Inkstuds is a collection of thirty interviews with North American alternative comic artists taken from the impressive archive that Robin McConnell has built up over the past 5 years on his radio show of the same name. The interviews focus on the creative process and influences, but the subjects discussed often branch off in surprising and interesting directions. The artists chosen cover the range from the older generation of underground cartoonists to the new generation of the comics avant garde. This book is an invaluable resource, not just for comic enthusiasts but anyone interested in the artistic process.Featuring interviews with Seth, Chester Brown, Jaime Hernandez, Jillian Tamaki, Joe Sacco, Françoise Mouly, Kim Deitch, Gary Panter, Gabrielle Bell and many more."It's the closest thing to an Inside the Actor's Studio of comics." -- Bryan Lee O'Malley"It's rare in the media today that people who really know and love comics, creators and connoisseurs, get the chance to express their ideas and opinions with an engaged and engaging interviewer. Robin McConnell makes this possible and helms the proceedings a pleasure to listen to and now to read." -- Paul Gravett "It's quite an interesting record of our times. All these comic artists that you're talking to, they're very heavy thinkers. It's quite an archive of work that you've created." -- David Collier

Robin McConnell is the host of Inkstuds on CITR, the radio station at the University of British Columbia, where he is also a student. He lives in the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood of Vancouver.

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“Jeet Heer is a cultural journalist and academic who divides his time between Toronto and Regina. He has written for many publications including the Globe and Mail, Slate.com, the Boston Globe, the Walrus, the American Prospect, the Comics Journal, the Virginia Quarterly Review and the Guardian of London. He has co-edited eight books and been a contributing editor to another eight volumes. With Kent Worcester, Jeet co-edited A Comics Studies Reader (University Press of Mississippi), which won the Peter C. Rollins Book Award given annually to the best book in American Studies or Cultural Studies. He's been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship. His articles have been anthologized in both The Best American Comics Criticism (Fantagraphics) and The Best Canadian Essays collection for 2012. With Chris Ware, Jeet continues to edit the Walt and Skeezix series from Drawn and Quarterly, which is now entering its sixth volume.

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