Episode 3: Ben Katchor + Jen Ferguson




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Summary: TRIP CITY Podcast #3 highlights Dean Haspiel’s interview with artist Jen Ferguson, Ron Scalzo’s new “Ronnie’s Story,” Dean Haspiel and Jen Ferguson’s interview with cartoonist Ben Katchor, and the Americans UK single, “Inappropriate Words To Your Mother” off of the album Luxuria by Americans UK. Brooklyn artist, Jen Ferguson, and cartoonist, Dean Haspiel, interviewed renaissance cartoonist, Ben Katchor, at Hang Dai Studios on September 21st. Jen and Dean discussed Ben’s early NY Press comix, his transition between ink and digital, and his latest project, “Up From The Stacks,” which debuted at The New York Public Library with musician, Mark Mulcahy, this past Fall. But, first Dean has a brief conversation with Jen Ferguson about her art. Special thanks to Jen Ferguson, Dean Haspiel, Seth Kushner, Jeff Burandt, Ben Katchor, and BookCourt, the premiere independent book store in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, NY. View a gallery of Ben Katchor’s work. View a gallery of Jen Ferguson’s work. The TRIP CITY podcast produced by Chris Miskiewicz, Dean Haspiel, and Seth Kushner. Photo by Seth Kushner