Inkstuds

Shannon Gerard stopped by Casa-studs to talk about her comics and crocheting. Her latest book is her collaboration with Jim Munroe, Sword of My Mouth and her strip on Topshelf 2.0, Unspent Love.

This interview with Steve Lafler got pretty deep and interesting. Lots of food for thought to be had. His latest book is the self-published El Vocho and be sure to check out the fantastic Bug House trilogy from Topshelf.

STARSHIP OF BONE AND OTHER FAVOURITES

I have compiled an assortment of (mostly) Canadian home recordings for your enjoyment. If you listen closely, you might notice that some of these “low-fi” musicians are also cartoonists. Some are not. Many do other things besides cartooning and/or music making. One is a defense lawyer. Another is a librarian. At least one of them is involved in the carpentry trade and there is a shopkeeper and a “seasonal” worker in the mix. There is one in particular I know nothing about other than the fact that he seems to enjoy watching television.

Thanks to Kip Jackson for lending me some of his archives. A few of the artists I could not reach and so I hope they don’t mind being part of this informal collection.

–Marc Bell, July 2010

1. #08 – Terry Piercey

2. #22 – Terry Piercey

3. #01 – Terry Piercey

4. #20 – Terry piercey

5. Superworm – Mouth Harp Ensemble

6. Tastebud – Untanned Hide of a Young Cow

7. Bonus Song for the First Week – Untanned Hide of a Young Cow

8. Backwards Seeds – Ambergris

9. Mountain Pony – Eyeball Hurt and the Medicine

10. Nurse April – Eyeball Hurt and the Medicine

11. Never to Return – Eyeball Hurt and the Medicine

12. Coconut – Drue Langlois

13. Path of Destruction – Drue Langlois

14. Ppop – Discombobulated Ventriloquist

15. German Child with Small Trout – Translucent Tubes

16. Singing Parkade – 40 winks

17. Paid In Foam – Ambergris

18. Dingbatters – Captain Haircut & DJ Sweatpants

19. I Thought you Said you had a Hot Tub and a Steamroom – G.K.A.

20. Hello-Goodbye/Interlude/Colour Of Green – Terraform

21. I saw a Universe in my Sock Drawer – Translucent Tubes

22. A Little Thunderstorm – Eyeball Hurt and the Medicine

23. Valet 10 [Jupiter did Walk on the Dragonfly’s Grave] – Eyeball Hurt and the Medicine

24. Potion – U-Play Walkman

25. Wim-Wam – U-Play Walkman

26. In a Coma – U-Play Walkman

27. Starship Of Bone – Poseidon Council

28. Kindergarten Symphony – Mouth Harp Ensemble

29. South American Folk Song – Mouth Harp Ensemble

30. Hillside Chapel – Colin Mclaine

31. I Can’t Watch Automag (With this Fuckin’ TV) – Unknown

I really enjoyed this chat with Sonja Ahlers about her books, The Selves and Fatal Distraction which both really blew me away in regards to the level of personal work that has gone into them. I really like her work quite a lot of find the process of it equally fascinating. Be sure to check out her blog tooooo.

Wally Gropius cartoonist, Tim Hensley joined me for a chat about his comics, music and more. Wally Gropius is pretty excellent and well worth checking out for a some unique cartooning that shows a man that has been studying and implementing his craft.

Drew Friedman is not just one of America’s most well-known and widely respected illustrators, but his work is arguably the most identifiable. Having worked for counterculture bibles over the years like National Lampoon, RAW, Screw, SPY and Mad, Friedman has, in the past fifteen years, garnered mainstream respectability with onslaughts of work for Entertainment Weekly, Mother Jones, Newsweek, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The New Republic, The Weekly Standard, Time and countless others. Friedman has also published several entertaining books, including his two critically acclaimed collections of portraits titled Old Jewish Comedians. I spoke with Drew Friedman recently in anticipation of his new collection, an overview of those last fifteen years of mainstream respectability: Too Soon? Famous/Infamous faces 1995-2010 from Fantagraphics Books.

This interview was conducted by Kliph Nesteroff from WFMU’s Beware of the Blog and has been posted as a transcription there as well. Kliph is also a fellow radio host at CITR and you can find more of his writing here.

Multi-faceted comix and comics person, Denis Kitchen joined me for a chat about his new book, The Oddly Compelling Art of Denis Kitchen. On top of talking about his artwork, we also discuss a bit of his time as publisher and other comics oriented projects.

I feel like Brandon Graham and Frank Santoro are guys that I need to be doing annual check-ins with, and luckily this year, Michael Deforge was around to join us. We chatted with a specific subject in mind, the idea of fusion in modern comics. Frank can put it better than I, so take a listen and enjoy.

Michael DeForge picked some great music for his interview a couple of months ago, so when i asked to do a mixtape, I couldn’t say no. And you know what, he brought the awesome.

1. Betty Davis – Game Is My Middle Name

2. The Soul Seven – Mr. Chicken

3. The Dirtbombs – I Can’t Stop Thinking About It

4. Gloria Jones – Tainted Love

5. The Cramps with the McMartin Preschool Choir – People Ain’t No Good

6. Dinks – Nina Koka Nina

7. Sheriff and the Revels – Shombolar

8. The Rivingtons – Mama-Oom-Mow-Mow

9. Cool Jerks – Skip a Beat

10. Bobby Womack – Quicksand

11. Jim Ford – Harland County

12. Bette Williams – A Feeling (For Someone Else Has Grown)

13. Prince – Bambi (from The Undertaker)

14. Spiderman Rock Reflections – Spider-Man

15. The Compulsive Gamblers – Wait a Bit, Joe

16. Lavern Baker – Hey Memphis

17. Chuck Rives – Say I Love You

18. The Five Royales – I Ain’t Getting Caught

19. Robert Mitchum – Little Ol’ Wine Drinker Me

20. Dean Martin – Houston

21. James Hand – When You Stopped Loving Me, So Did I

22. Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs – For All This

23. Les Paul and Mary Ford – I Wish I Had Never Seen Sunshine

24. Crumb Brothers – Seat in the Kingdom

25. Precious Bryant – If I Could Hear My Mother Pray

26. Elvis Presley – Puppet on a String

27. $100 – Someday Soon (Ian Tyson cover)

28. Bobbie Gentry – Fancy

29. Lee Hazlewood – You Look Like a Lady

30. Rowlf – It’s Not Where You Start, It’s Where You Finish

Bryan Lee O’Malley joined me for a chat his books Scott Pilgrim and Lost at Sea as well as other topics of comicky goodness. I really appreciate Bryan taking the time out of his hectic schedule for my humble little show, while he finishes off his epic series.