This week on Flash Talks Cash Andrew and Flash speak about doing good with donations: creating a non-profit. Sam Mauldin stops by to describe how he's using the WWII-themed cartoons of his father Bill Mauldin, the famous "for the troops" cartoonist, to create shirts to sell online. The proceeds from his "Bill Maudlin For the Troops" company then go to The Soldiers Project, a non-profit dedicated to providing much-needed therapy for soldiers returning home from active duty. Sam has created a business model that supports a good cause without the headache (and $) of 501c3 intensity. This episode was sponsored by The Barterhouse.

On this week's After the Jump, Grace Bonney is talking with cartoonist G.B. Tran- but don't think of your grandfather's cartoons! G.B. is the author and illustrator of Vietnamerica: A Family's Journey, a graphic memoir about his parents' immigration to the United States before the fall of Saigon in 1975. The book encompasses G.B.'s family history, and also includes some of his own realizations about his culture and identity. Hear about the different processes that G.B. used in illustrating Vietnamerica, as well as some of the other cartooning projects that he works on to pay the bills. G.B. identifies as a cartoonist; hear why some consider that to be a 'dirty' word, but why G.B. embraces it! Other discussions include this year's Eisner Awards, the trend of graphic memoirs, and G.B.'s research process with his family members. This program has been sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery.

"It's always really great when something that you pour so much love, sweat, and blood into resonates with someone."

"I feel like the immigrant experience- no matter where you're from or where you're going- follows the same process, as far as emotional states."

-- G.B. Tran on After the Jump

Curtis sits down with Cooper Union's Prof. Roderick L. Knox and architect Matthew Arnold to talk about the shockingly shifting state of architectural education and to name names.