Last week marked the centennial of Edward Gorey's birth, so let's wish a happy birthday to our shared goth uncle with a listen back to episiode 23. Enjoy!

Katie Skelly and Sally Madden discuss Edward Gorey's "Amphigorey: Fifteen Books" (1980). Topics discussed include Max Ernst, Edward Lear, Agatha Christie, Charles Addams, Tomie dePaola, Roald Dahl, holding newborns, ballet, New England, and more. Next time: "Magician A" by Natsuko Ishitsuyo.

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Thank you to Partners and Son for hosting us!

Sally interviews Em Frank (Heavenly Days, I Never Found You, Dark Garbage) and Frances Cordelia Beaver (On a Cute One, Spirits Hungover At Work, Give My Best To Your Kind!) live from Partners and Son at PCX.

Topics include: why comic books are the easiest art form to get done, taking elementary schoolers to Wong Kar-wai movies, not taking responsibility for torturing your own characters, and much more. This is part 1!

Partners and Son: https://partnersandson.com/

Em Frank: https://www.instagram.com/emjonmichaelfrank/

Frances Cordelia Beaver: https://www.francescordeliabeaver.com/

Frances Cordelia Beaver (On A Cute One, 2021) joins Sally Madden to read The Pervert by Michelle Perez and Remy Boydell (Image Comics, 2018)

Topics include: a picnic at the graveyard, Milk White Steed by Michael D. Kennedy (Drawn and Quarterly, 2025), Peephhole #1 (despite what Sally says at the top of the episode, the table of contents is CLEARLY labeled with each artist's attributed page numbers, despite the pages not being numbered), Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh (Gallery Books, 2020) X-rated amazon packaging, Paris is Burning, Summer Fun by Jeanne Thornton (Soho Press, 2021), disgust, and much more.

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You can find Frances's artwork here, her music is here

Partners and Son has new and first-reprint-in-a-decade+ vintage zines from Sally Madden here: https://partnersandson.com/products/i-thought-i-told-you-to-wait-in-the-car

AND you can find Sally (and Katie Skelly) next weekend at MoCCA! Smell ya later!

I was always here, where were you? Thick Lines is back! Sally Madden talks with with Molly Colleen O’Connell about The Green Hand and Other Stories by Nicole Claveloux (NYRC, 2017) topics include gardening, nudity, getting our periods for the first time, and lots more. Thank you for listening!

Katie Skelly and Sally Madden are part of the programming at MoCCA https://www.moccafest.org/ next month, please come say hello!

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You can find Katie Skelly’s comics and wares here: https://katieskelly.bigcartel.com/

Partners and Son has newborn and vintage zines from Sally Madden here: https://partnersandson.com/products/i-thought-i-told-you-to-wait-in-the-car

Oops! We're back! Katie and Sally catch up on recent reads including Unwholesome Love (Fictopicto/Partners and Son, 2024) and Final Cut (Pantheon, 2024) by Charles Burns, Blurry by Dash Shaw (New York Review Books, 2024), Sunday by Olivier Schrauwen (Fantagraphics, 2024), My Time Machine by Carol Lay (Fantagraphics, 2024), John Willie: A Bizarre Life by Jane Garrett (Schiffer, 2024), plus a look at the film The Substance (2024).

Catch Katie at Comic Arts LA on December 14 & 15: comicartsla.com

Back VISCERE #2: Folk Horror on Kickstarter through December 20: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/katieskelly/viscere-2-a-folk-horror-comics-anthology

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Katie and Sally are back with a bone-chilling countdown of their top three scariest comics. Artists discussed include Josh Simmons, Al Columbia, Kazuo Umezz, Jacques Loustal and Villard, Stephen Gammell, Julia Gfrorer, Conor Stechschulte, Art Spiegelman, Jaime Hernandez, Richard McGuire, and many others.

Thank you to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible. Happy Halloween!

Katie is joined by cartoonist Anya Davidson (Night and Dana, School Spirits, Band for Life, Lovers in the Garden) to discuss Pascin by Joann Sfar (Uncivilized Books, 2016), translated by Edward Gauvin and Uncivilized Books.

Find more Anya at anyadavidson.com and on Instagram @anyapdavidson.

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Sally and daughter hit the aisles of The Small Press Expo in Bethesda, MD on September 14 & 15 to ask creators, publishers, and retailers which formative reading experiences pushed them further into comics. Guests include:

Avi Ehrlich (Silver Sprocket)

B. Erin Cole

Dash Shaw

Drew Weing

Ellen Marcus

Em Jon-Michael Frank

Ina Parsons

Jason Leivian (Floating World Comics)

Joe Sikoryak

Jonathan Baylis

Mattie Lubchansky

Natalie Andrewson

Peggy Burns (Drawn and Quarterly)

Ryan Holmberg

Tigrspoon

Ursakursa

Walter Scott

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Katie and Sally tackle Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware (Pantheon, 2000). Topics include Little Nemo in Slumberland, Dan Clowes, The New Yorker, intergenerational trauma, and Flip Wilson.

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Katie is joined by cartoonist Chloe Brailsford (DC Pride 2024, Sapphic Pulp, Viscere #1) for a look at Iris: A Novel For Viewers, written by Lo Hartog van Banda, drawn by Thé Tjong-Khing (Fantagraphics, 2024). Topics discussed include Barbarella, Auranella, Kris Kool, Guido Crepax, Guy Peellaert, and lots more.

Find Chloe on Instagram and Twitter at @chloe.in.pink.

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