This week we talk to James Romberger & Josh Bayer about a punk rock comic book project that we here at Buy This Comic are deeply invested in (because we're the ones who dreamt it up and are putting it out): the Naked Raygun Broken Things limited edition etched 7" and comic book. It's being crowdfunded on Kickstarter at this very moment and will be released by our parent company, Xylophone. We talk to James & Josh about how they're working together on this unique collaboration, the primacy and practicality of working using traditional tools, the history of split comic stories, how punk ..read more

This week we're getting non-fictional when we talk to Jon Chad, writer and artist of PINBALL: A GRAPHIC HISTORY OF THE SILVER BALL, a gorgeous hardcover graphic novel published by First Second that is in stores now. BUY! Order a copy of Pinball: A Graphic History of the Silver Ball from Bookshop.org and you'll be supporting independent bookstores while you're at it! FOLLOW! Jon Chad (Writer & Artist, Pinball: A Graphic History of the Silver Ball) Instagram: @jonchlaunch Twitter: @jon_chad Web: jonchad.com First Second (Publisher, Pinball: A Graphic History of the Silver Ball)  Instag ..read more

Juni Ba created the Monkey Meat universe about 10 years ago. Now, Monkey Meat comes to Image comics in the form of a good old fashioned floppy. Stop what you're doing and listen as we go (virtually) to Montpellier to talk to Juni Ba, writer and artist of the a darkly comedic new anthology series. FOLLOW! Juni Ba (Writer & Artist, Monkey Meat)  Instagram: @juni.ba Twitter: @juni_ba Image Comics (Publisher, Monkey Meat) Instagram: @imagecomics Twitter: @imagecomics Web: imagecomics.com . . . BUY THIS COMIC! is the show where YOU keep the vital and vibrant medium of comics alive by infu ..read more

This week we’re joined by Gabe Soria and Gideon Kendall, writer and artist of The MegaGhost of Christmas, a holiday minicomic special featuring all your favorite characters from the MegaGhost universe. It's published by Xylophone, and is available for $3ppd from HEY KIDS COMICS! FOLLOW! Gabe Soria(Writer, The MegaGhost of Christmas) Instagram: @bitchinville Twitter: @bitchinville Gideon Kendall (Artist, The MegaGhost of Christmas)   Instagram: @johnnysampson Twitter: @gideonkendall Web: gideonkendall.com Xylophone (Publisher, The Megaghost of Christmas) Web: xylophonemedia.com Twitter: @x ..read more

This week, we talk to "the last idiot standing," Mr. Johnny Sampson! Johnny is a cartoonist who does a lot of cool stuff, but perhaps most notably is the guy who Al Jaffee passed the baton to when he retired from doing the fold-in for MAD Magazine. FOLLOW! Johnny Sampson (Cartoonist, MAD Magazine) Instagram: @johnnysampson Twitter: @johnnysampson Web: johnnysampson.com DC Comics (Publisher, MAD Magazine) Web: dccomics.com Instagram: @dccomics Twitter: @DCComics . . . BUY THIS COMIC! is the show where YOU keep the vital and vibrant medium of comics alive by infusing it with your hard-earned cas ..read more

This week we’re joined by Victoria Douglas, creator of Cinnamon: an "action comic masquerading as a slice-of-life comic" published by Behemoth / Happy Tank. It's smart, it's funny, it's cute, it's cool! FOLLOW! Victoria Douglas (Creator, Cinnamon) Instagram: @blackbit.exe Twitter: @vsqki Web: blackbit.world Behemoth (Publisher, Cinnamon) Web: behemothcomics.us Twitter: @allhailbehemoth Happy Tank (Also the Publisher of Cinnamon) Instagram: @happytank.comics/ . . . BUY THIS COMIC! is the show where YOU keep the vital and vibrant medium of comics alive by infusing it with your hard-earned cash ..read more

This week we're joined by Ron Marz, writer of Almost American, a 5-issue limited series published by Aftershock Comics. It's based on the true story of Janosh “Jan” Neumann and his wife, Victorya–both Russian spies who made a deal with the U.S. government to trade their information in exchange for a life free from want. What could go wrong? FOLLOW! Ron Marz (Writer, Almost American) Twitter: @ronmarz Instagram: @ron_marz Aftershock Comics (Publisher, Almost American) Twitter: @AfterShockComix Instagram: @aftershockcomics Web: aftershockcomics.com . . . BUY THIS COMIC! is the show where Y ..read more

In Pyongyang, Guy Delisle took you inside a North Korean animation studio. In the newly-released Factory Summers, Guy takes us inside the Quebec City paper mill where he worked in his youth. It's Delisle's most personal book to date, and maybe the only one that has something in common with Moby Dick! FOLLOW! Guy Delisle (Writer & Artist: Factory Summers) Web: guydelisle.com Drawn & Quarterly (Publisher, Factory Summers) Instagram: @drawnandquarterly Twitter: @DandQ Web: drawnandquarterly.com . . . BUY THIS COMIC! is the show where YOU keep the vital and vibrant medium of comics alive ..read more

How do you do 1930s noir but make it feel fresh? Well, The Good Asian is a great example. We talk to writer Pornsak Pichetshote about his tightly-scripted, hard-boiled detective story set against the backdrop of America's Chinese Exclusion Act. FOLLOW! Pornsak Pichetshote (Writer, The Good Asian) Instagram: @real_psak Twitter: @real_pornsak Image Comics (Publisher, The Good Asian) Instagram: @imagecomics Twitter: @imagecomics Web: imagecomics.com . . . BUY THIS COMIC! is the show where YOU keep the vital and vibrant medium of comics alive by infusing it with your hard-earned cash. Buy This Com ..read more

This week we chat with Jeremy Holt, writer of the 6-part AI sci-fi series, Made in Korea. It explores issues of identity, human consciousness, and maybe even a bit of Americana. It's published by Image Comics and the first issue is on the shelves of your local comic shop now.  FOLLOW! Jeremy Holt (Writer, Made in Korea) Instagram: @jeremyholtbooks Twitter: @jeremyholtbooks Web: jeremyholtbooks.com Image Comics (Publisher, Made in Korea) Instagram: @imagecomics Twitter: @imagecomics Web: imagecomics.com . . . BUY THIS COMIC! is the show where YOU keep the vital and vibrant medium of comics ..read more