Tag: Josh Bayer
Comics for Grownups 37: Pat Dorian
by Joshua Malbin on Jun.07, 2014, under Comics
Comics for Grownups Episode 37 with Alex Rothman and Andrea Tsurumi is now out on iTunes. Direct RSS link for Android users here, or listen on the Web here.
In this episode we talk to Pat Dorian about his work, his varied artistic background, and the Grand Comics Festival.
We also review:
Andre the Giant: Life and Legend and Number 1 by Box Brown
Angie Bongiolatti by Mike Dawson
Blimpakind: Drinking Buddies by Talya Modlin
Safari Honeymoon by Jesse Jacobs
Suspect Device 4 edited by Josh Bayer
Weapons of Mass Diplomacy by Abel Lanzac, art by Christophe Blain
Top image is the announcement for the Grand Comics Festival. The next two are from Pat Dorian’s Savage Brute and the third is a picture of Pat’s desk, showing how many iterations he goes through in the course of character design. Fourth image is the cover of Box Brown’s Andre the Giant and the final image is the cover of Jesse Jacobs’s Safari Honeymoon.
Comics for Grownups Episode 36: Josh Bayer
by Joshua Malbin on May.30, 2014, under Comics
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
The prank movie May the Best Man Win
Nature Show by Matt Lubchansky
Full House DVD Box Set Season 2 by Greg Kletsel


Comics for Grownups Episode 24: Charles Forsman
by Joshua Malbin on Oct.08, 2013, under Comics
Comics for Grownups Episode 24 with Alex Rothman is now out on iTunes. Direct RSS link for Android users here.
In this episode we are joined by Charles Forsman, author of the Ignatz-winning The End of the Fucking World and publisher of Oily Comics.
We talk about:
Fantagraphics’ Treasury of Mini Comics: Volume 1, edited by Michael Dowers
Pompeii by Frank Santoro
(We also talk about Alex Schubert’s short animation for Fox, Killer Driller, and his other animation work.)
We Won’t See Auschwitz by Jérémie Dres
ROM: Prison Riot by Josh Bayer
OMAC #1 by Jack Kirby
Connie to the Wonnie by Connie Sun
Comics for Grownups Episode 18
by Joshua Malbin on Jun.24, 2013, under Comics
Comics for Grownups Episode 18 with Alex Rothman is now available on iTunes. Direct RSS link for Android users here. In this episode we talk about:
Raw Power #1 and 2 by Josh Bayer
Today Is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life by Ulli Lust
Science Fiction by Joe Ollmann
Domovoi by Peter Bergting
Where Eden Once Stood: Veteran Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan by Jess Ruliffson
Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas by Jim Ottaviani and Maris Wicks
A User’s Guide to Neglectful Parenting by Guy Delisle
Plus the sad passing of Kim Thompson.
Comics for Grownups Episode 15
by Joshua Malbin on May.11, 2013, under Comics
Comics for Grownups Episode 15 with Alex Rothman is now available on iTunes. RSS link for Android users here.
In this episode we discuss:
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
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