The TradeWaiters 103: The Cartoonist Co-op 2024 Mini-Comic Awards


For today’s episode we look at the winners of the Cartoonist Co-op 2024 Mini-Comic Awards: Fancies by Alex Cara, Marrow A.K.A. Rodney’s Law by Sloane Hong, Crossed Signals by Narrenstrich, Bottom’s Up! by Barbara Benas, and The Bird Daughters by Madeline McGrane. We’ll talk about the unique magic of minicomics, turning dreams into comics, and how to choose which bird hybrid assassins you want as your overlords.

Also mentioned in this episode:
Letters to an Absent Father by Mare Odomo
Pennies by Neil McCrae
Snowball in Hell by Der-shing Helmer
Lockdown: Tales from Aotearoa by various
Lesbian Nuns: Breaking the Silence edited by Nancy Manahan & Rosemary Keefe Curb
Ranma 1/2 by Rumiko Takahashi
O Human Star by Blue Delliquanti
The Accursed Vampire by Madeline McGrane
Sunflowers by Keezy Young
Smile by Raina Telgemeier
Diabetes Funnies and Postmodern Minicomics by Colin Upton
Shortbox
Lucky Drop
The Cartoonist Cooperative
and Maida Kilwa by J Dalton

Music by Sleuth

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