Guest : Jim Rugg Host : Christopher Kardambikis Recorded on July 24th, 2019 in Pittsburgh, PA. Jim Rugg is an Eisner and Ignatz-award winning comic book artist, book maker, illustrator, designer, and cat dad. Books include Street Angel , the PLAIN Janes , Afrodisiac , Notebook Drawings , Rambo 3.5 , and Supermag . His YouTube channel Cartoonist Kayfabe will make you love comics even more! Instagram and Twitter: @jimruggart youtube.com/c/cartoonistkayfabe jimrugg.com...
Feb 24, 2020•57 min•Season 5Ep. 3
Guest : Imin Yeh Host : Christopher Kardambikis Recorded at Carnegie Mellon University on July 17th, 2019 in Pittsburgh, PA. Imin Yeh is based in Pittsburgh, PA. She is an interdisciplinary and project-based artist working in sculpture, installation, and participatory events. Recent exhibitions include university galleries at Ithaca College and the College of New Jersey, San Jose Museum of Art, Asian Art Museum (San Francisco), and at the Contemporary Jewish Museum (San Francisco). She has...
Feb 07, 2020•51 min•Season 5Ep. 2
Guest : Mad Mohre Host : Christopher Kardambikis Recorded in Mad’s VW Beetle on March 14th, 2019 in Michigan. Mad Mohre is a mechanically-minded visual artist and designer concerned with play, surveillance, privacy and speculative feminism. She is the founder of Millimetre Press, a residency program housed in a restored Victorian studio for artists curious to explore limited editions through Riso + the artist’s book. Mad has most recently been a resident at The Wassaic Project and Pa...
Jan 26, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 5Ep. 1
*FROM THE ARCHIVES* Originally aired on Clocktower Radio in 2016 Guest : Louis Brawley Hosts : Christopher Kardambikis and Jake Nussbaum Recorded in Brooklyn, NY In 2000 Louis Brawley was living, working and showing in New York City. With two solo shows under his belt, he started traveling a lot. Then he left the city in 2005. At that time he opted to conduct an experiment by living without a base. From then on he moved usually monthly, sometimes weekly, or even daily, rarely spending more than ...
Jan 08, 2020•34 min
Guest : Colleen Itani and Kelly Lorraine Hendrickson of TZF and Alexa Turnbull of Seether Bookstore Host : Christopher Kardambikis Recorded on February 23rd, 2019 at The Bark . Tallahassee Zine Fest is an all inclusive festival allowing the Tallahassee community to showcase self published books and a variety of other types of printed matter. TZF is a platform for the DIY community and merges locals, academics, and anyone interested in printed media. People also travel into Tallahassee to s...
Sep 13, 2019•22 min•Season 4Ep. 8
Guest : Denise Bookwalter Host : Christopher Kardambikis Recorded on February 22nd, 2019 at the Facility for Arts Research at Florida State University . Denise Bookwalter works in a range of print media including traditional and digital processes, artist’s books, installations and dimensional prints. Her artists’ books utilize old and new print technologies to create collaborative artists’ books. Her work has been exhibited and collected in a variety of venues across the country and ...
Jul 16, 2019•37 min•Season 4Ep. 7
Guest : Jan Voss Host : Christopher Kardambikis Recorded on November 22nd, 2018 at Boekie Woekie in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Boekie Woekie , books by artists, began paying rent for a tiny space in downtown Amsterdam on January 1st, 1986. It was then seen by its 6 founders (artists from 3 countries living in Amsterdam) as a shop for their own publications. After the first 5 years and some reshuffling of the group and with 3 of the founders left, Boekie Woekie began its second phase in ...
Jun 26, 2019•48 min•Season 4Ep. 6
Guest : Jo Frenken Host : Christopher Kardambikis Recorded on November 19th, 2018 at the Magical Riso conference held at the Jan Van Eyck Academie in Maastricht, Netherlands. Jo Frenken is an artist, designer, and tutor connected to the Jan van Eyck Academie ever since he started as a participant in 1977. He served numerous print-related roles as well as teaching at the Academy of Architecture for 20 years. In 2011 he became the head of Charles Nypels Lab and in 2014 initiated and or...
Apr 23, 2019•41 min•Season 4Ep. 5
THE SECOND IN OUR COVERAGE OF THE MAGICAL RISO CONFERENCE HELD AT THE JAN VAN EYCK ACADEMIE IN MAASTRICHT, NETHERLANDS. Guests: Igor Arume, Stephanie Lane Gage, and Justin Bailey Host: Christopher Kardambikis Recorded on November 18th, 2018 at the Magical Riso conference held at the Jan Van Eyck Academie in Maastricht, Netherlands. RISOTRIP / Igor Arume With more than 4 years of experience, Risotrip are constantly perfecting their printing method to ensure more quality and efficiency. Riso...
Apr 10, 2019•31 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Guests: Jesjit Gil, Moritz Grünke, and Mari Campistron Host: Christopher Kardambikis Recorded November 18th at Magical Riso held at the Jan Van Eyck Academie in Maastricht, Netherlands. Jesjit Gil is the co-founder of Colour Code, established in 2012. Colour Code is an independent print studio and publishing platform based in Toronto, Canada. They specialize in high quality, artist friendly printing for local, US and international customers. Colour Code also publishes and dist...
Mar 17, 2019•54 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Guest : Quentin Mitchell and Kyle Quinn Host : Christopher Kardambikis Recorded October 27th and 28th, 2018 @ /edition Art Book Fair, Toronto, Canada Quentin runs Vide Press , a small Risograph printing and design studio located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that works with independent artists and publishers, non-profit organizations, and other Riso enthusiasts. Kyle Quinn born in Okinawa, Japan, currently resides in Brooklyn, New York. He received his BFA from the Art Institute...
Feb 27, 2019•26 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Guest : Corkey Sinks Host : Christopher Kardambikis Recorded August 5th, 2018 @ Crosstown Arts // Memphis, TN Corkey Sinks (b. Dallas, TX) is an artist and designer based in Memphis, TN. Sinks received a BA in Media Studies from the Johnston Center for Integrative Studies at the University of Redlands, CA in 2005 and an MFA in Studio Art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2012. She views her work as a form of secular meditation. Embracing the human tendency t...
Jan 29, 2019•47 min
Guest: Anna Sellheim Host: Christopher Kardambikis Recorded September 15th, 2018 Anna Sellheim is a cartoonist practicing out of the DC/Baltimore area. Her work tends to focus on mental health and progressive politics. She received her MFA in cartooning from the Center For Cartoon Studies in 2016. She has been in multiple anthologies including Sweaty Palms, Dirty Diamonds Vol 6, and Comics for Choice. Her second volume of her mental health series "Everything's Fine" has been nominated for a Brok...
Dec 17, 2018•50 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Guests: Kendra and Kat Host: Christopher Kardambikis Recorded July 10th, 2018 Kendra & Kat have been making comics together for 8 years, and plotting over cupcakes far longer. With comics and zines that run the gamut from queer space pirate shenanigans to illustrated cookbooks inspired by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, they are driven by sparkles and fun. Their work has been featured in anthologies such as Coven and Purity, and they've been a staple in the DC-area comic scene since tabling at DC Zin...
Dec 03, 2018•40 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Guest: Adam Griffiths Host: Christopher Kardambikis Recorded June 29th, 2018 Adam Griffiths is a cartoonist, illustrator and arts organizer. He got his BFA in Video Art at Maryland Institute of Art in Baltimore in 2004. In Washington, D.C., Griffiths served as an arts administrator for organizations such as Provisions Learning Project, Dupont Underground, Washington Project for the Arts, and galleries such as Civilian Art Projects. He has exhibited his work in WPA’s Options, with Hillyer Art Spa...
Aug 22, 2018•44 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Re-presenting an episode from our 1st season! Guests: Ian MacKinnon, Steven Reigns, and Darin Klein Host: Christopher Kardambikis Recorded on February 15th, 2016 @ Los Feliz, Los Angeles, CA Originally presented by Clocktower Radio on September 6th, 2016 3-PACK JACK is a titillating three-book set anthologizing a recent queer performance series curated and hosted by Steven Reigns. Delight in performance photos by Matt Baume alongside the monologues, scripts, and transcriptions from each event. B...
Aug 09, 2018•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Guest: Jacob Shapiro Host: Christopher Kardambikis Recorded on June 21st, 2018 @ Fantom Comics, Washington, D.C. Jacob Shapiro is the manager and co-owner of Fantom Comics in Washingon, D.C. He has a Shel Silverstein tattoo on his right arm because he’s ten years old. Fantom Comics is a progressive comic shop in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It aims to be an open, welcoming space to all people and support the local community. www.fantomcomics.com
Jul 31, 2018•38 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Guests: Suzanne Gold of Hair Club, Alanna Reeves of Hue, and Alex Vice Host: Christopher Kardambikis Recorded on May 25th, 2018 @ The Washington Project for the Arts Suzanne Gold, of the collaborative project HAIR CLUB, Alanna Reeves, founder of HUE, and DC-based zinester Alex Vice talk about their publishing practice with host Christopher Kardambikis. The third recording at the Washington Project for the Arts as part of Paper Cuts / Live.
Jul 19, 2018•50 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Guests: Athena Naylor, Alison Baitz, Lucy Kirkman Allen, and Orvokki Crosby Host: Christopher Kardambikis Recorded on March 31st, 2018 @ Current Books at Studio Two Three in Richmond, VA Paper Cuts recorded live at Current Books Art Book Fair in Richmond, VA. We sat down with 4 participants of the book fair: 1) Athena Naylor, an autobiographical cartoonist and illustrator currently based in D.C.; 2) Alison Baitz, who publishes the zine "On Flora" and co-founded both the DC Art Book Fair and the ...
Jul 04, 2018•58 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Guests: Kimi Hanauer, Valerie Wiseman, Georgie Payne, and Ikram Lakhdhar Host: Christopher Kardambikis Recorded on March 16, 2018 @ The Washington Project for the Arts Press Press' publishing practice is organized around two key goals; 1, to deepen the understanding of voices, identities, and narratives that have been suppressed or misrepresented by the mainstream, so far focusing on immigration and race in the United States; and 2, to build networks of relationships through publishing practices...
Jun 20, 2018•1 hr 11 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Guest: Adriana Monsalve Host: Christopher Kardambikis Recorded on March 14, 2018 @ The National Portrait Gallery Homie House Press is a skeleton bones crew of femmes creating + publishing in the foto book medium. We are book makers + educators holding space for and with QTPOC artists + other marginalized groups. We are a playground where fotos become books, a safe space for secret stories and an open house for honest content. Find us migrating through the in between, the world wide web, and al o...
Jun 04, 2018•38 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Guest: Brett Suemnicht of GenderFail Host: Christopher Kardambikis Recorded on February 16, 2018 @ The Washington Project for the Arts GenderFail is a publishing and programming initiative featuring the perspectives of queer and trans people and people of color. GenderFail looks to build up, reinforce, and open opportunities for creative projects that focus on printed matter. GenderFail invites artists, writers and activists to create publications, prints, and programming to present through the ...
May 23, 2018•53 min
FINDING A LINE Guests: Bruce Adams, Ben Ashworth, Sam Boo, Jamie Early, Amanda McDonald, Louis M Schmidt, Anne Smith Host: Christopher Kardambikis Recorded on April 14th, 2017 @ the Skate Bowl behind Union Market // Washington, DC. The art community will tell you Ben Ashworth is an accomplished visual artist, educator, designer, builder and skateboarder. His friends will tell you he’s a lunatic who skates too fast and works too hard. Either way, his work exists at the collision of art, skateboar...
Apr 24, 2018•49 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Guest: Ed Luce Host: Christopher Kardambikis Recorded on February 24th, 2017 @ at The Los Angeles Art Book Fair // Los Angeles, CA Ed Luce is the San Francisco-based creator of Wuvable Oaf, a two-time Ignatz nominated series of comics and winner of the 2017 Lambda Literary Award for Best LGBTQ Graphic Novel. The first seven years of Oaf comics have been collected into two volumes by Fantagraphics Books. Ed has also created covers, comics and illustrations for VICE, Slate, Image Comics, Heavy Met...
Apr 24, 2018•30 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Guests: Nerissa Cooney, Lauren Downing, Gee Wesley, and Ricky Yanas Host: Christopher Kardambikis Recorded on January 16th, 2017 @ Ulises bookstore // Philadelphia, PA Ulises is a bookshop and curatorial platform dedicated to artists’ books and independent art publications. Performing the model of a quarterly periodical, each curatorial season invites contributors to present publications, workshops, lectures, artworks, and collaborations in response to a given theme. http://ulises.us
Apr 24, 2018•43 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Guests: Suzanne Gold and Kelly Lloyd of Hair Club Host: Christopher Kardambikis Recorded on November 20th, 2016 // Baltimore, MD HAIR CLUB is an interdisciplinary, research-based art collective whose work is centered around the multi-valent topic of HAIR in our wider culture. Co-founded by Suzanne Gold, Kelly Lloyd, and Michal Lynn Shumate, HAIR CLUB is a platform for discussion, dialogue, research, exhibition, and production that has received recognition from the Shapiro Center for Collaborativ...
Apr 24, 2018•39 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Guests: Ursula West Minervini and Jonathon Poliszuk Host: Christopher Kardambikis Recorded on November 20th, 2016 @ Pellinore Press // Baltimore, MD Pellinore Press (est. 2004) produces books and prints by Ursula West Minervini and Jonathon Poliszuk. We work primarily with woodcuts and letterpress and are available for custom projects. http://www.pellinorepress.com/
Apr 24, 2018•35 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Guests: Malaka Gharib and Alison Baitz Host: Christopher Kardambikis Recorded on November 12th, 2016 @ The DC Art Book Fair // Washington DC Alison Baitz is a freelance writer and artist living in Maryland. After many years of wanting to start a zine but being too chicken, she got involved with that of her BFF Malaka Gharib, The Runcible Spoon. Then she made her own, On Flora, and is super glad she did. Malaka Gharib is a cartoonist, a collector of tiny objects, a fan of 90s music, and a journal...
Apr 24, 2018•21 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Guest: Maia Asshaq Host: Christopher Kardambikis Recorded on Sunday, October 9th, 2016 @ Salt and Cedar Printshop // Detroit, MI DittoDitto is a small bookshop and publishing house in Detroit, MI that focuses on literary and visual arts. In addition to our publications, we regularly host book + art related events in the Detroit area, including the Detroit Art Book Fair. http://www.dittoditto.org/
Apr 24, 2018•23 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Guests: Paige Hanserd and Justine Kelley Host: Christopher Kardambikis Recorded on Saturday, August 6th, 2016 @ The Fishtown Tavern // Philadelphia, PA Paige Hanserd is from atlanta but resides in philly. she works as a graphic designer at the philadelphia museum of art and makes zines, pins, and other things in her free time. she is really into haribo, miller lite, and elaine benes. http://actualworkbypaigehanserd.wiki/ Justine Kelley is a Philadelphia-based designer/printmaker/illustrator. She...
Apr 24, 2018•36 min
