Episodes
Monday Jan 05, 2015
Episode 69 - These Are The Days We Remember
Monday Jan 05, 2015
Monday Jan 05, 2015
Comics Therapy. No Reviews. Just Analysis.
It's our Second Annual Introspective Year In Review, with special guest (and honorary show mascot), Eisner-nominated writer Christopher Sebela.
As an added bonus, and benefiting absolutely no one, we present our first episode of 2015 with quite possibly the worst audio quality of our entire podcasting careers. You're welcome!
Sunday Dec 21, 2014
Episode 68 - You Gotta Get With My Friends
Sunday Dec 21, 2014
Sunday Dec 21, 2014
Comics Therapy. No Reviews. Just Analysis.
Two books from December 17, 2014. Plus, a Second Opinion, featuring questions answered by a different listener each week, with Mark.
On The Couch: Ignatz-award winning cartoonist Alec Longstreth.
Show Notes:
This week’s theme is friendship is magic. We talk a lot about the relationships between characters in comic books - be they superhero teams, mortal enemies or anything in between. We’ve discussed the dynamics of romantic relationships, family conflict and adolescent turmoil. The two comics we’re focusing on today showcase the strong bonds that form among friends, especially in times of trouble, be it magical or mundane. Either way, there’s probably a body or two involved, so choose your friends wisely. Make sure at least one of them knows what to do when the shit hits the fan.
Wayward #5 30:30
The Kitchen #2 42:07
The Couch - Alec Longstreth 51:10
You may know Ignatz-award winning cartoonist Alec from his minicomic Phase 7 or his gorgeous graphic novel, Basewood, self-published in hardcover this year. Or maybe you’re wearing the sweet t-shirt he designed for the band Weezer. His comics work has also appeared in anthologies published by Villard, Three Rivers Press, Dark Horse Comics, Tugboat Press and many other indie self-publishers. He was a fellow at the Center for Cartoon Studies and teaches for CCS and the California College for the Arts for their MFA Comics Program.
Tuesday Dec 16, 2014
Episode 67.1 - A Moment of Reflection
Tuesday Dec 16, 2014
Tuesday Dec 16, 2014
Sunday Dec 07, 2014
Episode 67 - Taking Matters Into Your Own Hand
Sunday Dec 07, 2014
Sunday Dec 07, 2014
Comics Therapy. No Reviews. Just Analysis.
Three books from December 3, 2014. Plus, a Second Opinion, featuring questions answered by a different listener each week, with Len.
Show Notes:
This week’s theme is taking matters into your own hands. It’s about justice, not the law, because sometimes the law can’t be trusted. Or even if they could, maybe you yourself aren't up to any good, so why complicate matters? Better to just take care of things yourself before anyone else gets hurt. Unless that’s what you’re looking for. Because Andrea may know a guy.
The Names #4 16:38
Fiction Squad #3 30:50
Men of Wrath #3 45:57
Monday Dec 01, 2014
Episode 65.1 - What? Again?
Monday Dec 01, 2014
Monday Dec 01, 2014
Sunday Nov 23, 2014
Episode 66 - Mad World
Sunday Nov 23, 2014
Sunday Nov 23, 2014
Comics Therapy. No Reviews. Just Analysis.
Three Books From November 19th 2014!
Avengers 38
Avengers World 15
New Avengers 26
Sunday Nov 16, 2014
Episode 65-1 - I'm Sorry
Sunday Nov 16, 2014
Sunday Nov 16, 2014
Whoops! Listen to find out about this weeks show.
Sunday Nov 09, 2014
Episode 65 - Just Like Animals
Sunday Nov 09, 2014
Sunday Nov 09, 2014
Three books from November 5, 2014. Plus a Second Opinion, featuring questions answered by a different listener each week, with Keith Silva.
Show Notes:
This week’s theme is all creatures great and small. It’s heartwarming, isn’t it? After a month of horror books we needed this. Like a giant, cuddly, soft and furry palate cleanser. Wait, that came out wrong. Anyway, we’re looking at three books that feature animals in three dramatically different ways. Cybernetically enhanced smart ass killing machines, time traveling imprinting dinosaurs and neglected-then-coveted man’s best friend.
Rocket Raccoon #5 21:10
Cuteness, or The Secret of My Success
Terrible Lizard #1 31:55
Back to the Future
Kinski Hardcover (collecting issues #1-6) 42:45
Sunday Nov 02, 2014
Episode 64 - Hell is For Children
Sunday Nov 02, 2014
Sunday Nov 02, 2014
Two books from October 29, 2014. Plus a Second Opinion, featuring questions answered by a different listener each week, with Joe Patrick.
On The Couch: artist and writer Michel Fiffe.
Show Notes:
Happy Halloween! No, for real. It is Halloween right this very second, and we are happy and you should be, too. (Sure, now that this is posted it's actually November, but in the moment let us celebrate October with one final round of horror comics.) This week’s theme is creepy children. Some of the scariest books, movies and comics we’ve ever seen or read have involved kids who are either not all there, or not what they seem or just...not. These two books do their part to add to this delightful niche in the genre, where children aren't a source of joy or peace or love, but in fact something to fear or fear for.
Missing children. Children who keep demons away. Boogeymen who take children. Parents who miss children. Hit men who kill children.
Rachel Rising #29 39:35
A child destined to bear Satan's heir. A child who kills, repeatedly. Happens to be the same child.
The Couch - Michel Fiffe 52:50
Michel’s critically acclaimed self-published series Copra was on a number of best of lists last year, and Round One, collecting the first six issues, was recently published by Bergen Street Press and is available through Diamond for the first time. He is also currently writing All-New Ultimates for Marvel Comics.
Tuesday Oct 28, 2014
Episode 63 - Set The Tone
Tuesday Oct 28, 2014
Tuesday Oct 28, 2014
Two comics from October 22, 2014. Plus a Second Opinion, featuring questions answered by a different listener each week, with Jason Sacks.
On The Couch: artist Jim Rugg.
Show Notes:
It’s still October, kids, and we’re still reading scary books. Because when Andrea hits on a theme, she likes to really drive it into the ground, killing it slowly until its rotting, festering remains poison the water supply, causing pestilence and death for miles around. At least for the next two weeks, anyway. Today’s theme is about setting the tone. We’re looking at two first issues of new horror series, and how they establish the look and fear of what is to come.
Colder #1 19:50
A new volume begins. How does it pull new readers in while living up to the expectations of fans of the first series? With a cool glass of milk. Gross.
Goners #1 32:05
A brand new story. How does it introduce (and kill off) characters while raising the stakes with an appropriate creep factor? With the undead. And conspiracies.
The Couch - Jim Rugg 42:05
Back in episode 53, we talked about Jim’s comic Street Angel, published by SLG originally, re-released digitally by MonkeyBrain Comics, and beautifully packaged in a newish hardcover by AdHouse. He’s also the co-creator of the Ignataz-award winning Rambo 3.5 and Afrodisiac. He drew The Guild, written by Felicia Day and published by Dark Horse Comics, and pages for Joe Casey’s new Captain Victory series which we've also talked about, published by Dynamite.
Jim recommended Jane, The Fox and Me, written by Fanny Britt with art by Isabelle Arsenault.