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Conversations about big topics in indie comics with some of the best artists in the game, hosted by cartoonist Drew Lerman.

  1. Episode 14 - Thurbermania, with Matthew Thurber

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    Episode 14 - Thurbermania, with Matthew Thurber

    Buckle up, gentle listener, for a whirlwind tour of the comic art (and life & times) of Lummi Island's Golden Boy, Brooklyn's Hottest Dad, and Art Comics' Secret Weapon, Matthew Thurber! Matthew is the author of 1-800-MICE, Infomaniacs (Picturebox), Art Comic, Mr. Colostomy (Drawn and Quarterly), Vector Hugo, Pirates of the Condominium -- and most recently Looking for the Cat, an ongoing series published by Neoglyphic Media. We begin with Looking for the Cat, set in Matthew's childhood home of Lummi Island, and then travel back in time to the twilight of the George W. Bush era, when 1-800-MICE was being conceived. From there we move through two decades of Matthew's oeuvre, and recirculate, Finnegans-Wake-like, to his latest work. Along the way we get into life as a young NYC art handler, the heady days of Picturebox, the writing of Thomas Pynchon and Raymond Roussel, Children of Men, stories with and without endings, making comics in quarantine, and making comics when your baby was just born and you've lost your cat. Grateful to Matthew for spending so much time with me revisiting all this work! It was a lot of fun. Thanks to Jason Butler for producing the episode!   Links Matthew's website Matthew's instagram Miami Review of Comics on instagram Drew's patreon Jason Butler's website Jason Butler's instagram

    2h 12m
  2. Episode 13 - Memoir, Gags and the Joy of Homework, with Sam Szabo

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    Episode 13 - Memoir, Gags and the Joy of Homework, with Sam Szabo

    I am joined today by the brilliant and hilarious Sam Szabo, author of Momix Presents: DADIX (Cram Books), Enlightened Transsexual Comics (Silver Sprocket), Girl Hell and lots more. Sam and I talk about the intersection of memoir and gags in her work, being a briefcase kid exposed to boomer esoterica in Mad Magazine, the crutch and the ecstacy of fourth-wall breaking, the sublime banality of cousins, and so on. I had a ton of fun chatting with Sam, and look forward to all the new stuff she's cooking up. Thank you to our beloved producer Jason Butler!   Links Sam's shop Sam's instagram Sam's patreon Miami Review of Comics on instagram Drew's patreon Jason Butler's website Jason Butler's instagram

    1h 22m
  3. Episode 12 - The Cult of the Experts, with Sophie Franz and Daria Tessler

    12/19/2025

    Episode 12 - The Cult of the Experts, with Sophie Franz and Daria Tessler

    Today we are joined by brilliant cartoonists and confirmed Luddites Sophie Franz and Daria Tessler to talk about the joys and sorrows of analog artmaking! Through the magic of technology we fear and abhor, Soph and Daria were able to zap in from Portland, Oregon and join me on a grand tour of the world of analog tools, from pencil and ballpoint pen to gouache, collage, silkscreen, and more. Thank you for listening and hope you enjoy this last episode of 2025!  Thanks as always to producer & sound engineer Jason Butler for helping us get TWO episodes out this month, holy cow, look at us go, love you all. Links Soph's website Soph's instagram Daria's website Daria's instagram Miami Review of Comics on instagram Drew's patreon Jason Butler's website Jason Butler's instagram

    1h 39m
  4. Episode 11 - Intergalactic Communist Movie Theater Comics, with Nathan Gelgud

    12/11/2025

    Episode 11 - Intergalactic Communist Movie Theater Comics, with Nathan Gelgud

    In his ongoing comic, Reel Politik, Nathan Gelgud harnesses the daily gag strip to explore cinema through the lens of radical politics (or radical politics through the lens of cinema??). The strip is peopled with a goofy but determined cast of characters hell-bent on fomenting Marxist-Leninist revolution by whatever means are available to them, having turned a small-town theater into a radical cell. The first collection of the strip has recently been released by Drawn & Quarterly. In this episode, Nathan and I talk about his relationship to film and politics, and how these became the main focus of his comics-making. We also dive into essay-comics, Godard, sci-fi, the joys of a daily comic practice, and Nathan's revulsion at the word "practice." Thanks as ever to Jason Butler, our heroic producer & sound engineer! Links Nathan's website Nathan's instagram Reel Politik at D&Q Miami Review of Comics on instagram Drew's free patreon Jason Butler's website Jason Butler's instagram

    1h 15m
  5. Episode 10 - From Tossed Salads to Scrambled Eggs, with Katie Lane

    09/30/2025

    Episode 10 - From Tossed Salads to Scrambled Eggs, with Katie Lane

    This past spring, cartoonist Katie Lane had two books come out right at the same time: Single Camera Sitcom (Comics Blogger Books) and Girls Gone Wild #1 (2DCloud). In both works, Katie explores the struggles at the heart of our most intimate relationships and choices, with wit and sensitivity and candor. But the first thing the reader is likely to notice is the extreme visual shift from one book to the next. Single Camera Sitcom, composed between 2019 and 2022, relies on bright digital collage and a variety of textual levels to tell a post-college picaresque. Girls Gone Wild #1, composed in 2025, unspools its more claustrophobic stories in spidery text and inky figure drawings. It was a pleasure to have Katie on to chat about both of these works, how they were made, and what inspired such a radical change in her approach to cartooning. Thanks as always to Jason Butler for producing the episode! And thanks to Katie's friend Walter for providing the theme from Single Camera Sitcom, which you can hear at the end of the episode.    Links Single Camera Sitcom at Comics Blogger Girls Gone Wild #1 at 2DCloud Katie's instagram Katie's shop Piece ft. Katie and Angela Fanche at TCJ Miami Review of Comics instagram Drew's instagram Drew's free patreon Jason Butler's website Jason Butler's instagram

    1h 20m
  6. Episode 9 - Comics, Folk Tales, and Having a Good Old Think, with Michael Kennedy

    08/06/2025

    Episode 9 - Comics, Folk Tales, and Having a Good Old Think, with Michael Kennedy

    What's the relationship between comics and folk tales? Are cartoon characters and folkloric figures made of the same eternal shape-shifting goop? And what happens when they show up at different historical moments ... in the English Midlands, say? Today's guest, Michael Kennedy, is the author of Milk White Steed, a grandly ambitious collection of comics that explores history and narrative genre with equal fervor, making it the perfect springboard to have a good ol' think on all these questions and more. Thank you to Jason Butler, as always, for producing this episode. Xylophone outro by Roman Muradov X Tana Oshima -- thx frens! (Our wholesome intro music lives to fight another day.)   Links Michael Kennedy website Michael Kennedy instagram Milk White Steed at D+Q Miami Review of Comics instagram Drew's instagram Drew's free patreon Jason Butler's website Jason Butler's instagram

    1h 12m
  7. Episode 8 - The Long and Short of It, with Sammy Harkham

    06/30/2025

    Episode 8 - The Long and Short of It, with Sammy Harkham

    It's Sammy Harkham Day at the Miami Review of Comics! In this marathon episode, Sammy and I dive deep into long form vs. short form comic-making -- epic graphic novels, standalone one-pagers, and everything in between.  We talk Kramers Ergot, Blood of the Virgin, and the past and future of Crickets! Will the next issue of Crickets be 48 one-pagers?! Listen to find out! A few apologies: First, despite my note early in the episode that we would be switching up the intro music, we have not, in fact, found or created a replacement track, so, despite Roman Muradov's best efforts to the contrary, we are all stuck with this "wholesome jingle" redolent of a "millennial retirement home" for at least one more month. It seems my millennial laziness has conquered my millennial fear of not pleasing all the people all the time (not to mention, of being twee). C'est la guerre! I also royally f****d up my recounting of Steven Weissman's Obama gag. Obama does not say "Charlie Brown is Jewish"; he says "Charlie Brown is a Jew." Which makes all the difference in the world, of course. So much for being lodged in my mind! OK, enough self-flagellation. Thank you, Sammy, thank you, Jason! Enjoy!   Links Sammy's online shop Sammy's instagram Miami Review of Comics instagram Drew's instagram Drew's free patreon Jason Butler's website Jason Butler's instagram

    1h 53m
  8. Episode 7 - A Very "Mailbag" Mailbag

    05/19/2025

    Episode 7 - A Very "Mailbag" Mailbag

    Welcome to the Miami Review of Comics' Mailbag Extravaganza! In this seventh episode of the show, producer Jason Butler joined me to read some listener mail and answer your most urgent concerns. Past guests also chimed in to reveal their answers to the question: "Has a drawing you made ever frightened you?" In the back half we are joined by the wonderful Alex Laird for a chat about the way the indie comics landscape has changed in the last decade. And I shout out a few comics that were sent in to me. To those who were kind enough to send me PDFs of their comics -- I'm sorry, I'm a bad reader of digital comics. It's not you, it's me. I mention at the end that Michael Kennedy will be our next guest, but unfortunately we had to reschedule! I'm hoping to have Michael on very soon, though.  Keep your ears peeled for a very special xylophone solo!   Links Alex Laird's website Alex Laird's instagram Miami Review of Comics instagram Drew's instagram Drew's (free) patreon Jason Butler's website Jason Butler's instagram

    1h 10m
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Conversations about big topics in indie comics with some of the best artists in the game, hosted by cartoonist Drew Lerman.

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  • Creator
    Drew Lerman
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    14
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    The Miami Review of Comics

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