Inkstuds Mixtape Vol 4 Brandon Graham

Posted on August 10, 2009 by robin

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Brandon Graham is one of Vancouver’s best kept secrets right now. He has a bunch of new comics set to come out from Oni and Image over the next couple of months, not to mention putting together the excellent MeatHaus SOS, which came out last year. He also helped design the Inkstuds T-shirt, which I will be posting information about in the coming weeks.

The 18th letter-Rakim
Dollar Bill- Screaming Trees
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry-Hank Williams
So What-Miles Davis
What?-Tribe called quest
Fubba U Cubba Cubba -Eminem
South Bronx 2002-KRS ONE
Time’s Up-Jadakiss Feat. Nate Dogg
Pulls Me Back-Rhymefest
Me and Jesus the Pimp in a ’79 Granada Last Night-The Coup
Stripsearch-Faith No More
313-Eminem
Only the Truly Lost-Charles Bukowski

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Michael Kupperman

Posted on August 6, 2009 by robin

Michael Kupperman stopped by the Inkstuds to discuss all things Kuppermany. His new collection, Tales Designed to Thrizzle Volume One, is a great good times companion.

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My Every Single Thought by Corinne Mucha

Posted on August 3, 2009 by Carrie

singleLet’s face it, relationship comics from young twenty-somethings often leave much to be desired in the way of reflection, depth and humor. So, when I plucked this mini from the stack of Corinne Mucha’s work that I bought at MoCCA earlier this summer, I was prepared to be a bit let down. And though the comic begins with Mucha’s comic-stand-in changing her Facebook relationship status to single in an angry flourish, the stories that follow do more than document the (essentially boring) trappings of one lady’s heartbreak.

In her mostly one-page stories, Mucha takes a loosely chronological approach to the questions raised by becoming single. In “All By Myself,” after entertaining the non-no thought of dying alone, she considers the merits of being a cat lady vs. being a book lady and decides that living alone with books seems mostly harmless and besides, “maybe by then, [she]’ll have robots.” In “The Connotations of Single,” an informative infographic, she lists single things that by what people think of them, including, in the indifferent category, a single scoop of ice cream, which is rated “deceiving” because there is usually another scoop hiding down in the cone. Her writing is quite jokey, but doesn’t go where you may expect. It’s hard to be funny about such a played out subject, but Mucha’s enviable comic timing underpins each set-up.

All of this rumination works because of Mucha’s expressive art and lettering. Perfect gestures and googly eyes animate her deceptively simple figures. Her broken hearts, mini record players and cow socks are drawn in a cute but somehow edgy style that fits well with Mucha’s wry take on her experience.

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Inkstuds Mix Tape Vol 3 Renee French

Posted on August 3, 2009 by robin

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Renee French was one of the earlier guests that have appeared the Inkstuds hour of power. It seems like a lifetime ago that she was on. Given that and how supportive she has been to the show over the last several years, I was pretty stoked when she offered to take part in Mix Tape project. It is a very eclectic mix that was lots of fun putting together. And if anyone else wants to take part in this project, just send me an email.

1. The Vandals “DISPROPORTIONED HEAD” (Internet Dating Superstuds)
2. Peggy Lee “IS THAT ALL THERE IS”
3. BO Donaldson and the Heywoods “BILLY DON’T BE A HERO”
4. Elvis Presley “LOVE ME”
5. Sex Pistols “PRETTY VACANT” (Never Mind the Bollocks)
6. Freddy Fender “BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLS”
7. John Doe “DYIN’ TO GET HOME” (Meet John Doe)
8. Frank Sinatra ”MY FUNNY VALENTINE”  (Classic Sinatra)
9. David Geddes “RUN JOEY RUN”
10. Anthony Newley “DO YOU MIND” (The Magic of Anthony Newley)
11. The Velvet Underground “AFTER HOURS” (Peel Slowly and See)
12. Rancid “SHE’S AUTOMATIC” (And Out Came the Wolves)
13 Bobby Vinton “I’M MR. LONELY” (The Best of Bobby Vinton)
14 Johnny Cash “DIRTY OLD EGG SUCKING DOG”  (Folsom Prison)
15. Robert Downey Jr. “SMILE” (The Futurist)
16. Don Ho “TINY BUBBLES”
17. Roy Orbison “IT’S OVER” (Black & White Night)

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Denis Kitchen on Harvey Kurtzman

Posted on July 30, 2009 by robin

Denis Kitchen joined myself and James Lloyd for a conversation about the work of Harvey Kurtzman. Denis is one of the authors of the incredible book, The Art of Harvey Kurtzman from Abrams Books. Denis was also involved in the recent collection Underground Classics and numerous other projects than I can mention here.

If you want to see more of Kurtzman’s work, be sure and check out Humbug, the recent EC reprint collections from Gemstone of his Two-Fisted Tales work as well as the Mad Archives from DC

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Inkstuds Mixtape Vol 2 Wayno

Posted on July 27, 2009 by robin

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This weeks mix comes from Wayno. Wayno provided a great mix of music that will surely delight and surprise. Thanks Wayno for putting this together.

Check out Wayno’s notes on the material he selected here.

1. The Out Crowd :: The Squares
2. Phonograph Records :: Scott-Textor Productions
3. Sentimental Journey :: Esquivel
4. Iena Sequence :: Roberto Pregadio
5. Relax-Ay-Voo :: Dean Martin & Line Renaud
6. Take Me Out To The Ball Game :: Stuart McKay and his Woods
7. Got a Match? :: Frank Gallop
8. On Her Doorstep Last Night :: Roger Ruskin Spear
9. Laisse Tomber Les Filles :: France Gall
10. Powerhouse :: Ernie Felice Quartet
11. Witch Doctor :: Werner Hass
12. The Pirate’s Poop :: Cliff Ferré
13. What’s A Nice Kid Like You Doing In A Place Like This :: Scatman Crothers
14. A Really Big Show Tonight :: Kirby Stone Four (with “boy singer” Ed Sullivan)
15. Mr. Dante Fontana :: Piero Piccioni (featuring Alberto Sordi)
16. Hey Barmaid! :: Jerry Colonna
17. Hawaiian Ungawa :: Homer Henderson and the Dalworthington Garden Boys
18. Hooray, They’re Hanging Father :: The Joy Buzzards
19. Bedazzled :: Peter Cook
20. Eefin’ Alvin :: The Chipmunks
21. Ballad Of Thunder Road (1968 version) :: Robert Mitchum
22. That’s How You Got Killed Before :: Dave Bartholomew
23. Diddy Wah Diddy :: Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
24. Washingtron :: Tru Fax and the Insaniacs

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Jillian Tamaki

Posted on July 24, 2009 by robin

Jillian Tamaki has been getting some much deserved praise for collaboration with her cousin, Mariko Tamaki, on the great book Skim. Don’t stop there though. I spent hours going through all the great work on her sketchblog as well as the wonderful Gilded Lillies from the good folks at Conundrum.

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Inkstuds Mixtape Vol 1 Trevor Alixopulos

Posted on July 21, 2009 by robin

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A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned the idea of doing a cartoonist’s mix tape. Well, I decided to give it a  shot. There will be no regular schedule to it, they will just appear out of nowhere.

For the first mix, I thought we should start out with a bang. Trevor Alixopulos does his own radioshow as well as great comics, so he seems to be a perfect mix for what we are trying to do here.

Here is his playlist –

01 Kelly- Van She
02 Cowboy Song – Thin Lizzy
03 Ask the DJ – Mr. Hudson & the Library
04 Millionaire – Kelis
05 My Old Jams Still Slam – Shakespeare and Last Empire
06 September Song – Walter Huston
07 I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground – Bascam Lamar Lunceford
08 2 Hearts (twelves remix) – Kylei Minogue
09 Fly By NIght – The Glamour
10 Nowhere Girl – B Movie
11 This Modern Love – Bloc Party
12 Rational Behavior – Mount Sims
13 50-50 – Sad Lovers & Giants

Trevor added this comment, “Hey, musical people can catch my radio show this sunday night, 11pm-1am Pacific Time, streaming live on http://www.krcb.org “.

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More Polyp

Posted on July 17, 2009 by robin

Many thanks to Squally for putting this together. He is a good friend of the Inkstuds

Transcription of the conversation between Dan Nadel and David Mazzucchelli

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Derek Kirk Kim and Gene Yang

Posted on July 16, 2009 by robin

Gene Yang and Derek Kirk Kim dropped by the Inkstuds to chat about their new book, The Eternal Smile and take part in hurling a couple of kind insults at each other. Take a careful listen for the lovely surefire hit, I Love My Shigacorn.

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