DIGITAL Archives
2023 so far...
Read an interview with Cola Pop Creemees creator, Desmond Reed.
Read an interview with Chicago singer/songwriter and filmmaker, Thomas Comerford.
Acid Nun creator, and horror afficianado, Corinne Halbert.
Punk comic strip workhorse, Ben Snakepit.
Real live zine action hero, Liz Mason.
Santos Sisters tag team, Greg & Fake and Marc Koprinarov.
Comics artists and Cola Pop Creemee's Manager, Desmond Reed.

2005-2020
Like the print archive, this archive is by no means complete. It simply contains a smattering of interviews, articles, and reviews published in the digital version of the Reglar Wiglar.
NOTE: All interviews/reviews conducted/written by me, Chris Auman, unless otherwise noted.
Jump to interviews with Bands, Comics/Graphic Novel Artists, Writers & Zinemakers.
Reviews of Comics/Graphic Novels, Zines/Books, Music.
BAND INTERVIEWS
2010-2019
This drunken post-show interview took place backstage at the Bottom Lounge with Chicago's The Mediums.
Fort Collin's CO band Dinero answered the big money questions in this Q&A.
Star Reporter Carol Bales went figure skating (figuratively) with Coupleskate.
Star Reporter (and recent North Carolina transplant) Carol Bales took a few shots at Birds & Arrows.
Rebecca Sueng interviewed Nashville, Tennessee's garage rock band Bad Cop then whipped up this tasty article for the citizens to enjoy.
Blasted Diplomats and Chris Auman walk into a Bucktown bar. That's the setup to this interview with Chicago's records store clerk supergroup.
I discussed the sweaty music scene in Charm City, of which Dope Body is a proud memeber of.
Tom Hauser, mastermind behind local band Kaspar Hauser, sat down with me for some Persian cuisine and to talk about Cleveland, among many other topics.
T. Bux interviews old friend and fellow Virginian John Campbell of the might metal band Lamb of God.
Gag me with a spoon, Lollygagger may be the funniest heavy band in the Chicago music scene right now and that's no joke!
I focused in on this edgy Chicago rock quartet and bounced a few questions of Radar Eyes.
Reading Rainbow is not just a literary meteorological phenomenon, it's a great band duo too as I found out.
I was sure the Summer Girlfriends were a group of imaginary band from Canada, but boy, was I wrong. They're a Chicago band!
When I heard the the call of Voice of Addiction I just had to answer. Here is my interview with Ian from this great Chicago punk rock band.

COMICS ARTISTS/
GRAPHIC NOVELISTS
New in 2023: Check out these brand new interviews with daily punk comic strip artist Ben Snakepit and horror graphic novelist Corrine Halbert.
Derf Backderf talks about his graphic novel about his famous-for-the-wrong-reasons high school friend, Jeffrey Dahmer.
Box Brown created graphic novels about pop culture pioneers like Andy Kaufman and Andrew the Giant and was gracious enough to talk to me about his process.
Jeffrey Brown makes killers robots downright adorable. I found out a bit about his influences that are not Star Wars.
Indie-comics-hero-turned-kids-comics-hero, Jef Czekaj, explains just how in the hell you pronounce his name (spoiler alert: it's check-eye).
I became aware of Simon Gane's work when we used to trade zines accross the pond way back in the day. I was finall able to track him down and interogate him.
Andrew Maclean sure knows how to lop a head off a gnarly troll-looking dude. Or, I should say, he knows how to draw a dude who knows hot to lop a head of a... you get the idea.
One of the masterminds behind the cult hit Henry and Glenn Forever comics, Tom Neely got plenty of love for other projects too.
Ed Piskor likes delving into the histroy of things like hacking and hip hop then doing creating graphic novels out of what he find.
Mimi Pond has been sending ripples and making waves in comics for about five decades now. I asked her about her recent autobiographical work.
The king of King-Cat Comics, John Porcellino talked about his long-running comic King-Cat, of course.
Jesse Reklaw and I go way back in the underground zine/comic publishing world and I finally got to ask him a bit about his backstory.
For a truly bizarre experience, check out Hans Rickheit comics. They'll make you feel a little weird in a really great way. I learned a little more about why that is.

WRITERS & ZINE MAKERS
New for 2023: Read an interview with zine mover and shaker, Liz Mason.
Author and awesome slide lap steel guitar player, Zach Boddicker withstands a few questions about his latest novel.
Nick Sondy interviews sci-fi writer, English professor, and total Dickhead (Phillip K. Dick], and former bandmate David Gill.
Jake Austen has been publishing his Roctober zine for decades, I found out why.
Author Caseen Gaines dug deep into one of the most bananas Saturday morning TV shows ever, Pee-Wee's Playhouse.

REVIEWS: COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
Henry & Glen Forever by the Igloo Tornado Collective
Henry & Glen Forever & Ever by Various Artists
Henry & Glen Forever & Ever: The Ridiculous Edition by Various Artists
Incredible Change-Bots Part 2 by Jeffrey Brown
Cyclical by Shia LaBeouf
King-Cat #72 by John Porcellino
King-Cat #73 by John Porcellino
The Hospital Suite by John Porcellino
From Lonesome Mountain by John Porcellino
The Customer is Always Wrong by Mimi Pond
Everything Dies #7 by Box Brown
Boy's Club by Matt Furie
Chicago: A Comix Memoir by Glenn Head
Mooncop by Tom Gauld
Tetris: The Games People Play by Box Brown
The Customer is Always Wrong by Mimi Pond
Harvey Pekar's Cleveland by Harvey Pekar & Joseph Remnant
Prison Pit #4 by Johnny Ryan
God is Disappointed in You by Mark Russell with Shannon Wheeler
Apocrypha Now by Mark Russell with Shannon Wheeler
A Matter of Life by Jeffrey Brown
My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf
Trashed by Derf Backderf
Newave!: The Underground Minicomix of the 1980s edited by Michael Dowers
Taint the Meat, It's the Humanity by Jack Davis & Al Feldstein
Treasury of Mini Comics Vol. 1 edited by Michael Dowers
WIZZYWIG by Ed Piskor
Buddy Buys a Dump by Peter Bagge
Celebrated Summer by Charles Forsman
Couch Tag by Jesse Reklaw
Snake Pit Gets Old by Ben Snakepit
Woody Guthrie & the Dust Bowl Ballads by Nick Hayes
Read more comics/graphic novel reviews.

WRITERS & ZINE/BOOK REVIEWS
Lexicon Devil: The Fast Times and Short Life of Darby Crash and the Germs by Brendan Mullen, Don Bolles, and Adam Parfrey
MAD Magazine #505 by the Usual Gang of Idiots
Cometbus #54: In China with Green Day by Aaron Cometbus
Devastator #4 by Various
East Village Inky #48 by Ayun Halliday
The Comics Journal #301 Publisher Gary Groth
Why We Drive: The Past, Present, and Future of Automobiles in America by Andy Singer
The Art of Atari by Tim Lapetino
Lou Reed by Anthony DeCurtis
Moving Target: The History and Evolution of Green Arrow by Richard Gray
The Essential Carl Mahogany by Zach Boddicker
Under the Radar: Notes from the Underground Mushroom Trade by Olivier Matthon
Roctober #48-#50 Edited/Published by Jake Austen
Three Books on Dungeons & Dragons by Various
Three Zines About Riding Trains by Various
Three Zines About Food & Drink by Various
Two Zines from the Scene History Series by Various
Three Zines by Joe Biel
Xerography Debt four reviews
Simple History six reviews
Three reviews of Rad Dad by Tomas Moniz
Three Zines by Adam Gnade
Three Zines by Al Burian
Two Zines by Katie Haegele
More Books and Zine Reviews
Even More Book and Zine Reviews
Still More Book and Zine Reviews

MUSIC REVIEWS
Separation Sunday The Hold Steady
Disturbing the Air AZITA
A Bunch of Record Reviews byMike Dixon
The Sons Kaspar Hauser
Mother of Curses D. Rider
Halfway Home Angel Olsen
Disturbing the Air and Year Reviews Azita
Threace CAVE
You're Nothing Iceage
Chronology Robyn Hitchcock
Ripley Pine Lady Lamb the Beekeeper
It's Up to Emma Scout Niblett
Savage Young Dü Hüsker Dü box set
The Lost Art of Empathy Voice of Addiction
Brat Curse self titled
Even in the Tremor Lady Lamb
A Whole Bunch More Record Reviews
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