Used to get Shred up here in Canada even...don't recall seeing Thrasher. Would love to see an episode on the small publisher post apocalypse stuff...ex exmutants.
Thank you!!!! I randomly picked up an issue of Shred at the newsstand in the late 80s and could never quite find it online through the years since I only remembered the barest of details about it.
Why don’t you guys launch a skateboarding 🛹 anthology comic, so us makers can sub stories to you? I’m actually working on such a piece right now, and you blew my freakin mind today with this episode. Keep doing what you’re doing guys, you’re speaking to my soul.
Holy crap! SHRED! Ground level it may have been, but must have had widespread distribution--I snagged a copy as a kid at my local grocery store in rural Southeast TN. It would've been beside a B&W SSOConan mag. I remember seeing the Shred character and thinking it was the baddest ass costume design ever/nothing like it at DC/Marvel, and years ahead of Spawn. Of course, now as an adult, it appears especially S&M to me, haha. But, damn! When. I saw this video, sweet childhood dejavu!
Yo Jim, If you haven't heard of Wrench Pilot by Mel Bend, it was a strip in Transworld in the late 80's. It's an excellent dynamic stylee strip about skating. It was a huge hit with me and my posse back in 89-91ish
Great episode. Not skateboarding comic book artists but they all come from the 80's hardcore punk culture and are artists that need to be checked out - Bryan Walsby was a very adroit cartoonist who often drew great images of different bands popular in the hardcore community at the time - John Crawford who drew and lettered a wonderfully sardonic strip that was reproduced in many different fanzines internationally called Baboon Dooley Rock Critic! - as well check out artist Pushead who is I suppose more of an illustrator than perhaps a comic book artist but his work is pretty prominent since he did art work eventually for Metallica - before the hardcore era during the first wave of punk music in the mid to late 70's would be John Holmstrom who produced the influential early fanzine called Punk!, it was heavily influenced by comic books and is a worthy of a good look as well.
Mom got me a Thrasher subscription when I was 11. Changed my world. Igor's Dungeon, Pusshead's album reviews, band interviews, and all the t-shirt ads got me into so many of my favorite bands. Glad I've been able to pick up at least a few of the Thrasher Comics over the years before the Kayfabe effect jacks the prices up even more on these bad boys!
Thrasher mag came out with a comic called skate coach like ten years ago, and they have cool illustrations in every issue from this dude named Michael Sieben for the lest 10-20 years
Hey Jim, have you ever heard of Rad Rex? A skateboarder with a possessed board fights demons. I have only found issue 3 so far. Thanks for this episode it was rad. I have loved skateboarding and comic books since the age of 5. I am now 43, and the love for these artforms is still strong. Now to go follow my marching orders. Nuff Said!
The "skateboarding" description made me pick up Street Angel originally. I love those chill stories where she was just skating around dumpster diving. Not telling you how to write your comic Jim but I loved that stuff. Atmospheric chilling. Speaking of... when are we getting a Brandon Graham episode?
man have u ever read that Wilbur kookmeyer comic called the magic surfboard. what just happened to me would make the craziest skate comic. one day i was practicing a set of 4 stairs when i rolled my ankle and heard it snap. i woke up the next day and could barley put weight on it so i went to the hospital to get it x-rayed. they put me into a pink room and told me it wasn't broken then wrapped it up in a bandage. i skated on it without any ollies for a month and finally was able to to kick flips again. a few weeks later i got up and rolling again and then all of the sudden i was surrounded by a group of Baptists from local church. I was barely able to escape when i punted a big rock with my big toe and broke it. the next day it was so swollen in my shoe while trying to skate it skinned almost down to the bone. it took a few weeks for the swelling to go down and some stretching but then all of the sudden i was able to run faster and jump higher. my toe was twice as big as it was originally like giant guerilla toe.
10:52 johnny childish is now known as johnny ace he and his partner kali verra worked with ed "big daddy" roth and they have a book of there art out called the workshop of filthy creation make sure if you buy the book get it from them just hit up kali verra on FB and get a signed copy of there KILLER book.
Japan has a much smaller skateboarding scene, so skateboarding manga are pretty rare. Here's two short series: SK8R'S www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=105001 mangadex.org/title/27785/sk8r-s 900° www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=49509
Used to get Shred up here in Canada even...don't recall seeing Thrasher. Would love to see an episode on the small publisher post apocalypse stuff...ex exmutants.
Ditto! BC boy, bored as fuck visiting Little India in Vancouver as a kid while the parents were shopping and stubled upon issue 5!!
where have these skateboarding comics have been all my life? I need them now.
I have a 2 issues of Shred, really like the look of it. Great video.
Thank you!!!! I randomly picked up an issue of Shred at the newsstand in the late 80s and could never quite find it online through the years since I only remembered the barest of details about it.
Man, those Thrasher comics are wicked, I would kill for some kind of collection of them, at least the Spain strips for sure.
Why don’t you guys launch a skateboarding 🛹 anthology comic, so us makers can sub stories to you? I’m actually working on such a piece right now, and you blew my freakin mind today with this episode. Keep doing what you’re doing guys, you’re speaking to my soul.
^This
Nothing better than some skateboarding! Early video guys.
About 4:30 in there's a mention of Rantz Hoseley. He would go on to edit Comic Book Tattoo, the award winning anthology based on Tori Amos' music.
i would LOVE thrasher to bring out a book with all there comics in it and some tasty extras too.
Holy crap! SHRED! Ground level it may have been, but must have had widespread distribution--I snagged a copy as a kid at my local grocery store in rural Southeast TN. It would've been beside a B&W SSOConan mag. I remember seeing the Shred character and thinking it was the baddest ass costume design ever/nothing like it at DC/Marvel, and years ahead of Spawn. Of course, now as an adult, it appears especially S&M to me, haha. But, damn! When. I saw this video, sweet childhood dejavu!
Yo Jim, If you haven't heard of Wrench Pilot by Mel Bend, it was a strip in Transworld in the late 80's. It's an excellent dynamic stylee strip about skating. It was a huge hit with me and my posse back in 89-91ish
I bought those Shred comics off the newsstand when they came out. Loved it even though I couldn't skate to save my life.
Great episode.
Not skateboarding comic book artists but they all come from the 80's hardcore punk culture and are artists that need to be checked out - Bryan Walsby was a very adroit cartoonist who often drew great images of different bands popular in the hardcore community at the time - John Crawford who drew and lettered a wonderfully sardonic strip that was reproduced in many different fanzines internationally called Baboon Dooley Rock Critic! - as well check out artist Pushead who is I suppose more of an illustrator than perhaps a comic book artist but his work is pretty prominent since he did art work eventually for Metallica - before the hardcore era during the first wave of punk music in the mid to late 70's would be John Holmstrom who produced the influential early fanzine called Punk!, it was heavily influenced by comic books and is a worthy of a good look as well.
Mom got me a Thrasher subscription when I was 11. Changed my world. Igor's Dungeon, Pusshead's album reviews, band interviews, and all the t-shirt ads got me into so many of my favorite bands. Glad I've been able to pick up at least a few of the Thrasher Comics over the years before the Kayfabe effect jacks the prices up even more on these bad boys!
Sort of related, look up bmx comic "radical rick" which is like these mixed with little annie fanny
Thrasher mag came out with a comic called skate coach like ten years ago, and they have cool illustrations in every issue from this dude named Michael Sieben for the lest 10-20 years
inner city romance issue four has an awesome skateboarding scene
Hey Jim, have you ever heard of Rad Rex?
A skateboarder with a possessed board fights demons. I have only found issue 3 so far. Thanks for this episode it was rad.
I have loved skateboarding and comic books since the age of 5. I am now 43, and the love for these artforms is still strong.
Now to go follow my marching orders.
Nuff Said!
The "skateboarding" description made me pick up Street Angel originally. I love those chill stories where she was just skating around dumpster diving. Not telling you how to write your comic Jim but I loved that stuff. Atmospheric chilling. Speaking of... when are we getting a Brandon Graham episode?
man have u ever read that Wilbur kookmeyer comic called the magic surfboard. what just happened to me would make the craziest skate comic.
one day i was practicing a set of 4 stairs when i rolled my ankle and heard it snap. i woke up the next day and could barley put weight on it so i went to the hospital to get it x-rayed. they put me into a pink room and told me it wasn't broken then wrapped it up in a bandage. i skated on it without any ollies for a month and finally was able to to kick flips again. a few weeks later i got up and rolling again and then all of the sudden i was surrounded by a group of Baptists from local church. I was barely able to escape when i punted a big rock with my big toe and broke it. the next day it was so swollen in my shoe while trying to skate it skinned almost down to the bone. it took a few weeks for the swelling to go down and some stretching but then all of the sudden i was able to run faster and jump higher. my toe was twice as big as it was originally like giant guerilla toe.
Two things that go together
10:52 johnny childish is now known as johnny ace he and his partner kali verra worked with ed "big daddy" roth and they have a book of there art out called the workshop of filthy creation make sure if you buy the book get it from them just hit up kali verra on FB and get a signed copy of there KILLER book.
I will read anything Spain done.
Japan has a much smaller skateboarding scene, so skateboarding manga are pretty rare. Here's two short series:
SK8R'S
www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=105001
mangadex.org/title/27785/sk8r-s
900°
www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=49509
Oh fvck, didn’t expect to see that ish of Ribit.
Any issues featuring rivalries with rollerbladers? 😁 I was a rollerblader or "fruit booter" so maybe I should see if I ever find any blading comics.
i think Johnny Childish is Jeff Gaither under a pen name.
Skateman by Neal Adams