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Where have your intrepid hosts Sam & Marnie been these past few weeks? Where are the new episodes?! This mini-episode "mea culpa" tells all. More full episodes from us soon!

Publisher, essayist, comics writer and all-around bon vivant RJ Casey joins Sam and Marnie in a discussion about learning about art (and liiiiife) through writing and thinking critically that launches from RJ's weekly art essay project, “I Like That.” Also in this episode: feeling heavy on safari, the pleasures of finding new work, challenging ourselves to break out of ruts, and fishing cannons. Sam recommends: “Off Diamond Head” by William Finnegan: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/06/01/off-diamond-head-finnegan FX TV show “Louie” http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/louie/episodes Marnie recommends: music podcast “Song Exploder,” especially the Long Winters episode: http://songexploder.net/the-long-winters absurdist movie podcast “The Worst Idea of All Time” http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-worst-idea-of-all-time More information on RJ's art tumblr “I Like That”: http://artists-of-the-week.tumblr.com/ More information on Yeti Press: http://www.yetipress.com/ You can also follow RJ on twitter @rjcaseywrites Follow us on twitter @imageplustext, tumblr http://imageplustext.tumblr.com/, subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher Send us an email if you have any feedback or suggestions for future episodes at imageplustext@gmail.com

Comic artist Eddy Rivera joins Sam and Marnie for a hard look at how our personal histories affect the characters we create and the kinds of stories we want to tell. Also in this episode: gendering corn plants, the tools we use to create more richly developed characters, the ethics of incorporating or appropriating other people's stories in to our fiction, and how real Indiana stacks up against Pawnee. Sam recommends: the Parker novels by Donald E Westlake AKA Richard Stark Marnie recommends: "H is for Hawk" by Helen Macdonald **** For more on Eddy Rivera, visit www.http://eddyrivera.com Follow us on twitter, tumblr, subscribe on iTunes, Soundcloud or Stitcher Send us an email if you have any feedback or suggestions for future episodes at imageplustext@gmail.com

Sam and Marnie sit down with cartoonist/animator Lale Westvind (Hot Dog Beach, Hyperspeed to Nowhere, Now and Here) to talk about spontaneity in cartooning. Also in this episode: Cartoonists who don't read comics, rules that set you free, and favorite stories by Jorge Luis Borges. Sam recommends: Netflix/BBC TV show "The Fall" Marnie recommends: The Yahoo Screens TV show "Other Space"

Critical essayist and talented young cartoonist Dawson Walker opens up with Sam and Marnie to critique and celebrate art education. Also in this episode: Wisconsin spas, tip-toes into the quagmire of Art Vs Craft, the many ways of discovering how and why art can be made, and earnestly trying to create a fulfilling life in and out of school. Sam recommends: Parliamentary pessimism with the Danish TV series “Borgen,” and getting sad with the Sufjan Stevens album “Carrie & Lowell” Marnie recommends: San Antonio nostalgia with the Adolph Hofner album “South Texas Swing” **** For more on Dawson Walker, visit gradingart.com or dawsonwalker.tumblr.com Follow us on twitter, tumblr, subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher Send us an email if you have any feedback or suggestions for future episodes at imageplustext@gmail.com

Crushingly talented cartoonist and illustrator Jeremy Sorese joins Sam and Marnie to discuss autobiography and limits of truth in storytelling. Also in this episode: hotels that are NOT on the approved list, fiction as thinly veiled memoir, memoir as an edited fiction, and the never-ending obligation of social media. Sam recommends: podcast "Getting On" with James Urbeniak, and the collection of short stories by Shelly Oria, New York 1, Tel Aviv 0." Marnie recommends: "underneathu" from the album 5 by Jean Grae

Cartoonist, teacher, blogger, convention organizer and all-around excellent human Kevin Czapiewski (AKA Pat Fierce) talks with Sam and Marnie about the wisdom we have gained from other mediums and how we apply it in our work. Also in this episode: bad acting in comics, sleeping with a basketball, moving past our nerd phases and gushing love for Joni Mitchell. Sam recommends: FX TV show "The Strain" Marnie recommends: D&D comedy podcast "The Adventure Zone" More information on Kevin: http://kevinczap.tumblr.com Follow us on twitter, tumblr, subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher Send us an email if you have any feedback or suggestions for future episodes at imageplustext@gmail.com

Comics artist Georgia Webber joins Sam and Marnie in a discussion about inner voice and how we manage those interior cheerleaders and critics that we face while making work. Also in this episode: encores at the symphony, the burden & usefulness of awards, FGOs and lessons towards bravery gleaned from a Bob Newhart sketch on MadTV. Marnie recommends: Vulnicura by Bjork Sam recommends: Southeastern by Jason Isbell, and a page from somewhere in the middle of "Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking" by David Bayles and Ted Orland More information on Georgia: http://georgiasdumbproject.com/ Follow Image+Text! - Twitter: @ImagePlusText - Tumblr: imageplustext.tumblr.com - Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher

Cartoonists Sam Sharpe and Marnie Galloway launch the biweekly podcast Image Plus Text! We talk about shop-talk long-walks, cactus trees in India, getting deeply lost in Poland and what we're working on these days, plus two cultural recommendations.