Nov 8, 2024
On today's episode, I talk to cartoonist John Pham. Born in
Saigon, John's family immigrated to the US towards the end of the
Vietnam War. In the year 2000, John received a self publishing
grant from the Xeric Foundation for his comic Epoxy, and later in
the aughts, Fantagraphics published his books Sublife vol. 1 and 2,
the latter of which was nominated for multiple Ignatz Awards. In
between books, John works as an art director on some of your
favorite cartoons including Lucas Bros Moving Co, Axe Cop and the
new animated Everybody Still Hates Chris. His latest book J + K was
published by Fantagraphics in 2020, and a new paperback edition was
released mid-summer this year, and folks, it's terrific!
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