Best Fantagraphics Podcasts (2024)

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Extra Issues – Jeff Smith’s Bone (1991) 1:37:32

35m ago1:37:32

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Zack Creature and Charbone start our two part series on Jeff Smith, one of the most famous and important figures in independent comics publishing. This week, we cover perhaps the most checked out comic book from the kid’s section of the library ever: Bone. Comics covered in this episode: – Bone (issues 1-55) Topics discussed: – Is Bone truly the be…

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Extra Issues – Berserk Part #2 – Vol. 4-14 1:40:10

29d ago1:40:10

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Zack the King of the Eggs and Nosferatu Charlotte finish our two part series on Kentaro Miura’s seminal dark fantasy manga series Berserk. This episode covers volumes 4-14. Comics covered in this episode: – Berserk Vol. 4-13 Topics discussed: – Does this arc retroactively elevate The Black Swordsman arc? – What exactly works (or doesn’t work) about…

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Extra Issues – Berserk Part #1 – Vol. 1-3 1:17:50

2M ago1:17:50

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Zuck the Fairy and Charlotte “Iron Slab” Fierro begin our two part series on Kentaro Miura’s seminal dark fantasy manga series Berserk. This episode covers the first 3 volumes, and the next episode will cover volumes 4-14. The manga series continues after that but 14 concludes the first big portion and provides a satisfying conclusion if committing…

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Mar Julia and Samuel Teer on Building BROWNSTONE 1:02:14

3M ago1:02:14

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The topic of today's episode is BROWNSTONE, the new YA graphic novel from writer Samuel Teer and artist Mar Julia, about a 14-year-old girl spending the summer with a father she's never known as they fix up the titular dilapidated brownstone. If that name sounds familiar, it's because Samuel was just on the show last episode talking about the trial…

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Extra Issues – Fantagraphics #6: Love and Rockets – Gilbert Hernandez 1:50:50

3M ago1:50:50

1:50:50

Charlotte “Booba” Costigan, Tonantzack, and special guest Sara Century wrap up the series covering the renowned comic book publisher Fantagraphics. This is the secondof two episodes covering Love and Rockets, focused on the work of Gilbert Hernandez. Our first episode, five months ago, covered Jaime Hernandez’ work. Comics covered in this episode: …

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Extra Issues – Fantagraphics #5: Black Hole (1995) & Dementia 21 (2018) 1:27:33

4M ago1:27:33

1:27:33

A sexually transmitted Zack-sease and De-Charlotte 21 are covering two Fantagraphics releases graphic novels: – Black Hole (1995) by Charles Burn – Dementia 21 (2018) by Shintaro Kago Topics discussed: – Does the “bug” mean much as a metaphor in Black Hole? Is reading the comic looking for one a mistake? – Is it possible to talk about a comedy comi…

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The Road to BROWNSTONE With Samuel Teer 1:41:54

5M ago1:41:54

1:41:54

Returning to the show today after a nearly eight-year absence is comics writer Samuel Teer. His new book, Brownstone, about a teenage girl connecting with her Latin heritage and her estranged father without speaking a word of each other’s language as they renovate the title structure, hits shelves on June 11th. The road from his last OGN, 2015’s Ve…

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The Greatest Bronze Age Batman Stories, Part 1 1:14:33

5M ago1:14:33

1:14:33

Having finished with the Man of Steel, today’s episode is the first of three looking at the best Caped Crusader stories of the Seventies to the mid-Eighties with the DC3Cast’s very own Vince Ostrowski! Come for the Neal Adams, stay to find out more about double-threat Frank Robbins, the mad genius of Bob Haney, Ra’s Al Ghul, Bruce Wayne and Sgt. Ro…

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Extra Issues – Fantagraphics #4: My Favorite Thing is Monsters (2017) & Monsters (2021) 2:07:27

5M ago2:07:27

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Zackula, Charlacabra, and Tiffany “Blah!”-bb are covering two monstrous graphic novels: – My Favorite Thing is Monsters (2017) by Emil Ferris – Monsters (2021) by Barry Windsor Smith Topics discussed: – How much does the authorial vs. character voice matter to the success of My Favorite Thing is Monsters? – Is Monsters a genre work or literary work…

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A Few Words About Team-Ups 11:38

6M ago11:38

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Today’s show is not a joke, not a hoax, not an imaginary story! Greg gives his take on the upcoming Marvel & DC crossover omnibi coming later this year, and then dives into the larger waters of comic book team-ups that absolutely totally happened . . . and with the help of Ross Pearsall’s website, he has the covers to prove it! Find out all kinds o…

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Pow Pow Press Roundtable 48:09

6M ago48:09

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Today’s show has not one, not two, but THREE Canadian cartoonists on the mics ready to chat with Greg. Luc Bossé, cartoonist of Gary, King of the Pick-Up Artists and publisher of Pow Pow Press, Thom, cartoonist of such Pow Pow works as VII, Casa Rodeo, and the upcoming Botanica Drama, and returning guest François Vigneault, a cartoonist whose Pow P…

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Extra Issues – Fantagraphics #3: Stoner Comics – Dungeon Quest, Prison Pit, and Megg Mogg & Owl 1:31:40

6M ago1:31:40

1:31:40

The Undigestible Zackum and Millenium Charlotte are covering three separate “stoner comics”: – Dungeon Quest (available on Comixology, vol. 1-4) – Prison Pit (available as a complete collection on Hoopla) – Megg, Mogg, and Owl (read Megahex or Megg & Mogg in Amsterdam to start, then read your fill of other volumes) Topics discussed: – Is there a un…

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The Greatest Bronze-Age Superman Stories, Part 3 1:27:10

6M ago1:27:10

1:27:10

Today’s episode is the third of three looking at the best Superman stories of the Seventies to the mid-Eighties with the DC3Cast’s very own Vince Ostrowski! Vince & Greg dive into what makes the Superman of this era different than his more modern incarnation and give you gem after gem of Super-Tales of the post-Silver Age / pre-Crisis Man of Steel.…

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GIANLUCA COSTANTINI & ELETTRA STAMBOULIS for ZODIAC (Part 2 of 2) 1:16:57

6M ago1:16:57

1:16:57

Welcome back to the Comix Experience Graphic Novel of the Month Club! To join the club, visit https://www.graphicnovelclub.com/start Buy a copy from us and get an exclusive bookplate: https://comix-experience.myshopify.com/collections/selections-from-our-graphic-novel-of-the-month-club/products/zodiac-graphic-memoir-gn-stl297696 Taken from a live s…

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Alex de Campi on FULL TILT BOOGIE 1:07:17

7M ago1:07:17

1:07:17

Having just talked about the early days of 2000AD, we thought it would be fun to chat with someone with a strip running in the Progs right now. Starting with Prog 2367 was Book Two of the strip “Full Tilt Boogie”, the continuing adventures of teen bounty hunter Tee, her grandmother, and their cat as they criss-cross the galaxy. Drawn by Eduardo Oca…

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The Greatest Bronze-Age Superman Stories, Part 2 51:07

7M ago51:07

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Today’s episode is the second of three looking at the best Superman stories of the Seventies to the mid-Eighties with the DC3Cast’s very own Vince Ostrowski! Vince & Greg dive into what makes the Superman of this era different than his more modern incarnation and start giving you gem after gem of Super-Tales of the post-Silver Age / pre-Crisis Man …

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AI WEIWEI for ZODIAC (Part 1 of 2) 1:20:55

7M ago1:20:55

1:20:55

Welcome back to the Comix Experience Graphic Novel of the Month Club! To join the club, visit https://www.graphicnovelclub.com/start Buy a copy from us and get an exclusive bookplate: https://comix-experience.myshopify.com/collections/selections-from-our-graphic-novel-of-the-month-club/products/zodiac-graphic-memoir-gn-stl297696 Taken from a live s…

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2000AD - The First Dozen! 9:45

7M ago9:45

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As part of his Someday Reading Project, Greg takes a look at the first dozen programmes of The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic: 2000AD! Do those early installments still hold up? Was Dredd the leader of the pack… or the runt of the litter? What controversial boys’ adventure comic paved the way for Tharg and all that Thrill-Power? All that and more on today…

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The Greatest Bronze-Age Superman Stories, Part 1 53:35

7M ago53:35

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Today’s episode is the first of three looking at the best Superman stories of the Seventies to the mid-Eighties with the DC3Cast’s very own Vince Ostrowski! Vince & Greg dive into what makes the Superman of this era different than his more modern incarnation and start giving you gem after gem of Super-Tales of the post-Silver Age / pre-Crisis Man o…

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BRENNA THUMMLER for SHEETS 54:14

7M ago54:14

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Welcome back to the Comix Experience Graphic Novel of the Month Club! To join the club, visit https://www.graphicnovelclub.com/start Buy a copy from us here: https://comix-experience.myshopify.com/collections/selections-from-our-kids-graphic-novel-club/products/sheets-gn-stl080423 Taken from a live show you can find here:https://www.youtube.com/wat…

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Extra Issues – Fantagraphics #2: Eightball by Daniel Clowes 1:34:51

7M ago1:34:51

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Zackdick the Comic-Fucker and Charlotte Coleslaw are joined this month by Dave Puesing, founder and CEO of Comic Book Herald. On this episode, we’re covering the seminal Eightball by Daniel Clowes. We’re talking issues #1-18 (what’s included in The Complete Eightball collection). Topics discussed: – Can the comic succeed simply by expressing the in…

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WORMY by David A. Trampier 14:05

8M ago14:05

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Greg kicks off The Someday Project looking at one of his early comics influences: a magazine-sized mind-bender (at least for someone of his age to read it) unlike anything else on the stands. HEAVY METAL? Nope. 2000 AD? Negative. Those are coming soon enough, but today Greg talks about the impact of David A. Trampier's "Wormy" from DRAGON magazine.…

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What is... THE SOMEDAY PROJECT? 11:34

8M ago11:34

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The winter break is over, and Greg returns to give listeners a peek behind the curtain in this quick preview of what 2024 has in store for the show, including and most importantly, the lowdown on what has been referred to in hushed whispers around the office as... THE SOMEDAY PROJECT! What new devilry is this? All is revealed in today's episode!…

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Extra Issues – Fantagraphics #1: Love and Rockets – Jaime Hernandez 2:38:14

8M ago2:38:14

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Charlotte “Horny Redhead” Costigan, Zackie the Man-chanic, and special guest Sara Century begin a new series covering the renowned comic book publisher Fantagraphics. This is the first of two episodes covering Love and Rockets, focused on the work of Jaime Hernandez. Our second episode, coming in five months, will cover Gilbert Hernandez’ work. Com…

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NATE POWELL for COME AGAIN 1:54:14

8M ago1:54:14

1:54:14

Welcome back to the Comix Experience Graphic Novel of the Month Club! To join the club, visit https://www.graphicnovelclub.com/start Buy a copy from us: https://comix-experience.myshopify.com/collections/selections-from-our-graphic-novel-of-the-month-club/products/come-again-hc-stl077728 Taken from a live show you can find here: https://youtu.be/w8…

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SALADIN AHMED for BLACK BOLT 1:52:59

9M ago1:52:59

1:52:59

Welcome back to the Comix Experience Graphic Novel of the Month Club! To join the club, visit https://www.graphicnovelclub.com/start Buy a copy from us: https://comix-experience.myshopify.com/collections/selections-from-our-graphic-novel-of-the-month-club/products/black-bolt-tp-vol-01-hard-time-stl063139 Taken from a live show you can find here: ht…

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MIKE ALLRED, LAURA ALLRED, & LEE ALLRED for BUG! THE ADVENTURES OF FORAGER 1:52:59

9M ago1:52:59

1:52:59

Welcome back to the Comix Experience Graphic Novel of the Month Club! To join the club, visit https://www.graphicnovelclub.com/start Buy a copy from us:https://comix-experience.myshopify.com/collections/selections-from-our-graphic-novel-of-the-month-club/products/bug-the-adventure-of-forager-tp-stl075527 Taken from a live show you can find here: ht…

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LISA HANAWALT for COYOTE DOGGIRL 1:35:28

9M ago1:35:28

1:35:28

Welcome back to the Comix Experience Graphic Novel of the Month Club! To join the club, visit https://www.graphicnovelclub.com/start Buy a copy from us: https://comix-experience.myshopify.com/collections/selections-from-our-graphic-novel-of-the-month-club/products/coyote-doggirl-hc-stl085340 Taken from a live show you can find here: https://www.you…

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Extra Issues – Molly Knox Ostertag ep. 3: Three Graphic Novels 1:04:44

9M ago1:04:44

1:04:44

Dungeon Zack and Shattered Charlotte wrap up our discussion on the work on Molly Knox Ostertag, covering three stand-alone graphic novels. Comics covered in this episode: – Girl From the Sea – Shattered Warrior – Dungeon & Dragons: Dungeon Club Vol. 1 Topics discussed: – Does MKO’s artistic style suit the material of Shattered Warrior? – What if a …

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Jose Villarrubia on Restoring SWAMP THING and THE CORBEN LIBRARY 54:27

10M ago54:27

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Today's guest is someone listeners of this show will be familiar with, as he name is mentioned often and in tones of reverence. For almost 30 years he has worked with such artists as Jae Lee, Jeff Lemire, Bill Sienkiewicz, JH Williams III, and BERNIE WRIGHTSON to bring color into their art in a way that always enhances, never detracts - no mean fea…

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Extra Issues – Molly Knox Ostertag ep. 2: The Witch Boy Trilogy 1:01:36

10M ago1:01:36

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Witch Boy Zack and Shapeshifting Charlotte begin our discussion on the work on Molly Knox Ostertag, covering her three graphic novels in the Witch Boy Trilogy. Comics covered in this episode: – The Witch Boy – The Hidden Witch – The Midwinter Witch. Topics discussed: – Is there a difference in how representation should be handled in children’s medi…

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BEN HATKE for THINGS IN THE BASEMENT 1:10:08

10M ago1:10:08

1:10:08

Welcome back to the Comix Experience Graphic Novel of the Month Club! To join the club, visit https://www.graphicnovelclub.com/start Buy a copy from us and get an exclusive bookplate: https://comix-experience.myshopify.com/collections/selections-from-our-kids-graphic-novel-club/products/things-in-the-basement-gn-stl276330 Taken from a live show you…

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Howard Chaykin on Mentoring and FARGO 40:31

10M ago40:31

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Today's guest needs no introduction, but we have episode post space to fill so we're doing one anyway. He's a creator whose balance of romanticism and pragmatism has kept him in the business and thrall of comics for almost 50 years. As an artist, a writer, and a cartoonist, he has almost certainly forgotten more about comics, history and storytelli…

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DANIEL CLOWES for MONICA 1:36:48

11M ago1:36:48

1:36:48

Welcome back to the Comix Experience Graphic Novel of the Month Club! To join the club, visit https://www.graphicnovelclub.com/start Buy a copy from us and get an exclusive bookplate: https://comix-experience.myshopify.com/collections/selections-from-our-graphic-novel-of-the-month-club/products/monica-hc-stl274658 Taken from a live show you can fin…

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Extra Issues – Molly Knox Ostertag ep. 1: The Online Work 1:30:41

11M ago1:30:41

1:30:41

Zack and Charlotte begin our discussion on the work on Molly Knox Ostertag, covering her online work, including her current work on Substack. Comics covered in this episode: – Her online work, in order of how much we recommend reading it: Strong Female Protagonist, Darkest Night, How The Best Hunter In The Village Met Her Death, Lord of the Rings f…

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Josh O'Neill and BEEHIVE BOOKS 1:21:42

11M ago1:21:42

1:21:42

The last time today's guest was here for his own episode, it was July 2014, during the final days of the Kickstarter campaign for Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream, the Eisner-winning anthology title assembling a truly dream-worthy roster of creators to pay tribute to Windsor McCay's seminal comic strip. In the nearly ten years since then, he has go…

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KURT BUSIEK for MARVELS 2:30:47

11M ago2:30:47

2:30:47

Welcome back to the Comix Experience Graphic Novel of the Month Club! To join the club, visit https://www.graphicnovelclub.com/start Buy a copy from us and get an exclusive bookplate: https://comix-experience.myshopify.com/collections/selections-from-our-comics-masterpieces-graphic-novel-club/products/marvels-tp-remastered-ed-stl097984 Taken from a…

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Tillie Walden on CLEMENTINE, BOOK TWO 1:14:25

12M ago1:14:25

1:14:25

There are many days working in the show that Greg is grateful to be an observer of comix rather than a creator of them, because the level of craft and skill his hypothetical output would have to measure up against already gives him the willies. That being said, today’s guest has already put together such a formidable resume and body of work (all be…

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CHIP ZDARSKY & JASON LOO for AFTERLIFT 1:48:23

12M ago1:48:23

1:48:23

Welcome back to the Comix Experience Graphic Novel of the Month Club! To join the club, visit https://www.graphicnovelclub.com/start Buy a copy from us and get an exclusive bookplate: https://comix-experience.myshopify.com/collections/selections-from-our-graphic-novel-of-the-month-club/products/afterlift-tp-stl171057 Taken from a live show you can …

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Extra Issues – Superhero Subversions, ep 6: Sleeper 1:04:07

1y ago1:04:07

1:04:07

Zack and Charlotte complete our first miniseries on Superhero Subversions with a discussion of the Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips spy noir, Sleeper. We cover all 24 issues in the two volumes. Topics discussed: – If the stakes are felt, do plot details matter? – Is this a subversion, or just what superhero comics are now? – Don’t ask Charlotte about …

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Tom Scioli on I AM STAN LEE and STAR WARRIORS 49:43

1y ago49:43

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Today's show brings another returning guest: a cartoonist so well-known for being in tune with the vibe of Jack Kirby in his own work that when he published his Kirby biography Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics in 2020, there's no doubt a large portion of the readership wondered what had taken him so long. The delay was most likely du…

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SCOTT SNYDER & GREG CAPULLO for DARK KNIGHTS METAL 1:47:50

1y ago1:47:50

1:47:50

Welcome back to the Comix Experience Graphic Novel of the Month Club! To join the club, visit https://www.graphicnovelclub.com/start Buy a copy from us here: https://comix-experience.myshopify.com/collections/selections-from-our-graphic-novel-of-the-month-club/products/dark-nights-metal-tp-stl100100 Taken from a live show you can find here: https:/…

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THIEN PHAM for FAMILY STYLE 1:22:45

1y ago1:22:45

1:22:45

Welcome back to the Comix Experience Graphic Novel of the Month Club! To join the club, visit https://www.graphicnovelclub.com/start Buy a copy from us and get an exclusive bookplate: https://comix-experience.myshopify.com/collections/selections-from-our-graphic-novel-of-the-month-club/products/family-style-memories-of-american-from-vietnam-gn-stl2…

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MATT WAGNER & BRENNAN WAGNER for MAGE: THE HERO DENIED 2:08:53

1y ago2:08:53

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Welcome back to the Comix Experience Graphic Novel of the Month Club! To join the club, visit https://www.graphicnovelclub.com/start Buy a copy from us here: https://comix-experience.myshopify.com/collections/selections-from-our-graphic-novel-of-the-month-club/products/mage-tp-vol-05-hero-denied-book-three-stl082743 Taken from a live show you can f…

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Dr. J. Andrew Deman on THE CLAREMONT RUN: SUBVERTING GENDER IN THE X-MEN 48:41

1y ago48:41

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Program warning: today's episode dives directly into Chris Claremont's original 16-year run on UNCANNY X-MEN, which means Greg will be once again talking about his all-time favorite run of comics (although this time with an expert to help out). Longtime listeners playing a drinking game based on him name-dropping these comics on the show would be w…

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DECLAN SHALVEY, RORY McCONVILLE and JOE PALMER for TIME BEFORE TIME 1:33:00

1y ago1:33:00

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Welcome back to the Comix Experience Graphic Novel of the Month Club! To join the club, visit https://www.graphicnovelclub.com/start Buy a copy from us and get an exclusive bookplate: https://comix-experience.myshopify.com/collections/selections-from-our-graphic-novel-of-the-month-club/products/time-before-time-tp-vol-01-stl194211 Taken from a live…

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STEPHEN R. BISSETTE for SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING 2:41:40

1y ago2:41:40

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Welcome back to the Comix Experience Graphic Novel of the Month Club! To join the club, visit https://www.graphicnovelclub.com/start Buy a copy from us and get an exclusive bookplate: https://comix-experience.myshopify.com/products/saga-of-the-swamp-thing-tp-book-01-stk460810 Taken from a live show you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v…

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Extra Issues – Superhero Subversions, ep 5: Miracleman 1:34:58

1y ago1:34:58

1:34:58

Zack, Charlotte, and special guest Dave Busting continue our first miniseries on Superhero Subversions with a discussion of the Alan Moore run of Miracleman (1982). We cover all the issues in the newly released Omnibus. Topics discussed: – Is Alan Moore critiquing superhero comics? Taking them very seriously? Mocking them? Or a combination or the t…

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SCOTT CHANTLER for SQUIRE & KNIGHT 1:19:11

1y ago1:19:11

1:19:11

Welcome back to the Comix Experience Graphic Novel of the Month Club! To join the club, visit https://www.graphicnovelclub.com/start Buy a copy from us and get an exclusive bookplate: https://comix-experience.myshopify.com/collections/selections-from-our-kids-graphic-novel-club/products/squire-knight-gn-vol-01-stl264618 Taken from a live show you c…

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BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS for ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN 1:54:55

1y ago1:54:55

1:54:55

Welcome back to the Comix Experience Graphic Novel of the Month Club! To join the club, visit https://www.graphicnovelclub.com/start Buy a copy from us: https://comix-experience.myshopify.com/products/ultimate-spider-man-tp-vol-01-power-responsibility-stk148453?_pos=1&_psq=ultimate-spider&_ss=e&_v=1.0 Taken from a live show you can find here: https…

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