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Cartoonists Tom Kaczynski and Gabrielle Bell discuss comics, philosophy, literature, esoterica, and Gabrielle's personal life.

Tom Kaczynski & Gabrielle Bell


    • Jun 3, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 46m AVG DURATION
    • 6 EPISODES


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    Magical Devices

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2021 55:12


    Gabrielle and Tom K are enchanted by magic. The discussion begins with a reading of S.S.O.T.B.M.E. by Ramsey Dukes. Through the alchemical power of conversation, the topic spawns a multifaceted hydra of detours and blind alleys. The theory of star seeds, magic vs. science vs. art, the internet police state, the magic of NFTs and Bitcoin. Comics are in there too… and so much more! Gabrielle Bell's Patreon | Gabrielle's Books Tom's blog TransAtlantis I Tom's Books | Beta Testing the Ongoing Apocalypse Uncivilized Books.

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    Olivier Schrauwen's Physiognomy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2021 40:54


    Gabrielle & Tom K read the work of Olivier Schrauwen. We admire how Schrauwen's playful deadpan optimism underpins much darker themes and stories. The wide-ranging discussion touches on Rodolphe Töpfer, Physiognomy, Michel Houellebecq, mental trolling, music in comics, Yuichi Yokoyama, and the colonial history of Belgium. Join us to hear how Schauwen's work restored our faith in comics! Works read: MOME 12, Parallel Lives, Arsene Schrauwen (all available from Fantagraphics). Gabrielle Bell's Patreon | Gabrielle's Books Tom's blog TransAtlantis I Tom's Books | Beta Testing the Ongoing Apocalypse Uncivilized Books.

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    The Abject Glamour of Comics

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 42:15


    We begin by traveling on a virtual international comics festival tour from Bilbao to Algiers. Then we push into our memories and recollect our first conventions. As soon as we begin discussing San Diego ComiCon, we fall into a nerdy trap discussing MCU, the new mainstream, superhero metaphysics, cosmic capes, and how to draw Batman as an indie cartoonist. With cartoon travel agents: Gabrielle Bell and Tom Kaczynski. Gabrielle Bell's Patreon | Gabrielle's Books Tom's blog TransAtlantis I Tom's Books Uncivilized Books.

    Pet Theories

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2021 50:22


    This the all-pet-themed episode you've been waiting for. A discussion of Gabrielle Bell's new comic book My Dog Jojo (available now!) yields a rich vein of topics. The hosts answer these questions: Do pets have Stockholm syndrome? Who domesticated whom? Did humans domesticate dogs or vice versa? Are we living in captivity? Who was Diogenes the Cynic (AKA the dog philosopher)? Another mind-expanding conversation from Gabrielle Bell and Tom Kaczynski. Gabrielle Bell's Patreon | Gabrielle's Books Tom's blog TransAtlantis I Tom's Books Uncivilized Books.

    The Psychogeography of Gabrielle Bell

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2021 36:09


    Tom Kaczynski talks to Gabrielle Bell about her recent Patreon comics. The conversation takes a life of its own and takes many strange turns and sidetracks... and quickly détourns into odd crossroads where Dorian Gray meets Nietzsche, comics are a performance, opera trumps comics, scapegoats are formed mimetically, walking and thinking go hand-in-hand, and psychogeography rules. There's more too! Gabrielle Bell's Patreon | Gabrielle's Books Tom's blog TransAtlantis I Tom's Books Uncivilized Books.

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    Cartoon Dialectics and The Dangers of Nostalgia

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2021 52:00


    Welcome to the first episode of Uncivilized Territories. Your hosts, Tom Kaczynski and Gabrielle Bell, discuss Cartoon Dialectics #2, the power of comics, what philosophy can learn from comics and the dangers of nostalgia. Gabrielle Bell's Patreon | Gabrielle's Books Tom's blog TransAtlantis I Tom's Books Uncivilized Books.

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