Michael Dean

Episode 35: Carol Tyler

On the final installment, Carol Tyler (Soldier’s Heart, Fab4 Mania) talks settling scores and a musical approach to comics-making. Plus, a fond farewell as Greg goes underground.

Michael Dean

Episode 34: Ben Passmore

On the penultimate episode, the BTTM FDRS creator discusses the impact of Prince of Cats, shelving a post-collegiate magnum opus, and when leather jackets and moshing came to hip-hop.

Michael Dean

Episode 30: Laura Lannes

The cartoonist behind By Monday I’ll Be Floating in the Hudson with the Other Garbage and the upcoming John, Dear discusses Laerte, Puiupo, and Sarah Manguso, as well as the uses–and perils–of humor in art.

Michael Dean

Episode 18: Maggie Umber

On the eighteenth episode of Comic Book Decalogue, Maggie Umber (Time Capsule, Sound of Snow Falling) discusses Ron Wimberly, Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, and the comics tastes of Guillermo del Toro.

Michael Dean

Episode 15: Trungles

Trungles is a comics artist whose work is engaged with folklore, mythology, and vintage illustration, and who is included in the Mirror Mirror 2 anthology. In this episode, he talks Carolyn Nowak, Harry Clarke, Watchmen, and picture books.