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Can You Dig The Adventures of Rich & Sam - Claire Deely

Jason Mojica — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 21:45:33 GMT

This episode was recorded on the DC Metro, where where I bumped into cartoonist Claire Deely following the 2024 Small Press Expo. She’s the creator of Can You Dig the Adventures of Rich & Sam, a self-published comic that you can get on Gumroad.

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Wait...It Gets Worse (Cosmic Lion) - Gideon Kendall

Jason Mojica and Gideon Kendall — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 18:38:31 GMT

This episode was recorded on the floor of the 2024 Small Press Expo where I had the pleasure of sharing a table with Gideon Kendall, co-author and artist of Wait…It Gets Worse, which is now available as big, beautiful hardcover omnibus with brand new stories from Cosmic Lion. We talk not only about the new book, but about the joys of tabling at comic conventions.

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LIVE SHOW: Karl Stevens, author of Penny: A Graphic Memoir

Jason Mojica — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 22:35:26 GMT

Welcome to BUY THIS COMIC, the show where YOU keep the vital and vibrant medium of comics alive by infusing it with your hard-earned cash. I’m your host Jason Mojica and this time… we’ve got something a little different for you! We’re joined by Karl Stevens, creator of Penny: A Graphic Memoir, but this conversation was recorded live in front of an in-store audience at Hey Kids Comics in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. This chat took place on the evening of Friday, July 19 2024. We’ll be doing more of these evening chats over at the shop, so if you want to know when the next one will be, make sure to subscribe to our substack: https://buythiscomic.substack.com

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Naked Raygun "Broken Things" (Xylophone) - James Romberger & Josh Bayer

Jason Mojica — Wed, 11 May 2022 04:34:01 GMT

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 rock influenced them, and so much more.

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

Jason Mojica — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 02:25:20 GMT

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.

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Monkey Meat (Image) - Juni Ba

Jason Mojica — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 05:00:00 GMT

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.

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

Jason Mojica — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 15:19:16 GMT

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!

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MAD Magazine (DC) - Johnny Sampson

Jason Mojica — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 19:15:36 GMT

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.

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Cinnamon (Behemoth) - Victoria Douglas

Jason Mojica — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 04:40:52 GMT

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!

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Not All Robots (AWA) - Mark Russell

Jason Mojica — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 04:00:00 GMT

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.

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Almost American (Aftershock) - Ron Marz

Jason Mojica — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 04:10:52 GMT

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?

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Seis Cuerdas (Source Point Press) - Anthony Rella

Jason Mojica — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 03:00:00 GMT

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 a bit like Darkman mixed with Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and El Mariachi. The third issue is out now.

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Factory Summers (Drawn & Quarterly) - Guy Delisle

Jason Mojica — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 02:56:12 GMT

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!

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The Good Asian (Image) - Pornsak Pichetshote

Jason Mojica — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 21:03:19 GMT

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.

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Made in Korea (Image) - Jeremy Holt

Jason Mojica — Wed, 26 May 2021 16:00:00 GMT

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.

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Rain Like Hammers (Image) - Brandon Graham

Jason Mojica — Wed, 19 May 2021 04:00:00 GMT

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 bodies with a genetically-engineered butler.

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

Jason Mojica — Wed, 05 May 2021 04:23:25 GMT

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 stories are written by the folks who lived them, and drawn by Peter Krause, Ryan Howe, Skylar Patridge, Eoin Marron, Tish Doolin , Dave Acosta, A. D'Amico, Drew Moss, Josh Hood, PJ Holden, Chris Peterson, Sam Hart, Jeff McComsey, and Paul Williams

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Sogni Strani - Jerome Gaynor

Jason Mojica — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 03:00:00 GMT

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 to a science, which is one of the things we talk to him about on this episode of BUY THIS COMIC!

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Young Shadow (Fantagraphics) - Ben Sears

Jason Mojica — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 04:22:49 GMT

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 stores now.

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Home (Image Comics) - Julio Anta

Jason Mojica — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 04:00:00 GMT

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 manifest during one of the most traumatic events of his young life. The first issue is in stores now.

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Save It for Later (Abrams ComicArts) - Nate Powell

Jason Mojica — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 04:00:00 GMT

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 years of American life that we'll be pushing on people who are generally resistant to reading graphic novels.

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Nate Powell (Writer & Artist, Save It For Later)

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Twitter: @Nate_Powell_Art

Web: seemybrotherdance.org

Abrams ComicArts (Publisher, Save It for Later)

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Twitter: @AbramsComicArts

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Killiamsburg (TKO) - Erick Freitas

Jason Mojica — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 04:03:26 GMT

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 battling the elements... literally.

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Erick Freitas (Writer, Killiamsburg)

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Twitter: @ecfreits

TKO Studios (Publisher, Killiamsburg)

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Twitter: @tkopresents

Web: tkopresents.com

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ALIEN (Marvel) - Phillip Kennedy Johnson

Jason Mojica — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 16:51:52 GMT

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!

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Twitter: @PhillipKJohnson

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Marvel (Publisher, Alien)

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Twitter: @marvel

Web: marvel.com

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RM (Tinto Press) - Josh Bayer

Jason Mojica — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:18:27 GMT

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 it's out now!

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Josh Bayer (Creator, RM)

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Twitter: @mrjoshbayer

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Tinto Press (Publisher, RM)

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Twitter: @t_into

Web: tintopress.com

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

Jason Mojica — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 06:37:44 GMT

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.

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Andrea Mutti (Artist, Maniac of New York)

Twitter: @andreamutti9

Web: andrearedmutti.com

Aftershock Comics (Publisher, Maniac of New York)

Twitter: @AfterShockComix

Instagram: @aftershockcomics

Web: aftershockcomics.com

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Post York (Berger Books) - James Romberger

Jason Mojica — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 05:07:57 GMT

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.

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James Romberger (Writer & Artist, Post York)

Instagram: @james_romberger

Web: postyork.com

Berger Books / Dark Horse Comics (Publisher, Post York)

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Instagram: @DarkHorseComics

Web: darkhorse.com

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Stray Dogs (Image) - Tony Fleecs & Trish Forstner

Jason Mojica — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 05:00:00 GMT

"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.

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Tony Fleecs (Writer, Stray Dogs)

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Web: tonyfleecs.com

Trish Forstner (Artist, Stray Dogs)

Twitter: @TrishForstner

Instagram: @trishforstner

Web: animatedvisions.com

Image Comics (Publisher, Stray Dogs)

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Instagram: @imagecomics

Web: imagecomics.com

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Night Hunters (Floating World Comics) - Dave Baker

Jason Mojica — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 05:00:00 GMT

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 series set in a future Venezuela.

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Dave Baker (Writer, Night Hunters)

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Web: heydavebaker.com

Floating World Comics (Publisher, Night Hunters)

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Instagram: @floatingworldcomics

Web: floatingworldcomics.com

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Razorblades (Tiny Onion) - Steve Foxe

Jason Mojica — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 06:00:00 GMT

This time we’re joined by Steve Foxe, co-creator and editor of Razorblades: The Horror Magazine, published by Tiny Onion Studios. The third issue of this substantial horror anthology is out now as a name-your-own-price digital download (and highly limited print edition).

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Steve Foxe (Co-Creator & Editor, Razorblades)

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Sea of Sorrows (IDW) - Rich Douek & Alex Cormack

Jason Mojica — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 05:35:40 GMT

In this episode, we’re joined by Rich Douek & Alex Cormack, writer and artist respectively of Sea of Sorrows, a 5-issue WWI-era horror mini-series from IDW. Issue #3 is in stores now.

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Rich Douek (Writer, Sea of Sorrows)

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Alex Cormack (Artist, Sea of Sorrows)

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexcormack4

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AlexCormack

IDW (Publisher, Sea of Sorrows)

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Buy This Comic - Trailer

Jason Mojica — Sun, 24 Jan 2021 21:57:04 GMT

Welcome to the official podcast trailer for BUY THIS COMIC, the only podcast devoted to facilitating the transfer of wealth from comic book fans to comic book creators.

That’s right, in each episode we’ll highlight a new comic or graphic novel that we think is worthy of your attention, meet some of the people involved in its creation and together we will urge you... we will implore you... we will break out a thesaurus and find any number of words to convince you to BUY THIS COMIC!

Coming in at under 15 minutes an episode, it’s short and it’s sweet, so subscribe now and increase your enjoyment of the sequential arts by at least 300%.

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