Gutter Boys

Please, have a seat. The boys would like to have a conversation with you about the state of comics culture today. They also want you to listen to their interview with Philladelphia's own Gina Dawson and Tom Marquet, owners and operators of Partners and Sons.

We discuss the business of comics, their origin stories, the many trials and tribulations of the shop, its rise to prominence as a central hub for the small press community in ...

It's time. We're joined with LA-based cartoonist Mary Shyne to talk about her new book, You and Me on Repeat. It's available for sale at all fine comic retailers starting today!

Follow Mary on Instagram @maryshyneonline.

Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email us at gutterboyspodcast@gmail.com and we'll read it on the next episode, or give the Gutter Boys a follow on Instagram and Twitter (JB: @mortcrimpjr; Cam: @camdelrosario). An...

It's the final half of BUTTER MONTH in celebration of the Kickstarter campaign for the upcoming anthology comic BUTTER. Joining us this week with co-editor Jas Hice is Detroit-based artist Mary Harvey to talk about her work, her interest in the relationship between fine art and comics, how she got involved in BUTTER, and what it's like to work at a major comic shop.

Follow Mary on Instagram @mrvyhrvy to check out her work.

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April is officially BUTTER MONTH in celebration of the Kickstarter campaign for the upcoming anthology comic BUTTER. Joining us this week along with co-editor Jas Hice is Abe Lampert, Brooklyn-based cartoonist, painter, and educator to talk about his academic career, why he makes comics and their relationship with his paintings, his time at Yale's painting program, and the differences between fine artists and cartoonists.

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Mind the blicky, Gutter Boys are coming with a nice fat episode with a CLASSICO-style intro where the boys cover the news and random bits of chatter like we used to do. In the second half, Cam talks with David Caldwell, friend of the show and cartoonist based out of Knoxville, TN. David is a consummate road warrior, doing show after show across the country to sell his wares. They talk about his body of work, his experiences on the ...

THE MAD LAD Michael D. Kennedy returns to the show to talk about his newest book that's out now on Drawn & Quarterly, Milk White Steed. We catch up with Michael on his journey of making the book, UK's dire economic situation and how it's impacted artists like himself, what motivates him to keep making work, and his recent residency at the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. We also suck him off for like a solid 15 minutes beca...

The evil infidels of KC are defeated by the People's Republic of Philadelphia, Drake is humiliated on two national stages, and the Gutter Boys are getting back to a semi-regular schedule. The world is finally healing.

On this episode, we're joined with Philly's own Connie Myers to talk about the one thing this podcast is allegedly about: COMICS. We discuss her influences, her early work and how it's developed over the past few year...

The boys are back, returning from our holiday break to bring a belated 2024 round up in the form of our annual PIMPS & SIMPS AWARDS. Who are the winners and losers? Will posting return in 2025? Is this the last time we do this? Will we finally rename our problematic award show? Tune in to find out.

Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email us at gutterboyspodcast@gmail.com and we'll read it on the next episode, or give the Gutter...

We're quickly approaching the end of 2024, and what a time it's been. FREE OUR MAN.

On this episode, we're joined with Brooklyn-based cartoonist Gianna Meola. We talk about her work as an educator, her biggest influences, the development of your process as an artist, and her need to rewatch Sopranos from beginning to end.

Follow Gianna on Instagram @giannameola.

Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email us at gutterboyspodcast@gmail....

LATE BUT NOT NEVER. We're joined with past guest Bianca Xunise and first-time guest Raeghan Buchanan in a two-for-one shop talk. Both have been actively touring to support their respective books: Bianca's Punk Rock Karaoke (Penguin) and Raeghan's 2nd edition printing of The Secret History of Black Punk (Silver Sprocket). We talk about their books, what it's been like on the road in Europe, the overlap of comics and punks, being bla...

Yeah we're a week late. We know. And we're sorry! Past Guysner winner Nate McDonough joins JB to talk about LONGBOXES, his recently self-published autobiographical book collecting all of his ongoing Longboxes stories originally published in his comic zine Grixly. We get into his lurid career as a comics flipper, the stories and characters of an unforgiving world that inform his comics, and the overlooked taxonomy of ponytail guys.

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Cam is back?! And at what cost???? The boys announce a change to the pod, with Cam taking a break from the mainfeed until the end of the year. News and recents are also discussed, because we felt like it. Avi, owner of Silver Sprocket, returns to talk about their current fundraising campaign, as well as going in-depth about the current state of publishing, how it's effecting small press and Silver Sprocket, the shift in San Francis...

GOOD EVENING GUTTER GHOULS. So we're late. What's new? Cam is still on a break, but JB isn't alone left to ponder on what bumps in the night. Instead, he's visited by the spooky specter of Philly-based cartoonist Steve Thueson to welcome the first week of what is sure to be a monstrous month of October. Steve shares his process of making his newest book The Night Never Ends (Silver Sprocket Press), how he got into comics thru punk ...

The wrongs have been righted. A brand new episode on our off-week to make up for our mix-up from the last episode has arrived. We're closing out our three-part series as part of Chicago Zine Fest's official programming with Chicago-based cartoonist and CXC Emerging New Talent Award winner Kelly Wang to talk about her love for all things comics, her upbringing around manga a a child, her insane work ethic, why she sticks to working ...

Man we're all over the place on this one. What was meant to be the final episode of our three-part series as part of Chicago Zine Fest's official online programming, ended up being egg on our face. Cam interviews Chicago(ish)-based cartoonist Johnny Sampson who is in fact NOT tabling (oops). Thankfully we've been meaning to talk with Johnny anyway, so we make due with our mistake. And don't sweat, we'll be posting the final CZF int...

A week behind and no Cam. What could possible go wrong? Possibly*

As part of our ongoing series in conjunction with Chicago Zine Fest as part of their official online programming, we're joined with Chicago-based cartoonist Elias Gonzalez. Elias is a long-time listener and one of the organizers involved with CZF. We talk about his blossoming career making comics, how his work has developed pre and post-college, his experience as a z...

REAL GAMERS RISE UP as we talk to Chicago-based cartoonist and illustrator Luke Schuler about his ongoing self-published webcomic-turned-real-comic Boss Nostalgic. We talk about the development of his comic, his love of video games, his work outside of comics, how he's navigated the professional commercial art world, and what informs his funny books. This interview is part of a four-episode series in conjunction with Chicago Zine F...

Better late than never, the boys are back with another GUTTER BOYS episode to discuss all the news that came out of SDCC. 

Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email us at gutterboyspodcast@gmail.com and we'll read it on the next episode, or give the Gutter Boys a follow on Instagram and Twitter (JB: @mortcrimpjr; Cam: @camdelrosario). And of course, please rate, review, like, share, and subscribe on your preferred podcast platform an...

SUCZ 2 be u, unless you are Ryan Bosmer. Ryan is a Virginia-based cartoonist making all-ages comics and toys. He's also the creator of Staunton Underground Comics & Zines Fest. Ryan talks about the show, his work, the good people of Staunton, sobriety, and lifting heavy stuff for fun.

Follow Ryan on Instagram @awfulquiet and pick up a comic at his webshop.

Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email us at gutterboyspodcast@gmail.co...