Salt and Honey is a podcast by two friends and full-time cartoonists, Sloane (From Under Mountains, A Map to the Sun) and Leslie (Snotgirl) who want to delve deeper into why they like what they like and hate what they hate. Each week, we explore different aspects of different comics (popular and obscure), as well as other popular media, including but not limited to movies and television.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 4 days 11 hours 32 minutes
episode 11: Kyoko Okazaki
This week, we discuss the shoujo manga artist Kyoko Okazaki, whose work centering around the social issues of young people living during the ‘80s and ‘90s in Tokyo still has resonance in popular culture today. Works discussed in this episode:...
episode 10: Rem
This week we talk to Priscilla Hamby, a.k.a. Rem (Devil’s Candy, Soulless, Vampire Kisses,) about her career, Tokyopop’s Rising Stars of Manga, American comics, and how peoples’ perception of manga influenced work has changed over the years. Rem...
episode 9: Conventions
In this episode, we talk about how we got into conventions, our favorite shows, least favorite shows, some advice on how to set up or plan for merchandise and tables, and touch on con etiquette. Spoiler alert: we’re bad at tabling.
episode 8: Tucker Stone
Tucker was our first guest, but we uploaded this out of order. Tucker probably best known for being a comics critic and running The Factual Opinion. In this episode we talk about different facets of comics and our inherent biases when we choose media....
episode 7: Iasmin Omar Ata
We talk to our friend Iasmin Omar Ata about their new graphic novel, Mis(h)adra, and delve into the topic of sci-fi and why it’s important. We also talk about video games, science fiction and feelings, the importance of paneling in comics,...
episode 6: Meredith Gran
This week, we get to talk to Meredith Gran (Octopus Pie) about her approach to storytelling, the internet, teaching, and being financially self sufficient while making comics. We talk about the game Meredith is making and the history of webcomics (as...
episode 5: Four Graphic Novels
This week, Sloane and Leslie discuss their favorite and least favorite parts of four graphic novels. This episode is DEFINITELY spoiler-friendly. We discuss The Divine, Beautiful Darkness, This One Summer, and Prince of Cats.
episode 4: Mostly About Monthlies
Sloane and Leslie talk about what goes into comic sales and the struggles of monthly comics and how to cope. We talk about our good and bad experiences as teens taking art classes and how we combat creative burn out, among other things.
episode 3: Western Comics
Sloane and Leslie talk about their favorite monthly comics from American publishers. Starting with our first exposure to Western comics (from Watchmen to the Sandman) and ending with our recommendations.
episode 2: Q&A and Comics Shop Talk
Sloane and Leslie are back for the second episode of Salt & Honey, where they discuss the secret world of manga artists (Naoki Urasawa's Manben and Aoi Honoo) and answer questions from Twitter.