What’s Your Latest? Drive by Dave Kellett (Episode 104)

Dave Kellett is the guest on my latest installment of the podcast-within-the-podcast, “What’s Your Latest?” I talk to experienced creators about their latest project. For Dave, that’s the second volume (“Act Two”) of his Drive webcomics series that will ultimately span 1,000 pages and four or five print volumes. Dave is a cartoonist, podcaster, and co-director of the comics… Continue reading What’s Your Latest? Drive by Dave Kellett (Episode 104)

Otherworldly Artistic Creation with Shing Yin Khor (Episode 103)

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Shing Yin Khor is a multi-dimensional artist, almost literally. They’re a cartoonist, illustrator, sculptor, and installation and experimental artist. They work across many media, technology, and ideas. They say they’ve entered a new phase of their career over the last five years, and we talk about their work, empathy, and how they got here. Sponsors This… Continue reading Otherworldly Artistic Creation with Shing Yin Khor (Episode 103)

Shipping Is Violence with Jesse Genet and Stephan Ango (Episode 101)

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Jesse Genet and Stephan Ango co-founded Lumi almost a decade ago. It first made wallets and prints and dyed material, then developed and distributed a light-sensitive fabric ink. Now it’s a company that manages the production and ordering of packaging supplies. This might sound unrelated, but it’s a natural transition resulting from interrogating one’s interests, figuring out… Continue reading Shipping Is Violence with Jesse Genet and Stephan Ango (Episode 101)

Draw Outside the Lines with C. Spike Trotman (Episode 100)

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    C. Spike Trotman (photo by Matt Sheridan)   In this inaugural episode #100, the return of the podcast to regular production, I’m pleased as punch to have C. Spike Trotman as my guest. Spike founded Iron Circus Comics in 2007, and it’s risen through her hard work and excellent curatorship to become the Chicago… Continue reading Draw Outside the Lines with C. Spike Trotman (Episode 100)

99a: Embrace Your Inner (Cute) Critic

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We’re still raising funds to restart The New Disruptors! At this writing, we’re over 55% of the way there with a couple weeks to go! Visit our Kickstarter and back at any level. In this special bonus pre-reboot Episode 99a of The New Disruptors, I’m in conversation with Lucy Bellwood, Adventure Cartoonist!, at Brick & Mortar Books… Continue reading 99a: Embrace Your Inner (Cute) Critic

Hugs and Kisses Goodbye: Live from XOXO 2014 (Episode 93)

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Jen Bekman, Zoë Salditch, and Mike Merrill were our guests live on stage at the XOXO 2014 festival in Portland, Oregon, as part of the Story evening that also featured Hrishikesh Hirway’s Song Exploder, featuring a song by The Thermals; John Roderick (The Long Winters) interviewing Chelsea Cain; and Harmontown with Dino Stamatopoulos. Jen Bekman… Continue reading Hugs and Kisses Goodbye: Live from XOXO 2014 (Episode 93)

Fit to Print with Andy McMillan (Episode 92)

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Andy McMillan makes things that bring people together: the Build conference, the XOXO festival, and The Manual, a series of books with thoughtful essays about design. After producing three print volumes of The Manual, he’s trying to take it to the next level, and produce something openly, broadly available across many media, that’s a collaboration… Continue reading Fit to Print with Andy McMillan (Episode 92)

Plug Me In with Mara Zepeda (Episode 91)

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Mara Zepeda is the co-founder and CEO of Switchboard, a site that lets you ask for what you need and offer what you have within a trusted community. It’s a way to more efficiently interconnect generosity, and is sometimes described as Craigslist without the creeps. I’m used to reading personal histories that have windy roads,… Continue reading Plug Me In with Mara Zepeda (Episode 91)

Mi Casa Es Su Benincasa with Sara Benincasa (Episode 90)

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Sara Benincasa is an author, comedian, writer, and outspoken advocate of LGBTQ youth, among many other hats she’s worn. She is an expert impressionist and parodist of Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann. Sara is the author of the novel Great and the memoir/confessional, Agorafabulous!: Dispatches From My Bedroom, and her third book, the novel Believers,… Continue reading Mi Casa Es Su Benincasa with Sara Benincasa (Episode 90)