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Gay Genius editor Annie Murphy joined me to discuss her Kickstarter funded anthology that explorers the wide world of queer culture. It is a really great collection that touches on some topics that aren’t really covered in most contemporary anthologies.

Frank Santoro joined me and Brandon Graham in the studio for a lively discussion of all things comics.

Harvey James came on to chat about his new book from Blank Slate Books, A Long Day of Mr James – Teacher as well as his upcoming work, Zygote.

If you want to read his crazy thoughts on Daniel Clowes, you can check it out here.

RUB THE BLOOD editors Ian Harker and Pat Aulisio. This book is insane in all kinds of different ways. Really good companion piece to the new Prophet. We also talked about some of they projects that they are involved in, including Secret Prison, Bowman and much more. These guys have a good thing going in Philly.

Xeric grant winning Vancouver cartoonist and animator, Steve LeCouilliard came by my office to chat about his book, Much the Miller’s Son. It’s a fun and campy take on the classic Robin Hood myth.

A little late, but here it is, my conversation with three cartoonists about some of their favourite works from 2011. I was joined by Aaron Costain, Dustin Harbin and John Martz. Just like the conversation with the critics, it was a lengthy talk with lots of different work covered.

Big Questions by Anders Nilsen

Forming by Jesse Moynihan

Pinocchio by Winshluss

Like a Sniper Lining Up His Shot by Jacques Tardi

Approximate Continuum Comics by Lewis Trondheim

Donald Duck Lost in the Andes by Carl Barks

Mickey Mouse by Floyd Gottfredson

Miss Don’t Touch Me 2 by Hubert et Kerascoet

Prison Pit 3 by Johnny Ryan

Mome 22 edited by Eric Reynolds

Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton

Paying For It by Chester Brown

Great Northern Brotherhood of Canadian Cartoonists – Seth

Comics Class – Matt Forsythe

I Will Bite You – Joseph Lambert

Lose #3 – Michal DeForge

Wowee Zonk cofounder Patrick Kyle joined me to discuss not only the collective, but also his punk rawk solo comix work, Black Mass. Patrick is a skilled cartoonist who’s work is really coming into it’s own right now.  He also publishes work other toronto folks, under the moniker of Mother Books.

The Next Day collaborators, John Porcellino and Jason Gilmore, joined Pop SandBox publisher, Alex Jansen came together to talk about both The Next Day book and accompanying online interactive project. It is a very thoughtful piece of work delicately exploring the issue of suicide in a frank but sensitive tone.

Vancouver artist, musician, designer and more, stopped by my office for a chat about his first graphic novel, The Listener. David also performs as one half of the noted Vancouver institution, Mecca Normal.

It’s time for yearly round ups. I am trying to do two best of’s each year, the first with some Critics and second with Cartoonists. On the Critics portion, I was joined by Timothy Hodler, Matt Seneca and Joe McCulloch for a spellbinding 2 hours of talk.

Here is the list of what we discuss.

Thickness 1 and 2 Edited by Ryan Sands and Michael Deforge

Chimo – David Collier

The Heavy Handby Chris Cilla

Color Engineering by Yuichi Yokoyama

Congress of Animals by Jim Woodring

Kramers Ergot 8 edited by Sammy Harkham

2001 by Blaise Larmee

Big Questions by Anders Nilsen

Paying For It by Chester Brown

Prison Pit # 3 by Johnny Ryan