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 limite

Pinball: A Graphic History of the Silver Ball (First Second) - Jon Chad

Apr 6th, 2022 21m 13s

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 Pinbal

Monkey Meat (Image) - Juni Ba

Jan 5th, 2022 17m 7s

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

The MegaGhost of Christmas (Xylophone) - Gabe Soria & Gideon Kendall

Dec 14th, 2021 21m 49s

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 availa

MAD Magazine (DC) - Johnny Sampson

Oct 6th, 2021 22m 8s

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 Magaz

Cinnamon (Behemoth) - Victoria Douglas

Sep 15th, 2021 14m 58s

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, Cinnam

Not All Robots (AWA) - Mark Russell

Sep 8th, 2021 13m 47s

Robots... they're just like us! This week we’re joined by Mark Russell, writer of the dark sci-fi satire Not All Robots, a 5 issue limited series with art by Mike Deodato Jr & colors by Lee Loughridge. It's published by AWA.FOLLOW!Mark Russel

Almost American (Aftershock) - Ron Marz

Sep 1st, 2021 15m 19s

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.

Seis Cuerdas (Source Point Press) - Anthony Rella

Jul 29th, 2021 20m 4s

This week we're joined by Anthony Rella, writer of Seis Cuerdas, a 3-issue limited series published by Source Point Press. It's a playful, well-written adventure with art that takes you back to great, pulpy adventures of decades past. It feels

Factory Summers (Drawn & Quarterly) - Guy Delisle

Jun 24th, 2021 14m 14s

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 Good Asian (Image) - Pornsak Pichetshote

Jun 9th, 2021 15m 2s

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.

Made in Korea (Image) - Jeremy Holt

May 26th, 2021 11m 34s

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 shelv

Rain Like Hammers (Image) - Brandon Graham

May 19th, 2021 13m 32s

With the fifth and final jumbo-sized issue of Rain Like Hammers hitting the stands, we talk to Brandon Graham about his far future sci-fi comic that he says is a kind of cousin of Iyashikei manga. But also there's a super-criminal switching bod

True War Stories (Z2 Comics) - Alex de Campi & Khai Krumbhaar

May 5th, 2021 26m 44s

This week we’re joined by Alex de Campi and Khai Krumbhaar. They're the editors of TRUE WAR STORIES, a 260 page nonfiction graphic novel anthology published by Z2 Comics that features 15 tales of American service members deployed overseas. The

Sogni Strani - Jerome Gaynor

Apr 29th, 2021 16m 28s

You know what's lame? When someone tries to tell you about their dreams. Amazingly, when Jerome Gaynor does it in comic form in his new book Sogni Strani, the results are pretty fantastic. That's because he's got his dream-recording method down

Young Shadow (Fantagraphics) - Ben Sears

Apr 21st, 2021 10m 10s

This week we’re joined by Ben Sears, writer & artist behind Young Shadow, a new all-ages graphic novel that features a young, noirish crimefighter out to seek justice for a wide range of trespasses. It's published by Fantagraphics and it's in s

Home (Image Comics) - Julio Anta

Apr 14th, 2021 15m 22s

We talk with Julio Anta, writer of the 5-part limited series, Home, published by Image Comics. Set against the backdrop of the United States' child separation policy, it tells the story of a young asylum seeker whose superhuman abilities manife

Save It for Later (Abrams ComicArts) - Nate Powell

Apr 7th, 2021 22m 12s

We're joined by Nate Powell whose new graphic novel SAVE IT FOR LATER: Promises, Parenthood, and the Urgency of Protest is out now from Abrams ComicArts. It's an incredibly insightful, humorous, and anxiety-inducing rumination on the past 4-5 y

Killiamsburg (TKO) - Erick Freitas

Mar 30th, 2021 14m 31s

This week we’re joined by Erick Freitas, writer of the TKO Short: Killiamsburg. It's the tale of a group of Williamsburg hipsters who decide to throw a party in the middle of the biggest snowstorm to hit Brooklyn in a century only to end up bat

ALIEN (Marvel) - Phillip Kennedy Johnson

Mar 24th, 2021 16m 55s

In comics, no one can hear you scream. We talk to Phillip Kennedy Johnson, writer of Marvel’s new Alien series. It’s compelling, it’s canonical, and it's on the shelves of your local comics shop right now!FOLLOW!Phillip Kennedy Johnson (Writ

RM (Tinto Press) - Josh Bayer

Mar 17th, 2021 13m 15s

Appropriation, remixes, and remakes! This week this week we’re going to talk to Josh Bayer about a new edition of RM, a book in which he's taken the stories of ROM The Space Knight and made them his his own. It’s published by Tinto Press, and i

Maniac of New York (Aftershock) - Elliott Kalan & Andrea Mutti

Mar 10th, 2021 21m 4s

We're joined by writer Elliott Kalan and artist Andrea Mutti to talk about Maniac of New York, and the perils of becoming inured to society's ills. Published by Aftershock Comics, the 2nd issue of this 5-part series is out now.FOLLOW!Elliott

Post York (Berger Books) - James Romberger

Mar 3rd, 2021 17m 7s

We're joined by James Romberger, who’s excellent new graphic novel Post York–set in a realistically dystopian NYC–is out now. It’s published by Berger Books, a division of Dark Horse Comics.FOLLOW!James Romberger (Writer & Artist, Post York)

Stray Dogs (Image) - Tony Fleecs & Trish Forstner

Feb 24th, 2021 14m 2s

"Lady and the Tramp meets Silence of the Lambs." Writer Tony Fleecs and artist Trish Forstner join us to talk about their compelling 5-part murder mystery, Stray Dogs, published by Image Comics.FOLLOW!Tony Fleecs (Writer, Stray Dogs)Twitte

Night Hunters (Floating World Comics) - Dave Baker

Feb 17th, 2021 22m 2s

This week, you should be spending your money on Night Hunters #2, published by Floating World Comics and created by writer Dave Baker and artist Alexis Ziritt. Dave Baker joins us to talk about this dazzling, dystopian 4-part cyberpunk mini se