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What do you get when you cross a beloved British baking competition show and an Agatha Christie-like mystery? The Great British Bump-Off! John Allison joins Jimmy to talk about the 4 issue series he wrote with artist Max Sarin. John talks about the development of the series, being a fan of The Great British Bake Off, and why after writing the series he doesn't think he can watch the show anymore. Jimmy and John discuss the things they do to replenish the well of creativity and John chats about his early exposure to US sitcoms. This all leads to talk about John and Max's follow-up The Great British Bump-Off: Kill or Be Quilt, out April 9th from Dark Horse Comics. The title was something John had on hand for some time until he realized it could be the perfect sequel for the further adventures of Shauna Wickle. Listen as Jimmy learns from John how the quilting and comic industry are fairly similar, including quilting conventions!  Follow John on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/badmachinery.com Check out Scary Go Round Comics: https://scarygoround.com/index.html Check out Bad Machinery: https://badmachinery.com/ Buy The Great British Bump-Off: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-great-british-bump-off-john-allison/bwvZbCCVN1aeiTx1 The Great British Bump-Off: Kill or Be Quilt From the Publisher A new cozy mystery from Giant Days' John Allison and Max Sarin following up to their hit baking murder mystery The Great British Bump-Off. Surely there is no vacation more drama-free than a boating holiday along the sleepy canals of Yorkshire? Oh, you'd think so. Sadly, for Shauna Wickle, it's tough to escape poisonous small-town rivalries (and sultry romantic entanglements) when travelling at a steady two to three miles per hour. And to make things worse, she's about to find out how ruinously expensive a hastily-tied knot can be... Cryptid Creator Corner website Comic Book Yeti Website Comic Book Yeti Linktree PATREON We have a new Patreon, CryptidCreatorCornerpod. If you like what we do, please consider supporting us. We got two simple tiers, $1 and $3. Want to know more, you know what to do. ARKENFORGE Play TTRPG games? Make sure to check out our partner Arkenforge. Use the discount code YETI5 to get $5 off your order. THE LANTERN CATALOG Created on the premise of creating light in the dark, this is the the go to resource to keep you up to date on the indy projects and the creators you love. You can find them at https://www.thelanterncatalog.com/. Make sure to check out our sponsor 2000AD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let's dork out about comics! Lexi & Ben share their essential comic reads from monthlies, graphic novels, comic strips, and webcomics: Lynda Barry, Osamu Tezuka, Hergé, Trudy Cooper, Gary Larson, Bill Waterson, Randall Munroe, Scott McCloud, Matthew Inman, Junji Ito, Meredith Gran and just, like, so, so many more! FURTHER DORKSCUSSION:Here are the comics we recommended:Louis Riel by Chester Brown (Lexi & Ben)Judge Dredd from 2000 AD (Jon)Astro Boy by Osamu Tezuka (Ben)Tintin by HergéCalvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson (Lexi & Ben)xkcd by Randall Munroe (Jon)Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud (Ben)Making Comics by Scott McCloud(Ben)Gyo by Junji Ito (Fiona)Uzumaki by Junji Ito (Fiona)Krazy Kat by George Harriman (Who's That Pokemon)Syllabus: Notes From an Accidental Professor by Lynda Barry (Lexi)The Death of Superman from DC Comics by Dan Jurgens and Brett Breeding (Jon)Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O'Malley (Ben)Tales from the Crypt from EC Comics (Fiona)Sharaz-de: Tales from the Arabian Nights by Sergio Toppi (Lexi)The Oatmeal by Matthew Inman (Lexi & Jon)Y: The Last Man by Pia Guerra and Brian K. Vaughan (Ben)Oglaf by Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne (Fiona & Ben)Tank Girl by Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett (Lexi)The Far Side by Gary Larson (Jon & Lexi)Saga by Fiona Staples and Brian K. Vaughan (Ben, obviously)Love and Rockets created by Mario, Gilbert, and Jaime Hernandez (Fiona)Johhny the Homicidal Maniac by Jhonen Vasquez (Lexi)Monstress by Sana Takeda and Marjorie Liu (Lexi)From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell (Lexi)Stardust by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Charles Vess.The Sandman series created by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg (Lexi)It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken by Seth (Lexi)Smile by Raina Telgemeier (Ben)Octopus Pie by Meredith Gran (Ben)Bobbins/Scary Go Round/Bad Machinery by John Allison (Ben)Killing and Dying by Adrian Tomine (Ben)Holy shit! That was a lot of comics!BONUS CONTENT:HoodoosIgnatzThe Secret Life of CanadaJess' comics offering: Cathy by Cathy Guisewite and Jamie Loftus' AackCastSOCIALS:Here's where you can find us!Lexi's website and twitter and instagramBen's website and instagram and where to buy his book: Amazon.ca / Comixology / Ind!go / Renegade ArtsDork Matter's website(WIP) and twitter and instagram and redditEnjoying dorking out with Dork Matters? Give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your pods and help us spread the word.“To kill a man between panels is to condemn him to a thousand deaths.”  -Scott McCloud 

In this episode I chat with artist John Allison about storytelling in comics. John is the creator of comics SCARY-GO-ROUND, BAD MACHINERY, GIANT DAYS and, most recently, STEEPLE. We chat about finding characters from their shape or look, the secret to making characters who feel real, how characters develop over time, writing good dialogue, and the particular flavour of English weirdness. A good jumping in point is STEEPLE, which you can read online here: https://steeple.church/comic/2020-02-17/ You can also follow John on Twitter: @badmachinery If you like the show and you'd like to support it so I can make more, you can drop me a few beans via my Ko-fi page: www.ko-fi.com/timclare

On today's episode, I talk to Eisner-award winning comics creator John Allison. John started creating webcomics in 1998 with Bobbins, a series which ran on the early webcomics portal Keenspot. When Bobbins ended, he followed that up with Scary Go Round and then Bad Machinery. In 2013, John pitched a spin-off from Scary Go Round, Giant Days, to Boom! Box, a newly formed imprint of Boom! Studios for established artists outside the comics industry. In 2016, Giant Days was nominated for two Eisner Awards and three Harvey Awards, and in 2019, it won two Eisner Awards, for Best Continuing Series and Best Humor Publication.The success of Giant Days led to further work with independent presses. John went on to write the series By Night for Boom! Studios and is now writing and drawing Steeple for Dark Horse. This is the website for Beginnings, subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow me on Twitter.

Pour ce nouvel épisode de Folklore - Le podcast de vulgarisation des mythes et légendes, nous avons choisis de parler de thérianthropie. Chaque folkloreur présente un personnage ou une histoire mythique ou légendaire en rapport avec ce thème et ses influences dans la pop culture.Retrouvez Folklore - Le podcast sur Facebook et Twitter.En dessous les références et crédits Les références aux Nahuals : Pour connaitre votre signe astrologique aztèque le livre “Le mystère du nagual” de Luis Ansa Le personnage de Kate Argent dans la série Teen Wolf Le livre Supernatural : Coyote's Kiss le jeu de rôle Nahual Le projet kickstarter de Scott Gladstein : Nagual Le film Le Jaguar de Francis Veber Les références aux Selkies Le webcomics anglais Bad Machinery, qui présente une bande d'adolescents qui enquêtent sur des phénomènes étranges (en anglais) Les chroniques de la Pierre des Ward, une série littéraire de dark fantasy écrite par Joseph Delanay Seven tears into the sea de Terri Farley, un conte moderne en mode romance pour ados Torchwood - "Capitaine Jack et la selkie" Selkie, film australien de 2000 réalisé par Donald Crombie Le groupe de jazz / world français Selkies, une véritable révélation ! I dunno by grapes (c) copyright 2008 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626 Ft: J Lang, Morusque Borderline (Fantastic Vamps : 8-Bit Mix) by Fantastic Vamps (c) copyright 2007 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/vamps/8749

NOW on SPOTIFY!How can we make sense of all the news about publishing and distribution and paused books??? Well, the boys got JESS to come back to the show to give us the inside scoop on how comic shops and comics publishers are dealing with the ongoing crisis. What will the comics industry look like after all this? Let’s talk it out.Also, the gang talks about all the comics they’ve been catching up on over the last week, and Joey takes a listener question about the Champions!Timestamps:00:08:40 - LIGHTNING ROUNDS!!!00:53:30 - Open Discussion: Spy Island #1!!!01:03:45 - Comic Publishing & Distribution Discussion01:38:20 - Listener Questions!!!Comics talked this week:Birds of Prey #96-108, I, Zombie vol. 1, Wonder Woman: Golden Age Omnibus vol. 4, Steeple vol. 2, Bad Machinery vol. 2, Shuri #1-10, All-New Wolverine & X-23 by Tom Taylor, Hulk & She-Hulk by Mariko Tamaki, Black Panther #1-12 (The Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda), Heavy Vinyl Y2KO!, Gender Queer: a Memoir, Fallen Angels #1-6, Finger Guns #2, Champions, and Spy Island #1.The Comic Book Podcast is brought to you by Talking Comics (www.talkingcomicbooks.com) The podcast is hosted by Steve Seigh (JoBlo.com assistant EIC & news editor), Bob Reyer, Joey Braccino, Jessica Garris-Schaeffer, and Sarah Miles who weekly dissect everything comics-related, from breaking news to new releases. Our Twitter handle is @TalkingComics and you can email us at podcast@talkingcomicbooks.com.###

Bob, Sarah and Steve are joined by Giants Days creator John Allison for this week's podcast! While John is in the studio, we also talk the final semester of Giant Days; his upcoming 5-issue series Steeple, Scary-Go-Round, Bad Machinery and more! Books talked about this podcast: Wonder Woman #77, Marvel Team-Up #5, Power Pack: Grow Up, Marvel Comics #1000, Sera and the Royal Stars #2, Tommy Gun Wizards #1, She-Hulk Annual #1, Pumpkinheads GN, Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass GN The Comic Book Podcast is brought to you by Talking Comics (www.talkingcomicbooks.com) The podcast is hosted by Steve Seigh (JoBlo.com assistant EIC & news editor), Bob Reyer, Joey Braccino, Jessica Garris-Schaeffer, and Sarah Miles who weekly dissect everything comics-related, from breaking news to new releases. Our Twitter handle is @TalkingComics and you can email us at podcast@talkingcomicbooks.com.

In this week's episode of Off Panel, it's a special Power Rankings episode with cartoonist John Allison of Giant Days and Bad Machinery fame, who joins the show to rank a few of his favorite things. Allison discusses his favorite characters of his own, why writing is easier for him than art, favorite colloquialisms, his love of television, the MCU, favorite elements of old superhero comics, science fiction stories, Death's Head II, his characters he's most similar to, bizarre, modern things he takes the most joy from, comic strips, Eurovision, superhero artists, and more.

Gwen and Derek are back with another Previews episode. And since February is Super Bowl time, in the super spirit of that super day they present a super long show. That's right, there were so many titles that the two wanted to highlight this month, that this episode inadvertently turned into (we think) the longest Previews show ever recorded on The Comics Alternative. History in the making, or an annoyingly long experience? You decide. Among the many comic books and graphic novels that Gwen and Derek highlight are: Dark Horse Comics - Xerxes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander #1, Black Hammer: Age of Doom #1,  A Study in Emerald, Hellboy: The Complete Short Stories, Vol. 1, Resident Alien: An Alien in New York #1, Space Boy, and Michael Chabon's The Escapist: Pulse-Pounding Thrills DC/Vertigo - Action Comics #1000, Super Hero Girls: Out of the Bottle, Supergirl: Being Super, and Astro City #52 IDW Publishing - Sonic the Hedgehog #1-4, Eight Million Ways to Die, Black Crown Quarterly #3, Antar #1, Alack Sinner: The Age of Disenchantment, Jerome K. Jerome Bloche, Vol. 2: The Paper People, and Cloud Hotel Image Comics - Analog #1, Skyward #1, Crossroad Blues: A Nick Travers Graphic Novel, Pervert, and Clover Honey: Special Edition Aardvark-Vanaheim - Love and Aardvarks #1 Abrams ComicArts - The Bridge: How the Roeblings Connected Brooklyn to New York and The Best We Could Do Action Lab Entertainment - The Ghost, The Owl Aftershock Comics - Her Infernal Descent #1 Alternative Comics - Comics for Choice: Illustrated Abortion Stories, History and Politics Arsenal Pulp Press - Forward Big Planet/Retrofit Comics - Big Planet Comics Red Bloomsbury Publishing - What to Do When I'm Gone: A Mother's Wisdom to Her Daughter BOOM! Studios - Wild's End, Vol. 3: Journey's End, About Betty's Boob, The Complete The Killer, and Over the Garden Wall, Vol. 4 Cinebook - Bear's Tooth, Vol. 1: Max Devil's Due/1First Comics - Igloo Barbecue: Global Warming Party Drawn and Quarterly - Carnet de Voyage Fantagraphics Books - Blackbird Days, Kramers Ergot 10, and Now #3 First Second - Be Prepared, The City on the Other Side, One Day a Dot, Scarlett Hart: Monster Hunter, Vol. 1, and Science Comics: Sharks Humanoids - Kabul Disco, Vol. 1: How I Managed Not to Be Abducted in Afghanistan Lion Forge - Algeria Is Beautiful Like America and This Is a Taco! Little Brown - Castronauts, Vol. 4: Robot Rescue New York Review Comics - The New World: Comics from Mauretania Oni Press - A Quick and Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns, Archer Coe, Vol. 2: The Way to Dusty Death, Bad Machinery, Vol. 5: The Case of the Fire Inside, and Courtney Crumrin, Vol. 3: The Twilight Kingdom Rebellion/2000Ad - Charley's War: The Definitive Collection, Vol. 1 SelfMadeHero - Apollo and Out in the Open Seven Stories Press - The Graphic Canon of Crime and Mystery, Vol. 2 Silver Sprocket - Daygloayhole #1 Titan Comics - The Beatles' Yellow Submarine Toon Books - Maya Makes a Mess, A Trip to the Bottom of the World, and Zig and Wikki in the Cow Vertical Comics - Moteki, Vol. 1: Love Strikes! and My Boy, Vol. 1 VIZ Media - Homestuck, Book 1: Act 1 and Act 2 and Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction, Vol. 1 North Atlantic Books - Sense of Wonder: My Life in Comic Fandom - The Whole Story  

**Haunted Tanks Can Be Racist Too** While Tom King wants to bring back Sgt. Rock to fight more goose-stepping bad guys (for some reason), DC continue to desecrate childhood nostalgia with a new remake of The Jetsons. Our featured comics and manga are Bad Machinery, Queen Emeraldas volume 2, I Kill Giants #1 to 7, Serenity: No Power in the ‘Verse #1, Locke & Key (Master Edition), and Batman: The Dark Knight – Master Race. Please support The Geek Show Podcast Network on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thegeekshow #BadMachinery #QueenEmeraldas #IKillGiants #Serenity #No PowerInTheVerse #LockeAndKey #Batman #TheDarkKnight #MasterRace #FrankMiller #LeijiMatsumoto #4Panel #TheGeekShow #Comics #Manga #Reviews #Podcasts #GraphicNovels #Superheroes

Time Codes: 00:00:27 - Introduction 00:02:57 - Context of the 2017 Eisner Awards 00:06:14 - Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8) 00:57:02 - Best Publication for Kids (ages 9-12) 01:49:53 - Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17) 02:52:17 - Wrap up 02:53:05 - Contact us This month, Gwen and Paul discuss the three Eisner Award categories that focus on comics for young readers. And this is a jam-packed, extra-long episode! As they work through each set of nominees, Paul and Gwen discuss the value of prizing in general and the challenges faced by the judges when they must cull such a small number of texts from a pool that is increasingly deep. Inevitably, they mention many other texts that felt were strong contenders for recognition, making this episode a great resource for any parent, child, teen, or teacher who is eager to learn about this year's great comics. Eisner Awards Nominations 2017 Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8) Ape and Armadillo Take Over the World, by James Sturm (Toon) Burt's Way Home, by John Martz (Koyama) The Creeps, Book 2: The Trolls Will Feast! by Chris Schweizer (Abrams) I'm Grumpy (My First Comics), by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm (Random House Books for Young Readers) Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea, by Ben Clanton (Tundra) Best Publication for Kids (ages 9-12) The Drawing Lesson, by Mark Crilley (Watson-Guptill) Ghosts, by Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic) Hilda and the Stone Forest, by Luke Pearson (Flying Eye Books) Rikki, adapted by Norm Harper and Matthew Foltz-Gray (Karate Petshop) Science Comics: Dinosaurs, by MK Reed and Joe Flood (First Second) Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17) Bad Machinery, vol. 5: The Case of the Fire Inside, by John Allison (Oni) Batgirl, by Hope Larson and Rafael Albuquerque (DC) Jughead, by Chip Zdarsky, Ryan North, Erica Henderson, and Derek Charm (Archie) Monstress, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image) Trish Trash: Roller Girl of Mars, by Jessica Abel (Papercutz/Super Genius) The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, by Ryan North and Erica Henderson (Marvel)  

Earlier this month the nominees for the 2017 Eisner Awards were announced at the Comic-Con International website, and as Andy and Derek like to do every year, they're devoting a full episode of The Comics Alternative to a discussion of the nominations. On this week's show, the Two Guys give their impressions of the various nominees, both as a whole and on a category-by-category basis, making observations and trying to understand any trends underlying this year's selections. However, Derek and Andy resist the urge to play armchair quarterbacks, so they don't second-guess the six-member panel of judges or focus on what they would have chosen if they had been on the selection committee. As diligent comics scholars, they judicial and discerning in their commentary. At the same time, they don't shy away from pointing out a few inconsistencies and a few head-scratchers when trying to make sense of this year's nominations. You can find a complete list of the 2017 Eisner Award nominees below. So as you listen to this week's episode, please feel free to scroll down and follow along!   Eisner Awards Nominations 2017 Best Short Story “The Comics Wedding of the Century,” by Simon Hanselmann, in We Told You So: Comics as Art (Fantagraphics) “The Dark Nothing,” by Jordan Crane, in Uptight #5 (Fantagraphics) “Good Boy,” by Tom King and David Finch, in Batman Annual #1 (DC) “Monday,” by W. Maxwell Prince and John Amor, in One Week in the Library (Image) “Mostly Saturn,” by Michael DeForge, in Island Magazine #8 (Image) “Shrine of the Monkey God!” by Kim Deitch, in Kramers Ergot 9 (Fantagraphics) Best Single Issue/One-Shot Babybel Wax Bodysuit, by Eric Kostiuk Williams (Retrofit/Big Planet) Beasts of Burden: What the Cat Dragged In, by Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer, and Jill Thompson (Dark Horse) Blammo #9, by Noah Van Sciver (Kilgore Books) Criminal 10th Anniversary Special, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image) Sir Alfred #3, by Tim Hensley (Pigeon Press) Your Black Friend, by Ben Passmore (Silver Sprocket) Best Continuing Series Astro City, by Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson (Vertigo/DC) Kill or Be Killed, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image) The Mighty Thor, by Jason Aaron and Russell Dauterman (Marvel) Paper Girls, by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang (Image) Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image) Best Limited Series Archangel, by William Gibson, Michael St. John Smith, Butch Guice, and Tom Palmer (IDW) Briggs Land, by Brian Wood and Mack Chater (Dark Horse) Han Solo, by Marjorie Liu and Mark Brooks (Marvel) Kim and Kim, by Magdalene Visaggio and Eva Cabrera (Black Mask) The Vision, by Tom King and Gabriel Walta (Marvel) Best New Series Black Hammer, by Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston (Dark Horse) Clean Room, by Gail Simone and Jon Davis-Hunt (Vertigo/DC) Deathstroke: Rebirth, by Christopher Priest, Carlo Pagulayan, et al. (DC) Faith, by Jody Houser, Pere Pérez, and Marguerite Sauvage (Valiant) Mockingbird, by Chelsea Cain and Kate Niemczyk (Marvel) Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8) Ape and Armadillo Take Over the World, by James Sturm (Toon) Burt's Way Home, by John Martz (Koyama) The Creeps, Book 2: The Trolls Will Feast! by Chris Schweizer (Abrams) I'm Grumpy (My First Comics), by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm (Random House Books for Young Readers) Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea, by Ben Clanton (Tundra) Best Publication for Kids (ages 9-12) The Drawing Lesson, by Mark Crilley (Watson-Guptill) Ghosts, by Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic) Hilda and the Stone Forest, by Luke Pearson (Flying Eye Books) Rikki, adapted by Norm Harper and Matthew Foltz-Gray (Karate Petshop) Science Comics: Dinosaurs, by MK Reed and Joe Flood (First Second) Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17) Bad Machinery, vol. 5: The Case of the Fire Inside, by John Allison (Oni) Batgirl, by Hope Larson and Rafael Albuquerque (DC) Jughead, by Chip Zdarsky, Ryan North, Erica Henderson, and Derek Charm (Archie) Monstress, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image) Trish Trash: Roller Girl of Mars, by Jessica Abel (Papercutz/Super Genius) The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, by Ryan North and Erica Henderson (Marvel) Best Humor Publication The Further Fattening Adventures of Pudge, Girl Blimp, by Lee Marrs (Marrs Books) Hot Dog Taste Test, by Lisa Hanawalt (Drawn & Quarterly) Jughead, by Chip Zdarsky, Ryan North, Erica Henderson, and Derek Charm (Archie) Man, I Hate Cursive, by Jim Benton (Andrews McMeel) Yuge! 30 Years of Doonesbury on Trump, by G. B. Trudeau (Andrews McMeel) Best Anthology Baltic Comics Anthology š! #26: dADa, edited by David Schilter and Sanita Muizniece (kuš!) Island Magazine, edited by Brandon Graham and Emma Rios (Image) Kramers Ergot 9, edited by Sammy Harkham (Fantagraphics) Love Is Love, edited by Sarah Gaydos and Jamie S. Rich (IDW/DC) Spanish Fever: Stories by the New Spanish Cartoonists, edited by Santiago Garcia (Fantagraphics) Best Reality-Based Work Dark Night: A True Batman Story, by Paul Dini and Eduardo Risso (Vertigo/DC) Glenn Gould: A Life Off Tempo, by Sandrine Revel (NBM) March (Book Three), by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell (Top Shelf) Rosalie Lightning: A Graphic Memoir, by Tom Hart (St. Martin's) Tetris: The Games People Play, by Box Brown (First Second) Best Graphic Album—New The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, by Sonny Liew (Pantheon) Black Dog: The Dreams of Paul Nash, by Dave McKean (Dark Horse) Exits, by Daryl Seitchik (Koyama) Mooncop, by Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly) Patience, by Daniel Clowes (Fantagraphics) Wonder Woman: The True Amazon, by Jill Thompson (DC Comics) Best Graphic Album—Reprint Demon, by Jason Shiga (First Second) Incomplete Works, by Dylan Horrocks (Alternative) Last Look, by Charles Burns (Pantheon) Meat Cake Bible, by Dame Darcy (Fantagraphics) Megg and Mogg in Amsterdam and Other Stories, by Simon Hanselmann (Fantagraphics) She's Not into Poetry, by Tom Hart (Alternative) Best U.S. Edition of International Material Equinoxes, by Cyril Pedrosa, translated by Joe Johnson (NBM) Irmina, by Barbara Yelin, translated by Michael Waaler (SelfMadeHero) Love: The Lion, by Frédéric Brémaud and Federico Bertolucci (Magnetic) Moebius Library: The World of Edena, by Jean “Moebius” Giraud et al. (Dark Horse) Wrinkles, by Paco Roca, translated by Erica Mena (Fantagraphics) Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, by Sonny Liew (Pantheon) Goodnight Punpun, vols. 1–4, by Inio Asano, translated by JN PRoductions (VIZ Media) orange: The Complete Collection, vols. 1–2, by Ichigo Takano, translated by Amber Tamosaitis, adaptation by Shannon Fay (Seven Seas) The Osamu Tezuka Story: A Life in Manga and Anime, by Toshio Ban and Tezuka Productions, translated by Frederik L. Schodt (Stone Bridge Press) Princess Jellyfish, vols. 1–3, by Akiko Higashimura, translated by Sarah Alys Lindholm (Kodansha) Wandering Island, vol. 1, by Kenji Tsuruta, translated by Dana Lewis (Dark Horse) Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips (at least 20 years old) Almost Completely Baxter: New and Selected Blurtings, by Glen Baxter (NYR Comics) Barnaby, vol. 3, by Crockett Johnson, edited by Philip Nel and Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics) Chester Gould's Dick Tracy, Colorful Cases of the 1930s, edited by Peter Maresca (Sunday Press) The Realist Cartoons, edited by Paul Krassner and Ethan Persoff (Fantagraphics) Walt & Skeezix 1931–1932, by Frank King, edited by Jeet Heer and Chris Ware (Drawn & Quarterly) Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books (at least 20 Years Old) The Complete Neat Stuff, by Peter Bagge, edited by Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics) The Complete Wimmen's Comix, edited by Trina Robbins, Gary Groth, and J. Michael Catron (Fantagraphics) Fables and Funnies, by Walt Kelly, compiled by David W. Tosh (Dark Horse) Trump: The Complete Collection, by Harvey Kurtzman et al., edited by Denis Kitchen and John Lind (Dark Horse) U.S.S. Stevens: The Collected Stories, by Sam Glanzman, edited by Drew Ford (Dover) Best Writer Ed Brubaker, Criminal 10th Anniversary Special, Kill or Be Killed, Velvet (Image) Kurt Busiek, Astro City (Vertigo/DC) Chelsea Cain, Mockingbird (Marvel) Max Landis, Green Valley (Image/Skybound); Superman: American Alien (DC) Jeff Lemire, Black Hammer (Dark Horse); Descender, Plutona (Image); Bloodshot Reborn (Valiant) Brian K. Vaughan, Paper Girls, Saga (Image) Best Writer/Artist Jessica Abel, Trish Trash: Roller Girl of Mars (Papercutz/Super Genius) Box Brown, Tetris: The Games People Play (First Second) Tom Gauld, Mooncop (Drawn & Quarterly) Tom Hart, Rosalie Lightning: A Graphic Memoir (St. Martin's) Sonny Liew, The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (Pantheon) Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team Mark Brooks, Han Solo (Marvel) Dan Mora, Klaus (BOOM! Studios) Greg Ruth, Indeh (Grand Central Publishing) Francois Schuiten, The Theory of the Grain of Sand (IDW) Fiona Staples, Saga (Image) Brian Stelfreeze, Black Panther (Marvel) Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art) Federico Bertolucci, Love: The Lion (Magnetic) Brecht Evens, Panther (Drawn & Quarterly) Manuele Fior, 5,000 km per Second (Fantagraphics) Dave McKean, Black Dog (Dark Horse) Sana Takeda, Monstress (Image) Jill Thompson, Wonder Woman: The True Amazon (DC); Beasts of Burden: What the Cat Dragged In (Dark Horse) Best Cover Artist (for multiple covers) Mike Del Mundo, Avengers, Carnage, Mosaic, The Vision (Marvel) David Mack, Abe Sapien, BPRD Hell on Earth, Fight Club 2, Hellboy and the BPRD 1953 (Dark Horse) Sean Phillips, Criminal 10th Anniversary Special, Kill or Be Killed (Image) Fiona Staples, Saga (Image) Sana Takeda, Monstress (Image) Best Coloring Jean-Francois Beaulieu, Green Valley (Image/Skybound) Elizabeth Breitweiser, Criminal 10th Anniversary Special, Kill or Be Killed, Velvet (Image); Outcast by Kirkman & Azaceta (Image/Skybound) Sonny Liew, The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (Pantheon) Laura Martin, Wonder Woman (DC); Ragnorak (IDW); Black Panther (Marvel) Matt Wilson, Cry Havoc, Paper Girls, The Wicked + The Divine (Image); Black Widow, The Mighty Thor, Star-Lord (Marvel) Best Lettering Dan Clowes, Patience (Fantagraphics) Brecht Evens, Panther (Drawn & Quarterly) Tom Gauld, Mooncop (Drawn & Quarterly) Nick Hayes, Woody Guthrie (Abrams) Todd Klein, Clean Room, Dark Night, Lucifer (Vertigo/DC); Black Hammer (Dark Horse) Sonny Liew, The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (Pantheon) Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism The A.V. Club comics coverage, including Comics Panel, Back Issues, and Big Issues, by Oliver Sava et al., www.avclub.com Comic Riffs blog, by Michael Cavna and David Betancourt, www.washingtonpost.com/new/comic-riffs/ Critical Chips, edited by Zainab Akhtar (Comics & Cola) PanelPatter.com, edited by Rob McMonigal WomenWriteAboutComics.com, edited by Megan Purdy and Claire Napier Best Comics-Related Book blanc et noir: takeshi obata illustrations, by Takeshi Obata (VIZ Media) Ditko Unleashed: An American Hero, by Florentino Flórez and Frédéric Manzano (IDW/Editions Déesse) Krazy: George Herriman, A Life in Black and White, by Michael Tisserand (Harper) The Life and Legend of Wallace Wood, vol. 1, edited by Bhob Stewart and J. Michael Catron (Fantagraphics) More Heroes of the Comics, by Drew Friedman (Fantagraphics) Best Academic/Scholarly Work Brighter Than You Think: Ten Short Works by Alan Moore, with essays by Marc Sobel (Uncivilized) Forging the Past: Set and the Art of Memory, by Daniel Marrone (University Press of Mississippi) Frank Miller's Daredevil and the Ends of Heroism, by Paul Young (Rutgers University Press) Pioneering Cartoonists of Color, by Tim Jackson (University Press of Mississippi) Superwomen: Gender, Power, and Representation, by Carolyn Cocca (Bloomsbury) Best Publication Design The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, designed by Sonny Liew (Pantheon) The Complete Wimmen's Comix, designed by Keeli McCarthy (Fantagraphics) Frank in the Third Dimension, designed by Jacob Covey, 3D conversions by Charles Barnard (Fantagraphics) The Realist Cartoons, designed by Jacob Covey (Fantagraphics) Si Lewen's Parade: An Artist's Odyssey, designed by Art Spiegelman (Abrams) Best Webcomic Bird Boy, by Anne Szabla, http://bird-boy.com Deja Brew, by Taneka Stotts and Sara DuVall (Stela.com) Jaeger, by Ibrahim Moustafa (Stela.com) The Middle Age, by Steve Conley, steveconley.com/the-middle-age On Beauty, by Christina Tran,  sodelightful.com/comics/beauty/ Best Digital Comic Bandette, by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain/comiXology) Edison Rex, by Chris Roberson and Dennis Culver (Monkeybrain/comiXology) Helm, by Jehanzeb Hasan and Mauricio Caballero, www.crookshaw.com/helm/ On a Sunbeam, by Tillie Walden, www.onasunbeam.com Universe!, by Albert Monteys (Panel Syndicate)

It was Free Comic Book Day (http://www.freecomicbookday.com/), Greg traveled down to London to hang out with Rahul and Leon. We visited some comic shops to see what kinds of things were going on and took in an awesome art exhibition called The Art Of The Brick: DC Super Heroes (http://www.aotbdc.co.uk/about-the-exhibition/). We talk about our day and our favourites from the free comics we snagged! Including I Hate Image (http://www.freecomicbookday.com/Catalog/JAN170007), TMNT: Prelude To Dimension X (http://www.freecomicbookday.com/Catalog/JAN170032), Lady Mechanika (http://www.freecomicbookday.com/Catalog/JAN170018), Betty & Veronica (http://www.freecomicbookday.com/Catalog/JAN170001), Bad Machinery (http://www.freecomicbookday.com/Catalog/JAN170039), Hostage (http://www.freecomicbookday.com/Catalog/JAN170025), 2000AD (http://www.freecomicbookday.com/Catalog/JAN170042) and the Bongo Comics Free For All (http://www.freecomicbookday.com/Catalog/JAN170002). All this and a bite-sized review of our drunken movie choice from the day Suicide Squad. Please subscribe (http://www.acecomicals.com/subscribe) and get in touch at (mailto:acecomicals@gmail.com) acecomicals@gmail.com Notes: -A list of all of the comics that were available this year can be found here in the FCBD Catalogue (http://www.freecomicbookday.com/catalog) -More information about the fantastic Art of the Brick (http://www.aotbdc.co.uk/about-the-exhibition/) exhibition can be found here on the official website (http://www.aotbdc.co.uk/about-the-exhibition/) -A link to the Ace Comicals Blog (https://acecomicals.wordpress.com/2017/05/14/episode-008-free-comic-book-day-2017/) where we have included some of our photographs of the Exhibition. Ace Comicals, over and out!

John Allison is the writer and artist of the webcomics Bobbins, Scary Go Round, and Bad Machinery.  Having launched Bobbins in 1998, John is one of the true pioneers of webcomics, and he has continued to evolve to remain one of the most popular webcomic producers today. Full shownotes: http://yourcreativepush.com/johnallison In this episode, John discusses: -How he got the point he is today with his webcomics and his career. -The importance of keeping your creative passion fun. -His advice for how to get back to the place of fun with your work. -How and why he started Bobbins as a five-day-a-week project. -The difficult balance of being able to produce a great deal of content, but also maintain social relationships. -A one month gap that he experienced in his work, and how it made him realize the meaningfulness of what he was creating. -The importance of momentum. -The notion of achieving a trance-like state or a flow state when you are creating. -Taking care of your mind and body, and how that positively affects your creativity. -How he allows his subconscious mind to work out the details of many of his creative problems. -His first creative memories. -The interesting way in which sloth helped to set him on the path of being a professional artist. -Coming to terms with the setback caused by long or short gaps in your creative passion. -His best and worst creative moments. -The experience of seeing the importance of your work from outside of your body. -Dealing with criticism as well as doing something that your fans aren’t initially on board with. -How he balances his time. John's Final Push will inspire you to not be afraid!   Quotes: “There are layers of fun.  It’s like a swatch, you know?  You find new colors all the time.” “I realized in that month that I’d lost a lot of self-worth through not creating.” “I realized that it was perhaps the first thing of value that I had created in my whole life.” “Self-consciousness is the worst thing about art, especially when you first start.” “You’ll never arrive at the point that you think you are going to arrive at.  You’ll arrive somewhere else altogether.  So you might as well just go.  You think you’re driving the car, but really the wheel is moving and you’re not really controlling it.  It’s the forward motion that’s the important thing.” “The more I’ve treated myself like an athlete, in terms of my creativity, the easier it has become to channel the things that I want to do.” “You should look at your creativity as a crutch rather than an obstruction when things aren’t so great.” “I’m as thin-skinned as any creative person and a critical review is brutal to me.  I believe it far more than I believe praise.  Over the years it’s caused me to course-correct too hard.” “It’s a betrayal of yourself if you’re not willing to put something out there.  The only question is one of volume.  How much of it do you want to put out there?” Links mentioned: Buy John's stuff! Alex Toth Connect with John: Website / Facebook / Instagram / Twitter

Cartoonist John Allison joins Off Panel for the first time this week to talk his work writing Giant Days and writing/drawing webcomics like Bad Machinery and Scary Go Round. It's a conversation that goes all over the place, as Allison discusses keeping the continuity of his webcomics work straight, how his DIY origins and page limits impacted his work on Giant Days, fostering a relationship between readers and characters, character acting in art, world building, properly handling humor, how the webcomic world has changed as the internet has, and much more.

Dan Benjamin is joined by Rich Stevens (a.k.a. rstevens) of Diesel Sweeties, and Haddie Cooke, to discuss Patreon, support, change, boredom, independence, weighing the options of hiring help or staying small, and more. Links for this episode:diesel sweeties by @rstevens : robot webcomic & geeky music t-shirtsNimona | GingerhazeDiesel Sweeties Store: Music & Pixel T-Shirts & Socks - Pixel SocksBad Machinery by John Allison - October 24, 2014Girls With Slingshots - GWS #1922Night Moves podcast with RStevens | ESNCoffee & Cider podcast with RStevens | ESNSponsored by Squarespace (use code GRIT for a free trial and 10% off), Doodle (Start making scheduling an enjoyable experience with Doodle), and Harry's (use code QUIT for $5 off your order).

  I had a wonderfully delightful interview with… John Allison John Allison is a British writer and artist of the webcomics Bobbins, Scary Go Round, Bad Machinery, and Giant Days. He has a long list of awards and has recently partnered up with Oni Press. “What would Columbo do?” In this episode we talk about John Allison’s love […]

Dan Berry talks to John Allison, creator of Scarygoround and Bad Machinery about the challenges of making money from something he gives away for free, the problems with digital comics, storytelling and the psychology of book covers, tshirts and prints. John tells stories that will turn your hair white and your pants brown.

Operation: Annihilate, IDW Comics, and Star Trek 2013. The 2009 J.J. Abrams film set Star Trek on a new course, but did so with familiar characters. As Spock said in the film, “Whatever our lives might have been….our destinies have changed.” Under the guidance of Roberto Orci, IDW is exploring these new destinies in the Star Trek Ongoing comic series. What's more, these comics have direct tie-ins to the next movie—called Star Trek 2 by many—scheduled for release in 2013. Clues to the plot and subplot are being placed in these new takes on classic episodes. But what are those clues? In this episode of The Ready Room we're joined by John Tenuto and Sean Tourangeau as we discuss the TOS episode “Operation:Annihilate!” and its re-imaged storyline in the comics, along with what clues we are finding that give hints to what we'll see in the next film. In news we cover Muckle Mannequins' life-sized Spock figure, a visual take on TNG Season 8 by Bad Machinery's John Allison, the new animated parody “Stalled Trek: Amutt Time,” the Vanguard finale, and the musical collection “TNG: The Ron Jones Project.”

Kris and David stare down the promise of immortality, defer their physical pain, hear tales of machinery gone awry, and world-famous fanfic author John Allison has a rare treat for the fellas.