Cheap Chills - On Art and Monsters

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Cheap Chills - On Art and Monsters

Illustrator, Ben Walker-Storey loves monsters, ghosts, creepers and kaiju. On the Cheap Chills Podcast, Ben talks with other artists and creators about how macabre movies, gothic toys and forbidden comics influenced their life and their artwork. cheapchills.substack.com

  1. Robb Mommaerts pt. II - The Hoth Monster and More

    5 DAYS AGO

    Robb Mommaerts pt. II - The Hoth Monster and More

    Welcome to part 2 of my talk with illustrator and cartoonist Robb Mommaerts. In this second half of our discussion, we talk mostly about monsters and other stuff that stood out from our childhood. Things like Star Wars creatures, Halloween sequels, Revenge of the Nerds, Satanic panic, Thundar the Barbarian, The Herculoids (which is which??) American ninja movies, and “Who would win in a fight between ___ and ___?” debates. And in a very special Let’s Check in with Ben, I talk about having difficulties seeing and prioritizing projects and tasks. What is important to do first and when are “done”? Find Robb at: robbmommaerts.com More of Ben at: Cheapchillsfanclub.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cheapchills.substack.com

    52 min

  2. JAN 7

    Robb Mommaerts on Monsters (The Series)

    This week’s guest is Robb Mommaerts. We talk about art school, starting out as a graphic designer, Wisconsin, those magical, late night horror TV shows of the late 80s like Monsters and Tales From the Darkside. Robb Mommaerts is a cartoonist and illustrator who always hoped that his hobby of doodling bizarre creatures in school notebooks would eventually turn into a career. From his basement dungeon, he’s been hopping between the realms of children’s book illustration, comic books, game art, and character design. He’s recently had the opportunity to illustrate The Monstrous Adventures of Mummy Man and Waffles and The Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat series, written by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth. Before that he completed eight picture book titles and provided artwork for several top-selling tabletop game projects. He lives in Wisconsin with his wife, two kids, and a dog. *******If you dig the show and want to support us, please Subscribe and leave a review wherever you get podcasts.You can now call and leave a voicemail about whatever you want! Do you have art/career questions? want to recommend a movie? Do you have memories of a "Lost Movie" you need help tracking down? Tell Ben about it at-speakpipe.com/cheapchills****************** This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cheapchills.substack.com

    47 min

  3. 12/24/2024

    Patrick Carson Sparrow : Batman Is Not a Good Person

    Welcome back everybody! This very special episode is a conversation with comic-book artist, Patrick Carson Sparrow. Its also a candid chat between two people who yes, are artists who love monsters but are also middle-aged dads, trying to figure out how to get all the needs met, and sometimes struggle with mental health issues.  So we talk about fatherhood, marriage, ADHD, day jobs, depression, anxiety and how we manage to get any of our personal art done.So this is a trigger-warning that the subject of self harm, suicidal ideation, domestic abuse, come up and if you’re not in a good place to be hearing about that, maybe turn us off at the half-hour mark.  988 is the number for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Talk to anyone about it, really! We also talk about Batman (the dark, effed-up version) Conan the Barbarian, and Bryan Cranston (the Walter White and the Malcom Dad versions).  ******* If you dig the show and want to support us, please leave a review wherever you get podcasts. You can now call and leave a voicemail about whatever you want! Do you have art/career questions? want to recommend a movie? Do you have memories of a "Lost Movie" you need help tracking down? Tell Ben about it at- speakpipe.com/cheapchills ****************** This podcast is now hosted on Substack! If you want to see more of Ben's art process and hear solo episodes on having an art career, how to overcome obstacles, etc. subscribe to the Substack. Its all FREE for now!  substack.com/@benwalkerstorey This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cheapchills.substack.com

    1h 3m
  4. Director, David Hartman and The Minnesota Iceman

    12/11/2024

    Director, David Hartman and The Minnesota Iceman

    *STAY TUNED AFTER THIS EP! a track from the David Hartman (as Zorgon) Electronica album, D1m3n51on X This week I’m joined by Director and Storyboard Artist, David Hartman. He’s the Director of the 2016 film, Phantasm: Ravager. Plus 25 years worth of other film  and Television work like Godzilla: the Series, Astroboy, Jackie Chan Adventures, Laser Fart and the animated video for Rob Zombie’s American Witch. Just to list a few. He’s also done storyboarding and artwork for Tenacious D, Bubba Ho-Tep, the Boondocks, Tranformers Prime, Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, Extreme Ghostbusters and John Dies at the End and more.  Above all(?) He’s a phenomenal artist who loves to draw monsters! *** ON ART: We talk about the benefits of drawing first thing in the morning, keeping your dogs away from your Apple Pencil, the disturbing drawings and destroyed toys of our childhoods, and how storyboarding on Bubba Ho Two led to David directing the 2016 film Phantasm Ravager. Plus a boatload of movie geek talk about Mario Baba Inframan YOR: the Hunter from the Future, Legend of Boggy Creek, Yeti: Giant of the 20rh Century. And David made short films for Dan Harmon, and Rob Schrab’s Channel 101. We talk about that too! ON MONSTERS: At an early age, David had a run-in with a Bigfoot-like creature known as the Minnesota Iceman. Is the term “run-in” a wild exaggeration? Listen and find out! ******* If you dig the show and want to support us, please leave a review wherever you get podcasts. You can now call and leave a voicemail about whatever you want! Do you have art/career questions? want to recommend a movie? Do you have memories of a "Lost Movie" you need help tracking down? Tell Ben about it at- speakpipe.com/cheapchills Ben's new brush pack Build a Goth Boy is available, Free! Go to buymeacoffee.com/cheapchills  If you'd like to leave a lil' tip while you're there, that would be amazing too! More brushes, T-shirts, stickers and stuff at the Cheap Chills Etsy shop. ****************** Music for the Cheap Chills Podcast by Badger Meyer. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cheapchills.substack.com

    1h 10m
  5. Dark Rides and Haunted Houses with Animation Artist, Reed Randolph

    11/19/2024

    Dark Rides and Haunted Houses with Animation Artist, Reed Randolph

    Reed Randolph is an animation artist, most recently working as a character designer on Exposing Kittens.  This week Ben's chatting with  Reed about how he went from working as a teenage Scare Artist in the famous steel factory-turned haunted house, Sloss Fright Furnace to designing for an indie Dark Ride. In between he worked with Jim Henson Company, desiged concept art for Blippi’s Treehouse and went to Ringling College of Art (not necessarily in that order!) The guys talk about going to art school and whether its still recommended for young artists these days. What’s it like to pitch a "dark ride" to IAAPA? (The Global Association for the Attractions Industry) What's the best paint for black-light artwork? Reed has stories about that too!  ******* If you dig the show and want to support us, please leave a review wherever you get podcasts. You can now call and leave a voicemail about whatever you want! Do you have art/career questions? want to recommend a movie? Do you have memories of a "Lost Movie" you need help tracking down? Tell Ben about it at- speakpipe.com/cheapchills Do you draw digitally and like FREE stuff? Ben's new brush pack Build a Goth Boy is available free at his Buymeacoffee. If you'd like to "Buy me a Coffee" that would be amazing too!  buymeacoffee.com/cheapchills More brushes, T-shirts, stickers and stuff at the Cheap Chills Etsy shop. ****************** Music for the Cheap Chills Podcast by Badger Meyer. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cheapchills.substack.com

    54 min
  6. Time-Sucks! Dealing with Procrastination and Distractions : Doomed Megalopolis the Last Megalopolis

    11/05/2024

    Time-Sucks! Dealing with Procrastination and Distractions : Doomed Megalopolis the Last Megalopolis

    This week, Illustrator, Creator (and your host) Ben Walker-Storey talks about his two big time-sucks: Procrastination and Distractions, what could be at the root of these problems and some thoughts, tricks and tips on working around them.  Then its time to talk about monsters! We need to talk about the 1988 film, Doomed Megalopolis the Last Megalopolis (or Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis) from Director, Akio Jissôji  Ben does his best to avoid big, clinical words or armchair diagnosis but (spoiler) this episode is monstly about mental health issues like Anxiety, Depression and ADHD.  Regardless of any neurodivergence (dammit! a big clinical word) you may or may not have, Ben has some tips that have helped him stay more productive in recent years and get back into what was so fun about art before adulthood and money was involved. If nothing else let's remember to go easy on ourselves.  This episode is brought to you by the Cheap Chills Etsy shop. Ben’s designed a bunch of T-shirts and prints for people who love spooky weird stuff, custom art brushes for Clip Studio Paint and there's even some vintage toys and clothes for you to check out. Use PROMO CODE: GREENFIFTEEN for 15% off your order This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cheapchills.substack.com

    38 min
  7. Found Footage Festival's Nick Prueher on Carpenter's The Thing

    10/22/2024

    Found Footage Festival's Nick Prueher on Carpenter's The Thing

    Welcome to Cheap Chills on Art and Monsters. I probably need a new intro but I do love the announcer I snagged for the original cheap chills podcast. This week's guest is Nick Prueher, best known as being half of the Found Footage Festival team along with his childhood friend, Joe Pickett. Nick is also a film producer writer having writen for The Onion and Late Night with David Letterman. We came together to talk about his favorite monster, John Carpenter's The Thing, but of course we got into what it's like being the funny, creative weirdo in your small town, irrational fears that could make a good horror movie, some of the movies that horrified us as kids and how hot Dianne Franklin is in Better Off Dead.  Find more from Nick at foundfootagefest.com on Instagram @chimplips, @foundfootagefestival This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cheapchills.substack.com

    1h 7m
  8. Bride of Frankenstein with Isabel Samaras

    10/09/2024

    Bride of Frankenstein with Isabel Samaras

    I am so thrilled to bring you the conversation for this episode! I got a chance to catch up with my friend, world renown painter, Isabel Samaras. Years before we ever met I discovered her work through art magazines like Juxtapoz and Hi Fructose. I was blown away by Isabel’s work because she’s not just an incredible painter but she’s someone who has a take on popular culture, romance and humor that is all her own. There's literally too much to go over with Isabel as far as monsters and pop culture characters. But we get into our love for The Bride of Frankenstein and how we as artists can use imagery to add to popular stories and even give our beloved fictitious characters a more fulfilling life.  Apologies to A24, the movie we were talking about is The Hole in the Ground, not A Hole in the Woods or whatever Ben said. Here's some heady subjects for you artists: Are you making art you think an audience wants or creating what excites you and bringing people along for the ride? And do you have “Kulaks” in your portfolio? *******  This is episode is brought to you by Ben's Shadowplay digital brushes and the Cheap Chills Etsy shop.  *******  If you dig the show and want to support us, please leave a review wherever you get podcasts. If you'd like to "Buy me a Coffee" that would be amazing too!  buymeacoffee.com/cheapchills ****************** Music for the Cheap Chills Podcast by Badger Meyer. **Also discussed word dump:  Shirley Jackson, Kathryn Bigelow, Ana Lily Amirpour, a girl walks home alone at night, Batman's love life This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cheapchills.substack.com

    1h 17m
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Illustrator, Ben Walker-Storey loves monsters, ghosts, creepers and kaiju. On the Cheap Chills Podcast, Ben talks with other artists and creators about how macabre movies, gothic toys and forbidden comics influenced their life and their artwork. cheapchills.substack.com

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