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Thick Lines

Katie Skelly & Sally Madden·Hosted by Katie Skelly and Sally Madden·180 episodes

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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.

Why listen

Thick Lines is a funny, deeply comics-literate conversation between cartoonists Katie Skelly and Sally Madden. Each episode feels like hanging out with two artists who can move from manga, underground comix, and graphic novels to industry gossip, jokes, and sharp close reading without sanding off their personality. It is especially good for listeners who want comics criticism that is informed, irreverent, and made by people who actually draw.

Episodes

1 hr 52 min
May 22, 2026Episode 177
Sunday Sunday Sunday

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.

1 min
May 4, 2026Episode 176
*TEASER* - The Goodreads Quiz

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Sally quizzes Katie using only content sourced from Goodreads. Plus: a trip to Stuart Ng Books, why you should see Stars on Ice, and much more. Catch Sally at FLOP in Minneapolis, MN on May 23 & 24: https://glorpgum.com/pages/flop Thank you to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible!

1 hr 17 min
Apr 16, 2026Episode 175
DNF

Katie and Sally return to discuss I Ate the Whole World to Find You by Rachel Ang (Drawn & Quarterly, 2025). Featuring: Goodreads mania, Camus, and Sue/Emily. Enjoy the show! Read "Thalassophobia" by Rachel Ang: https://overland.org.au/previous-issues/thalassophobia-2024-neilma-sidney-short-story-prize-winner/ Support the pod and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod.

1 min
Apr 3, 2026Episode 174
*TEASER* 174 - That Kookie Expresso

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Katie and Sally talk MoCCA, Marc by Sofia, and "Kookie" issues 1 and 2 by John Stanley and Bill Williams (Dell, 1962). Read Kookie: https://lastofthespinnerrackjunkies2.blogspot.com/2017/06/kookie-by-john-stanley-and-bill-wlliams.html Read Sally's Comics Journal at 50 recap comic: https://www.tcj.com/the-comics-journal-at-50-live-from-mocca-2026/ Thank you to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible!

1 hr 17 min
Mar 27, 2026Episode 173
Step Right Up with Brian Baynes

Katie and Sally are joined by Brian Baynes (Bubbles Fanzine, Bubbles Con, Brian's Books) to discuss Nobody's Fool: The Life and Times of Schlitzie the Pinhead by Bill Griffith (Abrams, 2019). Follow Brian on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bubbles_zine/ For Bubbles Fanzine: https://www.bubbleszine.com/ Attend Bubbles Con in Richmond, VA on Saturday, May 30: https://bubblescon.com/ Catch Sally at MoCCA Arts Fest in New York, NY on Sunday, March 29 on the "The Comics Journal at 50" and "Modern Horror" panels: https://www.moccafest.org/programming Read Sally's interview with Bill Griffith on The Comics Journal: https://www.tcj.com/put-more-feeling-into-it-bill-griffith/ Support the show and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod.

3 min
Mar 17, 2026Episode 172
*TEASER* Ketchup

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Katie and Sally catch up on recent comings and goings, including going to AZCAF, interviewing Bill Griffith, preparing for MoCCA panels, and more. Catch "HEAVY S#!T" at Face Guts gallery in Los Angeles, CA through March 21: https://www.faceguts.com/ Catch Sally at MoCCA Arts Fest on March 29 on the "The Comics Journal at 50" and "Modern Horror" panels: https://www.moccafest.org/programming Read Sally's interview with Bill Griffith on The Comics Journal: https://www.tcj.com/put-more-feeling-into-it-bill-griffith/ Thank you to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible!

1 hr 42 min
Feb 24, 2026Episode 171
Hot to Trot

Katie and Sally return for a look at the collected Trots and Bonnie by Shary Flenniken (NYRC, 2020). Rough chuckles advisory warning. Catch Katie at The Arizona Comicbook Arts Festival on Saturday, 2/28: azcomicartfest.com Check out "Heavy S#!t" at Face Guts gallery through Saturday, 3/21: faceguts.com/blogs/news/heavy-s-t Support the show and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod.

2 min
Feb 2, 2026Episode 170
*TEASER* - All This and Brains Too

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Miller Time continues with a look at The Dark Knight Returns (DC, 1986) written by Frank Miller, illustrated by Miller and Klaus Janson, and colored by Lynn Varley. Plus an appreciation for Bernie Krigstein's short story "Master Race" (EC, 1955). Thank you to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible! Catch Katie at The Arizona Comic Book Arts Festival on Saturday, 2/28 in Phoenix, AZ: azcomicartfest.com

1 hr 18 min
Dec 30, 2025Episode 169
My Favorite Time of Day is Night

Katie and Sally are back with a look at Elektra: Assassin (Marvel, 1986-87) written by Frank Miller and illustrated by Bill Sienkiewicz. Plus: Katie took a trip to Japan, and Sally has a very specific voice in mind for Frank Miller. Happy New Year! Support the show and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod.

3 min
Dec 8, 2025Episode 168
*TEASER* Fairy Tales for the Overgrown Child

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Katie and Sally reconvene to keep talking Junko Mizuno - this time looking at her fairy tale adaptations Cinderalla (2002, Viz), Hansel & Gretel (Viz, 2003) and Princess Mermaid (Viz, 2003). Thank you to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible!

1 hr 23 min
Dec 8, 2025Episode 167
Intensive Cute Unit

Katie and Sally are back to talk about the Most Important Book in the universe: Pure Trance by Junko Mizuno (Last Gasp, 2005 - originally published in Japan by East Press, 1998). Can a message belie its adorable appearance? Can you really direct a hospital wearing that? Are you ready to be trance-pilled?

1 min
Oct 31, 2025Episode 166
*TEASER* - Yon & Mu & Everyone We Know

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Katie and Sally are back with Junji Ito for a look at his late aughts "cat diary," Yon & Mu (Kodansha, 2009). Happy Halloween!

1 hr 7 min
Oct 29, 2025Episode 165
Girl, Interrupted (by a Spiral)

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.

56 min
Oct 9, 2025Episode 164
Amelia Bedelia: Citizen Consumer

Katie and Sally set their sights on Miss Ruki by Fumiko Takano (New York Review Comics, 2025): how does our environment change the way we experience friendship? What are we gonna do with all this life? Can I sleep over?? These existential questions and more: handled. (Spoiler - we loved this book.) Support the show and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod.

1 min
Oct 9, 2025Episode 163
*TEASER* Beautiful Lil Monsters

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!

1 hr 41 min
Sep 4, 2025Episode 162
Runnin' with the Devil

Katie and Sally discuss two big 2025 releases: The Devil's Grin by Alex Graham (Fantagraphics) and Face Meat by Bonten Taro (Living the Line). But first: the Cloweses in Eddington, Aya Takano in Los Angeles, and Kirby at the Skirball. Ciao summer! We're so back. Find Sally at SPX in Bethesda, MD on 9/13 & 9/14: www.smallpressexpo.com Pick up Viscere volumes 1 & 2 at katieskelly.bigcartel.com. Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod. Support the show and get bonus content at patreon.com/thicklinespod.

1 hr 24 min
Aug 27, 2025Episode 160
161 Arrugas/Wrinkles by Paco Roca with His Name Was Dusk PART ONE

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

1 hr 44 min
Jul 23, 2025Episode 160
Make Me a Woman with Siobhán Gallagher

Sally has too much to say to girl's girl Siobhán Gallagher about her pick and our bible, Vanessa Davis' Make Me a Woman (Drawn & Quarterly, 2010). Topics include 90's fashion, Hello Kitty, eating disorders on family sitcoms and more on this slumber party of an episode. Please enjoy Siobhán's terrific book, Full of Myself- a must-read for anyone who is, knows, or would like to know anyone who has ever used a DELIA*S catalog as bedtime reading.  Thank you to our subscribers over at our Patreon, you can enjoy 50+ additional episodes at our $5/month level, thank you for listening.

1 hr 20 min
Jul 15, 2025Episode 158
158 The Far Side by Gary Larson with Mattie Lubchansky

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

3 min
Jul 15, 2025
*TEASER* 159- Dilbert with Mattie Lubchansky

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. Enjoy the full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod  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 read Mattie's pick: Dilbert, a comic strip you may be familiar with by being alive? Topics include: webcomics, going insane, Jewess hairdo representation, the sexier side of Dilbert, and most important of all: Bill Griffith and Scott Adams' comic strip beef. 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

1 min
Apr 22, 2025Episode 157
*TEASER* 157- Akbar and Jeff with Sam Szabo

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

1 hr 14 min
Apr 22, 2025Episode 156
Poor Helpless Comics! with Sam Szabo

Happy Earth Day! Listener favorite Sam Szabo (Comics Will Break Your Balls, The Enlightened Transsexual, The Onion) is back to look at the PG-13 porno comics of Poor Helpless Comics! by Ed Subitzky (NYRC, 2023). Topics include, Heather McAdams' Cartoon Girl, going to the movies, National Lampoon, David Letterman, and so very much 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 Poor Helpless Comics!: https://www.nyrb.com/products/poor-helpless-comics Heather McAdams info: https://summerpierre.wordpress.com/2015/03/19/where-art-thou-heather-mcadams/

1 hr 11 min
Apr 4, 2025Episode 154
Best of 2024 with Jog PART ONE

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 [email protected] 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 <a href= "https://www.fantagraphics.com/products/anna?srsltid=AfmBOoof

1 hr 14 min
Mar 5, 2025Episode 153
*RE-RELEASE* A Very Gorey Episode

Last week marked the centennial of Edward Gorey's birth, so let's wish a happy birthday to our shared goth uncle with a listen back to episiode 23. Enjoy! Katie Skelly and Sally Madden discuss Edward Gorey's "Amphigorey: Fifteen Books" (1980). Topics discussed include Max Ernst, Edward Lear, Agatha Christie, Charles Addams, Tomie dePaola, Roald Dahl, holding newborns, ballet, New England, and more. Next time: "Magician A" by Natsuko Ishitsuyo. Find 50+ additional episodes at our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thicklinespod Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod and email us to join our Discord at [email protected]

1 min
Mar 5, 2025Episode 162
*TEASER* 162- Interview with Em Frank and Frances Cordelia Beaver part 1: Live from PCX!

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/

1 hr 30 min
Mar 3, 2025Episode 151
The Pervert with Frances Cordelia Beaver

Frances Cordelia Beaver (On A Cute One, 2021) joins Sally Madden to read The Pervert by Michelle Perez and Remy Boydell (Image Comics, 2018) Topics include: a picnic at the graveyard, Milk White Steed by Michael D. Kennedy (Drawn and Quarterly, 2025), Peephhole #1 (despite what Sally says at the top of the episode, the table of contents is CLEARLY labeled with each artist's attributed page numbers, despite the pages not being numbered), Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh (Gallery Books, 2020) X-rated amazon packaging, Paris is Burning, Summer Fun by Jeanne Thornton (Soho Press, 2021), disgust, and much more. Support the show and get bonus content at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod You can find Frances's artwork here, her music is here Partners and Son has new and first-reprint-in-a-decade+ vintage zines from Sally Madden here: https://partnersandson.com/products/i-thought-i-told-you-to-wait-in-the-car AND you can find Sally (and Katie Skelly) next weekend at MoCCA! Smell ya later!

1 hr 52 min
Feb 23, 2025Episode 150
Surfing The Crimson Wave with Molly Colleen O'Connell

I was always here, where were you? Thick Lines is back! Sally Madden talks with with Molly Colleen O'Connell about The Green Hand and Other Stories by Nicole Claveloux (NYRC, 2017) topics include gardening, nudity, getting our periods for the first time, and lots more. Thank you for listening!   Katie Skelly and Sally Madden are part of the programming at MoCCA https://www.moccafest.org/ next month, please come say hello!   Support the show and get bonus content at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod   You can find Molly Colleen O'Connell's comics and wares here: https://poetyunlimited.bigcartel.com/products   You can find Katie Skelly's comics and wares here: https://katieskelly.bigcartel.com/   Partners and Son has newborn and vintage zines from Sally Madden here: https://partnersandson.com/products/i-thought-i-told-you-to-wait-in-the-car

1 hr 12 min
Nov 28, 2024Episode 149
Katie & Sally Apology Tour '24

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), plus a look at the film The Substance (2024). Catch Katie at Comic Arts LA on December 14 & 15: comicartsla.com Back VISCERE #2: Folk Horror on Kickstarter through December 20: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/katieskelly/viscere-2-a-folk-horror-comics-anthology Support the show and get bonus content at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod.

2 min
Oct 29, 2024Episode 148
*TEASER* Scary Stories to Tell on the Pod

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 subscribers for making this episode possible. Happy Halloween!

59 min
Oct 18, 2024Episode 147
The Charming Bad Man Industrial Complex with Anya Davidson

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.

1 min
Sep 30, 2024Episode 146
*TEASER* - Boots on the Ground: SPX 2024

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 Leivian (Floating World Comics) Joe Sikoryak Jonathan Baylis Mattie Lubchansky Natalie Andrewson Peggy Burns (Drawn and Quarterly) Ryan Holmberg Tigrspoon Ursakursa Walter Scott Thank you to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible! Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod.

2 min
Sep 27, 2024Episode 145
*TEASER* - Ware Pilled

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.

1 hr 18 min
Sep 23, 2024Episode 144
Iris in the Morning with Chloe Brailsford

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 show and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod.

1 hr 25 min
Sep 18, 2024Episode 143
Thee Medical Arts with Shannon Spence

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/thicklinespod.

1 hr 20 min
Sep 13, 2024Episode 82
*UNLOCKED* There's a Billboard Over Glendale Blvd. with Hellen Jo

We'll be back with all new episodes starting next week! Katie and Sally are joined by Hellen Jo (Jin creator of comics Jin and group exhibitions at Subliminal Projects. She also teaches life drawing seminars at Heavy Manners Library. Find her billboard on SW Glendale Blvd (between Edenhurst Ave and Glenfeliz Blvd) through June 2023. Find more of Jo's work at helllllen.org and on Instagram at @helllllenjjjjjo. Thank you to our patrons for making this episode possible!

3 min
Aug 31, 2024Episode 142
*TEASER* - Lookie Loos

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. Carroll, Oba Electroplating Factory by Yoshiharu Tsuge, Ninja Sarutobi Sasuke by Sugiura Shigeru, Heavenly Days by Em Frank, Chad in Amsterdam by Chad Bilyeu, Kommix by Charles Burns, Iris: A Novel for Viewers by Thé Tjong-Khing and Lo Hartog Van Banda, and The Return of Mister X by Dean Motter and Los Bros. Thank you to our patrons for making this episode possible!

53 min
Aug 30, 2024Episode 92
*UNLOCKED* - Squaring the Circle

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 this episode possible!   Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod.

2 min
Jul 31, 2024Episode 141
*TEASER* - Peepshow #15

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Katie and Sally discuss Peepshow #15 by Joe Matt (Fantagraphics, 2024). Topics discussed include being cheap, Seth, Weezer, tv people, writing letters, and lots more. Thank you to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible! Catch Katie reading with Beth Hetland at The Pop-Hop in Los Angeles, CA on Sunday, August 4. Catch Sally at the Boise Comic Arts Festival in Boise, ID on August 24 & 25. Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod.

2 min
Jul 26, 2024Episode 140
*TEASER* - Bernadette with Katie Lane and Angela Fanche Live at Partners and Son

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Sally gets the scoop on the new Bernadette magazine with its editors Katie Lane (Single Camera Sitcom) and Angela Fanche (Humility Machine), recorded live at Partners and Son in Philadelphia, PA on Friday, July 12, 2024. Bernadette features work from 27+ artists including Lala Albert, Gabrielle Bell, Clair Gunther, Charlotte Pelissier + Juliette Collet, Sam Szabo, Molly Dwyer, Ana Woulfe, and many more. Pick up Bernadette from Partners and Son or wherever fine comics are sold! Follow Katie and Angela on Instagram at @katie__ln and @angelafanche. Thank you to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible!

1 hr 43 min
Jul 13, 2024Episode 139
Little Lit with Bread Tarleton

Sally is joined by Bread Tarleton (Ponyshow, Horse) for a look at Little Lit: Folklore and Fairy Tale Funnies edited by Art Spiegelman and Francoise Mouly (RAW Junior, 2000), a venture into stories for kids with comics by Dan Clowes, Chris Ware, David Mazzucchelli, Kaz, and many more. Find Bread on Instagram @bread_comix. Support Thick Lines and get bonus content at patreon.com/thicklinespod.

1 hr 13 min
Jul 3, 2024Episode 138
My Pretty Vampire with Corinne Halbert

Sally is joined by Corinne Halbert (Acid Nun, Scorpio Venus Rising) for a look at My Pretty Vampire by Katie Skelly (Fantagraphics, 2017). Topics discussed include Herzog's Nosferatu, vampire lore, establishing mise-en-scène,  and lots more. Find Corinne on Instagram @corinnehalbert. Support the show and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod.

2 min
Jun 28, 2024Episode 137
*TEASER* - My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness with Chloe Brailsford

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Katie is joined by Chloe Brailsford (DC Pride 2024, Sapphic Pulp, Viscere #1) to discuss the perils of being a lonely queer cartoonist with a long chat about My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness by Kabi Nagata (Seven Seas, 2016). Plus some yapping about blockbuster graphic novels, telling vs. showing, and living vs. trying to live through your work. Find Chloe on Instagram and Twitter at @chloe.in.pink. Thank you to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible!

1 min
Jun 21, 2024Episode 136
*TEASER* - The Big Skinny with Bread Tarleton

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Sally is joined by cartoonist and illustrator Bread Tarleton (Horse, Ponyshow) for a look at Goodreads darling The Big Skinny: How I Changed My Fattitude by Carol Lay (Villard, 2008). Find Bread on Instagram at @bread_comix. Thank you to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible!

1 hr 31 min
Jun 12, 2024Episode 135
Future Perfect with Dash Shaw

Sally is joined by Dash Shaw (Bottomless Belly Button, BodyWorld, Cryptozoo) to discuss Social Fiction by Chantal Montellier (New York Review Comics, 2023). Topics discussed include how to read a comic, combining comics and poetry, Bubbles Con, Jacques Tardi, The Drifting Classroom, Dylan Dog, Dawn of the Dead, Chris Ware, C.F., Métal hurlant, Becky Chambers, J.G. Ballard, Dash's next book, and lots more. But first, a show announcement at the top of the episode. Follow Dash on Instagram at @dash_shaw. Support the show and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod.

1 min
Jun 3, 2024Episode 134
*TEASER* - Boots on the Ground: Nancy Fest

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Sally goes to the first ever Nancy Fest at The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum in Columbus, OH on May 24-25 and takes attendee and staff temperatures on the Nancy renaissance. Thank you to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible! Support the show and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod.

2 min
May 31, 2024Episode 133
*TEASER* - Tender Mercies with Sam Szabo

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Sally is joined by Sam Szabo (Enlightened Transsexual Comix) for a mega episode looking at Tender by Beth Hetland (Fantagraphics, 2024). Catch Sam at Zine Not Dead in Chicago, IL on Saturday, June 15: zinenotdead.com Follow Sam on Instagram at @brainboogerindustries. Get bonus episodes and video content at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Follow Thick Lines on Instagram @thicklinespod.

48 min
May 22, 2024Episode 132
Hot off the Presses with Chris Mautner

Sally talks to fellow newly-minted Comics Journal co-editor Chris Mautner (Comic Books are Burning in Hell pod) about writing about comics, Bubbles Con, who isn't from Pennsylvania, Garfield, working in journalism, being a newspaper man, and what's next for TCJ. Check out Sally and Chris in action at The Comics Journal: tcj.com Listen to Chris on Comic Books Are Burning in Hell: comicsinhell.libsyn.com Follow Thick Lines on Instagram @thicklinespod. Support the show and get bonus episodes at patreon.com/thicklinespod.

1 hr 1 min
May 17, 2024Episode 79
*UNLOCKED* - The Lady with the Crocodile Purse

Katie and Sally discuss Pink by Kyoko Okazaki (Vertical, 2013, orig. pub. 1989). Topics discussed include Graham Rawle, Quentin Blake, Jennifer's Body, Jean-Luc Godard, and Lana Del Rey's Phoebe Gloeckner moment. Thank you to our subscribers for making this episode possible!

4 min
May 3, 2024Episode 131
*TEASER* - Katie's Friend Trina

Full episode at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Katie and Sally discuss Last Girl Standing, a prose memoir by the late Trina Robbins (Fantagraphics, 2017). Plus, some show news and a fresh round of the Bad Boyfriend Bracket. Thank you to our patrons for making this episode possible! Catch Sally at Bubbles Con on Saturday, May 4 in Richmond, VA: https://www.bubblescon.com/ Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod.

1 hr 9 min
Apr 25, 2024Episode 130
Sally's Friend Tony

Katie and Sally discuss The House at Maakies Corner by Tony Millionaire (Fantagraphics, 2002), the second Fantagraphics collection of Maakies strips created from 2000 to 2002. Topics discussed include Johnny Gruelle, Sock Monkey: The Glass Doorknob, alt weeklies, Fred Basset, and lots more. Get bonus episodes and video content at patreon.com/thicklinespod. Follow us on Instagram @thicklinespod.