22 Panels - A Podcast to Examine, Explore, and Elevate the Medium of Comics
Tad and Phil are joined by Legendary Creator Howard Chaykin.
Gianmaria Orlandi, Matias Julio, & Larry Stahl join Tad to discuss "Nowhere To Go But Up" debuting July 9 in Emerald Valley Presents on Globalcomix.
Psychocomicogy joins Tad to discuss Daniel Warren Johnson's Do a Powerbomb.
Ace slides into the co-host chair with Tad to discuss Predator: Black, White, & Blood, Love Letters: Reasons to Be Alive, Spread Me, and more with award winning author Sarah Gailey.
Episode 192 - July 13, 2025 Lazarus #10 1. News of Note 2. New Comic Series 3. 3 Amazing New Book 4. Great Responsibility - Lazarus #10 5. 3 Books We Hope Will Be Spectacular
John Lees & Sally Cantirino join Tad to discuss their upcoming book Orla! and more. Final Order Cutoff on Orla! is July 14. Order from your Local Comic Shop today. (Also, John just launched a Kickstarter... Check it out at comixtribe.com/gs)
Matt, Peter, Dillon, and Tad discuss the newly relaunched Heavy Metal #1.
Episode 191 - July 6, 2025 Lazarus #9 1. News of Note 2. New Comic Series 3. 3 Amazing New Book 4. Great Responsibility - Lazarus #9 5. 3 Books We Hope Will Be Spectacular
Tad is joined by Adam Rose & Magenta King to discuss their sci-fi mystery masterpiece Huge Detective.
Mark Pracht, Sean Harklerode, and Tad discuss The Shadow.
22 Panels Star Trek: TBD Wrap-Up Writers Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, Christopher Cantwell, and Editor Heather Antos join Tad and Aaron to discuss their recent (in need of a subtitle) Star Trek run.
Episode 190 - June 29, 2025 Lazarus #8 1. News of Note 2. New Comic Series 3. 3 Amazing New Book 4. Great Responsibility - Lazarus #8 5. 3 Books We Hope Will Be Spectacular
Send us a textThe Brothers Anderson (no relation) and Tad discuss Hardware #22-24.Consider becoming a patron!Support the show
Send us a textChrissy Williams & Lauren Knight join Tad to discuss Golden Rage, poetry, and more!Consider becoming a patron!Support the show
Send us a textTad is joined be The Beat's Heidi MacDonald to talk about a little bit of everything...Consider becoming a patron!Support the show
Send us a textTad is joined by Andrew Aydin to discuss the current Kickstarter Campaign from Good Trouble Productions & The Appalachia Comics Project Islands in the Sky, Good Trouble's upcoming release Comics of the Movement, and his upcoming DC Go! Series Taste of Justice.https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/appalachiacomics/appalachia-comics-project?ref=android_project_shareConsider becoming a patron!Support the show
Send us a textTad and Phil are joined by Zac Thompson to discuss Cemetery Kids Run Rabid and more!Consider becoming a patron!Support the show
Send us a textEpisode 7: Boss FightIn which we taste flesh, draw blood, and scream…It's all been leading up to this. After our first episode, the wielder of the d4 died. Her ghost has been haunting our game, and now she's out for blood. Mine, yours, the Gods' — as much as she can drink and more. You hear it all the time in comics, that things will never be the same after this. That changes matter. That fiction has significance. We put that to the test, as the events of this episode will put the 22 Panels crew on one of 4 possible paths into the future — may those fates unchosen know peace we never will…Consider becoming a patron!Support the show
Send us a textRyan Carey and Emily Mehr join Tad to talk about the 7th Annual Insert Name Comic & Zine Fest.2025 INSERT NAME COMICS & ZINES FESTIVAL, via @Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/insertnameminifest/2025-insert-name-comics-and-zines-festival?ref=android_project_shareConsider becoming a patron!Support the show
Send us a textDillon, Matt, Peter, and Tad discuss the first issue of the recently relaunched Metal Hurlant.Consider becoming a patron!Support the show
Send us a textEpisode 189 - June 22, 2025Lazarus #71. News of Note2. New Comic Series3. 3 Amazing New Book4. Great Responsibility - Lazarus #75. 3 Books We Hope Will Be SpectacularConsider becoming a patron!Support the show
Send us a textTad is joined by father/daughter cartoonist team Gilbert & Natalia Hernandez to discuss their upcoming book Roy and more!Consider becoming a patron!Support the show
Send us a textTad is joined by Dave Wachter & Tony Fleecs to discuss their Eisner Nominated Uncanny Valley.Consider becoming a patron!Support the show
Send us a textTad, Sean Harklerode, and Mark Pracht discuss Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #139, Forever People #4, New Gods #4, Mister Miracle #4 and more as they continue their journey through Jack Kirby's Fourth World Saga.Consider becoming a patron!Support the show
Send us a textTad is joined by Caitlin Yarsky & Clayton Cowles to discuss Living Hell, friendship, and more!Consider becoming a patron!Support the show
Send us a textTad and the Brothers Anderson (no relation) discuss Shadow Cabinet #5-10.Consider becoming a patron!Support the show
Send us a textTad is joined by Matt Madden & Cris Siqueira to discuss the art of translating comics. Consider becoming a patron!Support the show
Send us a textEpisode 188 - June 15, 2025Lazarus #61. News of Note2. New Comic Series3. 3 Amazing New Book4. Great Responsibility - Lazarus #65. 3 Books We Hope Will Be SpectacularConsider becoming a patron!Support the show
Send us a textPsychocomicogy's Samantha Chavez and Tad discuss The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl and more!Consider becoming a patron!Support the show
Send us a textTad, Mark Pracht, and Sean Harklerode discuss Sgt. Rock, Joe Kubert, and more!Consider becoming a patron!Support the show
Send us a textJeremy Whitley joins Tad to discuss Aces and Aros: An Asexual and Aromantic Comic Book Anthology and more!Available via Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/comicuno/aces-and-aros-an-asexual-and-aromantic-comic-book-anthology?ref=android_project_shareConsider becoming a patron!Support the show
Send us a textMaria, Marisol, and Tad discuss Gilbert Hernandez' Luba #4 and the Mario & Jaime Hernandez stories in Measles #1 & #2.Consider becoming a patron!Support the show
Send us a textEpisode 187 - June 8, 2025Lazarus #51. News of Note2. New Comic Series3. 3 Amazing New Book4. Great Responsibility - Lazarus #55. 3 Books We Hope Will Be SpectacularConsider becoming a patron!Support the show
Send us a textTad is joined by Otis Frampton to discuss The Patchwork Girl of Oz, Oddly Normal, and more.Consider becoming a patron!Support the show
Send us a textTad is joined by Bad Idea VP of Sales and Marketing Siena Fallon to discuss their upcoming slate of new comics and more!Consider becoming a patron!Support the show
Send us a textTad and Psychocomicogy tackle Tom King's most emotionally challenging work Sheriff of Babylon.Consider becoming a patron!Support the show
Send us a textGreg Petre & Marc Koprinarov return to 22 Panels to discuss their Eisner Nomination, Comic Shop Tour, and the first hardcover collection of Santos Sisters.Consider becoming a patron!Support the show
Send us a textEpisode 186 - June 1, 2025Lazarus #41. News of Note2. New Comic Series3. 3 Amazing New Book4. Great Responsibility - Lazarus #45. 3 Books We Hope Will Be SpectacularConsider becoming a patron!Support the show
Send us a textTad is joined by Jeffrey Alan Love, Michael Tivey, and Christopher Condon to discuss their upcoming series News from the Fallout.Consider becoming a patron!Support the show
Send us a textPaul Tobin returns to 22 Panels to discuss String - and eventually he and Tad even get around to itConsider becoming a patron!Support the show
Send us a textStephan Frank returns to discuss Palomino vols. 4-5, process, and more.Palomino and Romance in the Age of the Space God are available on Kickstarter now!http://kck.st/44AxtJtConsider becoming a patron!Support the show
Send us a textEpisode 6: Marshmallows of Personal TruthIn which we kick back, share stories, play games, and watch our friend slowly die…Never Have I Ever Dared to think we'd learn the Secret History of the Gods! Pull up a log and join the gang around the campfire — we're doing a beach day episode! Straightforward fun and games! Graham cracker bushes! A Psychedelic-Party-Toad! Everybody definitely lives through this one! When has a solicit text ever lied to you?Enjoy it while it lasts, this calm before the storm, as our first arc races towards its conclusion in only 2 more episodes… Consider becoming a patron!Support the show
Send us a textIn-Between Years continues with discussion of Penny Century #7 & Luba #3.Consider becoming a patron!Support the show
Send us a textTad is joined by Grant Snider to discuss his new book Thinking About Thinking, and much, much more.Consider becoming a patron!Support the show
Send us a textEpisode 185 - May 26, 2025Lazarus #31. News of Note2. New Comic Series3. 3 Amazing New Book4. Great Responsibility - Lazarus #35. 3 Books We Hope Will Be SpectacularConsider becoming a patron!Support the show
Send us a textTad, Peter, Matt, and Dillon Gilbertson discuss the April 1979 issue of Heavy Metal Magazine.Consider becoming a patron!Support the show
Send us a textTad, Mark Pracht, and (eventually) Sean Harklerode continue their journey through Jack Kirby's Fourth World with Forever People #3, New Gods #3, Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #138, and Mister Miracle #3. And so much more.Consider becoming a patron!Support the show
Send us a textTad discusses comics and more with Tiffany Babb, editor of The Comics Courier and The Fan Files.The Comics Courier Issue Two is funding now on Kickstarter:http://kck.st/44e2GltConsider becoming a patron!Support the show
Send us a textA delightful conversation with Paul Karasik about his adaptation of Paul Auster's New York Trilogy (with David Mazzucchelli on City of Glass and Lorenzo Mattotti on Ghosts. The Locked Room Karasik handle himself); his work with Mark Newgarden: How to Read Nancy; a memoir The Ride Together co-written by his sister Judy; and more!Consider becoming a patron!Support the show
Send us a textTad discusses Oddly Compelling: The Denis Kitchen Story with Ted Intorcio, Soren Christiansen and Denis Kitchen!Back it on Kickstarter Today!https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tinto-press/oddly-compelling-the-denis-kitchen-story?ref=2tfcf6Consider becoming a patron!Support the show