Cheap Chills - On Art and Monsters

Cheap Chills - On Art and Monsters


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Isabel Samaras : Howl and find the people who howl back at you
October 09, 2024

I am so thrilled to bring you the conversation for this episode! I got a chance to catch up with my friend, world renown painter, Isabel Samaras. Years before we ever met I discovered her work through

Horror Movies by The Bollock Brothers
September 24, 2024

Welcome to the Cheap Chills podcast, where artists can talk, mostly about monsters.This week, Ben breaks down one major bit of inspiration from his past: The Bollock Brothers song, Horror Movies.Ho

What We’ve Learned from Ed Wood and Large Marge, with David DeGrand
September 10, 2024

I think youre really like this episode. I Got to chat with cartoonist, David DeGrand. His art is mixes elements of silly, cute and gross in a way that really gets me excited to draw.We also came in

Black Metal / Black Toner with Dr. Wolfenbergen
September 03, 2024

This week Im joined by Art Director, Justin Moll, who is known as Dr. Wolfenbergen by night (and likely weekends). His personal art (and upcoming zine) is stripped down, simple yet gritty...and kinda

Talking 'Toons Creator of The Cuphead Show, Dave Wasson
August 27, 2024

Welcome to the Cheap Chills podcast, where artists and creators who love spooky, weird stuff can get together and talk spooky weird art .talk. A few months ago, I was alone in bed watching The Cup H

The Monster Club, 1981- with Amanda Walker-Story - Rerelease of Ep. 8 Monsters in Turtlenecks
August 21, 2024

This week Ben is busy with something very frightening if common among us these days, bills! So we've dug up (get it? GET IT??) a spooky gem from the early days of this podcast, Monsters in Turtlenecks

My Tubi Continue Watching List, Plus a Lost Movie, and Feeling Rusty with Drawing
August 12, 2024

Introducing a new segment, "Continue Watching?" where Ben goes through his Tubi, Continue Watching list and talks about the movies he didn't get through; gems like Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century, War

How Horror Makes Us Feel Better and Art-Making Reveals All Our Secrets : with Jules Fischer
August 05, 2024

Hey Gang! This week I'm joined by Jules Fischer, an Indi Comic book Artist from Berlin, Germany. We get into all kinds of stuff! Her influeces, Charles Burns, Dan Clowes and Jamie Hernandez sent her d

What is Your Lost Movie? Call The Hotline! : Let's Check in With Ben
July 29, 2024

Hey gang, this week Ben is taking calls on the new Lost Movie Hotline. Listeners who caught a movie when they were little, one that seared itself into their memories, can now call in with a voicemail

Mad Monster Lady, Audrey Rose - Crestwood Monster Books, Being a Weirdo
July 22, 2024

Ben is joined this week by artist, mom and teacher, Audrey Rose, also known as Mad Monster Lady.This week's (official) topic is the Crestwood Monsters series of books. They talk about how monsters ar