Comic Adventures

Hi, folks! This episode is about Castle Waiting by Linda Medley, a cool comic we liked a lot. It's also the last episode we're doing for a while - Comic Adventures is going on an indefinite hiatus. Thank you so much for your support over the last two years!   Other things we talk about:   Assassination Classroom by Yūsei Matsui Captain Marvel: Earth’s Mightiest Hero by Kelly Sue DeConnick Barbarous by Yuko Ota & Ananth Hirsh Delver #1 by Spike Trotman, MK Reed, and Clive Hawken The “G” Word Isn’t for You: How “Gypsy” Erases Romani Women   Find us online at: twitter.com/thecomiccast twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa) twitter.com/AndrewDLarkin (Andrew)   Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com.   Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo.

That's right, folks! This week we discuss Andrew's favorite Marvel superhero, the one... the only... Carol Danvers, a.k.a Captain Marvel! Specifically, we're talking about the Higher, Further, Faster, More trade by Kelly Sue DeConnick, illustrated by David Lopez with colors by Lee Loughridge and letters by Joe Caramagna. Andrew specifically wanted to say this: Seriously folks, I love the character of Carol Danvers, in all of her complicated history. I feel like I didn't actually geek out enough while recording this episode. Like, I feel like I should have been more giddy with excitement. Anyway, since recording, I saw the movie and loved it, and I'm also going back and re-reading even more of Kelly Sue DeConnick's run writing this character and loving it. Carol is great because she's a feminist character without having to tell us in every panel "hey, I'm feminist" because SHE JUST IS. There was a lot of hate floating around out there ahead of the movie, particularly from a lot of men who somehow felt threatened by all the feminist rhetoric attached to the film and the character. Let me definitively say, you guys that were trying to sandbag this movie have completely missed the point. I hope my daughter grows up to be Carol Danvers. She's smart, she's capable, she doesn't take shit, and she's capable of listening to others. We should all be a bit more like Carol. Other things we talk about: Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughan   This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki   Smile by Raina Telgemeier   Fence Vol 2 by C. S. Pacat Illustrated by Johanna the Mad   What if Spider-Man Kept His Cosmic Powers by Glenn Herdling Scott McDaniel, Jim Sanders, Sam De La Rosa     Strong Female Protagonist by Brennan Lee Mulligan and Molly Ostertag     Karen Hallion Find us online at: twitter.com/thecomiccast twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa) twitter.com/AndrewDLarkin (Andrew) And check out our Ko-fi!   Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com. Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo.

It had to happen (especially if it's rigged, Andrew) - we finally talk about a book neither of us likes. Join us for a solid hour of excited yelling about communism, conservatism, bad writing, and the role of heroes in a world of injustice.   Other things we talk about: Home After Dark by David Small Blue by Laura Vaccaro Seeger Judas by Jeff Loveness and Jakub Rebelka Drama by Raina Telgemeier On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden Hex Vet by Sam Davies Kase-san and Cherry Blossoms by Hiromi Takashima I've read better than that   Find us online at: twitter.com/thecomiccast twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa) twitter.com/AndrewDLarkin (Andrew) And check out our Ko-fi!   Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com. Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo.

Happy Valentine's Day, folks! Join us for a discussion of the delectable Kase-san and Morning Glories by Hiromi Takashima! The air is full of love and the podcast is full of sweet romantic manga. And the long term effects of Freudian theory on queer media, because we gotta be us.    Other things we talk about: Train★Train by Eiki Eiki Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda The History of Yuri tag at Okazu Karen Hallion The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang The Substitutes by Myisha Haynes   Find us online at: twitter.com/thecomiccast twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa) twitter.com/AndrewDLarkin (Andrew) And check out our Ko-fi!   Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com.   Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo.

  Well I don't know why we came here tonight. We've got the feeling that something ain't right. We're so scared we fell off our chairs. And we're wondering how we'll get down the stairs (bro). Clowns to the left of me!  Vriska to the right! Homestuck in the middle with you.   (Covers about a third of Act 5 Act 2, through page 3192.)   Find us online at: twitter.com/thecomiccast twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa) twitter.com/AndrewDLarkin (Andrew) And check out our Ko-fi!   Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com. Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our Homestuck theme song is Sweet Success by Planet Purple.

This week Andrew and Melissa discuss love, shapeshifter style as we discuss Noel Stevenson's delightful fantasy, Nimona. Andrew forgets he's not on a video game podcast, Melissa has so many reading recommendations that it requires an additional episode, and our fair friends promise that they'll do Homestuck... next time.   Other things we talk about: Saga: vol 9 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples Monstress: vol 3 by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda   and of couse... Homestuck   Find us online at: twitter.com/thecomiccast twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa) twitter.com/AndrewDLarkin (Andrew) And check out our Ko-fi!   Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com.   Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo.

Happy New Year! We invited artist Kat Tuesday to help us ring in 2019 with style, and by style we mean minicomics. Kat's audio is pretty rough, but the minicomic knowledge she drops is smooooth.   Other things we talk about: Oyasumi Punpun by Asano Inio Otoyome Gatari (Bride's Story) by Mori Kaoru What Doesn’t Work by M Stenbæk Never Satisfied by Taylor Robin Saint for Rent by Ru Zu Ran and the Gray World v1 by Aki Irie Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik Quimby's Sharkman by Leo Mancini CAKE (Chicago Alternative Comics Expo) Chicago Zine Fest Paper Mills Have The Power….To Finally Increase Prices Paper Chase: Unexpected Price Increases Hit Pulp Market Kitty's Guide to Chicago Coffee by Patrick Cheng Low Light: Late Night Special by Tristan Wright Can You Make the Dog Sexier? by Kelly Leigh Miller and Alex Sloves Look at my Cute Cub by Lucy Kinsley Viewotron issue 2 (Mom) by Sam Sharpe Rachel Bard’s mini-minis Pancakes by Kat Leyh Radishes by Carolyn Nowak One Drink by Bruce Worden An Army of Lovers Will Be Beaten by Bernie McGovern Baby Fat and K.M. & R.P. & MCMLXXI (1971) by M. Dean Making Minicomics by Jessica Abel   Find us online at: twitter.com/thecomiccast twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa) twitter.com/AndrewDLarkin (Andrew) And check out our Ko-fi!   Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com.   Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo.

This week we submerge ourselves into the wild wacky world of gender and species fluidity that is Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma 1/2! Join us as we discuss secret wish fulfillment, gaining acceptance by being a pig, and discover that dang, it feels good to be a panda.   Other things we talk about: Overlord v1 & 2 by Kugane Maruyama and Satoshi Oshio Assassination Classroom v11-16 by Yusei Matsui Rutabaga the Adventure Chef by Eric Colossal Wonderland v1 by Yugo Ishikawa Otherworldly Izakaya Nobu v1 by Natsuya Semikawa and Virginia Nitouhei Flavor by Joseph Keatinge and Wook Clark Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant by Tony Cliff Drifting Dragons v1 by Taku Kuwabara Home After Dark by David Small Shonen Jump Star Wars: Galaxy of Adventures Neon Genesis Evangelion A Vision of Escaflowne   Find us online at: twitter.com/thecomiccast twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa) twitter.com/AndrewDLarkin (Andrew) And check out our Ko-fi!   Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com.   Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo.

Welcome to episode 32, where we start out talking about the 2006 run of Blue Beetle and end up deep in the weeds, yelling about continuity, reboots, and editorial mandates. Jaime Reyes is still the best kid, though.  (Note: the audio quality on this isn't great - we're switching to new software and still working out the kinks. Also there are baby toys going off randomly in the background. We're working on it! Our mikes will be less hot next time!)   Other things we talk about: Assassination Classroom 5-10 by Yusei Matsui Sheets by Brenna Thummler Super Late Bloomer by Julia Kaye Apple and Honey by Hideyoshico   Find us online at: twitter.com/thecomiccast twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa) twitter.com/AndrewDLarkin (Andrew) And check out our Ko-fi!   Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com.   Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo.

This week we delve into Delicious In Dungeon, a manga by Ryōko Kui. Join us as we embark on a culinary adventure, just in time for Thanksgiving! We discuss everything ranging to problematic portrayals of orcs, to the ultimate question: is dragon red meat or white meat? Other things we talk about: MotorCrush v1 by by Brenden Fletcher, Cameron Stewart, and Babs Tarr That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime v1-6 by FUSE and Taiki Kawakami Assassination Classroom v2-4 by Yusei Matsui Yona of the Dawn v1 by Mizuho Kusanagi Sweetness & Lightning v1 by Gido Amagakure Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik   World of Warcraft Ready Player One by Ernest Cline   Find us online at: twitter.com/thecomiccast twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa) twitter.com/AndrewDLarkin (Andrew) And check out our Ko-fi!   Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com.   Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo.

Welcome to episode 30! This week Andrew makes some terrible puns, Melissa forgets about the Prime Directive, and both are super enthusiastic about the Elements: Fire anthology from Beyond Press.    Other things we talk about:   Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik Taproot by Keezy Young Fence! v1 by C.S. Pacat (Author) and Johanna the Mad (Illustrator) Melissa can't find that twitter thread on manga layout BallotReady   Find us online at: twitter.com/thecomiccast twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa) twitter.com/AndrewDLarkin (Andrew) And check out our Ko-fi!   Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com. Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo.

This week we take a turn for the spooky as we delve into the horrors of Emily Carroll's Through The Woods. Get ready to get creeped out by some 18th century French undead and creepy, creepy worm monsters with teeth. Things we talk about: Emily Carroll's agent on Graphic Novel TK Low Vol. 1: The Delirium of Hope by Rick Remender and Greg Tocchini Agents of the Realm by Mildred Lewis (the characters are in college, Melissa apologizes for the mistake.) Inktober with Quinn Stephens, Patrick Cheng, and Ana Carmichael Ms. Marvel vol 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona Pluto vol 2 by Naoki Urasawa and Osamu Tezuka   Find us online at: twitter.com/thecomiccast twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa) twitter.com/AndrewDLarkin (Andrew) And check out our Ko-fi!   Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com. Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo.

Andrew's out of town (it's his birthday, wish him a happy one!), so Melissa is joined by special guest host Quinn Stephens to talk about the beautiful and often animated Ava's Demon.   Other things we talk about:   Magic Knight Rayearth by Clamp Dark Phoenix Saga by Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum and John Byrne Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men The Mutant Ages Tiger, Tiger by Petra Erika Nordlund O Human Star by Blue Delliquanti        Find us online at: twitter.com/thecomiccast twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa) instagram.com/stephens.quinn (Quinn) And check out our Ko-fi!   Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com. Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo.

This episode we talk about Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu! It's a story about hockey (which we know nothing about), baking (which Andrew knows about), and finding yourself at college (we both know this one). Also romance and anxiety and non-toxic bros and... just read it, y'all.    Other things we talk about: How the Best Hunter in the Village Met Her Death by Molly Ostertag That Box We Sit On by Richie Pope SPX 2018 Ignatz Awards Nominees Check, Please!: #Hockey (First Second edition) Thieves and Kings by Mark Oakley   Find us online at: twitter.com/thecomiccast twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa) twitter.com/AndrewDLarkin (Andrew) And check out our Ko-fi!   For extended show notes, visit our blog! Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com.   Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo.

This week we tackle Emil Farris' brilliant work, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters. This is a heavy one (and not just because the book is huge). We talk about race, sexuality, gender, and the Holocaust as we discuss the Eisner-winning, Hugo-nominated book about a young woman growing up in 1960s Chicago.

The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins is finally available in sweet, sweet paperback! We laughed, we cried, we did a fantastic Magic Brian impression.    Other things we talk about: Melissa's Long Ass List is at the bottom of the notes Libby (by Overdrive) My Brother, My Brother, and Me  The Adventure Zone (the podcast) TAZ Animated TAZ Zine Tess Stone's rad comic Sluggy Freelance   We're giving away a copy of the book!  We have an extra copy of the TAZ graphic novel, so we’re doing a giveaway. If you’re in the US (because international shipping is killer) and want a chance to win, email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com with the subject line 'TAZ Giveaway' and include a sentence or two about your favorite comic. (or your favorite TAZ character, if you don’t have a favorite comic). If you're cool with reading your recommendation on the air, let us know! The contest lasts until the end of August - we’ll draw a name on August 31st.   Find us online at: twitter.com/thecomiccast twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa) twitter.com/AndrewDLarkin (Andrew) And check out our Ko-fi!   For extended show notes, visit our blog! Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com.   Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo.   Melissa's Long Ass List: Spinning by Tillie Walden Moonstruck by Grace Ellis and Shae Beagle Black Clover v1-4 by Yuki Tabata Tokyo Ghoul v1 by Sui Ishida Haikyuu v1 by Haruichi Furudate Hayate x Blade v1-11 by Shizuru Hayashiya Murciélago v1-8 by Yoshimurakana Kase-san v1-4 by Hiromi Takashima Kiss and White Lily for My Dearest Girl v1-2 by Canno Rule of Standing on Tiptoe by Puku Okuyama Seven Days v1-2 by Venio Tachibana and Rihito Takarai I Hear the Sunspot v1 by Yuki Fumino My Sempai by Hebiko Habuyama Samejima-Kun And Sasahara-Kun by Koshino What Did You Eat Yesterday v1 by Fumi Yoshinaga

Death. Grief. Family. Responsibility. Giant swords. Bunnies. For this episode we go deep into the first three volumes of Kubo Tite's Bleach.    Other things we talk about:   Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku v2 by Fujita Go For It, Nakamura! by Syundei After Hours v1 by Yuhta Nishio Inside Scanslation Chasing Amy There May Be Some Collateral Damage by metisket (Bleach+Harry Potter fanfic)  Kickstarter for Northside Comics Volume 1!!! Inuyasha by Rumiko Takahashi Fushigi Yūgi by Yuu Watase   Next Episode: The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins by several McElroys and Carey Pietsch. Listen to The Adventure Zone, Folks!   Find us online at: twitter.com/thecomiccast twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa) twitter.com/AndrewDLarkin (Andrew) And check out our Ko-fi!   For extended show notes, visit our blog! Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com. Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo.

This week, we go back in time to the early 90s to talk about the one and only X-Force. We discuss Cable's team of young vigilantes, questionable anatomy, clothing that is literally painted on, Gideon and Cruel's troubled marriage, and gratuitous amounts of pockets. So bodyslide by one into your chair and settle in for a long one! (X-Force Epic Collection: Under the Gun is by Rob Liefeld and Fabian Nicieza)   Things we discuss Invisible Man by Ralph Eliison Connection Lost and Lost Haven by Carrie Peach X-Factor (the comic and the reality show) Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men (Melissa listened to episodes 181, 189, and 195)   Find us online at: twitter.com/thecomiccast twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa) twitter.com/AndrewDLarkin (Andrew) Wanna throw a buck or two our way? Check out our Ko-Fi!   For extended show notes, visit our blog! Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com. Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo.

This episode we talk about the magic of teen angst, prom, and wifi hotspots in Jillian Tamaki's SuperMutant Magic Academy.     Things we mention: Pluto by Naoki Urasawa Astro Boy by Osamu Tezuka Plum Dog by Emma Chichester Clark I Am A Wolf by Kelly Leigh Miller (coming 2019!) Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku, v1 by Fujita Delicious in Dungeon, v5 by Ryoko Kui Golden Kamuy, v1 by Satoru Noda CAKE! Dirt Creek Runs with Blood Chapter 2 by Madeline McGrane Beyond Anthology 2 Evan Dahm Kate Beaton Next episode: X-Force Epic Collection: Under the Gun   Find us online at: twitter.com/thecomiccast twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa) twitter.com/AndrewDLarkin (Andrew) Want to drop us a couple $$? Check out our Ko-Fi!   For extended show notes, visit our blog! Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com.   Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo.

Picking a CLAMP title was really, really hard, but we settled Magic Knight Rayearth. It's one of their earlier stories - a fantastic tale of three badass 14 year olds who are whisked away to another world to rescue a princess. Or at least, that's what they're told. Notes: this episode was originally recorded in March and also Andrew had a cold. Please ignore any sniffling and/or temporal abnormalities.   Things we talk about: The 27 Club by Kim Karr Angel Catbird by Margaret Atwood and Johnnie Christmas In Real Life by Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang Again!! v1 by Mitsurou Kubo Delicious in Dungeon v4 by Ryoko Kui Escaflowne Card Captor Sakura by CLAMP Twelve Kingdoms by Fuyumi Ono CLAMP's official website   Find us online at: twitter.com/thecomiccast twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa) twitter.com/AndrewDLarkin (Andrew)   For extended show notes, visit our blog! Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com.   Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo.

This week we nerd out about Avengers: Infinity War by discussing the comic where Thanos first got his snap on: Infinity Gauntlet. Things we talk about: Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet (Ta-nehisi Cotes) Rocket Racoon (Skottie Young) Shortbox  The Wicked and the Divine vol 3 (Kieron Gillan) and, of course, Homestuck   Find us online at: twitter.com/thecomiccast twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa) twitter.com/AndrewDLarkin (Andrew) And check out our Patreon!   For extended show notes, visit our blog! Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com.   Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo.

This week Melissa sits down with Derick Masen, Vanessa Walilko and Ali Cantarella to talk about the project F*cking Forty. F*cking Forty is the story of Ed Siemienkowicz's self-proclaimed worst year. Ed passed away after a battle with pancreatic cancer. His friends and fellow artists came together to finish Ed's book and remember him. In this episode, we talk about what this project means to the participants, how it got started, and why Andrew isn't around.   For extended show notes, visit our blog! Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com. Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen.

This episode we talk about Vattu, Evan Dahm's high fantasy about a young girl taken far from home.    Things we talk about: Magic Knight Rayearth by Clamp Scurry by Mac Smith Kill Six Billion Demons by Tom Parkinson-Morgan Rice Boy and Order of the Tales by Evan Dahm   Find us online at: twitter.com/thecomiccast twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa) twitter.com/AndrewDLarkin (Andrew)  And check out our Patreon!    For extended show notes, visit our blog! Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com. Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen.

This week we sit down to chat with Bet Juliano, creator of the ongoing webcomic Dust Bunny Mafia. We talk about Garfield conspiracy theories, get our minds blown by a comic about mice, and Andrew makes an offer that everybody can refuse. Things we talk about: Molly and the Bear by Bob Scott The Amok Bros. by James Kersey Scurry by Mac Smith Vattu by Evan Dahm Tweeting Lovebirds by Kotetsuko Yamamoto Ink Pen by Phil Dunlap The Awkward Yeti by Nick Seluk Unlawful Good, an Anthology by Heather Antos   For extended show notes, visit our blog! Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com. Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen.

This week we talk about one of the best comics out there: Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples' Saga. We try to keep our conversation to volume one, but of course Andrew geeks out and talks pretty much about the entire series.   Things we talk about: Monstress Vol. 2 by Liu/Takeda Magic Knight Rayearth by Clamp The Witch boy by Molly Ostertag PeriTale by Mari Costa Starward Lovers by Miki B Delicious in Dungeon by Ryōko Kui SQ Begin W/Your Name! by Tan Jiu (aka Their Story - translation here!) Avatar: The Last Airbender The Last Jedi (Spoilers: Andrew liked it)   For extended show notes, visit our blog! Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com. Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen.

Andrew and Melissa tell you about Homestuck (by Andrew Hussie)! Part one, covering everything through the end of Side one, Part two, Act five, Act one (the MOB1US DOUBL3 R34CH4ROUND).   Things we talk about: It's all Homestuck, baby Also Ryanquest And the Homestuck wiki, our new best friend   Find us online at: twitter.com/thecomiccast twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa) instagram.com/widewildblue (Also Melissa) twitter.com/AndrewDLarkin (Andrew)  And check out our Patreon!    For extended show notes, visit our blog! Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com. Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen.

This week, we had a slight change of plans. Instead of our scheduled guest, Melissa and Andrew are closing out the first year of the podcast by interviewing each other! Let's get to know our hosts better!

This episode we fell in love with The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal By EK Weaver. It's a beautiful, funny, intimate look at two dudes on roadtrip cross country and everyone should read it. Including you. Especially you.   Things we talk about: Tiny Dick Adventures by Ryan Sohmer and‎ Ryan Dunlavey Paper Girls by Brian K Vaughan and Cliff Chiang Jackass! by Scarlet Beriko The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window by Tomoko Yamashita Monthly Girl’s Nozaki-kun by Izumi Tsubaki My Brother’s Husband by Gengoroh Tagame  Diana’s Electric Tongue by Carolyn C Nowak As the Crow Flies by Melanie Gillman Fence by C.S. Pacat and Johanna the Mad tjandamal.com Five Years Ago and Three Thousand Miles Away (epilogue comic) Thunderpaw by Jen Lee   Find us online at: twitter.com/thecomiccast twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa) instagram.com/widewildblue (Also Melissa) twitter.com/AndrewDLarkin (Andrew)  And check out our Patreon!    For extended show notes, visit our blog! Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com. Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen.

Andrew's out this week, but we've got the fantastic H-P Lehkonen, a Finnish comic artist, to help fill the air.  Manga references: several. Star Wars references: zero.    Stuff we talk about: Immortal Nerd Life Outside the Circle Short Gay Stories Scrooge and Donald Duck: The Son of the Sun by Don Rosa Kaisa Leka Katja Tukiainen Liv Strömquist Vihan ja Inhon Internet by Emmi Nieminen and Johanna Vehkoo Naruto Omnibus Vol. 1 by Masashi Kishimoto Ranma 1/2 Omnibus Vol. 1 by Rumiko Takahashi Turning Japanese by MariNaomi Nina Hemmingsson Finnish Comics Society Femicomix Finland Stand Still Stay Silent by Minna Sundberg Find Anthologies! on Twitter   Find H-P online at: https://twitter.com/HPLehkonen  https://hplehkonen.tumblr.com/  http://hplehkonen.com/    Find us online at: twitter.com/thecomiccast twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa) instagram.com/widewildblue (Also Melissa) twitter.com/AndrewDLarkin (Andrew)  And check out our Patreon!    For extended show notes, visit our blog! Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com. Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen.

This week we indulge our inner monsters as we discuss Marjorie Liu's Monstress, illustrated by Sana Takeda.   Things we talk about: Magic Knights Rayearth by Clamp His Favorite by Suzuki Tanaki Giant Days by John Allison and Lissa Treiman Cucumber Quest by Gigi D.G. Vattu by Evan Dahm Pretty Deadly by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Emma Rios   Find us online at: twitter.com/thecomiccast twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa) instagram.com/widewildblue (Also Melissa) twitter.com/AndrewDLarkin (Andrew)  And check out our Patreon!    For extended show notes, visit our blog! Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com. Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen.

Hello, our clever comic adventurers! Join us as we dish with the divine Kitty Curran, co-creator and artist for Taylor Swift, Girl Detective and My Lady's Choosing!   Stuff we talk about: Larissa Zageris (Kitty's partner in creative crime!) Taylor Swift Girl Detective My Lady's Choosing Find Anthologies on Twitter Generation X Classic Vol. 1 Locke and Key by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez Through the Woods by Emily Carroll By Chance or Providence by Becky Cloonan The Last Halloween by Abby Howard Kill Six Billion Demons by Tom Parkinson-Morgan (webcomic here!) Emily Carroll's website (Melissa's talking about When the Darkness Presses) The Yawgh Sakana by Mad Rupert    Find Kitty online at: twitter.com/kittycurran www.kittycurran.com   Find us online at: twitter.com/thecomiccast twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa) instagram.com/widewildblue (Also Melissa) twitter.com/AndrewDLarkin (Andrew)  And check out our Patreon!    For extended show notes, visit our blog! Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com. Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen.

Hello, fellow fans of sequential art! This week we continue what seems to be an ongoing manga trend on Comic Adventures by discussing Planetes by Makoto Yukimura. Get ready for a podcast that is... out of this world!   Things we talk about: Problem Sleuth by Andrew Hussie My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris My Hero Academia by Kōhei Horikoshi Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis (art by Darick Robertson) The Invisibles by Grant Morrison Windup Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami The plays of Anton Chekov as translated by David Mamet Neil deGrasse Tyson (please tweet me!) A Vision of Escaflowne Ghost in the Shell by Masamune Shirow Mare Internum by Der-shing Helmer Neon Genesis Evangelion by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke The Martian by Andy Weir   Find us online at: twitter.com/thecomiccast twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa) instagram.com/widewildblue (Also Melissa) twitter.com/AndrewDLarkin (Andrew)  And check out our Patreon!    For extended show notes, visit our blog! Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com. Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen.

This week our guest is AnimeChicago organizer and manga connoisseur Neil Clingerman! Melissa and Neil hash out their manga filled childhoods, Melissa gets several facts wrong, and then we all talk about Osamu Tezuka a lot.   Stuff we talk about: Smart Stuff with Roman Mars and Justin McElroy (99%PI #225, starts around 15:30) Otherworld Barbara by Moto Hagio Serial Experiments Lain Drawn and Quarterly Fantagraphics  Vertical  Sexy Voice and Robo by Iou Kuroda Bambi and her Pink Gun by Atsushi Kaneko (who is not Iou Kuroda, whoops -M) National Quiz by Sugimoto Reiichi and Katou Shinkichi Edo Karuta by Arare Ame Nasu by Iou Kuroda Blue by Kiriko Nananan The Death of Superman Battle Angel Alita by Yukito Kishiro Nausicaä The Valley of the Wind by Hayao Miyazaki A Bride's Story and Emma by Kaoru Mori I would have sworn there was a Urasawa Naoki no Manben episode with Kaoru Mori, but I was wrong. You should watch the show, though! -M Cosplayers by Dash Shaw My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness by Nagata Kabi Looking for Group by Ryan Sohmer The Oven by Sophie Goldstein MW by Osamu Tezuka Book of Human Insects by Osamu Tezuka Habibi by Craig Thompson Phoenix by Osamu Tezuka Bringing Up Father by George McManus Lost at Sea and Scott Pilgrim by Brian Lee O'Malley Tezuka in English Find Neil online at: twitter.com/neilworms https://animechicago.com/   Find us online at: twitter.com/thecomiccast twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa) instagram.com/widewildblue (Also Melissa) twitter.com/AndrewDLarkin (Andrew)  And check out our Patreon!    For extended show notes, visit our blog! Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com. Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen.

Hello, folks! For this episode we read Stitches, a memoir by author and illustrator David Small. It's a bit heavier then our previous books.   Things we talked about: Otherworld Barbara by Moto Hagio The Other Side: An Anthology of Queer Paranormal Romance Monstress Volume 2: The Blood by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda Hoopla Stitches: A Memoir by David Small Planetes Omnibus Volume 1 by Makoto Yukimura   Mental health resources: How to Find a Therapist on WebMD Find a Therapist - Psychology Today's searchable database (this has always worked well for me. -Melissa) National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) National Suicide Prevention Lifeline – Call 800-273-TALK (8255) Crisis Text Line – Text NAMI to 741-741 National Domestic Violence Hotline – Call 800-799-SAFE (7233) National Sexual Assault Hotline – Call 800-656-HOPE (4673)   Find us online at: twitter.com/thecomiccast twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa) https://www.instagram.com/widewildblue/ (Also Melissa) twitter.com/AndrewDLarkin (Andrew) And check out our Patreon!    For extended show notes, visit our blog! Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com. Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen.

This week our guest is illustrator Kelly Leigh Miller! We also talk about dogs. And manga. And future football.   Stuff we talk about: Can You Make the Dog Sexier? by Alexander Sloves and Kelly Leigh Miller Cats with boobs (art by Ronald Serle) Procreate brushes Card Captor Sakura Ranma 1/2 Sailor Moon Fushigi Yuugi Inuyasha My Dirty Dumb Eyes by Lisa Hanawalt  Hilda series by Luke Pearson ABC-3PO and Obi-123 written by Calliope Glass and Caitlin Kennedy and illustrated by Katie Cook All My Darling Daughters by Fumi Yoshinaga 17776   Find Kelly online at: http://www.kellyleighmiller.com/ twitter.com/bookofkellz instagram.com/bookofkellz https://artofkellz.tumblr.com/   Find us online at: twitter.com/thecomiccast twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa) https://www.instagram.com/widewildblue/ (Also Melissa) twitter.com/AndrewDLarkin (Andrew)   And check out our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/comicadventures

With special guest Patty Carter! Hi, Patty!    In honor of Andrew's new baby girl, we spend this episode talking books for babies and practicing our Dad jokes.   Stuff we talk about: Baby Animals Black and White Silly Sally (Red Wagon Books) Snuggle Puppy! (Boynton on Board) Big Pumpkin Cozy Classics: Emma Vader's Little Princess Gemma & Gus (board book) (Gossie & Friends) Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale Imogene's Antlers (Reading Rainbow) The Mitten Trouble with Trolls The Mitten (again, but different) The Talking Eggs   Find us online at: twitter.com/thecomiccast www.patreon.com/comicadventures twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa) twitter.com/AndrewDLarkin (Andrew)   For extended show notes, visit our blog! Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com. Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen.

This week we interview Sheika Lugtu, cartoonist, LadyDrawer, and founder of Cow House Press.    Stuff we talk about: Short Gay Stories by H-P Lehkonen Offline And On Paper: Chicago Teens Make Zines In An Ephemeral World (NPR) Urasawa Naoki no Manben Phantom by Aatmaja Pandya Radishes and Diana's Electric Tongue by Carolyn Novak Baddawi by Leila Abdelrazzaq Secure Connect by Carta Monir The Zine Not Dead (Aug. 5th!) This One Summer, Boundless, and SuperMutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki   Find Sheika online at: sheikalugtu.com cowhousepress.com twitter.com/OMGcow twitter.com/cowhousepress   Find us online at: twitter.com/letsmake_comics twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa) twitter.com/AndrewDLarkin (Andrew)     For extended show notes, visit our blog! Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com. Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen.

In this episode, Melissa and Andrew chat about traditional tools of the comic making trade and then go on for, uh, a while about Cucumber Quest, the absolute best comic about cute bunny adventures.   Things mentioned: jetpens.com  http://cucumber.gigidigi.com/    Read Alikes: Steven Universe comics Adventure Time comics Nimona Looking for Group Undertale   For extended show notes, visit our blog! Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com. Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen.

This week we interview animator and artist Patrick Cheng. We discuss comic, coffee, creative processes, and more coffee.

Welcome to Comics Adventures, a podcast about making, reading, and loving comics. In the inaugural episode, Melissa and Andrew ask (and answer) where do you get comics, anyway? As well as wax long and poetic about The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl. Things mentioned: Comic Book Shop Locator G-mart Comics Hoopla Marvel Unlimited Comixology Hiveworks Taptastic* @webcomicchat Cucumber Quest Kickstarter’s Comics Page Read Alikes: Patsy Walker AKA Hellcat Howard the Duck Blue Beetle (2006) Spider-Gwen * After this podcast was recorded, Taptastic was revealed to have some pretty shady business practices. We’ve decided not to link them - see our show notes for links to relevent discussions. For extended show notes, visit our blog! Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com. Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen.