Thick Lines

Nov 27 2024 100 ep. 37 mins 70

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A comics podcast by cartoonists Katie Skelly and Sally Madden. Support the show and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod.

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149 - Katie & Sally Apology Tour '24

Nov 27 2024 72 mins

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

TEASER 148 - Scary Stories to Tell on the Pod

Oct 29 2024 2 mins

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 subscriber

147 - The Charming Bad Man Industrial Complex with Anya Davidson

Oct 18 2024 59 mins

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.

TEASER 146 - Boots on the Ground: SPX 2024

Sep 30 2024 1 mins

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 Le

TEASER 145 - Ware Pilled

Sep 27 2024 2 mins

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.

144 - Iris in the Morning with Chloe Brailsford

Sep 23 2024 78 mins

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 sho

143 - Thee Medical Arts with Shannon Spence

Sep 18 2024 85 mins

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/thicklines

UNLOCKED 82 - There's a Billboard Over Glendale Blvd. with Hellen Jo

Sep 13 2024 80 mins

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

TEASER 142 - Lookie Loos

Aug 31 2024 3 mins

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.

UNLOCKED 92 - Squaring the Circle

Aug 30 2024 53 mins

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