It seems a bit like comic books are everywhere these days: dominating our screens from Iron Man to Jessica Jones. But this isn't the first time that there's been a comic book boom. And it's not always as easy to ride that wave, as an artist, as it might seem.

Comic artist Matt Huynh has had a lot of success at this comic-making thing. First in Australia, now in New York. We're also joined by Marcelo Baez, who witnessed the 90s comics craziness first hand.

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So much of Matt's art is on his site; but you'll need to check out SBS to read the Boat.

Have a look at Marcelo's work on his site. There's some Diabla artwork to see as well.

Frank Miller wrote and drew things like the Dark Knight Returns, 300, Sin City and Daredevil. The Daredevil story Born Again was one of the comics Matt recommends getting started reading with. The other comic he recommended was Marjane Satrapi's Chicken with Plums, which is first date approved by his girlfriend.

Some of the Australian comics mentioned in the episode were Cyberswine, Da 'n Dill, Hairbutt the Hippo, Squadron Supremeand Tim McEwan's Greener Pastures. Matt drew us a red homage to McEwan's comic for FBi's upcoming Brush with Fame art auction for 2016:

Songs from this episode:
Girl — Beck
Strange Nostalgia For The Future — Cut Copy
Golden Valves — Orkestra Del Sol
Phat Planet — Leftfield
Boardwalks — Little may
Black Wax — Dananananaykroyd

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