Colleen Coover
joined us to yak about her comics. Colleen has a very diverse range of works that all maintain the same wonderful fluid style. For the adults, she has Small Favors and for the kids, you can find her work in X-men First Class, Banana Sunday and much more.
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One of my listeners sent me a scan of a letter that Dave Sim is sending out for anyone that wishes to correspond. In the past he has been pretty open about exchanging viewpoints and debating, but this latest piece is just damn weird. He is requesting that if you want to correspond with him, you must agree that he is not a misogynist.
Read for yourself and make your own opinion. What do you think, is Dave in the right for limiting who has access to him, or is he furthering his descent into seclussion. As an added bonus, don’t forget about our interview with Dave from a couple of months ago, I doubt we would be able to interview him again.
I have heard statements questioning the validity of letter. It’s genuine, I have no reason to make up news. On the other side of the coin, there is an online petition that the Cerebus Yahoo group has started.
Cloudscape Comics is a local Vancouver collective of some talents cartoonists. Jonathon Dalton has previously joined us, but this time he was accompanied by Jeffrey Ellis, the ringleader of bunch. Both boys just returned from Stumptown and Jonathon’s latest book recieved a fair amount of buzz for its accordian like format.
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Brandon Graham is my main man. His books, Multiple Warheads and King City are both logical extensions in the evolution from the great sci-fi comix of the Moebius and Manara. I highly recommend reading his work if want to have a fun read. Oh yeah, he is a part of that Meat Haus group, and the have a new book coming out soon.
PS, I am a douche and forgot to mention that he just got nominated for an Eisner award. Yay Brandon.
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The last of 3 parts of my indepth discussion with one of the foremost important voices in comix. Gary Panter and I chat about his own personal art history and development of style.
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Continuing the discussion with Gary Panter. In part 2, we talk about his Jimbo series as well as the role of sketchbooks in his process and lots more.
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Here it is folks, part one of my interview with Gary Panter. There are 3 parts to this intensive extensive conversation. Gary is one the most influential creators in the comix field. His new book from Picture Box will be sure to please. At nearly 700 pages, split between 2 volumes in a stunning slipcase, this book is one of the most important releases of the year.
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Dylan is the industrious publisher behind Sparkplug Comics. Sparkplug is one of the more interesting DIY comix outfits. Dylan has been putting out some great comix by some of the more diverse and independent creators.
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This weeks Inkstuds is jam packed with talented folks. In preparation for the upcoming Stumptown Comics Festival in Portland, I was joined by the Stumptown coordinator Indigo Kelleigh and special guest artists (all of whom are awesome and should come back for full interviews) Tara McPherson, Larry Marder and Dave Roman. Its a pretty fun episode where were chat about comix.
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I am happy to end my month of Women in comix, with one of my favorite small press folks. I first came across the comix of Sarah Oleksyk at Stumptown in October last year. I was really blown away by the great personal storytelling style. Her current series is Ivy and when it’s done, I am sure you will all be pretty blown away.
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