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116 - Best of 2023

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Release Date: 01/05/2024

*TEASER* 131 - Katie's Friend Trina show art *TEASER* 131 - Katie's Friend Trina

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Full episode at . 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: Follow us on Instagram .

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130 - Sally's Friend Tony show art 130 - Sally's Friend Tony

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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  Follow us on Instagram .

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*TEASER* 129 - When to Fold 'Em with Caroline Cash show art *TEASER* 129 - When to Fold 'Em with Caroline Cash

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Full episode at . 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: Follow Caroline on Instagram at. Catch Katie at The L.A. Times Festival of Books on Saturday, April 20: Follow Thick Lines on Instagram at . Thank you to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible!

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128 - The Hole Monitor show art 128 - The Hole Monitor

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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 . Follow us on Instagram . Catch Katie at The L.A. Times Festival of Books on Saturday, April 20:

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*TEASER* 127 - VISCERE #1 Roundtable with Corinne Halbert, Tia Roxae, and Chloe Brailsford show art *TEASER* 127 - VISCERE #1 Roundtable with Corinne Halbert, Tia Roxae, and Chloe Brailsford

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Full episode at . Sally talks to cartoonists Corinne Halbert, Tia Roxae, and Chloe Brailsford about the inspirations behind their comics in the  anthology. Recorded live at Partners and Son in Philadelphia, PA on November 20, 2023. Topics discussed include Suspiria, Clamp, Jean Rollin, Robert Altman, Hans Bellmer, Silent Hill, Centralia, David Cronenberg, Resident Evil, Chantal Goya, Guido Crepax, and lots more. Follow the artists on Instagram: , , Thank you to our patrons and Partners and Son for making this episode possible!

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126 - Curses for Dummies show art 126 - Curses for Dummies

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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 content at . Follow us on Instagram .

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*TEASER* 125 - Live at Partners & Son with Kevin Huizenga show art *TEASER* 125 - Live at Partners & Son with Kevin Huizenga

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Full episode at . 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 .

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124 - Lost and Found with Tina Horn show art 124 - Lost and Found with Tina Horn

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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 and on Instagram . Pre-order Deprog #1:   Pre-order Why Are People Into That?:   Catch Sally moderating the "Gender Trips" panel with Corinne Halbert, Beth Hetland, and Maybelline Skvortzoff at MoCCA Festival in NYC on Saturday, March 16:   Support the show and get...

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*TEASER* 123 - Secret Secrets show art *TEASER* 123 - Secret Secrets

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Full episode at . 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 Millionaire, and lots more. Thank you to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible! Support the show and get bonus episodes and video content at . Follow Thick Lines on Instagram .

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*TEASER* 122 - Live at Partners and Son show art *TEASER* 122 - Live at Partners and Son

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Full episode at . 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 Love Will Tear Us Apart exhibition up now.  Enormous thanks to for having us, and to for the interview! Thank you to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible. Follow us on Instagram at .

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More Episodes

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 Burlingame & Angela Fanche

The Comics Journal #309 edited by Austin English and Kristy Valenti

The Sickness by Jenna Cha and Lonnie Nadler

Proof That the Devil Loves You by Gilbert Hernandez

Baby by Patrick Kyle

I Wish I Was Stupid by Ebisu Yoshikazu

Cagelessness #2 by Daria Tessler

You're the Center of Attention by Gina Wynbrandt

Work-Life Balance by Aisha Franz

Last Night at the Lusty by Janelle Hessig

Sunday 5-6-7-X by Olivier Schrauwen

Babsy and Maude by Molly Dwyer

Escape from the Great American Novel by Drew Lerman

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