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The Ted Stearn Interview
David Mazzucchelli interviews his old friend Ted Stearn about his career, his storytelling philosophies, and Fuzz and Pluck.
Lauren Weinstein on 5,000 km Per Second by Manuele Fior
The Girl Stories and Goddess of War artist talks about the newly translated 5,000 km per second, recently published by Fantagraphics.
Austin English and Bill Kartalopoulos on Superboy, Patience, and Peplum
The cartoonist/publisher and the editor/scholar discuss a 1963 issue of Superboy and a recent Blutch reprint—and how they relate to the latest Clowes.
Alex Robinson on Warlock by Jim Starlin
Mike is joined by old podcasting partner Alex Robinson, the Box Office Poison creator, to discuss Jim Starlin’s cosmic Warlock.
Sam Alden and Sophia Foster-Dimino on Two Comics by GG
In this episode, the creator of It Never Happened Again and the creator of Sex Fantasy discuss the work of the cartoonist known only as GG.
Isaac Cates on Asterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli
The Cartozia Tales editor talks about Mazzucchelli’s ambitious graphic novel.
Dan Zettwoch and Rina Ayuyang on The Freddie Stories by Lynda Barry
Two great cartoonists, the creators of Birdseye Bristoe and Whirlwind Wonderland respectively, discuss Lynda Barry’s Freddie Stories.
Caitlin McGurk and John Porcellino on I Never Liked You and Summer of Love
A discussion of two landmark teenage memoirs by Chester Brown and Debbie Dreschler.
Sammy Harkham on Murder by High Tide by Maurice Tillieux
The Crickets artist and Kramers Ergot editor in a conversation about an overlooked European comic, M. Tillieux’s Murder by High Tide.
Dylan Horrocks and Tom Hart on Silly Daddy by Joe Chiappetta
Talking about Joe Chiappetta’s inventive Silly Daddy.
Box Brown on The Cute Manifesto and BORB
Box Brown chats about James Kochalka’s The Cute Manifesto and Jason Little’s BORB.
Annie Mok and Kris Mukai on Ant Colony and The Hospital Suite
Annie Mok and Kris Mukai discuss recent books by Michael DeForge and John Porcellino.
Dustin Harbin on Batman Year One
Dustin Harbin joins me for a conversation about Batman Year One, by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli. Full disclosure, I went into this pick totally wanting to hate on it and hate on Frank Miller, but I have to stay honest (that’s the TCJ Talkies Code) and admit this book is still a solidly satisfying… Read more »
Katie Skelly on The Book of Human Insects by Osamu Tezuka
The creator of Nurse Nurse talks about a pivotal book in the manga master’s oeuvre.
Zack Soto on Kingdom Come
The Study Group publisher and Secret Voice cartoonist talks about Mark Waid and Alex Ross’s superhero dystopia. Plus: Isaac Cates.
Caitlin McGurk and Jim Rugg on Ghost World and The Death Ray by Dan Clowes
Chatting about the depictions of teenage friendships in the books of Dan Clowes.
Brian Evenson on Ed the Happy Clown
Fiction writer and academic Brian Evenson joined Mike Dawson for a conversation about Chester Brown’s early graphic-novel, Ed the Happy Clown, which was first serialized in the one man anthology, Yummy Fur, and subsequently collected in a variety of formats.
Julia Wertz on Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? and Spent
A conversation with the Infinite Wait creator about autobiographical graphic novels by Roz Chast and Joe Matt.
Sarah Glidden on Joe Sacco’s Footnotes in Gaza
Mike talks to comics journalist Sarah Glidden about Joe Sacco’s Footnotes in Gaza.
TCJ Talkies: Tom Hart on Craig Thompson’s Habibi
Mike Dawson returns to comics podcasting with an all-new format. In this episode, he invites guest Tom Hart to discuss a major recent work.
Tim Kreider
In his final episode, Mike Dawson interviews The Pain cartoonist and essayist Tim Kreider
Craig Thompson
This time around, Mike talks to the creator of Habibi and Blankets.
Renée French
Mike talks to the cartoonist behind such disturbing works as The Ticking and Marbles in My Underpants about style, what’s acceptable (and not) in today’s comics world, and her second career as a children’s book creator.
Box Brown
The cartoonist and publisher behind Retrofit.
