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The Cape Breton author and illustrator shares what books have been the most influential to in her life as a person and creative; Angel Misri and Sam Wiebe join the mystery panel to give their recommendations; how Flara K finds songwriting inspiration in novels; and the romance writer who runs a cake shop on this episode of The Next Chapter.Books discussed on this week's show include:Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate BeatonThe Making of the English Working Class by E.P. ThompsonThe Lost Salt Gift of Blood by Alistair MacLeod1066 And All That by R.J. Yeatman and W.C. SellarAnne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud MontgomeryBluenose Ghosts by Helen CreightonThe Seven Year Slip by Ashley PostonContemplation of a Crime by Susan JubyDetective Aunty by Uzma JalaluddinThe Silent Film Star Murders by Melodie CampbellBeen Wrong So Long It Feels Like Right by Walter MosleyFair Play by Louise HegartDirty Little War by Dietrich KalteisSay You'll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez

In this week's episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Amanda Giang, an assistant professor at the University of British Columbia, about considering equity in computational models of systems that are at the interface of people and the environment. Giang discusses the steps involved in adapting the models; weighing the benefits of granular, individualized data against considerations of personal privacy; the limitations of modeling and quantitative analysis; and the challenges of communicating with decisionmakers about the complexity and uncertainty of model results. References and recommendations: “Equity and modeling in sustainability science: Examples and opportunities throughout the process” by Amanda Giang, Morgan R. Edwards, Sarah M. Fletcher, Rivkah Gardner-Frolick, Rowenna Gryba, Jean-Denis Mathias, Camille Venier-Cambron, John M. Anderies, Emily Berglund, Sanya Carley, Jacob Shimkus Erickson, Emily Grubert, Antonia Hadjimichael, Jason Hill, Erin Mayfield, Destenie Nock, Kimberly Kivvaq Pikok, Rebecca K. Saari, Mateo Samudio Lezcano, Afreen Siddiqi, Jennifer B. Skerker, and Christopher W. Tessum; https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2215688121 “Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands” by Kate Beaton; https://drawnandquarterly.com/books/ducks/

Renewables like wind and solar don't produce electricity around the clock, so there's often a mismatch between when the power is being generated and when it's being used. “Virtual power plants” can tap home and electric vehicle batteries and shift the timing of HVAC and appliance demand to help close this gap. Also, if you combine hydrogen from carbon-free sources and oxygen in a fuel cell, you get water and electricity. This chemical reaction is fueling visions of future, carbon free flights to change voyages of fantasy into reality. And the Athabasca oil sands in Alberta, Canada ranks as one of the world's most destructive crude oil operations. People laboring in the Athabasca oil sands often live in austere work camps, with long 12-hour shifts and female workers imperiled by sexual harassment and violence. That painful reality is captured in the 2022 graphic memoir Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands.  --  What issues are you most interested in having Living on Earth cover in the 2024 election season? Let us know by sending us a written or audio message at comments@loe.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ring in the New Year with the start of the 4th Season of the Last Comic Shop Podcast! This week we look at the Eisner award winning comic book memoir, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, by Kate Beaton! Plus we play another of our classic comic book related games with "Scenarios" where we dare to ask questions like "Which super hero would be the best at keeping a New Years Resolution?"    Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Nicole Larson    

It's our 2023 review of the year. Join me (Kate), Laura and Phil as we look back over our favourites, from new releases to backlist gems. Find out our overall book of the year, plus the books we're looking forward to in 2024. If you're wondering what to read next, this is the show for you, with over fifty tried and tested recommendations. Support the show, get our weekly newsletter or join our monthly book club via Patreon. Follow us on Instagram or Threads Find full shownotes and a transcript on our website thebookclubreview.co.uk Book list Favourite New Release August Blue by Deborah Levy The Rainbow by Yasunari Kawabata, and we also discussed Snow Country Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks  Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton Now is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson Kick the Latch by Kathryn Scanlan   Favourite backlist title Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston Charlotte by David Foenkinos A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel Black Narcissus by Rumer Godden The Ginger Tree by Oswald Wynd   Favourite non-fiction This Much is True by Miriam Margolyes A House of Air (collected writing, ed. Hermione Lee) by Penelope Fitzgerald  The Palace Papers by Tina Brown How to Talk About Books you Haven't Read by Piere Bayard Carmageddon by Daniel Knowles  Free by Lea Ypi   Favourite Book Club Read Super Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne by Katherine Rundell The Years by Annie Ernaux   Favourite comfort reads Went to London, Took the Dog by Nina Stibbe The Grove: A Nature Odyssey in 191/2 Front Gardens by Ben Dark Once Upon a Tome by Oliver Darkshire Madensky Square by Iva Ibbotson Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell Going Zero by Anthony McCarten   Most disappointed by The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine (but do read Sabrina and Corina)   Patreon recommends Loot by Tania James Factory Girls by Michelle Gallen Cider House Rules by John Irving Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung The Axman's Carnival by Catherine Chidgey Not Now Not Ever by Julia Gillard All That's Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer The Boy and the Dog by Seishu Hase Cakes and Ale by Somerset Maugham The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey Machines Like Me by Ian McKewan Death and the Penguin by Andrei Kurkov The Sixteen Trees of the Somme by Lars Mytting   Overall Book(s) of 2023 Septology by Jon Fosse (and we mentioned Morning and Evening) Stay True by Hua Hsu How to Read Now by Elaine Castillo The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff Monsters by Claire Dederer   Books we're looking forward to Arturo's Island by Elsa Moranti Rememberance of Things Past by Proust (vol. 3) Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford Tremor by Teju Cole The Maniac by Benjamin Labatut  

Zach and guests Grace and Brinker discuss the autobiographical graphic novel from award winning cartoonist Kate Beaton about her time working in the oil sands of Canada as she tries to pay off her student debt which navigating a heavily male dominated world cut off from civilization and living by its own set of rules."Everything is bad, art is good. It's all I have."  -Grace---------------------------------------------------Check out Dreampass and all their killer tracks on Spotify!---------------------------------------------------Join the Patreon to help us keep the lights on, and internet connected! https://www.patreon.com/tctwl---------------------------------------------------Listen to my other podcast!TFD: NerdcastAnd I am also part of the team over at...I Read Comic Books!---------------------------------------------------Want to try out all the sweet gigs over on Fiverr.com? Click on the link below and sign up!https://go.fiverr.com/visit/?bta=323533&brand=fiverrcpa---------------------------------------------------Follow on Instagram!The Comics That We LoveFollow on Tiktok!The Comics that We LoveFollow on Twitter!@Z_Irish_Red

Kate Beaton gained an international following for “Hark, a Vagrant,” a quirky, satirical, historically informed comic strip. Beaton’s newest book takes a very different turn. It is a deeply personal graphic memoir called “Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands" about the time she spent working in the oil industry in Alberta, Canada in the mid-2000s. The book is a brutally honest exploration of class, migration, misogyny, and the culture of her homeland: the island of Cape Breton, in the Atlantic province of Nova Scotia. We listen back to a conversation with Beaton at the 2022 Portland Book Festival.

Es hora de hacer RE: señas de un montón de comics, leímos muchísimo para est programa. Todo argentino, menos uno canadiense. Empezamos con Valkirias! (de José Luis Gaitán, Malukomics), un comic de fantasía épica basado en la mitología nórdica; y seguimos con Aquelarres (de Patricio Oliver, Barro Editora / Clan de Fomento), una aventura de brujas con tintes superheroicos en un mundo gobernado por un régimen tiránico. Seguimos con un doblete de guiones de Lubrio, con Favor Con Favor Se Paga (arte de Nicolás Viñolo, Multiversal), un drama sobrenatural sobre salud mental y desigualdad; y el tercer volumen de uno de nuestros comics favoritos, El Último Recurso: El Fin de Nuestros Elaborados Planes (arte de Kundo Krunch, Libera La Bestia), donde la Doom Patrol / Suicide Squad criolla vuelve a salvar al mundo mientras son desagradables y graciosos. Terminamos con Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, un libro autobiográfico de Kate Beaton (editado por Drawn and Quarterly), donde la autora cuenta los dos durísimos años que pasó trabajando en la industria petrolera de Alberta, Canadá, sujeta a machismo, desarraigo, pobres condiciones de trabajo que afectan su salud física y mental, y una mirada a los problemas económicos y ecológicos que sufre su país y habitantes. Con música de Therion, Locomía, Pomplamoose (interpretando a Rodgers & Hammerstein), Tim Hus, y Bebe Buckskin. Próximo programa: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, TMNT Orígenes Secretos, Donatello: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle (1986).

Hawaii's Tragedy, UK Beer, Floreda Psychology, and 50 Years of Hip-Hop ____________________ First Things Hello, Floreda! Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story Current Events Hawaii and climate change Biden administration announces $1.2B in funding for projects to pull carbon from the air IEA flags risk of higher oil prices, cuts 2024 demand view The 2024 US Presidential Election Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro is barred from running for office until 2030

July's prompt for The Bookstore Challenge 2023 is to Read a Book Over 500 Pages, and/or a Graphic Novel. Our pick for the 500 pager is coming up later this month, but in the meantime, we have a graphic novel, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton. Is it this generation's The Jungle?! We think so!  Content advisory: sexual assault, sexual harassment, workplace safety, capitalism Our next book discussion will be The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk. You can find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us. If you want to read along with The Bookstore Challenge 2023, you can find Instagram graphics for your story or grid in this Google Drive folder. You can also join us on The StoryGraph to see what others are reading for each month and get ideas for your TBR: The Bookstore Challenge 2023. Get two audiobook credits for the price of one at Libro.fm when you sign up using the code BOOKSTOREPOD. Website | Patreon

The European Union's new deforestation-free regulation blocks certain products made from cattle, cocoa, coffee, palm oil, soya, and wood, from entering the European market if they have been produced on land deforested after 2020. In honor of pride month we look into the academic discipline known as “queer ecology” which looks at environmental politics through a queer lens, rejecting heterosexual and cisgender identities as the only norms.  Also, author Kate Beacon shares her story of austerity and trauma when working in Canada's oil sands in her 2022 graphic memoir Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike, Kara, and Danny are joined by special guest and comic creator Kevvo to talk comics and Kevvo's latest Kickstarter, Z Class: Trix!Check out the Kickstarter for Z Class: Trix here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kevvokreates/z-class-trix?ref=atklmoFollow Kevvo online: https://patreon.com/zclasscomicshttps://twitter.com/zclasscomicshttps://instagram.com/zclasscomicsTimestamps:00:00:00 - Start / Last Week in Comics00:02:19 - Captain America: Cold War00:08:30 - Captain America Vol. 1 and 2: Castaway in Dimension Z00:14:40 - Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands00:18:57 - Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge "The Golden Nugget Boat": The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library Vol. 2600:29:33 - Vesper & Onion00:32:14 - Trash-talking Quantumania00:34:04 - Gender Queer00:37:59 - Night Fever00:44:12 - Girl Juice00:47:37 - Top of Our Pile00:47:37 - Incredible Hulk (2023) #100:52:30 - Left Turns00:54:13 - Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow00:58:52 - Discord Picks00:59:20 - Ultimate Invasion #101:07:07 - Z Class: Trix with Kevvo01:33:53 - Wrap / CreditsMusic provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVELProducer: Mike RapinEditor: Zander RiggsSupport us on Patreon to get access to our Patreon-only series: IRCB Movie Club, Saga of Saga, Giant Days of Our Lives, A Better Batmobile, and more! patreon.com/ircbpodcastEmail: ircbpodcast@gmail.comTwitter: @ircbpodcastInstagram: @ircbpodcastDiscord: discordapp.com/invite/E8JUB9sReddit: ireadcomicbooks.reddit.comIRCB GoodreadsMerch: shop.ircbpodcast.com

Mike, Danny, and Paul are joined by comic creator, illustrator, and logo designer Kevin Maher to talk comics and Kevin's comic Toxic Man!BUY SOME MERCH: https://shop.ircbpodcast.comFollow Kevin Maher online:https://kevinmaherdesign.com/https://twitter.com/kmcomicsandtoysTimestamps:00:00:00 - Start / Last Week in Comics00:01:13 - Introducing Kevin Maher!00:02:19 - The Unstoppable Doom Patrol #100:08:21 - Star Wars: Hidden Empire #1-500:11:14 - He-Man and the Masters of the Multiverse00:13:59 - Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands00:18:17 - Clobberin' Time #100:22:35 - Planet of the Apes #100:26:28 - Disney Villains: Scar #100:29:49 - G.I. Joe Real American Hero #29800:34:27 - Indigo Children #100:40:00 - Top of Our Pile00:40:15 - TMNT/Usagi Yojimbo WhereWhen #100:42:17 - The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot00:45:12 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin00:48:00 - Discord Picks00:48:21 - Fall Guy for Murder and Other Stories00:53:21 - An Interview with Kevin Maher01:13:37 - Wrap/CreditsMusic provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVELProducer: Mike RapinProoflistener: Nick WhiteEditor: Zander RiggsSupport us on Patreon to get access to our Patreon-only series: IRCB Movie Club, Saga of Saga, Giant Days of Our Lives, A Better Batmobile, and more! patreon.com/ircbpodcastEmail: ircbpodcast@gmail.comTwitter: @ircbpodcastInstagram: @ircbpodcastDiscord: discordapp.com/invite/E8JUB9sReddit: ireadcomicbooks.reddit.comIRCB GoodreadsMerch: shop.ircbpodcast.com

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Kelly Ogle and Joe Calnan discuss global events in energy security, including recent academic papers on energy security issues, politicking around the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and the prospect of 100-year-old nuclear power plants. For the interview section of the podcast, Kelly talks with Kent Fellows about his recent paper with the C.D. Howe Institute about the real costs associated with oil sands production, and what it could mean for Canada's future in the future of the global oil industry. Find Kent's paper here: https://www.cdhowe.org/public-policy-research/last-barrel-standing-confronting-myth-high-cost-canadian-oil-sands Guest Bio: - Kent Fellows is a Professor of Economics and Director of the Master's in Public Policy Program at the University of Calgary Host Bio: - Kelly Ogle is the CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute Reading recommendations: Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, by Kate Beaton: https://www.amazon.ca/Ducks-Two-Years-Oil-Sands/dp/1770462899 Articles talked about in the intro: 1: https://epic.uchicago.cn/working_papers/energy-saving-may-kill-evidence-from-the-fukushima-nuclear-accident 2: https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/insulation-only-provides-short-term-reduction-in-household-gas-consumption-study-of-uk-housing Interview recording Date: January 17, 2022. Energy Security Cubed is part of the CGAI Podcast Network. Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on LinkedIn. Head over to our website at www.cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Joe Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

Kate Beaton is a Canadian comics artist. She's the author of the award-winning comics series Hark! A Vagrant and Step Aside, Pops, which each earned spots on the New York Times bestseller list. Her most recent work, a graphic memoir called Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, takes readers in a different direction. Ducks follows Kate's life just after college. She'd graduated with student debt and got a chance to pay it off early: all she had to do was work for a little while mining oil in Eastern Alberta. The oil sands are a world unlike any other, towns and cities created from scratch to forcibly extract resources from the earth. People worked there because they desperately needed a job, for myriad reasons. Kate worked alongside people, mostly men, who were separated from their families, their hometowns and the normal expectations of human behavior. Kate talks to Bullseye about her journey writing this memoir. Content warning: This conversation with Kate Beaton contains some mentions of sexual harassment and sexual violence.

Kate Beaton's new book, Ducks, is not about ducks. At least not really. It's about people, specifically Kate and the people she worked with during a two-year period after finishing university, working in the remote oil sands region of northern Alberta, Canada.The camps at the oil sands housed hundreds of employees and they were not an easy place to be, filled with depression, broken marriages, and rampant substance use. Kate was one of only a handful of women working at the oil sands, a fact that introduced a number of other problems.Get your copy of Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands wherever books are sold.Thank you to all our listeners who support the show as monthly members of Maximum Fun.Check out our I'm Glad You're Here and Depresh Mode merchandise at the brand new merch website MaxFunStore.com!Hey, remember, you're part of Depresh Mode and we want to hear what you want to hear about. What guests and issues would you like to have covered in a future episode? Write us at depreshmode@maximumfun.org.Help is available right away.The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 or 1-800-273-8255, 1-800-273-TALKCrisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741.International suicide hotline numbers available here: https://www.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlinesThe Depresh Mode newsletter is available twice a week. Subscribe for free and stay up to date on the show and mental health issues. https://johnmoe.substack.com/John's acclaimed memoir, The Hilarious World of Depression, is now available in paperback. https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250209566/thehilariousworldofdepressionFind the show on Twitter @depreshpod and Instagram @depreshpod.John is on Twitter @johnmoe.

This week, Alan, Quinta, and Scott were joined by co-host emeritus Benjamin Wittes to talk through the big natsec news stories starting off the new year, including:“Watch Out, You Might Get What You're After.” As we recorded, the Freedom Caucus was in the midst of burning down the House, denying the Republican majority the ability to appoint Kevin McCarthy as Speaker through three consecutive ballots. Where might this lead? And what more should we expect from the 118th Congress? “Title and … Reversed?” The Supreme Court interrupted its holiday break to consider whether Republican-led states should be allowed to intervene in a case wherein a lower court ordered the end of Title 42 policies, which impose draconian immigration restrictions on the basis of the COVID-19 public health emergency. What could the Supreme Court's intervention mean for these policies? And what does their persistence tell us about immigration politics in our country?“A Boom Market for Things That Go Boom.” U.S. arms exports to NATO allies nearly doubled in 2022, due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. But what might becoming an even larger arms exporter mean for U.S. foreign policy? For object lessons, Alan recommended the teen revenge flick, "Do Revenge." Quinta endorsed Kate Beaton's new graphic novel, "Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands." Scott issued a mea culpa for his recent lapses in Muppet knowledge and independently confirmed that yes, in fact, the new "Willow" television series is in fact good. And Ben urged listeners who might find themselves in NYC to check out Mike Birbiglia's latest stage show, "The Old Man and the Pool." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What happens when a group of people must work in the middle of nowhere, with virtually no supervision or accountability? Generally it's not a good situation, as Kate Beaton, now well-known as the creator of the web comic Hark! A Vagrant, found in her younger years when she got a job on Alberta's oil sands. … Continue reading #758 “Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands”

Jam, Jeff, and JD return to Alberta for the rest of Kate Beaton's "Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands." We still have lots to talk about as Kate survives her own journey of being metaphorically trapped in a tailings pond. We'll talk about resource extraction, Canadian history, late capitalism, misogyny, and (be warned) sexual assault. Music by Sleuth. Our next episode will cover "The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist" by Adrian Tomine.

Welcome to the Talking Comics Awards! Oh, wait. We're not doing that anymore. Welcome to our End-Of-Year Celebration! The entire TC podcasting crew assembles under one roof in this episode to discuss their favorite comic books, films, music, and video games of 2022! This episode features Joey and Steve's favorite comics, with other members of the cast presenting in the next two episodes. Welcome to our Hellfire Gala of Awesomeness!Joey's Books and Topics: Immortal X-Men, New Mutants, Marauders, Amazing Fantasy #1000, Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths, Justice League vs. Legion of Superheroes, Batman/Catwoman, Batgirls, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, Superman: Son of Kal-El, Step By Bloody Step, Minor Threats, Crossover, I Hate This Place, Above Snakes, Flavor Girls, The Good Asian, Rockstar & Softboy, Displacement, Everyday Hero Machine Boy, Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuanese American, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, It's Lonely At The Centre Of The Earth, Supper Club, Squire, Where Black Stars Rise, Public Domain, The Closet, Department of Truth, Fantastic Four, Secret Invasion, Nubia, Static, The Night Eaters: Book #1: She Eats the Night, Reckless, and more!Steve's Books and Topics: The Batman, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, DC League of Super-Pets, Wednesday, She-Hulk, The Sandman, Ms. Marvel, Peacemaker, Werewolf By Night, Elden Ring, God of War: Ragnarok, Marvel Snap, Resident Evil Village: Shadow of Rose, Horizon: Forbidden West, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Everything is Fine, Heartstopper, Let's Play, Batman: Wayne Family Adventures, Lore Olympus, Ghost, Holy Fawn, Korn, Puscifer, Wet Leg, Life on Venus, Brutus, Bjork, Rosie Valland, Trauma Ray, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Warpaint, CrossesThe Comic Book Podcast is brought to you by Talking Comics (www.talkingcomicbooks.com) The podcast is hosted by Steve Seigh, Bob Reyer, Joey Braccino, Aaron Amos, John Burkle, and Chris Ceary, who weekly dissect everything comics-related, from breaking news to new releases. Our Twitter handle is @TalkingComics, and you can email us at podcast@talkingcomicbooks.com.

The cartoonist Kate Beaton is known for her incisively funny and parodic takes on everything from Aquaman to Hamlet in her series "Hark! A Vagrant!" But earlier this year, she released her memoir "Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands," a harrowing account of the isolating, infuriating, and at times terrifying job that Beaton took after graduating in order to pay off the $40,000 debt from her arts degree. Even as a young woman in her early 20s, Beaton is tough and confronts each conflict with wit and biting sarcasm — but when you're in an environment where men outnumber women 50 to one, that only goes so far.

Not only is Joey back this week, but he also has the conn (whose idea was that!?)!!! It's just Joey, Bob, and Aaron this week to chat a bunch of comics and talk about James Gunn—his interests, passions, Guardians of the Galaxy holiday special, and future with the DCU.Comics: War Eagles, Batgirls 2022 Annual, Justice Society Of America #1, Defenders Beyond #5, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands OGN, Once Upon a Time at the End of the World #1, Vanished #2-3, and Immortal X-Men #8.Other Stuff: The Guardians of the  Galaxy Holiday SpecialThe Comic Book Podcast is brought to you by Talking Comics (www.talkingcomicbooks.com) The podcast is hosted by Steve Seigh, Bob Reyer, Joey Braccino, Aaron Amos, John Burkle, and Chris Ceary, who weekly dissect everything comics-related, from breaking news to new releases. Our Twitter handle is @TalkingComics, and you can email us at podcast@talkingcomicbooks.com.

Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss DUCKS: TWO YEARS IN THE OIL SANDS by Kate Beaton, and chat about their recent reading. For our next episode, we will discuss our most anticipated books of 2023 and look back at some of the books we loved in 2022.  Books mentioned:  Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton The Princess and the Pony by Kate Beaton King Baby by Kate Beaton Ennemonde by Jean Giono, translated by Bill Johnston Maus by Art Spiegelman Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber Sea State by Tabitha Lasley Inheritance from Mother by Minae Mizumura, translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter A True Novel by Minae Mizumura, translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter An I-Novel by Minae Mizumura, translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter The Fall of Language in the Age of English by Minae Mizumura, translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter and Mari Yoshihara Trust by Hernan Diaz The Black Notebook by Patrick Modiano, translated by Mark Polizzotti Paris Nocturne by Patrick Modiano, translated by Phoebe Weston-Evans Suspended Sentences by Patrick Modiano, translated by Mark Polizzotti The Blue Clerk: Ars Poetica in 59 Versos by Dionne Brand A Horse at Night by Amina Cain Check out other relevant links in our blogpost. Visit us online at onebrightbook.com. Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org. Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail Find us on Twitter at @pod_bright Frances: @nonsuchbook Dorian: @ds228 Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes Dorian's blog: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/ Rebecca's newsletter: https://readingindie.substack.com/ Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.

Kate Beaton gained an international following for “Hark, a Vagrant,” a quirky, satirical, historically informed comic strip. Beaton's newest book takes a very different turn. It is a deeply personal graphic memoir called “Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands" about the time she spent working in the oil industry in Alberta, Canada in the mid-2000s. The book is a brutally honest exploration of class, migration, misogyny, and the culture of her homeland: the island of Cape Breton, in the Atlantic province of Nova Scotia.

Mike, Kara, and Paul come together to discuss big, bombastic, stupid comics that are dumb and fun. Also: Mike goes on a(nother) Hellraiser rant, Paul discussed bad(?) Batman comics, and Kara goes deep into skin care courtesy of a how-to manga.Timestamps:00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics00:03:17 - Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands00:07:17 - Makeup is Not (Just) Magic: A Manga Guide to Cosmetics00:17:39 - Fantastic Four (2022) #100:24:06 - Batman Special #1 / Batman: Year Two00:34:51 - Big Ethel Energy Vol 100:41:26 - Gospel #100:43:02 - Hellraiser Omnibus Vol 100:51:58 - Top of Our Pile00:52:14 - Captain Carter: Woman Out of Time00:53:52 - Below Ambition00:56:01 - Listener Picks00:57:16 - Kroma #100:59:41 - Bombastic Comics: Big Dumb Fun01:24:05 - The gangs Perfect Picks for Dumb Fun Comics01:28:27 - Wrap/CreditsMusic provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVELProducer: Mike RapinProoflistener: Daniel MartinezEditor: Zander RiggsSupport us on Patreon to get access to our Patreon-only series: IRCB Movie Club, Saga of Saga, Giant Days of Our Lives, A Better Batmobile, and more! patreon.com/ircbpodcastEmail: ircbpodcast@gmail.comTwitter: @ircbpodcastInstagram: @ircbpodcastDiscord: discordapp.com/invite/E8JUB9sReddit: ireadcomicbooks.reddit.comIRCB GoodreadsMerch: shop.ircbpodcast.com

Before there was Kate Beaton, the New York Times bestselling cartoonist of Hark! A Vagrant, there was Katie Beaton of the Cape Breton Beatons — specifically Mabou, a tight-knit seaside community where lobster is as abundant as beaches, fiddles, and Gaelic folk songs. With the singular goal of paying off her student loans, Katie heads out west to take advantage of Alberta's oil rush — part of the long tradition of East Coasters who seek gainful employment elsewhere when they can't find it in the homeland they love so much. Katie encounters the harsh reality of life in the oil sands, where trauma is an everyday occurrence yet is never discussed. Beaton's natural cartooning prowess is on full display as she draws colossal machinery and mammoth vehicles set against a sublime Albertan backdrop of wildlife, northern lights, and boreal forest. Her first full length graphic narrative, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands blends history, politics, and memoir in an untold story of Canada: a country that prides itself on its egalitarian ethos and natural beauty while simultaneously exploiting both the riches of its land and the humanity of its people. Beaton is joined in discussion by memoirist and New York Times bestseller Claire Dederer. Kate Beaton is a Canadian cartoonist who appeared on the comics scene in 2007 with her online work Hark! A Vagrant. She has published two books with Drawn & Quarterly: Hark! A Vagrant and Step Aside Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection, which spent five and six months on the New York Times graphic bestseller list respectively. She has also appeared on best-of-the-year lists from Time, The Washington Post, Vulture, E!, and more. She has also published two picture books: King Baby and The Princess and the Pony. Beaton lives in Cape Breton, Canada. Claire Dederer is a bestselling memoirist, essayist, and critic. Her books include the critically acclaimed Love and Trouble: A Midlife Reckoning, as well as Poser: My Life in Twenty-three Yoga Poses, which was a New York Times bestseller. Poser has been translated into eleven languages, optioned for television by Warner Bros., and adapted for the stage. A longtime contributor to The New York Times, her work has also appeared in The Paris Review, The Atlantic, The Nation, Vogue, and many other publications. She began her career as the chief film critic for Seattle Weekly. Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands (Hardcover) Elliott Bay Books

Today's episode takes Jam, Jeff, and JD to northern Alberta with Kate Beaton's "Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands." Kate is better known for her comics making jokes about history, but "Ducks" IS history. This first-hand account of the time Kate spent working in, and surviving, the oil industry will likely be a primary source for readers for years to come. This is not an easy story, so be ready for it to go to some dark places. Although we've saved the conversation about sexual assault for the follow-up episode. Music by Sleuth.

On today's show: how to get children's pain medication like Tylenol and Advil when the store shelves are bare; a vote is underway in Alberta on a Métis Constitution, but not all Métis communities are in support; and a popular Canadian cartoonist is in Calgary today, talking about her graphic memoir "Ducks: Two Years in the Oilsands."

Legendary comic artist and writer Kate Beaton drops into the Damn Library and talks about her monumental achievement — her new memoir, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, and all that comes with it, including excavating memories, showing her parents a painful past, and how comics can be a type of memory palace. Plus, she brings along Michelle Paver's Dark Matter, and we both talk about how we get spooked and how dogs are great. You gotta listen! contribute! https://patreon.com/smdb for drink recipes, book lists, and more, visit: somanydamnbooks.com music: Disaster Magic (https://soundcloud.com/disaster-magic) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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It's been called "a beautiful book about loneliness, labor, and survival." Ducks is a departure in content, and in tone from Kate Beatons' earlier work.

After finding herself saddled with lots of student debt from her undergraduate degree, Kate Beaton decided to attempt to pay them off by working in the oil sands of Alberta, Canada. But when she gets there, she finds herself shocked by the working conditions, racism and misogyny, and rampant corporate misconduct. Beaton recounts this time in her life in her new graphic memoir, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands.

Autumn is here, and we're basking in the gorgeous weather and changing leaves! Join us as we jump into a pile of comics, discuss the latest news, and answer your listener questions! It's a low-key episode this week. Get yourself a mug of warm cider, stoke a fire, and soak it in.Books: Flawed #1, Justice League Vs. The Legion of Superheroes #6, Tim Drak #1, Blood Stain (Webtoon), Lalin's Curse (Webtoon), Nightwing #96, Thunderbolts #2, Damage Control #2, Defenders Beyond #3, Briar #1, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands OGNOther Stuff: Queer For Fear, The Long Call, Disney Dreamlight Valley, Thor: Love & ThunderThe Comic Book Podcast is brought to you by Talking Comics (www.talkingcomicbooks.com) The podcast is hosted by Steve Seigh, Bob Reyer, Joey Braccino, Aaron Amos, John Burkle, and Chris Ceary, who weekly dissect everything comics-related, from breaking news to new releases. Our Twitter handle is @TalkingComics, and you can email us at podcast@talkingcomicbooks.com.

"Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands," by Kate Beaton, tells the story of working in Alberta's tar sands, along with thousands of others from her native Cape Breton.  Credit: Courtesy of Drawn and Quarterly It is an age-old story — leaving home for work to build a better future for yourself and your family.It's a story that graphic novelist Kate Beaton knows well. Beaton is from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, and her story took her almost clear across Canada, more than 3,000 miles west to northern Alberta, to join thousands of others who also left their homes for a better economic future.Her latest book, a graphic novel, is "Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands."Beaton joined The World's host Marco Werman to talk about her compelling personal story of working in the Athabasca oil sands of Alberta, where these boom economies have led to tremendous environmental and human cost. Growing up in Cape Breton, Beaton said that she wasn't aware of the tar sands when she was very small. "It was a place that people started going to in the '80s and '90s, but not in the numbers that made a real difference until maybe the late '90s, when it really started booming," she said."And then everybody started going. And they were running news stories around here about how, you know, the streets were emptying and the classrooms had empty desks because they were gone to the oil sands."  Marco Werman: Symbolically, you kind of illustrate that with the empty chairs around the dining tables in Cape Breton. Kate Beaton: But that's not new here. We have had many generations of labor migration to wherever the engines of capitalism have been running to, to the Boston States' auto factories booming in the 70s, and in Ontario and Detroit, a mining boom in Sudbury.So the "Boston States," is that what Cape Bretoners call the US? Or New England, specifically?It's kind of New England. They would land around Boston and they'd call it the Boston States. Yeah, I had a grand aunt who worked as a maid, for instance, in a mansion in Boston. But that was the place to go for work. And they would work there and they'd send money home. And that pattern would repeat wherever the big job booms were. And I sort of fell in step with a pattern that had been going on and on for all this time. I thought nothing of going to the oil sands because people have been doing this where I'm from for so long."Ducks" takes place mostly in Alberta, but you often take readers back to Cape Breton in the book. Almost like a dream. Like one minute you're in the industrial work camp, the next you have your feet in the sand of a pristine beach, almost like your body and mind are in two places at once. What do you think is the long-term effect on workers being split like that? How did it affect you?Oh, it had a big effect on me, for sure. You were split. And so most of your life is in this work camp, where you are not living as your full self. You're cut off from things and you're counting down the days to when you're home. And when you're in the camp, you're isolated. And the sense of being totally outside of society is a very real feeling, that you're the shadow population.The book is called "Ducks," and the meaning is revealed later on in the book when the international news media picks up the story that hundreds of migratory ducks were killed after they landed in one of these tailing ponds at one of these mining sites. Why was that moment so meaningful to you that you decided to give this book the title "Ducks"?Well, the metaphor is apt. These were migratory animals who landed in a pond that they thought was a safe space, that they thought was natural. And it ended up being toxic. It was a dangerous place for them to land. And you could make the same argument for some of the people who landed there. This incident with the ducks was the first time that I saw the oil sands on national and international news. You know, you could sort of see the eyes of the world taking a look at the oil sands or going, "Oh, God, that's bad," you know, "We don't like that." These ducks all died. And I had seen people die — 2008 was a particularly bad year for accidents on Highway 63, which was nicknamed the Highway of Death. The graphic novel, "Ducks: Two Years in the Oils Sands," by Kate Beaton, tells the compelling personal story of leaving home in Cape Breton to work in Alberta's tar sands.  Credit: Courtesy of Drawn and Quarterly  And that's a highway that connects some of the living areas with these mines?Yes, that's right. It's the highway that goes from Edmonton to to Fort McMurray. And also, at the same time, there is a part of the book where a Cree elder, Celina Harpe, is talking about how there is increased incidences of cancer, rare cancers in the Indigenous communities around Fort McMurray. And the response to that is sort of  — silence. But the ducks got all this attention because of maybe how cinematic it was. And so that always stuck with me. That the human cost went under the radar.Homesickness is a major theme of your book, and one way it manifests is through music, I noticed. Cape Breton has so much great music, trad-modern fiddlers like Natalie MacMaster and Ashley MacIsaac. We asked you for a song that brought back feelings of home when you were away in Alberta. Who are we hearing and why does this music resonate with you? You're hearing John Allan Cameron sing "Headed for Halifax." He's singing about leaving Cape Breton for work. "I'm heading for Halifax to see what's to spare in the way of some work. And if there's nothing there, then it's Toronto out West or God only knows where." That was true before I was born. It's true now. You know, I listened to this growing up and I knew, that's going to be me. And it was. This is the life in Cape Breton. But he's he's also singing, you know, "Wherever I go, there's bound to be someone from home," because that is also true. Wherever the work is, we're all going. We're going together.  This interview has been lightly edited and condensed for clarity.

"Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands," a graphic novel by Kate Beaton, from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, tells the story of leaving home and joining thousands of others to work in the oil sands of Alberta, Canada. Beaton joined The World's host Marco Werman to talk about her experience.

"Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands," by Kate Beaton, tells the story of working in Alberta's tar sands, along with thousands of others from her native Cape Breton.  Credit: Courtesy of Drawn and Quarterly It is an age-old story — leaving home for work to build a better future for yourself and your family.It's a story that graphic novelist Kate Beaton knows well. Beaton is from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, and her story took her almost clear across Canada, more than 3,000 miles west to northern Alberta, to join thousands of others who also left their homes for a better economic future.Her latest book, a graphic novel, is "Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands."Beaton joined The World's host Marco Werman to talk about her compelling personal story of working in the Athabasca oil sands of Alberta, where these boom economies have led to tremendous environmental and human cost. Growing up in Cape Breton, Beaton said that she wasn't aware of the tar sands when she was very small. "It was a place that people started going to in the '80s and '90s, but not in the numbers that made a real difference until maybe the late '90s, when it really started booming," she said."And then everybody started going. And they were running news stories around here about how, you know, the streets were emptying and the classrooms had empty desks because they were gone to the oil sands."  Marco Werman: Symbolically, you kind of illustrate that with the empty chairs around the dining tables in Cape Breton. Kate Beaton: But that's not new here. We have had many generations of labor migration to wherever the engines of capitalism have been running to, to the Boston States' auto factories booming in the 70s, and in Ontario and Detroit, a mining boom in Sudbury.So the "Boston States," is that what Cape Bretoners call the US? Or New England, specifically?It's kind of New England. They would land around Boston and they'd call it the Boston States. Yeah, I had a grand aunt who worked as a maid, for instance, in a mansion in Boston. But that was the place to go for work. And they would work there and they'd send money home. And that pattern would repeat wherever the big job booms were. And I sort of fell in step with a pattern that had been going on and on for all this time. I thought nothing of going to the oil sands because people have been doing this where I'm from for so long."Ducks" takes place mostly in Alberta, but you often take readers back to Cape Breton in the book. Almost like a dream. Like one minute you're in the industrial work camp, the next you have your feet in the sand of a pristine beach, almost like your body and mind are in two places at once. What do you think is the long-term effect on workers being split like that? How did it affect you?Oh, it had a big effect on me, for sure. You were split. And so most of your life is in this work camp, where you are not living as your full self. You're cut off from things and you're counting down the days to when you're home. And when you're in the camp, you're isolated. And the sense of being totally outside of society is a very real feeling, that you're the shadow population.The book is called "Ducks," and the meaning is revealed later on in the book when the international news media picks up the story that hundreds of migratory ducks were killed after they landed in one of these tailing ponds at one of these mining sites. Why was that moment so meaningful to you that you decided to give this book the title "Ducks"?Well, the metaphor is apt. These were migratory animals who landed in a pond that they thought was a safe space, that they thought was natural. And it ended up being toxic. It was a dangerous place for them to land. And you could make the same argument for some of the people who landed there. This incident with the ducks was the first time that I saw the oil sands on national and international news. You know, you could sort of see the eyes of the world taking a look at the oil sands or going, "Oh, God, that's bad," you know, "We don't like that." These ducks all died. And I had seen people die — 2008 was a particularly bad year for accidents on Highway 63, which was nicknamed the Highway of Death. The graphic novel, "Ducks: Two Years in the Oils Sands," by Kate Beaton, tells the compelling personal story of leaving home in Cape Breton to work in Alberta's tar sands.  Credit: Courtesy of Drawn and Quarterly  And that's a highway that connects some of the living areas with these mines?Yes, that's right. It's the highway that goes from Edmonton to to Fort McMurray. And also, at the same time, there is a part of the book where a Cree elder, Celina Harpe, is talking about how there is increased incidences of cancer, rare cancers in the Indigenous communities around Fort McMurray. And the response to that is sort of  — silence. But the ducks got all this attention because of maybe how cinematic it was. And so that always stuck with me. That the human cost went under the radar.Homesickness is a major theme of your book, and one way it manifests is through music, I noticed. Cape Breton has so much great music, trad-modern fiddlers like Natalie MacMaster and Ashley MacIsaac. We asked you for a song that brought back feelings of home when you were away in Alberta. Who are we hearing and why does this music resonate with you? You're hearing John Allan Cameron sing "Headed for Halifax." He's singing about leaving Cape Breton for work. "I'm heading for Halifax to see what's to spare in the way of some work. And if there's nothing there, then it's Toronto out West or God only knows where." That was true before I was born. It's true now. You know, I listened to this growing up and I knew, that's going to be me. And it was. This is the life in Cape Breton. But he's he's also singing, you know, "Wherever I go, there's bound to be someone from home," because that is also true. Wherever the work is, we're all going. We're going together.  This interview has been lightly edited and condensed for clarity.

Mike, Nick, and Paul talk comics they've read and the Top of Their Pile, the ONE PIECE, and the most hyped comic coming out this week: Vanish #1.Check out the latest shirt in our shop: https://shop.ircbpodcast.com/Check out THE ONE PIECETimestamps:00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics00:02:03 - Batman #12700:06:54 - Bone Orchard: Ten Thousand Black Feathers #100:14:37 - Fire Punch Vol. 1-800:19:08 - Love Everlasting #1-200:23:38 - Alien #1 aka "A" (But Nick's just going to call it "Alien 2022")00:32:09 - Akira Vol. 1-200:37:20 - Clyde Fans00:42:36 - Predator #100:47:37 - X-Men #1400:50:50 - Top of Our Pile / The Biggest Volume Ever (One Piece)00:57:07 - Ice Cream Man #3201:01:05 - Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands01:03:57 - Vanish #101:10:12 - Wrap/CreditsTop of Our PileBatman #127The Bone Orchard Mythos: The Passageway OGNTen Thousand Black Feathers #1Fire Punch Vol. 1-8Love Everlasting #1 & 2Alien #1 (2022)Akira Vol. 1-2Clyde FansPredator #2X-Men #14Comic PicksIce Cream Man #32Ducks: Two Years in the Oil SandsVanish #1Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVELProducer: Mike RapinProoflistener: Daniel MartinezEditor: Zander RiggsSupport us on Patreon to get access to our Patreon-only series: IRCB Movie Club, Saga of Saga, Giant Days of Our Lives, A Better Batmobile, and more! patreon.com/ircbpodcastEmail: ircbpodcast@gmail.comTwitter: @ircbpodcastInstagram: @ircbpodcastDiscord: discordapp.com/invite/E8JUB9sReddit: ireadcomicbooks.reddit.comIRCB GoodreadsMerch: shop.ircbpodcast.com

Today we talk about the Bloodstone family, started by Ulysses Bloodstone who was an immortal monster hunter until he died and was succeeded by his daughter Elsa, who found her lost brother Cullen in another dimension, and then they discovered their sister Lyra! Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Marvel Presents (1975) #1-#2 -Bloodstone (2001) -Marvel Monsters: From the Files of Ulysses Bloodstone & the Monster Hunters (2005) -Nextwave (2006) -Astonishing Tales: Boom Boom & Elsa Bloodstone (2009) #1 -Legion of Monsters (2011) -Avengers Arena (2012) -Avengers Undercover (2014) -Marvel Zombies (2015) -Monsters Unleashed! (2017) -Doctor Strange: Damnation (2018) -Excalibur (2019) #8 -Death of Doctor Strange: Bloodstone (2022) #1 -Batman vs. Robin (2022) #1 -Tales of the Human Target (2022) #1 -Dark Knights of Steel: Tales from the Three Kingdoms (2022) #1 -Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or donating to the Tip jar Find out more on the Capes and Japes website.

Comics artist Kate Beaton discusses her new graphic memoir, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, about her time working in Alberta's oil sands and her experiences there as one of the few women on the job. Filmmaker Chandler Levack talks about her journey from working at the Toronto International Film Festival to premiering her first feature film, I Like Movies, there this week. Our fashion contributor Mosha Lundström Halbert takes a look at how Queen Elizabeth's style evolved over her 70 years on the throne.

Danny Lavery welcomes Kate Beaton, author of the new graphic memoir Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, which recounts the time she spent working and living in Canada's oil industry man camps. Lavery and Beaton take on two letters. First, someone who wants to break-up with a partner who spent the entire relationship expecting this to happen. Another letter writer wants to set boundaries with her sister after a long period of estrangement. Plus, a deep dive into Beaton's new graphic memoir, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on Big Mood, Little Mood. Sign up now at Slate.com/MoodPlus to help support our work Need advice? Send Danny a question here. Email: mood@slate.com Production by Phil Surkis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Danny Lavery welcomes Kate Beaton, author of the new graphic memoir Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, which recounts the time she spent working and living in Canada's oil industry man camps. Lavery and Beaton take on two letters. First, someone who wants to break-up with a partner who spent the entire relationship expecting this to happen. Another letter writer wants to set boundaries with her sister after a long period of estrangement. Plus, a deep dive into Beaton's new graphic memoir, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on Big Mood, Little Mood. Sign up now at Slate.com/MoodPlus to help support our work Need advice? Send Danny a question here. Email: mood@slate.com Production by Phil Surkis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kate Beaton discusses her masterful new graphic novel memoir, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, life as a young woman in the Fort McMurray, Alberta camps, crippling student debt, capitalism, the cost of living, and moving away to make ends meet, when boomtown industries go bust, mental health in the labour force and #metoo, drawing her own real life story, the pony, other future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon, Blackbyrd Myoozik, Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad's Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United YEG. Follow vish online.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

JIt is the middle of August and our first episode in almost a month! Join Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester as we catch up on San Diego Comic Con, C2E2, the surprising spotlight panels on Chris Claremont and Todd McFarlane, how and why the undisputed masters of comics are now very much disputed, the first series of The Sandman on Netflix, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton, Brink, Book 5 by Dan Abnett and I.N.J. Culbard, Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou and much, much more in this two-plus hour episode. Comments on the show are available at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your questions at WaitWhatPodcast@gmail.com, and we invite you to look out for us on Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, and Patreon!