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Cryptid Creator Corner from Comic Book Yeti - A Comic Book Interview PodcastAlex L Combs and Andrew Eakett Interview - Trans History: From Ancient Times to the Present DayNow in year three of my Pride Month Feature coverage on the show, I’m more excited than I’ve ever been about shining a light onto the diversity of projects representing queer focused characters and getting to chat with the creators who make them. For myself, Pride this year feels like a more somber affair as the current administration seeks to not only suppress the struggle of the queer community but also to attempt to eliminate their history and in the most extreme cases, invalidating that certain people even have the right to exist but instead of getting down...2025-06-201h 12
Gender RevealBonus: Rani SomTuck chats with visual artist and author Rani Som (she/her) about writing an exquisitely eggy memoir, coming out in her 40s, and exploring the inevitable failure of trans utopia. Listen to the full episode on Patreon to hear discussions of growing up in Manhattan, working in architecture, drawing sex scenes (or not), Kate Bush, misanthropy, and the freaky pickle art on Tuck’s wall. Find Rani at bishakh.com and @biche_bash. Apsara Engine and Spellbound are both available on Bookshop.org. Get your Philly live show tickets and come hang out with T...2024-11-1819 min
Words, Images, & WorldsWords, Images, & Worlds Episode 123 with Bishakh SomAuthor and artist Bishakh Som talks about craft, as well as sharing stories in comics form. You can read more about Bishakh's work at http://www.bishakh.com/2023-06-2523 min
t4tepisode 12: Jeanne ThorntonI talk with Jeanne Thornton about everything from the history of recorded music to writing as a form of magic.Some of Jeanne's work:Summer FunThe Black Emerald: Novellas & Stories The Dream of Doctor BantamSome of the works/people/etc. mentioned in this episode: The Beach Boys and Brian Wilson (ofc)I Am Brian Wilson: A Memoir by Brian Wilson (with Ben Greenman)Perfecting Sound Forever: An Aural History of Recorded Music by Greg MilnerCalvin and HobbesWe Had No Rules by Corinne Manning Jeanne Thornton's review of We Had No Rules (on AGOTT)Cor...2022-10-261h 14
The Belongg Literature PodcastReimaginings Ep 01 | Reimagining LoveReimagining love: Breaking away from the normative with authors Sharif Rangnekar, Bishakh Som and Maia Kobabe. In this episode, we will hear our guests explore their relationship with community and found families, experience writing memoirs and the role of love in political, cultural and social discussions.About the Guests:Sharif Ragnekar is a well known journalist and advocates for LGBTQ+ rights at every possible platform. He is the Festival Director of the Rainbow Lit Fest and his memoir Straight to Normal: My Life As A Gay Man is one of the few pieces of writings...2022-06-011h 08
Blockhead: Cartoonists talk ComicsBishakh SomGraphic Novelist and New Yorker cartoonist Bishakh Som visits to talk about “Apsara Engine”, 2020 winner of the Los Angeles Times Graphic Novel Prize, as well as as “Spellbound”, her equally engaging graphic memoir. Along the way, she and Geoff talk about her trans awakening and experience, comics, architecture and cooking!
Bishakh Som:
bishakhsom.com
https://www.feministpress.org/books-a-m/apsara-engine
https://www.streetnoisebooks.com/spellbound
geoff:
Instagram: @greenscreencomic
geoffgrogan.com
2022-05-022h 02
Crossroads in Therapy PodcastReimaginings Ep 01 | Reimagining LoveIn this episode, we will hear our guests explore their relationship with community and found families, experience writing memoirs and the role of love in political, cultural and social discussions. Sharif shares his experience of living through key moments of the LGBTQIA movement in India. Bishakh explores the utopian connotations in her writing and contemplates the radicalness of her collections. Maia shares eir motivation to write a memoir and elaborates on the limitations of the Western gender binary. The episodes ends on a positive note, with all guests recommending books and cinema depicting queer joy. Guests:2022-02-171h 08
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #249-BISHAKH SOM! Comics, advice, food, trans cartography & MORE.We are over the moon to welcome award-winning graphic novelist BISHAKH SOM to the podcast today!
Bishakh is the author of Apsara Engine & Spellbound. She was an architect , who changed her life completely and dedicated herself to comics in New York City in her 40s.
Bishak’s short story collection,
Apsara Engine, won the LA Times Book prize for graphic literature.
Her work explores themes of gender, sexuality, memory and urbanism, among other things.
Her website states: On a formal level, some of my pieces co...2021-12-1453 min
t4tepisode 7: Bishakh SomI talk with artist/cartoonist/writer Bishakh Som about everything from goth as gender to how she created two wildly different books that came out around the same time: Apsara Engine and Spellbound. You should follow her on Instagram, where she often posts stunning for-sale work. The episode transcript will be uploaded in the not-too-distant future. (Sorry!)The podcast theme song is "Tall Girl" by Wares from the album Survival, which you can (and probably should) get via Bandcamp. (This song appears courtesy of Wares and Mint Records.)Our logo was designed by R...2021-07-081h 26
Bitches on ComicsEpisode 93: The infinite possibility of gender featuring Bishakh SomIn today's episode, our third pride month extravaganza interview, we talk to Bishakh Som about her LA Times and Lambda Literary award-winning short story comic collection Apsara Engine, as well as her beautiful graphic memoir Spellbound. We discuss how creating comics helped her discover her trans identity, the power of exploring gender in community, her contributions to the We're Still Here all trans comics anthology, and more!Learn more about Bishakh at: www.bishakh.comFollow Bishakh on Instagram at: @biche_bashPick up Apsara Engine at: https://www.feministpress.org/books-a-m/apsara-engine2021-06-091h 19
The Cardamom Pod6. South Asian FuturismSouth Asian futurism is about imagining what the future scape could look like – utopias with futuretech, lush green spaces, energy-efficient skyscrapers, possibly yes, but also unity in diversity, faith, creation, and more. This week Nadya speaks to comic artist Bishakh Som whose graphic short story collection Apsara Engine engages with South Asian futurism to imagine a creative, queer, verdant future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-11-2541 min
TBA21 on st_ageThe Future Can Be Excavated from the PastArtists and writers explore shifting lands, hybrid bodies, and polar–south asian imaginations. From a super cyclone, to a rhinoceros gift, and an underwater planet, we travel through time, visit the future, but never quite leave the past behind.
Participants: Skye Arundhati Thomas, Raqs Media Collective, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Nabla Yahya, Bishakh Som
Raqs Media Collective make art and curate exhibitions. They time-travel when necessary. They are the artistic directors of the Yokohama Triennale 2020.
Mary Anne Mohanraj is the author of A Feast of Serendib (Mascot Books, 2020), The Stars Change (Circlet Press, 2013), Bodies in Motion (Harper Collins, 2006), and twelve other tit...2020-10-0930 min
All the Books!New Releases and More for August 25, 2020This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Winter Counts, Spellbound, The Great Offshore Grounds, and more great books.This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life, MIRA Books and Lies Lies Lies by Adele Parks, and Impersonation by Heidi Pitlor, now available from Algonquin Books.Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, iTunes, or Spotify and never miss a beat book.Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more...2020-08-2535 min
Fierce Womxn Writing - Inspiring You to Write MoreMinna Salami - Author of Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for EveryoneThis week our guest is Minna Salami, author of Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and:Showing up for your museHaving an idea that you’re obsessive aboutAnd moreIf you’re a new listener to Fierce Womxn Writing, I would love to hear from you. Please visit my Contact Page and tell me about your writing challenges.Follow this WriterVisit her Website, Facebook, Twitter, and InstagramOrder Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for EveryoneFollow the PodcastVi...2020-05-2845 min
Fierce Womxn Writing - Inspiring You to Write MoreBishakh Som - Author of Apsara Engine, a collection of graphic short storiesThis week our guest is Bishakh Som, author of Apsara Engine, a collection of graphic short stories. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, andTurning everything offMaking sure your work isn’t too precious while you’re editingAnd moreIf you’re a new listener to Fierce Womxn Writing, I would love to hear from you. Please visit my Contact Page and tell me about your writing challenges.Follow this WriterVisit her Website, and InstagramOrder Apsara Engine, her collection of Desi Futuristic graphic short storiesFollow the Podcas...2020-05-2132 min
Desi BooksDesi Books Ep 5 w/ Bishakh SomIn today’s episode, in addition to the usual roundup of new notable desi books, short stories, poems, essays, interviews, awards, and more, we have the graphic storyteller, Bishakh Som, joining us for a new monthly segment called #DesiCraftChat. This segment will feature storytellers talking about their craft, how they approach it, their process, their works, and more. So Bishakh will be sharing details about her latest collection, Apsara Engine, and how she approaches the graphic storytelling form. The episode transcript and all links are here: http://jennybhattwriter.com/2020/05/06/desibooks-podcast-episode-5. Follow on Twitter: @DesiBooks. Email: hellodesibooks@gmail.com. Thanks fo...2020-05-0647 min
PW Comics World: More To ComeMore To Come 414: Anika Orrock InterviewAn interview with Anika Orrock, creator of ‘The Incredible Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League’, a graphic history of the legendary women’s baseball league that flourished from 1943-1954. Plus a new Star Gazing with graphic novel reviews editor Meg Lemke about Bishakh Som’s debut story collection ‘Apsara Engine’, and Derf Backderf’s ‘Kent State: Four Dead In Ohio’.2020-03-2056 min
Podcast | Big Planet ComicsPodcast #126
We report on multiple trips to New York!
Plus, we review all these books:
All-New Captain America #1 – Rick Remender, Stuart Immonen
Captain American and the Mighty Avengers #1 – Al Ewing, Luke Ross
Deep State #1 – Justin Jordan, Ariela Kristantina
Django Zorro #1 – Quentin Tarantino, Matt Wagner, Esteve Polls
Drifter #1 – Ivan Brandon, Nic Klein
The Kitchen #1 – Ollie Masters, Ming Doyle
Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream – Paul Allor, Michael & Laura Allred, Weshoyot Alvitre, Connie Appletree, Gabriel Bá, Peter Bagge, Fil Barlow, Jeremy Bastian, Jeremy Baum, Art Baxter, Alexandra Beguez, Gregory Benton, Stephen R. Bissette, Bo...2014-11-1400 min