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In each episode of Pictures Within Pictures, show hosts Zack Kruse, Will Pfeifer, and Ben Tiede spotlight a different comic book series or original graphic novel, dissect it, and attempt to put it into a digestible historical and narrative context. Twitter: @PWPComicsPod @ZackKruse @WillPfeifer @…

Pictures Within Pictures

  • Feb 22, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
  • monthly NEW EPISODES
  • 54m AVG DURATION
  • 52 EPISODES


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Whatcha Readin'? 21

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2021 58:48


Join Will, Ben, and Zack as they discuss Frank Young's Little Debbie and the Second Coming of Elmo, Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird's Fugitoid #1, and Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips' My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies. Enjoy!

We 3

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2021 48:04


Will, Ben, and Zack discuss Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's We3 from Vertigo. 

Whatcha Readin'? 20

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2020 57:27


Our 50th episode! Zack, Will, and Ben discuss Eric Haven's CRYPTOID, Tom Van Deusen's EXPELLING MY TRUTH, Dan Clowes's LLOOK OUT! IT'S LLOYD LLEWELLYN, and Ben Katchor's CHEAP NOVELTIES: THE PLEASURES OF URBAN DECAY. 

Ms. Tree - One Mean Mother

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2020 55:28


Zack, Will, and Ben discuss Max Allan Collins and Terry Beatty's Ms. Tree: One Mean Mother from Hard Case Crime and Titan Comics. 

Whatcha Readin'? 19

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2020 63:16


Ben, Will, and Zack are back to discuss Frank Miller and Rafael Grampa's Dark Knight Returns: The Golden Child; Kirk Demarais's Mail-Order Mysteries; Jeff Lemire, Denys Cowan, and Bill Sienkiewicz's The Question: The Deaths of Vic Sage; Daniel Warren Johnson's Wonder Woman: The Dead Earth; Steve Gerber and Jack Kirby's Destroyer Duck #1; and Jonah Hex and Other Western Tales Digests. Enjoy!

Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2020 56:44


Ben, Will, and Zack discuss the highly-influnetial underground comix classic, Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary by Justin Green. 

Whatcha Readin'? 18

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2019 46:29


Will, Zack, and Ben are back with another Whatcha Readin'? episode and the guys discuss Gahan Wilson's Nuts, Howard Cruse's Stuck Rubber Baby, Alan Moore and Chris Sprouse's Tom Strong, and Steve Ditko and Robin Snyder's The Hero Comics #29--which includes big reveal from Ditko.

Rusty Brown

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2019 56:45


Will, Ben, and Zack discuss Chris Ware's devastating Rusty Brown from Pantheon Books!

Whatcha Readin'? 17

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2019 73:35


Zack, Will, and Ben are back to discuss Jim Cornette Presents: Real Wrestling Stories from IDW, Chris Blain's Gus, Uncanny X-Men #141, and a quick trip down memory lane!

Uzumaki

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2019 47:12


Zack, Will, and Ben discuss Junji Ito's Uzumaki from Viz. 

Whatcha Readin'? 16

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2019 66:19


Will, Zack, and Ben are back to talk about some of the things they've been reading lately. They discuss Cecil Jensen's Elmo, Gabriel Bell's July Diary, Ray Wegner's Kingdom of Skulls, Jack Chick's Sabotage?, and Noah VanSciver's In the Thick of It.

The Eltingville Club

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2019 55:33


Will, Ben, and Zack discuss Evan Dorkin's hilarious and prescient collected Eltingville Club from Dark Horse Comics.

Whatcha Readin'? 15

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2019 54:11


Ben, Will, and Zack discuss Dark Horse's Star Wars Omnibi, Let's Make Ramen from Ten Speed Press, Superman's Pal Jimmy Olson, Murder Falcon from Image Comics, Hellboy vs. Lobster Johnson, and Superman: Year One.

Come Again

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2019 38:27


Ben, Will, and Zack discuss Nate Powell's Come Again from Top Shelf. 

Whatcha Readin'? 14

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2019 55:31


Zack, Will, and Ben discuss Keiji Nakazawa's Barefoot Gen, Scott Edelman and Rico Rival's Scarecrow, Bill Griffith's Nobody's Fool, Jon B. Cooke's The Book of Weirdo, and Kid Gloves by Lucy Knisley.  

Upgrade Soul

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2019 50:31


Zack, Will, and Ben discuss Ezra Claytan Daniels's Upgrade Soul from Lion Forge. 

Whatcha Readin' 13

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2019 57:24


Will, Zack, and Ben discuss Jaime Hernandez's Is This How You See Me?, Jordan Jeffries' The Complete Matinee Junkie: Five Years at the Movies, and Steve Ditko's The Safest Place in the World.

Cerebus: High Society

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2019 57:52


Will, Zack, and Ben discuss Dave Sim's Cerebus: High Society.

Whatcha Readin'? 12

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2019 70:23


Ben, Will, and Zack discuss Natalie Nourigat's I Moved to Los Angeles to Work in Animation, Cullen Murphy's Cartoon County: My Father and His Friends in the Golden Age of Make-Believe, Katie Skelly's The Agency, and Sergio Ponchione's Memorabilia.

On a Sunbeam

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2019 42:25


In this episode, Ben, Will, and Zack discuss Tillie Walden's tremendous On a Sunbeam from First Second Books.

Whatcha Readin'? 11

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2019 68:35


Zack, Ben, and Will discuss: Eric Powell's Hillbilly, Maestros from Steve Skroce and Dave Stewart, Al Columbia's Amnesia: The Lost Films of Francis D. Longfellow, Florence from Annapurna Pictures, Brandon Graham's Royal Boiler, and Forty Years with Mr. Oswald by Russ Johnson. PHEW! That's a lot!

Concrete: The Human Dilemma

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2018 55:26


Zack, Will, and Ben discuss Paul Chadwick's fantastic Concrete: The Human Dilemma from Dark Horse Comics.

Whatcha Readin'? 10

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2018 49:19


Will, Ben, and Zack discuss: Eric Stanton & the History of the Bizarre Underground by Richard Pérez Seves, Descender from Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen, Frankenstein: Agent of SHADE by Jeff Lemire and Alberto Ponticelli, Royal City by Jeff Lemire, My Hot Date by Noah Van Sciver, Secret Prison 8 - GLUT by Ian Harker and company, and The Seeds by Ann Nocenti and David Aja. Whew! That's a lot. Enjoy!

Elektra: Assassin

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2018 57:33


Will, Ben, and Zack discuss Frank Miller and Bill Sienkiewicz's classic Elektra: Assassin.

Whatcha Readin'? 9

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2018 46:21


Four Kids Walk Into a Bank from Black Mask Studios, The Kurdles Adventure Magazine from Fantagraphics, The Birth of Kitaro from Drawn & Quarterly, How to Think When You Draw from The Etherington Brothers, and remembering the great Marie Severin. Enjoy!

The Voyeurs

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2018 37:20


Ben, Zack, and Will discuss Gabrielle Bell's fantastic and fascinating collection The Voyeurs from Uncivilized Books. 

Whatcha Readin'? 8

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2018 55:13


Zack, Will, and Ben discuss Christopher Priest and company's BLACK PANTHER, Campbell Whyte's HOME TIME from Top Shelf, Carol Tyler's FAB4 MANIA from Fantagraphics, Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodríguez's LOCKE & KEY from IDW, MILK WARS from DC's Young Animals team, and Rian Hughes's LOGO-A-GO-GO from Korero Press. 

All the Answers

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2018 42:11


In this episode of Pictures Within Pictures, Zack, Will, and Ben discuss Michael Kupperman's incredible graphic memoir ALL THE ANSWERS from Gallery 13 Comics. 

Whatcha Readin'? 7

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2018 54:01


This episode, Will, Zack, and Ben discuss Nick Drnaso's SABRINA from Drawn & Quarterly, Brian K. Vaughn and Marcos Martín's BARRIER from Panel Syndicate, Jason's LOST CAT from Fantagraphics, and Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki's THIS ONE SUMMER from First Second.

That Poor Bastard

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2018 51:07


From the pages of Peepshow, Will, Zack, and Ben discuss Joe Matt's THAT POOR BASTARD, released by Drawn and Quarterly. 

Whatcha Readin'? 6

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2018 61:53


Zack, Will, and Ben discuss Matt Kindt and David Rubín's ETHER from Dark Horse, Eddie Campbell's THE GOAT GETTERS from IDW, Samuel Delany and Mia Wolf's BREAD AND WINE from Fantagraphics, Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine De Landro's BITCH PLANET from Image, and the brand new MAD MAGAZINE from the Usual Gang of Idiots. 

Pogo vol. 1

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2018 43:07


Ben, Will, and Zack dig into volume 1 of The Complete Pogo by Walt Kelly from Fantagraphics books!

Omega the Unknown

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2018 54:19


Zack, Ben, and Will discuss the strange, exciting 70s Marvel classic Omega the Unknown by Steve Gerber, Mary Skrenes, Jim Mooney, and company. Twitter: @PWPComicsPod @ZackKruse @WillPfeifer @BenTeide

Whatcha Readin' 5

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2018 38:58


The boys return to discuss The Fantagraphics Studio Edition: Jaime Hernandez, Box Brown's Is This Guy For Real?: The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman, and Rich Koslowski's The King.  Twitter: @PWPComicsPod @ZackKruse @WillPfeifer @BenTiede

Ed the Happy Clown

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2018 48:52


This episode of Pictures Within Pictures, Will, Ben, and Zack discuss Chester Brown's surrealist classic Ed the Happy Clown.  Twitter: @PWPComicsPod @ZackKruse @WillPfeifer @BenTiede

Uncle Scrooge: "Only a Poor Old Man"

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2018 55:37


This episode, Ben, Will, and Zack discuss the Fantagraphics collection Uncle Scrooge: "Only a Poor Old Man" by the indomitable Carl Barks. Twitter: @PWPComicsPod @ZackKruse @WillPfiefer @BenTiede

Whatcha Readin'? 4

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2018 57:21


Ben, Will, and Zack discuss Sam Sharpe's Viewotron, Jay Kinney's Anarchy Comics, Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso's Moonshine, and Batman by Tom King and company. Hijinks ensue!  Twitter: @PWPComicsPod @ZackKruse @WillPfeifer @BenTiede

Whatcha Readin'? 3

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2017 63:44


Ben, Will, and Zack discuss Noelle Stevenson's Nimona, Spain Rodriguez's Street Fighting Men, Igor Hofbauer's Mister Morgen, and Mike Mignola and John Arcudi's Lobster Johnson. Twitter: @PWPComicsPod @zackkruse @willpfeifer @bentiede

Whatcha Readin'? 2

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2017 50:18


This episode Ben, Will, and Zack discuss Terry Moore's Motor Girl, Naoki Urasawa's Pluto, Frank Miller and Geof Darrow's Hard Boiled, Paul Karasik and Mark Newgarden's How to Read Nancy, and Chris Ware's Monograph. Twitter: @PWPComicsPod @ZackKruse @WillPfeifer @BenTiede

Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2017 38:55


This episode of Pictures Within Pictures, Zack, Ben, and Will discuss Shigeru Mizuki's Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths, released in the U.S. by Drawn and Quarterly.  Twitter: @PWPComicsPod @WillPfiefer @BenTiede @ZackKruse

Whatcha Readin'? 1

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2017 44:32


This episode Ben, Will, and Zack discuss Craig Yoe's edited collection BEHAVING MADLY, Fantagraphics's comics history WE TOLD SO, Paul Buhle and Noah VanSciver's JOHNNY APPLESEED, and Dave Gibbons and Tim Pilcher's HOW COMICS WORK. We're mixing things up a bit, and instead of focusing on just one book, we've broken out our "Whatcha Readin'?" segment into it's own episode.  Twitter: @PWPComicsPod @ZackKruse @WillPfeifer @BenTiede

The One

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2017 51:02


Ben, Will, and Zack discuss Rick Veitch's groundbreaking miniseries The One, from King Hell Press Twitter: @PWPComicsPod @ZackKruse @WillPfeifer @BenTiede

100%

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2017 74:48


In this episode, Ben, Will, and Zack discuss Paul Pope's influential 100% Twitter: @PWPComicsPod @ZackKruse @WillPfiefer @BenTiede

Relish

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2017 44:24


Ben, Will, and Zack discuss, nay, savor Lucy Knisley's original graphic novel Relish.  Twitter: @PWPComicsPod @ZackKruse @WillPfeifer @BenTiede 

Andre the Giant: Life and Legend

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2017 51:33


Zack, Ben, and Will discuss Box Brown's excellent Andre the Giant: Life and Legend. Twitter: @PWPComicsPod @BenTiede @WillPfeifer @ZackKruse

Invisible Ink

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2017 48:49


In this episode, Will, Ben, and Zack discuss Bill Griffith's incredible graphic novel Invisible Ink, a book about Griffith's mother and the affair she had with cartoonist Lawrence Lariar--but it's so, so much more than just that.  Twitter: @PWPComicsPod @ZackKruse @WillPfeifer @BenTiede

Ronin

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2017 64:12


In this episode, Will, Ben, and Zack talk about Frank Miller's Ronin, originally released between 1983 and 1984 from DC Comics.  Twitter: @PWPComicsPod @ZackKruse @WillPfeifer @BenTiede

Alien Legion

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2017 69:24


Ben, Will, and Zack discuss 1980s indy comics gem Alien Legion, covering the issues reprinted in Dark Horse's Alien Legion Omnibus Vol. 1.  Twitter: @PWPComicsPod @ZackKruse @WillPfeifer @BenTiede

American Flagg!

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2017 37:42


In this episode, Ben, Will, and Zack discuss the first six issues of Howard Chaykin's classic American Flagg! It's a book that's every bit as relevant (probably more!) as it was when it was first published in 1983, and it's one of our favorites. Enjoy! Twitter: @PWPComicsPod @WillPfeifer @BenTiede @ZackKruse

Wilson and Fante Bukowski

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2016 46:19


After a bruising month, Will, Ben, and Zack reconvene for another episode of Pictures Within Pictures! In this episode the boys tackle to misanthropic everymen with Dan Clowes's Wilson (Drawn & Quarterly) and Noah Van Sciver's Fante Bukowski (Fantagraphics).  Twitter:  @PWPComicsPod @ZackKruse @WillPfeifer @BenTiede

Jack Cole's Deadly Horror

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2016 80:19


Show hosts Zack Kruse, Will Pfeifer, and Ben Tiede dive into the weird and wonderful horror comics of the legendary Jack Cole, collected in Jack Cole's Deadly Horror, a volume in Chilling Archives of Horror series produced by the Yoe Books imprint at IDW. At the end of the episode, the hosts also discuss the work of the late Jack Chick.  Twitter:  @PWPComicsPod @ZackKruse @WillPfeifer @BenTiede

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