Cheap Chills - On Art and Monsters
Illustrator, Ben Walker-Storey loves monsters, ghosts, creepers and kaiju. On the Cheap Chills Podcast, Ben talks with other artists and creators about how macabre movies, gothic toys and forbidden comics influenced their life and their artwork.
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 48 minutes
- Episodes
- 65
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Mattie Lubchansky "Just Draw the Pages"
Apologies for the long gap between episodes. I’ve been chipping away at a few of my favorite kind of projects; the ones that don’t pay. So this podcast has had to take a back seat. It may come back a…
Anders Nilsen - on Tongues & The Too Scary to Watch Challenge
For this episode I’m joined by Anders Nilsen, the artist and author of ten books including Big Questions, The End, Poetry is Useless and Tongues. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Poe…
Wanna See Something REALLY Scary? with Drew Rausch
Welcome back to Cheap Chills: On Art & Monsters. This week I’m joined by cartoonist Drew Rausch, co-creator of the comic, Sullen Grey as well as Eldritch!
We talk about evolving art styles, David Lync…
Josh Herbolsheimer of Super 7 "It's Just Frankenstein" - Rerelease
This week’s episode is a rerelease of my chat with Josh Herbolsheimer. You may know him from all the work he’s done with the epic toy company, Super 7 or from his appearances on The Toys that Made Us…
On Hustles and Horror | How Artists Can Get Paid Without Clients – with BeeJayDel
In this episode of Cheap Chills: On Art and Monsters, we sit down with artist and YouTuber BeeJayDel (AKA BeeJay DeLong) to talk about escaping the 9-to-5 and making money as an artist—without relyin…
Kepi Ghoulie part II on Monsters (and the Universe)
This second half of my chat with Kepi has us talking about (of course) monsters and how their underlying metaphors work so perfectly for songs about misfit, teenage angst. We also talk about love, ch…
Kepi Ghoulie - Part 1, on Art
Hello! This week's guest is my friend, pop-punk Legend and artist, Kepi Ghoulie!
Kepi founded Groovie Ghoulies in 1983 and has gone on to tour around the world with the band and solo. Kepi has run wit…
Don't Feel Guilty for Having Like, a Million Interests / What's on My Tubi Continue Watching?
Welcome back! This week’s episode is a shorty, first about having “too many” creative pursuits and how they really can all come together in unpredictable ways.
Then we take a minute or 10 to go throug…
Kaiju to YOU TOO with Shawn Pryor
Ben here, also sometimes known as Cheap Chills and this is Cheap Chills: On Art and Monsters. My guest for this episode is author and youth mentor Shawn Pryor. He’s written over 40 books, his latest …
Robb Mommaerts pt. II - The Hoth Monster and More
Welcome to part 2 of my talk with illustrator and cartoonist Robb Mommaerts.
In this second half of our discussion, we talk mostly about monsters and other stuff that stood out from our childhood. Thi…
Robb Mommaerts on Monsters (The Series)
This week’s guest is Robb Mommaerts. We talk about art school, starting out as a graphic designer, Wisconsin, those magical, late night horror TV shows of the late 80s like Monsters and Tales From th…
Patrick Carson Sparrow : Batman Is Not a Good Person
Welcome back everybody! This very special episode is a conversation with comic-book artist, Patrick Carson Sparrow. Its also a candid chat between two people who yes, are artists who love monsters bu…
Director, David Hartman and The Minnesota Iceman
This week I’m joined by Director and Storyboard Artist, David Hartman. He’s the Director of the 201…
Dark Rides and Haunted Houses with Animation Artist, Reed Randolph
This week Ben's chatting with Reed about how he went from working as a teenage Scare Artist i…
Time-Sucks! Dealing with Procrastination and Distractions : Doomed Megalopolis the Last Megalopolis
Found Footage Festival's Nick Prueher on Carpenter's The Thing
This week's guest is Nick Prueher, best known as …
Bride of Frankenstein with Isabel Samaras
Horror Movies by The Bollock Brothers
This week, Ben breaks down one major bit of inspiration from his past: The Bollock Brothers song, Horror Movies.
How…
What We’ve Learned from Ed Wood and Large Marge, with David DeGrand
We also came in…
