Episode 011 – John Porcellino

Today’s interview is with John Porcellino of Spit and a Half Distribution and King-Cat Comics. John is a self-published full time comic (zine) creator and distributes other people independent comic works. The first King-Cat Comic was created in 1989, making it one of the best-known and longest-running “zine” series today. In this episode we cover the zine scene, the importance of festivals, John’s artistic process, and more. You can learn more about John’s comic at: king-cat.net Or check out other comics he distributes at: spitandahalf.blogspot.com Here are links to some of the events mentioned in the podcast: Twin Cities Book Fest Milwaukee Zine Fest Twin Cities Book Festival Bonus Question for John? Unfortunately I missed a question from the twitter feed. John was nice enough to answer it after the podcast went up on the blog & iTunes @jasonloveslife For John, from Andrew L, “How did growing up in Illinois shape you as an artist?”. Thanks! — Andrew (@AndrewAvocado) October 16, 2013 John’s Answer: Being exposed to the Chicago Imagists when I was in high school had a huge impact on me beginning to think about comics in new ways, directly leading up to the start of King-Cat. I think also the plainness, and kind of understated milieu of the Midwest has certainly played a big part in the way I approach art and life. I’m a Midwesterner through and through. -John Porcellino

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Episode 011 – John Porcellino is an episode from Jason Loves Life Podcast - Helping Your WebComic Live Long and Prosper by Jason Love : Comic Book Creator, Entrepreneur, and Blogger.

This episode is 1:01:54 long.

This episode was published on Nov 12, 2013.

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