Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod . Katie and Sally catch up on Permanent Damage: Portland, Sally's west coast zine crawl, and the pitfalls of "indie corporate" shows. Topics discussed include Maria Sputnik, Lale Westvind, T. Edward Bak, Pat Auslisio, Pat Rooks, Greg & Fake, MoCCA, SPX and corpse flowers, and lots more. Thank you to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible! Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod . Thick Lines dad hat: https://katieskelly.bigcartel.com/...
Sep 08, 2023•3 min•Ep. 102
Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Sally talks to Eric Kostiuk Williams about his new book 2AM Eternal: A Decade of Nightlife Posters + Comics (Secret Acres, 2023), live at Partners and Son in Philadelphia, PA on August 10, 2023. Thanks to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible!
Sep 05, 2023•3 min•Ep. 101
Katie and Sally celebrate 100 episodes of Thick Lines with a look at Watchmen by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons and John Higgins (DC, 1986), plus show trivia, listener voicemails, and lots more. Thank you to everyone who has supported the show in any capacity since its inception in 2021! We wouldn't be here without you. Catch Sally at Permanent Damage in Portland, OR on Saturday, August 26: @permanent_damage_comix_show New Thick Lines dad hat out now: https://katieskelly.bigcartel.com/product/thick-li...
Aug 18, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 100
Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod . By listener request, Katie and Sally discuss Shortcomings by Adrian Tomine (Drawn & Quarterly, 2007), plus special movie correspondent Sally reports on the 2023 film adaptation in theaters now. Topics discussed include Optic Nerve , Summer Blonde , David Boring , Michael Haneke, and lots more. Thank you to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible! Catch Sally at Partners & Son in conversation with Eric Kostiuk Williams on Thursd...
Aug 10, 2023•2 min•Ep. 99
Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod . Katie is joined by Jacq Cohen, Executive Director of Communications and Publicity at Fantagraphics to discuss her career journey, the present and future of comics publicity, and advice for cartoonists who are getting their careers started. Topics discussed include Top Shelf, Diana Schutz, Jason, Love & Rockets, Kristy Valenti, Emil Ferris, Tia Roxae, Nate Garcia, and lots more. Follow us on Instagram at @ thicklinespod . Thank you to our Patreon su...
Aug 01, 2023•3 min•Ep. 98
Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod . Sally and Katie play catch up with recent projects and reads. Topics discussed include Barbie, Polly Pocket, Gilbert Hernandez, Paul McCarthy, Wally Wood, Alex Toth, and more. Thank you to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible!
Jul 27, 2023•3 min•Ep. 97
Katie and Sally discuss the highly anticipated English translation of River's Edge by Kyoko Okazaki (Kodansha, 1994/2023). Topics discussed include Robert Longo, our favorite translators, Helter Skelter, Pink, and lots more. Support the show and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod . Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod .
Jul 19, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 96
Sally finally gets her way this episode with some alone time with Zak Sally (Sammy the Mouse, Enemymine, Low, The Hand) to discuss "Cherry" by Inés Estrada and "7 Miles a Second" by David Wojnarowicz, James Romberger, and Marguerite Van Cook. Topics discussed include: terminal illness, beautiful dick drawings, the AIDS epidemic, The Mütter Museum, Vertigo Comics, and much more. (Closing music is Zak’s band The Hand performing ‘Ghost Hand’!) Follow Zak on Instagram at @zak_sally . Support the sho...
Jul 12, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 95
Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Summer reading returns! By listener request, Katie and Sally discuss Cats of the Louvre by Taiyo Matsumoto (Viz, 2019). Topics discussed include Marcel Dzama, paintings we want to be absorbed into, conservationist hell, The Stendhal Syndrome , Roald Dahl, Calvin & Hobbes, Wes Anderson, and lots more. Thank you to our listeners who recommended this book and thank you to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible! Follow us on Instagram ...
Jun 30, 2023•2 min•Ep. 94
Katie and Sally are joined by Sam Szabo (Enlightened Transsexual Comix) to discuss "One! Hundred! Demons!" by Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly, 2015). Topics discussed include The Artist's Way , scents, the Nordstrom ladies lounge, and lots more. Find Sam on Instagram at @brainboogerindustries . Support the show and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod . Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod ....
Jun 22, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 93
Full 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 Neil Gaiman, Suicide Girls, Tampa by Alissa Nutting, and lots more. Thanks to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible! Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod ....
Jun 15, 2023•2 min•Ep. 92
We’re back with a double header episode! Katie and Sally discuss “Pinky and Pepper Forever” by Eddy Atoms (Silver Sprocket, 2018) and “Rock Collector” by Becca Tobin (Silver Sprocket, 2022). Topics discussed include: aliens, "Wendy" by Walter Scott, art school, and lots more. Support the show and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod.
Jun 09, 2023•58 min•Ep. 91
Katie and Sally are joined by Sammy Harkham ( Crickets , Kramers Ergot ) to discuss his new book Blood of the Virgin (Pantheon, 2023). Topics discussed include showing vs. telling, filmmaking, cooking in comics, Milton Caniff, Käthe Kollwitz, and lots more. Follow Sammy at @samharkham on Instagram. Back VISCERE #1: Body Horror on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/katieskelly/viscere-1-a-body-horror-comics-anthology Catch Katie at Permanent Damage Comics Show on Sunday, May 21: ht...
May 18, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 90
Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod . Sally is joined by Benji Nate ( Catboy , Hell Phone , Lorna ) to discuss her latest book Girl Juice (Drawn and Quarterly, 2023) and lots more. Thanks to our subscribers for making this episode possible! Find more Benji Nate on Instagram at @benjinate . Catch Katie at the Permanent Damage Comics Show on Sunday, May 21 in Los Angeles: https://www.instagram.com/permanent_damage_comix_show/ Follow us on Instagram at @thicklinespod ....
May 16, 2023•43 sec•Ep. 89
Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod . Sally is back from Canada with a recap of the Toronto Comic Arts Festival and Katie recounts her own special trip. Topics discussed include the Chester Brown and Nina Bunjevac panel, Sally's zine round-up, and Katie's upcoming foray into publishing. Thank you to our patrons for making this episode possible! Katie in conversation with Tina Horn on Wednesday, May 3 at Skylight Books: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylight-katie-skelly-presents-agen...
May 02, 2023•1 min•Ep. 88
Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod . Katie and Sally discuss "Dog Biscuits" by Alex Graham (Fantagraphics, 2022). Topics discussed include the pandemic, Rodney Greenblat, funny animal comics, painting, Peter Bagge's "Hate," and lots more. Thanks to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible! Katie in conversation with Tina Horn on Wednesday, May 3 at Skylight Books: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylight-katie-skelly-presents-agency-w-tina-horn Benji Nate in conversati...
Apr 28, 2023•1 min•Ep. 87
A special 4/20 episode where we talk bizarre comics PSAs and the most astounding found comic of all time. But first: Sally gives a rundown on Fluke 2023, plus her special trip to see the Guido Crepax exhibition at Philippe Labaune Gallery. Smoke 'em if you got 'em! Comics with Problems: https://www.ep.tc/problems/ Support the show and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod.
Apr 20, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 86
Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Katie and Sally discuss Orochi: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 4 by Kazuo Umezz (Viz, 2023). While we're sad to reach the final Orochi volume, we can't wait for the Cat Eyed Boy Perfect Editions coming later this year! Topics discussed include amateur heart transplants, siblings, crosswalks, Marmaduke, and lots more. Find Katie at Heavy Manners Comics Fair on Saturday, April 22: https://heavymannerslibrary.com/events/heavy-manners-comics-fair-spring-2023 Pic...
Apr 14, 2023•2 min
We're celebrating one year of Thick Lines on Patreon by releasing our very first Patreon exclusive episode from 2022. To support the show and get bonus episodes like this one, go to patreon.com/thicklinespod. Katie and Sally are joined by Corinne Halbert ( Acid Nun ) to discuss Charles Burns’s Last Look (Patheon, 2016). Topics discussed include shadow work, denial, loving Mass, William S. Burroughs, David Lynch, body horror, Naked Lunch, Tintin, Birdo, addiction, Silent Hill 2, A Serious Man, an...
Apr 05, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 31
Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Sally sits down with Bizarro-Wuxtry manager Devlin Thompson on the eve of the 20th annual FLUKE comics festival in Athens, GA for a mid-century comics chat. Topics discussed include foreign Archie , Little Lulu , Chick tracts, romance comics, Eightball , cat people vs. dog people in the Archieverse, Harvey comics, fan-fiction, Sally's Crumb encounter, and lots more. Thank you to our patrons for making this episode possible! Follow Devlin on Instagram @f...
Mar 31, 2023•2 min•Ep. 84
Katie and Sally take listener questions. Topics discussed include visiting Lambiek and the LA Vintage Paperback Show, the new Clowes book announcement, what to read on the plane, our favorite comics cats, copying, Philly comics, bagels, plus: Thick Lines investigates - is Acting Class real? Catch Sally at FLUKE in Athens, GA on Saturday, March 25: flukeisawesome.blogspot.com Support the show and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod....
Mar 24, 2023•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 83
Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Katie and Sally are joined by Hellen Jo ( Jin & Jam , Frontier #2 ) to discuss the billboard with her artwork gracing Glendale Blvd. in Los Angeles, 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 St...
Mar 15, 2023•3 min•Ep. 82
Katie is joined by Alejandra Gutiérrez ( Safe Sex , Twisted Romance ) to discuss The Complete Sabrina the Teenage Witch: 1962-1972 by George Gladir, Dan DeCarlo, et. al. (Archie Comics, 2014). Topics discussed include Archie, Teen Witch, The Craft, the God Warrior, and an inquiry into the dark-sided world of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Follow Gutiérrez on Instagram @hellewoods666. Support the show and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Follow us on Instagram @thicklines...
Mar 07, 2023•47 min•Ep. 81
Katie and Sally discuss "Friday Foster: The Sunday Strips" by Jim Lawrence and Jorge Longarón (2021, Ablaze, orig. pub. 1970-1974). Topics discussed include Tintin, Pam Grier, Hilda, fashion illustration, romance comics, and more. New Thick Lines x Greg Petre t-shirts: tinyurl.com/32ss9fa6 Find Sally at FLUKE Athens on March 25: flukeisawesome.blogspot.com Support the show and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod . Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod....
Mar 01, 2023•57 min•Ep. 80
Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Katie and Sally discuss "Pink" by Kyoko Okazaki (Vertical, 2013, orig. pub. 1989). Topics discussed include Graham Rawle, Quentin Blake, Jennifer's Body, Jean-Luc Godard, and Lana Del Rey's Phoebe Gloeckner moment. Support the show and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod.
Feb 22, 2023•2 min•Ep. 79
Happy Valentine's Day! Katie and Sally are joined by Gina Wynbrandt ("Someone Please Have Sex with Me") to discuss "Paying for It" by Chester Brown (Drawn & Quarterly, 2011). Also discussed: "Love Addict: Confessions of a Serial Dater" by Koren Shadmi. Find more Wynbrandt at ginawynbrandt.com and on Instagram at @ wynbr . Support the show and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod . Follow us on Instagram at @ thicklinespod ....
Feb 14, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 78
Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Sally is joined by Tommi Parrish ("The Lie and How We Told It") for a discussion on their sophomore book "Men I Trust" (Fantagraphics, 2022). Recorded live at Partners and Son in Philadelphia in January 2023. Follow Tommi on Instagram @tommi_pg. Thank you to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible!
Feb 09, 2023•2 min
Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Sally is joined by autobio cartoonist and illustrator Keiler Roberts on the heels of two her recent Drawn & Quarterly releases: " Creepy" by Lee Sensenbrenner and "The Joy of Quitting." Topics discussed include quitting comics, the illusion of permanence, puppy training, Barbies, and more. See Roberts's Simple Wardrobe video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11Ob0SB_XKU Find more of Roberts's work at keilerroberts.com and on Instagram at @keiler...
Jan 31, 2023•51 sec•Ep. 76
Katie and Sally are joined by Vanessa Davis (Spaniel Rage, Make Me a Woman) to discuss "Daddy's Girl" by Debbie Drechsler (2008, Fantagraphics, orig. pub. 1993-1996). CW for discussions of sexual abuse. Topics discussed include Lynda Barry, Richard Sala, Julie Doucet, and lots more. Debbie Drechsler interviewed by Gary Groth (excerpt): https://tinyurl.com/2esutu8p Find more of Vanessa's work at spanielrage.com and on Instagram @squintables. Support the show and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/...
Jan 30, 2023•1 hr 15 min
Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Katie and Sally discuss "Orochi: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 3" by Kazuo Umezz (Viz, 2022). Topics discussed include Dan Clowes, Junji Ito, Old Enough, fairy bread, Junko Mizuno, and lots more. Thank you to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible! Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod.
Jan 25, 2023•38 sec•Ep. 74
