Podcasts about retrofit comics

This is it! Episode 110! It's all lead to this! Survive the many haunts of Junji Ito, feel the rejuvenation of springtime, and a whole mess more. You can chat up your host Drew on Twitter (@ftlindie) or email (ftlindie@gmail.com). Thanks for listening! Notes: www.fortheloveofindie.com

On this weeks full episode Pete chats too 2000AD & BPRD artist Laurence Campbell. Laurence has been working on Old Haunts which is written by Ollie Masters and Rob Williams. Pete chats about this new comic, his work and processes. Tom reviews All The Sad Songs by Summer Pierre and published by Retrofit Comics. Ian and Nikki chat too Jordan Thomas about his new comic Quarantine which is currently funding on kickstarter. The comic has each page drawn by a different artist which includes out very own Pete Taylor plus many more. Mike and Pete also continue their Lockdown Mutterdowns World Cup of Genres segment as well as a catch up from them, and a letters section. This group (group C) covers Fantasy, War, Sci Fi and Adult. We wish them luck! Please feel free to message letters in direct to Mike or Pete or via the website. Thank you for listening.http://www.comicartpodcast.ukTwitter: @comicartfestpodFacebook: Comic Art PodcastInstagram: ComicArtPodcastAlso on YouTubeFind all about the festival at http://www.comicartfestival.comLogo designed by Pete Taylor at http://www.thismanthispete.comContributions by Mike Williams (@CthulhuPunk) Pete Taylor (@thismanthispete) and Tom Stewart (@uramyx).Title Music used with permission: Don’t Fool Yourself by Pop Noir

On this weeks full episode Pete chats too 2000AD & BPRD artist Laurence Campbell. Laurence has been working on Old Haunts which is written by Ollie Masters and Rob Williams. Pete chats about this new comic, his work and processes. Tom reviews All The Sad Songs by Summer Pierre and published by Retrofit Comics. Ian and Nikki chat too Jordan Thomas about his new comic Quarantine which is currently funding on kickstarter. The comic has each page drawn by a different artist which includes out very own Pete Taylor plus many more. Mike and Pete also continue their Lockdown Mutterdowns World Cup of Genres segment as well as a catch up from them, and a letters section. This group (group C) covers Fantasy, War, Sci Fi and Adult. We wish them luck! Please feel free to message letters in direct to Mike or Pete or via the website. Thank you for listening.http://www.comicartpodcast.ukTwitter: @comicartfestpodFacebook: Comic Art PodcastInstagram: ComicArtPodcastAlso on YouTubeFind all about the festival at http://www.comicartfestival.comLogo designed by Pete Taylor at http://www.thismanthispete.comContributions by Mike Williams (@CthulhuPunk) Pete Taylor (@thismanthispete) and Tom Stewart (@uramyx).Title Music used with permission: Don’t Fool Yourself by Pop Noir

Friday by Ed Brubaker and Marcos Martin from Panel Syndicate, Motel Universe by Joakim Drescher from Secret Acres, Round Robin: The Sidekick's Revenge, Mowgli's Mirror by Olivier Schrauwen from Retrofit Comics, Heavy Metal #298 and Philip K. Dick's Head Is Missing, Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast, Cat Shit One Volume 1 #1 by Motofumi Kobayashi from Antarctic, Polar by Victor Santos, The Spirit: The 80th Anniversary Celebration by Will Eisner from Clover Press, Transformers The Manga Volume 1 from Viz, But I Really Wanted to Be an Anthropologist by Margaux Motin, plus a whole mess more!

In 2012, Georgia Webber stopped talking, save for 15 or so minutes a day. The act of vocalizing had simply become too painful. A year later, she began to serialize Dumb, the story of her struggles as a vocal abuser (the official diagnosis). The work follows the young cartoonist as she struggles to adjust to living without speech, concocting methods for communicating with friends and family and otherwise coming to grips with a newfound fact of life. Initially self-published, the book would later be collected by Retrofit Comics and, ultimately, as a single volume by Fantagraphics, which debuted over the summer.  These days, when she does speak, Webber takes a measured approach,  choosing words carefully. In this conversation, the cartoonist discusses the insights her struggles have given her into the ways in which we chose to communicate.

Lately on The Comics Alternative's Kickstarter series, Derek has been focusing more on small presses that are currently crowdfunding their seasonal releases. (See previous shows devoted to Kilgore Booksand Nix Comics.) And this weekend's show is similar, highlighting the latest Kickstarter campaign from Retrofit Comics. On this episode, Derek talks with Jared Smith about efforts for funding their diverse array of 2018 titles. This current Kickstarter campaign revolves around the 12 books they plan on releasing this year. Backers of this project can look forward to: All the Sad Songs- Summer Pierre Fashion Forecasts- Yumi Sakugawa I Love You- Sara Lautman John, Dear- Laura Lannes Our Wretched Town Hall- Eric Kostiuk Williams The Prince- Liam Cobb Survive 300 Million 1- Pat Aulisio Survive 300 Million 2: Serpentine Captives- Pat Aulisio The Troublemakers- Baron Yoshimoto TRUMPTRUMP vol. 2: Modern Day Presidential- Warren Craghead III Understanding- Becca Tobin The Winner- Karl Stevens In their conversation, Derek talks with Jared about some of the history of Retrofit Comics and its relationship with Big Planet Comics -- in both its publishing and brick-and-mortar manifestations --  their more recent efforts in manga, and, of course, the impressive roster of this year's creators. As listeners of The Comics Alternativeknow, Retrofit/Big Planet is one of the Two Guys' absolute favorite publishers...small press or otherwise. If you don't already know about this publisher, then shame on you! All the more reason to back this campaignand get the 2018 releases from Retrofit Comics! Sample Covers

Please welcome Box Brown, founder of Retrofit Comics and the author of Is This Guy For Real: The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman, Tetris: The Games People Play, Andre The Giant: Life & Legend, & many many more! We talk andy Kaufman, fiction vs biography, childhood heroes, and lots and lots of wrestling talk! Plus: Mike took sleepy pills before they recorded! Cry for help or just bad idea? And: Zack talks reducing clutter, and his own personal JLA.

Please welcome Box Brown, founder of Retrofit Comics and the author of Is This Guy For Real: The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman, Tetris: The Games People Play, Andre The Giant: Life & Legend, & many many more! We talk andy Kaufman, fiction vs biography, childhood heroes, and lots and lots of wrestling talk! Plus: Mike took sleepy pills before they recorded! Cry for help or just bad idea? And: Zack talks reducing clutter, and his own personal JLA.

Please welcome Karl Stevens, author of Failure & his upcoming book from Retrofit Comics, The Winner. We talked class war, drawing from life, sobriety, collaboration, and more. Also, Mike and Zack talk about the change of Editorial at TCJ, economics, and unions!

Please welcome Karl Stevens, author of Failure & his upcoming book from Retrofit Comics, The Winner. We talked class war, drawing from life, sobriety, collaboration, and more. Also, Mike and Zack talk about the change of Editorial at TCJ, economics, and unions!

Art and Academic Freedom Artist Warren Craghead III has been drawing daily grotesque portraits of Donald Trump since he got the Republican nomination for president at trumptrump.biz. Retrofit Comics called it some of the best political cartooning that’s happening right now.… Read More

Box Brown is an Ignatz award winning cartoonist and illustrator. He is the man behind the comics publishing house Retrofit Comics. The creator of the New York Times Best Selling graphic novel, Andre the Giant: Life and Legend and the graphic novel Tetris: The Games People Play.

We talk about our 2 new comics published with Retrofit Comics, The Experts by Sophie Franz, and Late Bloomer by Maré Odomo, and The Boys coming to Cinemax! Plus, we review all these books: 4 Kids Walk Into A Bank #1 - Matthew Rosenberg, Tyler Boss Criminal: Tenth Anniversary Special - Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, Elizabeth Breitweiser Dept H #1 - Matt Kindt, Sharlene Kindt Hyper Force Neo #1 - Jarrett Williams. Jeremy Lawson Image Plus #1 - Bryan Lee O’Malley, Leslie Hung, Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, Brandon Graham, Chynna Clugston Flores, Caitlin Kittredge, Steven Sanders, Scott Snyder, Jeff Lemire Joyride #1 - Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Marcus To, Irma Kniivila Sun Bakery #1 - Corey Lewis

The Two Guys are back for yet another publisher spotlight, and this time they are looking at the 2015 releases from Retrofit Comics / Big Planet Comics. The episode begins with a brief interview with Box  Brown, the founder and editor of Retrofit Comics. He discusses the origins of Retrofit as a Kickstarter campaign, his education as a publisher, the ensuing partnership with Big Planet Comics, and the philosophy behind and publishing trajectory of their efforts. After that, the guys discuss the 2015 releases (so far) from Retrofit / Big Planet, beginning with Kate Leth's Ink for Beginners: A Comic Guide to Getting Tattooed. Andy points out that Leth's work is one of a growing number of informational or expository comics to be found out there, and that tattoo parlors around the country would do well to stock this small book. Next, the guys turn to Box Brown's An Entity Observes All Things, a collection of nine short stories, all with a sci-fi or futuristic themes of some sort. Some of their favorites include "Mundo Jelly," "Voyage of the Golden Retriever," "Memorexia," and the title story. Then they look at perhaps the most experimental, and the smallest, book of the lot, Niv Bavarsky's Piggy, a disparate series of stories and drawings in mini-comic form. The unconventional nature of Piggy is then contrasted to the more genre-based comics of the week, Laura Knetzger's Sea Urchin and Jack Teagle's The Unmentionables. The former is an autobiographical account of the author's inabilities concentrate and relate to others -- represented effectively by a sea urchin inside her brain -- as well as a speculation on her place in the world. The Unmentionables is a fun, action-packed story of a group of pro wrestlers who become crimefighters, and its origin-story feel promises more installments to come. Finally, the Two Guys turn to what may be the two most ambitious narratives of the week...or so Derek feels. Olivier Schrauwen's Mowgli's Mirror is a wordless, almost treasury-sized comic about a young man in a jungle -- no overt links to Kipling's stories -- searching for companionship and finding unexpected encounters. As the title suggests, there are parts of the narrative that are symmetrical in nature, but in this aspect the book doesn't hold a candle to the final book discussed in this publisher spotlight, Matt Madden's Drawn Onward. As we have come to expect from Madden -- see, for example, 99 Ways to Tell a Story and A Fine Mess -- this book is an experiment in form, where the second half of the narrative mirrors the first half...or vice versa. Depending on how you read it, it's a story of either connectedness or alienation. Either way, it's a self-reflexive tale where the narrator uses her art to make sense, and perhaps even transform the meaning, of experiences that unsettle her. In wrapping up the episode, Andy and Derek also talk briefly about some of the other books that Retrofit / Big Planet have been putting out over the last couple of years. (Box Brown and Jared Smith, the head honchos of the two respective presses, sent the guys a large package containing their back catalog.) Among the earlier titles they mention are James Kochalka's Fungus: The Unbearable Rot of Being, Sam Alden's Wicket Chicken Queen, Anne Emond's Debbie's Inferno, Josh Bayer's Theth, and issues #1 and #2 of Box Brown's Numbers. If you didn't know anything about Retrofit Comics / Big Planet Comics before, then there is no excuse not to be turned on to their stuff after this episode. Go get it!

Between self-publishing and small-press publishing is a place where a lot of talented cartoonists are finding themselves. Too big for one but not big enough for another, they can find themselves without a solid foundation to send their work off from to the larger readership. But luckily, one of those cartoonists decided it was time to do something about that. Mike & Greg take a look at several 2015 releases from Box Brown's Retrofit Comics (“An Entity Observes All Things”, “Ink for Beginners”, and “Mowgli's Mirror”) as they shine the RFT spotlight on Retrofit Comics as a publisher. What's their angle? How can you find their books? Why was their release of “Prison Planet” #7 so controversial? Given their size and roster, what can they give you that Marvel or DC can't? All that, plus what it's like to have a timeshare in independent comics, just how likely Greg is to get a tattoo, and more! Robots From Tomorrow is a weekly comics podcast recorded deep beneath the Earth's surface. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or through the RSS feed at RobotsFromTomorrow.com. You can also follow Mike and Greg on Twitter. This episode is brought to you by Third Eye Comics. Enjoy your funny books.

Thoughts on comics, wrestling, and life. Recorded on May 13th, 2014.Featuring:David Hopkins, Austin Wilson, and special guest Box Brown!Running Time: 1:25:59 Topics • We site down with cartoonist Box Brown to talk about comics, pro wrestling, Retrofit Comics, self-publishing, the struggles, and thoughts on Wrestlemania XXX. Make sure you head over to dcbservice.com and buy