartoonist Aaron Losty about his new graphic novel, The Hanging, out now from Strangers Publishing. Among other topics, they discuss formative works, collaboration, and making genre comics for a small press audience. In the back half, they talk about Aaron’s experience as a co-founder of Cartoonist Cooperative, the state of the organization three years after its inception, decision-making processes, and recent campaigns. Apologies for the audio quality of the interview.

Aaron Losty

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• Instagram: @aaronlosty
• Patreon: patreon.com/aaronlosty
• Website: aaronlosty.com

Cartoonist Cooperative

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• email: hello@cartoonistcoop
• Instagram: @cartoonistcoop
• Mastodon.art: @cartoonist.coop
• Tumblr: @cartoonistcoop
• Website: cartoonist.coop
• YouTube: @cartoonistcoop

Strangers Publishing

• Bluesky: @Strangers.bsky.social
• Instagram: @strangers_publishing
• Website: strangerspublishing.com

Then we share a portion of an interview from September of 2024 about the case of the H5, 5 people who were facing criminal criminal charges of human trafficking for providing humanitarian aid to refugees crossing the Polish and Belarusian border through the ancient Bieloweza forest. In this interview, we spoke with a member of Szpilla anti-repression collective. The members of the H5 case were acquitted this month in a legal victory, though the state might renew it’s accusation. Meanwhile, with fly-overs by Russian drones and planes in Estonia and Poland, we see an increasing militarization of the border from states on both sides.

• Episode 1 on the Green Border
• Episode 2 on the Green Border