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July 14, 2017

Interviews

Interview: Kevin Czap and L Nichols on Ley Lines

Hi readers. As part of this week’s Ley Lines coverage, I sat down with publishers and cartoonists L Nichols and Kevin Czap. Together as Grindstone Comics and Czap Books, they have been publishing Ley Lines since 2014. I did an interview with them in 2015 about the series, and...

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July 12, 2017

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Interview: Laila Milevski, on Enter, Holy Pilgrim

This week I’m featuring a recent release from Czap Books and Grindstone Press; Ley Lines #9, Enter, Holy Pilgrim. Yesterday we started with a review of the book; today I sit down to interview Laila Milevski, the creator, to talk about her inspiration and her thoughts about the creative...

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July 27, 2016

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Czap Books takes a big step: my thoughts and a short interview with the publisher

Kickstarter is becoming more and more a part of alternative and independent publishing for comics. Anthologies and collections of webcomics have been running successful Kickstarter projects for some time now, and Iron Circus Comics in particular does a majority of its fundraising through Kickstarter. There is a recent trend,...

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April 29, 2016

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Interview: Andy Barron

Andy Barron is a cartoonist and illustrator based in London. Barron will be attending TCAF this year with a collection of his self-published, small run series of Om comics called Mantra. The series features a doughy main character Om in a surreal world full of dangerous creatures ready to...

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April 13, 2016

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“I think I’m fighting my natural tendency towards austerity” – An Interview with Sophie Goldstein

Sophie Goldstein is a cartoonist and illustrator based in Pittsburgh, PA. Sophie’s most recent graphic novel The Oven was published by AdHouse Books, and was met with critical acclaim. You can see my review of The Oven here. House of Women is Goldstein’s ongoing comics project, and the second...

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July 13, 2015

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Interviews

Interview – Kevin Czap and L. Nichols on Ley Lines

You’ve probably seen me talkabout the Ley Lines series on Twitter. The series is copublished by Czap Books and Grindstone Comics, and the first issue by Annie Mok was on my 2014 Comics that Challenged Me list. Issue #3 by Cathy G. Johnson debuted at TCAF this year, and my...

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March 9, 2015

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2015-02-222021-05-22_SkypeCall_sequentialstate_Serafina20Dwyer-1 It’s good to be back! Late in February, serafina-dwy and I had a chat about the Kickstarter project Serafina is running, Love in All Forms: The Big Book of Growing Up Queer. While I’m still trying to transcribe the audio to make the interview more accessible, I’m going...

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February 16, 2015

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Interview: Katie Skelly on her new comic TONYA

Last week I got the chance to chat with Katie Skelly over email about her newest comic, TONYA. Released through the digital content delivery site Gumroad, this book immediately caught my attention because of its protagonist – the infamous Tonya Harding. Katie and I talked about the conflict between...

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January 14, 2015

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Interview: Solomon Fletcher ‘It’s really important for me to show the people in my comics practicing consent, communicating, being safe and respecting each other–even when they make mistakes. ‘

One of my “new years resolutions” for Sequential State was to talk to more creators about their comics. Over the holidays, I had the opportunity to talk with Solomon Fletcher about their porn webcomic Goldy & the Bears, about sex positive education, and making video games. I’m happy to...

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December 1, 2014