Podcast appearances and mentions of Chester Brown

Comic Books Are Burning In Hell

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2020 127:39

This conversation with The Hamilton Spectator's resident editorial cartoonist runs the gamut. Graeme Mackay (as Aaron learns, pronounced Mac-kai) is "The Last of the Mohicans." He has held his position since 1997 and,pre-COVID-19, was actually still been going into a newsroom when many of his editorial cartoonist colleagues either have been working from home for years or their positions have been eliminated entirely as newspapers tighten their belts.It's actually COVID-19 that forced Graeme to finally work from home and switch to digital drawing (something he would've had to do anyway as The Spectator was set to move offices later this year) and he and Aaron talk about that transition to digital and how Graeme is finding adjusting his technique after years of using traditional pen and ink.The two also talk about Graeme's serpentine route to working at The Spectator, from his interest in politics and glad-handing those in power to a brief stint in the deli section of Harrod's Department Store in London, England (and that time the late Dodi Fayed landed on the roof in his helicopter because he just had to have his favourite brand of mustard) to finally sending cartoons to various newspapers across Canada and being syndicated in many of them.They also talk about his earliest influences in cartooning, including the drawings of Richard Scary, and Graeme's uncanny ability to draw city skylines at just three years old. They talk about his earliest cartoons in the pages of Carelton University's student newspaper, the genius of Gary Larson's Farside and of course, Mad Magazine. The recent passing of Mort Drucker of The Usual Gang of Idiots there comes up as well. Meanwhile, both Aaron and Graeme share the fact that they were raised by television in common, which was another heavy influence on Graeme's career both in comedy with SCTV and in watching the news at a very early age.The two also discuss Graeme's favourite cartoons from his own work and the possibility of doing anthology or a "Best Of" somewhere down the line. Graeme talks about how supportive his editors have ever been and also those rare times his cartoons were spiked from publication. They discuss the fact that despite the fact he fears that the other shoe may one day drop and he may lose his job, he is a well respected cartoonist, having been featured in the "This Is Serious: Canadian Indie Comics" exhibit in early 2020 alongside Canadian comic book legends like Chester Brown, Seth and Fiona Smyth.Finally, not only do they talk about the way COVID-19 and the way the stay at home order is affecting Graeme's work, but also his part in "The Cartoonists Against COVID-19" social media exhibit spearheaded by The Association of Canadian Cartoonists to show solidarity with front line workers and to promote the work of the famous Canadian editorial cartoonists who may have lost work due to the pandemic. Then, the two wonder about whether maybe this pandemic will shake up the capitalist system in a good way. This episode is once again sponsored by Hairy Tarantula.Graeme Mackay's WebsiteGraeme Mackay on FacebookGraeme Mackay's YouTube ChannelGraeme Mackay, Wes Tyrell, Matt Weurker and Cartoonists Against COVID-19 on Politico#cartoonistsagainstcovidThe Association of Canadian CartoonistsOur conversation with Graeme's friend and fellow editorial cartoonist Wes TyrellSponsor Hairy Tarantula - Buy Comics online

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Fist Of The North Kindle Fire

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2020 84:45

This time around, the boys are talking about Chester Brown, Matt Kindt, Fist of the North Star, Moebius, Gasoline Alley, Little Orphan Annie, Little Joe, Floyd Gottfredson, Garth Ennis, Dav Pilkey and their depressing predictions for our terrifying future. It's comic books, baby!

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Fiona Smyth

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2020 69:56

Fiona Smyth is a legend of the Toronto arts community. A true renaissance woman, she's a sculptor, a muralist, a book illustrator an animator, an art teacher and an independent comic book artist. If you're a Toronto resident, you've probably seen her work without even realizing it. Her murals adorn iconic locations like Lee's Palace's Dance Cave and Sneaky Dee's (which is known to Scott Pilgrim Fans) where she designed their sign and bonehead cow logo. In 2019, she was inducted into The Giants of The North Hall of Fame as part of Canada's Doug Wright Awards for indepedent cartooning along with the late Inuit cartoonist Alootook Ipellie (1951-2007). Her psychadelic and fluid drawing style has graced a who's who of Canadian publishers, newspapers and magazines since the time she was a student at the Ontario College of Art and Design, (now OCAD University) where she now teaches a new generation of students how to make comics. She is best known for tackling feminist issues, including issues of sexuality, gender and idenity throughout her entire body of work, which spans 30 plus years. In 2018, Koyama Press published a retrospective of her career from 1985-2018 called Somnambulance, which features excerts from her comic Nocturnal Emissions, published by Vortex Comics, as well as work she did for Vice, Drawn and Quarterly, Exclaim! Snipe Hunt, Taddle Creek and even Urban Outfitters' Slant Magazine, among others. Other work includes Cheez 100, collecting the first 100 strips of her series Cheez that was published in Exclaim! Magazine, her first and only graphic novel, The Never Wheres and two critcally-acclaimed sex education books for kids written by renowned sex educator Cory Silverberg, What Makes a Baby? and Sex is a Funny Word. On the podcast, Aaron finds out how Fiona was recruited to create the Sneaky Dee's sign, what about her childhood and catholic upbringing pushed her to explore feminism in her art, what makes her work for kids different than her work for adults, what her southern good ol' boy pen name is and how it felt going from a punk student with a D.I.Y. ethos that's skipping class at OCAD to teaching at OCAD and becoming the authority she used to rebel against. Plus, find out if Seth lived with her, where she saw herself among the “Holy Triumverate” of Toronto's autobio artists (Seth, Chester Brown and Joe Matt) in the 90s and what it's like to be featured as one of Canada's Big Four comic artists in the recently closed This is Serious: Canadian Indie Comics at the Art Gallery of Hamilton. Oh, and she reveals that she and Cory Silverberg are working on a third sex education graphic novel covering puberty. Also, did you know she wanted to be a realist painter?This episode of Speech Bubble with Fiona Smyth is sponsored by Hairy Tarantula and Bam Coffee Co.@fionasmythlukkieFiona's FacebookFiona's blogFiona's TumblrFiona's Giants of the North Hall of Fame Write-upFiona's Zines OnlineWhat Makes a Baby?How to Comission Fiona Smyth for a ProjectLearn How to Make Comics from Fiona – Starts Jan. 25, 2020Society of IllustratorsWeird ThingsAlbatross Soup – a short film by Winnie Cheung with illustrations by Fiona SmythBradley of Him by Connor Willumsen – Koyama Press

[despautada indica #03] Maria chorou aos pés de Jesus: Prostituição e obediência religiosa na Bíblia

Despautada

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2019 18:03

Compartilhe este episódio: http://bit.ly/desinsica_jesusMais um da série de episódios curtinhos com indicações de coisas legais. A HQ Maria chorou aos pés de Jesus, de Chester Brown, é divertidíssima e bastante polêmica. Falo de algumas histórias e percepções, na esperança de te convencer a ler esta obra. Saiba mais: http://bit.ly/desinsica_jesusApoie este podcast: apoia.se/despautadaNas redes:Twitter @despautada | @fernandaeggers | @canisbowies Instagram @despautada | @fernandaeggers | @fotociclicadespautada@gmail.commedium.com/despautadat.me/despautadaMúsicas do Episódio:Burst - InossiMystery Orientale - FSM Team

AS30: The End Credits

Scene by Scene with Josh & Dean

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2019 51:49

American Splendor scene #30 (1:37:31 to 1:41:08) — As the credits roll (on the film and the podcast), Josh & Dean reflect on all things Pekar/American Splendor. What should the film’s post-credit sequence have been? What would an American Splendor TV show look like? (Dino keeps coming back to Louis C.K.) A tribute to DC/Vertigo/Paradox Press, as well as editor Jonathan Vankin. Other notable movies with the word “American” in the title. The next movies from each of the film’s actors. Who would you want to write, direct, and star in the movie of your life? Thoughts on Harvey's death and the film’s conclusion. A somber way to end the season. Thanks for listening! SHOUT-OUTs to Doug Allen, R. Crumb. Greg Budgett, Gary Dumm, Gary Leib, Jason Gerstein, Joe Sacco, Gerry Shamray, Frank Stack, Joe Zabel, Bernt Capra, Vince Waldron, DC's Big Book of... series, Sandman, Swamp Thing, Hellblazer, Neil Gaiman, the comics' "British Invasion," Paradox Press, Andy Helfer, A History of Violence, Karen Berger, Hollywood Bob, Alden Ehrenreich (Han Solo), Harrison Ford, Seinfeld, Alan Alda, Alan Moore, HBO's Watchmen TV show, Pamela Adlon's Better Things, the U.S. State Dept. Speaker/Specialist program, Jerry Lewis, Woody Allen, France, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Deadpool, Chester Brown, the "Who is Harvey Pekar" scene, the Alamo Drafthouse, Chris Smith, Tom Cruise, Clint Eastwood, Kevin Costner, Bret Easton Ellis, Pierce Brosnan, Ted Hope, Good Machine, Josh Hutcherson (Robin), The Hunger Games, M*A*S*H, Hawkeye Pierce, Radar O'Reilly, Dead or Alive's "You Spin Me Round," Charlie Kaufman, Spike Jonze, Ryan O’Neal, Seth Rogan, Paddy Cheyefsky, Budd Schulberg, Network, The Hospital, George C. Scott, Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese, the Coen Brothers, Sergio Leone, the Russian Turkish Baths, John Ritter, the Fonz, Captain Kirk, Jason Wright, Doug Latino, Evan Wilson, Jen Ferguson, Sari Wilson, and all you listeners. --- This episode is sponsored by · The Colin and Samir Podcast: The Colin and Samir Podcast hosted by LA - based friends and filmmakers Colin and Samir takes a look into what it’s like to make creativity your career. https://open.spotify.com/show/5QaSbbv2eD4SFrlFR6IyY7?si=Dj3roVoJTZmOime94xhjng --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scenebyscene/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/scenebyscene/support

Nick Maandag

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2019 80:25

Nick Maandag is a straight-laced accountant by day and a Joe Shuster and Doug Wright nominated cartoonist with a bizarre sense of humour by night. Early influences include the gross out humour of Ren and Stimpy and the subversive satire of The Simpsons. In comics, he moved on to the work of Robert Crumb and other underground cartoonists like Julie Doucet, Dan Clowes, Peter Bagge and Chester Brown and through their inspiration, decided to dedicate his life to making comics after a brief foray in animated film.His first project of note was Streaker's, which won Peter Laird's Xeric Grant in 2010 about three men who are connoisseurs of streaking and treat it like an obscure high art form. It was distributed by John Porcellino (King-Cat Comics and Stories) through Spit and a Half and Diamond and was his breakout work when the late publisher Alvin Buenaventura of Pigeon Press took an interest and commissioned his two follow-ups, Facility Integrity – about a corporation that controls its employees' bathroom breaks to up efficiency – and The Libertarian -- about a libertarian that becomes infatuated with a socialist and must compromise his ideals as a result. Alvin also featured Maandag's work when he edited “Comics” in The Believer Magazine.Now, with Drawn and Quarterly, Maandag has released his first full-length graphic novel featuring three stories that highlight his absurdist sense of humour, including the title story, The Follies of Richard Wadsworth about a dimwitted philosophy professor. In this more than an hour conversation, Aaron unpacks how such a bizarre sense of humour can come from such a straight-laced individual. They also talk about how Maandag's style means the art is just a vehicle to serve the jokes and the writing, but is otherwise pretty minimalist. Plus, Maandag details his earliest interaction with Chester Brown and what it's like to be friends with him now. Maandag also explains how he always felt that he was always going to be successful at doing comics for a living.This podcast is sponsored by Hairy Tarantula and Bam Coffee Co. Don't forget to type SB15 at checkout to get 15% off your Bam Box featuring finely roasted coffee, a limited edition mug and more geektacular swag comic fans will dig.@nick_maandagNick Maandag at Drawn and QuarterlyNick Maandaag at Spit and a HalfNick Maandag interview in Broken Pencil MagazineNick Maandag in The Comics Journal as featured in Jeet Heer's The Comics ChroniclesNick Maandag in The BelieverAlvin Buenaventura Obituary from The Comics Journal

AS Bonus: Producer TED HOPE Interview

Scene by Scene with Josh & Dean

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2019 56:47

Josh & Dean chat with Ted Hope (now with Amazon Studios), the producer of American Splendor. Hope talks about his own background in the business, the development of the film (including Dean’s key introductions), his favorite moments from the shoot, and premiering the film at Sundance. In a moving testament to authenticity in art, Hope explains why projects like American Splendor (both the film and the comics) have to exist. Shout-outs to NYU Film School, Alex Cox and REPO MAN, Ed Burns, Hal Hartley, Todd Solondz, Ralph Nader, the New York Film Festival, Jim Jarmusch's STRANGER THAN PARADISE. the Cohen Brothers and BLOOD SIMPLE, Frances McDormand, Spike Lee, the old Cinema Studio, Ang Lee’s ICE STORM, Dylan Baker, Dan Clowes, Todd Solondz' HAPPINESS, Chester Brown’s YUMMY FUR, Terry Zwigoff & Crumb, HBO’s Colin Callender and Maud Nadler, Glen Basner (now of FilmNation), production designer Thérèse DePrez, Gary Leib and the "super-imaginative" title sequence, Judah Friedlander, James McCaffrey, costume designer Michael Wilkinson, and Ted's book HOPE FOR FILM. --- This episode is sponsored by · The Colin and Samir Podcast: The Colin and Samir Podcast hosted by LA - based friends and filmmakers Colin and Samir takes a look into what it’s like to make creativity your career. https://open.spotify.com/show/5QaSbbv2eD4SFrlFR6IyY7?si=Dj3roVoJTZmOime94xhjng --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scenebyscene/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/scenebyscene/support

Ep4- Paying For It - Part 2 - Bonus episode

The Graphic Novel Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2019 45:00

Wow! On the last episode we discussed Paying For It: a comic strip memoir about being a john by Chester Brown. On this episode we are joined by Michael and Piet for an additional in-depth discussion on the topic of sex work, johns and further break down Brown's own beliefs. Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, and visit our website, Graphicnovelpodcast.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/graphicnovelpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/graphicnovelpodcast/support

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Ep3- Paying For It - Sex Work

The Graphic Novel Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2019 52:49

This week Parker and Mike discuss sex work and the book Paying For It by Chester Brown. This book is a memoir about Brown's experience paying for sex workers and his ideas about legalization. From Drawn & Quarterly this book evokes some differing opinions from our hosts. Visit us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram at GraphicNovelPodcast, or email us at graphicnovelpodcast@gmail.com. You can also leave us a voice message that we may play on a future show. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/graphicnovelpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/graphicnovelpodcast/support

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Jason Kieffer

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Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2019 66:34

Jason KiefferJason Kieffer was recommended for this podcast by the legendary Chester Brown and it's with good reason. The young cartoonist is best known for his self-published graphic biography of Toronto street legend Zanta and is one of the only people to ever get the full story straight from this muscle-bound mystery wearing a Santa hat. His penchant for chronicling the characters and oddballs that populate Toronto's has won him equal parts acclaim and scorn. However, at the end of the day, he's just a soft-spoken guy with long-hair and a butcher-boy hat who loves his city and his neighbourhood –Cabbagetown, which is why he writes and draws the ongoing comic of the same name. Some of it is vulgar, a lot of it is bizarre, but all of it is out of love. This episode is sponsored by the iconoclasts at Hairy Tarantula.Jason's websiteSponsorsHairy Tarantula

Chester Brown and Caveh Zahedi - Friends of Honesty

Intellectual Explorers Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2019 72:42

Chester and Caveh go on an exploration. www.patreon.com/chesterbrown www.cavehzahedi.com

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Chester Brown - Not Paying for It

Intellectual Explorers Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2019 69:47

Peter explores with cartoonist Chester Brown. https://www.drawnandquarterly.com/author/chester-brown https://www.patreon.com/chesterbrown

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Creator Series - "Louis Riel" with Shawn Daley

Radio Free Krypton

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2018 29:00

Ep 98 - For the RFK Creator Series, Toronto artist and writer Shawn Daley joins hosts Justin and Jacob to discuss Louis Riel, Chester Brown's biographical comic on the Métis leader. They also discuss the wonderful feeling of sorrow and emptiness a good book can leave you with. Riel has been regarded as a rebel and a hero. Brown's well-researched book explores the man's character with great nuance. RFK airs first on CJRU 1280 AM in Toronto. This episode was produced by Justin Chandler.

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#66 - East of West / Mary Wept Over The Feet of Jesus

Panelism

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2018 71:40

Todd and Taylor are both excited to talk about their respective books. In fact, Todd texted Taylor earlier in the week: "YOU. ARE. GOING. TO. LOVE. MY. COMIC. PICK." Taylor takes us back to East of West Vol 1 (which Todd has also read) -- the already-classic alternative future, apocalyptic, western sci-fi by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta. Todd talks about Mary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus by Chester Brown -- a sophisticated Biblical argument disguised as simply-told stories from the Bible about prostitution and obedience. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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eps. 46: "Louis Riel" by Chester Brown

The TradeWaiters

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2018 56:52

The TradeWaiters read "Louis Riel" by Chester Brown, which gave us a chance not only to meet our Cancon quota, but to dive deep into Canadian history, as well as a discussion on biography and the journalistic integrity of the author. Canadians can look forward to feeling nostalgic over Expos 86 and 67, while listeners from away can look forward to finding out just how interesting (and how grim) Canadian history can get. Music by Sleuth. Our next episode will be on volumes one and two of "Battle Angel Alita" by Yukito Kishiro.

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eps. 45: "Castle Waiting" Vol. 2 by Linda Medley

The TradeWaiters

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2018 52:49

In today’s episode our panelists finish out the extant volumes of Linda Medley’s "Castle Waiting" with volume two. This volume answers questions about the Doctor, Simon’s father, and Jain’s childhood. We also discuss the most important parts of history, fairy tale endings, where we hope the series will go next, and cartoonist death pacts. Music by Sleuth. Our next episode will be on "Louis Riel" by Chester Brown.

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Ed the Happy Clown

Pictures Within Pictures

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2018 48:52

This episode of Pictures Within Pictures, Will, Ben, and Zack discuss Chester Brown's surrealist classic Ed the Happy Clown. Twitter: @PWPComicsPod @ZackKruse @WillPfeifer @BenTiede

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Catalog 8, Episode 8: Chester Brown - Overview

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2018 76:45

This week, we end our discussions of comic Chester Brown with an overview of all (or most of) the odds and ends we missed along the way.

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Catalog 8, Episode 7: Chester Brown - Mary Wept Over The Feet Of Jesus

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2018 74:10

Mary Wept Over The Feet Of Jesus, the latest work to date by Chester Brown, is the subject of this week's discussion.

Catalog 8, Episode 6: Chester Brown - Paying For It

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2018 91:40

Paying For It, Chester Brown's memoirs about being a john, is the topic of this week's discussion.

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Catalog 8, Episode 5: Chester Brown - Louis Riel

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2018 106:44

This week we look at Chester Brown's comic biography Louis Riel.

Catalog 8, Episode 4: Chester Brown - The Little Man

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2018 66:40

Chester Brown's collection The Little Man is the subject of this week's discussion.

Comics Alternative Interviews: Seth

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2018 115:02

Time Codes: 00:00:24 - Introduction 00:03:27 - Setup of interview 00:06:00 - Interview with Seth 01:51:43 - Wrap up 01:52:32 - Contact us The Man from Guelph On this interview episode, Derek is pleased to have as his guest one of his favorite creators, Seth. His latest volume of Palookaville was published last year by Drawn and Quarterly, and while every release of Seth's signature series is worth noting, this one is particularly significant. It wraps up his "Clyde Fans" storyline, one he began in 1997 in Palookaville #10. Derek asks Seth about the process of undertaking this ongoing narrative and the considerations of sustaining it for twenty years. They also discuss the autobiographical "Nothing Lasts," a series that Seth began in volume 21 of Palookaville. Much of the conversation concerns Seth's autobiographical storytelling, or his faux-autobiographical comics (in the case of It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken), and the ways in which the past informs his sense of place and identity. Indeed, memory is a major theme in Seth's stories, and the two spend a good deal of time talking about it as a defining feature of his comics. But while much of the discussion centers on the most recent volume of Palookaville, Derek also asks his guest about the general trajectory of his career. They talk about his sketchbook comics, such as Wimbledon Green and The Great Northern Brotherhood of Canadian Cartoonists, his evolving illustration style, the creation of Dominion, the melancholy George Sprott: 1894-1975, his rubber stamp diary, his life-defining relationships with Chester Brown and Joe Matt, his design and illustration work for Fantagraphics' Complete Peanuts series and Lemony Snicket's All the Wrong Questions books, his plans for future issues of Palookaville, and his wife's business, Crown Barber Shop.

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Catalog 8, Episode 3: Chester Brown - I Never Liked You

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2018 59:20

This week's subject is the comic narrative I Never Liked You by artist Chester Brown.

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Catalog 8, Episode 2: Chester Brown - The Playboy

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2018 47:32

This week the discussion centers on Chester Brown's memoir The Playboy.

Catalog 8, Episode 1: Chester Brown - Ed The Happy Clown

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2017 128:01

This week's episode begins a series on the comic artist Chester Brown with a discussion of Ed the Happy Clown.

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014 Comics take on the Bible w Elizabeth Coody; Barrier by Vaughn, Martin, and Vicente

Comics Syllabus

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2017

Images available at http://wp.me/p42KN3-G1p starting 9/12/17 9am EST (4:58)On this week’s Comics Syllabus podcast, Paul is honored to be joined by Dr. Elizabeth Coody ( https://twitter.com/ecoody ) of Sacred and Sequential ( http://www.sacredandsequential.org/ ) for a General Ed segment to talk about how comics take on the Bible. Dr. Coody describes how a New Testament scholar ended up studying comics, and breaks down different ways that comics interface with the Bible. Check out the list of references at the bottom of this page for the titles they discuss. (49:06) Then, after some announcements, Paul offers a reading of “Barrier” by Brian K. Vaughan, Marcos Martin, and Muntsa Vicente from Panel Syndicate, available at http://panelsyndicate.com/ and recently completed in 2017. Paul talks about this pay-what-you-want web-based comic’s take on immigration, language, and fascinating violence. Finally… a new segment! (1:48:55) The Discussion Section today features the long list of comics that Paul’s been reading. What are you reading? Let us know! Subscribe and follow the Comics Syllabus podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Soundcloud, or copy this RSS feed to your podcatcher: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:235183739/sounds.rss or you can find archives for this podcast (previously named “Study Comics with Paul”) here: http://studycomics.club/ Join the discussion on the Comics Syllabus Facebook page: http://facebook.com/ComicsSyllabus or Follow Paul on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TwoPlai or leave your comments here on the showpage. Thanks for listening! TEXTS MENTIONED BY DR. COODY: Janice Capel Anderson, and Stephen D. Moore, eds. Mark and Method: New Approaches in Biblical Studies. 2nd ed. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2008. Steve Ross (w, a). Marked. New York: Seabury Church Publishing, 2005. Frank Stack (w, a). The New Adventures of Jesus: The Second Coming. Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, 2006. Jack Chick tracts (cf. Martin Lund) R. Crumb (w, a), The Book of Genesis Illustrated. New York: W.W. Norton, 2009 Grant Morrison (art), Frank Quitely (a) All-Star Superman (2 vols.) New York: DC, 2006-09. [Bonus: Samson, too!].) Doug Mauss (w), Sergio Cariello (a). The Action Bible: God’s Redemptive Story. Colorado Springs, CO: David C. Cook, 2010. Tim Seeley (w), Nate Bellegarde (p), Mike Norton (p), Mark Englert (i). Joseph Baker (i), Melissa S. Kaercher (i). Loaded Bible, Book I: The Jesus vs. Vampires Gospels. Berkeley, CA: Image Comics, 2010. Eric Peterson (w), and Ethan Nicolle (w,a), Jesus Christ: In the Name of the Gun. vol. 1: A Hollow Cost. [Unknown]: Bad Karma Productions, 2009. Chester Brown, Mary Wept over the Feet of Jesus. Prostitution and Religious Observance in the Bible. Montreal: Drawn & Quarterly, 2016.

Chester Brown

Skylight Books Author Reading Series

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2017 126:32

Inspired by Robert Crumb, Crad Kilodney, Art Spiegelman, Seth and other alternative cartoonists, Chester Brown uses his autobiographical comics work to confront issues that he's currently wrestling with or make him uncomfortable. Whether it was the use of scatological humour in Ed the Happy Clown, his relationship with women and his own mother in I Never Liked You or his journey to becoming a John in Paying For It, it's easier for him to unpack his own hang ups when they're made public. Brown talks about how he initially broke into comics with the self-published Yummy Fur, why his art style owes a lot to Harold Gray, the man who behind the Little Orphan Annie comic strip and why being a John makes him more comfortable than being a boyfriend, even though his current arrangement isn't all that different from the traditional relationship he's trying to avoid. Plus, Brown teaches Aaron how he deals with negative self-talk and criticism of his work.Chester Brown's PatreonDrawn and Quarterly (Chester's Publisher)NPR Review of Chester's Latest, “Mary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus”Yummy Fur on Wikipedia@DrawnandQuarterlyPhilosophers that inspire Chester:Robert Anton Wilson Colin WislonByron KatieThis Episode is Sponsored By Hairy Tarantula!

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JONATHAN LETHEM DISCUSSES HIS BOOK MORE ALIVE AND LESS LONELY, WITH JARETT KOBEK

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2017 58:36

More Alive and Less Lonely: On Books and Writers (Melville House Publishing) A collection of bestselling, NBCC prize-winning author Jonathan Lethem’s finest writing on the subject of writers and writing. A readerly wake-up call from one of America’s finest and most acclaimed working writers. Picking up where his NBCC Award finalist collection The Ecstasy of Influence left off, More Alive and Less Lonely collects more than a decade of Lethem’s finest writing on writing, with new and previously unpublished material, including: impassioned appeals for forgotten writers and overlooked books, razor-sharp essays, and personal accounts of his most extraordinary literary encounters and discoveries. Only Lethem, with his love of cult favorites and the canon alike, can write with equal insight about the stories of modern masters like Lorrie Moore and Salman Rushdie, graphic novelist Chester Brown, science fiction outlier Philip K. Dick, and classic icons like Moby-Dick. Edited by novelist Christopher Boucher (Golden Delicious), More Alive and Less Lonely deserves a place on every serious reader’s bookshelf. Lethem’s joyful approach to literature will inspire you to dive back into your favorite books and then point you towards what to read next. Jonathan Lethem is the New York Times bestselling author of nine novels, including Dissident Gardens, The Fortress of Solitude, and Motherless Brooklyn; three short story collections; and two essay collections, including The Ecstasy of Influence, which was a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. A recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, Lethem’s work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s Magazine, Rolling Stone, Esquire, and the New York Times, among other publications. Editor Christopher Boucher is a professor of English at Boston College, editor of Post Road magazine, and author of the novels How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive and Golden Delicious, both from Melville House. Jarett Kobek is a Turkish-American writer living in California. His novella ATTA was called “highly interesting,” by the Times Literary Supplement, has appeared in Spanish translation, been the subject of much academic writing, and was a recent and unexplained bestseller in parts of Canada. Presently, he's working on a book about the Ol' Dirty Bastard's first album for Bloomsbury's 33 1/3 series. He is the author of the novel I Hate the Internet.

S08e09: Det regnar på vår kärlek del 2 med Tim Levang (Tegneserie-tegnere spesial)

Lunken Kaffi

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2017

Tatt opp i Lunkent verksted 18 mai 2017Tim og jeg fortsetter vårt snakk med å ta et dypdykk i listen over mine favoritt tegneserieskapere: Simon Hanselmann og Tims oppdagelse av han og hvordan vi reagerer på hans verk, Robert Crumb, dokumentaren Crumb og hans inspirasjonsevne, Harvey Pekar, Joe Matt sine nyeste striper i Drawn and quartely boken, det faste segmentet "Bergman", Peter Bagge og "Buddy does Seattle" + "Buddy does Jersey", Daniel Clowes, Chris Ware og hans tilnærming til mediumet, så forteller Tim litt om Nazitegneren Harald Damsleth, jeg snakker litt om Hamsun filmen før vi vi snakker litt om Max Von Sydow, lytter-konkurranse, Seth, dokmentaren Seth`s Dominion og et bilde i boken med samme navn, It's a good life if you don't weaken, Ingen grunn til begeistring, Larry David, min Selvbiografiske Birk OCD, ,Chester Brown, Cain and Abel historien i "Mary wept over the feet of jesus", "Paying for it", litt Noah Van Sciver, podcasten Inkstuds, ingen av oss klarer å lese Hernandez brothers (ennå), Ed Piskor, Adrian Tomine, litt mer Chester Brown, litt mer Robert Crumb og det å tegne ting på ny, så avslutter vi med litt Tim Levang promotering. Sjekk han ut på www.Timlevang.com View fullsize

Ep. #319: Bruce McDonald & Nick Craine on Hard Core Logo

Kreative Kontrol

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2017 74:44

Bruce McDonald is an award-winning Canadian filmmaker and director based in Toronto and Nick Craine is an acclaimed graphic artist who calls Guelph, Ontario home. McDonald’s fifth film was an adaptation of Michael Turner’s novel, Hard Core Logo, and chronicled a first wave punk rock band’s disastrous reunion tour across Canada. The influential 1996 film was an underground hit; even Quentin Tarantino became smitten with it, securing its U.S. distribution rights. The next year, Craine’s graphic novel adaptation of McDonald’s film was published and, to commemorate its 20th anniversary, House of Anansi has issued an expanded edition of Craine’s Hard Core Logo: Portrait of a Thousand Punks, and the occasion is being marked with book launch events and screenings of the film. I met with Bruce and Nick at Bruce’s Toronto office recently and we discussed how they first met some 25 years ago, the work of comic artist Chester Brown and other underground comic artists, making road movies and graphic novels, Canadian content and hockey, the weird but cool resonance of Hard Core Logo 20 years later, the rise of mockumentaries in a world obsessed with fake news, the Bucky Haight song “Never Done,” and much more. Sponsored by Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, and Planet Bean Coffee.

Shawn Daley

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2017 66:51

Shawn Daley came to comics through the unlikely path of music. As an audio intern at a recording studio, he was exposed to his boss’s comic book collection. While powering through classics like Chester Brown’s Louis Riel, Watchmen and The Walking Dead, he quickly became inspired to create his own comics. Enter TerraQuill, a continent Daley created where his ongoing webcomic of the same name takes place. Completely self-taught, he learned everything he knows about comics making TerraQuill Collected – a collection of short stories all taking place in the TerraQuill universe. Meanwhile, he never completely abandoned music, but these days he composes chiptune soundtracks for 8-bit independent video game projects. Now, he occupies a unique space, as a bridge between Toronto’s large indie comic and indie gaming communities. This episode sponsored by Hairy Tarantula. @ShawnDaleyShawn’s websiteShawn’s ChiptunesTerraQuillSamurai Grandpa

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11 O'Clock Comics Episode 463

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2017 156:46

Domino and Deadpool 2, Man-Thing #1 by R. L. Stine, German Peralta, Rachelle Rosenberg, Daniel Warren Johnson, and Mat Lopes, 1963 by Alan Moore, Rick Veitch, Steve Bissette, Dave Gibbons, Don Simpson, Jim Valentino, and Chester Brown from Image, Marvel Unlimited, Rob Liefeld, Star Trek: Gold Key 100 Page Spectacular by Dick Wood, Len Wein, Nevio Zaccara, and Alberto Giolitti from IDW, Logan, A-Force by Kelly Thompson, Ben Caldwell, Scott Hanna, and Ian Herring, The Walking Dead: The Whisperer War by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Stefano Guadiano from Image, Christopher Priest's Deathstroke, plus a whole mess more!

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11 O'Clock Comics Episode 461

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2017 199:28

Skottie Young throws down with us on Adam Hughes, Daniel Warren Johnson, Mahmud Asrar, commissions, Art Adams, Jim Cheung, dust jackets, I Hate Fairyland, Image-O-Rama: God Country #2 by Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw, and Jason Wordie, Deadly Class, The Belfry one-shot by Gabriel Hardman, and The Old Guard #1 by Greg Rucka, Leandro Fernandez, and Daniela Miwa, Ryan Browne, tangents, Dark Horse-O-Rama: Jeff Lemire and Black Hammer and Heart in a Box by Kelly Thompson and Meredith McClaren, Riley Rossmo, Jerome Opena, The Kamandi Challenge #2 by Peter J. Tomasi, Neal Adams, and Hi-Fi, Jim Mahfood, Jason Latour, Chris Bachalo, Ed the Happy Clown by Chester Brown from Drawn and Quarterly, David Rubin, Stuart Immonen, Neil Gaiman, Aesop Rock, Rick Remender, Stephen King, Ryan Stegman, Rocket Raccoon, Wizard of Oz, The Creeps #9 and Jason Paulos from Warrant Publishing, Doctor Strange by Jason Aaron and Chris Bachalo, Spidey by Robbie Thompson and Nate Stockman, Eric Powell's Hillbilly from Albatross, and a whole mess more!

Episode 216: A Publisher Spotlight on Kilgore Books and Comics

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2016 118:22

Time Codes: 00:00:27 - Introduction 00:02:28 - Setting up Kilgore Books and Comics 00:05:28 - Conversation with Dan Stafford 00:22:04 - Cosmic Be-ing #2 00:28:45 - The Fifth Window 00:35:24 - A Horse, a Crow, and a Hippo Walk into a Bar 00:45:53 - Powermac 00:55:16 - Paid for It 01:01:56 - The Plunge: A True Story 01:12:21 - What Happened 01:18:23 - Scorched Earth 01:25:44 - Blammo #9 01:54:57 - Wrap up 01:56:02 - Contact us On this episode, their final publisher spotlight of the year, Andy and Derek discuss the 2016 releases from Kilgore Books and Comics. They discuss nine titles, in all: four from the publisher's spring catalog, four from the fall releases, and an in-between book that conceptually lives up to its interstitial positioning. The guys begin their spotlight with a brief interview Derek conducted with Dan Stafford at this year's Small Press Expo. He introduces Kilgore to listeners, reveals its history and mission, and sets the contexts for the various 2016 releases. After that, the Two Guys with PhDs begin looking at the four titles from the spring, Alex Graham's Cosmic Be-ing #2, Amara Leipzig's The Fifth Window, Lauren Barnett's A Horse, a Crow, and a Hippo Walk into a Bar, and Box Brown's Powerman. They're intrigued by the more abstract constructions of the former, and they contrast this with the humor and sheer fun found Barnett's and Brown's comics. And given recent political events, the satiric Powerman becomes disturbingly prescient. And on the topic of satire...Andy and Derek next check out the latest work from one of their favorites, Joe Matt. Paid for It is a send-up of Chester Brown's Paying for It. In it, Matt (writing under the name "Chesty Matt") basically takes panels from Brown's original texts, inverts their sequence, and tweaks the story so that it's the protagonist who becomes the prostitute and the women who are the johns...or janes. It's not often that we see anything new from Matt, so Paid for It is definitely an event worth noting. The last part of the episode is devoted to Kilgore's fall releases: Emi Gennis's The Plunge: A True Story, Simon Moreton's What Happened, Tom Van Deusen's Scorched Earth, and Noah Van Sciver's Blammo #9. The first is an historical account of the first woman to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel, and a reminder of the gender biases we continue to live under. Moreton's is an introspective examination of childhood experiences, while Van Deusen's is an no-holds-barred exposé of a dysfunctional individual, reminiscent of Sacha Baron Cohen and Curb Your Enthusiasm. But the guys save their most vocal praise for the latest issue of Blammo. They've discussed Van Sciver's series on the podcast before, but this latest installment is a truly outstanding issue that stands above in its predecessors.

Émission du 8 juin 2016

Pop-en-stock

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2016

POP 99 : FBDM Cette semaine, Mathieu et Jean-Michel ont enregistré un épisode devant public durant l'Édition 2106 du Festival BD de Montréal (FBDM). On parle des invités d'honneur de cette édition: Chester Brown et Jean-Paul Eid. De plus, nous recevons Alexandre Fontaine Rousseau qui vient nous raconter quelques anecdotes des 5 ans de la maison d'édition Pow Pow ainsi que parler de leur campagne de socio-financement présentement en cours.

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Émission du 8 juin 2016

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2016

POP 99 : FBDM Cette semaine, Mathieu et Jean-Michel ont enregistré un épisode devant public durant l'Édition 2106 du Festival BD de Montréal (FBDM). On parle des invités d'honneur de cette édition: Chester Brown et Jean-Paul Eid. De plus, nous recevons Alexandre Fontaine Rousseau qui vient nous raconter quelques anecdotes des 5 ans de la maison d'édition Pow Pow ainsi que parler de leur campagne de socio-financement présentement en cours.

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Episode 65

Comics for Grownups

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2016 39:46

Alex and Joshua talk about Mary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus by Chester Brown, The Ukrainian and Russian Notebooks by Igort, and another chapter from Neil Cohn's The Visual Language of Comics.

Comics Alternative Interviews: Zach Worton

The Virtual Memories Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2016 59:29

In this episode of The Comics Alternative's interview series, Derek talks with Zach Worton about his new book, The Search for Charley Butters, just out from Conundrum Press. This is the second in a planned trilogy, and one beginning with last year's The Disappearance of Charley Butters. As Zach describes it, this is a black comedy about depression and the way this condition manifests itself in isolation, addiction, and failed friendships. The narrative runs along two parallel tracks, one about the titular character, a painter from the 1950s who becomes an eccentric recluse, and the other about the present-day Travis who becomes obsessed with Butters's story as revealed in his diaries. This obsession begins to break down the relationships in Travis's life, and as the story unfolds he finds himself going to a personal dark place that is not entirely dissimilar from that the artist's. Zach talks with Derek about origins of this project, his reasons for serializing it over three volumes, and his rough plans for wrapping it up with next year's The Death of Charley Butters. The guys also discuss Zach's first book, The Klondike, a completely different kind of narrative that episodically chronicles the gold rush that shook the Yukon during the last part of the nineteenth century. Zach shares his experiences researching the book and how it helped define him, for awhile at least, as a cartoonist of Canadian history and personages (similar to the way people read David Collier or how some may have defined Chester Brown after Louis Reil). They also discuss Zach's other current project, The Weird World of Lagoola Gardner (a horror-inspired tale that will be released around Halloween), his love of old drive-in movie theaters, and his band, Zorton and the Cannibals. And, interestingly enough, it's with a group of musicians that the Charley Butters trilogy begins!

Episode 170 - Chester Brown, Nina Bunjevac & #NJPoet's Corner

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2016 79:24

The Paying For It Players return! Chester Brown and Nina Bunjevac rejoin the show to perform a chapter from Chester's amazing new book, Mary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus! Then we talk with Chester about his understanding of God, the role of prostitution in the Bible, and the girlfriend who got him started reading Biblical scholarship. Then Nina Bunjevac talks about her response to the European book tour for Fatherland, and her lament for small bookstores in North America. Plus, Charles Bivona's monthly #NJPoet's Corner segment focuses on his life on Twitter! More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show on Patreon or Paypal

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Comics Alternative Interviews: Chester Brown

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Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2016 72:44

It's not often that Chester Brown comes out with a new book, but his latest, Mary Wept over the Feet of Jesus, was released last month from Drawn & Quarterly...giving the Two Guys with PhDs an occasion to celebrate. And compounding that celebratory spirit is the fact that the artist is now appearing on The Comics Alternative podcast! In this episode, Andy and Derek are pleased to have Chester as their guest, where they talk with him about his new book, the research that went into it, and the reaction he's been getting from readers and critics. Mary Wept over the Feet of Jesus is a series of adaptations of Old and New Testament texts as they relate to prostitution and religious observance. In it, Chester interprets the stories of Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Bathsheba, Mary of Bethany, and Mary, mother of Jesus, along with other narratives that surround Book of Genesis, the Gospel of Matthew, and the Parables of the Talents and the Prodigal Son. What all of these explorations have in common, and what Chester makes clear during the interview, is how all inform a reading of scripture surrounding sex workers. The guys talk with their guest about these issues and how his previous works -- Paying for It as well as his earlier comics adapting the Gospels of both Mark and Matthew -- may have laid the groundwork for the current study. Much of the conversation is spent on Chester's almost-lifelong research into biblical scholarship, especially as it comes out in the extensive notes he includes in Mary Wept...hand-written annotations that take up almost a third of his book! But Andy and Derek also ask Chester about his earlier comics, such as Ed the Happy Clown, The Playboy, and Louis Riel, the death of serialization within small-press comics, and his single-panel method of composition. In other words, the guys cover a lot of ground during this interview. But as Derek and Andy point out toward the end of this episode, there was some interesting conversation that took place after the guys turned off their recording devices. But fret not; Derek was able to capture some of that talk once they realized how appropriate it would have been in their recorded interview. So if you listen all the way through to the very end of this episode, after the closing theme music, you'll be able to hear a few comments as an extra added bonus. Much thanks, not only to Chester Brown, but to Sook-Yin Lee who helped to make this interview possible by providing her Skype account (and who can be heard in the background toward the end of the podcast preparing dinner).

Two Versus Three - Episode 12: Captain America VS Chester Brown

Two Versus Three

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2016 78:50

Episode 4: C-3PO's Red Arm, Too Much Harley Quinn and Prostitution!

Serious Issues: A Comic Book Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2016 66:49

This week we review 12 new number ones, including Goldie Vance, Xena, Black Road, Harley Quinn and Her Gang of Harleys and more, plus we find out why C-3PO has a red arm now, Siobhan reviews Chester Brown's new graphic novel and Levins realises that Valiant comics are actually super fun. -- Serious Issues is a weekly comic book review podcast, hosted by Andrew Levins and Siobhan Coombs at Kings Comics in Sydney. Get in touch with us to ask us a question or tell us to start reading something we're missing out on. Email us at seriousissues@kingscomics.com or find us at facebook.com/seriousissuespodcast. If you like what you hear, please leave us a nice review on iTunes! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Épisode 19 - Flirter avec une photo inusité | Courrier du coeur des Geekettes | "Paying for it" de Chester Brown

La vie secrète des geekettes

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2015 49:36

Il y a du nouveau chez les Geekettes! Non seulement nous revenons avec notre segment "La switch est à bitch" où nous vous parlons des gens qui flirtent à l'aide de leur... photo de bébé. Oui, oui. Mais nous avons également un NOUVEAU SEGMENT. *roulement de tambours*: "Le courrier du coeur des Geekettes." Pour Geekettes aux oreilles averties, seulement! Impossible de ne pas faire un épisode des Geekettes sans jaser d'une bande dessinée. Cette semaine, nous jasons de la bande dessinée "Paying for it" de l'auteur canadien Chester Brown. Bonne écoute, les Geekettes! _________________________________________ On est sur Itunes! Abonnez-vous! laviesecretedesgeekettes.tumblr.com Twitter.com/viedegeekettes Facebook.com/laviesecretedesgeekettes

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11 O'Clock Comics Episode 372

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2015 137:00

La Mano Del Destino #4 by J. Gonzo from Castle and Key Publications, NYCC Special Edition, Brandon Graham, Ray Sumser and Comicosm, Providence #1 by Alan Moore, Jacen Burrows, and Juan Rodriguez from Avatar, Airboy #1 by James Robinson and Greg Hinkle from Image, Robert Crumb, Chester Brown, Jim Balent, Secret Wars-O-Rama: Secret Wars #3 by Jonathan Hickman, Esad Ribic, and Ive Svorcina, Years of Future Past #1 by Marguerite Bennett, Mike Norton, and Fco Plascencia, Future Imperfect #1 by Peter David, Greg Land, and Nolan Woodard, Giant-Size Little Marvel AvX #1 by Skottie Young and Jean-Francois Beaulieu, and Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows #1 by Dan Slott, Adam Kubert, John Dell, and Justin Ponsor, Convergence-O-Rama: Swamp Thing by Len Wein, Kelley Jones, and Michelle Madsen, Justice League by Frank Tieri, Vicente Cifuentes, and Monica Kubina, Superman: Man of Steel by Louise Simonson, June Brigman, Roy Richardson, and John Rauch, Batman and the Outsiders by Marc Andreyko, Carlos D'Anda, and Gabe Eltaeb, Suicide Squad by Frank Tieri, Tom Mandrake, and Sian Mandrake, Justice League of America by Fabian Nicieza, Chriscross, and Snakebite, and Superman by Dan Jurgens, Lee Weeks, and Norm Rapmund, Jim Henson's Storyteller: The Witches by Archaia, Oh, Killstrike #1 by Max Bemis and Logan Faerber, Afterlife with Archie by Roberto Aguirre Sacasa, Francesco Frankavilla, and Jack Morelli, and a whole mess more!

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Interviews - Noah Van Sciver

Talking bout Practice: a podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2015 57:56

The Two Guys with PhDs are glad to have on their show Noah Van Sciver, the creator behind the series Blammo as well as the recently published Saint Cole (Fantagraphics). The guys talk with Noah about the genesis of Saint Cole and how this became his follow-up graphic novel to The Hypo: The Melancholic Young Lincoln. For that matter, they're even more curious to know why the artist chose our depressive sixteen president as his first long-form focus. While historical narratives aren't unusual for Noah -- he addresses the great 1863 Denver fire in his comic, A City of Whiskey and Fire (with Daniel Landes) -- he's quick to point out that he's not a historically based cartoonist, as, for example, you might find in someone like Rick Geary. In fact, Noah tells Derek and Andy that he resists any kind of pigeonholing, even bristling at any attempts to place his work in the company of Robert Crumb or Chester Brown. He prefers to be a chameleon, changing up his subject matter at will, much like Leonard Zelig does in Zelig. And here is where the Two Guys demonstrate their characteristic talents for taking their interviewees into unlikely tangential realms. Throughout their conversation, Woody Allen becomes the topic that the guys keep returning to, especially since Noah is a big Allen fan. The creator even reveals that he's currently working on project in the vein of Stardust Memories, a story about a successful artist who goes to a convention but feels alienated from his fans while he depressively reevaluates his life. But the conversation never evolves, or devolves, completely into a Woodyfest. There's plenty of talk on Van Sciver's Blammo series, his AdHouse collection Youth Is Wasted, his strips 4 Questions and Rufus Baxter, the World's Oldest Unknown Rock Star for Westword, the Denver comics scene, his relationship with Kilgore Books and Comics, his desire to create a comic with a large ensemble cast, and his upcoming project for Fantagraphics, Fante Bukowski. So all in all, in this interview you get previews, you get insights, you get laughs, and you get a little cinematic Woody. What more could you ask for?

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TbP 14: Canadia (f/ Phil B & Michael Dwilow)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2014

downloadon iTunesThere were times in this podcast when th dead air stretched out before us like a highway cutting through th Canadian wilderness. Billy Ray Stupendous and I were cool w/ it as we emulated th chillness of our esteemed Canadian guests, Toronto's Phil B and Winnipeg's Michael Dwilow, who hold court on th greatness, th bashfulness, th emotional weirdness, and th relative invisibility of th land known to people in my neighbourhood as "Canadia". Listen as Billy and I indulge in a nostalgic callback to our shared coming-of-age to Allan Moyle's Pump Up th Volume (1990). (Yes, Moyle is Canadian.) Learn th fate of th Loyalists from th American Revolution. Slap yr own head in astonishment as one of th world's most beloved superheroes is outed. Picture Chester Brown's m-bation technique. Surrender to th feeling that something's off about a famous person you admire -- that's right, it's because they're from Canadia Table of contents:00:00 "Everybody Knows" performed by Leonard Cohen05:29 A pair of killer Canadians | What the fuck is going on in Ottawa!? | serious Canadian terrorism 09:24 Upsetting our thesis | size comparison: Toronto vs NOLA | surfing/Slurpee capital of th world 13:06 The feet in Vancouver | Twin Peaks/Canada crossover 16:16 What are the signifiers of Canadian culture? | long stretches of non-civilization | default: hockey 20:58 Michael gets frozen in time | burger culture 24:08 Canadian Thanksgiving vs Canadian Halloween | Canada's Mexico | northern superiority | Canadian jail 29:33 MZA's Canadian gaydar | gun control & diversity | the Memphis of Canada 35:19 Canada's treatment of its aborigines 36:55 How do you feel bout Québécois separatism? | How do you feel bout the Queen of England? 39:55 Th Canadian/American crossover | dual credibility | unassumingness/bashfulness/humility | wet split beaver 43:11 Th Canadian reputation for comedy | shoutout to Crime Wave (John Paizs 1985) | speculations on killer Canadians 46:27 Th Lowest of th Low | Barenaked Ladies 49:01 calibrating yr Canadian gaydar: Jim Jarmusch | Twin Peaks | Canadian selfhood eludes me | Jodie Foster 54:33 Famous Canadian authors 56:19 Rob Ford 57:42 MZA, what is it that you find weird bout Canada? | Coen Bros & Minnesota | th cinematic Canadian spectrum | Guy Maddin 1:04:07 Michael Dwilow's historical theory re Loyalists from th American Revolution migrating to Canada | Phil's Canadian body language | th 'Nuck/flippy crossover 1:06:55 What to do for fun in Winnipeg | invitations to our respective cities 1:08:49 America: guns & diabetes | Phil visits America | Torontonians vs Winnipeggers1:12:11 Who is yr favourite Canadian ? | David Cronenberg | little Canadian in-jokes | Chester Brown | Cronenberg again1:21:49 Canadian rebels who have gotten adopted/co-opted by official culture: Leonard Cohen & Louis Riel | how Chester Brown m-bates1:27:00 List of famous Canadians: hot or not | Superman is half-Canadian (!?) | Clifford Olson | James Randi | Pierre Trudeau | Big Bear | Michael's dad was a fish pathologist1:38:58 Billy issues an apology1:39:16 Famous Canadian actors | th shape of Pamela Anderson's pussy 1:41:55 Good-bye to our Canadians | Roger Ebert | Canadian selfhood still eludes me | Rough Trade's "High School Confidential" etc1:46:39 Bonus Track: male feminist Canadian anthem

Episode 9 - Sex

Myoclonic Jerk

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2013 100:00

What does sex mean? Is loveless sex okay? Daniel chews it over with Chester Brown, Tracy Quan, Ryan Ridley, and more. Check out the website for more information on the show and join the conversation on our Facebook page.

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CK#10: Vikingos, Gabor y Montse Martín y los 3 Mosqueteros del Cómic Alternativo

Podcast Campamento Krypton

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2013 122:27

Feroces guerreros del norte, neuróticos canadienses y dos talentosos amigos, que ilustran esforzadas heroinas del cómic franco-belga, componen un menú a la altura de los dioses de Asgard: - Vikingos y leyendas nórdicas en el mundo de la viñeta. - Gabor (Isabellae) y Montse Martín (Curiosity Shop) - Los Tres Mosqueteros del cómic alternativo: Joe Matt, Chester Brown y Seth. - Recomendaciones: Asgard, La Saga de Atlas y Axis, La Nueva Patrulla X y Punk Rock Jesus.

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CK#10: Vikingos, Gabor y Montse Martín y los 3 Mosqueteros del Cómic Alternativo

Podcast Campamento Krypton

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2013 122:27

Feroces guerreros del norte, neuróticos canadienses y dos talentosos amigos, que ilustran esforzadas heroinas del cómic franco-belga, componen un menú a la altura de los dioses de Asgard: - Vikingos y leyendas nórdicas en el mundo de la viñeta. - Gabor (Isabellae) y Montse Martín (Curiosity Shop) - Los Tres Mosqueteros del cómic alternativo: Joe Matt, Chester Brown y Seth. - Recomendaciones: Asgard, La Saga de Atlas y Axis, La Nueva Patrulla X y Punk Rock Jesus.

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0045: Nastier Than A Hairy Mole.

THOOM Comics Revue

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2012

THOOM and T-Mafia comment on Chester Brown's memoir of his years as a john paying for sex. This is a spotlight on Brown's giant graphic novel "Paying For It".Play/Downloadhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/ThoomComicsRevue

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11 O'Clock Comics Episode 231