Super Pulp Science

By GMB Chomichuk

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Episodes: 360

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A weekly podcast in which creative professionals G.M.B Chomichuk and Justin Currie (Chasing Artwork) explore the ingredients that go into a life working in their studio making art, writing stories and making graphic novels. Interviews with other industry newcomers and professionals compare and contrast different approaches and philosophies of living a creative life.

Episode Date
360. Pick a Weapon You Can Keep Sharp
Oct 26, 2026
359. It's Fun to Make Plans!
Oct 19, 2026
358. Saying ‘No’ To Things
Oct 12, 2026
357. Depends On What You Want
Oct 05, 2026
356. The Creeps
Sep 28, 2026
355. Standing Together on the Sand
Sep 21, 2026
354. Silver Links (Story Break Draft 1.5)
Sep 15, 2026
353. The Place Where Mark Hamill Died
Sep 07, 2026
352. The Problems of the Page
Aug 17, 2026
351. Pressed Up Against a Deadline
Aug 10, 2026
350. Movies! And Other Crap (SDCC 2026 Recap)
Aug 03, 2026
349. If I Don’t, I Won’t
Jul 20, 2026
348. Leg Day Comes For Us All
Jul 13, 2026
347. Best Life, Best Lie (Story Break)
Jul 06, 2026
346. Defending the Effort, Not the Work
Jun 29, 2026
345. Two Tanks and a Carmilla
Jun 22, 2026
344. You’re a Bit of a Chimera
Jun 16, 2026
343. Do You Like Weird Stuff?
Jun 08, 2026
342. Our Biased Approach to Writing Sword and Sorcery
Jun 01, 2026
341. In the Firelight
May 26, 2026
340. The Limits of Genre (Live from Keycon!)
May 19, 2026
339. The Biggest Booth I’ve Ever Built
May 11, 2026
338. Enough Impossible Things
Apr 21, 2026
337. Now a Minor Motion Picture
Apr 13, 2026
336. How "The Bottom Line" Was Made (Story Break)
Apr 06, 2026
335. Post-Traumatic Kickstarter Syndrome
Mar 30, 2026
334. The Least Commercial Work We’ve Ever Done
Mar 24, 2026
333. In the Mud
Mar 17, 2026
332. It’s Just That Their Job is Different
Mar 10, 2026
331. The Opposite of Accidents
Mar 02, 2026
330. No Time For Feeling (Strange Brew Launch!)
Feb 20, 2026
329. Why Haven’t I Been Doing it That Way?
Feb 16, 2026
328. The Logger's View of the Forest
Feb 10, 2026
327. Remind Them There's More
Feb 02, 2026
326. Look At The Stone, Not The Ripple
Jan 26, 2026
325. A Qualified Discerning Creative
Jan 19, 2026
324. Unintentional Advancements
Jan 12, 2026
323. Everything Suddenly, All At Once (2025 Year in Review in Review)
Dec 29, 2025
322. Writing Next to the Laundry Room
Dec 22, 2025
321. Why Would You Do This For Free?
Dec 16, 2025
320. I've Got The Worst Power! (How "Lifties" was made)
Dec 08, 2025
319. It's Not Gone, Just Changed
Dec 01, 2025
318. Aren't You Above This?
Nov 24, 2025
317. It’s a Big Event With a Lot of People (Winnipeg Comiccon 2025 Recap)
Nov 17, 2025
316. Don't Leave Yourself Time to Be Afraid
Nov 11, 2025
315. Solving New Problems All The Time
Nov 03, 2025
314. I Have To Unload My Dad’s New Spellbook!
Oct 27, 2025
313. Oh No, I'm in a Bad Spot! (NYCC & Quebec Comiccon recap)
Oct 20, 2025
312. The Disaster That No One Sees Coming (A.K.A. The Mushy Middle)
Oct 14, 2025
311. In the Mainstream
Oct 06, 2025
310. Hitting the Target (a.k.a. The Hobbit Effect)
Sep 29, 2025
309. Get Everyone Together and Show That Comics Are Cool
Sep 22, 2025
308. Trying Too Hard to Think About the Franchise
Sep 15, 2025
307. One Impossible Thing at a Time (How “Power Line” was Made)
Sep 08, 2025
306. Weird Show! (Fan Expo 2025 recap)
Sep 01, 2025
305. What We Kept and What We Killed
Aug 25, 2025
304. Hide a Magician in Your Crowd
Aug 18, 2025
303. The Place You Grew Up In (SDCC recap pt. 2)
Aug 11, 2025
302. Nobody Leaves at 7:00 (SDCC recap pt. 1)
Aug 04, 2025
301. Maybe Aliens Show Up
Jul 28, 2025
300. To Iceland!
Jul 22, 2025
299. "This Could Be Higher..."
Jul 14, 2025
298. So, Are You Excited?
Jul 07, 2025
297. That's TCAF, Baby!
Jun 30, 2025
296. Cool Outfits, Neat Weapons, and a Code
Jun 23, 2025
295. A Rubber Monster Slathered in Goo
Jun 16, 2025
294. Barely Middling Weird
Jun 09, 2025
293. Guardians of Fandom
Jun 02, 2025
292. The Dark Section of the Show
May 26, 2025
291. Objects can be Protected from the Fall
May 19, 2025
290. The Calgary Escapade - Transmissions from The Road (Warning: May Contain Snakes)
May 12, 2025
289. Controlling Your Means of Production
May 07, 2025
288. Does the Audience Want to See It?
Apr 28, 2025
287. As likely to have it go nowhere than somewhere
Apr 21, 2025
286. Less Than a Crumb of Attention
Apr 14, 2025
285. This is my job!
Apr 01, 2025
284. It will never be the way it was
Mar 24, 2025
283. Privatizing the Portal to Hell
Mar 18, 2025
282. What is "The Fight"?
Mar 10, 2025
281. The Wobble Zone
Mar 03, 2025
280. I don’t believe in ghosts, I am afraid they’re real.
Feb 24, 2025
279. The Magic of Story
Feb 17, 2025
278. Why Not Just Give Up?
Feb 10, 2025
277. The Saddest Profession
Feb 03, 2025
276. Carefully Read Your Contract
Jan 27, 2025
275. The Servant of the Project
Jan 20, 2025
274. Love The Process More Than The Outcome
Jan 13, 2025
273. If a certain kind of person hates it, then it’s for me!
Dec 23, 2024
272. Banging Your Head Against the Mainstream Comics Wall
Dec 11, 2024
271. Tales from the Distillery
Dec 05, 2024
270. Building Your Personal Brand
Nov 27, 2024
269. I Don't Mean to Poopoo on Publishers
Nov 14, 2024
268. A Forty-Minute Endeavour (Winnipeg Comiccon recap)
Nov 07, 2024
267. The Dark Side of Creating Comics
Oct 31, 2024
266. A Plethora of Prairie Comics Readers
Oct 25, 2024
265. It's just fun to make up stories!
Oct 16, 2024
264. Building the airplane as we fly it
Oct 02, 2024
263. The Distinguished Competition
Sep 26, 2024
262. A Library of Clouds and Rocks
Sep 18, 2024
261. Just One More
Sep 11, 2024
260. Excuses to casually make things
Aug 27, 2024
259. Adventures on the bus (with a surprise story break!)
Aug 21, 2024
258. Your style is the mistakes you can’t get rid of
Aug 13, 2024
257. The Olympics of Attention Warfare
Aug 06, 2024
256. The Old Men and the Con
Jul 30, 2024
I used to be a Magical Girl
Jul 22, 2024
Poets, or Hot-take Jerks?
Jul 16, 2024
The Danger of Jargon
Jul 08, 2024
The 4 P's of Creativity: Putter, Plans, Projects, and Parts
Jul 01, 2024
We're Going to Art So Hard!
Jun 25, 2024
My Brain is an Angry Pile of Squirrels
Jun 16, 2024
Story breaking 'Science Water' - an eco-friendly Creature Feature
Jun 09, 2024
What makes a Dire Beast?
Jun 02, 2024
Has Thermos Technology Gone Too Far?
May 24, 2024
The 3 F's of Calgary Expo
May 13, 2024
Schrodinger's Convention
Apr 28, 2024
The Intangibles of Traditional Publishing
Apr 21, 2024
The grass is always greener where there aren’t cowboys.
Apr 09, 2024
The Hydra starts to eat itself
Mar 30, 2024
When your ideas are jealous of each other
Mar 23, 2024
Damn, that's not art!
Mar 14, 2024
You're Clipboad Guy now
Feb 11, 2024
An Alien Queen on the side (Justin's origin story)
Jan 30, 2024
How dare I not try? (Gregory's origin story)
Jan 21, 2024
Handing in your homework twice
Dec 12, 2023
Dan and the Fantastics
Dec 03, 2023
Cozy Introvert Mode
Nov 25, 2023
Would you buy my ashcan?
Nov 16, 2023
The Two M’s in Life: Marriage and Mortgage
Nov 06, 2023
‘My Disgust at the New York Comic Con Artist Alley’: Chasing Artwork on NYCC 2023
Nov 02, 2023
From Here to Tom Hardy
Oct 22, 2023
Figure out what your thing is
Oct 18, 2023
The Bottom of the Iceberg
Oct 03, 2023
How the Muse Arrives
Sep 25, 2023
The Skip Over Effect
Sep 19, 2023
Disappointment is that gap between what you want and what’s happening
Sep 11, 2023
Building resilience in a creative field
Sep 03, 2023
You’re locked in here with me (How Blood Vault was made)
Aug 21, 2023
Making Comics the Steven Way
Aug 14, 2023
Consolation Con (SDCC & Pemmi-Con postmortem)
Aug 06, 2023
Why would you do an anime convention? (Ai-kon 2023 recap)
Jul 29, 2023
'We've never made a book': a conversation with Friesens printing
Jul 23, 2023
There is a danger in getting big
Jul 16, 2023
I'm making comic books, calm down!
Jul 06, 2023
A secret plan revolving around a platform
Jun 27, 2023
This little glimmer that makes you want to know more
Jun 18, 2023
I Gamble Every Day, I'm in Publishing!
Jun 09, 2023
The Moment Dictates Difference
Jun 03, 2023
Not in control of certain aspects of your ascension
May 24, 2023
Bnb Bros (Calgary & Saskatoon recap)
May 17, 2023
So, why comics?
May 10, 2023
Every project is a stepping stone
May 03, 2023
I made a thing, and I don’t know what to do!
Apr 17, 2023
Do you think you’re still hungry?
Apr 09, 2023
When does art become design?
Mar 29, 2023
First Con of the Year!
Mar 23, 2023
Love You to Death
Mar 12, 2023
A Danger in the Details
Mar 07, 2023
A Crappy Part of the Internet
Feb 22, 2023
My idea's good, I promise!
Feb 12, 2023
Letting the imagination run wild
Feb 03, 2023
Your best ideas happen when you have no time
Jan 31, 2023
What to do in the age of uncertainty
Jan 23, 2023
The Year of 2022 (Writing the Wrong Way collab)
Jan 15, 2023
The detritus of our careers
Dec 19, 2022
Sometimes you need visual excitement
Dec 12, 2022
Creating something cool
Dec 02, 2022
I'll make that mean something
Nov 25, 2022
How 'Meathouse' was made (Live at FanQuest!)
Nov 18, 2022
There's a checklist...
Nov 06, 2022
24 Hours of Comics
Oct 23, 2022
One Weird Thing
Oct 13, 2022
Degree and not a category
Oct 06, 2022
The Werewolf Guy
Sep 28, 2022
Ego as Object
Sep 15, 2022
Sparrow Among the Peacocks (Fan Expo debrief)
Sep 07, 2022
The Mountain
Aug 23, 2022
Damn convention, I'm doing it myself!
Aug 16, 2022
Comets on the brain
Aug 08, 2022
The year that all conventions are coming back
Aug 01, 2022
The Monster has its own rules
Jul 24, 2022
Blinded by your own vision (Montreal Comiccon postmortem)
Jul 15, 2022
The Literati
Jun 24, 2022
Love It Enough To Work Hard On It
Jun 17, 2022
Ghost T-Rex is the Scariest Ghost
Jun 09, 2022
Together Again... Again
Jun 01, 2022
The Things That Happen With Internships
Apr 02, 2022
Under Promise, Over Deliver: the Cori Jaye Way
Mar 24, 2022
Journeys & Destinations with Scott B. Henderson
Mar 17, 2022
The Exquisite Corpse (Dead Work Kickstarter Funded!)
Mar 10, 2022
Your Project Might Become 10 Times Cooler (Dead Work Anthology Kickstarter ends soon!)
Mar 01, 2022
Our Dead Work will live again!
Feb 09, 2022
This Author is a Real Person
Jan 25, 2022
Professionalism the Wrong Way with Jonathan Ball, PhD
Jan 17, 2022
His Name is Jonas
Jan 10, 2022
Creating Connections and Viking Werewolves
Dec 13, 2021
New Experiences
Dec 02, 2021
Not Finishing is Failure
Nov 27, 2021
“Not in an evil way…”
Nov 20, 2021
First Con in a Long Time...
Nov 12, 2021
The New Art Book is Here!
Nov 07, 2021
Where's my Booth Setup? (Live from Winnipeg Comiccon!)
Oct 30, 2021
Creating the Eye Collector with Jonathan Ball (Part 2)
Oct 21, 2021
The Pros and Cons of returning to Cons
Oct 14, 2021
156. Return of the Living Hosts
Oct 07, 2021
155. Endings and beginnings
Jul 06, 2021
154. Flip Your Compositions
Jun 10, 2021
153. Pictures of Strangers
Jun 03, 2021
152. Vancouver Ruth
May 28, 2021
151. The "Double The" Edition
May 20, 2021
150. Fairytale Ending
May 14, 2021
149. The More You Do It...
May 04, 2021
148. Takes More Than It's Worth
Apr 23, 2021
147. Back-and-forthing
Apr 16, 2021
146. Just make something new!
Apr 09, 2021
145. The Last Witch
Apr 01, 2021
144. Gregory Dollars
Mar 26, 2021
143. Something Special About Europa
Mar 20, 2021
142. The FanQuest Panel of Horror!
Mar 11, 2021
141. A New Appreciation for Restrictions
Mar 04, 2021
140. Get a job, but plant a garden
Feb 25, 2021
Bonus Episode: A Reading from The Automatic Age
Feb 18, 2021
139. Gregory, How Can You help?
Feb 11, 2021
138. We Built a Blood Cannon
Feb 04, 2021
137. We want to sell the stories we make
Jan 28, 2021
136. A Mistake That You Make All The Time
Dec 24, 2020
135. Man, this texture is so nice!
Dec 17, 2020
134. A Style Experiment
Dec 08, 2020
133. Chasing How it Used to Be
Dec 01, 2020
132. The Hot Pepper Thing
Nov 27, 2020
131. The Idea of an Enduring Story
Nov 17, 2020
130. The Failure is Not Finishing
Nov 10, 2020
129. The Repulsive Essentials
Oct 27, 2020
128. Truth in Advertising
Oct 20, 2020
127. The Kings of Kickstarter
Oct 06, 2020
126. I Fought for Gertie
Sep 29, 2020
125. Pretend That It's Normal
Sep 22, 2020
124. Gotta be able to pivot
Sep 08, 2020
123. Building a new Kickstarter
Sep 01, 2020
122. And Along Came Hannah
Jul 08, 2020
121. The Gift of Story
Jun 17, 2020
120. Good Robots Glow Blue
Jun 09, 2020
119. Remix of a bunch of stuff I used to do
Jun 03, 2020
118. Creativity Is My Drug
May 21, 2020
117. The Danger of Nostalgia
May 12, 2020
116. A Forgery of Your Own Painting
May 05, 2020
115. A Book Has a Long Life
Apr 28, 2020
114. Can You Hear Me?
Apr 21, 2020
113. The Heart of the Story
Apr 14, 2020
112. Literally Join the Fight
Apr 06, 2020
111. The King's Metal
Mar 31, 2020
110. Social Distancing
Mar 23, 2020
109. A World of Overlapping Deadlines
Mar 17, 2020
108. Intent Matters
Mar 09, 2020
107. Oh Yeah, Conventions Are Fun!
Mar 03, 2020
106. A Goatee is Not a Beard
Feb 24, 2020
105. Angry About the Fish in the Pond
Feb 18, 2020
104. I Like Krampus
Feb 11, 2020
103. Something From Nothing
Feb 03, 2020
102. The Machine Gears Turning
Jan 27, 2020
101. My Thought Chamber
Jan 20, 2020
100. One Hundred Episodes!
Dec 18, 2019
99. If they hate the books, that's fine too.
Dec 10, 2019
98. Banking the Gumption
Dec 02, 2019
97. Day One Work
Nov 25, 2019
96. Thieves of Joy
Nov 18, 2019
95. Suddenly, Computers!
Nov 13, 2019
94. Just Add Puppies
Nov 04, 2019
93. Meaningful Struggle
Oct 29, 2019
92. Always Reply (or: How to Follow Up after a Big Con)
Oct 23, 2019
91. Hey You! (NYCC Recap)
Oct 15, 2019
90. Weird Baby Art
Oct 07, 2019
89. Our Heart Grew Three Sizes That Day
Sep 29, 2019
88. The Three Page Curse
Sep 23, 2019
87. The Things That Don't Work
Sep 16, 2019
86. It's the Singer, Not the Song
Sep 09, 2019
85. You're Not Big, But You're Small
Aug 13, 2019
84. Fail Upwards
Aug 13, 2019
83. Plant Fiction (or how 'Dead Head' was made)
Aug 06, 2019
82. First Idea, Worst Idea
Jul 30, 2019
81. Free Lanyards! (SDCC 2019 recap)
Jul 23, 2019
80. Greens vs. Reds (or How 'Green Thumb' was made)
Jul 16, 2019
79. Ted the Shield Tester
Jul 09, 2019
78. Listen Twice As Much As You Speak
Jul 02, 2019
77. Always Use the Whole Word
Jun 25, 2019
76. You Always Deserve To Die
Jun 18, 2019
75. Deep and Shallow
Jun 11, 2019
74. The Heel Pivot
Jun 04, 2019
73. The Amount of Life You Spend (PechaKucha 37)
May 27, 2019
72. The Last Time You Did Something for the First Time
May 20, 2019
71. As We Know It
May 13, 2019
70. The History You Decide
May 06, 2019
69. Airwolf
Apr 30, 2019
68. The Balance Between Chaos and Order
Apr 23, 2019
67. Business Hats On
Apr 15, 2019
66. Fairly Unreachable
Apr 08, 2019
65. Future Me Will Worry About That
Mar 11, 2019
64. Now You're the Expert
Mar 04, 2019
63. Here I Am, I'm Great!
Feb 25, 2019
62. Everything's a Circle
Feb 18, 2019
61. The Nonsense You Say As Advice
Feb 11, 2019
60. Red Earth: The Thought Bubble
Feb 04, 2019
59. The Hokey Pokey Dance
Jan 28, 2019
58. Breaking Story (or How 'Heirlock' Was Made)
Jan 21, 2019
57. Just Trust It
Jan 14, 2019
56. Nobody Wants You to Write
Jan 07, 2019
55. Little Brain Poots
Dec 31, 2018
54. Jumping on the Bandwagon
Dec 24, 2018
53. The House Fire Inside
Dec 17, 2018
52. This Is What You're Looking For
Dec 10, 2018
51. Everything's a Miracle
Dec 03, 2018
50. #NaNoWriMo
Nov 26, 2018
49. Fool's Gold (or Terrible People Giving Each Other Advice)
Nov 20, 2018
48. The Life of Drake
Nov 13, 2018
47. Labour Has Its Own Value
Nov 06, 2018
46. Not a Straight Path
Oct 30, 2018
45. Enter the Crunch
Oct 23, 2018
44. Big vs. Small (NYCC 2018)
Oct 16, 2018
43. Build Your Own Tower
Oct 09, 2018
42. A Haunted Church
Oct 01, 2018
41. On the Road
Sep 24, 2018
40. Money Always Wins
Sep 17, 2018
39. Meet the Buddha, Kill the Buddha
Jul 30, 2018
38. Let's Make It Super Sad
Jul 23, 2018
37. Too Much Freedom Can Be a Bad Thing
Jul 16, 2018
36. How Conventions Get Made
Jul 09, 2018
35. Threads of Disparate Conversations (post FanQuest Day 1)
Jul 02, 2018
34. The Film is In Charge
Jun 25, 2018
33. A Twisted Murder Plot
Jun 18, 2018
32. You Can Fix Bad Words, But You Can't Fix No Words
Jun 11, 2018
31. Some Problems With Success
Jun 04, 2018
30. How to Fail Gracefully
May 28, 2018
29. Take Opportunities as they Arrive
May 21, 2018
28. Us vs. Them (Mirror Universe Podcast)
May 14, 2018
27. The Haunted Dress
May 07, 2018
26. A First Show Experience Again
Apr 30, 2018
25. Keep Rolling Those Dice
Apr 23, 2018
24. Pantsing With Structure
Apr 16, 2018
23. Make Stuff and Get it Out There
Apr 09, 2018
22. The Democratization of Art
Apr 02, 2018
21. Viking Helmets Didn't Have Horns
Mar 26, 2018
20. Just Arrive and Respond (and make lists)
Mar 19, 2018
19. Is This Where I'm Meant to Be?
Mar 12, 2018
18. The Unparalleled Feeling of Putting Something Out There
Mar 05, 2018
17. Cthulhu Graffiti
Feb 26, 2018
16. The Best Kind of Sickness
Feb 19, 2018
15. We Should Totally Write A Comic
Feb 12, 2018
14. The Power of Images -or- "What did Dave do here?"
Feb 05, 2018
13. A Non-Subjective Perspective
Jan 29, 2018
12. Embracing the Darkness
Jan 22, 2018
11. Know When To Say No
Jan 15, 2018
10. The Truth Pyramid
Jan 08, 2018
9. Advice To Our Younger Selves
Dec 11, 2017
8. All Things Being Equal
Dec 04, 2017
7. Giant Ziggurat
Nov 27, 2017
6. Jump Now, Or You'll Never Jump
Nov 20, 2017
5. Chasing the Fear
Nov 13, 2017
4. The Spark
Nov 06, 2017
3. Destination Oblivion
Oct 30, 2017
1. Spider-Man Pyjamas
Oct 16, 2017