Joshua Malbin

Comics for Grownups Episode 35 with Alex Rothman is now out on iTunes. Direct RSS link for Android users here, or listen on the Web here.

In this episode Andrea Tsurumi joins us as a permanent cohost, and the three of us talk with Josh Bayer about his work, his teaching, and his Kickstarter campaign for issue #4 of Suspect Device.

We also discussed:

Climate Changed: A Personal Journey Through the Science by Philippe Squarzoni

I’m Not a Plastic Bag by Rachel Hope Allison

This article about Dark Mountain founder Phil Kingsnorth and this article about the “politics of the impossible” by Jedediah Purdy

Weekend Alone by Noah Van Sciver

Sad Sack by George Baker

Written in the Bones by Christopher M. Jones, illustrated by Carey Pietsch

War of Streets and Houses by Sophie Yanow

Cosplayers by Dash Shaw

The prank movie May the Best Man Win

Nature Show by Matt Lubchansky

Full House DVD Box Set Season 2 by Greg Kletsel

Twinkie the Kid

 

Top image is the cover to Suspect Device #4, by Josh Bayer and Raymond Pettibon. Second image is also from Suspect Device #4 by Josh Bayer. Third image is the cover to I’m Not a Plastic Bag by Rachel Hope Allison. Bottom image is the cover to War of Streets and Houses by Sophie Yanow.

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Comics for Grownups Episode 29 with Joshua Malbin and Alex Rothman is now out on iTunes. Direct RSS link for Android users here.

In this last episode of 2013 we count down our favorite comics of the year. On a methodological note, we limited ourselves to book-length works that felt like complete statements.

We also discussed the Sequential Artists Workshop’s end-of-year fundraiser. There are still 28 days left—consider pitching in to help fund this awesome school!

Josh’s Top Five:

5. Ambedkar: The Fight for Justice by Srividya Natarajan, S. Anand, Durgabai Vyam, and Subhash Vyam

4. Sammy the Mouse Vol. 2 by Zak Sally

3. My Dirty Dumb Eyes by Lisa Hanawalt 

2. Red Handed: The Fine Art of Strange Crimes by Matt Kindt

1. The End by Anders Nilsen

Alex’s Top Five:

5. In Pieces by Marion Fayolle

4. New School by Dash Shaw

3. Out of Hollow Water by Anna Bongiovanni

2. Pompeii by Frank Santoro

1. B+F by Gregory Benton

We said we’d post links to a bunch of our favorite minis and floppies here, but man, that’s hard to sort through. Hopefully we’ll do that soon.

Thanks for listening, everyone. 2013 was a great year in comics—see you early in 2014!

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Comics for Grownups Episode 15 with Alex Rothman is now available on iTunes. RSS link for Android users here.

In this episode we discuss:

š #13, a compilation from kuš

Red Handed: The Fine Art of Strange Crimes by Matt Kindt

Le Fils du Roi by Eric Lambé

The Complete Deep Girl by Ariel Bordeaux, and in general publisher Robyn Chapman‘s possible ambition to bring out more zines of the 1990s

Post by Molly Brooks

Sand Castle by Frederik Peeters and Pierre Oscar Lévy

Suspect Device #3, a compilation published by Josh Bayer

We Will Remain by Andrew White

3 New Stories by Dash Shaw

Mumbai Confidential Book One: Good Cop, Bad Cop by Saurav Mohapatra and Vivek Shinde

Good Riddance: An Illustrated Memoir of Divorce by Cynthia Copeland

Country Ass-Whuppin': A Tornado Relief Anthology from 12-Gauge Comics

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