Episode 101: Veasna, Smith and Reinmuth, Aldeguer
We review Year of the Rabbit by Tian Veasna, Big Black: Stand at Attica by Frank Smith and Jared Reinmuth, and After the Spring: A Story of Tunisian Youth by Hélène Aldeguer.
Mar 04, 2020•58 min
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Episode 100: Best of the 2010s
Alex rejoins Joshua and Joe to run down our roughly 14 favorite books and cartoonists of the 2010s: Eleanor Davis, Rosalie Lightning by Tom Hart, Anders Nilsen, John Hanciewicz, Digger by Ursula Vernon, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Vol. 1 by Emil Ferris, Marion Fayolle, Frank Santoro, Joe Sacco, the comics journalism of The Nib, My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf, Daytripper by Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon, and Marcelo D'Salete.
Jan 06, 2020•57 min
Episode 99: Bunjevac, Noomin, Mardou, Boyd, Barajas
We review Bezimena by Nina Bunjevac, Drawing Power edited by Diane Noomin, Sky in Stereo vol. 2 by Mardou, Chicken Rising by D. Boyd, and La Voz de M.A.Y.O. by Henry Barajas.
Dec 09, 2019•51 min
Episode 98: Davis, D'Salete, Healy, Willumsen
We review The Hard Tomorrow by Eleanor Davis, Angola Janga by Marcelo D'Salete, Americana by Luke Healy, and Bradley of Him by Connor Willumsen.
Nov 27, 2019•53 min
Episode 97: Delporte, Moore, Daniels, Passmore, Allaby, Mandaag
In this episode we touch on This Woman's Work by Julie Delporte, Sweet Little Cunt: The Graphic Work of Julie Doucet by Anne Elizabeth Moore, BTTM FDRS by Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore, Martin Peters by Patrick Allaby, and The Follies of Richard Wadsworth by Nick Mandaag.
Oct 21, 2019•58 min
Episode 96: Jacob, Lust, Lin, Jason
We review Good Talk by Mira Jacob, How I Tried to Be a Good Person by Ulli Lust, Pope Hats #6 by Hartley Lin, and O Josephine! by Jason.
Aug 16, 2019•1 hr 4 min
Episode 95: Villadsen, Schrauwen, Ferraris, Chiocca
In this episode we review The Sea by Rikke Villadsen, Parallel Lives by Olivier Schrauwen, and The Scar: Graphic Reportage from the U.S. Mexico Border by Andrea Ferraris and Renato Chiocca.
Jun 16, 2019•32 min
Episode 94: Buhle, Max, Griffith, Brown
In this episode we review Eugene V. Debs: A Graphic Biography by Paul Buhle and Steve Max, Nobody's Fool: The Life and Times of Schlitzie the Pinhead by Bill Griffith, and Cannibis: The Illegalization of Weed in America by Box Brown.
May 28, 2019•47 min
Episode 93: Baczynski, Walden, Vaughan, Reynolds, Forsman, de Radigues
We review Retrograde Orbit by Kristyna Baczynski, On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden, Barrier by Brian K. Vaughan, The New World by Chris Reynolds, and Hobo Mom by Charles Forsman and Max de Radigues.
Mar 19, 2019•50 min
Episode 92: Best of 2018
We run down our top 10 favorite books of 2018.
Jan 28, 2019•41 min
Episode 91: Roberts, Sergel, Baudoin, Van Sciver, Fior
In this episode we talk about Chlorine Gardens by Keiler Roberts, One Dirty Tree by Noah Van Sciver, Piero by Edmond Baudoin, Bald Knobber by Robert Sergel, and Blackbird Days by Manuele Fior.
Jan 09, 2019•41 min
Episode 90: Prum, Fitzgerald, Walch, I Feel Machine, Nilsen
We discuss The Dead Eye and the Deep Blue Sea by Vannak Anan Prum, Drawn to Berlin by Ali Fitzgerald, You Can Try Again by Olivia Walch, the collection I Feel Machine, and Tongues #2 by Anders Nilsen.
Nov 20, 2018•41 min
Episode 89: Nichols, Utkin, Hanawalt, Tonatiuh
We review Flocks by L. Nichols, The King of Birds by Alexander Utkin, Coyote Doggirl by Lisa Hanawalt, and Undocumented: A Worker's Fight by Duncan Tonatiuh.
Oct 02, 2018•42 min
Episode 88: Alagbé, Ruillier, Kupperman, Starkings
In this episode we review Yellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures by Yvan Alagbé, The Strange by Jerome Ruillier, All the Answers by Jerome Kupperman, and The Beef by Richard Starkings and Shaky Kane.
Aug 09, 2018•52 min
Episode 87: Perez, Gipi, David B.
In this episode we review Land of the Sons by Gipi, Pervert by Michelle Perez and Remy Boydell, and Hasib and the Queen of Serpents by David B.
Jul 06, 2018•34 min
Episode 86: Davis, DeForge, and Wertz
In this episode we review Why Art by Eleanor Davis; Sticks Angelica, Folk Hero by Michael DeForge; and Tenements, Towers & Trash by Julia Wertz.
May 14, 2018•36 min
Episode 85: Box Brown, Fabien Nury, Paul Buhle, and more
We review Is This Guy for Real? The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman by Box Brown, The Death of Stalin by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin, Johnny Appleseed: Green Dreamer of the American Frontier by Paul Buhle and Noah Van Sciver, and NOW #1 and #2.
Mar 19, 2018•48 min
Episode 84: Chatterjee, D'Salete, and Farinella
In this episode we review Verax by Pratap Chatterjee and Khalil, Run for It by Marcelo D'Salete, and The Senses by Mateo Farinella.
Feb 01, 2018•37 min
Episode 83: Top 8 of 2017
We run down our top 8 favorite comics of 2017.
Jan 12, 2018•28 min
Episode 82: Chaboute, Leslie Stein, Jesse Lonergan
We review Alone by Chaboute, Present by Leslie Stein, and This World Is Not for Burning and Hedra by Jesse Lonergan.
Dec 13, 2017•28 min
Episode 81: Nilsen, Findakly, and Forsman
We review The End of the Fucking World by Charles Forsman, Poppies from Iraq by Brigitte Findakly and Lewis Trondheim, and Tongues #1 by Anders Nilsen.
Oct 16, 2017•28 min
Episode 80: Manuele Fior, Jillian Tamaki, and Jonathan Coulton/Matt Fraction
We review The Interview by Manuele Fior, Boundless by Jillian Tamaki, and Solid State, written by Matt Fraction based on a concept album by Jonathan Coulton.
Aug 31, 2017•33 min
Episode 79: Dominique Goblet and Max Andersson
Joshua and Alex review Pretending Is Lying by Dominique Goblet and The Excavation by Max Andersson.
Jul 28, 2017•31 min
Episode 78
Joshua and Joe review Hostage by Guy Delisle, The Red Virgin and the Vision of Utopia by Mary and Brian Talbot, Rolling Blackouts by Sarah Glidden, and Your Black Friend by Ben Passmore.
Jun 28, 2017•39 min
Episode 77: Peplum, 100 Nights of Hero, The Flintstones
We review Peplum by Blutch, The 100 Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg, and The Flintstones vol. 1 by Mark Russell and Steve Pugh.
May 18, 2017•31 min
Episode 76: Len, The Abominable Mr. Seabrook, Six Days in Cincinnati
Joshua and Joe review Len: A Lawyer in History by Seth Tobocman, The Abominable Mr. Seabrook by Joe Ollmann, and Six Days in Cincinnati by Dan Mendez Moore.
Mar 27, 2017•33 min
Episode 75: Exits, Untitled Ape's Epic Adventure, Soviet Daughter
Alex and Joshua review Exits by Daryl Seitchik, Untitled Ape's Epic Adventure by Steven Tillotson, and Soviet Daughter by Julia Alekseyeva.
Feb 22, 2017•23 min
Episode 74: Last Look, Everything Is Teeth, The Unquotable Trump
Joe and Joshua talk about Last Look by Charles Burns and Everything Is Teeth by Evie Wyld.
Feb 06, 2017•33 min
Episode 73: Best of 2016
Alex, Andrea, Joe, and Joshua talk about their eight favorite comics of the year.
Jan 04, 2017•39 min
Episode 72: The Arab of the Future, Tetris, Cowboys and Insects, Disillusioned Illusions
Joshua and Joe review The Arab of the Future by Riad Sattouf, Tetris: The Games People Play by Box Brown, Cowboys and Insects by David Hine and Shaky Kane, and Disillusioned Illusions by Greg Stump.
Dec 08, 2016•40 min
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