Thick Lines

Katie and Sally are back to discuss Sunday by Olivier Schrauwen (Fantagraphics, 2024). Catch Sally at FLOP in Minneapolis, MN on May 23 & 24! She'll be moderating "The Saddest Comic in the World" panel on Saturday at 1:00pm. Details: instagram.com/oddmartmn Support the show and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod.

Katie and Sally finally turn their sights to the one and only Junji Ito and the cult phenomenon manga Uzumaki (Viz, 2002). Come for the cosmic horror, stay for the exceptionally great hair design. And look out for our Patreon exclusive episode on Ito's Yon & Mu coming soon! Support the show and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod.

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Katie and Sally take a look at the early '80s adult comics of Suehiro Maruo in Beautiful Monster (Bubbles, 2025) and wonder... just who are these adults? Thanks to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible!

Remember me? Sally is joined by her friend, translator and dungeon master, His Name Was Dusk to read Arrugas (Wrinkles in English) by Paco Roca, in both Spanish and English. Topics include, Bubbles Con, spying on Charles Burns, unseen Spanish comics, Dungeons & Dragons, dementia, and so much more. Thank you to our subscribers over at our Patreon, you can enjoy 50+ additional episodes at our $5/month level, thank you for listening. His Name Was Dusk provides music for some of your favorite podcasts! listen to more here

This episode was recorded prior to Scott Adams' announcement of his cancer diagnosis. As always, Thick Lines wishes good mental, spiritual, and physical health to all creators and createes. Joining Sally today is the business pleasure that is Mattie Lubchansky: former associate editor of The Nib, author of Boys Weekend and the rapidly impending release, Simplicty has had work appearing in Mad Magazine, The Hairpin, The Toast, Eater, New York Magazine, as well as every other publication you've ever enjoyed. Today we have a short interview with Mattie and a special guest, then we read Mattie's pick: The Far Side by Gary Larson! Your favorite! Topics include: cows, cat eye glasses, Joey Alison Sayers, The Vegan Agenda, parents allowing questionable reading material, and desert islands. See Mattie on tour! July 29th at Thespis Theater The Newtown Stage 25-02 Newtown Ave Long Island City, NY or July 31st at BOOKS ARE MAGIC 122 MONTAGUE ST BROOKLYN, NY 11201-3481 August 2nd you can find them at Riffraff Bookstore and Bar 60 Valley St #107A Providence, RI She has many more tour dates along the east coast you can peruse here

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. What says "Happy 420, Two Days Late" like host and guest favorites, Akbar and Jeff? Sally and Sam Szabo find out what it means to be gay in Regan's America with Akbar and Jeff's Guide to Life by Matt Groening (Pantheon, 1989). This strip continued beyond the book's publication date for another TWENTY THREE YEARS so there's lots more of our favorite couple beyond this episode. Topics include: where the elite meet, American Psycho, Working Girl, learning about color cartoons, fezzes and more. Sally was minutes away from finding out she had covid while recording AND editing this episode, thank you for bearing with us regarding the sound quality. Thank you kindly to our Elite Cathies, Starscruch and Drawn & Quarterly for supporting this show at the $20/month level- you can access 50+ additional episodes for $5/month over at our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thicklinespod You can read many many MANY comics by Sam over at her patreon: https://www.patreon.com/brainbooger Akbar and Jeff's Guide to Life: https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780679726807

What's our favorite books from 2024? Sally describes them all in no particular order to beloved listener favorite Joe McCulloch! Part one is here for you to enjoy, for Part Two, we will see you over at our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thicklinespod Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod and email us to join our Discord at thicklinespod@gmail.com The Puerto Rican War- John Mejias Round World Thinking (zine) Round World Thinking (audiobook)- Ana Woulfe Ant Dodger/What About Humility? - Dash Shaw Heavenly Days- Em Frank Unwholesome Love- Charles Burns Pebbles #3- Molly Colleen O'Connell Halo- Leomi Sadler Whistle by Louka Butzbach Zoo no. 4- Anand The Scrapbook of Life and Death- J. Webster Sharp Crazy-Beautiful by Eileen Wolf Echikson Stan Mack's Real Life Funnies by Stan Mack Forces of Nature by Edward Steed Ninja Sarutobi Sasuke by Sugiura Shigeru Tender by Beth Hetland Anna by Mia Oberländer Merriment by Joe Steinhardt and Marissa Paternoster You & A Bike & A Road by Eleanor Davis World Within The World by Julia Gfrorer Bernadette #1 edited by Angela Fanche and Katie Lane

This is a subscriber-only episode, for the full audio please visit patreon.com/thicklinespod Thank you to Partners and Son for hosting us! Sally interviews Em Frank (Heavenly Days, I Never Found You, Dark Garbage) and Frances Cordelia Beaver (On a Cute One, Spirits Hungover At Work, Give My Best To Your Kind!) live from Partners and Son at PCX. Topics include: why comic books are the easiest art form to get done, taking elementary schoolers to Wong Kar-wai movies, not taking responsibility for torturing your own characters, and much more. This is part 1! Partners and Son: https://partnersandson.com/ Em Frank: https://www.instagram.com/emjonmichaelfrank/ Frances Cordelia Beaver: https://www.francescordeliabeaver.com/