Sally has too much to say to girl's girl Siobhán Gallagher about her pick and our bible, Vanessa Davis' Make Me a Woman (Drawn & Quarterly, 2010). Topics include 90's fashion, Hello Kitty, eating disorders on family sitcoms and more on this slumber party of an episode. Please enjoy Siobhán's terrific book, Full of Myself - a must-read for anyone who is, knows, or would like to know anyone who has ever used a DELIA*S catalog as bedtime reading. Thank you to our subscribers over at our Patreon...
Jul 23, 2025•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 160
This episode was recorded prior to Scott Adams' announcement of his cancer diagnosis. As always, Thick Lines wishes good mental, spiritual, and physical health to all creators and createes. Joining Sally today is the business pleasure that is Mattie Lubchansky : former associate editor of The Nib, author of Boys Weekend and the rapidly impending release, Simplicty has had work appearing in Mad Magazine, The Hairpin, The Toast, Eater, New York Magazine, as well as every other publication you've e...
Jul 15, 2025•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 158
This episode was recorded prior to Scott Adams' announcement of his cancer diagnosis. As always, Thick Lines wishes good mental, spiritual, and physical health to all creators and createes. Enjoy the full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod Joining Sally today is the business pleasure that is Mattie Lubchansky : former associate editor of The Nib, author of Boys Weekend and the rapidly impending release, Simplicty has had work appearing in Mad Magazine, The Hairpin, The Toast, Eater, New York M...
Jul 15, 2025•4 min
Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. What says "Happy 420, Two Days Late" like host and guest favorites, Akbar and Jeff? Sally and Sam Szabo find out what it means to be gay in Regan's America with Akbar and Jeff's Guide to Life by Matt Groening (Pantheon, 1989). This strip continued beyond the book's publication date for another TWENTY THREE YEARS so there's lots more of our favorite couple beyond this episode. Topics include: where the elite meet, American Psycho, Working Girl, learning ...
Apr 22, 2025•2 min•Ep. 157
Happy Earth Day! Listener favorite Sam Szabo (Comics Will Break Your Balls, The Enlightened Transsexual, The Onion) is back to look at the PG-13 porno comics of Poor Helpless Comics! by Ed Subitzky (NYRC, 2023). Topics include, Heather McAdams' Cartoon Girl, going to the movies, National Lampoon, David Letterman, and so very much more. Sally was minutes away from finding out she had covid while recording AND editing this episode, thank you for bearing with us regarding the sound quality. Thank y...
Apr 22, 2025•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 156
What's our favorite books from 2024? Sally describes them all in no particular order to beloved listener favorite Joe McCulloch! Part one is here for you to enjoy, for Part Two, we will see you over at our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thicklinespod Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod and email us to join our Discord at thicklinespod@gmail.com The Puerto Rican War - John Mejias Round World Thinking (zine) Round World Thinking (audiobook)- Ana Woulfe Ant Dodger/What About Humility? - Dash Sh...
Apr 04, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 154
Last week marked the centennial of Edward Gorey's birth, so let's wish a happy birthday to our shared goth uncle with a listen back to episiode 23. Enjoy! Katie Skelly and Sally Madden discuss Edward Gorey's "Amphigorey: Fifteen Books" (1980). Topics discussed include Max Ernst, Edward Lear, Agatha Christie, Charles Addams, Tomie dePaola, Roald Dahl, holding newborns, ballet, New England, and more. Next time: "Magician A" by Natsuko Ishitsuyo. Find 50+ additional episodes at our patreon: https:/...
Mar 05, 2025•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 153
This is a subscriber-only episode, for the full audio please visit patreon.com/thicklinespod Thank you to Partners and Son for hosting us! Sally interviews Em Frank (Heavenly Days, I Never Found You, Dark Garbage) and Frances Cordelia Beaver (On a Cute One, Spirits Hungover At Work, Give My Best To Your Kind!) live from Partners and Son at PCX. Topics include: why comic books are the easiest art form to get done, taking elementary schoolers to Wong Kar-wai movies, not taking responsibility for t...
Mar 05, 2025•1 min•Ep. 162
Frances Cordelia Beaver (On A Cute One, 2021) joins Sally Madden to read The Pervert by Michelle Perez and Remy Boydell (Image Comics, 2018) Topics include: a picnic at the graveyard, Milk White Steed by Michael D. Kennedy (Drawn and Quarterly, 2025), Peephhole #1 (despite what Sally says at the top of the episode, the table of contents is CLEARLY labeled with each artist's attributed page numbers, despite the pages not being numbered), Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh (Gallery Books,...
Mar 03, 2025•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 151
I was always here, where were you? Thick Lines is back! Sally Madden talks with with Molly Colleen O’Connell about The Green Hand and Other Stories by Nicole Claveloux (NYRC, 2017) topics include gardening, nudity, getting our periods for the first time, and lots more. Thank you for listening! Katie Skelly and Sally Madden are part of the programming at MoCCA https://www.moccafest.org/ next month, please come say hello! Support the show and get bonus content at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Follow ...
Feb 23, 2025•1 hr 53 min
Oops! We're back! Katie and Sally catch up on recent reads including Unwholesome Love (Fictopicto/Partners and Son, 2024) and Final Cut (Pantheon, 2024) by Charles Burns, Blurry by Dash Shaw (New York Review Books, 2024), Sunday by Olivier Schrauwen (Fantagraphics, 2024), My Time Machine by Carol Lay (Fantagraphics, 2024), John Willie: A Bizarre Life by Jane Garrett (Schiffer, 2024), plus a look at the film The Substance (2024). Catch Katie at Comic Arts LA on December 14 & 15: comicartsla.c...
Nov 28, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 149
Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod . Katie and Sally are back with a bone-chilling countdown of their top three scariest comics. Artists discussed include Josh Simmons, Al Columbia, Kazuo Umezz, Jacques Loustal and Villard, Stephen Gammell, Julia Gfrorer, Conor Stechschulte, Art Spiegelman, Jaime Hernandez, Richard McGuire, and many others. Thank you to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible. Happy Halloween!...
Oct 29, 2024•3 min•Ep. 148
Katie is joined by cartoonist Anya Davidson ( Night and Dana , School Spirits , Band for Life , Lovers in the Garden ) to discuss Pascin by Joann Sfar (Uncivilized Books, 2016), translated by Edward Gauvin and Uncivilized Books. Find more Anya at anyadavidson.com and on Instagram @anyapdavidson . Support the show and get bonus episodes and more at patreon.com/thicklinespod ....
Oct 18, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 147
Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod . Sally and daughter hit the aisles of The Small Press Expo in Bethesda, MD on September 14 & 15 to ask creators, publishers, and retailers which formative reading experiences pushed them further into comics. Guests include: Avi Ehrlich (Silver Sprocket) B. Erin Cole Dash Shaw Drew Weing Ellen Marcus Em Jon-Michael Frank Ina Parsons Jason Leivian (Floating World Comics) Joe Sikoryak Jonathan Baylis Mattie Lubchansky Natalie Andrewson Peggy Burns (Dra...
Sep 30, 2024•1 min•Ep. 146
Full episode available at patreon.com/thicklinespod . Katie and Sally tackle Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware (Pantheon, 2000). Topics include Little Nemo in Slumberland , Dan Clowes, The New Yorker , intergenerational trauma, and Flip Wilson. Thank you to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible! Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod ....
Sep 27, 2024•2 min•Ep. 145
Katie is joined by cartoonist Chloe Brailsford ( DC Pride 2024 , Sapphic Pulp , Viscere #1 ) for a look at Iris: A Novel For Viewers , written by Lo Hartog van Banda, drawn by Thé Tjong-Khing (Fantagraphics, 2024). Topics discussed include Barbarella, Auranella, Kris Kool, Guido Crepax, Guy Peellaert, and lots more. Find Chloe on Instagram and Twitter at @chloe.in.pink. Support the show and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod . Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod ....
Sep 23, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 144
Sally is joined by Shannon Spence ( P*NK LAB GRL! Burn it Down! , Kid Internet Connect ) for a chat about their shared backgrounds and interest in medical illustration. Topics discussed include The Andromeda Strain , Frank Bender, Frank Netter, Gray's Anatomy, and lots more. Follow Shannon at @shannonprints on Instagram. Support the show and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod ....
Sep 18, 2024•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 143
We'll be back with all new episodes starting next week! Katie and Sally are joined by Hellen Jo ( Jin & Jam , Frontier #2 ) to discuss the billboard with her artwork gracing Glendale Blvd., plus a lengthy discussion of her comics journey, studio process, her life drawing classes, boba orders, girl gangs, Korean shamanism, and lots more. Hellen Jo is a Los Angeles based artist who has worked in comics, animation, illustration, and fine art. Her credits include writing and storyboards for Stev...
Sep 13, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 82
Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod . Katie and Sally reconvene to catch up on our Fall to-read piles and take a look at the Fantagraphics Winter '25 catalog. Comics touched on: Round World Thinking by Ana Woulfe, Pony Show by Bread Tarleton, Distant Ruptures by C.F., Blurry by Dash Shaw, Processing: 100 Comics That Got Me Through It by Tara Booth, A Guest in the House by E.M. Carroll, Oba Electroplating Factory by Yoshiharu Tsuge, Ninja Sarutobi Sasuke by Sugiura Shigeru, Heavenly Days by...
Aug 31, 2024•3 min•Ep. 142
Originally published June 15, 2023. Support the show and never miss a bonus episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod . Katie and Sally discuss Zero Girl by Sam Kieth (Homage Comics, 2001), an at times bizarre vision that only Kieth could breathe to life. Topics discussed include Suicide Girls, Tampa by Alissa Nutting, and lots more. Thanks to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible! Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod ....
Aug 30, 2024•54 min•Ep. 92
Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod . Katie and Sally discuss Peepshow #15 by Joe Matt (Fantagraphics, 2024). Topics discussed include being cheap, Seth, Weezer, tv people, writing letters, and lots more. Thank you to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible! Catch Katie reading with Beth Hetland at The Pop-Hop in Los Angeles, CA on Sunday, August 4. Catch Sally at the Boise Comic Arts Festival in Boise, ID on August 24 & 25. Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod ....
Jul 31, 2024•2 min•Ep. 141
Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod . Sally gets the scoop on the new Bernadette magazine with its editors Katie Lane ( Single Camera Sitcom ) and Angela Fanche ( Humility Machine ), recorded live at Partners and Son in Philadelphia, PA on Friday, July 12, 2024. Bernadette features work from 27+ artists including Lala Albert, Gabrielle Bell, Clair Gunther, Charlotte Pelissier + Juliette Collet, Sam Szabo, Molly Dwyer, Ana Woulfe, and many more. Pick up Bernadette from Partners and Son or w...
Jul 26, 2024•2 min•Ep. 140
Sally is joined by Bread Tarleton ( Ponyshow , Horse ) for a look at Little Lit: Folklore and Fairy Tale Funnies edited by Art Spiegelman and Francoise Mouly (RAW Junior, 2000), a venture into stories for kids with comics by Dan Clowes, Chris Ware, David Mazzucchelli, Kaz, and many more. Find Bread on Instagram @bread_comix . Support Thick Lines and get bonus content at patreon.com/thicklinespod ....
Jul 13, 2024•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 139
Sally is joined by Corinne Halbert ( Acid Nun , Scorpio Venus Rising ) for a look at My Pretty Vampire by Katie Skelly (Fantagraphics, 2017). Topics discussed include Herzog's Nosferatu , vampire lore, establishing mise-en-scène, and lots more. Find Corinne on Instagram @corinnehalbert . Support the show and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod....
Jul 03, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 138
Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod . Katie is joined by Chloe Brailsford ( DC Pride 2024, Sapphic Pulp , Viscere #1 ) to discuss the perils of being a lonely queer cartoonist with a long chat about My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness by Kabi Nagata (Seven Seas, 2016). Plus some yapping about blockbuster graphic novels, telling vs. showing, and living vs. trying to live through your work. Find Chloe on Instagram and Twitter at @chloe.in.pink. Thank you to our Patreon subscribers for maki...
Jun 28, 2024•2 min•Ep. 137
Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Sally is joined by cartoonist and illustrator Bread Tarleton ( Horse , Ponyshow ) for a look at Goodreads darling The Big Skinny: How I Changed My Fattitude by Carol Lay (Villard, 2008). Find Bread on Instagram at @bread_comix . Thank you to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible!
Jun 21, 2024•2 min•Ep. 136
Sally is joined by Dash Shaw ( Bottomless Belly Button , BodyWorld , Cryptozoo ) to discuss Social Fiction by Chantal Montellier (New York Review Comics, 2023). Topics discussed include how to read a comic, combining comics and poetry, Bubbles Con, Jacques Tardi, The Drifting Classroom , Dylan Dog , Dawn of the Dead , Chris Ware, C.F., Métal hurlant , Becky Chambers, J.G. Ballard, Dash's next book, and lots more. But first, a show announcement at the top of the episode. Follow Dash on Instagram ...
Jun 12, 2024•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 135
Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod . Sally goes to the first ever Nancy Fest at The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum in Columbus, OH on May 24-25 and takes attendee and staff temperatures on the Nancy renaissance. Thank you to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible! Support the show and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod . Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod ....
Jun 03, 2024•2 min•Ep. 134
Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod . Sally is joined by Sam Szabo ( Enlightened Transsexual Comix ) for a mega episode looking at Tender by Beth Hetland (Fantagraphics, 2024). Catch Sam at Zine Not Dead in Chicago, IL on Saturday, June 15: zinenotdead.com Follow Sam on Instagram at @brainboogerindustries . Get bonus episodes and video content at patreon.com/thicklinespod . Follow Thick Lines on Instagram @thicklinespod ....
May 31, 2024•3 min•Ep. 133
Sally talks to fellow newly-minted Comics Journal co-editor Chris Mautner (Comic Books are Burning in Hell pod) about writing about comics, Bubbles Con, who isn’t from Pennsylvania, Garfield, working in journalism, being a newspaper man, and what’s next for TCJ. Check out Sally and Chris in action at The Comics Journal : tcj.com Listen to Chris on Comic Books Are Burning in Hell: comicsinhell.libsyn.com Follow Thick Lines on Instagram @thicklinespod . Support the show and get bonus episodes at p...
May 22, 2024•49 min•Ep. 132
