Inkstuds

Fantagraphics Associate Publisher Eric Reynolds and Crockett Johnson biographer, Philip Nel were on the the show to discuss the new series of Barnaby reprints published by Fantagraphics. Also be sure to check out Philip’s biography of Crockett and his wife, Ruth Krauss.

Cartoonist and musician Geneviève Castrée, joined me to talk about her new book from Drawn and Quarterly, Susceptible. We also talk about some of the many projects she has going on in Anacortes Island in Washington State and musical work under the name Ô Paon.

Austrian cartoonist, Ulli Lust joined me to chat about her new book from Fantagraphics, Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life. Ulli will be in Toronto for TCAF this week, so if you are there, I suggest checking out her work.

Annie Mok joined me to talk about her comics in advance of her upcoming book tour across America. Her mini comics like James Joyce and Stitching Together are quite beautiful and I really enjoy them. Annie’s more recent work that we discuss covers revealing, personal traumatic issues. Her upcoming work is featured in a number anthologies including Every/Body from 2d Cloud.

Here are some of Annie’s upcoming tour dates

May 11-12

Toronto Comics Arts Fest

789 Yonge St., Toronto, Canada

http://torontocomics.com/

Weds. May 22 @ 7p

Boneshaker Books

with Anna Bongiovanni

2002 23rd Ave. S.

Minneapolis, MN

Sat. May 25 @ 7p

Quimby’s

with Sam Sharpe

1854 W. North Ave.

Chicago, IL

Tues. June 4 @ 7:30p

The Graphic Canon Vol. 3 Release

With Lauren Weinstein, Peter Kuper, & more

Irish Arts Center

553 W. 51st St.

Manhattan, NYC

Sat. June 8

Ladyfest

Tabling + reading

with Liz Prince & more

The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St.

Philadelphia, PA

Sharknife cartoonist, Corey Lewis was in Vancouver visiting friends and I talked Brandon Graham into bringing Corey into the studio. We recorded a pretty fun 90 minutes of listener call ins, online questions and more.

Corey will be back in Vancouver for a convention appearance on May 19th at the Heritage Hall Vancouver Comicon.

South African Dungeon Quest cartoonist, Joe Daly joined me to chat about is on going comic series and more.

I was invited to give a talk at the Vancouver Art Gallery as a part of the comics related  programming for the Art Spiegelman Co-Mix show. Instead of just having me blather for an hour about comics, I thought it would be more interesting to do a panel with some creators I really liked. I asked Jen Vaughn and Emily Carroll to join and then had quite a hard time, but was eventually able to get Brandon Graham to make a rare public appearance with me. Thanks to all 3 of them for such thoughtful comments on their work and others. Below is a gallery of their own work that we discuss during the talk. The gallery did film it and the video will be posted online at some point soon hopefully. Thanks to Allison Collins and Bruce Grenville from the gallery for asking me.

Cartoonist Miriam Katin joined me to discuss her fantastic new book, Letting It Go. This book is a real heart felt delight. Well worth checking out. I also really enjoyed her previous long-form work, We Are On Our Own.

Miriam will be appearing in Ottawa for the Writers Festival there April 26th and then  ate the Blue Metropolis Montreal Literary Festival in Montreal on April 28th.

Portland cartoonist, Sam Alden, joined me to talk about his ongoing comic series, Eighth Grade and Haunter(featured on the excellent Study Group Comics website). Sam is a relatively young creator who is already make some fantastic work that shows a lot of heart and creativity.

Bald Eagles returns to the inkstuds to chat about his new comic from Drippy bone book, Bitter Sweet Romance. It’s an amazing, hyper violent trip into some horrible reality.