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Comment on Evan Dorkin by Costa K

Costa K — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 14:33:59 +0000

Love interviews with Evan, they’re always awesome.

Comment on Brecht Evens by Brecht Evens « Rebecca Jones’s Weblog

Brecht Evens « Rebecca Jones’s Weblog — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:30:35 +0000

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Comment on Emcity – Four Panels of Power by Justin

Justin — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:08:31 +0000

Found a copy of the Maroto book at C2E2. Yeah, it’s fantastic.

I love these con reports, Robin. They show off great stuff I didn’t even know existed.

I grabbed a copy of Inside Moebius 6 after your TCAF report. Wow.

Comment on Evan Dorkin by K Williams

K Williams — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 03:20:04 +0000

Great interview. I recently purchased Dorkin’s Milk and Cheese collection and thoroughly enjoyed it. Good luck with the Eisner’s!

Comment on Evan Dorkin by nigel auchterlounie

nigel auchterlounie — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:57:20 +0000

I’ve been a fan of Evan Dorkin since reading Milk and cheese in Deadline, er how many years ago? I’m just gonna say back in the day

He’s one of my influences.

Comment on Comics Influencing Comics Panel from ECCC with Mike Allred, Nate Powell, Brandon Graham and Moritat by Comics A.M. | Archie feud goes into mediation; C2E2 attendance ‘way up’ | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:55:13 +0000

[...] Creators | Robin McConnell has posted the audio from a panel he moderated at the Emerald City Comicon featuring Mike Allred, Nate Powell, Brandon Graham and Moritat discussing “Comics Influencing Comics.” [Inkstuds] [...]

Comment on Evan Dorkin by Serhend Sirkecioglu

Serhend Sirkecioglu — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:28:45 +0000

fave interview of the year so far.

Comment on Emcity – Four Panels of Power by Jamezz

Jamezz — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 23:04:30 +0000

Pen Ward seems like the coolest guy.
It doesn’t look like all the success of adventure time has gone to his head.

Comment on Bill Griffith by CLC

CLC — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:39:26 +0000

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay it’s Bill

Comment on Adam Warren, Brandon Graham and Bryan Lee O’Malley in Conversation by Morning Links: Print Math Edition | Spandexless

Morning Links: Print Math Edition | Spandexless — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:34:29 +0000

[...] Panel | Inkstuds has a panel with Adam Warren, Brandon Graham, and Bryan Lee O’malley in conversation. [via Inkstuds] [...]

Comment on Emcity – Four Panels of Power by Inkstuds

Inkstuds — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 02:15:43 +0000

Nice. Can’t help but say I am a little jealous.

Comment on Emcity – Four Panels of Power by 4thletter! » Blog Archive » Emerald City Comicon: “I wish I could explain this better. (Thank you.)”

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 02:08:35 +0000

[...] with Ali Colluccio and Cheryl Lynn. I got breakfast with Tom Spurgeon, Graham, and Robin McConnell (there’s a pic or two here) I told dumb stories about breaking my finger while playing video games and played down my leg [...]

Comment on Emcity – Four Panels of Power by Daniel Jose Mata

Daniel Jose Mata — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:45:07 +0000

I blew my wad on the Nancy strip and it’s framing. I was so pissed at myself for second guessing and not buying it on Friday. Thankfully, it was still at the booth on saturday, this time way up high behind books. It really is perfect.

Comment on Adam Warren, Brandon Graham and Bryan Lee O’Malley in Conversation by Dylan Huber

Dylan Huber — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:53:50 +0000

Thanks for posting this. I was about 20 minutes late because Starkings was doing a signing at the same time. It’s nice to catch up on what I missed. I hope you post the Comics Influencing Comics panel as well. Great stuff and you did a bang-up job moderating.

Comment on Emcity – Four Panels of Power by Inkstuds

Inkstuds — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:24:23 +0000

Is that the one with Golden?

Comment on Emcity – Four Panels of Power by Inkstuds

Inkstuds — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:24:11 +0000

Yeah, that was $20 well spent.

Comment on Emcity – Four Panels of Power by Ian MacEwan

Ian MacEwan — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:34:08 +0000

I wanna take that Maroto book behind the middle school and get it pregnant.

Comment on Emcity – Four Panels of Power by Frankius

Frankius — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:04:58 +0000

Zorro for a buck! Crap! Also, that Batman Family with the Kaluta cover is a good one.

Comment on Dave Sim the debate continues by nfn

nfn — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:44:34 +0000

even after dave went crazy his comic was still readable… for a while. after issue 200 i am pretty much not interested. but i still bought the phone books strangely enough.

Comment on Portland in the Spring – Launching a King City by Jeppe

Jeppe — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:19:42 +0000

Super cool and jealousy-inducing write-up, Robin! Thanks for sharing it.

Comment on Kagan McLeod by Juan Carlos Partidas

Juan Carlos Partidas — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:44:48 +0000

I followed the link to the Infinite Kung Fu’s web site and there is a great video, like a movie commercial that really made me want to get the book. It looks excellently drawn and lots of action! Definitely, I think it is a great graphic novel.

Comment on Frank Santoro and Brandon Graham by Juan Carlos Partidas

Juan Carlos Partidas — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:57:00 +0000

Interesting podcast!

Moebius R.I.P.

Comment on Portland in the Spring – Launching a King City by Frankius

Frankius — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 14:49:45 +0000

That was awesome. So jealous!

Comment on Portland in the Spring – Launching a King City by Michael Allred

Michael Allred — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 05:27:25 +0000

That was crazy fun! Didn’t want you to leave. You guys are welcome any time.
xoxo
The Allreds

Comment on Patrick Kyle by SEAN

SEAN — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:43:35 +0000

luvvv ughhht

Comment on Comics Critic Round Table – Feb 2012 Edition by Alek Trencz

Alek Trencz — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:43:51 +0000

The two serials Moore wrote for 2000AD, Skizz (with Jim Baikie) and The Ballad of Halo Jones (with Ian Gibson), are more interesting than any of his superhero work, to me, as they reflect on everyday life via genre fiction, rather than making a subject of the genre itself. Skizz is somewhat akin to Martian Poetry, and Halo Jones is a sort of SF Bildungsroman, suffused with melancholy.

Comment on Comics Critic Round Table – Feb 2012 Edition by Francis Dawson

Francis Dawson — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:26:26 +0000

Re: transcendent British comics

I agree that the field of truly remarkable work is shallower than, say, the US / France-Belgium / Japan. In large measure this is because throughout most of the twentieth century the comic strip was viewed in the UK as almost entirely a medium for juveniles. Within these parameters Leo Baxendale, Ken Reid, David Laws, and Dudley D. Watkins did marvellous humour work, much of it within the pages of ‘The Beano’ and ‘The Dandy’. In juvenile adventure strips Frank Hampson and Frank Bellamy did work that is comparable at the level of craft to Hal Foster or Alec Raymond.

The UK has also had world-class cartoonists working in the field of editorial / political / satirical cartooning, a tradition that through ‘Punch’ and Hogarth stretches into the nineteenth and eighteenth centuries. There has often been a strong strain of grotesquerie in this form of UK cartooning and Ralph Steadman, Gerald Scarfe, and Ronald Searle are all exceptional talents.

I’m assuming that by transcendent comics you’re meaning something like comics that have high artistic ambitions which are successfully executed. ‘Watchmen’ notwithstanding ‘V for Vendetta’ and large parts of ‘Miracleman’ were definitely published within a Brit comics context. Some other high-level work in my view is Eddie Campbell, ‘Alec’; Pat Mills & Joe Colquhoun, ‘Charley’s War’; Raymond Briggs, ‘Where the Wind Blows’ and ‘Ethel and Ernest’. The list is not nearly so long as I would like – the UK still seems to largely lack a groundswell of ambitious art-comix makers although imprints like Nobrow and Landfill make me hopeful.

Comment on Comics Critic Round Table – Feb 2012 Edition by Alek Trencz

Alek Trencz — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 05:23:51 +0000

That’s an interesting way of thinking about artistic origins: solicitation and format – the commercial scene having more contextual relevance than the personal background of the artist.
I can see that more with film, where the primary artists are relying on a whole range of studio personnel connected to the territory they’re working in – likewise with theatre, record production, anything involving a lot of performers, technicians and assistants, as well as extensive equipment and architectural requirements – but with comics, novels, poetry, songwriting, the attribution of authorial responsibility seems much more weighted towards individuals.
I’m ignoring the issue of commercial viability, though, I’m not sure how relevant I consider that to the quality of a work. Depends on how relevent it is to the artist’s intent, I suppose.
Then again, maybe artists from small islands get more inspired when they know their work is going to be distributed across a whole massive continent, and that continent happens to be home to the World’s #1 market for spectacular enterprises.
Maybe Watchmen goes in a grey area (an interzone) nationality-wise, along with the Jimi Hendrix Experience.

Comment on Comics Critic Round Table – Feb 2012 Edition by Inkstuds

Inkstuds — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 22:06:45 +0000

The death of millions is no where near the focus of the book to me. It is more about exploring the distinct characters and unpacking them as people. But the work isn’t about the tiny trauma’s of Ware and Clowes, I am speaking more to the narrative depth and complexity. There are different ways of reading a work like The Watchmen, and unfortunately, the 5 million copy cats have been a disservice to this work.

Comment on Comics Critic Round Table – Feb 2012 Edition by Jeet Heer

Jeet Heer — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:39:14 +0000

I don’t know if it’s the genre aspect that bothers me about Moore’s work — I rate Jack Kirby’s work very high and he worked within mass-market genres (and also created a few mass market genres of his own). In fact, I think Kirby offers a clue as to what bothers me about Moore’s work. In all his comics Kirby created an open universe that could be imaginatively inhabited and colonized. Moore’s genre work, by contrast, seems not just closed by airtight and even suffocating. There’s no denying the intelligence and craft that Moore, Gibbons and company put into Watchmen but — despite repeated readings to figure out what the fuss is about — I find it hard to engage with it emotionally. The tiny traumas of Jimmy Corrigan and the emotional turmoil of David Boring are effecting in a way that the death of millions in Watchmen isn’t.

Comment on Comics Critic Round Table – Feb 2012 Edition by Inkstuds

Inkstuds — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 05:51:51 +0000

The problem with comparing Herriman to modern cartoonists, is that they aren’t even using the same comic vernacular. I think there is a synthesis in Herriman’s work that is incomparable to Ware and like.

I also have a particular soft for Moore, and I am concerned that because of the predominance of his work being in genre, that is most likely a barrier to your enjoyment. I personally think the construction of Watchmen is on par with Jimmy Corrigan and David Boring, but done through the lens of 1980′s nihilistic superhero.

Comment on Comics Critic Round Table – Feb 2012 Edition by Jeet Heer

Jeet Heer — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 03:17:05 +0000

In terms of other cartoonists who can write nearly as well as Herriman (and I agree with the basic fact that he’s the best writer we’ve ever had in comics) I would mention Ben Katchor, Lynda Barry, Chris Ware and, this will surprise people but it’s true, Robert Crumb. Maybe I have a blind spot when it comes to Alan Moore but, with all allowances to his evident intelligence and craft skills, he doesn’t seem to belong in the same league as Herriman, Katchor, Barry and Ware.

Comment on Comics Critic Round Table – Feb 2012 Edition by Sarah Velez

Sarah Velez — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:26:08 +0000

The 2000AD talk was really cool, but was lacking in proper Mick McMahon love. That dude is amazing.

Comment on Comics Critic Round Table – Feb 2012 Edition by Matt Seneca

Matt Seneca — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:24:16 +0000

I don’t consider Watchmen a British comic cuz it uses the American single-story pamphlet format and wouldn’t exist in anything like the same form if an American company hadn’t asked Alan Moore to think up a story based on characters created by American artists. If you want to classify it as a British comic feel free, but what I meant was that I haven’t encountered a certain type of work coming out of the British comics industry — and Watchmen is solidly a product of the American industry. Same with Flex Mentallo, which is the other book by British creators that came to my mind.

Comment on Comics Critic Round Table – Feb 2012 Edition by Alek Trencz

Alek Trencz — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 06:41:25 +0000

We need more of Breccia’s work translated, Mort Cinder would be good, but especially the period that started in the late 60s.
His run on Oesterheld’s El Eternauta, for instance.
Actually, is Solano Lopez’s Eternauta even available in English? It certainly should be.

Comment on Comics Critic Round Table – Feb 2012 Edition by Alek Trencz

Alek Trencz — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 06:20:16 +0000

OOPS: “Bryan Talbot’s 1970 Luther Arkwright series” should be 1970s, not 1970.

Comment on Comics Critic Round Table – Feb 2012 Edition by Alek Trencz

Alek Trencz — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 06:18:46 +0000

Hmmm… transcendant comics…
Kirby made them, did he? Hmmm…

Well, Watchmen is a British comic. (Moore, Gibbons, Higgins)
It might have been published in the USA, but Naked Lunch was first published in France, and it’s still, rightly, considered American, because the author is American.
I would have though that Watchmen could easily qualify as a transcendant work of British comics.

Also worth consideration is Bryan Talbot’s 1970 Luther Arkwright series, a very ambitious work with great reach and integrity.

Much of Kevin O’Neill’s run on Nemesis the Warlock is very special and definitely needs to be seen by anyone who wants to know the fuss is over 2000AD, but if I had to recommend only one artist’s run on that title, it would be John Hicklenton’s. Seriously. You need to see what he did with Pat Mills’ story. It’s ludicrously sick.

UK comics tend to be produced for a larger page than commonly used in the US, so try to find the Titan albums, which were the correct size, rather than the US market TPBs. Talbot, O’Neill and especially Hicklenton really need to be seen at (at least) 8″ x 11″ to be fully appreciated. Remember, 2000AD was nearly all black and white until the mid 90s, so the style is very different from US holding-line drawings, there’s a lot of fine textural and linear work which augments atmosheric and depth aspects which colour would otherwise be contributing to. Big pages required, small pages are not keeping it real.

Talbot, ONeill and Hicklenton.
Get to know.

More importantly though: Leo Baxendale.
Until you fully understand Leo Baxendale’s part in UK comics, what a giant of the medium he is, and can inhabit his fictional world and feel the forces at play there, you don’t know diddley.

Comment on Comics Critic Round Table – Feb 2012 Edition by BVS

BVS — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:35:01 +0000

oh yeah, I love it. at the comics shop I work at we’ve got a decent selection of italian editions of comics not avaible in english. I’ve oft pointed out to folks the italian editions cabbie vol.1 and vol.2 & the Jose Munoz books as amazing comics I wish I could actually read. people seem to love it glad to see the cabby and corto maltese are back. Catalan was was ahead of their time, hope there is room in the future for some Munoz editions.

Comment on Comics Critic Round Table – Feb 2012 Edition by Inkstuds

Inkstuds — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 19:57:42 +0000

But have you read the Cabby????

Comment on Comics Critic Round Table – Feb 2012 Edition by BVS

BVS — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:18:14 +0000

ahh Yves Chaland. thanks! I’ve seen those Freddy Lombard books before, but I never knew anything about Chaland before. they are great! I did read that murder by high tide book fanta put out this year. I assume M. Tillieux and Hergé are the guys he’s riffing on. I really like seeing this pulpy/ detective material presented straight faced but in a cartoony style.with the exception of Gould, it seems like in N.America that genera is chained to realistic drawing style.

Comment on Comics Critic Round Table – Feb 2012 Edition by Inkstuds

Inkstuds — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:55:13 +0000

Yves Chaland!

Comment on Comics Critic Round Table – Feb 2012 Edition by BVS

BVS — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:46:16 +0000

this was great! but me americano, me no understand french names. whose that other dude you guys talking about before Joost Swarte? challon? shallon? or somebody? can I get the name spelled?

Comment on Comics Critic Round Table – Feb 2012 Edition by Roger Langridge

Roger Langridge — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:20:56 +0000

Just been listening to this – really great episode, especially the Herriman discussion. One thing I wanted to mention: I think most British cartoonists would agree that Mick McMahon is our Kirby, just in terms of his influence on everyone who came after him – O’Neill, Bisley, Hewlett, even Bolland all acknowledge their debt to him. Just wanted to throw that in there – he’s pretty much the reason 2000AD looked the way it did during its classic era.

Comment on Comics Critic Round Table – Feb 2012 Edition by CLC

CLC — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 23:55:00 +0000

Awesome

Comment on Comics Critic Round Table – Feb 2012 Edition by Milo

Milo — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 02:34:41 +0000

Holy shit, I listened to a two and a half hour podcast about comics. Thanks!

Comment on Best of 2011 with the Cartoonists by dTS

dTS — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:48:01 +0000

Thanks, dude!

Comment on Comics Critic Round Table – Feb 2012 Edition by Inkstuds

Inkstuds — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 21:07:44 +0000

yeah, about 3 times as long.

Comment on Running with Giants – Geof Darrow Interview in Full Text by Inkstuds

Inkstuds — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 21:03:57 +0000

Thanks man! they are interesting group of guys.

Comment on Running with Giants – Geof Darrow Interview in Full Text by N.A.

N.A. — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 20:59:38 +0000

Incredible, I didn’t know about all this connection between Darrow, Moebius & Jodorowsky
thanks for enlightening a french reader.

Awesome interview
N.A.

Comment on Comics Critic Round Table – Feb 2012 Edition by Rick

Rick — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 19:58:00 +0000

Unexpected pleasant surprise. Also quite long for Inkstuds which is unexpected but also welcome.

Comment on Comics Critic Round Table – Feb 2012 Edition by Alex

Alex — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 19:18:24 +0000

This was great. Thanks.

Comment on Frank Santoro and Brandon Graham by CLC

CLC — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:08:37 +0000

Fantastic! And I simultaneously laughed out loud and felt sorry for Frank once I heard the … rather intense … first question from the first caller – which I felt you all handled as best you could. Would’ve loved to hear Frank and Brandon riff on the differences between Western layout comics and manga-layout comics in terms of weird tricks creators use or constraints they had to deal with in publication.

Comment on Frank Santoro and Brandon Graham by Derek

Derek — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 11:03:37 +0000

I loved this interview but I wish when comics on tumblr came up, that Snakebomb Comics were discussed. They’re not only the comic the best represents comics on tumblr but the second issue has a cover by Brendon Graham.

Comment on Frank Santoro and Brandon Graham by loren

loren — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:05:12 +0000

yes, and yes!

Comment on Harvey James by harveyjames

harveyjames — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:27:43 +0000

Down by the River was by The Dutch Rhythm and Steel Show. The last one is Jeffrey Lewis covering The Strokes

Comment on Harvey James by harveyjames

harveyjames — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:26:33 +0000

lol

Comment on Harvey James by Allan Lorde

Allan Lorde — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:19:40 +0000

Terrific interview, and amazing tracks to go with it. I know that was Newsom at the beginning, but who did the last track and that “Down By the River” cover?

Comment on Harvey James by Kyle

Kyle — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:40:32 +0000

This, for example, is a Shintaro Kago classic, hosted by the venerable Ryan Sands’ Same Hat blog:
http://www.samehat.com/2007/06/abstraction-by-shintaro-kago_26.html

Comment on Best of 2011 with the Cartoonists by Aaron Costain

Aaron Costain — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:01:38 +0000

The Shrine/An Argument, by Fleet Foxes. It’s from their album Helplessness Blues.

Comment on Harvey James by Plag

Plag — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:55:03 +0000

Harvey James has the most boring voice imaginable.

Comment on Harvey James by Inkstuds

Inkstuds — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:17:02 +0000

Ok, i have those, they are crazy!

Comment on Harvey James by Kyle

Kyle — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:52:17 +0000

Robin, Suehiro Maruo did DDT and Mr. Arashi’s Amazing Freak Show.

Comment on Inkstuds Book by ben Milam

ben Milam — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:18:28 +0000

Very Much enjoy all of the interviews, having been recently turned on to your site. Cant get enough! Thank you so much for your search for talent and originality. Some great cartoonists you should check out; Adam Suerte, Josh Humphris(both NYC) and Theo Ellsworth(Portland, Oregon) and myself ,when I learn how to make a blog, or get my shit out there… Thanks again, Ben Milam, Cyclical

Comment on Best of 2011 with the Cartoonists by dTS

dTS — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:18:32 +0000

Awesome session, as usual. I’m dying to know though… what is that song you opened up with? Please do tell.

Comment on Best of 2011 with the Cartoonists by Verwho

Verwho — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:21:01 +0000

It’s a good, strong list, and I’ve only gotten around to reading about half of them so far (catching up is always a challenge). I feel like I have to add the obligatory ‘wish there were more female creators on here’ comment, though.

Comment on About Inkstuds by Jared

Jared — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:37:36 +0000

This show is awesome! I look forward to going through the archives. Thanks so much.

Comment on Tom Neely by Review: The Blot | Filth and Fabulations

Review: The Blot | Filth and Fabulations — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:52:01 +0000

[...] at The Comics Reporter, with Kristy Valenti at The Comics Journal, and with Robin McConnell on the Inkstuds podcast. For a preview of The Blot, be sure to watch this YouTube video recently put together by [...]

Comment on Gary Panter in Step by Step Graphics by Jacques Cardinal

Jacques Cardinal — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:49:11 +0000

You can find some copies of the magazine for sale at http://clubecoplus.com/webstore/en/arts-crafts/collectable.html – and they are suppose to get more, plus they should add some other old art and graphic publications

Comment on Inkstuds Reading Pile January 7th stack by RR Anderson

RR Anderson — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:48:50 +0000

That Rebel comic looks fantastic.

Comment on Stumptown Spotlight Panel on Sarah Glidden by Spotlight panel from Stumptown | Sarah Glidden

Spotlight panel from Stumptown | Sarah Glidden — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 06:36:16 +0000

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Comment on The Next Day with John Porcellino, Alex Jansen and Jason Gilmore by Paul

Paul — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:35:30 +0000

Sweet Jesus, that Trooper cover is seriously something close to brilliant, haha. Artist? Please, I beg of yinz to include a playlist with this awesome podcast!

Comment on Colleen Frakes by Iris Bechtol

Iris Bechtol — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:25:54 +0000

Thank you for doing this interview! Loved it! Colleen is amazing as a writer and an artist. Her work, including Island Brat is in a comic/zine show I co-curated with a colleague in TX. Check it out!
http://gallery219.blogspot.com/

Comment on Inkstuds Mixtape Vol 7 Gilbert Hernandez by Jimmy

Jimmy — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:04:25 +0000

Great mix. Very Betoesque.

Thank you !

Jimmy

Comment on Brandon Graham, Frank Santoro and Michael Deforge by pro multiforce

pro multiforce — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:32:43 +0000

this girl much prefers brinkman to santoro

Comment on Best of 2011 With the Critics – Timothy Hodler, Matt Seneca and Joe McCulloch by “There’s a kind of comic I want to see and it doesn’t exist, so I’m going to make it”: Sammy Harkham on Kramers Ergot 8 | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:56:18 +0000

[...] listened to the roundtable conversation [about the best comics of 2011] on Inkstuds [featuring critics Robin McConnell, Tim Hodler, Joe McCulloch, and Matt Seneca] and I thought that [...]

Comment on Best of 2011 With the Critics – Timothy Hodler, Matt Seneca and Joe McCulloch by AGIAIG

AGIAIG — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:26:05 +0000

I think the segue between the discussion of Blaise Larmee and grandfather Yuichi Yokoyama should have used the Greatest Gradient Wipe Transition in the Universe followed by a jarring collapse of several structural tunnels across the largest metropoli of modern design landscape grid-screen brain farms. And it could be said that BL is the prison ward within a Yokoyama neu-horror pastoral // … is Dark City more dated than 2001: A Space Odyssey?

Comment on Best of 2011 With the Critics – Timothy Hodler, Matt Seneca and Joe McCulloch by Year in Review « Andrew White

Year in Review « Andrew White — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:18:26 +0000

[...] audio interviews of the year go to Al Columbia and Sammy Harkham. Joe McCulloch’s two podcast appearances late in the year were hits as [...]

Comment on Al Columbia by Year in Review « Andrew White

Year in Review « Andrew White — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:12:34 +0000

[...] good if they have guests who I care about. For my money, best audio interviews of the year go to Al Columbia and Sammy Harkham. Joe McCulloch’s two podcast appearances late in the year were great as [...]

Comment on Running with Giants – Geof Darrow Interview in Full Text by matthew mcdaniel

matthew mcdaniel — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 07:35:02 +0000

Yes, please! I miss Concrete.

Comment on Geof Darrow by Bourbon Thret | Observations

Bourbon Thret | Observations — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 07:58:44 +0000

[...] also a link to an great interview with Darrow on a fantastic podcast called INKSTUDS: http://www.inkstuds.org/?p=3425 It’s a great interview. (It’s 1h20m, but I could have listened to Darrow for [...]

Comment on Best of 2011 With the Critics – Timothy Hodler, Matt Seneca and Joe McCulloch by Paul

Paul — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 23:29:01 +0000

As somebody who grew up in the ’70s an anarcho-syndicalist astronaut with Type II diabetes, I think you should be completely ashamed of not representing my personal experiences vis-a-vis your subjective opinions about the year’s best comics. I will never again visit your webzone.

Comment on David Collier by Adrian Hill

Adrian Hill — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 23:24:52 +0000

–Just listened to this podcast again. It was just as good the second time, even after additionally reading a transcript of it in the Inkstuds book.

Comment on Running with Giants – Geof Darrow Interview in Full Text by Inkstuds

Inkstuds — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:54:12 +0000

Thanks Paul, I need to interview you one day too!

Comment on Running with Giants – Geof Darrow Interview in Full Text by Paul Chadwick

Paul Chadwick — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:52:42 +0000

Lovely to hear Geof’s charming, funny, smart, self-deprecating voice again. He is the most hilarious, quick-witted dinner companion, besides being among the best of our artists.

Comment on Best of 2011 With the Critics – Timothy Hodler, Matt Seneca and Joe McCulloch by Great comics critics serve up a holiday feast | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:45:39 +0000

[...] the comics interview podcast and radio broadcast hosted by Robin McConnell, and its annual Best of 2011 Critics Roundtable. This year McConnnell is joined by The Comics Journal‘s Tim Hodler, Joe McCullough (aka Jog [...]

Comment on Best of 2011 With the Critics – Timothy Hodler, Matt Seneca and Joe McCulloch by Carnival of souls: Joe Simon, Inkstuds, Tom Spurgeon, more « Attentiondeficitdisorderly by Sean T. Collins

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:40:59 +0000

[...] The Inkstuds Best of 2011 Critics Roundtable, featuring Tim Hodler, Joe McCullough, Matt Seneca, and host Robin McConnell, could easily make a [...]

Comment on Best of 2011 With the Critics – Timothy Hodler, Matt Seneca and Joe McCulloch by Saman

Saman — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:56:10 +0000

Hey, just want to say I thought this was one of your best episodes! All these dudes seem to have endless enthusiasm for and knowledge of comics. Smart, informed, passionate talk. I enjoyed the whole thing (although I disagree with a few of the opinions – Congress of the Animals, while still very good, seemed so much more conventional and less interesting than Weathercraft or some of the earlier Frank stories, in terms of both narrative and art).

Comment on Best of 2011 With the Critics – Timothy Hodler, Matt Seneca and Joe McCulloch by Inkstuds

Inkstuds — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:21:05 +0000

I understand your concerns and totally hear that. if you listened to the interview, you would hear some interesting discussion on the issues of sexuality and gender during our discussion of the Thickness anthology. As well, this list doesn’t canonize certain creators being better than others or work better than others, instead, is a selection of what we wanted to discuss for better or worse.

Comment on Best of 2011 With the Critics – Timothy Hodler, Matt Seneca and Joe McCulloch by anonymous

anonymous — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:56:51 +0000

Aside from Blaise Larmee all of the people on this list identify as male. Growing up in the 90′s as a genderqueer comics fan gave me little opportunity to seek out comics that spoke directly to my experiences. Now on the Internet in my mid-20′s I discover these divisions have not disappeared!!

Comment on Running with Giants – Geof Darrow Interview in Full Text by Frank L

Frank L — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:41:26 +0000

Cool. Interview. I learned some cool things, but funny to see how Geof tells the same stories verbatim. The irony was his telling of Toth, and how Toth cut people off if they say/said one wrong thing.

Comment on Best of 2011 With the Critics – Timothy Hodler, Matt Seneca and Joe McCulloch by Sequential | Canadian Comics News & Culture

Sequential | Canadian Comics News & Culture — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:49:38 +0000

[...] The latest Inkstuds podcast is a year-end round-up featuring three comics critics talking about some of the most intriguing [...]

Comment on Nate Powell by Brett Warnock

Brett Warnock — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:58:54 +0000

Thanks for another great episode, Robin. That Nate Powell is one smart cookie… had to whip the dictionary a couple times!!

Comment on About Inkstuds by St. Alexander

St. Alexander — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 03:24:56 +0000

P.S…. I love that you have a mixtape section. To me, knowing what an artist/writer is listening to can give as much insight into their work as what they read, and most comic blogs I’ve come across don’t tend to stray much from the interviewing format already established by the mainstream press. So, thank you for that.

Comment on About Inkstuds by St. Alexander

St. Alexander — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 03:15:16 +0000

I followed the post Nate Powell made on Facebook about his interview on here. Oddly enough I found that most of the comic book folks I’ve “friended” on Facebook have interviews here as well. Nate will always be my favorite, but I must say, as far as quality folks to interview goes, the absence of Kevin Huizenga, Cristy C. Road, & Dame Darcy is regrettable (to say the least). James O’Barr should have a bit of space on here as well. If it weren’t for him I might have never sought out indie comics (then again, if I hadn’t read The Crow after the movie came out I probably could have avoided being absolutely miserable listening to Joy Division every single night afterwords… Or at least I would have had another 5 or 10 happy years before they came to the attention of the every day folks again).

Sorry for rambling. Blame it on the Adderall.

Alex

Comment on Running with Giants – Geof Darrow Interview in Full Text by The Geof Darrow Superman cover that never was…will be | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:50:49 +0000

[...] “Grounded” arc on Superman that we posted the other day? Remember Darrow saying to Inkstuds’ Robin McConnell that it never ran as a cover and that “it’ll never see the light of day” despite [...]

Comment on Running with Giants – Geof Darrow Interview in Full Text by Carnival of souls: Special “pre-BCGF” edition « Attentiondeficitdisorderly by Sean T. Collins

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:07:50 +0000

[...] Meanwhile, Robin McConnell interviews Geof Darrow, who was practically Cartoonist of the Year this year despite not publishing anything simply by [...]

Comment on Running with Giants – Geof Darrow Interview in Full Text by Antek

Antek — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:09:52 +0000

A wish come true for me thank you for the excellent soul soothing interview! If I had another wish I’d wish it had been a three part interview like the one with Gary Panter… what would I do with my third wish? Hmmm… I’d wish for 3 more wishes, duh.

Comment on Running with Giants – Geof Darrow Interview in Full Text by Behold the Geof Darrow Superman cover that never was | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:52:10 +0000

[...] —Hard Boiled and Shaolin Cowboy cartoonist Geof Darrow reveals his lost Superman cover to Inkstuds…. Looks like the Crazy Cat Lady is one villain not even the Man of Steel could defeat. [...]

Comment on Mike Dawson by Hasta la vista, baby! « Secret Acres News

Hasta la vista, baby! « Secret Acres News — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:19:03 +0000

[...] scouts, which was great and a first for us. Should anyone be missing Mike, you can catch him on Inkstuds and Ink Panthers. Better yet, all you Midtown Comics Book Club people should come and say hi to [...]

Comment on Running with Giants – Geof Darrow Interview in Full Text by Inkstuds

Inkstuds — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:12:14 +0000

I agree. He some great knowledge and experience.

Comment on Running with Giants – Geof Darrow Interview in Full Text by SKuds

SKuds — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:08:57 +0000

once again great job, i love darrow, he should do more interviews…

Comment on Brandon Graham, Frank Santoro and Michael Deforge by Running with Giants – Geof Darrow Interview in Full Text | Inkstuds

Running with Giants – Geof Darrow Interview in Full Text | Inkstuds — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:19:08 +0000

[...] Darrow’s work can be described as a forerunner of the Fusion that Frank Santoro and I like to talk about. His work is a mix of Moebius mixed with the frenetic [...]

Comment on Joe Matt part 2 by Alastair

Alastair — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:37:12 +0000

Thank you for this Inkstuds! Much appreciated.

Comment on Anders Nilsen Video Interview by Kyle Nolan

Kyle Nolan — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 03:56:32 +0000

Loving the videos. More! Great music choice too, The Pearl is one of my favorite albums.

Comment on Inkstuds Video Interview with Brandon Graham by Anders Nilsen Video Interview | Inkstuds

Anders Nilsen Video Interview | Inkstuds — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:52:54 +0000

[...] this past summer, we sat down to do a video interview with him. This was done the same day as the Brandon interview. In this interview, we discuss some of the themes and idea’s of his latest book, Big [...]

Comment on Influences by Madinkbeard » Interview with Austin English

Madinkbeard » Interview with Austin English — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 21:00:25 +0000

[...] Reading various pieces of your writing on influences (in Windy Corner and that recent post at Inkstuds) children’s book illustrators come up frequently. Your stories, in their simple structures [...]

Comment on Brandon Graham, Frank Santoro and Michael Deforge by Bernie Crowsheet

Bernie Crowsheet — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:18:15 +0000

I never heard of your stupid show before! I heard Sim had a computer but it broke down and I wish he wasn’t crazy too. Steve Bissette is super active online tho, and that is super awesome.

Comment on Pascal GIrard and Joe Ollmann by Lucius

Lucius — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:20:43 +0000

Thanks for another great episode, Robin. Can you tell me what the piece of piano music at the end is called? Thank you.

Comment on Inkstuds Mixtape Vol 666 Tom Neely by Tom Neely | Inkstuds

Tom Neely | Inkstuds — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:24:25 +0000

[...] as well as his collaborative project, Henry and Glenn Forever. And don’t forget that awesome mixtape that Tom did a couple of years [...]

Comment on Brandon Graham by skuds

skuds — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 06:35:09 +0000

Brandon is becoming one of my favorite comic artist, he’s found away to fuse euro and manga together perfectly.

Comment on Craig Thompson by Sequential | Canadian Comics News & Culture

Sequential | Canadian Comics News & Culture — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:20:35 +0000

[...] keeping up properly with the Inkstuds podcast. So many interviews! Recently, Robin has talked with Craig Thompson, MK Reed, and Vancouverites Robin Bougie, Rebecca Dart, and Brandon Graham. Lots to listen [...]

Comment on Inkstuds Video Interview with Brandon Graham by Paul Peart-Smith

Paul Peart-Smith — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:41:33 +0000

Super, super cool. Wished it was longer.

Comment on Questions by Tony

Tony — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:21:40 +0000

Alex Sheikman creator of Robotika series and upcoming Dark Crystal comic

Comment on Inkstuds Video Interview with Brandon Graham by Carrie

Carrie — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:44:31 +0000

This is exciting news. Although I don’t always want to know what my favorite creators look like. Maybe you can employ COPS-style blurry face on the upcoming episodes? I think that would be an excellent use of your time.

Comment on Craig Thompson by The Gosh! Authority 11/10/11 » Gosh! London – the Culture of Comics

The Gosh! Authority 11/10/11 » Gosh! London – the Culture of Comics — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:35:31 +0000

[...] comics work. I’ve only just heard him talking about how he’s not so keen on colour comics in that podcast on Inkstuds! It’ll be interesting to see what he turns out. The Unexpected is an anthology of nine [...]

Comment on Inkstuds Video Interview with Brandon Graham by Spleenal

Spleenal — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 06:28:27 +0000

Love Brandon’s art. I have for a while.
Didn’t know he didn’t use pencils!?!

I dread to think what I’d end up with if I didn’t start with pencils.
The finished thing’s usually bad enough!

Comment on Inkstuds Video Interview with Brandon Graham by Joseph

Joseph — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 02:05:52 +0000

Awesome vid dudes, thanks for doing a interview with one of my comic artist idols

Comment on Inkstuds Video Interview with Brandon Graham by Gaze in wonder at Brandon Graham’s Habibi fanart | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:26:07 +0000

[...] • Want more Brandon Graham period? He’s the subject of the very first video interview by Inkstuds podcaster Robin McConnell. Check it out here. [...]

Comment on Inkstuds Video Interview with Brandon Graham by Matt

Matt — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:21:11 +0000

Dude, love this. Really well put together. Feels like tea and blankets in interview form.

Comment on Inkstuds Video Interview with Brandon Graham by Sequential | Canadian Comics News & Culture

Sequential | Canadian Comics News & Culture — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:08:49 +0000

[...] Robin McConnell’s 6-year-old Inkstuds podcast takes things to the next level with its first video interview. Subject: Brandon [...]

Comment on Craig Thompson by The Gosh! Authority 04/10/11 » Gosh! London – the Culture of Comics

The Gosh! Authority 04/10/11 » Gosh! London – the Culture of Comics — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:14:33 +0000

[...] Craig Thompson talks to Inkstuds about Habibi in this podcast. I listened to it the other day and it’s a good two-hour [...]

Comment on Inkstuds Video Interview with Brandon Graham by Serhend Sirkecioglu

Serhend Sirkecioglu — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:52:56 +0000

Loving this, is 5-6 min going to be the standard run time or are you shooting for something longer and also the live drawing is a great idea for each episode.

Comment on Inkstuds Video Interview with Brandon Graham by Andy Pants

Andy Pants — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:14:54 +0000

Brandon puts his pants on just like the rest of us — one leg at a time. Except, once his pants are on, he make golden comics.

PS – my girlfriend thinks you’re cute and your work looks like Moebius. Why are you trying to steal my gf?

Comment on Inkstuds Video Interview with Brandon Graham by Antek

Antek — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:37:52 +0000

That is fantastic!
I love the radio interviews so much, they are informative in a whole other way and I hope that you will continue to do them alongside the videos.
It would be a lot like having ones cake and eating it to… which I guess is to much to hope for
Thumbs and big toes up!

Comment on Inkstuds Video Interview with Brandon Graham by loren

loren — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:31:45 +0000

awesome!
perfect!
outstanding!

Can’t wait to see more! really!

Comment on Inkstuds Video Interview with Brandon Graham by Andre Szymanowicz

Andre Szymanowicz — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:15:57 +0000

Love watching Brandon draw. Good thing to hook us up with, Mr Inkstuds!

Comment on Inkstuds Video Interview with Brandon Graham by Andre Szymanowicz

Andre Szymanowicz — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:01:12 +0000

Love watching Brandon draw. Good to thing to hook us up with, Mr Inkstuds!

Comment on Inkstuds Video Interview with Brandon Graham by d_neufeld

d_neufeld — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:19:04 +0000

This was great! You should make this a regular thing if possible. Who’s next?

Comment on Inkstuds Video Interview with Brandon Graham by Johnny Granado

Johnny Granado — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:53:24 +0000

The watermark has been set

Comment on Inkstuds Video Interview with Brandon Graham by Kingofsiam

Kingofsiam — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 07:15:21 +0000

In agreement. Can’t wait to see more!

Comment on Inkstuds Video Interview with Brandon Graham by matt

matt — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:19:30 +0000

Loved it! More please

Comment on Inkstuds Video Interview with Brandon Graham by buster

buster — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 03:48:48 +0000

cool interview, dude. nice flylo track too, casio play.

Comment on Inkstuds Video Interview with Brandon Graham by Jordyn Bochon

Jordyn Bochon — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 03:34:37 +0000

YES! I really like this!

Comment on Craig Yoe by ron

ron — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:34:32 +0000

enjoyed this interview, inkstuds, thanks for posting it last year!

Comment on Krazy Herriman by Antek

Antek — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:54:26 +0000

any chance of re-uploading the Art Spiegelman discussing the work of George Herriman?
Thank you for all the wonderful interviews
especially the Chester Brown one!
its like a window into a magical land…

Comment on Craig Thompson by Tim Clary

Tim Clary — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:49:17 +0000

Outstanding Interview!

I met Craig briefly at SPX when Blankets was released and he drew one of the most amazing sketches I’ve ever received…without any pencil underdrawing at all! I was astonished. (You can check it out here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/timclary/4584432571/in/set-72157624007044722)

Comment on Ivan Brunetti by Adrian Hill

Adrian Hill — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 23:14:56 +0000

The “Las Vegas strip” link goes to the Blog Flume website, but when I click on the graphic to blow up all fifty images it doesn’t work for me. Here’s another link to the same: http://www.lvartscommission.com/projects/aerial-gallery-2008/

Comment on Craig Thompson by Serhend Sirkecioglu

Serhend Sirkecioglu — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 01:50:11 +0000

I feel sorry for any Middle-eastern/Muslim-cartoonist on the verge of finishing their epic Islamic GN and is unaware of Habibi:”I finally finished my romantic epic that spans the muslim world!!!” *sees Habibi in comics shop* “NOOOOO! Eddie campbell, why did you not break Craig Thompson’s fingers?!”

Comment on Talamaroo 1-3, by Alabaster by Doyle

Doyle — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:32:33 +0000

Very interesting stuff! Will Alabaster be a future guest on the show?

Comment on Craig Thompson by Werner

Werner — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 23:04:27 +0000

I’m a huge fan of Craig Thompsons work. Great episode. Thanks for that.

Comment on Craig Thompson by Carnival of souls: Special “Lots of publishing news from lots of people” edition « Attentiondeficitdisorderly by Sean T. Collins

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:32:14 +0000

[...] Saving this for when I can savor it: Inkstuds’ Robin McConnell interviews Craig Thompson about his staggeringly ambitious new graph… I’ll be speaking to Craig about it in his spotlight panel at SPX this weekend, by the way. [...]

Comment on Craig Thompson by Juan Carlos Partidas

Juan Carlos Partidas — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:38:44 +0000

This was a long, but very interesting interview. I hope to have the opportunity to read Habibi, it looks great!

Comment on MK Reed by Americus - Chapter9 Page19

Americus - Chapter9 Page19 — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 07:04:51 +0000

[...] Robin McConnell put up an interview we did a few weeks back on Inkstuds. [...]

Comment on MK Reed by MKReed.com – Americus is out!

MKReed.com – Americus is out! — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 21:16:24 +0000

[...] And Robin McConnell put up the Inkstuds we taped a few weeks back! [...]

Comment on Sean Esty and Joseph Bergin III by Kokoroneko

Kokoroneko — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:22:13 +0000

Or my cousin just got busy or lazy ;.;! He did go to Japan for a while!

Comment on TCAF Panel: Adrian Tomine, Jillian Tamaki, Lorenzo Mattotti by Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:58:57 +0000

Thank you so much for posting this! I couldnt attend the festival and I’m so happy to be able to listen to this. Thanks! xx

Comment on Igort by Igort: Berichte aus der Ukraine – Leseprobe | mondorama.de

Igort: Berichte aus der Ukraine – Leseprobe | mondorama.de — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:57:37 +0000

[...] Leseprobe (englisch, 10 Seiten) bei WordsWithoutBorders.org [via] [...]

Comment on Blaise Larmee by Noah Van sciver

Noah Van sciver — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 01:46:27 +0000

I think Blaise is one of the most interesting cartoonists.

Comment on Igort by Brian Nicholson

Brian Nicholson — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 22:41:52 +0000

A serious question, though it might offend some sensibilities: I remember looking at a copy of 5 Is The Perfect Number and thinking it looked great, didn’t buy it at the time, but I think back on that decision on occasion. However, I pretty much do not like European comics, the way they read. Mattotti’s Fires would be a good example of something I couldn’t read at all, although Stigmata looks pretty good. I have problems with the likes of Bilal and Moebius much like I have trouble with David B and Trondheim, although they’re different problems. Would I like Igort?

Comment on David Collier by Noah Van sciver

Noah Van sciver — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:36:08 +0000

God. What an incredible person.