191: Kate Beaton (DUCKS: TWO YEARS IN THE OIL SANDS) & Michelle Paver's DARK MATTER
In This Episode:
Legendary comic artist and writer Kate Beaton drops into the Damn Library and talks about her monumental achievement — her new memoir, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, and all that comes with it, including excavating memories, showing her parents a painful past, and how comics can be a type of memory palace. Plus, she brings along Michelle Paver’s Dark Matter, and we both talk about how we get spooked and how dogs are great.
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THE EP. 191 BOOKSHELF
WHAT'D YOU BUY?:
Kate: The Good Asian Vols 1&2 by Pornsak Pichetshote, art by Alexandre Tefenkgi
Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King
Parker by Richard Stark
Love Everlasting by Tom King, art by Elsa Charretier
Do a Powerbomb by Daniel Warren Johnson
Always Never by Jordi Lafebra, art by Clémence Sapin, Jordi Lafebre
Shades of Fear edited by Ashanti Fortson and Allison O’Toole
The Silver Coin by Chip Zdarsky, Kelly Thompson, Ed Brisson, Jeff Lemire, art by Michael Walsh
Christopher: Case Study by Graeme Macrae Burnet
Singer Distance by Ethan Chatagnier
ALSO MENTIONED:
Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton
Kate’s Christmas Comics
Kate’s Great Gatsbys
Dark Matter by Michelle Paver
Thin Air by Michelle Paver
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Cast Away (dir. Robert Zemeckis)
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Kate: The Third Person by Emma Grove
Christopher: If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
