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Lisa Hanawalt (The Bat Segundo Show #502)

Lisa Hanawalt (The Bat Segundo Show #502)

June 7, 2013
by Edward Champion
Bat Segundo, Comics, hanawalt-lisa, interview

In this one hour conversation, artist Lisa Hanawalt discusses her collection My Dirty Dumb Eyes, informs us of the appropriate method to neigh like a horses, describes the bizarre business politics she observed at a toy fair, delineates the trappings of pop culture, tells us how to contend with online trolls, and even offers a few sartorial views. During the majority of this conversation, Our Correspondent is licked copiously by Ms. Hanawalt’s extremely friendly dog.

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Chris Ware (The Bat Segundo Show)

Chris Ware (The Bat Segundo Show)

November 5, 2012
by Edward Champion
Bat Segundo, Comics, interview, ware-chris

In this 30 minute radio interview, cartoonist Chris Ware discusses Building Stories, cartooning as a singular art, and how an accusation of cliche from Ira Glass inspired a comic strip.

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Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez (The Bat Segundo Show)

Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez (The Bat Segundo Show)

October 11, 2012
by Edward Champion
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In this comprehensive one hour radio interview, Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez discuss thirty years of Love and Rockets, the problems with elevated superheroes, and why it’s easier to draw a child with a big head.

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Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud (The Bat Segundo Show)

Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud (The Bat Segundo Show)

August 17, 2012
by Edward Champion
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In this 20 minute radio interview, Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud discuss Chicken with Plums, adapting graphic novels to film, and why death threats are ideal for the creative process.

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Alison Bechdel III (The Bat Segundo Show)

Alison Bechdel III (The Bat Segundo Show)

June 14, 2012
by Edward Champion
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In this one hour interview, Alison Bechdel discusses her memoir, Are You My Mother?, what it is to be a secret writer, reading guilt, and various levels of perceived hypocrisy.

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The Bat Segundo Show: Daniel Clowes

The Bat Segundo Show: Daniel Clowes

May 11, 2011
by Edward Champion
Bat Segundo, clowes-daniel, Comics, interview

In this 45 minute radio interview, Daniel Clowes discusses Mr. Wonderful, illustrating bald spots, depicting eating in visual mediums, and advertising ethics.

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The Bat Segundo Show: Adrian Tomine

The Bat Segundo Show: Adrian Tomine

February 18, 2011
by Edward Champion
Bat Segundo, Comics, interview, tomine-adrian

In this very special one hour interview, graphic novelist Adrian Tomine discusses Scenes from an Impending Marriage, the intersection between private art and public art, illustrating for The New Yorker, and contending with a nitpicking audience.

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Harvey Pekar (1939-2010)

Harvey Pekar (1939-2010)

July 12, 2010
by Edward Champion
Comics, Obits, pekar-harvey

Harvey Pekar, the comic book writer best known for the long-running American Splendor, died this morning in his Cleveland home. He was 70 years old….

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The Bat Segundo Show: Laurie Sandell

The Bat Segundo Show: Laurie Sandell

September 22, 2009
by Edward Champion
Bat Segundo, Comics

Laurie Sandell recently appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #306. Laurie Sandell is the author of The Impostor’s Daughter. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Wondering if…

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Review: The Spirit

Review: The Spirit

December 25, 2008
by Edward Champion
Comics, eisner-will, Film, miller-frank

The critics were not happy during the screening. The critic to my left fell asleep in his chair for an hour. The critic to my…

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The Bat Segundo Show: Alison Bechdel II

The Bat Segundo Show: Alison Bechdel II

November 23, 2008
by Edward Champion
Bat Segundo, Comics

Alison Bechdel recently appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #250. Ms. Bechdel is most recently the author of The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For….

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The Bat Segundo Show: David Heatley

The Bat Segundo Show: David Heatley

November 4, 2008
by Edward Champion
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David Heatley appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #247. Heatley is most recently the author of My Brain is Hanging Upside Down. Condition of Mr….

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Mark Millar: The Pursuit of Popularity

Mark Millar: The Pursuit of Popularity

October 27, 2008
by Edward Champion
Comics

Michael Czobit is a writer based in Mississauga, Ontario. He’s not fond of lengthy writer biographies. So the editor has provided two additional sentences to…

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The Bat Segundo Show: Peter David

July 31, 2008
by Edward Champion
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Peter David appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #225. He is most recently the author of Tigerheart and the Incredible Hulk novelization. Condition of the…

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The Bat Segundo Show: Mort Walker

July 11, 2008
by Edward Champion
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Mort Walker appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #216. Mort Walker is the creator of Beetle Bailey. A volume of the first two years of…

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The Bat Segundo Show: David Hajdu

June 23, 2008
by Edward Champion
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David Hajdu appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #207. Hajdu is most recently the author of The Ten-Cent Plague. Condition of the Show: Dabbling into…

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Free Comic Book Day

Free Comic Book Day

May 6, 2008
by Edward Champion
Comics

I walked into my local comic shop and saw few unfamiliar faces looking over a few freebies. I walked out with a thick stack of…

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New York ComicCon -- Podcast

New York ComicCon — Podcast

April 22, 2008
by Edward Champion
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Over the course of the weekend, a number of people were interviewed by Our Young, Roving Correspondents on the floor of New York ComicCon. Thankfully,…

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NYCC: An Impromptu Interview with Jeffrey Brown

NYCC: An Impromptu Interview with Jeffrey Brown

April 18, 2008
by Edward Champion
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On Friday afternoon, I began walking the floors of New York ComicCon, collecting strange snippets that will be glued together for a future installment of…

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Interview with Charles Burns

January 22, 2008
by Edward Champion
Charles Burns, Comics, Edward Champion

Four new podcasts were released today at The Bat Segundo Show. And since we’re on the subject of Segundo, what follows is a short excerpt…

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