Comics! Stripped Podcast

It's our last episode! We peer into future worlds with bright young heroes in Young Avengers, and terrifying but intriguing circumstances in The Nice House On The Lake Vol. 01. Thanks for reading along with us and listening to the show every month for 50 episodes. We'll see you around!

We read through stories featuring creatures of the night in These Savage Shores Vol. 01 and creatures of the knight in Moon Knight Vol. 01.

A ghostly stranger haunts our hero's thoughts in Radiant Black Vol. 01, and a strange ghost blows into town in Sheets Vol. 01.

Whether you're in your 30s or living in the '30s, gruesome adventure awaits in The Good Asian Vol. 01 and I Hate Fairyland Vol. 01.

We talk about two books that are quick bites this month, Dracula Motherf#!er Vol. 01 and Ghost-Spider Vol. 01

The truth is, conspiracies can conjure as well as any spell! We're talking The Department Of Truth Vol. 01 and Black Magick Vol. 01.

Grab your witch hats and lucky horse shoes! It's time for another episode of Comics! Stripped. This month we're talking about Witch Hat Atelier Vol. 01 and Home Sick Pilots Vol. 01.

Sometimes you duck through a doorway to get to another world, and sometimes you doorway through a duck! We talk Howard the Duck Vol. 01 and Once & Future Vol. 01 in this month's episode.

Usagi fights with honor in Usagi Yojimbo Vol. 01, and the Hulk deals with some serious horrors in Immortal Hulk Vol. 02.

We see some stormy family relations this month, in both Middlewest Vol. 02 and Quantum and Woody Vol. 01.

This month, we talk about a hero in Invincible Vol. 1 and a Zero in Fence Vol. 1.

We've got girls rockin' the power of genes and gems in Issue #039 of the podcast; featuring Amulet Vol. 02 and Lazarus Vol. 01

Get on your Tippy Toes and grab a box of cereal before we talk about The Sandman Vol. 2 and The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol. 1.

Deadly animals and deadly spies abound in this month's episode! We discuss Animosity Vol. 1 and Velvet Vol. 2.

We're celebrating 3 years podcasting this month! The action picks up in Black Hammer Vol. 2, and we tag along on a couple of super investigations with Jessica Jones in Alias Vol. 1.

We visit the land of Angria in Die Vol. 2 and get appropriately "angry-a" with Isabellae Vol. 1 in this month's episode.

We go back in time and back to Lovecraft, Mass. on this episode with Marvel 1602, and Locke & Key Vol. 2.

To cap off 2020 we're visiting one of our hosts' favorite series again in Saga Vol. 2, and looking into what the horse people of the apocalypse are up to in East Of West Vol. 1.

The story of The Weatherman gets curiouser and curiouser in volume 2, and we get furiouser and furiouser reading The Seven Deadly Sins volume 1.

I said we pray, ah yeah we prey! This month we discuss The Wicked + The Divine Vol. 2 and Birds of Prey Vol. 1.

Whether it's giant bugs or giant blimps, we've got you covered this month with Skyward Vol. 2 and Fire Power Vol. 1!

Vampires and resurrected heroes? No, it's not Buffy The Vampire Slayer it's another episode of Comics! Stripped. This month we read and discuss Runaways Vol. 2 and House Of M.

This month we celebrate creators of color with stories about revolutions off-Earth in Bitch Planet Vol. 2 and closer to home in Black Panther Vol. 1.

This month we travel back through time in Umbrella Academy Vol. 2 and to mystical, magical lands in Isola Vol. 1.

What's the (his)story morning glories? We learn a little more about our characters in Morning Glories Vol. 2. Plus, guess who's back, back again? The FF's back (in Fantastic Four Vol. 1), tell a friend!

In Ms. Marvel Vol. 2, we ask "Generation Why?", and in Aquaman Vol. 1 our titular hero asks "Who am I?".

Tai has a big ring to fill in Green Lantern Legacy, a fun and heartfelt new take on a classic DC Comics character! We also learn more about kagune, ghoul politics, masks, and more in Tokyo Ghoul Vol. 2.

Volume 2 of Justice League Dark takes a big leap into an all-new, intriguing story arc. Then, Coyotes Vol. 1 combines Little Red Riding Hood, the Southwestern concept of coyotes, and mystical forces into a collection of action set pieces.

Starting in 2020 we're looking into volume 2s! To start our dive deeper into series we've been intrigued by in past episodes, we're checking out Paper Girls Vol. 2. Then, we explore a brand new series with a dark twist on fantasy RPGs and a "trapped in the world of the game" story in Die Vol. 1.

In this episode we take our minds out of time...or is it time we take out of mind??? Either way, we delve into the classic X-Men story collection Days Of Future Past. Then, we have more fun out of time in the 70's throwback, espionage thriller Velvet Vol. 1!

This month, the Joker sets out to save Gotham City in what is sure to be a modern classic in Batman: White Knight. Then, we take a trip to the mysteriou and creepy Key House in Locke & Key Vol. 1.

Our buddy Marv has a score to settle this month in the Frank Miller noir classic Sin City Vol. 1. We also get to meet a lovable chest parasite we've dubbed "Chitchit" in Gasolina Vol. 1!

In this episode we travel to a futuristic, patriarchal world eerily similar to our own in Bitch Planet Vol. 1, then ponder the mystery of the green door in The Immortal Hulk Vol. 1.

The search for answers takes characters into emotional storms and far off planets in this episode featuring Middlewest Vol. 1 and Cemetery Beach Vol. 1.

In this month's episode we dig into some mystical martial arts mastery with The Immortal Iron Fist Vol. 1, and then some magical maternal connections in Blackbird Vol. 1.

It's all about that low-g life, and really clever world building in Skyward Vol. 1! Then, we get a fresh Superman story from one of the greatest comics writers in Action Comics Vol. 1.

Morning Glory Academy is a crazy, horrifying place but we get to know some really clever kids fighting back against the powers that be in Morning Glories Vol. 1. Also, we take a look at a very Justice League-like group of heroes trapped in a small town in Black Hammer Vol. 1.

It's the one-year anniversary of our show! Thanks to all our listeners for reading along, and listening to us muse on so many great comics! This month we've got trouble in the forecast in The Weatherman Vol. 1. Then, we dive into the shady world of Criminal Vol. 1.

Crack open that bag of Milanos, it's time for a new episode featuring deities and do-gooders. The Wicked + The Divine Vol. 1 shows us that you can be immortal but not live forever. Then, Astro City Vol. 1 brings us to a city of heroes.

Colorists get a huge shout out in this episode of Comics! Stripped. We get two vibrant stories: one about a dysfunctional super family (Umbrella Academy Vol. 1) and another about two grandmas in love after decades apart (Bingo Love Vol. 1).

Manga can take you to interesting places, like the world of competitive Go players in Hikaru No Go Vol. 1! Then, we switch from divine moves to demonic creatures in the classic Hellboy Vol. 1.

We're introduced to a whole new group of heroes, and their villainous parents in Runaways Vol. 1. Then, in the second part of the episode, the dark knight is wrapped up in quite a whodunnit in Batman: The Long Halloween!

This month takes us to the dark world of Preacher Book One, and then we explore a grand adventure with lighter, cinematic first volume in the Amulet series, The Stonekeeper.

Baredevils abound in this episode of Comics! Stripped! The Great Divide takes us into a unique dystopian world where touching another human means death. Also, The Man Without Fear has his whole life torn apart in the classic Daredevil: Born Again.

Ricki Lake is back with Issue #006...wait, what? We dive into the origins of the Merc With A Mouth in Deadpool Classic and then look into the beautiful, dark world of Monstress!

Issue #005 is pretty intense, with gods and ghouls! We start with Neil Gaiman's classic The Sandman and then talk about our first manga of the show, Tokyo Ghoul.

Issue #004 is here! We finally, after hyping it in earlier episodes, read and talk about Saga Vol. 1 which is one of our favorite series. In the second half, we take on Supergirl: Book One with a very different incarnation of the Girl Of Steel.

In Issue #003 we take a look at Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel, and Ms. Marvel Vol. 1 by G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona.

In Issue #002, we strip down Marvels by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross as well as Justice League Dark Vol. 1 by Peter Milligan and Mikel Janin.

Here we are with our first full issue of Comics! Stripped. We're talking about Paper Girls Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang, and also The Books of Magic by Neil Gaiman, John Bolton, Scott Hampton, Charles Vess, and Paul Johnson.

Comic book geek Ariel Rodriguez and children's author Jo Whittemore welcome you to the comic book club! (comic...book club??) We'll be reading the following for our first official episode on April 18th: - Paper Girls vol. 1 - The Books of Magic Read along with us and then check back for Issue #001 where we'll be sharing our thoughts. More details can be found at www.comicsstripped.com