Inkstuds

Sailor Twain cartoonist, Mark Siegel joined me on the show to talk about his new work as well as a little about the going ons of First Second Books. We also discuss his Kickstarter campaign for the book and how the implications that it has, when a prominent figure in comics publishing utilizes that avenue of funding.

Mark is also blogging on the Comics Journal this week and will be going on a book tour over the course of the month.

I got the chance to interview French cartoonist Boulet and was very excited for the chance. His blog is like comics from another world. He is extremely prolific, creating some wonderfully beautiful work. His only printed work in English, is a volume of the Dungeon series, Zenith 3: Back In Style.

His 24 hour comic The Darkness, was an example of his quick skill, impressing both cartoonists and readers quite substantively. Thanks to Sarah Glidden for helping to set this up.

Joseph Lambert is near the top of my list of favorite cartoonists right now. His Annie Sullivan book was an amazing work for his first long form story. Be sure to also check out his collection, I Will Bite You from Secret Acres.

And for Vancouver listeners, the Cartoon College documentary we discuss, is playing at this years Vancouver International Film Festival and is the screening is sponsored by inkstuds home station, CiTR.

Australian cartoonist Pat Grant joined me for a nice and thorough discussion of his book, Blue. Pat has been doing some really great theory work with his comics, understanding the narrative tradition he is working in.

Joseph Remnant joined me to chat about his latest work, Cleveland, a collaboration with Harvey Pekar that was initiated before his passing. Joseph’s other work includes Blindspot and the upcoming graphic novel that he will be serializing online called Cartoon Clouds.

Brooklyn cartoonist and musician, Leslie Stein, joined me to discuss her collection from Fantagraphics, Eye of the Majestic Creature. She can also be found in the band, Prince Rupert Drops.

The Montreal cartooning crew of Sophie Yanow, Francois Samson-Dunlop and Alexandre Fontaine Rousseau came live into the studio in the midst of their tour of the west coast. Sophie has 2 issues of her In Situ comics out from Colosse and Francois and Alexandre were on to talk about their Pinkerton book.

Molly Colleen O’Connell‘s new book, Difficult Loves, is one of those comics that get’s me really excited about where comics are at right now. It is a visually beautiful challenging read. Her work with the Closed Caption Comics crew has been fantastic and well worth checking out.

This weeks guest is London, Ontario cartoonist Jesse Jacobs. Jesse has come out with 2 great books encompassing an amazing knack of style and formalistic delights. His latest release from Koyama, By This You Shall Know Him, is working with some really interesting big ideas, and I look forward to seeing where his work progresses.

GB Tran’s Vietnamerica is an amazingly crafted history of his families multi-generational saga of surviving the conflict in Vietnan. For his first big work, Vietnamerica is very ambitious and satisfactory. I highly recommend checking it out. It was great to catch up with GB and talk about this work.