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This week, we're sharing an interview Ian conducted with cartoonists Isabella Rotman, Sage Coffey, and Marnie Galloway on the subject of the Abortion Pill Zine: A Community Guide to Misoprostol and Mifepristone out now from Silver Sprocket (and freely readable on their website). They discuss the process by which this resource was assembled, the benefits of local, focused abortion organizing, the timeliness and timelessness of the fight for safe abortion care, and the power of comics to disseminate valuable and complex information. Links https://store.silversprocket.net/products/abortion-pill-zine-a-community-guide-to-misoprostol-and-mifepristone-by-isabella-rotman-sage-coffey-marnie-galloway https://wetestify.org/ https://www.liberatingabortion.org/ by Renee Bracey Sherman of We Testify SASS: https://abortionpillinfo.org/ Euki app: https://www.every.org/euki-app If-When-How: https://ifwhenhow.org/ Abortion Legal Defense Fund: https://nwlc.org/abortion-access-legal-defense-fund/ Plan-C: https://www.plancpills.org/ National Abortion Funds https://abortionfunds.org/ https://www.heyjane.com/how-it-works Jessica Valenti: Abortion Everyday https://jessica.substack.com/ Announcements BAD News for February 2025 The A-Radio Network of anarchist and antiauthoritarian radios and podcasts just released the latest in their monthly series, B(A)D News: Angry Voices From Around The World for February 2025, episode 88. This one features Parias from Athens sharing an interview about resisting wind farms and green developmentalism in the Greek mountains as well as Črna luknja from Ljubljana speaking with antifascists from Budapest and Sofia about resisting Europes largest annual neo-nazi rally, the LukovMarch. Support for Anarchists in Sudan You can read a short publication by the Sudan Anarchist Gathering called Al-Amal in English thanks to the translation work of CNT-AIT France (or the original Arabic as well) at this blog. From the blog: If you want to receive the next issues, please contact us : contact@cnt-ait.info If you want to support financially the Sudan Anarchist Gathering, you can use our paypal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/cntait1 (please validate “Sending ‘money to an individual' to pay less bank charges) Send an email to contact@cnt-ait.info to inform us of the donation and also so that we can keep you informed of its use.
Here we are again! We've got independent comics, we've got all sorts of topics, and we have special guest Ivy Atoms. Why don't you grab a seat and hear all about: The Chancellor and the Citadel Nest Gun Pinky and Pepper Forever Notes: www.fortheloveofindie.com Email: ftlindie@gmail.com Twitter: @ftlindie
Wonder Woman Day! Darth Vader Day! We’ve sure had a lot of “Days” recently. But how’d they turn out? We start with a story about a smug Star Wars figure collector. This was recorded during the Puerto Rican Pride Parade, and you may be able to tell from the background noise. But probably not. Dal and Patrick will be out of the store for a few days this week for the American Library Association Annual Conference at McCormick Place. Challengers is running the French Comics Association booth. Gregg Schigiel will be here this Thursday! Coco Picard, Anya Davidson, Marnie Galloway, Jessica Campbell and Neil Brideau will all be in-store for a discussion on the narrative of comics, Friday, July 30th. Accommodating 5 creators and a live audience is a logistical challenge for us. We could not tell you that Darth Vader would be at our event live, in person, and here’s the reasons why. Thanks a lot, Lucas! What is Marvel Legacy? Bonus! Donovan Challenger has something to say about people complaining about the Chicago Bag Tax.
Marnie Galloway joined me to talk about her new book, In The Sounds and Seas, debuting at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival. We discussed the origin of the story that became her three-part collected work, as well as how it feels to create myth from personal experience. This conversation took an interesting turn towards exploring the feeling that as an artist one needs to always be producing new work, and whether or not that can be damaging to one’s physical and mental stability. Marnie’s site: http://monkeyropepress.com/ pre-order In the Sounds and Seas on Amazon
Derek talks with Marnie Galloway about the publication of her first graphic novel, In the Sounds and Seas. This beautiful hardbound text was released earlier this month from One Peace Books, but her work on this project has a long and interesting history. The first third of the narrative was a 2012 Xeric Award winner -- and in the final year that the Xeric grant was given to comics artists -- and the entire story was originally released in three self-published volumes, the final one coming out in early 2016. Marnie discusses with Derek her decision to complete her story in this manner, even after receiving a contract from One Peace for the collected edition. They also talk about the challenges of telling a compelling story through a wordless text, the question of her art as visual poetry, and the various literary references woven into her narrative. Along the way, they take the time to discuss her various other comics and why she particularly enjoys writing in the short-story form. In the Sounds and Seas debuted at this year's Toronto Comic Arts Festival, so Marnie shares her experiences at the event along with the thrills of being able to showcase her new book to such a major audience. This is an impressive work from a young creator whom we are sure to hear more from in the coming months. Check out Marnie's website to discover more of her art!
Comic artist Marnie Galloway addresses the state of the graphic novel today.
Cartoonists Sam Sharpe and Marnie Galloway launch the biweekly podcast Image Plus Text! We talk about shop-talk long-walks, cactus trees in India, getting deeply lost in Poland and what we're working on these days, plus two cultural recommendations.