Presented with our friends at Autoptic 2021 Digital Festival. In the first half of this episode, Katie and Sally discuss “Tummy Bugs” (2020) by Leomi Sadler, and in the second half interview Leomi about her process, inspirations, and more! Topics discussed include Gary Lund, Kramer’s Ergot, Flaming Carrot, clip art, art brut, The Point, Tove Jansson, bootlegs, and more. Special thanks to Autoptic Festival for making this episode possible. Find more by Leomi Sadler by visiting leomisadler.com and on Instagram @leomi_sadler. Follow Thick Lines on Instagram @thicklinespod.

Bonus Episode - Tummy Bugs with Leomi Sadler

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Katie and Sally discuss romance comics live at Partners and Son on February 16 in Philadelphia, PA, with a look at Young Romance, Heart Throbs, Young Love, My Love, Archie's Joke Book, Hollywood Superstars, and lots more. Plus a chat with artist Cait McCormack, whose work is featured in Partners and Son's Love Will Tear Us Apart exhibition up now. 

Enormous thanks to Partners and Son for having us, and to Cait McCormack for the interview! Thank you to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible.

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*TEASER* 122 - Live at Partners and Son

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Katie and Sally reconvene to discuss recent reads, the live Philly show, and visual preferences in cartooning. Topics include: Chester Brown, secrets, Harley and Ivy, Slave Labor Graphics, Mad Digest, Guido Crepax, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Lewis Trondheim, Emma Jon-Michael Frank, Junko Mizuno, Tony Millionaire, and lots more.

Thank you to our Patreon subscribers for making this episode possible!

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*TEASER* 123 - Secret Secrets

Katie and Sally are joined by comics writer Tina Horn (Sfsx, Deprog) to discuss Lost Girls (Top Shelf, 2006) written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Melinda Gebbie. Topics discussed include Arthur Magazine, video stores in LA, Hellblazer, Batman: The Killing Joke, pornography vs. erotica, and lots more.

Find Tina at tinahorn.net and on Instagram @tinahornsass.

Pre-order Deprog #1: previewsworld.com/Catalog/Series/150384-DEPROG 

Pre-order Why Are People Into That?: hachettebookgroup.com/titles/tina-horn/why-are-people-into-that/9780306832567/ 

Catch Sally moderating the "Gender Trips" panel with Corinne Halbert, Beth Hetland, and Maybelline Skvortzoff at MoCCA Festival in NYC on Saturday, March 16: https://www.moccafest.org/24programming 

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124 - Lost and Found with Tina Horn

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Sally talks to indie comics stalwart Kevin Huizenga about his new book Curses (Drawn and Quarterly, 2024), recorded live at Partners & Son in Philadelphia, PA on March 14, 2024.

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*TEASER* 125 - Live At Partners & Son With Kevin Huizenga

Katie and Sally discuss Curses by Kevin Huizenga (Drawn and Quarterly, 2024). Topics discussed include John Mejias, K. Czap, Maybelline Skvortzoff, Desmond Reed, Maurice Vellekoop, Chip Kidd, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, primates, hell, golf, projecting assumptions onto books, and lots more.

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126 - Curses for Dummies

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Sally talks to cartoonists Corinne Halbert, Tia Roxae, and Chloe Brailsford about the inspirations behind their comics in the VISCERE #1: Body Horror anthology. Recorded live at Partners and Son in Philadelphia, PA on November 20, 2023. Topics discussed include Suspiria, Clamp, Jean Rollin, Robert Altman, Hans Bellmer, Silent Hill, Centralia, David Cronenberg, Resident Evil, Chantal Goya, Guido Crepax, and lots more.

Follow the artists on Instagram: @corinnehalbert, @dreamygutss, @chloe.in.pink

Thank you to our patrons and Partners and Son for making this episode possible!

*TEASER* 127 - VISCERE #1 Roundtable with Corinne Halbert, Tia Roxae, and Chloe Brailsford

Katie and Sally discuss Abandon the Old in Tokyo by Yoshihiro Tatsumi (Drawn & Quarterly, 2006). Topics discussed include smoking, check fraud, Adrian Tomine, and lots more.

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Catch Katie at The L.A. Times Festival of Books on Saturday, April 20: https://tinyurl.com/5eefd5bj

128 - The Hole Monitor

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It's our annual 4/20 special and this time cartoonist Caroline Cash (Girl in the World, Peepee Poopoo) joins the sesh to talk Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji by Nobuyuki Fukumoto (Kodansha, 1996).

Catch Caroline at C2E2 with Silver Sprocket in Chicago, IL on Sunday, April 28: https://www.c2e2.com/en-us.html

Follow Caroline on Instagram at @cash_browns.

Catch Katie at The L.A. Times Festival of Books on Saturday, April 20: https://tinyurl.com/5anb9yf7

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*TEASER* 129 - When To Fold 'Em With Caroline Cash

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.

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130 - Sally's Friend Tony

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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.

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Catch Sally at Bubbles Con on Saturday, May 4 in Richmond, VA: https://www.bubblescon.com/

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*TEASER* 131 - Katie's Friend Trina

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