Podcasts about fantagraphics

On today's episode, I talk to political cartoonist Dwayne Booth AKA Mr. Fish. For over 20 years, Dwayne has been creating political cartoons for publications like Harper's Magazine, Truthdig.com, the Los Angeles Times, the Village Voice, Vanity Fair, Mother Jones, The Advocate, and many, many others. In addition, he was an animated character designer for Bento Box Entertainment and is the subject of a 2017 award-winning documentary by Pablo Bryant called Mr. Fish: Cartooning from the Deep End. HIs books and collections include Go Fish: How to Win Contempt and Influence People, WARNING! Graphic Content, And Then the World Blew Up, Long Story Short: Turning Famous Books into Cartoons, and his most recent Nobody Left, which was published by Fantagraphics. This is the website for Beginnings, subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow me on Twitter. Check out my free philosophy Substack where I write essays every couple months here and my old casiopop band's lost album here! And the comedy podcast I do with my wife Naomi Couples Therapy can be found here! Theme song by the fantastic Savoir Adore! Second theme by the brilliant Mike Pace! Closing theme by the delightful Gregory Brothers! Podcast art by the inimitable Beano Gee!  

Cette semaine, Yoann fait le point sur les rumeurs entourant « Half-Life 3 » et la refonte de « Chrono Trigger », ainsi que sur le report des sorties de « Grand Theft Auto VI » et la nouvelle édition de « Gears of War ». De son côté, Benoit enchaîne avec les nouvelles concernant le projet de Ryan Reynolds de croiser « Deadpool » avec les « X-Men », ceux des « Fantastic Four » et des « Gargoyles », sans oublier la parution des éditions de collection de « Lost Marvels », fruit d'une collaboration entre Marvel Comics et Fantagraphics. En dernière partie d'émission, nous discutons du premier volume de « Rat City », un récit de Erica Schultz et Zé Carlos qui se déroule dans le futur de l'univers de Spawn. Laissez-nous un message vocal: https://www.speakpipe.com/mysterieuxe Devenez membre de la communauté Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysterieuxE Diffusion originale : 5 mai 2025 Site web : MysterieuxEtonnants.com © Les Mystérieux Étonnants. Tous droits réservés

Diamond has been sold to Universal and Ad Populum. Image Comics announces next Criminal OGN. Fantagraphics to release Lost Marvels.SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, APPLE, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON BLUESKY, INSTAGRAM, TIKTOK, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Episode #555! Blazing Combat and Atlanta! We are finally back with a new episode! Fresh off his trip to Atlanta, Scott tells us all about it and some shops he might have visited. In 1965, publisher Jim Warren and writer/editor Archie Goodwin produced Blazing Combat magazine. Each black and white issue was illustrated by the top comic book artists of the time including Wally Wood, Gene Colan, John Severin, Alex Toth, George Evans and Russ Heath. Although only four issues were completed, all featured covers painted by Frank Frazetta. We check out Fantagraphics' Blazing Combat HC which features each issue and interviews with Warren and Goodwin. Definitely check it out!

SITC is back in the studio with this long-awaited episode covering the softcore juggernaut that is the Emmanuelle film franchise!  Expert Bryan Connolly joins Torie to dissect this smutty phenomenon which is SO expansive and SO diverse, it's basically an ecosystem. From Thailand to Africa, to Outer Space, Emmanuelle knows no bounds. In the original EMMANUELLE (1974) starring Sylvia Kristel, we watch Emmanuelle the girl become Emmanuelle the woman thanks to a few trips to the Mile High Club and guidance from a mansplaining creep named Mario. We take a detour outside of official Emmanuelle "canon" with EMANUELLE AND THE WHITE SLAVE TRADE (1978), one of the many (and one of the best) ripoffs that make up the multifaceted Emmanuelle universe. Starring Laura Gemser, Emanuelle with One M is a slick and ambitious journalist with the savvy and sexual appetite to rival James Bond. We conclude our journey with the first installment of Emmanuelle's Skinemax/ straight-to-video era, EMMANUELLE: FIRST CONTACT (1994). Starring Krista Allen, Emmanuelle takes her sage-like knowledge of sex to outer space where she educates hunky alien Halfron and his brethren about the joys and politics of human sexuality.    — Bryan Connolly is a writer and filmmaker in Austin, TX. Thanks to a lifelong obsession with the Emmanuelle films, his encyclopedic knowledge has cemented him as a de-facto Emmanuelle expert. Bryan has contributed to Severin Films' Black Emanuelle Box Set, the Emmanuelle comic book series from Fantagraphics, and is currently writing a colossal tome covering every Emmanuelle movie ever made. Bryan's cinema expertise also extends well beyond the boundaries of Emmanuelle. He is the co-host of the podcast The Directors Wall alongside A.J. Gonzalez, the author of Destroy All Movies: The Complete History of Punks on Film, a feature filmmaker, and much more.  LINKS! Listen to The Directors Wall podcast here! Check out Bryan's feature film MAKE POPULAR MOVIES free on Tubi here! Snag a copy of Bryan's book Destroy All Movies: The Complete History of Punks on Film on eBay for a mint here!

To mark the passing of the great Gene Hackman, the writer and critic Sean T. Collins and the cartoonist and graphic novelist Julia Gfrörer are my special guests for a deep dive into one of our favourite films, Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation (1974).The Conversation was groundbreaking in terms of film editing; when Coppola was pulled away to direct The Godfather Part II, editor Walter Murch had to streamline a narrative out of an incomplete film shoot and synthesized new approaches to picture editing and sound design which he credited to studying Hackman's precise performance as the surveillance expert Harry Caul, a lonely middle-aged man whose Catholic guilt and past sins begins to weigh on his conscience as he obsesses over his latest spycraft job, plagued with worry over the fate of the young couple he's recorded and what the tape will be used for by his sinister corporate client. We discuss the autobiographical details Coppola lent to the characterization and Jungian psychoanalysis that can be applied to the content, some of our favourite moments, and how the themes of The Conversation continue to resonate with audiences over half a century later. Follow Sean T. Collins and Julia Gfrörer on Bluesky. And support Sean and Julia's work on Patreon!Julia Gfrörer's newest collection of fiction World Within the World: Collected Minicomix & Short Works 2010-2022 (Fantagraphics) is now available. ‘I'm Not Afraid of Death': How Gene Hackman's Dream in The Conversation Mirrors Our Dark Moment, by Sean T. Collins, for Decider, February 27, 2025“The Making of The Conversation: An Interview with Francis Ford Coppola” by Brian De Palma, from Filmmakers Newsletter, 1974, reproduced by Cinephilia & Beyond Trailer for The Conversation (Coppola, 1974)

Absolute O-Rama: Absolute Martian Manhunter by Deniz Camp and Javier Rodriguez and Absolute Wonder Woman #6 by Kelly Thompson and Mattia De Iulis, Bitter Root: The Next Movement #1 by Sanford Greene, David F. Walker, Chuck Brown, and Matt Herms, Diamond and Alliance Entertainment, Silver Sprocket-O-Rama: The Confessional by Paige Hender and Hourglass by Barbara Mazzi, Free For All by Patrick Horvath from Oni Press, Savage Dragon #276 and Erik Larsen, The Kids by Garth Ennis and Dalibor Talajic, Tedward by Josh Pettinger from Fantagraphics, plus a whole mess more!

Absolute Flash #1 by Jeff Lemire, Nick Robles, and Adriano Lucas, One World Under Doom #2 by Ryan North, R. B. Silva, and David Curiel, El Fuego by David Rubin from Oni Press, Absolute Batman, Assorted Crisis Events #1 by Deniz Camp, Eric Zawadzki, and Jordie Bellaire, Holy Lacrimony by Michael DeForge from Drawn & Quarterly, Thundercats: Lost #1 by Ed Brisson, Rapha Lobosco, and Roshan Kurichiyanil from Dynamite, Gilt Frame, Beat It, Rufus by Noah Van Sciver from Fantagraphics, plus a whole mess more!

Michael Dean has been an editor at The Comics Journal since 1999 and is the co-author (with Tom Spurgeon) of the oral history of Fantagraphics Books, Comics As Art: We Told You So. He's currently editing Fantagraphics' Lost Marvels series, which restores forgotten Marvel classics in beautiful hardcover editions. Volume One reprints the never-before-collected 1969 horror and suspense series, Tower of Shadows. It hits shelves on April 29th and is available for preorder now from Fantagraphics' website and your local comics shop.For 70 minutes of bonus content — including more of our conversation with Michael, our coverage of the Trial of the Falcon in Captain America #191, and our Mighty MBTM Checklist feature — support us at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth. Subscribers at the $5/month level get instant access to our bonus feed of content that contains over 150 extended and exclusive episodes.  Stories Covered in this Episode: "The Tarantula Is a Very Deadly Beast!" - Amazing Spider-Man #147, written by Gerry Conway, art by Ross Andru, Mike Esposito, and Dave Hunt, letters by Joe Rosen, colors by Stan Goldberg, edited by Len Wein, ©1975 Marvel Comics"Jackal, Jackal... Who's Got the Jackal?" - Amazing Spider-Man #148, written by Gerry Conway, art by Ross Andru, Mike Esposito, and Dave Hunt, letters by John Costanza, colors by Petra Goldberg, edited by Len Wein, ©1975 Marvel Comics"Even If I Live, I Die!" - Amazing Spider-Man #149, written by Gerry Conway, art by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito, letters by Annette Kawecki, colors by Janice Cohen, edited by Marv Wolfman, ©1975 Marvel Comics"Spider-Man... or Spider-Clone?" - Amazing Spider-Man #150, written by Archie Goodwin, art by Gil Kane, Mike Esposito, and Frank Giacoia, letters by Joe Rosen, colors by Petra Goldberg, edited by Marv Wolfman, ©1975 Marvel Comics "Marvel by the Month" theme v. 4 written by Robb Milne and performed by Robb Milne and Barb Allen. All incidental music by Robb Milne.Visit us on the internet (and buy some stuff) at marvelbythemonth.com, follow us on Bluesky at @marvelbythemonth.com and Instagram (for now) at @marvelbythemonth, and support us on Patreon at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth.Much of our historical context information comes from Wikipedia. Please join us in supporting them at wikimediafoundation.org. And many thanks to Mike's Amazing World of Comics, an invaluable resource for release dates and issue information. (RIP Mike.)

Jimmy attended the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) Festival over the weekend. He got 5 interviews overall. In this episode, you'll hear his chat with Frances Jetter. They talked about her mixed media graphic novel AMALGAM: AN IMMIGRANT, HIS LABOR UNION, AND HIS AMERICAN FAMILY IN BROOKLYN, how she discovered her art style, what her grandfather accomplished, teaching at SVA and more. More interviews to come from MoCCA with Dani Diaz and Kazimir Lee.  Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Zach is joined by the host of the I Read Comic Books podcast, Mike Rapin to discuss the much heralded, deeply beloved stories of a ronin Samurai rabbit: Usagi Yojimbo!Delving into several of the original stories from the 1980s, Zach and Mike talk the history of the comics beginnings, gush over Sakai's brilliant work and talk about why the series has stood the test of time for over 40 years.---------------------------------------------------Want to hear more from Mike? Check out I Read Comic Books!And go here to see the amazing IRCB 10th anniversary Zine titled: Totally Not A Cult: An Anthology Art Zine curated by IRCB---------------------------------------------------Check out Dreampass and all their killer tracks on Spotify!---------------------------------------------------Join the Patreon to help us keep the lights on, and internet connected! https://www.patreon.com/tctwl---------------------------------------------------Listen to my other podcast!TFD: NerdcastAnd I am also part of the team over at...I Read Comic Books!---------------------------------------------------Want to try out all the sweet gigs over on Fiverr.com? Click on the link below and sign up!https://go.fiverr.com/visit/?bta=323533&brand=fiverrcpa---------------------------------------------------Follow on Instagram!The Comics That We LoveFollow on Tiktok!The Comics that We LoveFollow on Twitter!@Z_Irish_Red

Part 2 of the episode is here and it's all homework.  We talk about In, Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection Vol 17: Kraven's Last Hunt, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, Space-Mullet Vol 1: One Gamble At A Time, We Called Them Giants, Punk Rock Jesus, Usagi Yojimbo Vol 1-2 (Fantagraphics), Love Hurts, Nightbitch, Glass Onion, Austin Powers, Blues Brothers, Kill Bill, The Jerk, Severance, Silo, Skeleton Crew, Turtles All The Way Down, Spiderhead, When You're Done Saving The World, After Everything, Say You Will, Teacher, I Used To Go Here, Dear Zoe, Arcadian, Free Samples, Creature Commandos, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, and The 4:30 Movie. The featured song is "Money" by Empired.  You can find them at: Website | Instagram Check us out at our website and on social media.  Don't forget to rate and review the podcast on iTunes.

Episode 962- Jason Interviews Briana Loewinsohn - Raised by Ghosts - FantagraphicsThis brilliant YA graphic novel is a love letter to family and all of the messy complexities they come with, from the acclaimed author of Ephemera: A Memoir.Set in the author's own teenage years, Raised By Ghosts begins in 1991 with semi autobiographical Briana in middle school. Classes are a bummer, but lunches are worse; either spent alone, or being teased. Traditionally a good student, Briana is not doing well in her academics, but keeps it a secret. Her parents (divorced) are a mess, and largely absent. She spends a lot of time by herself. By high school, she makes friends, and those connections are her only source of happiness as they help each other navigate adolescence. But life at home with each parent remains fraught. When her relationships at school begin to falter, she has no one to turn to, forcing Briana to grapple with her sense of self-worth, her longing for belonging, and her desire for authenticity in her relationships.Raised By Ghosts is a powerful, affecting graphic novel for young adult readers. The story is told by shifting between Briana's first-person class notes and diary entries. In her understated yet masterful approach to comics storytelling, Loewinsohn eschews dramatic confrontations and overt sentimentality, preferring instead to underscore the idea that sometimes acceptance and love can be communicated through quiet, everyday moments and close family bonds.Orders of Raised by Ghosts include a unique bookplate signed by Briana Loewinsohn while supplies last!https://www.fantagraphics.com/products/raised-by-ghostsGet up to 48% off Magic Mind w/code COMICS at https://magicmind.com/comicsfun Like & Subscribe on Youtube www.youtube.com/@comicsforfunandprofit5331Patreon https://www.patreon.com/comicsfunprofit Merch https://comicsfunprofit.threadless.comYour Support Keeps Our Show Going On Our Way to a Thousand EpisodesDonate Here https://bit.ly/36s7YeLAll the C4FaP links you could ever need  https://beacons.ai/comicsfunprofit Listen To the Episode Here: https://comcsforfunandprofit.podomatic.com/

Bearded Comic Bro got to sit down and talk with Briana Loewinsohn who is the creator behind the new graphic novel from Fantagraphics "Raised by Ghosts".  Make sure you watch the video and check out all the links below that we mention in the video.Follow Briana Loewinsohn on Social Media Instagram: @brianabreaks Bluesky: @brianabreaks.bsky.social

The Pit by Erik Kriek from Living the Line, Ghost Machine-O-Rama: Geiger, Redcoat, Hyde Street, and Rocketfellers, Seven to Eternity from Rick Remender and company, Heavy Metal, Joe Galaxy from Massimo Mattioli from Fantagraphics, Orochi Volume 3 by Kazuo Umezz from Viz, The Tin Can Society, Namor and Jason Aaron, plus a whole mess more!

The boys are back in town! Is the Ultimate Universe still exciting? Is DC still the reigning Big 2 Publisher champ? And say hello to Mad Cave, Fantagraphics, and Oni Press to the show! Join Dallas and Evan as they energetically read through the Marvel,  DC, Image, BOOM!, IDW, Mad Cave, Fantagraphics, Oni Press, and Dark Horse solicitations for April 2025 and give you delightful commentary and excited expectations of what's coming next to comics. You can follow the podcast on TikTok: @whatsnextcomics You can follow Dallas on Bluesky: @dallas_comics You can follow Evan on Youtube/TikTok/Bluesky: @evanvondoom

Mathew Klickstein is a prolific author, filmmaker, and pop culture historian. Rick Geary is a renowned artist, illustrator, and cartoonist. Their new graphic novel, Daisy Goes to the Moon, is published by Fantagraphics. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren Mathew's websitehttps://www.mathewklickstein.com/ Rick's websitehttps://www.rickgeary.com/ Daisy Goes to the Moonhttps://www.fantagraphics.com/products/daisy-goes-to-the-moon?srsltid=AfmBOooOxybL4be9PUZ-hRtCHCq1YoTWf6rb46ilN_3H7WtmpGEN2pab Amusing Jews Merch Storehttps://www.amusingjews.com/merch#!/ Subscribe to the Amusing Jews podcasthttps://www.spreaker.com/show/amusing-jews Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeleshttps://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/ Jewish Museum of the American Westhttps://www.jmaw.org/ Atheists United Studioshttps://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Chris discusses Howard Chaykin's MONARK STARSTALKER single-issue scifi story from the ultra-cool try-out book, Marvel Premiere. COMICS ROT YOUR BRAIN! is a deep dive into ‘80s comics (plus a few notable exceptions). In this weekly podcast, screenwriters Steven Bagatourian (AMERICAN GUN) and Chris Derrick (STAR TREK: PICARD) discuss their favorite books, runs, and creators from the Bronze Age.Support Our Patreon -   / comicsrotyourbrain  Fantagraphics is finally collecting Chaykin's early Marvel Comics work - https://a.co/d/dkKaCM3Chaykin's STARS, MY DESTINATION adaptation - https://a.co/d/07teTGnChaykin's AMERICAN FLAGG! - https://a.co/d/dayB5290:00 Music & Intro0:59 Plug for Marvel's upcoming collection of early Howard Chaykin work1:13 What is Marvel Premiere?2:41 Who is Howard Chaykin?3:42 Diving into Monark SDrop us a line! + Check out our YouTube channel to get a look at some of the fantastic art featured in our episodes. Visit ComicsRotYourBrain.com to sign up for our newsletter, Letter Column. You can also find us wherever you stream your favorite podcasts.+ We appreciate your support of the show via Patreon: ComicsRotYourBrain+ For even more cool shit, read Chris's Substack (cinema, comics, and culture) - THIN ICE©2024 Comics Rot Your Brain!#dccomics #vertigocomics #alanmoore #comicbooks #new #content #80scomics #explained #indiecomics #scificomics #marvelcomics #horrorstories #spaceopera #scifi

 Subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode!This episode is sponsored in part by Tokyo Treat! To get $5 off your first box of delicious snacks & treats delivered from Japan straight to your door, AND to help support my little podcast, use code "NOSTALGIA" at my link here! 2024 is coming to a close, so you know what that means–That's right, it's time for another Year in Review! And this time, MDi is here to help discuss the results of my annual year-end survey as filled out by you, the listeners! What older anime titles were you excited to buy (sometimes again) this year, and what titles are you looking forward to coming out in 2025? We also talk about all the memorable news stories from throughout this long, seemingly never-ending year. Hear all the silliness, sadness, and stress of this year; PLUS the winners of the survey giveaway. Happy Holidays & Happy New Year!!Stream the episode above or  [Direct Download]Subscribe on apple podcasts | Spotify Relevant links: ☆ Use my affiliate links to buy the top 3 (as voted by my listeners) older anime releases from 2024! ☆ 1. Berserk '97 BD2. Belladonna of Sadness 4k+BD3. Macross Plus Movie + OVA Ultimate Edition BDListen to the full episode for the complete list! Follow MDi on Youtube and Bluesky! Special thanks to Animeigo, Fantagraphics, and Yen Press for donating the prizes for this year's holiday giveaway! Congrats to the winners!My theme song music was done by Kerobit! You can find more about them on their website! See how you can get access to behind-the-scenes stuff, early access to the podcast, and a BRAND NEW subscriber exclusive podcast with my new Ko-fi Subscriptions! As always, feel free to leave me your thoughts on this episode or ideas for future episodes here—or email me directly at AnimeNostalgiaPodcast@gmail.com. Thanks for listening, and Happy New Year! 

This new Comic Book Bears audio episode is our last episode of 2024 and a loaded one it is! The CBB trio of Caleb, Bill and Steve are all on hand to chat about a whole bunch of things! The teaser trailer for the upcoming Superman film written and directed by James Gunn dropped on December 19th and this turned out to be a very big deal. We opine on it along with the new Creature Commandos animated series on Max which kicks off this new DC Universe for film and TV. In terms of Marvel, in the movie theaters right now is Kraven the Hunter - the new film based on the Spider-Man adversary starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson in the title role, Ariana DeBose and Russell Crowe. 66.6% of the bear crew saw it and provide their viewpoints on it. We also take a few new books off of the virtual spinner rack and discuss JSA by Jeff Lemire and Diego Orlotegui (DC), Arcbound by Tom Hardy, Scott Snyder, Frank Tieri and Ryan Smallman (Dark Horse) and Tender by Beth Hetland from Fantagraphics. Lastly, each of us choose their favorite series or graphic novel of 2024 which were ... well, you will just have to hit play to find out what our picks were! Hoping you all are having a great holiday season and our best wishes to you in 2025!

(Best Of 2024) Fantagraphics has begun to release 2 types of Hardcover collections of Marvel's years as Atlas Comics from the 1950s . Comics historian Dr Michael Vassallo joins us to talk about The First Volume featuring the art of Joe Maneely, one of the essential artists working for Martin Goodman and Stan Lee. .In this pre Marvel superhero era, Maneely co created characters like The Black Knight Jimmy Woo and The Claw. He also did a daily newspaper comic strip with Stan , many westerns and Korean War stories.

Episode 953 - Jason Interviews Carol Lay My Time Machine FantagraphicsMy Time Machine takes off when Carol Lay's silver-haired protagonist (who happens to resemble the author) embarks on a foolhardy odyssey that transports her from the politically addled and environmentally anxious America of 2020 to a bleak and distant future. Trapped in a glitchy time machine at the end of the world, a strange creature banging unnervingly at the door, what else is an exhausted amateur time traveler to do but sit back and play her concertina?Having inherited the blueprints designed by the Time Traveler of H.G. Wells' historical account, our curious and all-too-human adventurer enlists her genius ex-husband to construct a modern version of the time machine. Torn between wanting to fix the past and needing to know what lies ahead, she decides to see how our follies will play out in order to bring back information that might help save civilization from itself. She anticipates trouble, but it's far worse — not only has humanity failed to mitigate climate change, but by 2035 the world has succumbed to fascism. Then, by 2045, it has devolved to anarchy. Intrigued by the possibilities detailed in Wells' book, she decides to visit the year 802,701 to verify the original Traveler's tale. In that inexplicably lush land she encounters enemies that propel her to the earth's last, hellish days.Carol Lay's My Time Machine is serious and funny, a sly cautionary political satire, and a rollicking time travel story full of puzzling paradoxes, edge-of-your-seat suspense, breezy badinage, and a deeply felt wonder at the universe.Orders of My Time Machine include a unique bookplate signed by Carol Lay while supplies last!Buy It: https://www.fantagraphics.com/products/my-time-machine-a-graphic-novelCarol Lay graduated from UCLA with a B.F.A. in Fine Arts, but when a friend gave her a crash course in comics, she found her calling. Her first independent comics series, the critically acclaimed Good Girls, appeared in 1987 from Fantagraphics. She also drew commercially for Mattel; did storyboards for rock videos, feature films and commercials, later working part-time as an animation storyboard artist on several shows. In 1990, she started a weekly strip in the L.A. Weekly, Story Minute. She has contributed to numerous anthologies, including Wimmen's Comix and Simpsons Comics. Her work has appeared in the Village Voice, Entertainment Weekly, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, Mad Magazine, and others.Like & Subscribe on Youtube www.youtube.com/@comicsforfunandprofit5331Patreon https://www.patreon.com/comicsfunprofit  Merch https://comicsfunprofit.threadless.comYour Support Keeps Our Show Going On Our Way to a Thousand EpisodesDonate Here https://bit.ly/36s7YeLAll the C4FaP links you could ever need  https://beacons.ai/comicsfunprofit Listen To the Episode Here: https://comcsforfunandprofit.podomatic.com/ 

Neil Gaiman, West Coast Avengers, All-New Venom, Maple Terrace and Noah Van Sciver, Woman & Man + by Craig Yoe, Ninja Sarutobi Sasuke by Sugiura Shigeru from New York Review Comics, The Forged and Greg Rucka, Rocketfellers, Helen of Wyndhorn, Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers in the 21st Century and Other Follies from Fantagraphics, Our Torsos Align from Seven Seas, The Power Fantasy, Blacksad, plus a whole mess more!

Marvel announces its titles for Free Comic Book Day 2025. Avatar The Last Airbender gets an omnibus. Fantagraphics collecting Peter Bagge's Hate into one volume.SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, APPLE, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, TIKTOK, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On today's episode, I talk to cartoonist John Pham. Born in Saigon, John's family immigrated to the US towards the end of the Vietnam War. In the year 2000, John received a self publishing grant from the Xeric Foundation for his comic Epoxy, and later in the aughts, Fantagraphics published his books Sublife vol. 1 and 2, the latter of which was nominated for multiple Ignatz Awards. In between books, John works as an art director on some of your favorite cartoons including Lucas Bros Moving Co, Axe Cop and the new animated Everybody Still Hates Chris. His latest book J + K was published by Fantagraphics in 2020, and a new paperback edition was released mid-summer this year, and folks, it's terrific! This is the website for Beginnings, subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow me on Twitter. Check out my free philosophy Substack where I write essays every couple months here and my old casiopop band's lost album here! And the comedy podcast I do with my wife Naomi Couples Therapy can be found here! Theme song by the fantastic Savoir Adore! Second theme by the brilliant Mike Pace! Closing theme by the delightful Gregory Brothers! Podcast art by the inimitable Beano Gee!  

Carol Lay discusses her career in comics, her new book- My Time Machine - and her up coming collection- Murderburg. Both from Fantagraphics.Consider becoming a patron!Support the show

Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkHTY1eNYHr9JoTndx_m6kA/join New T-shirts & more are now available! http://tee.pub/lic/BAMG This week, we're diving into the collector's world from every angle! First, we talk flea markets and swap meets, the hidden gems (and duds) waiting to be uncovered, and tips for navigating these local hotspots. Then, are you thinking about selling your collection as you plan for retirement? We'll discuss timing, market trends, and the signs that say it might be time to let go. Later, we'll explore a rare Valiant comic that has seen a surprising drop in value—what's going on, and what does it mean for collectors? We also spotlight our Hot Book of the Week from indie powerhouse Fantagraphics, uncovering why it's heating up! Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @bronzeandmoderngods, and don't forget to Like and Subscribe! Join our membership for exclusive perks and more! Bronze and Modern Gods is the channel dedicated to the Bronze, Copper and Modern Ages of comics and comic book collecting! Follow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BronzeAndModernGods Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bronzeandmoderngods #comics #comicbooks #comiccollecting --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bronzeandmoderngods/support

NYCC 2024, DC O-Rama: Absolute Wonder Woman by Kelly Thompson, Hayden Sherman, and Jordie Bellaire, Superman #19 by Joshua Williamson, Dan Mora, and Alejandro Sánchez, Unwholesome Love by Charles Burns, Department of Truth: The Complete Conspiracy: Wild Fictions by James Tynion IV and company, Donald Duck: Vacation Parade from Fantagraphics, Scene of the Crime, Grendel: Devil's Crucible: Defiance and Matt Wagner, Zatanna: Bring Down the House, plus a whole mess more!

Stan Mack is a cartoonist best known for Real Life Funnies, which ran in The Village Voice for over two decades. His new book, Stan Mack's Real-Life Funnies: The Collected Conceits, Delusions, and Hijinks of New Yorkers from 1974 to 1995, is published by Fantagraphics. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren Stan Mack's Real Life Funnieshttps://www.fantagraphics.com/products/stan-macks-real-life-funnies?srsltid=AfmBOoo9DlUGftJJTCCD15LfqI3NsT9hFzmPoojWtTrX03L_tWa4WIJW Stan's websitehttps://www.stanmack.com/ The Story of the Jewshttps://turnerpublishing.com/products/the-story-of-the-jews?srsltid=AfmBOoqjOzaWgWNVnMcFEETjLPyml2SfCLuGqv5fbYQ57eMqLwi3mmC6 Amusing Jews Merch Storehttps://www.amusingjews.com/merch#!/ Subscribe to the Amusing Jews podcasthttps://www.spreaker.com/show/amusing-jews Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeleshttps://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/ Jewish Museum of the American Westhttps://www.jmaw.org/ Atheists United Studioshttps://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Dracula-O-Rama: Dracula: The Impaler, #DRCL: Midnight Children, and Conquest 2099: Manga-O-Rama: Tank Chair by Manabu Yashiro from Kodansha and UFO Mushroom Invasion by Shirakawa Marina from Living the Line/Smudge, Dawnrunner, DC's I Know What You Did Last Crisis, The Toxic Avenger from Ahoy, Absolute Power, Ocultos by Laura Pérez from Fantagraphics, Final Cut and Charles Burns, The One Hand, The Complete Brzrkr and Matt Kindt, plus a whole mess more!

Matt Danner Interview | The Brett Allan Show | The Muppet Babies 'Kermit' Being a Creative and More! Watch here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrqIFmTepHw&t=8s Emmy award winner Matt Danner is a well-established Director/Writer, Executive Producer, and Creator in the animation industry. He has worked with Disney, 20th Century Studios, Nickelodeon, Warner Brothers, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, and Mattel, among other studios. His overall development deals have spawned multiple hit series. Matt recently directed the animated feature, NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM, for Shawn Levy and 20th Century Studios. He has also directed three feature length films for the HOT WHEELS franchise for Mattel. Matt has just completed season three of Disney Junior's MUPPET BABIES as the Executive Producer, Supervising Director, and Writer. He also spearheaded the development for the entire series. Matt won an Emmy in 2020 for Outstanding Performer in a Preschool Animated Program for voicing KERMIT THE FROG. Along with Kermit, he voices ROWLF THE DOG, WALDORF, BEAKER and SWEDISH CHEF. For television, Matt has worked on the iconic THE LOONEY TUNES SHOW, NEW MICKEY MOUSE, and GRAVITY FALLS. Other credits include XIAOLIN SHOWDOWN, DAN VS, JOHNNY TEST, WANDER OVER YONDER, DONALD DUCK: LEGEND OF THE THREE CABALLEROS, YOGI BEAR, JETSONS, FLINTSTONES, SCOOBY DOO, WWE SLAM CITY, MUCHA LUCHA, and Adult Swim's THE DRINKY CROW SHOW. Besides animation, Matt was the author on an illustrated novel that Fantagraphics published entitled SOCK MONKEY: INTO THE DEEP WOODS. Matt Danner and his Dannerland Productions have relationships with Animation Studios all over the world and continue to innovate in the worlds of animation, toys, and gaming with action-packed and comedic quality content. Connect with us on our website for more amazing conversations! www.brettallanshow.com Have you got some feedback? Let us know! openmicguest@gmail.com Follow us on social media! Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thebrettallanshow Instagram https://www.instagram.com/brettallanshow/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@TheBrettAllanShow/videos LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/brett-allan-009458168/ Support the show! VENMO @-Brett-Allan-7 Cash App @brettallanshow74 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wolverine: Revenge, Deadpool and Wolverine, Robert Kirkman, Masters of the Nefarious: Mollusk Rampage from New York Review Comics,  Adrift on a Painted Sea by Tim and Sue Bird from Avery Hill, Crowded, Nexus V2: The Battle for Thuneworld by Steve Rude, Future by Tommi Musturi from Fantagraphics, Ghost Machine, Power Rangers Infinity, Don't Let Go, plus a whole mess more!

Brandon Graham pops in to inform us on Moonray, Surviving on Mars (both from the great Living the Line), Matt Howarth, Frank Miller, porn comics, process, and a whole lot more, plus we have some time left over to throw down on DC Vs. Vampires: World War V, Jonny Quest, Defenders of the Earth, EC Fan-Addict Fanzine #6 from Fantagraphics, Kosher Mafia from Mad Cave, Gilt Frame from Dark Horse, plus a whole mess more!

Deb Aoki and Christopher Woodrow-Butcher manage a publishing initiative that recommends great manga to people who haven't read much of that genre before. The latest manga published by them is Search & Destroy, presented by Fantagraphics. In Episode #652, Wayne talks with them about this latest release. Search & Destroy is the latest manga published by Fantagaphics in partnership with MSX: Mangasplaining Extra, a publishing initiative run by Deb and Christopher and Andrew Woodrow-Butcher that spins out of their popular podcast Mangasplaining. Thise three-issue publication is described this way: “Search & Destroy is a brilliantly-crafted action-thriller about an outsider looking for meaning and vengeance in the unjust world that took everything away from her.” We discuss how this project came to be, delve into manga, explore who the characters are, and what else we can expect from them in the future. Don't miss this engaging interview!

Artist & illustrator Anita Kunz returns to the show to talk about how art saved her life, as we catch up on her fantastic books, ORIGINAL SISTERS and STRIKING A POSE: A Handy Guide to the Male Nude (Pantheon and Fantagraphics, respectively). We talk about Anita's passion for figure drawing, how disconcerted some male viewers were by Striking A Pose, the difference between drawing women and men and all the tension and dynamics that go into making art from each gender, and why Winston Churchill's granddaughter was none-too-pleased by his appearance in her book. We get into how her 2020 lockdown project of painting one portrait of a badass woman every day evolved into her Original Sisters series, how it feels to be closing in on 500 portraits (!), and how she keeps finding more badass women to paint. We also discuss her transition from an acclaimed illustration career into big art projects, how Barbara Nessim helped her find a gallery (and how she had to get over her fear of gallery owners), the book of parables & fables she's making, how it feels to see her Original Sisters in museum exhibitions (and how much she's looking forward to their big show at the Norman Rockwell Museum), the burden of having to be A Nice Girl In A Small Town growing up, how she makes great art while being racked with self-doubt, the importance of mentors and art-friends, and a lot more. Follow Anita on Instagram, check out the Original Sisters site, and listen to our 2021 conversation • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal and via our e-newsletter

It's easy to despair. Fear and frustration spread quickly, and their hold has hooks hard to shake. Don't fall into the discourse trap; free yourself by following the light radiating from the medium's champions. Find folks like Deb Aoki and Christopher Woodrow-Butcher and grab firm. Through their Mangasplaining podcast (co-hosted with David Brothersand Chip Zdarsky), they've become beacons of what the sequential art form can offer the human experience, and recently, they've taken their passion one step further (maybe several steps further) and actually manifested great comic works. Mangasplaining, in partnership with Fantagraphics, first brought Susumu Higa's Okinawa into American comic shops and bookstores. Now, they're switching gears quite drastically, offering Atsushi Kaneko's radical reconsideration of Osamu Tezuka's iconic Dororo, Search and Destroy. The comic shifts the original story from feudal Japan to an apocalyptic future where machines enhance themselves using pieces stolen from a mysterious young woman. While they taste life with her tongue, she trudges across the sci-fi hellscape, sharpening her rage into a propulsive attack. As we prepare for this week's San Diego Comic-Con International, we revel in the gifts all comics provide their readers. We chat with Deb Aoki and Christopher Woodrow-Butcher about their Mangasplaining origin, how it evolved into a comics delivery system, the types of conversations we should have about manga away from American Comics, and the conversations we should have about manga with American Comics. If you're looking for inspiration before America's biggest comic book convention takes over this week's discourse, this Comic Book Couples Counseling episode is ready to serve. Relevant Links Search and Destroy - Fantagraphics Atsushi Kaneko on Twitter Giga Town: A Guide to Manga Iconography - Udon Mangasplaining Announcement Giga Town Amazon Pre-Order Link Okinawa - Fantagraphics Free Chapter on Mangaspaining Extra, plus links to other MSX manga, including Search and Destroy Surviving San Diego Comic-Con Tips and Tricks Maria Bamford and Scott Marvel Cassidy on CBCC Final Round of Plugs (PHEW): Support the Podcast by Joining OUR PATREON COMMUNITY Join us at the Alamo Drafthouse in Winchester, Virginia, on 8/18 at 4:00 PM for our Atomic Blonde screening, co-sponsored by Four Color Fantasies. Watch the latest episode of The B&B Show, where Brad and Bryan Review the Hottest Cinematic Releases. And, of course, follow Comic Book Couples Counseling on Facebook, on Instagram, and on Twitter @CBCCPodcast, and you can follow hosts Brad Gullickson @MouthDork & Lisa Gullickson @sidewalksiren. Send us your Words of Affirmation by leaving us a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts. Continue your conversation with CBCC by hopping over to our website, where we have reviews, essays, and numerous interviews with comic book creators. Podcast logo by Aaron Prescott @acoolhandfluke, podcast banner art by @Karen_XmenFan.

Our man Mario returns (with a special surprise appearance by Brother Ray at the tail end) to throw down with us on Cashiers du Cinéma #2 and Josh Bayer from Obvious Fake Press, Roadside Daydream by Ding Pao-yen from Mangasick via 50 Watts Books, Vendetta: Holy Vindicator by Steve McArdle from Floating World, Symbiote Spider-Man 2099 by Peter David and Rogé Antonio, The Clitoris by Rikke Villadsen from Fantagraphics, From the DC Vault: Death in the Family: Robin Lives and Rick Leonardi, Millennium and New Guardians, The Day the Clan Came to Town by Bill Campbell and Bizhan Khodabandeh from PM Press, Dynamite Diva #4: The Engine Whispers by Jasper Jubenvill, One Piece: Ace's Story Volume 2 and Boichi, Nemesis: Rogues Gallery, Doom Patrol by Arnold Drake and Bruno Premiani, The Midnight Order and Mathieu Bablet, plus a whole mess more!

Fool Night Volume 1 by Kasumi Yasuda from Viz Signature, Grendel: Devil's Crucible: Defiance #1 by Matt and Brennan Wagner, X-Men #1 by Jed MacKay, Ryan Stegman, JP Mayer, and Marte Gracia, Wonder Woman and Tom King, Once Upon a Time at the End of the World and Jason Aaron, Gatchaman by Cullen Bunn, Chris Batista, and Carlos Lopez from Mad Cave, You and a Bike and a Road by Eleanor Davis from Fantagraphics, plus a whole mess more.

For two decades, Stan Mack published a weekly cartoon strip in the Village Voice in which he listened to New Yorkers and documented their sayings and subcultures, assuring readers: “all dialogue guaranteed verbatim.” Now Mack and Fantagraphics have compiled hundreds of highlights from his archives into a book called “Stan Mack's Real Life Funnies: The Collected Conceits, Delusions and Hijinks of New Yorkers from 1974 to 1995,” a document of late-20th century New York City — a time before cellphones when life was lived out loud. He talks with guest host Alyssa Katz, THE CITY's Executive Editor who worked at the Voice early in her career, in the latest episode of FAQ NYC Off Cycle.

Legendary cartoonist & artist Stan Mack pioneered documentary comics and bought New York's multitudes to life with Stan Mack's Real Life Funnies (RLF) in the Village Voice, and now he joins the show to celebrate the publication of STAN MACK'S REAL LIFE FUNNIES: The Collected Conceits, Delusions, and Hijinks of New Yorkers from 1974 to 1995 (Fantagraphics)! We talk about winnowing down 1,000+ RLF strips to 275 for this book, the comic's secret origin and how we share some Milton Glaser conceptual DNA, what he learned about cartooning and storytelling, the creeping realization that people were actually reading RLF, and how he and the comic grew over 20+ years. We get into whether Real Life Funnies and its snippets of street dialogue could work today when everybody just stares at their phones, how his pre-Voice stint as art director at the New York Herald Tribune made an editor out of him, the moment he realized he was a New Yorker, how he became an activist and used RLF to highlight the squatters' rights movement, the AIDS crisis, and more in NYC, how important the Village Voice was to the city and to America in the '70s and '80s and why we need to bring it out of the pre-digital memory hole (a la DW Young & his new documentary, UNCROPPED), Stan's failure as a backup dancer for Lionel Richie, and a lot more. Follow Stan on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal and via our e-newsletter

How you define your relationship determines its trajectory. If you see your romance as a triumph over adversity, you will triumph. This is one of the many lessons we took from our long ago exploration of Drs. John and Julie Gottman, and we discuss their philosophy thoroughly on this week's podcast with Maria Bamford and Scott Marvel Cassidy. Their new graphic novel from Fantagraphics, Hogbook and Lazer Eyes, details their complicated coupling, all told through the eyes of their various elder pugs. When Maria Bamford and Scott Marvel Cassidy were at their lowest, they signed up for the dating website O.K. Cupid, using the handles "Hogbook" and "Lazer Eyes." One date became two, which became three, then four. Their compatibility was less than a sure thing, but as they persisted, their connection solidified. Something about the other stirred understanding in themselves, and witnessing that epiphany through their canine housemates cleverly, maybe magically, creates profundity. After the Gottmans, we discuss the other classic texts that shaped our understanding of relationships: Dan Slott and Michael Allred's Silver Surfer. As we've previously covered on the show, entering a marriage is to engage with "The Infinite All-In." In a best-case scenario, one of you will leave the other to wallow in grief. As you'll hear, for Maria Bamford and Scott Marvel Cassidy, "the 50/50 risk" gives value to the partnership. As longtime admirers of Maria Bamford's standup comedy and television work and Scott Marvel Cassidy's comics and artistry, it was more than a joy to chat with them about Hogbook and Lazer Eyes. Discussing romance and collaboration with another creative couple helped us more clearly define our desires and wants for the future. Is a puppy on the horizon? Possibly. To continue this conversation online, follow Maria Bamford on Twitter, Instagram, and her Website. Follow Scott Marvel Cassidy on Instagram and his Website. Hogbook and Lazer Eyes is now available from Fantagraphics. Find it wherever fine comics are sold. As always, Omnibus, the Digital Comic Store and Reader, sponsors our Referrals segment. This week, we selected two comic book titles on the site that satisfy this episode's themes. We won't spoil what they are here, but if you click the links below, you'll be immediately escorted to those books. Brad's Referral Lisa's Referral Other Relevant Links: Brad and Lisa on Free With Ads, Talking Tank Girl Subscribe to the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Subscribe to the Vactor-Verse Subscribe to Wizards: The Podcast Guide to Comics Final Round of Plugs (PHEW): Support the Podcast by Joining OUR PATREON COMMUNITY Join us at the Alamo Drafthouse in Winchester, Virginia, on 5/19 at 4:00 PM for our Green Lantern screening, co-sponsored by Four Color Fantasies. Watch the latest episode of The B&B Show, where Brad and Bryan Review the Hottest Cinematic Releases. And, of course, follow Comic Book Couples Counseling on Facebook, on Instagram, and on Twitter @CBCCPodcast, and you can follow hosts Brad Gullickson @MouthDork & Lisa Gullickson @sidewalksiren. Send us your Words of Affirmation by leaving us a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts. Continue your conversation with CBCC by hopping over to our website, where we have reviews, essays, and numerous interviews with comic book creators. Podcast logo by Aaron Prescott @acoolhandfluke, podcast banner art by @Karen_XmenFan.

My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book 2 by Emil Ferris from Fantagraphics, Her Frankenstein by Kawashima Norikazu from Smudge/Living the Line, Alan Scott: Green Lantern, Thistlebone by T. C. Eglington and Simon Davis from Rebellion/2000AD, Something Is Killing the Children, Hobtown Mystery Stories Volume One: The Case of the Missing Men by Kris Bertin and Alexander Forbes from Conundrum Press, plus a whole mess more!

Our story takes us to Memphis where Mike White is hot on the trail of John Michael McCarthy... a so-called "filmmaker" that trades in skin and sin, making lurid movies like The Sore Losers, Teenage Tupelo, Superstarlet A.D., and so much more.White gets every filthy detail about JMM's rap sheet and his new book filled with depravity and available via Fantagraphics: https://www.fantagraphics.com/products/teenage-tupelo Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.

Image-O-Rama: Ice Cream Man #39 by M. Maxwell Prince, Martin Morazzo, and Chris O'Halloran and G.I. Joe + Destro + Scarlett, Blood Hunt and Union Jack the Ripper: Blood Hunt, Kneel Before Zod by Joe Casey and Dan McDaid, Eden II by Kay Wroten from Fantagraphics and The Great Beyond by Léa Murawiec from Drawn & Quarterly, Ms. Tree, Action Comics, Bea Wolf by Zack Weinersmith and Boulet from :01, plus a whole mess more!

Send us a Text Message.Something new for me this week. A bold venture into uncharted territory.  The graphic novel!! As is proper, I've started with one of the best. Emil Ferris joins me to talk through the creation of her landmark epic, My Favourite Thing is Monsters. Volume 1 came out in 2017 to rapturous acclaim, and now, Volume 2 picks up exactly where that story of cute werewolves and cherished monsters let off. This is an EVENT!! Emil talks me through this alternative form of storytelling. She tells me about the laborious process behind the books, and how it saved her life (literally). Most of all though, we talk creativity, and how art and monsters are the things that will preserve humanity. Enjoy. My Favourite Thing is Monsters is released May 28thth from Fantagraphics  Other books mentioned: Maus (1986), by Art SpiegelmanThe Talisman (1984), by Stephen King and Peter StraubThe Shape of Water (2018), by Guillermo del Toro and Daniel KrausWhalefall (2023), by Daniel Kraus Support Talking Scared on Patreon Come talk books on Twitter @talkscaredpod, on Instagram, or email direct to talkingscaredpod@gmail.com Support the Show.

Mario sticks around while his shuttle home is stuck in traffic, joining the fun on Mythologies & Apocrypha by Tim Lane from Fantagraphics, Heroes Con 2024, House of Slaughter by James Tynion IV, Letizia Cadonici, and company from BOOM!, Frenzy by Tetsunori Tawaraya and Dangerous Drawings fron Desert Island, Sandman #19, Energon Universe 2024 Special, Dwellings by Jay Stephens, X-Men '97, plus a whole mess more!

Mario returns from exile on Planet Claire to help us out with The Enfield Gang Massacre by Chris Condon and Jacob Phillips, The Sixth Gun by Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt, Dementia 21 by Shintaro Kago from Fantagraphics, the Eisner nominations, Moonstone Triple Threat May '24 and Kolchak, The Awesome Comics Podcast and Jeff Smith, Ginger Revenges by Victor Santos, Simon Hanselmann and You Will Owe Nothing and You Will Be Happy, plus a whole mess more!

Image-O-Rama: The Infernals by Noah Gardner, Ryan Parrott, John J. Pearson, Lola Bonato, and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou and Grommets by Rick Remender, Brian Posehn, Brett Parson, and Moreno Dinisio, plus The Blood Brothers Mother by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso from DSTLRY, The Boy Wonder and Juni Ba, Crossed Volume 6 and Garth Ennis, Dawnrunner, Tender by Beth Hetland from Fantagraphics, plus a whole mess more!

Ron Regé, Jr. is a Los Angeles-based cartoonist who began drawing and self-publishing comics in the early 1990s in Cambridge, MA. Though he came out of zine culture and the underground comics scene, his work took a distinctly mystical turn thanks to a spiritual awakening he had the early 2000s. From that point on, his comics turned cosmic, exploring ideas of the occult, esotericism, and magic all in his signature psychedelic style. Though whimsical and whirling at first glance, Ron's work belies decades of rigorous research and devoted inquiry into the workings of the unseen world. His books include The Cartoon Utopia, Halcyon, What Parsifal Saw, The Weaver Festival Phenomenon, Skibber Bee Bye and many more. His newest book, Shell Collection, out this week from Fantagraphics, gathers many of his monthly mini-comics which he's been sending out to subscribers and Patreon backers over the last 8 years.Ron's comics and drawings have also appeared in hundreds of zines and comics anthologies. His illustration clients have included Nike, Sony, Tylenol, McSweeney's, and The New York Times. And if that wasn't enough, Ron is also the drummer for the celestial folk rock band, Lavender Diamond. On this episode, Ron discusses his cosmological cartoons, his practice of creative channeling, and the many inspirations and influences behind his wondrous work.Pam also talks about hermeticism and The Hermit, and answers a listener question about a big life decision.Our sponsors for this episode are Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, Weiser Books, BetterHelp, Snowy Owl Tea, Sphere + Sundry, and Mithras CandleWe also have brand new print-on-demand merch like Witch Wave shirts, sweatshirts, totes, stickers, and mugs available now here.And if you want more Witch Wave, please consider supporting us on Patreon to get access to detailed show notes, bonus Witch Wave Plus episodes, Pam's monthly online rituals, and more! That's patreon.com/witchwave