Thick Lines

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Katie and Sally discuss Last Girl Standing, a prose memoir by the late Trina Robbins (Fantagraphics, 2017). Plus, some show news and a fresh round of the Bad Boyfriend Bracket. Thank you to our patrons for making this episode possible! Catch Sally at Bubbles Con on Saturday, May 4 in Richmond, VA: https://www.bubblescon.com/ Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod.

Katie and Sally discuss The House at Maakies Corner by Tony Millionaire (Fantagraphics, 2002), the second Fantagraphics collection of Maakies strips created from 2000 to 2002. Topics discussed include Johnny Gruelle, Sock Monkey: The Glass Doorknob, alt weeklies, Fred Basset, and lots more. Get bonus episodes and video content at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod.

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. It's our annual 4/20 special and this time cartoonist Caroline Cash (Girl in the World, Peepee Poopoo) joins the sesh to talk Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji by Nobuyuki Fukumoto (Kodansha, 1996). Catch Caroline at C2E2 with Silver Sprocket in Chicago, IL on Sunday, April 28: https://www.c2e2.com/en-us.html Follow Caroline on Instagram at @cash_browns. Catch Katie at The L.A. Times Festival of Books on Saturday, April 20: https://tinyurl.com/5anb9yf7 Follow Thick Lines on Instagram at @thicklinespod. Thank you to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible!

Katie and Sally discuss Abandon the Old in Tokyo by Yoshihiro Tatsumi (Drawn & Quarterly, 2006). Topics discussed include smoking, check fraud, Adrian Tomine, and lots more. Support the show and get bonus episodes and video content at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod. Catch Katie at The L.A. Times Festival of Books on Saturday, April 20: https://tinyurl.com/5eefd5bj

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Sally talks to cartoonists Corinne Halbert, Tia Roxae, and Chloe Brailsford about the inspirations behind their comics in the VISCERE #1: Body Horror anthology. Recorded live at Partners and Son in Philadelphia, PA on November 20, 2023. Topics discussed include Suspiria, Clamp, Jean Rollin, Robert Altman, Hans Bellmer, Silent Hill, Centralia, David Cronenberg, Resident Evil, Chantal Goya, Guido Crepax, and lots more. Follow the artists on Instagram: @corinnehalbert, @dreamygutss, @chloe.in.pink Thank you to our patrons and Partners and Son for making this episode possible!

Katie and Sally discuss Curses by Kevin Huizenga (Drawn and Quarterly, 2024). Topics discussed include John Mejias, K. Czap, Maybelline Skvortzoff, Desmond Reed, Maurice Vellekoop, Chip Kidd, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, primates, hell, golf, projecting assumptions onto books, and lots more. Support the show and get bonus episodes and video content at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod.

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Sally talks to indie comics stalwart Kevin Huizenga about his new book Curses (Drawn and Quarterly, 2024), recorded live at Partners & Son in Philadelphia, PA on March 14, 2024. Thanks to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible! Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod.

Katie and Sally are joined by comics writer Tina Horn (Sfsx, Deprog) to discuss Lost Girls (Top Shelf, 2006) written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Melinda Gebbie. Topics discussed include Arthur Magazine, video stores in LA, Hellblazer, Batman: The Killing Joke, pornography vs. erotica, and lots more. Find Tina at tinahorn.net and on Instagram @tinahornsass. Pre-order Deprog #1: previewsworld.com/Catalog/Series/150384-DEPROG Pre-order Why Are People Into That?: hachettebookgroup.com/titles/tina-horn/why-are-people-into-that/9780306832567/ Catch Sally moderating the "Gender Trips" panel with Corinne Halbert, Beth Hetland, and Maybelline Skvortzoff at MoCCA Festival in NYC on Saturday, March 16: https://www.moccafest.org/24programming Support the show and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod.

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Katie and Sally reconvene to discuss recent reads, the live Philly show, and visual preferences in cartooning. Topics include: Chester Brown, secrets, Harley and Ivy, Slave Labor Graphics, Mad Digest, Guido Crepax, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Lewis Trondheim, Emma Jon-Michael Frank, Junko Mizuno, Tony Millionaire, and lots more. Thank you to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible! Support the show and get bonus episodes and video content at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Follow Thick Lines on Instagram @thicklinespod.

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Katie and Sally discuss romance comics live at Partners and Son on February 16 in Philadelphia, PA, with a look at Young Romance, Heart Throbs, Young Love, My Love, Archie's Joke Book, Hollywood Superstars, and lots more. Plus a chat with artist Cait McCormack, whose work is featured in Partners and Son's Love Will Tear Us Apart exhibition up now. Enormous thanks to Partners and Son for having us, and to Cait McCormack for the interview! Thank you to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible. Follow us on Instagram at @thicklinespod.

Katie and Sally discuss Love that Bunch by Aline Kominsky-Crumb (Fantagraphics, 1990 / Drawn & Quarterly, 2018). Topics discussed include Amy and Jordan, Heather McAdams, B. Kliban, George Harrison, Lynda Barry, Diane Noomin, Raina Telgemeier, Samantha Irby, Debbie Drechsler, and lots more. Join Katie and Sally for a live show at Partners and Son in Philadelphia, PA on Friday, February 16: partnersandson.com Support the show and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod.

Katie and Sally are joined by artist Jenna Cha and writer Lonnie Nadler (The Sickness, Black Stars Above) to discuss From Hell (Alan Moore, writer; Eddie Campbell, artist; Top Shelf Productions 1989-1998). Topics discussed include Night of the Hunter, Hitchcock, Cat Eyed Boy, and much more. Follow Jenna on Instagram: @jangling.jack Follow Lonnie on Instagram: @lonnienadler Pick up The Sickness from Uncivilized Books: uncivilizedbooks.com/the-sickness Support the show and get bonus episodes and video content at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod.

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Katie and Sally discuss Milky Way by Miguel Vila (Fantagraphics, 2023). Thank you to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible! Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod.

Katie and Sally discuss Ayako by Osamu Tezuka (Vertical, 1972-73/2010). Topics discussed include The Curious Case Of Natalia Grace, The Book of Human Insects, eel pits, and how 2024 became the Year of the Tunnel. Support the show and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod.

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Sally accosts comics makers and readers all over Philadelphia to ask: what's the best and worst book you've read this year? Guests include Molly Dwyer, Nicole Rodriguez, Charles Burns, Tia Roxae, Nate Garcia, Jacq Cohen, Partners & Son and a hundred million others. Follow Thick Lines on Instagram @thicklinespod.

Katie and Sally run down their top comics of 2023. Books discussed include: The Shriekers by Molly Colleen O'Connell River's Edge by Kyoko Okazaki I Never Found You by Emma Jon-Michael Frank Social Fiction by Chantal Montellier Pirate Band by Juliette Collet Beauty by Hubert and Kerascoët Blood of the Virgin by Sammy Harkham W.W.R.E.C. by Max Burlingame & Angela Fanche The Comics Journal #309 edited by Austin English and Kristy Valenti The Sickness by Jenna Cha and Lonnie Nadler Proof That the Devil Loves You by Gilbert Hernandez Baby by Patrick Kyle I Wish I Was Stupid by Ebisu Yoshikazu Cagelessness #2 by Daria Tessler You're the Center of Attention by Gina Wynbrandt Work-Life Balance by Aisha Franz Last Night at the Lusty by Janelle Hessig Sunday 5-6-7-X by Olivier Schrauwen Babsy and Maude by Molly Dwyer Escape from the Great American Novel by Drew Lerman Support the show and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Follow Thick Lines on Instagram @thicklinespod.

Sally is out sick with COVID but Gutter Boys Cam del Rosario and JB Roe have her covered with a look at "One Operation Joker," (DC Comics, 2023) written by Satoshi Miyagawa and with art by Keisuke Gotou, plus a general chat about comics podcasting. Follow Gutter Boys podcast on Insta at @gutterboyspod, and find Cam and JB at @camdelrosario and @mortcrimpjr. Listen to Gutter Boys wherever you get your podcasts. Support Thick Lines and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod.

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Katie and Sally discuss "I Wish I Was Stupid" by Ebisu Yoshikazu (Breakdown Press, 2023), translated by Ryan Holmberg. Topics discussed include Johnny Ryan, Discovery Zone, things we would put in a glass cannon, Takeshi Kitano, Chip Kidd, natto, and lots more. Thanks to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible! Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod.

Katie and Sally discuss "Stories From Zoo" by Anand (Bubbles Zine Production, 2023), a collection of short stories by one of India's best young cartoonists. But first Katie discusses "The Zone of Interest" and the benefits of working very, very slowly. Support the show and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Patrons at the Cathies tier can now watch our Patreon-exclusive videos podcasts! Purchase the Thick Lines Gift Guide (or free to Patreon subscribers at any tier): https://www.patreon.com/thicklinespod/shop Catch Katie at Permanent Damage on Sunday, December 10 in Los Angeles, CA: https://www.instagram.com/permanent_damage_comix_show/ Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod.

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Katie and Sally discuss Beauty by Kerascoët and Hubert (NBM, 2014/2023), but first take a glance at the Fantagraphics upcoming 2024 titles. Sally also runs down her trip to the Scholastic Book Fair. Thank you to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible! Catch Katie at Permanent Damage on Sunday, December 10 in Los Angeles, CA: https://www.instagram.com/permanent_damage_comix_show/ Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod.