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What mad forces compel comic artists to chain themselves to drawing tables day and night? altcomics tracks down cartoonists from all ends of the funny book business—graphic novels, comic strips, gag cartoons, web comics—and tries to find out what makes them tick. Your host is Marc Arsenault, proprietor of Silicon Valley’s Wow Cool shop and General Manager of the comics publisher Alternative Comics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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United States

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What mad forces compel comic artists to chain themselves to drawing tables day and night? altcomics tracks down cartoonists from all ends of the funny book business—graphic novels, comic strips, gag cartoons, web comics—and tries to find out what makes them tick. Your host is Marc Arsenault, proprietor of Silicon Valley’s Wow Cool shop and General Manager of the comics publisher Alternative Comics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Twitter:

@wowcool

Language:

English

Contact:

4089215164


Episodes
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Jim Rugg

10/27/2017
Jim Rugg makes comics, books, drawings, illustrations, and designs. His books and comics include Street Angel, Afrodisiac, the PLAIN Janes, Rambo 3.5, Notebook Drawings, and Supermag. He has exhibited drawings at iam8bit, Gallery1988, Mondo, and the Society of Illustrators. Honors include Eisner and Ignatz Awards, The Pittsburgh Foundation's Investing in Professional Artists grant, and AIGA's 50 Books/50 Covers selection for best-designed books. He teaches classes in the MFA Visual Narrative program at the School of Visual Arts and co-hosted BoingBoing.net's Tell Me Something I Don't Know podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:00:56:19

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Peter S. Conrad

10/10/2017
Peter S. Conrad is a cartoonist, illustrator and graphic novelist based in the South San Francisco Bay Area - AKA Silicon Valley. He is responsible for the long-running "Attempted Not Known" series in all its many forms. You have probably seen his drawings in many places over many years even though you were not aware who drew them. He is a frequent contributor to comics anthologies, including the recent Bottoms Up! from Birdcage Bottom Books. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:00:34:24

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Derf & Jack Kirby Museum at APE 2017

9/25/2017
Alternative Press Expo 2017 Day 2 in San Jose. Interviews from the show floor with Kirby Museum representatives Mark Badger & Bruce Simon and former syndicated weekly cartoonist of The City and current graphic novelist Derf Backderf (My Friend Dahmer & Trashed) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:00:30:35

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Live at APE 2017 - Steve Lafler

9/24/2017
Straight out of San Jose from MACLA as part of APE 2017 - The Alternative Press Expo - SPOTLIGHT ON STEVE LAFLER- Marc Arsenault hosts a free-wheeling discussion with Steve Lafler talking about his long history in the comics business, his time in Mexico and his series with Alternative Comics Death in Oaxaca. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:00:50:39

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Shannon Wheeler

9/12/2017
AltComics talks to Too Much Coffee Man creator Shannon Wheeler about his new book Sh*T My President Says and what it takes to become a New Yorker Cartoonist. alt.comics.shannonwheeler Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:00:25:19

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Trailer

8/29/2017
Get a sneak peak at the altcomics show with clips of our opening trilogy of interviewees: Jim Rugg, Peter S. Conrad and Shannon Wheeler. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:00:01:31

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Welcome to the show

8/17/2017
This is the introductory edition that does little more than say hello. Hello. Future episodes will have a little more meat on the bones. Interviews with Shannon Wheeler (Too Much Coffee Man), Jim Rugg (Street Angel), Peter S. Conrad (Attempted Not Known) and many more follow this.The soundtrack music is by Zoltar’s Fortune.The logo art is by Andy Ristaino. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:00:02:36