Greg welcomes cartoonist/designer Jim Rugg back to the show for the first recorded conversation since 2014! Last time, Jim talked with Greg AND Mike about the return of Street Angel through AdHouse Books, among other things. But for 2026, Jim brings a whole slew of new projects to the discussion:
- Becoming a Creative Producer at VeeFriends
- Writing VeeFriends #11 + #12
- Writing AND drawing VeeFriends #13
- Joining the creator-owned distribution co-op Power Pulp
- Designing new collections of Stephen Bissette’s long-out-of-print Tyrant
- Writing a monograph for Bloomsbury Publishing on Barry Windsor-Smith’s Weapon X
- Being back on YouTube in various places talking comics.
The years may have passed, but Jim continues to be passionate about comics in all shapes & forms and even more passionate about making them. Find out about all of that and more on today’s episode!
[This episode is number 828 in a series.]
CHAPTERS
00:00 – Intro
02:28 – Twelve Years Later
03:16 – Joining VeeFriends
06:38 – Writing VeeFriends
09:10 – Farm Fights Origins
13:21 – Bullpen Comics Talk
16:51 – Writing For Other Artists
25:14 – Script Style And Process
29:12 – Teaching And New Ideas
31:50 – Power Pulp Explained
34:37 – Distribution Then And Now
39:40 – Power Pulp Interviews
40:54 – Unearthing Leo Derek
43:51 – Sharing Comics Gems
46:58 – Designing Tyrant Editions
51:12 – Working With Steve Bissette
56:01 – Writing About Weapon X
01:05:19 – Research Fuels Creativity
01:10:34 – Outro