Sagittarian Matters

Episode #20-Carson Ellis!!

Getting groovy with CARSON ELLIS!!!

Carson Ellis is the illustrator behind "Wildwood", "Home", and The Decemberists. Join us on her farm as we give advice for young artists, talk about her trajectory, and how saying No can give you the power of space and focus.

ADVICE with Michelle Tea, Pidgeon Pagonis, Tara Perkins & Bea Neil!!

Today we are joined by a writer, an activist/artist, a businesswoman and a senior citizen to chat and answer your most burning questions on love, dating, roommates, and rumors!

Episode #18-Ian MacKaye!!!

Today on the podcast I'm so happy to welcome Ian MacKaye for a long conversation about my Minor Threat cover band, the joys of touring and the business of art.

This episode is dedicated to the loving memory of Anne Winter, and was made possible in part by Steve & Maya Schroeder.

Episode #17-Ellen Forney & responding to rumors with Michelle Tea!!

Michelle Tea & Nicole discuss what to do if someone starts a rumor about you. Then we are treated to a long-form discussion on creating graphic memoir  and coming out as crazy with comic artist ELLEN FORNEY, author of the NY Times Bestselling book, "Marbles".

Powerful Businesswomen Part 2!!

Music manager/business woman TARA PERKINS joins me to talk about the politics behind paying artists, the time she defended her traveling art show on FOX news, an incident on Sister Spit tour, and MORE.

A Very Lesbian Episode featuring Beth Ditto, Jennifer Camper, and the Lesbian Lexicon!!

Today on the podcast, we have several lesbians (okay, one is pan-sexual).
Beth Ditto returns to review hotel fruit,
Stevie Ann reads us the best gay words from The Lesbian Lexicon, and Jennifer Camper (Queers & Comics Conference) talks comics, women, & how mermaids have sex. Tune in!

Episode #14-Dame Darcy!!

Today we are joined by epic mermaid/witch/pirate Dame Darcy!!!!

Dame Darcy is the genius cartoonist behind Meatcake. She's been prolifically cartooning and running a small empire for over 25 years.
We talked about the business of making & selling art, being a mermaid, the goddess returning, appearing on reality dating shows (like Blind Date & Flava of Love), and the time she was thwarted in auctioning off a lock of Kurt Cobain’s hair. 

Find her at damedarcy.com.

Business Women Part 1!!

Powerful Business Women, Part 1!

Advice on fundraising from Michelle Tea,

Advice on what to do when someone else bites your idea from Nicole G, and then the piece de resistance:
An interview with Sarah Gertrude Shapiro!!!!

Sarah Gertrude Shapiro is the co-creator of the television show "UnReal" on Lifetime, a dark, scripted drama set behind the scenes of a romantic reality show. We discuss & excerpt Sarah's TED talk on borrowing male privilege in Hollywood, get real about the sacrifices one makes to be a working artist and MORE.

Episode #12-Phoebe Gloeckner!!

This week, I am over the moon to welcome Phoebe Gloeckner to the podcast!!!

She is the author of the books "Diary of a Teenage Girl", "A Child's Life", and is in the new Wimmen's Comics box set. "Diary of a Teenage Girl" was released as a movie last year. Phoebe is currently at work on a multi-media project about killings in Juarez, Mexico.

In this interview, we go deep about death, memory, memoir, and more.

Enjoy.

Episode #11-Special Mancast!! w/ Alec Longstreth, Noah Van Sciver & Stephen Collins

This week on Sagittarian Matters, a special Mancast! Nicole travels to New York & France to talk with 3 of her favorite male cartoonists.

Alec Longstreth discusses cartooning as a new parent, Noah Van Sciver tells me why he won't draw sex, and illustrator Stephen Collins reveals why he was advised to "kill himself" upon entering the United States.