Quillblog is living vicariously through the Toronto Life team, which recently got cozy in a Toronto neighbourhood watering hole to eavesdrop on a conversation between author-illustrators Gary Taxali and Graham Roumieu.

Taxali just released two collections of his retro-inspired artwork, I Love You, OK? and Mono Taxali. Roumieu recently collaborated with Douglas Coupland on Highly Inappropriate Tales for Young People (Random House of Canada).

The two artists discussed crappy jobs and the art of the illustration business. Click here for the highlights of their conversation.