Fresh on the heels of Convention season, Alex Robinson
sat down with us for a chat over the phone to talk about his books, Box Office Poison and the more recent, Tricked. Alex’s books are great stories involving some realistic approach to interpersonal relationships. Just last week, Alex received a Harvey Award for Best Original Graphic Novel.
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Don and I were joined by Robin Thompson, creator of Champions of Hell, Zombie Jesus, Hemp Islan, Little Natas and more. Robin was a great guest and very enthused about his work and sharing it with others. It was a really fun show to do and I look forward to Robin Thompson joining us again. The best quote from on selling his books was Chip Kidd quoting Robin at an Eisner awards ceremony from when Robin was wondering around San Diego Comicon dressed as Zombie Jesus-â€if you love zombie’s and you love Jesus, Then you have to love Zombie Jesusâ€.
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I feel very fortunate to have a chance to do an interview with James Jean. James is currently most known for his fantastic covers of the Vertigo series, Fables. His art is interesting fusion between some of Dave Mckeans earlier work that had more heart(before he relied on computers so much) and something from another world of awesomeness. James came to Vancouver to do a signing at the local Vancouver Comicon, and was a pleasure to all the fans waiting for him. He provided sketches for everyone, regardless of spending money or not. I will post the sketch he did for the inkstuds book later, its good stuff.
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In honor of Tony Millionaire getting a pilot for Drinky Crow together, I am reminding you fine listeners of the interview we did with him last year. Please spread the word, and help spread the love.
The inkstuds boys got to talk to Tony Millionaire, the creator of the extremely funny Maakies comic strip, Sock Monkey, Billy Hazelnuts, and a whole bunch more. It was neat to get a chance to talk to such an interesting creator with a very unique and creative bent.
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Vancouver was lucky enough to be part of Abby Denson’s North American tour, promoting her new book, Tough Love: A High School Confidential. Abby joined me in the studio to discuss her book, the tour, muzak and lots of other stuff. It was a really fun interview and I look forward to seeing more work by Abby.
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Gareth Gaudin, comix entrepreneur, joined us to discuss his work, The Magic Teeth Dailies. Gareth is doing new comic everyday, for the rest of his life. Unlike the Iron Man challenge, Gareth is doing his comic everyday, including weekends. How cool is that. It was a fun chat. As well as publishing the Magic Teeth Dailies, Gareth also runs Legends, the best comic store in Victoria and is the Sven Gali behind Magic Teeth Records.
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Colin and I sat down for a different type of Inkstuds show. This week was a retrospective on the work of George Herriman. We were joined by comix scholar Jeet Heer as he schooled us on a lot of biographical history of Herriman and some interesting insights to Krazy Kat. To quote the Fantagraphics website,Krazy Kat is a love story, focusing on the relationship of its three main characters. Krazy Kat adored Ignatz Mouse. Ignatz Mouse just tolerated Krazy Kat, except for recurrent onsets of targeting tumescence, which found expression in the fast delivery of bricks to Krazy’s cranium. Offisa Pup loved Krazy and sought to protect “her†(Herriman always maintained that Krazy was genderless), mostly by throwing Ignatz in jail. Each of the characters was ignorant of the other’s true motivations. This simple structure allowed Herriman (1881-1944) to build entire worlds of meaning into the actions, building thematic depth that led critics like Gilbert Seldes and e.e. cummings to recognize Herriman’s genius almost immediately.
It is a very interesting episode on one of comicdoms most underrated and influential masterpieces. Special thanx to Jeet for his vast knowledge on all things Krazy.f
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Colin and I sat down with an indepth discussion with Fred Grisolm and Jamie Dee Galey about the history of Hate Song, Filth Hole and other projects that those two creepy boyz are working on. It was a fun chat with some interesting insites on the creative process of filthy web comics.
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Colin and I were fortunate to interview Peter Bagge, creator of Hate, Neat Stuff, Apocalypse Nerd, Yeah! and a whole crapload more. Peter was an awesome guest, that made for a great hour, it was a fun interview and i hope to another one with him some day. I would say that is high up on the best Inkstuds shows ever.
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Former host of the Onomatopoeia Show, Robin Fisher, joined me for a chat with Linda Medley. Linda is the creator of the awesome fantasy-esque series and graphic novel, Castle Waiting. Castle Waiting is an awesome series taking place in a fictional castle setting telling tales of the tenants lives. Castle Waiting is high among my most recent reads. very much worth checking out.
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