Podcast appearances and mentions of Jim Woodring

Its a GIANT SIZE episode in more ways than one this week, as the comics gang talk about and break down the classic issue that is Giant Size X-Men! Alongside that there's talk about their fave x characters, the art of pushing the limits with your work, shock and outrage in comics and brilliant indie books to check out in the days, weeks and month ahead. Great stuff to check out: Giant Size XMen, The Dry Cleaner, Kill the Bride, Supershow, Kieron Squires, Lawless Comic Con, High Viz Comic Con, Panels, Heart Eyes, Vault, Dennis Hopeless, Victor Ibanez, Manhole, Mandala, Andy Barron, Jim Woodring, Cam Girl

With THE EMPTY LOT (Fantagraphics Underground), artist Mia Wolff brings together 100 paintings from more than 40 years of her oeuvre. We talk about how she found the thread & structure for the book, the patterns that emerged as she re-ordered the pieces and stitched them together with new illustrations, comics and prose pieces, and how you can make a joyride of a monograph by introducing your cat into the scene. We get into her dream of catspiders that inspired her for decades, the game of exquisite corpse she's been playing with Jim Woodring, and her history in art and side trips into a trapeze act with a circus and teaching martial arts. We also discuss the graphic novel she's working on and how that art parallels her painting, why The Empty Lot has an afterword in the form of a page-by-page tour-conversation with Samuel R. Delany, her love of transparency & translucency and why her paintings of water are so magical, the tension of her pitch meeting with Gary Groth, and a lot more. Follow Mia on Bluesky and Instagram • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal and via our e-newsletter

THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTED PODCAST HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR APPROPRIATE AUDIENCES BY THE COMIC BOOK ADAPTATION ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. Rated R for sci-fi violence, bloody images, language and some sexuality/nudity. Crew Log: Dell Dracula Aliens: Kidnapped #1 (1997)… 00:00:38 …by Jim Woodring, Justin Green… 00:04:52 …and Francisco Solano López 00:09:57 Aliens: Kidnapped #2 (1998) 00:15:50 Aliens: Kidnapped #3 (1998) 00:23:09 MU/TH/UR 4300 00:32:52 episode art gallery blog post

To finish off the spooky season, Josh and Travis check out the four issue extended universe Aliens comic: Labyrinth. Things get real gruesome in this book by Jim Woodring and Kilian Plunkett.

THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTED PODCAST HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR APPROPRIATE AUDIENCES BY THE COMIC BOOK ADAPTATION ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC.Rated R for sci-fi violence, bloody images, language and some sexuality/nudity. Crew Log: Dell Dracula Aliens: Kidnapped #1 (1997)… 00:00:38 …by Jim Woodring, Justin Green… 00:04:52 …and Francisco Solano López 00:09:57 Aliens: Kidnapped #2 (1998) 00:15:50 Aliens: Kidnapped #3 (1998) 00:23:09 MU/TH/UR 4300 00:32:52 episode art gallery blog post

Sometimes you don't need any words to tell a story, so this week the crew kidnap Forpe (Drusa, George Mayhem) to talk about the art form that is silent comics! From breaking down the narrative opportunities, challenges and power of wordless comics, to talking about having creative ideas that may already exist and brilliant and inspirational words to carry into your own creative work - this episode has everything. All that AND amazing comics to check out in the next week! Great stuff to check out this week -  Forpe, Drusa, Marvel 'Nuff Said, Step by Bloody Step, Si Spurrier, Recall, The Adventures of a Japanese Businessman, Jose Domingus, Jim Woodring, Moebius, Invaders, Clear Run, ArtNineTwo, Lawless 2024, Pleasant Life Comics, Clockwork Werewolves, Hellbound Media, Fully Loaded, Tara Togs, Underground Kingdom Comics, Adam Falp, Inkblot Festival, Reluctant Sadist, Karcis, Blax Trauma Productions, Nathan Edmundson, Feral Kingdom Studios, Werewolf Jones and Sons, Hound, Mad Cave Comics

With his graphic novel, BLOOD OF THE VIRGIN (Pantheon), Sammy Harkham tells a story of personal and professional disintegration, against the backdrop of exploitation movies and the Iraqi Jewish diaspora in '70s L.A. We get into the obsessions and family lore that drove him to make the book, why it took him 14 years to complete it, what it means to focus on the 'novel' part of 'graphic novel', and how craft is always trying to catch up to ambition. We talk about the need to get past the cliches of the 'inside Hollywood' story, what he learned about his process over the course of making this book, why he didn't read the earlier chapters until he finished the story, and the John Steinbeck advice that got him over the finish line. We also discuss his comics upbringing, his thoughts on the late Joe Matt, the Jim Woodring panels that have haunted him for decades, the joyful anxiety of not knowing what his next project will be, and a lot more. Follow Sammy on Instagram • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal and via our e-newsletter

In this Fanbase Feature, The Fanbase Weekly co-host Bryant Dillon and special guests David Accampo (writer – Fanbase Press' The Margins, Lost Angels, Spectral: A Showcase of Fear) and Kraig Rasmussen (graphic novelist - Sojourners, Technopolis) participate in a thorough discussion regarding Aliens: Labyrinth (1993) in light of the comic book miniseries' 30th anniversary, with topics including stand-out moments from the series and Kilian Plunkett's artwork, what writer Jim Woodring had to say about the maniacal Dr. Paul Church, what the Alien film franchise could learn from the comic book series, and more. (Beware: SPOILERS for Aliens: Labyrinth abound in this panel discussion!)

Book of the Month: The Adventures of Tintin: In the Land of the Soviets and The Calculus Affair by Hergé, plus The Witcher: Ballad of Two Wolves from Dark Horse, One Beautiful Spring Day by Jim Woodring from Fantagraphics, A Taste for Blood by DeBuhme from Europe Comics, Once Upon a Time at the End of the World and Jason Aaron from BOOM!, Rick and Morty #1 from Oni, Lugosi: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood's Dracula from Life Drawn, plus a whole mess more!

I 2012 begik Jim Woodring en alvorlig fejl. Han gav sin uudgrundelige cartoonfigur Frank en mage. Det skulle han ikke have gjort. Pludselig var han afskåret fra The Unifactor – den okkulte instans, der tildeler ham hans magisk-symbolske historier. Han gjorde det eneste, han kunne: han tegnede sig ud af det i håb om at genoprette balancen. Radio Rackham i form af Thomas Thorhauge, Frederik Storm og Matthias Wivel kigger nærmere på den amerikanske serieskabers nyligt udkomne storværk One Beautiful Spring Day, som er en slags bodsarbejde for den selverklæret visionære serieskaber. En tegneserie, der søger kosmisk balance. Lykkes det? One Beautiful Spring Day er i udgangspunktet en opsamling af Woodrings tre tidligere bøger om Frank: Congress of Animals (2011), Fran (2013) og Poochytown (2018). Det var i førstnævnte, at Frank mødte sin mage Fran, efter Woodrings eget udsagn første gang han bevidst havde påtvunget Frank-historierne sine egne ønsker. Det begyndte allerede at vise sig skæbnesvangert for hans univers i opfølgeren Fran, og i Poochytown forsøgte han at skrue tiden tilbage og genetablere det status quo, der er så afgørende for hans sureelle univers. Det lykkes ikke, for der opstod straks nye problemer og han var stadig ikke i pagt med The Unifactor. Han tegnede derfor hundrede nye sider til og skabte en rammefortælling, der omslutter de tre bind i One Beautiful Spring Day. Det lader til at have virket, men nu er han til gengæld måske endegyldigt færdig med den figur, der mere end nogen anden har defineret hans karriere. Vi ser på, hvad det er der gør Woodrings tegneserier så unikke og vi mindes i den sammenhæng vores egne oplevelser med at udgive en af hans tidlige, mesterlige Frank-historier i bogen Forandringstegn i 2004. Lyt med og få del i de indsigter, vi måtte have, i en af de mest dragende tegneserieverdener nogensinde.

KLASSIKER Amerikanske Justin Green skabte i 1972 tegneseriehistorie med sin selvbiografiske tegneserie Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary , om hans katolske opvækst og dens betydning for hans alvorlige tvangsneuroser. Han stod med den fadder til en introspektiv og virkelighedsbaserede tilgang til tegneserien, der måske mere end nogen anden har forandret den måde vi tænker og laver tegneserier på. Green døde i april, halvtreds år efter han udgav sit hovedværk. Sammen med Lars Kramhøft, der de seneste år har markeret sig i det danske tegneserielandskab med sine autofiktive tegneserier, nærlæser vi—Frederik Storm og Matthias Wivel—Binky Brown, vurderer både dens begrænsninger og dens kvaliteter, der allerede da den blev udgivet fremstod med både programmatisk og nærmest profetisk kraft. Vi diskuterer, hvordan Binky Brown markerede et litterært højdepunkt i tressernes og de tidlige havlfjerdseres amerikanske underground. Vi ser, hvorfor så forskellige skikkelser som Robert Crumb og Will Eisner oplevede den som et vendepunkt, hvorfor Art Spiegelmans Maus ville have været utænkelig uden den, og hvordan man ser den afspejlet i alt fra Jim Woodring til David B., Aline Kominsky til Fabrice Neaud. Sidst, men ikke mindst, diskuterer vi selvbiografi og autofiktion i tegneserier i dag, med alle de muligheder genrerne giver for at engagere sig i samtiden og de udfordringer i forhold til autenticitet, den opstiller. Vi tager her udgangspunkt i Kramhøfts værker, Dagbog fra afgrunden (2019), Noget frygteligt er altid lige ved at ske (2020) og føljetonen Working Poor (2021–22), der til oktober udkommer samlet fra forlaget Fahrenheit under titlen Husvild. En episode med masser af vitaminer! Lyt!

FIVE-HUNDRED EPISODES of The Virtual Memories Show?! Let's celebrate this milestone episode with tributes, remembrances, jokes, congrats, non-sequiturs, and a couple of songs (!) from nearly 100 of my past guests, including Maria Alexander, Jonathan Ames, Glen Baxter, Jonathan Baylis, Zoe Beloff, Walter Bernard, Sven Birkerts, Charles Blackstone, RO Blechman, Phlip Boehm, MK Brown, Dan Cafaro, David Carr, Kyle Cassidy, Howard Chaykin, Joe Ciardiello, Gary Clark, John Crowley, Ellen Datlow, Paul Di Filippo, Joan Marans Dim, Liza Donnelly, Bob Eckstein, Scott Edelman, Barbara Epler, Glynnis Fawkes, Aaron Finkelstein, Mary Fleener, Shary Flenniken, Josh Alan Friedman, Kipp Friedman, Michael Gerber, Mort Gerberg, ES Glenn, Sophia Glock, Paul Gravett, Tom Hart, Dean Haspiel, Jennifer Hayden, Glenn Head, Ron Hogan, Kevin Huizenga, Jonathan Hyman, Andrew Jamieson, Ian Kelley, Jonah Kinigstein, Kathe Koja, Ken Krimstein, Anita Kunz, Peter Kuper, Glenn Kurtz, Kate Lacour, Roger Langridge, Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn, John Leland, David Leopold, Sara Lippmann, David Lloyd, Whitney Matheson, Patrick McDonnell, Dave McKean, Scott Meslow, Barbara Nessim, Jeff Nunokawa, Jim Ottaviani, Celia Paul, Woodrow Phoenix, Darryl Pinckney, Weng Pixin, Eddy Portnoy, Virginia Postrel, Bram Presser, AL Price, Dawn Raffel, Boaz Roth, Hugh Ryan, Dmitry Samarov, Frank Santoro, JJ Sedelmaier, Nadine Sergejeff, Michael Shaw, R Sikoryak, Jen Silverman, Posy Simmonds, Vanessa Sinclair, David Small, Sebastian Smee, Ed Sorel, James Sturm, Mike Tisserand, Tom Tomorrow, Wallis Wilde-Menozzi, Kriota Willberg, Warren Woodfin, Jim Woodring, and Claudia Young. Plus, we look at back with segments from the guests we've lost over the years: Anthea Bell, Harold Bloom, Bruce Jay Friedman, Milton Glaser, Clive James, JD McClatchy, DG Myers, Tom Spurgeon, and Ed Ward. Here's to the next 500 shows! • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Join us in this episode for a conversation with Eric Reynolds, Vice-President of Seattle-based publisher Fantagraphics. Headquartered in Seattle's Maple Leaf community—with their Bookstore & Gallery in the industrial Georgetown neighborhood—Fantagraphics has quietly produced a stunning body of work over the last 40+ years. Their genres span alternative comics, classic comic strip anthologies, manga, magazines and graphic novels. The imprint's stable of contemporary comics creators includes Jessica Abel, Peter Bagge, Ivan Brunetti, Charles Burns, Daniel Clowes, Mary Fleener, Roberta Gregory, Mega Kelso, Manny Murphy, Joe Sacco, and Chris Ware. They also include the enigmatic artistry of Jim Woodring as well as the magical realism of the Hernandez Brothers. Eric's passion for comics brought him to Seattle in the early 1990's at age 20 to intern at Fantagraphics, whose owners soon promoted him to publicist. In this podcast, Eric explores synergies between the fledgling alternative comics movement and Sub Pop Records, as well as independent media (including The Rocket & The Stranger) during this watershed period. These and other stories reveal Eric's purposeful stewardship of a vulnerable yet resolute enterprise through untold business obstacles, elevating comics into a mature art form along the way. For Eric, Fantagraphics remains a labor of love. “Sometimes it's a matter of be careful what you ask for; But it really is incredible to see comics taken seriously as art in a way that we could only dream about, years ago.” ~ Eric Reynolds

After an 8 month hiatus (who do you think you are, you're not in a f***ing band), My Kind of Weird is back. On this episode we welcome Morbid Sheep Comics owner, Tim Burden, into the chair to give his weirdness a pitch. Aeon Flux takes on Alien, the darkness of Jim Woodring's Frank in all its weirdness somehow matches up against the suicide heavy comic Borrowed Time and finally Deftone's Gore squares off with Daughters' You Won't Get What You Want in a "who is more alternative metal" competition.If you enjoyed this discussion then check out Tim's work on Instagram - @morbidsheepcomicsThis Podcast episode is sponsored by Greenlight Soap (which is definitely not radioactive)Read by Andy SmithCopy written by Anthony Pollock See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Katie and Sally answer listener questions including: which book did we take the most notes on? Who would we outsource the most miserable parts of making comics to? Plus: a message from Dave Cooper and a little more Ripple discussion, Sally's trailer park camping adventure, a Jim Woodring tale, reading Archie in India, using the American Dictionary of Historical Slang to name your comic, introducing HÖROSCØPE CÖMPÛTER, and a googly eye challenge. Next time: “Beautiful Darkness” (2018) by Kerascoët and Fabien Vehlmann. Follow us on Instagram at @thicklinespod and join our Discord server at thicklinespod@gmail.com.

We are back and Tony is re-joined by Scottish cartoonist Johnny Cannon to talk about the comics of Jim Woodring. Get sucked into the world of Frank, Manhog, Pupshaw and Pushpaw as they try to explain what makes these books so immersive and fascinating. You can find the comics of Johnny here and follow him on social media right here. Many thanks for listening.

YOU’RE JUST TOO TOO OBSCURE FOR ME, YOU DON’T REALLY GET THROUGH TO ME OVER HERE! MAN ON! IN THE BOX! CROSS IT ONTO MY HEAD MY OLD SUNSHINE! WHAT WAS THAT?! WHERE ARE YOUR SPECS, REF?! Ah, Footblurb. The beautiful game. WELL, THIS WAS A MASSIVE PAIN IN THE ARSE TO EDIT! Having said that, it was a delight for The Beast Must Die and Gary Lactus to welcome Dan Cox and John Riordon for a reasonably informal wag of chins. But it’s not entirely informal, as Danny and Johnny, the Hitsville Brothers tell us tales of their experiences of running the Hitsville UK Kickstarter. Inevitably, everything falls apart as the SILENCE!#295 experience becomes one of listening in to the rambling chat of the four men on the table next to yours. What kind of men are these? What drives them? What interests them? Well, in short: Jeff Bezos, their children’s relationships with super heroes, cosplay families, their dream Strontium Dog TV show and the music documentaries King Rocker, The Chills: The Triumph And Tragedy Of Martin Phillips and the Tina Turner doc, Tina. Oh, and Timmy Capello. Anyone read any comics? Well sort of. There’s talk of Danny Hitsville’s Chris Claremont Completion Crusade, Paul Jon Milne’s Grave Horticulture, the forthcoming Pocket Chiller Speckle and Ash, Gareth Brookes’ The Dancing Plague, Gareth Hopkins‘ Ghosts In Things, LDN by Ramzee, Jim Woodring’s Jabba The Hutt and Thriller. Finally there’s some reckymends, namely List Off, Three Bean Salad, The Office US, Laser Fart and, (as usual) Chart Music.

Released in 2020, And Now, Sir — Is This Your Missing Gonad features familiar faces from Jim Woodring’s Frank universe. As ever, the artist’s masterfully fine-tuned art marries the precious with the horrific, but this time further obfuscates meaning with the addition of seemingly random captions. More than 30 years after first putting frank to paper is his self-published mini comic, Jim, Woodring continues to push the boundaries of his bipedal, buck-toothed funny animal creation. The new work —heightens a sense of surreality the artist has cultivated for decades.  

Legendary artist and cartoonist Jim Woodring has illustrated a new beautiful edition of the Gnostic allegorical head-trip, “Voyage to Arcturus.” Obscure while being influencial on some of our greatest creators (C.S. Lewis, Alan Moore, Clive Barker,) “Voyage to Arcturus” is like nothing else and only the master Woodring could illustrate it. Listen in as we […]

This week on The CineSnob Podcast, Cody, Jocelyn and Jerrod review the Beanie Feldstein coming of age comedy "How to Build a Girl." They also review three new documentaries, "Spaceship Earth," "Rewind" and "The Illumination of Jim Woodring." Then they close out the show with a review of the new Amazon comedy series "Upload" from Greg Daniels, showrunner for "The Office" and "King of the Hill." --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-cinesnob-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-cinesnob-podcast/support

I FORGOT IT’S HAPPENING AGAIN SLOW DIAGONAL I FORGOT I FORGOT Take that bit there, the thin bit… that’s righ, Now pull it towards you whilst twisting it. NO! ANTI-CLOCKWISE! Sorry, didn’t mean to shout but you could have blown us all up there… okay, now take the round thing and clip it onto the end using the square thing. That’s it, you’ve got a blurb! Hey! Do you have a mind? Well not for long because Gary Lactus and The Beast Must Die are going to blow it with another issue of SILENCE! Just how are they going to do that? With a series of items of course! Some initial chat to lull you into a false sense of security. “How are you?” “I’m fine.” That sort of thing. BANG! The thing you least expected! Gary Lactus has watched a film and tells you about it in an explosive SILENCE! (Because the Film’s Started). The film he’s seen is The Illumination of Jim Woodring. With a head still swimming, the boys stamp on what’s left of your brains by holding your head down the Reviewniverse then flushing Rogue Trooper: Cinnabar, Thriller, Love and Rockets and Jason Shiga’s Meanwhile all over it. A polite wind-up chat to bring you to your senses. “Any plans for the weekend?” “No.” That sort of thing. Dare you listen?

Oh why oh why did we agree to this! In the last episode Emmet joked about watching the sequence of films that led to Alien Versus Predator in 2004 - and a listener thought that was a great idea. Apparently this was more a geas than a simple request, so Stevie and Emmet watched: Predator Predator 2 Alien Versus Predator Aliens Versus Predator: Requiem Phew! The credit due to Randy Stradley, Phil Norwood, Chris Warner, as well as Mark Verheiden's comics work in setting this franchise in motion, published by Dark Horse, is also discussed.  Also discussed: Walt Williams's Significant Zero Dirty Money on Netflix coronavirus and capitalism Watts River Brewery (buy local kids!) Aliens: Dead Orbit by James Stokoe Aliens: Labyrinth by Jim Woodring and Kilian Plunkett

A Tale of Irony and a MajordomoCovering Jabba the Hutt: BetrayalWriter: Jim WoodringArtist: Art WetherellReleased: 2/20/1996Thank you for listening to Star Wars Comics DailyMonday’s Episode is Star Wars #27 from 1977Tuesday Jabba the Hutt: BetrayalWednesday’s Star Wars Legacy #26Thursday’s Star Wars #10You can follow the show on Twitter and Instagram @swcomicsdailyTo support the show, continue to listen, leave us a review on your podcast provider of choice, share with a friend and visit our patreon at Patreon.com/starwarscomicsdailyYou can watch episodes of Star Wars Comics Daily on YoutubeYou can contact us at Starwarscomicsdaily@gmail.comAnd visit us at Starwarscomicsdaily.com and Scorcherhill.comYou can follow Brian on Twitter and Instagram @jacklazerYou can follow Matt on Twitter and Instagram @johnnymattwoodStar Wars Comics Daily is a Scorcher Hill Production

Jabba learns the hard way to not involve himself in a family's dirty laundryCovering Jabba the Hutt- The Dynasty TrapWriter: Jim WoodringArtist: Art WetherellReleased: 8/1/95Thank you for listening to Star Wars Comics DailyMonday’s Episode is Star Wars #26 from 1977Tuesday Jabba the Hutt: the dynasty trapWednesday’s Star Wars Legacy #25Thursday’s Star Wars #9You can follow the show on Twitter and Instagram @swcomicsdailyTo support the show, continue to listen, leave us a review on your podcast provider of choice, share with a friend and visit our patreon at Patreon.com/starwarscomicsdailyYou can watch episodes of Star Wars Comics Daily on YoutubeYou can contact us at Starwarscomicsdaily@gmail.comAnd visit us at Starwarscomicsdaily.com and Scorcherhill.comYou can follow Brian on Twitter and Instagram @jacklazerYou can follow Matt on Twitter and Instagram @johnnymattwoodStar Wars Comics Daily is a Scorcher Hill Production

Love finds Jabba the Hutt and it's delicious.Covering Jabba the Hutt: The Hunger of Princess Nampi #1Writer: Jim WoodringArtist: Art WetherallReleased: 6/20/95Thank you for listening to Star Wars Comics DailyMonday’s Episode is Star Wars #25 from 1977Tuesday Jabba the Hutt: The Hunger of Princess NampiWednesday’s Star Wars Legacy #24Thursday’s Star Wars #8You can follow the show on Twitter and Instagram @swcomicsdailyTo support the show, continue to listen, leave us a review on your podcast provider of choice, share with a friend and visit our patreon at Patreon.com/starwarscomicsdailyYou can contact us at Starwarscomicsdaily@gmail.comAnd visit us at Starwarscomicsdaily.com and Scorcherhill.comYou can follow Brian on Twitter and Instagram @jacklazerYou can follow Matt on Twitter and Instagram @johnnymattwoodStar Wars Comics Daily is a Scorcher Hill Production

In this episode we talk about Jabba the Hutt, Masters of Teras Kasi, Porno Comics, and Conan O BrienCovering Jabba the Hutt: The Gaar Suppoon HitWriter: Jim WoodringArtist: Art WeatherallReleased: 4/4/95Thank you for listening to Star Wars Comics DailyMonday’s Episode is Star Wars #24 from 1977Tuesday Jabba the Hutt: The Gaar Suppoon HitWednesday’s Star Wars Legacy #23Thursday’s Star Wars #7You can follow the show on Twitter and Instagram @swcomicsdailyTo support the show, continue to listen, leave us a review on your podcast provider of choice, share with a friend and visit our patreon at Patreon.com/starwarscomicsdailyYou can contact us at Starwarscomicsdaily@gmail.comAnd visit us at Starwarscomicsdaily.com and Scorcherhill.comYou can follow Brian on Twitter and Instagram @jacklazerYou can follow Matt on Twitter and Instagram @johnnymattwoodStar Wars Comics Daily is a Scorcher Hill Production

In this the jokers continue talking about Scott's history with comics. And Dan talks about Fran and Congress of the Animals by Jim Woodring.

1-È quasi guerra commerciale tra Cina e Stati Uniti. Pechino risponde agli ultimi dazi di Washington. Nuove tariffe su più di 100 prodotti americani (Gabriele Battaglia).2-Catalogna. La stretta della giustizia spagnola colpisce tutto il movimento indipendentista. Il deficit democratico sempre più evidente (Arnau Gonzalez, Università Autonoma Barcellona).3-“Siamo per l'ordine costituzionale e contro l'impunità”. Atipica dichiarazione dell'esercito brasiliano alla vigilia della sentenza della Corte Suprema su Lula. I giudici devono decidere sull'arresto dell'ex-presidente (Alfredo Somoza).4-Progetti sostenibili. Valencia, il recupero del paesaggio storico grazie all'agricoltura periurbana (Fabio Fimiani).5-Water Grabbing. Le guerre nascoste per l'acqua nel XXI secolo. Un libro su una delle chiavi per leggere quello che oggi succede nel mondo (Emanuele Bompan).6-Graphic Novel. Il congresso degli animali, di Jim Woodring (Maurizio Principato)

Daniel White, Zack Kruse, and Mario Muscar join us to discuss Amazing Spider-Man #797, The Face-Skull by Pat Dorian from Doom and Gloom Comics, Untold Tales of Spider-Man and Kurt Busiek, John Byrne, The Eagles, Punisher Platoon by Garth Ennis and Goran Parlov, Blazing Combat, Harvey Kurtzman, Archie Goodwin, Bob Kanigher, Punisher Born, Jack What's-His-Name, Eternal by Eric Zawadski, Ryan K. Lindsay, and Dee Cunniffe from Black Mask, Andy Kaufman and Box Brown's Is This Guy for Real?, Avengers No Surrender, Donny Cates and Doctor Strange/Damnation, Green Lantern Corps Volume 2: Alpha War and Green Lantern Volume 7: Renegade, Todd Browning's Freaks and Jim Woodring, Inside Moebius Volume One, 17 X 23 and Golemchik from Nobrow Press, Superboy and Tom Grummett, Jim Shaw's The Hidden World, Steve Ditko, Buck Dharma, Ross Geller, and a whole mess more!

Hoy contamos con la presencia de Gerardo Vilches, autor de ensayos sobre cómic, profesor y divulgador del medio. En los deberes hablamos de "Helena" y de "En las tierras de Horus". Gerardo nos habla de los cuatro cómics que revolucionaron su cabeza: Spiderman, La vida está bien si no te rindes, Epiléptico y Fabricando ideas. En el Top ventas tenemos: Imperio Secreto, Providence, Asterix, EL Castigador, 20th century boys EL cómic del siglo XX que nos recomienda Gerardo es Fran de Jim Woodring. Y en producto de temporada hablamos con Gerardo del GRAF, de la firma de Peter Bagge,

Way back in 2012 I was invited to join a panel at the Alternative Press Expo in San Francisco, entitled "Using Childhood Experiences to Create Adult Stories," featuring Jim Woodring(!), Miriam Libicki, Derek Kirk Kim, and mc'd by Andrew Farago from the Cartoon Art Museum. The panel stayed more on point than most and provides, as advertised, a slough of childhood tales, origin details, influences, inspirations, adventures and, naturally, misadventures. Despite some sound issues, which mostly clear up less than 15 minutes in, this is a terrific episode featuring and bunch of young upstarts (us) and a verified legend (Jim) sharing a thought provoking journey through our pasts, and our guts as artists. This episode is just as juicy as I like 'em! This episode was originally posted during the first run of this podcast in 2013, but since that feed is gone and the the sound was so awful, it's basically new to everyone including me this time out. Thanks very much to all the speakers! Follow Miriam Libicki on twitter @realgonegirl and her site realgonegirl.com. Follow Derek Kirk Kim on facebook and his site derekkirkkim.com. Follow Jim Woodring on twitter @woodring_jim, on instagram @jimwoodringcartoonist, and at his site jimwoodring.com. And last but not least, follow me on twotter and instagram @kraigcomx and keep your peepers peeled for more at monkeygong.com. Please rate and review this show, it helps us get more listeners:)  

More than 30 of the year's Virtual Memories Show guests tell us about the favorite books they read in 2016 and the books they hope to get to in 2017! Guests include Glen Baxter, Ross Benjamin, Harold Bloom, MK Brown, Nina Bunjevac, Hayley Campbell, David M. Carr, Myke Cole, Liza Donnelly, Bob Eckstein, Glynnis Fawkes, Rachel Hadas, Liz Hand, Glenn Head, Virginia Heffernan, Harry Katz, Ed Koren, David Leopold, Arthur Lubow, Michael Maslin, David Mikics, Ben Model, Christopher Nelson, Jim Ottaviani, Ann Patty, Burton Pike, Frank Sorce, Willard Spiegelman, Leslie Stein, Tom Tomorrow (a.k.a. Dan Perkins), Andrea Tsurumi, Carol Tyler, Jim Woodring, and me, Gil Roth! Check out their selections at our site! Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

The great Jim Woodring rejoins the show to talk art, comics and the Unifactor! During a break at SPX 2016, we sat down to discuss the importance of Fantagraphics on its 40th anniversary, Jim's move to Seattle in the 70s and his move away from there last year, camaraderie with the artists of his generation, what he'd do if he was just starting out as a cartoonist today, the experience of seeing Frank in 3-D, the joys of drawing with a six-foot pen, just what Art is there for, and more! More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

        Small Press Expo 2016 Part 1 0:00 Intro 1:28 Before the Panels 7:36 They Shoot Black People Don't They - a presentation and meditation by Keith Knight (using his own words and cartoons) on the issue of police violence perpetrated against African American men in the United States 22:02 Spotlight on Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez - the Hernandez Bros. talked to comic book retailer Bill Boichel about their long running series Love & Rockets, their relationship with Fantagraphics, and some of their side projects 32:31 What I Bought - Tales of Unusual Circumstances by Joey Weiser, Bury the Past by E Baird, Space Captain by Chris Baldie and Michael Park 38:43 Forty Years of Fantagraphics - Comics Journal contributor John Kelly moderated a discussion with publisher Gary Groth and several artists (Joe Sacco, Trina Robbins, the Hernandez Bros, Drew Friedman, Jim Woodring, Dan Clowes, Carol Tyler) who have had works published by Fantagraphics about how the company got started, how it evolved, and what it was like working for Fantagraphics over the years 45:20 After the Panels - miscellaneous thoughts about the first day of the show 52:55 Outro Cover Art: SPX 2016 Attendee Badge by Gilbert Hernandez [54:04] - - - - -  

More than 30 of the year's Virtual Memories Show guests tell us about the favorite books they read in 2015 and the books they hope to get to in 2016! Guests include Derf Backderf, Anthea Bell, John Clute, Michael Dirda, Matt Farber, Jonathan Galassi, Brad Gooch, Langdon Hammer, Liz Hand, Jennifer Hayden, Ron Hogan, Dylan Horrocks, David Jaher, Kathe Koja, Jonathan Kranz, Peter Kuper, Lorenzo Mattotti, JD McClatchy, Scott McCloud, Michael Meyer, Dan Perkins (a.k.a Tom Tomorrow), Summer Pierre, Witold Rybczynski, Dmitry Samarov, Elizabeth Samet, Liesl Schillinger, Posy Simmonds, Levi Stahl, Rupert Thomson, Irvine Welsh, Warren Woodfin, Jim Woodring, Claudia Young, and me, Gil Roth! Check out their selections at our site!

As has become an annual event, Andy and Derek use their penultimate show of the year to discuss the current volume of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's The Best American Comics. The series is overseen by Bill Kartalopoulos -- whom the guys interviewed on the show last year -- and this year's collection is edited by novelist Jonathan Lethem. The entries collected in The Best American Comics 2015 represent what both Lethem and Kartalopoulos consider to be the most outstanding comics published between September 1, 2013, and August 31, 2014. The guys begin by highlighting the organization of this year's volume, pointing out that Lethem has retained the topic- or theme-based approach used by Scott McCloud in last year's collection. The editor breaks down his entries into ten different chapter topics, ranging from the self-evident "Storytellers" and "Biopics and Historical Fictions" to more obscurely intriguing groupings such as "Brainworms" and "Raging Her-Moans." The guys are familiar with most of the contributions included this year -- to paraphrase Andy, The Best American Comics volumes just seem to reinforce their tastes in comics-- and many of them have been the subject of previous Comics Alternative reviews and interviews. They comment on the sheer number of entries that are excerpts from longer works, including Roz Chast's Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?, Jules Feiffer's Kill My Mother, Farel Dalrymple's The Wrenchies, Gabrielle Bell's The Colombia Diaries, Sept 14-16, Cole Closser's Little Tommy Lost, Matthew Thurber Infomaniacs, Anya Ulinich's Lena Finkle's Magic Barrel, Jim Woodring's Fran, Anya Davidson's School Spirits, and Josh Bayer's Theth. Most of these selections easily stand on their own, but some could have benefited from more content or additional editorial context (examples being the excerpts from Anders Nilsen's Rage of Poseidon and Joe Sacco's The Great War.) Some of the highlights in this year's volume include works by creators that either Derek or Andy have never read before, such as Mat Brinkman and his darkly surreal Cretin Keep on Creep'n Creek, or Gina Wynbrandt and her hilariously self-deprecating Someone Please Have Sex with Me. This is another must-read book for the Two Guys, but their discussion isn't without its disagreements. In good Siskel and Ebert fashion, the guys spar over the nature of the Best American Comics volumes and, specifically, over the curious “Notable Comics” list in the very back of the book. (This is a list of other significant comics published between September 1, 2013, and August 31, 2014, but not making it into the volume proper.) Derek mentions the almost complete absence in this list of any titles reflecting mainstream (in a broad sense) sensibilities -- the one exception to this is Geoff Darrow's Shaolin Cowboy from Dark Horse Comics -- and scratches his head over these choices that come with no permission or copyright obstacles. And he argues that discussing a text by what it is not can actually give a firmer grasp of what it actually is. Andy, on the other hand, is completely OK with the totally subjective approach to anthologies such as this, and he questions Derek's assumptions of the book's readership. The guys also discuss the notion that, in many ways, these selections are also political choices, especially when published by a major trade house such as Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. But these are the kinds of debates that should sound familiar to Comics Alternative listeners, especially when it comes to matters of awards, essential readings, and “Best of” collections. The bottom line, though, is that both Andy and Derek agree that The Best American Comics 2015 is yet another important contribution to our ever-expanding understanding of the medium. “Best” or not, these comics are definitely well worth reading.

Blood Moon episode. Sasquatch goes full throttle on the way back machine, to find her feet in the world.  At the heart of it all are bloody horses and bunnies. Jim Woodring, Richard Adams, Walter Farley and Motley Crue are discussed. Enjoy, Squatchlings!

Duncan is joined by visionary artist and creator of the FRANK series JIM WOODRING  They talk about art, vedanta, meditation, and of course FRANK! This episode brought to you by squarespace.com  go to squarespace and enter in offer code duncan to receive 10% off your first order.

Except that it was too long, the subtitle for this show was going to be "The bastard love child of Felix The Cat and HP Lovecraft". Which may tell you what you need to know going into Frank's High Horse, from the collected edition The Portable Frank by Jim Woodring (Fantagraphics). Join the usual crew of Bex, Jared and Jon, plus special guests the ID, the Ego and the Super-Ego as we get lost in some very strange territory. Probably more ours than Jim Woodring's, to be fair. We're marking this one 'explicit' for some use of sexual terms, but all done in the best possible taste. Honest.

The great cartoonist Jim Woodring joins the show to talk about comics, surrealism, Vedanta, the principle of fluorescence, and why he may be the reincarnation of Herbert E. Crowley! While he was in town for his first solo gallery show, Jim and I met up to talk about his conception of the universe, how his FRANK comics have and haven't evolved in 20+ years, how art can convey the existence of something it can't show, why it's easier to express the grotesque than the beautiful, why younger cartoonists may be lacking the bitter, competitive drive of past generations, and why I think the Prado is a second-rate museum!

I’m not sure where to start with one, but the gallery seems as good a place as any. It was, after all, the reason Jim Woodring was in New York for a particularly cold few days last week. Fine art has been the cartoonist’s focus off and on for the better part of a decade, bouncing between the world of galleries and the paneled pages on which he first made his name. It’s hard to believe, then, that the artist is only now having his first solo gallery showing. Honestly, though, that’s likely the least surprising revelation in this hour long interview. I defy you to have an extended conversation with the artist without having your mind blown a bare minimum of four or five times. Woodring has long used his comics work as a method for exploring his singular vision of reality, beginning in the 80s with the publication of Jim, which explored the artist’s dreams and long standing hallucinations in the form of autobiographical comics. His most beloved work, Frank, was a more fully realized world inhabited by assorted anthropomorphic beings, including the titular buck-tooth hero. The last time I spoke with Woodring, the artist was promoting Seeing Things, a collection of his charcoal drawings that presented an even more direct insight into his visions. At the time, the artist had seemingly turned his back on comics, but has thankfully returned to the medium with even longerform works. These days Woodring works in whatever medium best represents the images he’s attempting to represent as he walks through life, moleskin sketchbook in-hand. I ask to see what he’s been working on during his days in New York City and he happily stands up from his hotel bed and rummages around in his jacket pockets. Woodring is that rare and wonderful sort of interviewee who creates work that requires no additional discussion, yet is perfectly willing to discuss it ad nauseam when the time comes. The result is a frank and fascinating conversation tracing the course of the artist’s career, beginning with his very first frog hallucination.

This week on??View from the Gutters??our topic work is The Frank Book, by Jim Woodring. First published in the mid-90s, Frank??is akin to a Merry Melody on acid. It is told in wordless form, and features the (mis)adventures of Frank,??a generic anthropomorph who occupies a reality called the Unifactor. Frank is by far the weirdest [???]

This week on View from the Gutters our topic work is The Frank Book, by Jim Woodring. First published in the mid-90s, Frank is akin to a Merry Melody on acid. It is told in wordless form, and features the (mis)adventures of Frank, a generic anthropomorph who occupies a reality called the Unifactor. Frank is by far the weirdest […]

In this episode Joe McCulloch and Chris Mautner discuss the career of on Jim Woodring, with an extra-special focus on his latest graphic novel, Fran. Lots of references are made to Halloween also, because apparently it's October already as if you needed another reminder that time is constantly slipping away. Then at the end Chris tries to make a silly, spooky voice which is really just embarrassing and we all feel shame for him about it.

Dave Wyndorf, the mastermind behind the mighty Monster Magnet, lends us his massive mind as we make our way through Tom Scioli’s Final Frontier, Secret Stash, Paul Pope’s Battling Boy, Pat Broderick, NYCC, Doctor Strange and Steve Ditko, John Buscema, Jack Kirby, Five Ghosts from Frank Barbiere and Chris Mooneyham from Image, editors, Marvel: The Untold Story, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., David Bowie and Brian Eno, Pearl Jam, John Sumrow, Ace Doubles, Arthur Suydam, Chris Ryall, Wally Wood’s Witzend and Fantagraphics, Eros Gone Wild from Humanoids, Tom Sutton, Alex Toth, Pat Boyette, Moebius, Richard Corben, Robert Crumb, Frank Cho, Dave Stevens, the Hernandez Brothers, the Johnson Smith Company, Brandon Graham’s Prophet, Jonathan Hickman and infinity, the Ultimate Universe, New 52, Deathstroke, Hawkman, Jim Woodring’s Fran from Fantagraphics, Mike Norton,  New Frontier, Jay Gonzo’s La Mano del Destino from Castle and Key, The Battle Over Citizen Kane, Iron Man 3, George Romero, Walking Dead, American Horror Story, and a whole mess more!

Jim Woodring joined me to talk about his work including most recent books, Fran and Congress of Animals. Jim’s work is full of life and imagination and highly respected among his cartoonist peers.

This week the Two Guys with (easy) PhDs take their monthly stroll through the pages of the new Previews catalog.  They mention how jam-packed the March Previews is, filled with more promising comics than humans should be allowed. Among the many titles catching the guys' (easy) PhD-trained minds are the new Mister X mini-series, Richard Corben's adaptation of The Fall of the House of Usher, the 10th anniversary edition of Fagin the Jew, The Green Team, The Movement, The Wake, Promethea: The Immateria Edition from DC/Vertigo, Ten Grand, The Dream Merchant, Jim Rigg's Supermag, Chris Northrop and Jeff Stokely's The Reason for Dragons, Brenda Starr: The Complete Pre-Code Comic Books, Vol. 1, Gilbert Hernandez's Marble Season, Matt Kindt's Red Handed: The Fine Art of Strange Crimes, Jim Woodring's Fran, The Metabarons: The Ultimate Collection, Mike Carey's Suicide Risk, and two exciting titles from a brand new publisher, Black Mask Studios. Two Guys with (easy) PhDs also observe some weirdness in their iTunes reviews.

Recorded on May 30, 2010. Fight! It’s a knock-down, drag-out battle royale episode of Gutter Trash as Jason and I review Jim Woodring’s newest “Frank” graphic novel, Weathercraft.. Episode 80: Weathercraft Music by Legbone, Black Wolf Fight and Altamont. Check out Jason’s site, Eric’s site and our new project Ok, PANIC!. Email Eric or Jason. … Continue reading

Recorded on April 29, 2010. Guilty of being right. This week on Gutter Trash, it’s a filler episode while Jason dodges the draft and flees to Canada. We waste some time talking about Jim Woodring, blackmailing Chris Ware, and Taco Bell’s Fiesta Fries. We have a lengthy post-SPACE wrap-up, I sing the praises of Bookery, … Continue reading