Thick Lines

Katie and Sally discuss their top comic picks from 2022, plus the first inaugural Reading of the Patrons and a Thick Lines/Bubbles contest announcement.

Sally's picks: "Romantic 3-D Sci-Fi Nightmare Goes to War #2" by Brad McGinty (Glorp Gum) "Acid Nun" by Corinne Halbert (Silver Sprocket) "The Archway" by Emma Jon-Michael Frank & Patrick Kyle (self-published) "The Devil's Grin #2" by Alex Graham (self-published) "Give My Best to Your Kind, Part One: I'm Sympathetic to Your Situation, Friend!" by Frances Cordelia Beaver (self-published) "Late Harvest" by Noel Freibert with Leomi Sadler (self-published) "Sauve-Qui-Peut Comics" by Sophie Crumb, Aline Kominsky-Crumb & R. Crumb (David Zwirner Books) "CRIME HOT 2" by Alex Robbins (The Teenagers Company) "15 Things to Do with a Sculpture" by Shary Boyle (self-published) "Puttana Cartoonist" by Heather Loase (self-published) "Betty's First Swinger's Party" by David Sandlin (self-published) "HORSE" by Bread Tarleton (self-published) Katie's picks: "Rock Collector" by Becca Tobin (Silver Sprocket) "The Complete Crepax Vol. 7: Erotic Stories, Part I" by Guido Crepax (Fantagraphics) "Orochi: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 2" by Kazuo Umezz (VIZ) "Crickets #7" by Sammy Harkham (Commonwealth Comics Co. & Secret Headquarters) "Meddle #1" by Marc Wagner (Strangers Fanzine) "Love and Rockets Vol. IV #12" by Gilbert Hernandez & Jaime Hernandez (Fantagraphics) "How Jarred Kelenic Got His Groove Back" by Gina Wynbrandt (Bubbles #15) Mutual picks: "Fondant #2 & #3" - J. Webster Sharp (self-published) Honorable mention from 2020: "Pinky and Pepper Forever" by Eddy Atoms (Silver Sprocket) Become a Thick Lines patron by January 31 to enter to win a 3-issue subscription to Bubbles Zine: patreon.com/thicklinespod Join Sally in conversation with Tommi Parrish on Saturday, January 21 at Partners and Son: partnersandson.com Read the Best of 2022 on The Comics Journal: tcj.com/the-best-comics-of-2022 Follow Thick Lines on Instagram @thicklinespod. Happy New Year!

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Katie and Sally are joined by Bubbles Zine editor Brian Baynes to discuss the first (and penultimate) issue of Panels magazine (1979). Topics discussed include: Geneviève Castrée, Bill Griffith, Art Spiegelman, CF, Billy Childish, Jules Feiffer, Rube Rooky, Will Eisner, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, the Mets, and lots more.

Order issues of Bubbles at bubbleszine.com, visit the forum at bubbleszine.proboards.com, and follow Brian on Instagram @bubbles_zine.

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

Katie and Sally are joined by Bhanu Pratap all the way from Kolkata to discuss "Red Colored Elegy" by Seiichi Hayashi (Drawn & Quarterly, 2018). Topics discussed include Garo, animation, Nagisa Oshima, and lots more.

Follow Bhanu on Instagram at @hanabhanu.

Support the show and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod.

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Katie and Sally discuss "Story of a Story" from "The Complete Crepax: Erotic Stories, Part I: Volume 7," by Guido Crepax, translated by Micol Arianna Beltramini (Fantagraphics, 2022). PLUS a special Christmas comic surprise reading. Topics include Anaïs Nin, Just Jaeckin, Georges Bataille, Marquis de Sade, Emmanuelle, Milo Manara, and lots more.

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

Katie and Sally are joined by Dash Shaw (Discipline, Bottomless Belly Button, Cosplayers) to discuss Acting Class by Nick Drnaso (Drawn & Quarterly, 2022). Topics discussed include Chris Ware, Ari Aster, Dungeons & Dragons, The Rehearsal, Julian Opie, Chantal Akerman, Todd Solondz, Batman: Year One, E. C. Segar, Peter Saul, and lots more.

Find more Dash at dashshaw.net and on Instagram at @dash_shaw.

Support the show and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod, and follow us on Instagram at @thicklinespod.

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Katie and Sally are joined by Noel Freibert to discuss the insanely formative "Secret Comics Japan: Underground Comics Now," (2000, Viz) edited by former Garo editor Chikao Shiratori. Topics discussed include Junko Mizuno, Shintaro Kago, Junji Ito, Makoto Aida, Usamaru Furuya, Kiriko Nananan, and lots more.

Follow Noel on Instagram at @noel_freibert_sweettooth and @toyboxcoffin_playplace.

Thank you to our patrons for making this episode possible!

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Katie and Sally discuss the second issue of comics periodical Panels from 1981, including a lengthy interview with Carl Barks aka The Good Duck Artist. Also discussed: Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Jesse Marsh, Alex Toth, The Comics Journal, getting mad, Tarzan, Trina Robbins, Bill Griffith, Bugs Bunny, and lots more. Thank you to our patrons for making this episode possible!

Catch Katie at the Permanent Damage show in Los Angeles on Sunday, December 4: roadhouse.permanentrecordsla.com

Sally is joined by 1/2 of The Talent Family, Leomi Sadler, (while Katie's away) to discuss "Old Ground" by Noel Freibert (Koyama Press, 2017). Topics include jigsaw puzzles, alternative uses for caulking guns, Mickey Zacchilli, Brian Blomerth, Dane Martin, kids' clothes, some special offers for our Patreon subscribers and a prayer.

Noel Freibert: @noel_freibert_sweettooth Leomi Sadler: @leomi_sadler | @tydrax618 | @famiconexpress Noel Freibert's comix and manga distro: @toyboxcoffin_playplace Leomi's puzzle: https://thentwrk.com/show/11244/house-of-brain-dead-game-room/product/322869/leomi-sadler-artist-edition-puzzle-multi Talent Family comics: http://famiconexpress.co.uk/ Gosh Comics in London: https://goshlondon.com/ Leomi's sci-fi book rec (via Stef Sadler): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20518872-the-three-body-problem Sally's sci-fi podcast rec: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/planet-radiant/id1544363641 Support Thick Lines and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod and follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod.

Katie and Sally discuss "In Clothes Called Fat" by Moyoco Anno (2014, Vertical; orig. pub. 1997). CW for discussions of disordered eating. Topics discussed include Kyoko Okazaki, Hideaki Anno, josei manga, "quiet quitting," and more. Next time: "Old Ground" by Noel Freibert.

Recommended by Sally - Bhanu Pratap interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJkctpYfUEQ

Support the show and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Follow us on Instagram at @thicklinespod.

Happy Halloween! In this special episode, Katie and Sally talk tarot – in particular, the Smith-Waite (aka Rider-Waite) deck. First up, scholar and historian Liz Foley O'Connor, PhD (Pamela Colman Smith: Artist, Feminist & Mystic; Pamela Colman Smith: The Untold Story) gives us a lesson on the life, times, and complicated identity of tarot illustrator and fine artist Pamela Colman Smith. Next, tarot reader and educator Chelsey Caswell aka the Real Housewitch talks us through the specific symbolism and interpretations of Pamela's illustrations. Plus, a tarot forecast for Thick Lines. Follow Liz on Twitter at @lizfoleyoconnor, and follow Chelsey on Instagram at @realhousewitch. Support Thick Lines and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod, and follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod.