Katie and Sally discuss "Miss Don't Touch Me" by Hubert and Kerascoët (2014, NBM ComicsLit). Topics discussed include Quentin Blake, Edmond Kiraz, The Hours, Schiaparelli, A Little Princess, Beautiful Darkness, Josephine Baker, and more.

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Katie and Sally discuss “Batman Archives, Vol. 1 (DC Archive)” (1990), covering Detective Comics featuring Batman from 1939 - 1940. But first, we discuss an unbelievable string of crimes happening in the newspaper cartoonist world. Topics discussed include the Batman film universe, Todd Haynes’s Safe, a really weird scene in Joker (2019), the Dilberito, and Sally’s new chiroptera friend. Our cats went crazy during this episode. Thank you to our Patreon subscribers for making this one possible.

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Katie and Sally are joined by Robert Newsome, co-organizer of FLUKE comics and zine festival in Athens, Georgia and creator of The Atomic Elbow wrestling fanzine. The first half of the show we talk FLUKE shop, then a discussion on “The Pits of Hell” by Ebisu Yoshikazu (Breakdown Press edition, 2019). Topics discussed include gambling, sleepy salarymen, Patrick Dean, the sunken cost fallacy, Bizarro-Wuxtry, pachinko, boat races, Vegas, running a comics show post COVID, and more. Find out more about FLUKE at flukeathens.com and follow Robert on Twitter @atomic_elbow. Support Thick Lines at patreon.com/thicklinespod and follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod.

Katie and Sally discuss "Orochi: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 1" by Kazuo Umezu, a story about nosiness and bone appreciation. Topics discussed include "The Drifting Classroom," "Cat Eyed Boy," Gretchen Felker-Martin's "Manhunt," Junji Ito, daytime TV, getting hit by cars, and more. Next time: a chat with Robert Newsome, organizer of FLUKE Mini-Comics & Zine Festival. Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod and support the show at patreon.com/thicklinespod.

Katie speaks with cartoonist, animator, director and producer Glen Murakami (Batman: Mad Love and Other Stories; Batman: The Animated Series, Justice League, Teen Titans, Ben 10, Superman: The Animated Series, et. al) about the joys of collecting the work of Italian cartoonist Guido Crepax. Topics discussed include Jean-Luc Godard's Alphaville, Hugo Pratt, The Tenth Victim, Louise Brooks, adventures at SDCC, Glen's career in animation, and lots more. Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod.

Katie and Sally discuss “Beautiful Darkness” (2014) by Fabien Vehlmann and Kerascoët, an adorable tale about some cute little sprites who live in — DEAR GOD. Topics discussed include Tales from the Crypt, Red Wall, Red Bull, working with watercolor, Hans Christian Andersen, Miyazaki, and Sally presents a theory about artists and noses. Next time: “Orochi: The Perfect Edition, vol. 1” by Kazuo Umezu. (We say Moyoco Anno’s “In Clothes Called Fat” is next in this episode, but are putting that on hold to celebrate the release of the new Umezu volume which snuck up on us!) Support the show at patreon.com/thicklinespod and follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod. Join our Discord by emailing us at [email protected].

Katie and Sally are joined by Corinne Halbert (creator of “Acid Nun”) to discuss Charles Burns’s “Last Look” (2010-2014). Topics discussed include nuns, shadow work, denial, loving Mass, William S. Burroughs, David Lynch, body horror, Naked Lunch, Tintin, Birdo, addiction, Silent Hill 2, A Serious Man, and of course, Acid Nun. Find Corinne at corinnehalbert.com. Follow Thick Lines on Instagram @thicklinespod.

Katie and Sally answer listener questions including: which book did we take the most notes on? Who would we outsource the most miserable parts of making comics to? Plus: a message from Dave Cooper and a little more Ripple discussion, Sally’s trailer park camping adventure, a Jim Woodring tale, reading Archie in India, using the American Dictionary of Historical Slang to name your comic, introducing HÖROSCØPE CÖMPÛTER, and a googly eye challenge. Next time: “Beautiful Darkness” (2018) by Kerascoët and Fabien Vehlmann. Follow us on Instagram at @thicklinespod and join our Discord server at [email protected].

Happy Valentine's Day! Katie and Sally discuss "Ripple: A Predilection For Tina" (2017) by Dave Cooper. Topics discussed include "Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron," Gabby Schulz, David Cronenberg, Roland Barthes, Julia Kristeva, and more. Submit your questions for our episode 30 Q&A to [email protected] and follow us on instagram @thicklinespod.