Thick Lines

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Summer may be on its way out but vacation never ends on Thick Lines! Join Katie in a special episode with Love and Rockets legend Jaime Hernandez as he reminisces about the 2000 "Making Waves" comics luxury cruise. Who attended? Who fell out of a hang glider? Whose idea was this?! Get the scoop on a comics marketing stunt that has obsessed us ever since we first heard about it.

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Katie and Sally discuss "Finder Library Volume 1" (2011) by Carla Speed McNeil, but first a recap of the Autoptic comics festival in Minneapolis. Topics discussed include Hard Boiled, Sharp Stick, Nope, Betty Boop, Ursula K. Le Guin, Spalding Gray, Precious Moments, Paisley Park, and more. Next time: "Melody" by Sylvie Rancourt. Support Thick Lines at patreon.com/thicklinespod and follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod.

Katie and Sally are joined by John Vasquez Mejias to discuss "Conan The Barbarian Epic Collection: The Original Marvel Years - The Coming Of Conan" (1970-1972) by Barry Windsor-Smith and Roy Thomas. Topics discussed include Marie Severin, X-Men, Jack Kirby, elephants, Conan Exiles, Monsters, Prince Valiant, and lots more.

Visit Katie and Sally at Autoptic Festival in Minneapolis on August 13 & 14! Details at autoptic.org.

Find John's work at johnvasquezmejias.com and follow him on Instagram @john_vasquez_mejias.

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Katie and Sally recount recent zine purchases and a trip to San Diego Comic Con. Released early just for our Patreon subscribers! Topics discussed include: Shawn Kerri, Trina Robbins, Betty Boop, Danzig's fucked up house, I Am Curious (Black), Mod Love, Silver Sprocket, Toynbee tiles, Eisner OSHA violations, getting yelled at by Jim Lee's security detail, and lots more. Thank you so much to our subscribers for your support! Here's to the next 50 episodes.

Sally's zine picks:

Kill Your Inner Cop by Quinn Milton

Garfield Zine by Corey Corcoran

Puroresu Nights by Pat Auslisio

Neeeext by Heather Loase

On Tour by Moa Romanova

DNA Failure: British Weapon Comics by Leomi Sadler, Stef Sadler, Jon Chandler

By summer reading request! Katie and Sally discuss "Batman: Mad Love" by Bruce Timm and Paul Dini (DC Comics, 1993), but first Sally recaps the Hungry Eyes zine show in Brooklyn and Katie gets over COVID. Topics discussed include Batman: The Animated Series, Rose O'Neill, The Crystals, magicians, Sally's Harley Quinn costume, and more. Next time: "Finder" by Carla Speed McNeil. Find Katie at San Diego Comic Con July 20 and 21 signing at the Fantagraphics table (Thursday 11AM-12PM with Trina Robbins & Friday 12-1PM), and come see Katie and Sally at Autoptic Festival in Minneapolis on August 13 and 14. Support the show at patreon.com/thicklinespod and follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod.

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Katie takes a sick day while Sally is joined by our dad and yours: John Vasquez Mejias (The Puerto Rican War, The Teacher's Edition, Paping Zine). Topics discussed include: sleeping in an abandoned comic book store, not letting James Baldwin down, being proud of girlfriends, John hasn't seen 'Sideways', Sally hasn't seen 'Star Wars'. This conversation has an all-creme filling of making art for the sake of enjoying it, please enjoy it!

Come see John n' Sally Sunday June 10th at Hungry Eyes in Brooklyn at The P.I.T., 411 S 5th St.

Find John's work at johnvasquezmejias.com follow John @papingzine on Instagram. Follow Thick Lines on Instagram @thicklinespod.

Katie and Sally are joined by cartoonist, editor, and public health professional Whit Taylor (The Nib, Fizzle, Harriet Tubman: Toward Freedom) to discuss Ulli Lust's "How I Tried to Be a Good Person" (Fantagraphics, 2019). Plus, an update from Sally on a "missing" page from Lala Albert's "Seasonal Shift." Topics discussed include memoir comics, character bibles, the new Chris Ware New Yorker cover, and more.

Find more Whit at whittaylorcomics.com and on Instagram at @whitltaylor. Support Thick Lines at patreon.com/thicklinespod.

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A solo episode with Katie reflecting on the work of author Ottessa Moshfegh in anticipation of her latest novel, Lapvona. Topics discussed include Mary Gaitskill, American Psycho, bulimia, My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Eileen, Homesick for Another World, and Death in Her Hands. Thank you to our patrons for making mini episodes like this possible.

Katie and Sally discuss Lala Albert's "Seasonal Shift: Comics 2013–2019" (Breakdown Press, 2019) and run down the latest Cronenberg film, "Crimes of the Future." Topics discussed include: Olivier Schrauwen, micro plastics, the return of blogging, and the elusive Livejournal poster whose blog had to be shut down due to court order. Next time: "The Batman Adventures: Mad Love" by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm.

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Katie and Sally set to work on cracking the case of Julie Doucet's "Time Zone J" (Drawn & Quarterly, 2022), her return to drawn comics after a 20 year departure and arguably her most conceptual work. Topics discussed include "My New York Diary," "Lift Your Leg, My Fish is Dead," "Dirty Plotte," "365 Days," horror vacui, Le Tigre, Creepshow, Lynda Barry, Priestdaddy, and more. Next time: "Seasonal Shift" by Lala Albert.

See Sally at the Philly Small Press Faire 2022 on Saturday, June 11: davinciartalliance.org/calendar/philly-small-press-faire-2022

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