#117 Will readers pay for comics they can get for free?

Perry Bible FellowshipNicholas Gurewitch’s Perry Bible Fellowship is one of a number of comics originally available for free on line that people are now paying to read on paper. Does this put the lie to all the hand-wringing about online availability killing music and movies?

#116 “Death by Chocolate: Redux”

His name has been mentioned repeatedly on the podcast since the beginning: Mulele’s friend and collaborator Kumar! He joins Tim to review David Yurkovich’s Death By Chocolate: Redux, and to discuss manga translation.

#115 Chris Staros of Top Shelf Productions

Top Shelf ProductionsChris Staros from Top Shelf Productions comes on to tell us how to go about submitting your project to Top Shelf. He also walks us through some of the publisher’s upcoming offerings.

#114 Illustration Friday is just “one more day”

ElbisTim and Mulele discuss comics & the Hollywood writers’ strike, Mulele’s comics career, Illustration Friday, and the Spider-Man “One More Day” event.

Illustration Friday

Why the WGA strike won’t hurt Comic-Con

No Strike Zone: Marvel Studios makes a deal with WGA

#113 Alex Robinson

We haven’t read much of anything in the graphic storytelling format that beats Alex Robinson’s Tricked. He was gracious enough to come on this week’s episode and chat with Tim. Enjoy!

Alex Robinson’s site

Weekly Comics Spotlight 

#112 Matt Silady defends himself!

Matt Silady is nice enough to come on the show, even after our lousy review of his book! Matt reveals to Tim why doing a photo-based comic isn’t being “lazy” and how he got his book published by AIT/Planet Lar! (Hint: location, location…)

Matt Silady’s site

#110 Comic Market report

Patrik Washburn had a table on Day One of the Comic Market event in Tokyo. Tim, Mulele, and Patrick Gannon checked it out, and sat down afterwards to discuss their impressions for the podcast.

Michao (Kodansha’s Web comics site)
(in Japanese; membership is free, but you need to log in to read the comics)

Earth Ranger, from Playfullness Comics
(in Japanese)

Mulele’s site

Patrick Gannon’s site

#109 “Maxwell Strangewell”, “Fun Home”, “The Homeless Channel”

Tim and Brandon discuss three graphic novels: Maxwell Strangewell (like Men in Black, but better), Fun Home (and why it shouldn’t be made into a movie), and The Homeless Channel (argh! Black Diamond flashback!). Plus: Crayon Shin-Chan and Marvel comics for the military…

Matt Silady interview on Newsarama