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Reviews and discussion of comics and graphic novels, everything but the big superhero comics.

Joshua Malbin and Joe Wessely


    • Mar 4, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 43m AVG DURATION
    • 90 EPISODES


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    Episode 101: Veasna, Smith and Reinmuth, Aldeguer

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2020 58:15


    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.

    Episode 100: Best of the 2010s

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2020 57:27


    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.

    Episode 99: Bunjevac, Noomin, Mardou, Boyd, Barajas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2019 51:02


    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.

    Episode 98: Davis, D'Salete, Healy, Willumsen

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2019 52:37


    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.

    Episode 97: Delporte, Moore, Daniels, Passmore, Allaby, Mandaag

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2019 57:58


    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.

    Episode 96: Jacob, Lust, Lin, Jason

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2019 63:52


    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.

    Episode 95: Villadsen, Schrauwen, Ferraris, Chiocca

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2019 32:01


    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.

    Episode 94: Buhle, Max, Griffith, Brown

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2019 46:52


    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.

    Episode 93: Baczynski, Walden, Vaughan, Reynolds, Forsman, de Radigues

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2019 50:23


    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.

    Episode 92: Best of 2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2019 41:29


    We run down our top 10 favorite books of 2018.

    Episode 91: Roberts, Sergel, Baudoin, Van Sciver, Fior

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2019 41:05


    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.

    Episode 90: Prum, Fitzgerald, Walch, I Feel Machine, Nilsen

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2018 40:45


    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.

    Episode 89: Nichols, Utkin, Hanawalt, Tonatiuh

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2018 42:27


    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.

    Episode 88: Alagbé, Ruillier, Kupperman, Starkings

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2018 52:05


    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.

    Episode 87: Perez, Gipi, David B.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2018 34:09


    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.

    Episode 86: Davis, DeForge, and Wertz

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2018 35:52


    In this episode we review Why Art by Eleanor Davis; Sticks Angelica, Folk Hero by Michael DeForge; and Tenements, Towers & Trash by Julia Wertz.

    Episode 85: Box Brown, Fabien Nury, Paul Buhle, and more

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2018 48:21


    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.

    Episode 84: Chatterjee, D'Salete, and Farinella

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2018 36:34


    In this episode we review Verax by Pratap Chatterjee and Khalil, Run for It by Marcelo D'Salete, and The Senses by Mateo Farinella.

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    Episode 83: Top 8 of 2017

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2018 28:09


    We run down our top 8 favorite comics of 2017.

    Episode 82: Chaboute, Leslie Stein, Jesse Lonergan

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2017 28:17


    We review Alone by Chaboute, Present by Leslie Stein, and This World Is Not for Burning and Hedra by Jesse Lonergan.

    Episode 81: Nilsen, Findakly, and Forsman

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2017 27:59


    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.

    Episode 80: Manuele Fior, Jillian Tamaki, and Jonathan Coulton/Matt Fraction

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2017 33:14


    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.

    Episode 79: Dominique Goblet and Max Andersson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2017 30:53


    Joshua and Alex review Pretending Is Lying by Dominique Goblet and The Excavation by Max Andersson. 

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    Episode 78

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2017 39:04


    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.

    Episode 77: Peplum, 100 Nights of Hero, The Flintstones

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2017 31:02


    We review Peplum by Blutch, The 100 Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg, and The Flintstones vol. 1 by Mark Russell and Steve Pugh.

    Episode 76: Len, The Abominable Mr. Seabrook, Six Days in Cincinnati

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2017 33:23


    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.

    Episode 75: Exits, Untitled Ape's Epic Adventure, Soviet Daughter

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2017 23:06


    Alex and Joshua review Exits by Daryl Seitchik, Untitled Ape's Epic Adventure by Steven Tillotson, and Soviet Daughter by Julia Alekseyeva.

    Episode 74: Last Look, Everything Is Teeth, The Unquotable Trump

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2017 33:26


    Joe and Joshua talk about Last Look by Charles Burns and Everything Is Teeth by Evie Wyld.

    Episode 73: Best of 2016

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2017 39:13


    Alex, Andrea, Joe, and Joshua talk about their eight favorite comics of the year.

    Episode 72: The Arab of the Future, Tetris, Cowboys and Insects, Disillusioned Illusions

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2016 39:30


    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.

    Episode 71: March book 3, Threadbare, Dave Ortega

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2016 41:05


    In this episode we talk about March book 3 by John Lewis, Threadbare by Anne Elizabeth Moore, and a number of short works by Dave Ortega.

    Episode 70: The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2016 28:45


    Alex and Joshua are joined by Josh O'Neill and Robert Berry to discuss The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye by Sonny Liew.

    Episode 69: Indeh, The Fun Family, The Experts

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2016 34:33


    Joshua and Joe review Indeh by Ethan Hawke and Greg Ruth, The Fun Family by Benjamin Frisch, and The Experts by Sophie Franz.

    Episode 68

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2016 25:25


    Alex and Joshua review We All Wish for Deadly Force by Leela Corman, Cosplayers by Dash Shaw, and What Is Obscenity? by Rokudenashiko.

    Episode 67

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2016 29:24


    Joe and Joshua discuss LOVF by Jesse Reklaw and Hot Dog Taste Test by Lisa Hanawalt.

    Episode 66

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2016 38:58


    Joshua and Joe review Irmina by Barbara Yelin and Lulu Anew by Etienne Davodeau.

    Episode 65

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2016 39:46


    Alex and Joshua talk about Mary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus by Chester Brown, The Ukrainian and Russian Notebooks by Igort, and another chapter from Neil Cohn's The Visual Language of Comics.

    Episode 64

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2016 35:29


    Joe and Joshua talk about Paracuellos by Carlos Gimenez and Killing and Dying by Adrian Tomine.

    Episode 63

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2016 26:45


    Joshua and Alex review Nameless City vol. 1 by Faith Erin Hicks and New Construction by Sam Alden.

    Episode 62

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2016 31:22


    Joshua and Joe talk about Through the Habitrails by Jeff Nicholson and Ganges #5 by Kevin Huizenga.

    Episode 61

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2016 35:00


    Alex and Joshua review March vol. 2 by Congressman John Lewis, The Imitation Game by Jim Ottaviani, and Rules for Dating my Daughter by Mike Dawson, and talk about the first chapter of Neil Cohn's The Visual Language of Comics.

    Episode 60

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2016 19:10


    Joe and Joshua talk about Patience by Dan Clowes and The Abbadon by Koren Shadmi.

    Episode 59

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2016 34:24


    Joshua and Joe talk about Soldier's Heart by Carol Tyler and Starve Vol. 1 by Brian Wood.

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    Episode 58

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2016 26:37


    In this episode Joshua and Joe talk about Was She Pretty? by Leanne Shapton, Oyster War by Ben Towle, and Dressing and Lose #7 by Michael Deforge.

    Episode 57

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2016 20:10


    In this episode Alex and Joshua review The Oven by Sophie Goldstein and Beverly by Nick Drnaso.

    Episode 56

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2016 46:16


    Joe Wessely joins us as a sometime host in this episode, and we discuss The Envelope Manufacturer by Chris Oliveros, Trashed by Derf Backderf, Ruins by Peter Kuper, and Invisible Ink by Bill Griffith.

    Episode 55: Rosalie Lightning

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2016 26:00


    We devote this entire episode to discussing Tom Hart's new book, Rosalie Lightning.

    Episode 54: Best of 2015

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2015 36:22


    Andrea, Alex, and Joshua run through our top eight comics of 2015.

    Episode 53

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2015 29:50


    Joshua and Alex review Plans We Made by Simon Moreton, Curveball by Jeremy Sorese, We Are Going to Bremen to Be Musicians by Tin Can Forest and Geoff Berner, Two Brothers by Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba, and Junction by Nathan Jurevicius.

    Episode 52: Frank Santoro

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2015 105:47


    Alex interviews renowned cartoonist, comics critic, and educator Frank Santoro, author of Cold Heat and Pompeii, among other works.

    Episode 51

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2015 22:59


    We review Fütchi Perf by Kevin Czapiewski, If You Steal by Jason, and SuperMutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki.

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