Cheap Chills - On Art and Monsters

Cheap Chills - On Art and Monsters

Cheap Chills

Episodes 66
Avg. Duration 48m
Activity Sporadic
Apple Rating 5.0 (11)
Since Dec 2017
Latest Episode Nov 2025

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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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Animate fast with Fresco and screen recording

Nov 13, 2025 0m

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit cheapchills.substack.comI’m trying a new technique to quickly animate things by using screen capture and a new feature in Adobe Fresco.…

Mattie Lubchansky "Just Draw the Pages"

Jul 28, 2025 1h 8m

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…

Anders Nilsen - on Tongues & The Too Scary to Watch Challenge

Apr 24, 2025 53m

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,…

Wanna See Something REALLY Scary? with Drew Rausch

Apr 03, 2025 51m

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…

Josh Herbolsheimer of Super 7 "It's Just Frankenstein" - Rerelease

Mar 19, 2025 41m

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…

On Hustles and Horror | How Artists Can Get Paid Without Clients – with BeeJayDel

Mar 12, 2025 59m

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…

Kepi Ghoulie part II on Monsters (and the Universe)

Feb 27, 2025 38m

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,…

Kepi Ghoulie - Part 1, on Art

Feb 19, 2025 46m

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…

Don't Feel Guilty for Having Like, a Million Interests / What's on My Tubi Continue Watching?

Feb 05, 2025 16m

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…

Kaiju to YOU TOO with Shawn Pryor

Jan 29, 2025 1h 4m

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

Jan 14, 2025 52m

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.…

Robb Mommaerts on Monsters (The Series)

Jan 07, 2025 47m

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…

Patrick Carson Sparrow : Batman Is Not a Good Person

Dec 24, 2024 1h 2m

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…

Director, David Hartman and The Minnesota Iceman

Dec 11, 2024 1h 9m

*STAY TUNED AFTER THIS EP! a track from the David Hartman (as Zorgon) Electronica album, D1m3n51on XThis week I’m joined by Director and Storyboard Artist, David Hartman. He’s the Director of the…

Dark Rides and Haunted Houses with Animation Artist, Reed Randolph

Nov 19, 2024 54m

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…

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

Nov 05, 2024 37m

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,…

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

Oct 22, 2024 1h 6m

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…

Bride of Frankenstein with Isabel Samaras

Oct 09, 2024 1h 17m

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…

Horror Movies by The Bollock Brothers

Sep 24, 2024 28m

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…

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

Sep 10, 2024 1h

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…

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