Inkstuds

Americus author MK Reed joined me for a chat about her new book from First Second as well as her other work including About a Bull and Cross Country.

I had a rare week this week where I could actually be in the studio and do it live. I was joined by Rebecca Dart, Robin Bougie and Brandon Graham, who are all appearing at the Comix and Stories Smallpress convention in Vancouver this weekend. Rebecca discusses her amazing Battle Kittens book, Robin has a come great filthy books out and Brandon makes terrible puns, and talks about his story in the second Thickness book. We are also joined by Brian Fukushima who makes up a song live on air about Robin Bougie and sings away with gusto.

Here is an interview I did with Chip Kidd over the Christmas holidays and seemed to have escaped my mind. In this interview, we discuss the book on Captain Marvel memorabilia that he had put together, Shazam!

Vera Brosgol joined me for a chat about her debut book, Anya’s Ghost. It’s a great piece of work and shows a lot of promise for a creators first long form work.

Comix historian, Patrick Rosenkranz will be in Vancouver this Saturday at Lucky’s Comics for an art show and retrospective on the work of underground cartoonist, Rand Holmes. Rand’s work was a fixture of Vancouver, gracing the covers the Georgia Straight during the early years. He is also known for his Harold Hedd Comic series. Patrick joined me this week to discuss his book about Rand and a variety of other topics.

Gene Yang joined me to discuss his books and the art of collaboration. His latest book is Level Up illustrated by the infamously troubling Thien Pham. Gene’s American Born Chinese has won a plethora of awards and is just one of many great books he has done.

Black Eye editor Ryan Standfest brought Jeet Heer and Onsmith on for a chat about the anthology and other issues of dark dark humor. This is a smart bunch and a pleasure to chat with.

Sharon Rudahl was one of the founders of the great Wimmen’s Comix anthology in the 1970s. It since then, she has a produced a range of fascinating underground comix including Crystal Night, which was reprinted in full in Dan Nadel’s Art In Time Anthology. Recently, Rudahl put together Dangerous Woman: The Graphic Biography of Emma Goldman. Her work will also be featured in a number of upcoming political comic anthologies.

Here is the recording of Saturday’s book club where we discussed Ronin. It was a great session with 8 participants. I am really enjoying these. It’s a great chance to discuss books with a group of smart thoughtful folks.

Let us know what you thought of Ronin and we can continue the discussion here.

Our next book will be Mat Brinkman’s classic, Multiforce. We will be meeting online on July 30th at noon pacific time. Remember to add me on Skype – Inkstuds and email me that you are taking part at [email protected].

Colleen Frakes Island Brat is a great little story of her time growing up in a very unique location in the Pacific Northwest. Colleen is also a member of the first graduating from the Center for Cartoon Studies in picturesque White River Junction, Vermont. Thanks to Colleen for taking the time to chat with me.