Inkstuds

Sam Henderson has been making his Magic Whistle comics for the last 20 years. The latest issue, number 13 will be out this fall by the recently revitalized Alternative Comics.

Sam has also been doing short animations of his work you can watch on youtube.

New York located painter, Mu Pan, joined me to chat about his art, history and his time spent as a member of Meat Haus.

Dash Shaw is back for his third Inkstuds visit. This time, we discuss his latest books, including New School and 3 New Stories from Fantagraphics and New Jobs from Uncivilized Books.

I have been a fan of Phil McAndrew‘s work for quite some time. I am a huge fan of what Phil does and happy to have a nice big book, Crying In Front of You Dog and Other Stories. Thanks to Phil for coming on the show after us talking about doing an interview for about 5 years!

It’s hard to believe that this is the third time that Ivan Brunetti has been on the show. I am a huge fan of Ivan’s work and always happy to have the opportunity to talk to him. His latest book is called Aesthetics: A Memoir. Near the end of the interview, we talk about an anthology put together by his current and former students anthology, called Lineworks. Check it out!

The music on this episode is by one of his former students Matt Novak.

Comics writer Steven T Seagle was on to talk about his collaboration with Teddy Kristiansen new book for First Second books, Genius. I have been a reader of Seagle’s work from my days when I worked in a comic store in my teens.

Tales Designed to Thrizzle creator, Michael Kupperman, joined me to chat about his latest work, the second volume of Tales and much more. He is also working on a book of amazing vintage magazine articles, which you can more about on his website and tumblr.

Quebecois cartoonist, Julie Delporte joined me to talk about her new book from Koyama Press, Journal. Julie also co-hosts her own radioshow about comics in Quebec!

Animator and Cartoonist, Cathy Malkasian was on to talk about her latest book, Wake Up, Percy Gloom. We also discuss her animation work and other comics published by Fantagraphics.

French cartoonist Blexbolex joined me to talk about his art and comics. His work published in English from NoBrow press and Enchanted Lion Press has been getting a lot critical acclaim for amazing use of colour in creating some fantastic books, like No Mans Land and child oriented work like People and Seasons.