Mother F**ker in a Cape - Mutiny Comics Podcast

I'm chatting with Denis Kitchen about founding The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, which provides legal protection for the First Amendment Rights of the comics medium.

In the span of his remarkable career, Denis published many 1970s underground comics creators, like R. Crumb & Art Spiegelman, through his Kitchen Sink Press.

Here's a 1989 Larry King interview with Denis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftjQc8_wB84.

For more info: http://cbldf.org/

More talk with James O'Barr, creator of The Crow, in a more extended interview, about how he got into comics, why he thinks rapper Eminem is soft, and what he's working on these days, including plans for a new Crow film with Jason Momoa!

My apologies for the pun title.

This interview was made possible by Nerd Team 30!

Artist and muralist Thomas "Detour" Evans discusses painting the portrait of Jay-Z for David Letterman's Netflix show, traveling the world, and his upcoming book about how artists can make a living.

Artist Adrienne "Adri" Norris discusses her Women Behaving Badly art series, what it was like for her to speak at The Denver Women's March this year, plus her martial arts badassery, and how she approaches teaching herself new artistic disciplines!

This is a dope episode for people who want to learn more about artistic motivation!

Check her stuff out at: https://afrotriangledesigns.com/

After years of creating her fantasy graphic novel series, LeyLines, Robin Childs decided to abruptly end it. Why? "...it never occurred to me to write a fantasy world without slavery and patriarchy as the status quo." She realized that, without recognizing it, she'd created a fantasy world that reinforced themes of racism and sexism, and she was horrified to discover it. Robin and I discussed how she came to discover these themes in her work, and more importantly, what in society can cause us as artists to pass on messages that we don't intend to. This was a great conversation, in spite of the pinball machines being played in the background! :) Remember to check out Robin's new comic, Wavemen, which she makes with her husband Cory, and support it if you can!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2088273372/wavemen-the-house-on-fifth-avenue?ref=project_tweet

Married comics creators Kristina and Rafael Maldonado Bad-Hand discuss their company Aya, how they're helping to bring Indigenous Pop X to Denver this July, and why I call them the First Family of Comics!

In pt. 7 of my Countdown to DINK, web comics creators Nick Seluk (The Awkward Yeti, Heart & Brain), Brian Gordon (Fowl Language Comics), and Shen T. (Shen Comics) talk with moderator Josh Weaver about how social media affects web comics.

This interview is from DINK 2018, so check it out, and join us for DINK 2019 April 13-14!

In pt. 6 of my Countdown to DINK, comics creator Ally Shwed moderates a panel about toxic masculinity in comics. Her co-panelists are fellow comics creators Gerardo Alba, Stephanie Rodriguez, Zak Kinsella, and Cait Zellers.

This interview is from DINK 2018, so check it out!

In pt. 5 of my Countdown to DINK, we hear from Underground Comix pioneers, Denis Kitchen and Howard Cruse, about the underground comics movement of the 1970s, how comics censorship during the 1950s affected their childhoods, and what they think of protest these days. This interview is from DINK 2018, and was conducted by author Jason Heller.

In pt. 4 of my Countdown to DINK, we hear from Chuck Forsman, the creator of The End Of The Fxxxing World graphic novel, talks with Kilgore Books about translating his comic into a Netflix series.

This is another interview from DINK 2018, so make sure you join us at DINK 2019 this April 13-14!