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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.

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Update frequency
every 12 days
Average duration
48 minutes
Episodes
65
Years Active
2017 - 2025
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Mattie Lubchansky

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…

01:08:53  |   Mon 28 Jul 2025
Anders Nilsen - on Tongues & The Too Scary to Watch Challenge

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…

00:53:54  |   Thu 24 Apr 2025
Wanna See Something REALLY Scary? with Drew Rausch

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…

00:51:22  |   Thu 03 Apr 2025
Josh Herbolsheimer of Super 7

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…

00:41:35  |   Wed 19 Mar 2025
On Hustles and Horror | How Artists Can Get Paid Without Clients – with BeeJayDel

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…

00:59:07  |   Wed 12 Mar 2025
Kepi Ghoulie part II on Monsters (and the Universe)

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…

00:38:33  |   Thu 27 Feb 2025
Kepi Ghoulie - Part 1, on Art

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…

00:46:06  |   Wed 19 Feb 2025
Don't Feel Guilty for Having Like, a Million Interests / What's on My Tubi Continue Watching?

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…

00:16:00  |   Wed 05 Feb 2025
Kaiju to YOU TOO with Shawn Pryor

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 …

01:04:41  |   Wed 29 Jan 2025
Robb Mommaerts pt. II - The Hoth Monster and More

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…

00:52:28  |   Tue 14 Jan 2025
Robb Mommaerts on Monsters (The Series)

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…

00:47:13  |   Tue 07 Jan 2025
Patrick Carson Sparrow : Batman Is Not a Good Person

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…

01:02:49  |   Tue 24 Dec 2024
Director, David Hartman and The Minnesota Iceman

Director, David Hartman and The Minnesota Iceman

*STAY TUNED AFTER THIS EP! a track from the David Hartman (as Zorgon) Electronica album, D1m3n51on X
This week I’m joined by Director and Storyboard Artist, David Hartman. He’s the Director of the 201…
01:09:37  |   Wed 11 Dec 2024
Dark Rides and Haunted Houses with Animation Artist, Reed Randolph

Dark Rides and Haunted Houses with Animation Artist, Reed Randolph

Reed Randolph is an animation artist, most recently working as a character designer on Exposing Kittens. 
This week Ben's chatting with  Reed about how he went from working as a teenage Scare Artist i…
00:54:22  |   Tue 19 Nov 2024
Time-Sucks! Dealing with Procrastination and Distractions : Doomed Megalopolis the Last Megalopolis

Time-Sucks! Dealing with Procrastination and Distractions : Doomed Megalopolis the Last Megalopolis

This week, Illustrator, Creator (and your host) Ben Walker-Storey talks about his two big time-sucks: Procrastination and Distractions, what could be at the root of these problems and some thoughts, …
00:37:37  |   Tue 05 Nov 2024
Found Footage Festival's Nick Prueher on Carpenter's The Thing

Found Footage Festival's Nick Prueher on Carpenter's The Thing

Welcome to Cheap Chills on Art and Monsters. I probably need a new intro but I do love the announcer I snagged for the original cheap chills podcast.
This week's guest is Nick Prueher, best known as …
01:06:57  |   Tue 22 Oct 2024
Bride of Frankenstein with Isabel Samaras

Bride of Frankenstein with Isabel Samaras

I am so thrilled to bring you the conversation for this episode! I got a chance to catch up with my friend, world renown painter, Isabel Samaras. Years before we ever met I discovered her work throug…
01:17:20  |   Wed 09 Oct 2024
Horror Movies by The Bollock Brothers

Horror Movies by The Bollock Brothers

Welcome to the Cheap Chills podcast, where artists can talk, mostly about monsters.
This week, Ben breaks down one major bit of inspiration from his past: The Bollock Brothers song, Horror Movies. 
How…
00:28:09  |   Tue 24 Sep 2024
What We’ve Learned from Ed Wood and Large Marge, with David DeGrand

What We’ve Learned from Ed Wood and Large Marge, with David DeGrand

I think you’re really like this episode. I Got to chat with cartoonist, David DeGrand. His art is mixes elements of silly, cute and gross in a way that really gets me excited to draw. 
We also came in…
01:00:29  |   Tue 10 Sep 2024
Black Metal / Black Toner with Dr. Wolfenbergen

Black Metal / Black Toner with Dr. Wolfenbergen

This week I’m joined by Art Director, Justin Moll, who is known as Dr. Wolfenbergen by night (and likely weekends). His personal art (and upcoming zine) is stripped down, simple yet gritty...and kind…
01:00:10  |   Tue 03 Sep 2024
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