Thick Lines

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Katie and Sally are joined by Hellen Jo (Jin & Jam, Frontier #2) to discuss the billboard with her artwork gracing Glendale Blvd. in Los Angeles, plus a lengthy discussion of her comics journey, studio process, her life drawing classes, boba orders, girl gangs, Korean shamanism, and lots more.

Hellen Jo is a Los Angeles based artist who has worked in comics, animation, illustration, and fine art. Her credits include writing and storyboards for Steven Universe, Regular Show, and Gothball; creator of comics Jin & Jam #1 (Sparkplug), Deep Cut, Paralysis, and A Bleeding Cut; and group exhibitions at Subliminal Projects. She also teaches life drawing seminars at Heavy Manners Library. Find her billboard on SW Glendale Blvd (between Edenhurst Ave and Glenfeliz Blvd) through June 2023.

Find more of Jo's work at helllllen.org and on Instagram at @helllllenjjjjjo.

Katie is joined by Alejandra Gutiérrez (Safe Sex, Twisted Romance) to discuss The Complete Sabrina the Teenage Witch: 1962-1972 by George Gladir, Dan DeCarlo, et. al. (Archie Comics, 2014). Topics discussed include Archie, Teen Witch, The Craft, the God Warrior, and an inquiry into the dark-sided world of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

Follow Gutiérrez on Instagram @hellewoods666.

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Katie and Sally discuss "Friday Foster: The Sunday Strips" by Jim Lawrence and Jorge Longarón (2021, Ablaze, orig. pub. 1970-1974). Topics discussed include Tintin, Pam Grier, Hilda, fashion illustration, romance comics, and more.

New Thick Lines x Greg Petre t-shirts: tinyurl.com/32ss9fa6

Find Sally at FLUKE Athens on March 25: flukeisawesome.blogspot.com

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Katie and Sally discuss "Pink" by Kyoko Okazaki (Vertical, 2013, orig. pub. 1989). Topics discussed include Graham Rawle, Quentin Blake, Jennifer's Body, Jean-Luc Godard, and Lana Del Rey's Phoebe Gloeckner moment.

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Happy Valentine's Day! Katie and Sally are joined by Gina Wynbrandt ("Someone Please Have Sex with Me") to discuss "Paying for It" by Chester Brown (Drawn & Quarterly, 2011). Also discussed: "Love Addict: Confessions of a Serial Dater" by Koren Shadmi.

Find more Wynbrandt at ginawynbrandt.com and on Instagram at @wynbr.

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Sally is joined by Tommi Parrish ("The Lie and How We Told It") for a discussion on their sophomore book "Men I Trust" (Fantagraphics, 2022). Recorded live at Partners and Son in Philadelphia in January 2023.

Follow Tommi on Instagram @tommi_pg.

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Sally is joined by autobio cartoonist and illustrator Keiler Roberts on the heels of two her recent Drawn & Quarterly releases: "Creepy" by Lee Sensenbrenner and "The Joy of Quitting." Topics discussed include quitting comics, the illusion of permanence, puppy training, Barbies, and more. See Roberts's Simple Wardrobe video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11Ob0SB_XKU Find more of Roberts's work at keilerroberts.com and on Instagram at @keilerjean. Thank you to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible!

Katie and Sally are joined by Vanessa Davis (Spaniel Rage, Make Me a Woman) to discuss "Daddy's Girl" by Debbie Drechsler (2008, Fantagraphics, orig. pub. 1993-1996). CW for discussions of sexual abuse. Topics discussed include Lynda Barry, Richard Sala, Julie Doucet, and lots more.

Debbie Drechsler interviewed by Gary Groth (excerpt): https://tinyurl.com/2esutu8p

Find more of Vanessa's work at spanielrage.com and on Instagram @squintables.

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Katie and Sally discuss "Orochi: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 3" by Kazuo Umezz (Viz, 2022). Topics discussed include Dan Clowes, Junji Ito, Old Enough, fairy bread, Junko Mizuno, and lots more.

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Katie and Sally pay respects to three artists who passed in 2022: Margaret Keane (1927–2022), Diane Noomin (1947–2022), and Aline Kominsky-Crumb (1948–2022).

Read Diane Noomin's TCJ memoriam: tcj.com/diane-noomin-1947-2022

Read Peter Bagge's 1990 interview with Aline Kominsky-Crumb: tcj.com/the-aline-kominsky-crumb-interview

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