“Bucky’s a survivor. He’s out there somewhere. I know it.” Lani and Joshua close up S2 of In the Gutter with the fabulous finale of Ed Brubaker’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Comic book and credits: JLA Volume 1, Grant Morrison (Writer), Howard Porter (Penciler), John Dell (Inker), Pat Garrahy and John Kalisz (Colorists), Ken Lopez (Lettere…

“That thing is cursed.” Lani and Joshua talk about connection in masculine community, cliffhangers in serial storytelling, and the value of knowing which friends to call in during a crisis. Comic book and credits: JLA Volume 1, Grant Morrison (Writer), Howard Porter (Penciler), John Dell (Inker), Pat Garrahy and John Kalisz (Colorists), Ken Lopez (…

“I heard you might need a friend.” Lani and Joshua contemplate Cap’s Old Yeller conflict and that dark reflection Lukin casts over the theme of friendship in Captain America: Winter Soldier #11. Comic book and credits: JLA Volume 1, Grant Morrison (Writer), Howard Porter (Penciler), John Dell (Inker), Pat Garrahy and John Kalisz (Colorists), Ken Lo…

“If you didn’t have me, there wouldn’t be anyone who really understood you.” William Faulkner said, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past,” and Cap proves that to be true when he sits down with Bucky’s file in Captain America: Winter Soldier #11. Comic book and credits: JLA Volume 1, Grant Morrison (Writer), Howard Porter (Penciler), John Del…

“Keep that mouth shut, and you may just get out of here alive.” It’s time for some Red Skull Cosplay and other S.H.I.E.L.Dy shenanigans as Lani and Joshua discuss Captain America: Winter Soldier #9. Comic book and credits: JLA Volume 1, Grant Morrison (Writer), Howard Porter (Penciler), John Dell (Inker), Pat Garrahy and John Kalisz (Colorists), Ke…

“Who the hell is Bucky?” Lani and Josh pick up with Cap with issue #8 in Ed Brubaker’s “Captain America: Winter Soldier.” Comic book and credits: Captain America: Winter Soldier by Ed Brubaker Writer: Ed Brubaker Artists for Out of Time: Steve Epting and Michael Lark Artist for Lonesome Death of Jack Monroe: John Paul Leon and Tom Palmer Letterers:…

“Time to play my favorite game: Damnation.” It’s Angels vs. Demons and pretty much everyone is the The Bad Guy as Lani and Joshua discuss JLA #7: Heaven on Earth. Comic book and credits: JLA Volume 1, Grant Morrison (Writer), Howard Porter (Penciler), John Dell (Inker), Pat Garrahy and John Kalisz (Colorists), Ken Lopez (Letterer) Get your copy of …

“Hell, like Heaven, is right here.” Lani and Josh dive deep into another mile-a-minute adventure with the JLA as the forces of Heaven and Hell start messing with Earth in JLA #6 “Fire in the Sky.” Comic book and credits: JLA Volume 1, Grant Morrison (Writer), Howard Porter (Penciler), John Dell (Inker), Pat Garrahy and John Kalisz (Colorists), Ken …

“I just showed you a soul being born.” Lani and Josh sit down to discuss the reason why y’all should be reading comic books: JLA #5 “Tomorrow’s Woman.” Comic book and credits: JLA Volume 1, Grant Morrison (Writer), Howard Porter (Penciler), John Dell (Inker), Pat Garrahy and John Kalisz (Colorists), Ken Lopez (Letterer) Get your copy of “How Story …

“Human. I never liked you.” Lani and Joshua pull in Jean David Michel of Megabrain Comics to settle the debate over Patsy Walker: Hellcat or Bad Kitty? Comic book and credits: Patsy Walker: Hellcat, Kathryn Immonen (Writer), David Lafuente (Artist), John Rausch (Color Artist), David and Natalie Lamphear (Letterers), Stuart Immonen (Cover Artist) Ge…

“It’s beans on toast and happy cowboy songs played on tiny guitars for everyone!” Will Joshua’s presentation of Patsy Walker as an Alice in Wonderland allegory help Lani finally start to like her? Maybe. Don’t count on it. Comic book and credits: Patsy Walker: Hellcat, Kathryn Immonen (Writer), David Lafuente (Artist), John Rausch (Color Artist), D…

“Once it’s happened, it’s a part of you forever.” Patsy Walker dazes and destroys as she blazes through Alaska with a magical menagerie in Hellcat: Snow Effect #3. Comic book and credits: Patsy Walker: Hellcat, Kathryn Immonen (Writer), David Lafuente (Artist), John Rausch (Color Artist), David and Natalie Lamphear (Letterers), Stuart Immonen (Cove…

“Belief is for the unknowable. Fear is for what we do know.” Josh and Lani return to marvel at the weirdness that is Patsy Walker, Hellcat, fighting demon monsters in Alaska.By Lani Diane Rich and Joshua Unruh

“I’d like to see your angriest ursines, please.” Lani and Josh head to Alaska with Patsy Walker to take on magical bears. Yeah. You read that right. Comic book and credits: Patsy Walker: Hellcat, Kathryn Immonen (Writer), David Lafuente (Artist), John Rausch (Color Artist), David and Natalie Lamphear (Letterers), Stuart Immonen (Cover Artist) Get y…

“Why should they need us at all?” “To catch them when they fall.” It’s philosophy, mythology and Martians in the final issue of Grant Morrison’s JLA. Comic book and credits: JLA Volume 1, Grant Morrison (Writer), Howard Porter (Penciler), John Dell (Inker), Pat Garrahy and John Kalisz (Colorists), Ken Lopez (Letterer) Get your copy of “How Story Wo…

“I know your secret.” Things get dark in a fun, superhero way as Lani and Joshua fall backwards into the constantly escalating neon-colored churn that is Grant Morrison’s JLA. Comic book and credits: Captain America: Winter Soldier by Ed Brubaker Writer: Ed Brubaker Artists for Out of Time: Steve Epting and Michael Lark Artist for Lonesome Death of…

Comic book and credits: JLA Volume 1, Grant Morrison (Writer), Howard Porter (Penciler), John Dell (Inker), Pat Garrahy and John Kalisz (Colorists), Ken Lopez (Letterer) Get your copy of “How Story Works” Support Chipperish on Patreon! Support Chipperish by shopping on Amazon using this link! Find out more about Lani Find out more about Josh In The…

Comic book and credits: JLA Volume 1, Grant Morrison Get your copy of “How Story Works” Support Chipperish on Patreon! Support Chipperish by shopping on Amazon using this link! Find out more about Lani Find out more about Josh In The Gutter is a Chipperish Media production by Lani Diane Rich and Joshua Unruh, and is released under a Creative Common…

“Aren’t I just a double myself?” It’s unreliable narrator week on In the Gutter as Lani and Joshua spend some time with the various identities of Jack Monroe. Comic book and credits: Captain America: Winter Soldier by Ed Brubaker Writer: Ed Brubaker Artists for Out of Time: Steve Epting and Michael Lark Artist for Lonesome Death of Jack Monroe: Joh…

“This is where I died.” It’s all about messed-up memories and expendable exes as we finish up our first Captain America arc! Comic book credits: Captain America: Winter Soldier by Ed Brubaker Writer: Ed Brubaker Artists for Out of Time: Steve Epting and Michael Lark Artist for Lonesome Death of Jack Monroe: John Paul Leon and Tom Palmer Letterers: …

“We have nothing but our winter.” The dark realities of war combined with superhero bombast have Lani and Joshua swooning over Ed Brubaker’s Captain America: Winter Soldier #5. Comic book and credits: Captain America: Winter Soldier by Ed Brubaker Writer: Ed Brubaker Artists for Out of Time: Steve Epting and Michael Lark Artist for Lonesome Death o…

“Get it straight, Star Man. I’m here for one thing… revenge!” The action is tight and the exposition is heavy as Lani and Joshua take a look at Ed Brubaker’s Captain America: Winter Soldier #4. Comic book and credits: Captain America: Winter Soldier by Ed Brubaker Writer: Ed Brubaker Artists for Out of Time: Steve Epting and Michael Lark Artist for…

“Whatever’s going on, this is all just the beginning.” Lani and Joshua talk second acts and the way comics just love a bad acronym in Issue #3 of Captain America: Winter Soldier. Comic book and credits: Captain America: Winter Soldier by Ed Brubaker Writer: Ed Brubaker Artists for Out of Time: Steve Epting and Michael Lark Artist for Lonesome Death…

I was created because of him… in a way. It’s another day in New York with Captain Traumatica as Lani and Josh talk about dark reflections, the everlasting freshness of old trauma, and the 616’s love of acronyms. AID? Really? Comic book and credits: Captain America: Winter Soldier by Ed Brubaker Writer: Ed Brubaker Artists for Out of Time: Steve Ept…

“The two of us, locked in eternal combat down through the years. Keeping each other miserable. What would we even be without the other?” It’s all comics, only bangers as Lani and Josh launch their new podcast, “In the Gutter” with Ed Brubaker’s Captain America: Winter Soldier series. Get your copy of Captain America: Winter Soldier Get your copy of…

Show notes: Get your copy of Captain America: Winter Soldier Get your copy of “How Story Works” Support Chipperish on Patreon! Support Chipperish by shopping on Amazon using this link! Find out more about Lani Find out more about Josh In The Gutter is a Chipperish Media production by Lani Diane Rich and Joshua Unruh, and is released under a Creativ…