In this special Episode, we are excited to welcome guests Jeremy Whitley and Bre Indigo to the show. We talk with them about their new comic The Dog Knight. "A nonbinary middle schooler saves a dog from bullies and is offered the chance to become the Dog Knight, protector of a magical pact between humans and dogs, in the first book of this humorous…

We had the pleasure and privilege of speaking with GLAAD award nominated writer Jadzia Axelrod as part of Color of Fandom's V-Con. In this interview, we talk to Jadzia about her graphic novel Galaxy: The Prettiest Star from DC comics, and a bit about her soon to be released works DC: Book of Pride, and Hawkgirl. Jadzia Axelrod is an author and illu…

This episode is another panel Robyn did with Color of Fandom at Ret-Con. They talk about the horror genre in various mediums and how that interacts with the Black experience. They discuss both viewing horror media from a Black perspective, and discuss what makes something Black horror. We are also excited to announce live interviews we'll be doing …

We are kicking of season 4 with a series of panels that Robyn recorded at Ret-Con in Cary NC. For this panel, Robyn is joined by some of our friends from Color of Fandom. They talk about comic book film and television adaptations including what makes a good one, and some of the pitfalls. One correction: In regard to the release of Y the Last Man, i…

We're back, and with October just around the corner, we have a spooky one for you! The Low, Low Woods is from Joe Hill's Hill House comics, a DC horror imprint. Writer Carmen Maria Machado along with artist Dani, and colorist Tamra Bonvillain bring to life the Pennsylvania mountain tow of Shudder-to-think. Something is happening to the women in tow…

We are back from our hiatus! We sat down to record a new episode, and it turns out that we had other stuff to talk about, and just happened to record it. This bonus episode is that conversation, and covers various things, including some about life over the last year or so. Hosted and Produced by: Robyn McGlotten & Tracy Holt Music from https://film…

In this special release, Robyn sits down with Tilly Bridges, writer and producer at Pendant Productions. Tilly and Robyn discuss Tilly's analysis of the allegories in The Matrix film series. V-Con is Color of Fandom's second annual virtual con. Color of Fandom is a social group based in the Raleigh/Durham area of NC that focues on the intersection …

This is another installment of Social Justice Star Trek. In this episode we talk about the Star Trek Voyager episode Nothing Human. This episode leads to some interesting discussions of medical ethics, the complications around medical advancements based on research involving human rights violations and other related topics. Hosted and Produced by: …

From Lambda Award winning Author Alex Sanchez, You Brought Me the Ocean is a coming of age and coming out story of a black high school student in a small southwest town. Jake has to deal with finishing high school, coming out, and discovering super powers! We have a great conversation about representation, and the dynamics of family and close frien…

Super Fun Sexy Times by Meredith McClaren is an erotic anthology that explores the sex lives of superheroes, supervillains, side kicks and others. These stories also explore themes such as consent and boundaries all while being fun and sexy. Hosted and Produced by: Robyn McGlotten & Tracy Holt Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Beauty Flow" by Kevin…

In this episode, we're kicking of something a little different. Diversity Issues Presents: Social Justice Star Trek. We watched Star Trek Deep Space Nine episodes Past Tense parts 1 and 2. In a transporter accident, crew members find themselves in the far past of 2024! They find themselves in the middle of a very tense time of socio-political uphea…

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It's been a fun season! We take a few minutest to talk about the season. We talk about how and why it was different from season 1 and plans for season 3. Hosted and Produced by: Robyn McGlotten & Tracy Holt Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Beauty Flow" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b…

Queer representation is on the rise in popular culture, but are we where we should be in terms of equitable portrayals of LGBT people and queer relationships? We'll talk about queer characterization & expression as well as how pop culture depicts queer relationships. This is a recording of a panel we submitted to the Dragoncon 2019 Digital Media Tr…

"You are of the of the Pantheon. You will be loved. You will be hated. You will be brilliant. Within two years, you will be dead." The Wicked & The Divine is an epic comic from writer Kieron Gillen and Image comics. What happens when young people are suddenly bestowed with awesome power, but also with a short time to use it? What happens when you t…

LaGuardia is a comic miniseries from award winning Science Fiction writer Nnedi Okorafor and illustrated by award winning artist Tana Ford. In LaGuardia we are presented a story about immigration and closed borders and people helping extra-terrestrials who have been able to reside in Nigeria immigrate to the United States where the borders are clos…

In this episode, we have three comics about magical girls. We discuss Kim Reaper from Oni Press, Jonsey from Boom Box! and Agents of the Realm a webcomic that has also been self published in print. These are each comics that center around girls and young women with fantastic powers. They are fun reads with great representation of various groups. We…

In this episode we talk about comics that can help you on your ally journey. We focus on three varieties, educational, historical, and fun. We talk about what to look for and how to find them. Hosted and Produced by: Robyn McGlotten & Tracy Holt Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Beauty Flow" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY…

Recorded live at Heroescon 2019 in Charlotte NC, we interview two of the creators of Bitter Root from Image Comics. Chuck brown is one of the writers and Sanford Greene is the artist. Bitter Root is a comic dealing with Sangerye family as the defend the against monsters known as Jinoo with the back drop of the Harlem Renaissance. They give us insig…

This is a special episode in commemoration of Juneteenth. The Emancipation Proclamation came into effect for persons enslaved in the Confederate states on January 1 1863, and was enforced throughout the south in April of 1865. Texas being isolated did not receive word until Union troops arrived in Galveston in June. On June 19th 1865, Union General…

In this Episode, we talk about Alters from Aftershock comics. Alters is about a young trans woman named Charlie. In the first volume, she is comic to accept her true self and has superpowers which manifest. She finds herself dealing with both transitions. In the second volume she is a more established hero dealing with coming out, and learning to c…

This week we are diving into Horror comics. We talk about three comics that showcase diverse characters and/or themes. We talk about MCMLXXV and Infidel from Image Comics as well as Abbot from BOOM! They are fantastic reads and made for some great discussion! Hosted and Produced by: Robyn McGlotten & Tracy Holt Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Bea…

We are huge Star Trek fans, so we had to do a Star Trek episode at some point. We talk about the comic anthology Waypoint which has stories from the first five Star Trek Series. For this episode, we are joined by our friends Derek and Josh who are two of the stars of The People vs Star Trek Voyager podcast from Shadeaux Public Radio. Here are place…

Jeremy Whitley has written for major publishing houses Marvel, Dynamite and IDW. We got to sit down with him at NC Comiccon Raleigh Oak City to talk about his current series Unstoppable Wasp and Rainbow Brite and his creator owned series, Princeless, which is published by Action Labs. http://jeremywhitley.com/ https://twitter.com/jrome58 http://pri…

Matt Connor is a Psychiatrist, an organizer for NC Comicon and huge comic book fan. He consulted on The Unstoppable Wasp about the mental health of Nadia. We talked to Matt ahead of our next episode will be an interview with Jeremy Whitley, writer of The Unstoppable Wasp recorded Live from NC Comicon Raleigh (Oak City Comicon). Hosted and Produced …

This episode is named for the hashtag started by Laverne Cox. In this episode, we review some comics featuring trans characters and trans creators. We have two that we included for their educational content and for the experiences of trans people that are presented. The other two are created for entertainment but feature trans characters prominentl…

For this episode, we talk about Man-Eaters by Chelsea Cain. Man-Eaters presents a world where young women turn in to large vicious cats during their periods. It provides great commentary on the problems with how we think and talk about young women and their bodies in our society. Hosted and Produced by: Robyn McGlotten & Tracy Holt Music from https…

We're back with part 2 of our romance episode. In this episode, we continue our romance conversation. Romance can come in lots of different forms. Some of the relationships we discuss are same sex, interracial, age gap, and non-monogamous relationships. If you haven't heard part 1, we recommend you listen to it first. Comic Links: Letters for Lucar…

This is our first episode under a new format we're trying where we talk about multiple comics under a topic rather than a single comic. In this episode, we talk romance! Romance can come in lots of different forms. Some of the relationships we discuss are same sex, interracial, age gap, and non-monogamous relationships. This one ended up running lo…

At Illogicon, we took the opportunity to talk to some congoers. This is some of what they had to say. Hosted and Produced by: Robyn McGlotten & Tracy Holt Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Beauty Flow" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Website: http://diversityissues.libsyn.com/ …

In this episode, we talk Image Comics legendary comic Saga by Brian K. Vaughan with art by Fiona Staples. We are kicking off season 2 and recorded live from Illogicon 2019, a local Sci-Fi/Fantasy comic in the Raleigh/Durham NC area. Saga is not only a great comic with an exciting story but also has plenty of diverse characters and provided us with …

We're wrapping up season 1. Here, we take a few minutes to sit down and talk about why we started the podcast and what we have planned for season 2. We also give a shout out to The Color of Fandom of which we are both proud members. You can find out more here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/coloroffandom/?ref=br_rs https://www.meetup.com/The-Color…

In this episode we talk about Fence from Boom! Box, by C.S. Pacat with are by Johanna the Mad. We had a lot of fun reading this one, and our conversation focuses largely on gender identity and gender expression, which this book is great for. Hosted and Produced by: Robyn McGlotten & Tracy Holt Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Beauty Flow" by Kevin…

In this episode, Tracy talks about the first issue of Relay from Aftershock Publishing from writer Zac Thompson, artist Andy Clarke, and co-creator Donny Cates. Robyn covers the Oni Comic The Long Con by Dylan Meconis and Ben Coleman with art by EA Denich. Relay is a Philip K. Dick inspired sci-fi story, and The Long Con is a post apocalyptic comed…

Bingo Love is a comic by Tee Franklin with art by Jenn St-Onge. It is a beautiful and sometimes tragic love story following two queer women of color. Bingo Love is a story about love, family, and aging. Bingo Love has humble beginnings as a kickstarter, but has received great reception and has been picked up by Image comics with more on the way. Ho…

The CW premiered a Black Lightning series in 2017 which is hard hitting and touches on many social, political and economic issues. We couldn't resist doing an episode covering season 1 as we are coming up on the premier of season 2. We are back for part 2 with our friends from the up coming Villain and Vinyl Podcast. If you haven't listened to part…

For this episode, we interview artist Sanford Greene. Sanford has worked on titles from comic giants Marvel and DC including Wonder Girl, Legion of Super Heroes, Marvel Adventures, Runaways and Powerman and Iron Fist. The interview focuses primarily on the upcoming comic Bitter Root that he is creating with David Walker and Chuck Brown. Bitter Root…

The CW premiered a Black Lightning series in 2017 which is hard hitting and touches on many social, political and economic issues. We couldn't resist doing an episode covering season 1 as we are coming up on the premier of season 2. We also took the opportunity to bring in some friends from the up coming Villain and Vinyl Podcast. There was so much…

In this mini bonus episode, Robyn is at Dragon Con talking with T J Sterling, artist and founder of RAE Comics. You can find out more about Sterling, and RAE Comics here: https://www.raecomics.com/ https://www.facebook.com/theartofTjSterling/ https://www.instagram.com/raecomics/ https://www.instagram.com/tjsterlingart/ Robyn McGlotten & Tracy Holt …

In this episode, we talk about Rat Queens vol. 1 & 2, written by Kurtis J. Weibe, and published by Image. Rat Queens is a GLAAD Media Award winner, and has both strong female characters and good LGBTQ representation, but also had a change in artists due to the original artist being arrested. We talk some about that, but have also included links to …

In this episode, we talk about Dead Weight by Terry Blas. Dead Weight is an all ages murder mystery centering around kids who are at fat camp for the summer which leads us to a discussion of body diversity. Hosted and Produced by: Robyn McGlotten & Tracy Holt Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Beauty Flow" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) …

In this episode, we talk about our impressions after reading the first issues of Skyward from Image Comics, and Abbott from Boom Studios. Content Warning - at 5:45, we get into a topic that may be unsuitable for listeners under 13. Hosted and Produced by: Robyn McGlotten & Tracy Holt Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Beauty Flow" by Kevin MacLeod (…

In this bonus episode, Robyn talks about her experience at Blerdcon 2018, and we have two recordings where she talked with Nico J Vasilo of the Demon Hotel, and Roye Okupe, from You Neek Studios while at Blerdcon. Blerdcon The Demon Hotel You Neek Studios Hosted and Produced by: Robyn McGlotten & Tracy Holt Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Beauty …

In this episode, we talk about Black and Black AF America's Sweetheart written by Kwanza Osajyefo with co-creator Tim Smith 3. We talk about both super heroes and race as it fits into the current political climate. These comics are two very different looks at a fascinating new world. In the episode, Tracy misspeaks and says that the two have differ…

In this episode, we have a great conversation centered around some issues presented in Locke & Key Vol. 4 from IDW. We focus primarily on Vol. 4, but touch on some other stuff too. Hosted and Produced by: Robyn McGlotten & Tracy Holt Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Beauty Flow" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://cre…

This is a shorter episode where we introduce two first issues from the last 6 months. This week we are talking about Assasinistas from Black Crown/IDW and Dodge City from Boom! Box. Hosted and Produced by: Robyn McGlotten & Tracy Holt Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Beauty Flow" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://cr…

In this episode, we talk about The Backstagers from BoomBox! comics. Hosted and Produced by: Robyn McGlotten & Tracy Holt Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Beauty Flow" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Website: http://diversityissues.libsyn.com/ Facebook: @Diversity.Issues.Podca…

A short collection of clips from various episodes. Hosted and Produced by: Robyn McGlotten & Tracy Holt Website: http://diversityissues.libsyn.com/ Facebook: @Diversity.Issues.Podcast Instagram: @Diversity.Issues.Podcast Twitter: @div_iss_pod Email: diversity.issues.podcast@gmail.comBy Tracy Holt

A promo for the new podcast Diversity Issues, a podcast about diversity in indie comics. Hosted and Produced by: Robyn McGlotten & Tracy Holt Website: http://diversityissues.libsyn.com/ Facebook: @Diversity.Issues.Podcast Instagram: @Diversity.Issues.Podcast Twitter: @div_iss_pod Email: diversity.issues.podcast@gmail.com…