This week Barbara Campbell Thomas joins the podcast to talk about mixed media abstract paintings that utilize a variety of stitched fabric and acrylic paint. Barbara’s solo exhibition Heart of Space opens Saturday Nov 9th at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago from 5-8PM and runs through November 30th. Barbara’s work was selected for our 2022 Stud…

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. T…

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 patreo…

This week Ava Starnes joins the podcast to discuss her self portrait works that are created from video still images in compositions that stretch and contort the figure. Ava’s work was selected by artist/curator Mia Risberg from our 2023 Studio Break Student Competition.By David Linneweh

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-…

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 In…

This week Neil Callander joins the podcast to talk about his paintings that evolve slowly to explore still life, portraits, landscapes, and abstractions. Neil’s solo exhibition Happy to Wait opens Saturday October 5th at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago from 5-8PM and runs through November 2nd. Neil’s work was selected for our 2022 Studio Break…

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 a…

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 …

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…

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 B…

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 Patreo…

This week Elliot Bowers sat down with Dave & Johnny Disco to discuss Elliot’s new exhibition “Displacement” at Purple Window Gallery, at Mana Contemporary in Chicago.By David Linneweh

This week Arden Bendler Browning joins the podcast to discuss her studio practice that explore painting, projection, and VR. We also discuss her solo exhibition “Black Forrest”at Tinney Contemporary in Nashville, Aug 17- Sept 21 with an opening reception on September 7th. Arden’s work was selected for our 2022 Studio Break Professional Competition …

This week Lily Madden joins the podcast to talk their work and solo exhibition “Coffins for Cicadas” opening at Haw Contemporary August 9th from 5-8PM in Kansas City. Lily’s work was selected by artist/curator Mia Risberg from our 2023 Studio Break Student Competition.By David Linneweh

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, …

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…

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 ge…

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/thicklinesp…

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…

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!…

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, Beck…

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.co…

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…

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 C…

This week Maryalice Carroll joins the podcast to talk about her colorful ceramic sculpture and installation based works. Maryalice is featured in the two person exhibition “Color Stacks” with Nichole Gronvold Roller at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago, May 18th-June 11th with an opening reception on Saturday May 18th from 5-8PM.…

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. Thank you to our subscribers for making this episode possible!

This week Nichole Gronvold Roller joins us to talk about her colorful mixed media works that are influenced by the arts and craft movement, design, wallpaper, and observations of every day. Nichole is featured in the two person exhibition “Color Stacks” with Maryalice Carroll at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago, May 18th-June 11th with an openi…

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://…

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/thickl…

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 Fol…

This week Sally C. Garner joins the podcast to talk about the evolution of her studio practice, beginning with photography which led way to an interest in sculpture, installation, fiber and most importantly weaving. Sally is featured in the Two-Person Exhibition “Process/Symbiosis” with Jason Rafferty at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago, April …

This week Jason Rafferty joins the podcas to talk about his studio practice that explores ideas of the environment and sustainability through colorful abstracted paintings. Jason will be featured in the Two-Person Exhibition “Process/Symbiosis” with Sally C. Garner at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago, April 20th-May 11th with an opening recepti…

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 o…

Bill Conger & Ron Jackson join the podcast for an Artist Talk for their two person exhibition “Recent Works” at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago through April 14th. There will be a closing reception for the exhibition on April 14th from 12-2PM.By David Linneweh

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, …

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 …

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 @…

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 Millionair…

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 …

This week Andy Demczuk joins the podcast to talk about his recent imaginative landscape paintings that are informed through the process of mixing and editing his original music. He’s completing his MFA from the University of Cincinnati-DAAP and has a MFA Thesis Exhibition at the Contemporary Art Center in Cincinnati (OH). The show opens February 23…

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 i…

Bill Conger joins the podcast once again to talk about his studio practice and an exciting new shift in his work as he returns to painting after a near 15 year hiatus.By David Linneweh

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…

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 @thicklin…

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 Burli…

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 @mor…