Monthly Archives: May 2010

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This is the second half of our interview with Steve Bissette, but I suppose you gathered that from the title and the fact that the last one was called “Part 1″. Speaking of the last episode, if you haven’t listened to it yet, you should go back and listen to them in order.

As was stated before in the shownotes for the last episode, this interview was recorded before the untimely and shocking death of comic veteran Steve Perry. Perry and his work have been mentioned on this site, as well as in this interview itself. Stephen Bissette was Perry’s friend and a champion in the fight to get Perry back on his feet. So much of what has transpired is cheap and cruel. It’s touching to see so many people come forward and give there condolences, but it’s not surprising. So many were already looking out for Perry in life. They recently gave their support in the form of well wishes, financial support, and exposure. On top of all of the grief that Steve’s death brings, it also comes with the bitterness of knowing that all these people were fighting for him and he had come so far just for someone to waste all that effort.

This is a simple analogy, but I think it apt. Imaging coming across someone attempting to put a sand castle back together. It’s not an easy thing to do, but it is important to them and it is worth doing whether you succeed or not. So you help. The tide is coming in, but there are others arriving to help the effort. The castle begins to take shape; it can even stand up by itself. The waves come closer and closer, but that’s not so bad. If it cannot hold up forever, that’s not so bad. You come to terms with the idea that the ocean will come and eventually wash away the castle. Then imagine someone kicking the castle over.

Nevertheless, there is one thing I’ve learned from all of this and it’s that fan’s can make a major impact in improving the lives of creators. For the most part, the comics industry isn’t built to support its creators into retirement. That’s true now, but it was doubly so for those creators who cut their teeth back in “the day” and now find themselves without a safety net.  Here’s a video courtesy of the Hero Initiative featuring Steve Perry himself talking about why you should give.

Show links are forthcoming. For now:

Myrant (http://srbissette NULL.com/) (SRB’s home on the web)

The Hero Initiative (http://www NULL.heroinitiative NULL.org/) (A worthy cause)

(http://recordings NULL.talkshoe NULL.com/TC-65758/TS-361826 NULL.mp3)

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Matt and Chris followed a forgotten road to a tree that they’d never seen but recognized once reached.  Once blindfolded, they followed a path cut by a madman, or a man who wishes not to be found.  They proved themselves and they’re intentions, and after answering a list of questions they were aloud to ask a few of there own.   On this episode of Art School Fraud: Tales of the Uncanny with Steve Bissette.

As our talk with Steve focuses more on the present, there are a few things :

Stephen R. Bissette (http://en NULL.wikipedia NULL.org/wiki/Stephen_R NULL._Bissette) (Wiki)

1963 (http://alt-current NULL.com/pp/pp_catalog NULL.html) (Wiki)

Myrant (http://srbissette NULL.com/) (SRB’s home on the web)

Indie Spinner Rack: Issue #79 (http://indiespinnerrack NULL.blogspot NULL.com/2007/05/indie-spinner-rack-issue-79 NULL.html) (A very nice talk with Steve)

The Center for Cartoon Studies (http://www NULL.cartoonstudies NULL.org/index NULL.php) (Wellspring from which most TotU contributor burst)

White River Junction (http://www NULL.whiteriverjunction NULL.org/) (The place where all this ink slinging goes down.)

Some words from Steve on the subject:

R.I.P. 1963 (http://srbissette NULL.com/?p=8694) (Myrant)

N-Man, Fury, Hypernaut Reborn! (http://srbissette NULL.com/?p=8715) (Myrant)

Related post of Apr 7, 2010 (http://srbissette NULL.com/?p=8749) (Myrant)

Related post (http://srbissette NULL.com/?p=8749) of Apr 9, 2010 (http://srbissette NULL.com/?p=8794) (Myrant)

Related post (http://srbissette NULL.com/?p=8749) of Apr 14, 2010 (http://srbissette NULL.com/?p=8875) (Myrant)

First reviews of the preview (http://srbissette NULL.com/?p=8959) (Myrant)

Some sad news which must be noted:

This interview was recorded about two weeks ago.  At one point during the taping we mentioned Steve Perry,  a friend of Stephen’s and an acquaintance of mine {Christopher}.   Since that time disturbing events have transpired.  So disturbing that I can not go into detail. Stephen has given us permission to link to his blog (http://srbissette NULL.com/?p=9077) on this matter.

(http://recordings NULL.talkshoe NULL.com/TC-65758/TS-359520 NULL.mp3)

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Matt returns from S.P.A.C.E.!!! Chris returns from Greece!!! Art School Fraud returns with tales of travel, daring the wraith of the gods, disturbing interactions with corn syrup, Pee-Wee Herman, and interviews with SPACE cartoonists.

Invictus Linkus:

2009 SPACE Prize winners (http://www NULL.backporchcomics NULL.com/space_prize NULL.htm) (and links to the winners, including Eric Adams, Joanna Estep, and Craig Bogart)

Andy Scott (http://www NULL.aplace-forall NULL.blogspot NULL.com) (another first-timer at the show)

Bob Corby (http://www NULL.backporchcomics NULL.com/space NULL.htm) (senior spaceman extraordinaire)

Stacie Arellano (http://www NULL.tributewaters NULL.com/) (because we missed interviewing)

Max Ink (http://blinkcomic NULL.wordpress NULL.com/) (Blink!)

Suzanne Baumann (http://home NULL.comcast NULL.net/~sbaumann2012) (Fridge Mag Concoctions)

EJ Barnes (http://www NULL.ejbarnes NULL.com/) (…the Ling Master and Blaster L. Ackerman)

Mail Art (http://en NULL.wikipedia NULL.org/wiki/Mail_art) (history envelopes)

Tor dot com (http://www NULL.tor NULL.com) (awesome publisher web site)

Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (http://www NULL.denofgeek NULL.com/movies/313371/revisiting_tim_burtons_peewees_big_adventure NULL.html) (disturbing children’s fare)

King Corn (http://www NULL.kingcorn NULL.net/) (documentary of diet destruction)

(http://recordings NULL.talkshoe NULL.com/TC-65758/TS-357469 NULL.mp3)

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Matt and I just wanted you all to know that we are plugging away and haven’t forgotten about the podcast.  He went off to a big Con and I went to Greece on my honeymoon, so we had obligations.  Never the less we have been diligent.  We are actually sitting on three podcasts.  Believe it or not, this is a problem, those bad boys need to get edited and he and I are both pulling down overtime at our “paying” jobs.  To make matters more complicated, the hardest one to edit is the one that must go first.  Sorry folks. Please bear with us.  Soon my little ones.  Soon.

-Radical Warren

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Matt and special return guest Morgan Pielli take the opportunity of Chris’ European vacation to geek out about those robots that’re more than meet the eye: The Transformers!

(With some attempts of justification by talking about character design reflecting personality and the difficulties of trying to write worthwhile stories for essentially unchanging franchise properties. Additionally, they fall into the fanboy trap of bitching about the Michael Bay movies, but only briefly.)

Autobots, hyperlink and geek out:

Morgan Pielli (http://www NULL.morganpielli NULL.com/) (The Expert on Polymorph Machines)

Jon Chad (http://studentpages NULL.scad NULL.edu/~jchadu20/) (Cartoonist Commentator)

Harlan Ellison (http://harlanellison NULL.com/quoteentry NULL.htm) (Fear his fury!)

Neill Blomkamp’s Citroën C4 commercial (http://www NULL.youtube NULL.com/watch?v=YELV9T9j-Mk&feature=related) (Amazing Transformer short)

Stan Bush’s “The Touch” (http://en NULL.wikipedia NULL.org/wiki/The_Touch_%28Stan_Bush_song%29) (It’s special.)

Smurfette Syndrome (http://thatguywiththeglasses NULL.com/videolinks/thedudette/nostalgia-chick/16616-the-smurfette-principle) (This is why she doesn’t have a catchphrase.)

Transformers: The Wiki (http://transformers NULL.wikia NULL.com/wiki/Main_Page) (Scroll down to see all the different series.)

Red Letter Media guy (http://www NULL.youtube NULL.com/user/RedLetterMedia#p/u/1/FxKtZmQgxrI) (Very thorough, and vaguely creepy.)

Radio Lab (http://www NULL.wnyc NULL.org/shows/radiolab/) (Podcast.)

(http://recordings NULL.talkshoe NULL.com/TC-65758/TS-352606 NULL.mp3)

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