*TEASER* 157- Akbar and Jeff with Sam Szabo
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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 about color cartoons, fezzes and more. Sally was minutes away from finding out she had covid while...
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156- Poor Helpless Comics! with Sam Szabo
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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 you kindly to our Elite Cathies, Starscruch and Drawn & Quarterly for supporting this show at the...
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154- Best of 2024 with Jog PART ONE
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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: Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod and email us to join our Discord at [email protected] - John Mejias (zine) (audiobook)- Ana Woulfe - Dash Shaw - Em Frank - Charles Burns - Molly Colleen O’Connell - Leomi Sadler by Louka Butzbach - Anand - J. Webster Sharp by Eileen Wolf Echikson by Stan Mack by Edward Steed by Sugiura Shigeru by Beth...
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153- *RE-RELEASE* A Very Gorey Episode
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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: Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod and email us to join our Discord at [email protected]
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*TEASER* 162- Interview with Em Frank and Frances Cordelia Beaver part 1: Live from PCX!
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This is a subscriber-only episode, for the full audio please visit 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 torturing your own characters, and much more. This is part 1! Partners and Son: Em Frank: Frances Cordelia Beaver:
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151- The Pervert with Frances Cordelia Beaver
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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, 2020) X-rated amazon packaging, Paris is Burning, Summer Fun by Jeanne Thornton (Soho Press, 2021),...
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150- Surfing The Crimson Wave with Molly Colleen O'Connell
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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 next month, please come say hello! Support the show and get bonus content at Follow us on Instagram You can find Molly Colleen O’Connell’s comics and wares here: You can find Katie...
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149 - Katie & Sally Apology Tour '24
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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: Back VISCERE #2: Folk Horror on Kickstarter through December 20: ...
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*TEASER* 148 - Scary Stories to Tell on the Pod
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Full episode at . 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!
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147 - The Charming Bad Man Industrial Complex with Anya Davidson
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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 and on Instagram . Support the show and get bonus episodes and more at .
info_outlineKatie and Sally discuss "Orochi: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 1" by Kazuo Umezu, a story about nosiness and bone appreciation. Topics discussed include "The Drifting Classroom," "Cat Eyed Boy," Gretchen Felker-Martin's "Manhunt," Junji Ito, daytime TV, getting hit by cars, and more. Next time: a chat with Robert Newsome, organizer of FLUKE Mini-Comics & Zine Festival. Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod and support the show at patreon.com/thicklinespod.