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Episode 14 - Thurbermania, with Matthew Thurber
Episode 14
Wednesday, 4 March, 2026
Buckle up, gentle listener, for a whirlwind tour of the comic art (and life & times) of Lummi Island's Golden Boy, Brooklyn's Hottest Dad, and Art Comics' Secret Weapon, Matthew Thurber! Matthew is the author of 1-800-MICE, Infomaniacs (Picturebox), Art Comic, Mr. Colostomy (Drawn and Quarterly), Vector Hugo, Pirates of the Condominium -- and most recently Looking for the Cat, an ongoing series published by Neoglyphic Media. We begin with Looking for the Cat, set in Matthew's childhood home of Lummi Island, and then travel back in time to the twilight of the George W. Bush era, when 1-800-MICE was being conceived. From there we move through two decades of Matthew's oeuvre, and recirculate, Finnegans-Wake-like, to his latest work. Along the way we get into life as a young NYC art handler, the heady days of Picturebox, the writing of Thomas Pynchon and Raymond Roussel, Children of Men, stories with and without endings, making comics in quarantine, and making comics when your baby was just born and you've lost your cat. Grateful to Matthew for spending so much time with me revisiting all this work! It was a lot of fun. Thanks to Jason Butler for producing the episode! Links Matthew's website Matthew's instagram Miami Review of Comics on instagram Drew's patreon Jason Butler's website Jason Butler's instagram
