Podcast appearances and mentions of matt lune

What is is that makes Superman: Secret Identity one of the most loved Superman comics of all time? This week on the show Matt is joined by special guest Ted Brandt to take a closer look at the lasting appeal of Clark Kent!   Ted Brandt is an Eisner-nominated comics artist perhaps best known for his work on the Image series "Crowded", and is t'other half of the Brandt & Stein team. You can find his website here, and follow Ted on Twitter here! Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here! For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

Feeling hungry? You will be after this week's episode, as Matt Lune is joined by special guest Ro Stein to talk about the first volume of Restaurant To Another World! "Western Restaurant Nekoya" may look like a normal restaurant, but every Saturday it opens up and all manner of unexpected visitors from "beyond" appear...   Ro Stein is an Eisner-nominated comics artist perhaps best known for their work on the Image series "Crowded", and is one half of the Brandt & Stein team. You can find their website here, and follow Ro on Twitter here! Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here! For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!    

We know what you've all been thinking: while the skrulls have been out causing trouble, what's Beta Ray Bill been up to? Think no longer, because for this week's episode "Matt" speaks to special guest Alex Spencer about Beta Ray Bill: The Green of Eden! He loves you.   Alex Spencer is the Features Editor for Edge, and a writer and critic who has written for publications including Polygon, CBR and ComicsAlliance. You can find him on Twitter here! Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster and... you can find him on Twitter here? For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

The Secret Invasion by Skrulls wasn't a success in the end, because everybody underestimated Norman Osborn's Big Gun. But what if that wasn't the case? What if the Skrulls HAD won? This week Kirsten Howard is our special guest, joining... Matt Lune?... to talk about "What If? Secret Invasion"! He Loves You   Kirsten Howard is the News & Features editor for Den of Geek. You can find their byline on the website here, or follow them on Twitter right here! Ardo Omer is a writer, editor and podcaster whose work has been seen at sites including WomenWriteAboutComics and The MNT. She's co-host of the “Put A Blurb On It” podcast, and the Kids Co-Ordinator for FOLD. You can find her on Twitter here!  For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

The Secret Invasion continues as Skrulls infiltrate the initiative! This week's special guest Tim Maytom has been ordered to talk about Avengers The Initiative #18 - won't somebody think of the children?? He loves you.   Tim Maytom is a writer and critic who has spent a lot of his time thinking about The Wicked and The Divine. You can find more of his writing here alongside Alex Spencer – and you can follow Tim on Twitter here! Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here! For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

An alien invasion of Earth? Gosh, I wonder what Frank Castle will do about... oh he's going to shoot them all, shocker. This week special guest Kelly Kanayama joins Matt to get very mad about her favourite shooty boy as he enters the Secret Invasion! He loves you.   Kelly Kanayama is a writer and comics scholar who is literally writing the book on Garth Ennis. Don't believe me? Have a look at her Patreon page here! You can also find Kelly on Twitter here, highly recommended. Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here! For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

You thought we were done? Oh no, there's a lot more from the Skrulls coming your way over the next few weeks! And our Secret Invasion continues today, as our special guest Matt Sibley has been ordered to talk about Guardians of the Galaxy #5!  He loves you.   Matt Sibley is a writer, critic and podcaster who is most commonly found writing for Newsarama as part of their “Best Shots” reviews team. You can find him on twitter here! Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here! For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

THE SECRET INVASION HAS ARRIVED! Shelfdust has been invaded by Skrulls and this week our special guest Kelly Richards has been ordered to talk to Matt about Mighty Avengers #18 - the arrival of Nick Fury's Secret Warriors! He loves you.   Kelly Richards is an Eisner-winning critic who has written for sites including WomenWriteAboutComics and Sidequest. You can find more of their thoughts over on Twitter here!  Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here! For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

Have you ever wanted to be the very best? Like no one ever was? This week our special guest is Deadendia's Hamish Steele, and he's brought the first volume of Pokemon Adventures along with him to talk about! Let's go, Polywhirl!   Hamish Steele is a comics writer and animation director best known for the horror-comedy series Deadendia, which will soon be coming to Netflix under his own watchful eye. When not animating or comics-making, you can find him on Twitch here, on Twitter here, or check out his website here!  Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here! For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

The name is Presents... Shelfdust Presents. And on this episode Matt is joined by special guest Cara Ellison to talk about the first issue of Velvet, which offers all the glamour, intrigue and violence of classic James Bond - but with "Moneypenny" taking the lead...   Cara Ellison is an award-winning narrative designer, writer, and critic, with focuses on both comic books and video games. She's the writer of the ComiXology Originals series The Final Girls, which you can check out here. For more, you can head over to here website here, or follow Cara on Twitter here! Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here! For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

Everybody who reads superhero comics learns that "dead doesn't mean dead", but this week our special guest Jay Rincher joins Matt to talk about X-Factor #5 - an issue which raises some fascinating questions about death and resurrection...   Jay Rincher is a writer and critic who has written for publications including The MNT and GWW. You can find his writing portfolio here, and follow him on Twitter here! Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here! For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

"The gang go to the therapist" is a concept we've seen several times in comics over the year - but Suicide Squad #8 may well have been the first time that readers got to sit on the couch. Special guest Elana Levin joins Matt this week to take a closer look into the psyche of these rag-tag villains!   Elana Levin is a critic and podcaster who is best known as the host of Graphic Policy Radio. For more, you can find them on Twitter here! Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here! For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

Look! Up in the sky! Actually, on second thought... please don't. It's time for some Chuck Austen X-Men, everybody! This week our special guest Megan Purdy wanted to talk about Uncanny X-Men #440 - we were surprised too...   Megan Purdy is a writer, publisher and editor known as founder of WWAC and The MNT, as well as for publishing through Black Hearted Press. You can find her on Twitter here! Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here! For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

David Mack's Kabuki is a dreamlike piece of work, thoughtful and chimerical. But his Kabuki: Reflections series looked even further, into the art and craft of his work - and it's THAT comic which this week's special guest Wendy Browne has joined us to talk about!   Wendy Browne is a comics critic and journalist, as well as the Publisher of WomenWriteAboutComics. You can find her writing on the site here – and you can follow her on Twitter here! Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here! For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

Have you ever been attacked by a flock of draculas when you're just trying to watch a movie? Well that's exactly what happens to Stephanie Brown in Batgirl #14... which is also the issue which our guest Stephanie Cooke has chosen to talk about on the show today!   For more from Stephanie, you can follow her on Twitter here and find her website here! She also runs Creator Resource, a website designed to provide tools and resources for comics freelancers! Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here! For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

Comic book writer Ram V joins Matt this week to talk about the comic book issue he's bringing to the table - Black Orchid #1, by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean! Time for us to head to the greenhouse, then!   Ram V is an award-winning comic book writer who has written books including Paradiso, Grafity's Wall, Blue in Green, These Savage Shores and so many more. You can find and admire him at his site here, and follow him on Twitter here! Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here! For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

This week Matt is joined by writer and critic Caitlin Rosberg! Caitlin has brought along James Stokoe's one-off creator-owned comic "Sobek" to talk about - so hopefully you're in the mood for a giant lizard having a chill day!   Caitlin Rosberg is a comics critic with bylines for The AV Club, Paste, and Polygon, among many others. For more, head to their site here or follow Caitlin on Twitter here! Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here! For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

This week Matt is joined by writer, editor and podcaster Ardo Omer! Prepare yourselves for a dangerous dose of Venom, because Ardo is bringing along "Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #17" to talk about!   Ardo Omer is a writer, editor and podcaster whose work has been seen at sites including WomenWriteAboutComics and The MNT. She's co-host of the "Put A Blurb On It" podcast, and the Kids Co-Ordinator for FOLD. You can find her on Twitter here!  Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here! For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

It's a New Year and a new season of Shelfdust Presents! And what better way to start things out than with comic book writer Mairghread Scott? She joins Matt to talk about the comic she's brought in this week: Spider-Island: Cloak & Dagger #2!   Mairghread Scott is an animation and comic book writer whose work has included Batgirl, Transformers, and her creator owned works Toil and Trouble, and The City on the Other Side. You can find more of her work on her website here, and follow her on Twitter here! Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here! For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

Welcome to That’s The Issue! I’m Matt Lune, and I’ll be joined every episode by guests to discuss their love of comics by looking at the comics they love. Today on the show, I'm joined by small press creator Sarah Gordon and President/COO of Top Cow, Matt Hawkins. We talk about the evolution of the comics industry in the decades since Matt first met Rob Liefeld and started working for Extreme Studios, how to engage with a changing comics audience, and about one of the strangest Kickstarter rewards of all...join us!Support That's The Issue by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/thatstheissueFind out more at https://thatstheissue.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Welcome to That’s The Issue! I’m Matt Lune, and I’ll be joined every episode by guests to discuss their love of comics by looking at the comics they love. Today on the show, I'm joined by writer Fred Van Lente ( “Amazing Spider-Man” “Archer and Armstrong” “The Comic Book History of Comics”) to talk about his new Kickstarter with artist Ryan Dunlavey, “The Comic Book History of Animation!”We discuss the early days of animation in Hollywood, finding the human stories within the history, the hidden figures behind the legends, and so much more!Support That's The Issue by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/thatstheissueFind out more at https://thatstheissue.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.

The first chapter of Sailor Moon landed at position #49 in Shelfdust's list of the top Fifty First Issues - and this week's guest Kayleigh Hearn (reviews editor for WomenWriteAboutComics and Shelfdust contributor) has some thoughts about that! She joins Matt Lune to talk about the very start of Naoko Takeuchi surprising, charming manga.

Our countdown of the Top Fifty First Comic Book Issues starts proper as Matt Lune talks to critic Al Kennedy (host of the podcasts House to Astonish and Desert Island Discworld) about the issue which ranked fiftieth in our list: Thunderbolts #1. Did the issue rank too far down on our list? And how does that twist work now for a modern audience?

Matt Lune talks to Shelfdust editor Steve Morris about the results of "The Top Fifty First Issues List", as chosen by comic book critics. How did the list come together, what surprises were there along the way... and what actually makes for a good first issue, anyway?

Picks for Wednesday, June 26, 2019 Mike- BTTM FDRS OGN & Hot Comb OGN Greg- H.P. Lovecraft's At The Mountains of Madness by Guo Tanabe Vol. 1 TPB Matt- Usagi Yojimbo v33: Hidden TPB & Marilyn Manor #1 Need suggestions for your LCS trip this week? Let Mike & Greg (and special guest Matt Lune!) point out the books hitting shelves on Wednesday they're most excited about in this three hundred ninety-first installment of their ongoing "Pull List" series! These episodes are the perfect way for anyone to kick off their comics: from the most curious newcomer to the most dedicated Wednesday Warrior! Robots From Tomorrow is a weekly comics podcast recorded deep beneath the Earth’s surface. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or through the RSS feed at RobotsFromTomorrow.com. You can also follow Mike and Greg on Twitter. Enjoy your funny books.  

On this episode, Matt Lune is joined by Sina Grace (Jughead's Time Police, Ice Man) and Joe Glass (The Pride) to discuss the comics that redefined their teenage years. For Sina, it's Ghostworld by Daniel Clowes, and for Joe, it's Generation X by Scott Lobdell and Chris Bachalo. Join us!Support That's The Issue by donating to the tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/thatstheissueFind out more on the That's The Issue website.

EVEN YOUR OWN Hello, and welcome to episode 310 of The Fantasticast. Each week, Steve Lacey and Andy Leyland guide you through every issue, guest-appearance and cameo of The Fantastic Four. This week, we're looking to team a veteran, rock-based super-hero with an up-and-coming vigilante who definitely isn't Batman in a white costume, oh no, not at all. Yes, Moon Knight gets to feature in Marvel Two-in-One this week, as he and Ben Grimm go up against future Hawkeye villain Crossfire!   Steven Grant, Jim Craig, Pablo Marcos, Ben Sean, Gaspar Saladino, Roger Stern, Jim Salicrup, Jim Shooter, George Perez, and Joe Sinnott present Marvel Two-in-One #52. Join us, as we discover the most unlikely reality in the Marvel multiverse, discuss Doctor Doom's massive organ, exclaim 'You're flipping nuts!', and excitedly proclaim 'Pew! Pew!'. Joining us this week is writer, critic, and podcaster Matt Lune. You can find Matt's podcast Mother Box at http://www.multiversitycomics.com/category/podcasts/, and That's The Issue on iTunes and on twitter at https://twitter.com/thatstheissue. Matt is also the reviews editor for Multiversity.com and he can be found on twitter at https://twitter.com/MattLune Send in your feedback to fantastic4podcast@gmail.com, leave your comments at the libsyn site, or at www.TheFantasticast.com. Follow us on twitter, where we are @fantasticast The Fantasticast is Patreon supported. Visit www.patreon.com/fantasticast to donate and support us. The Fantasticast is part of the Flickering Myth Podcast network. Original artwork by Michael Georgiou. Check out his work at mikedraws.co.uk Episode cover design by Samuel Savage.

A farewell... for now. Paul is redirecting his podcasting energies to start "Mother Box: A New Gods and Jack Kirby's Fourth World Podcast" with Matt Lune, as well as to appear weekly on the Comics Alternative and pursue other endeavors. This episode is a fond farewell as the Comics Syllabus podcast goes on indefinite hiatus, with heartfelt thanks to all the guests, listeners, friends, and Multiversity colleagues who've made this podcast a total joy for the past two years. Comics Syllabus may be back in the future or on occasion, but for now, Paul's signing off. Look for "Mother Box" to come soon (and fill in this every-other-Tuesday slot at Multiversitycomics.com), and look for Paul and his friends at Multiversity, as well as on the Comics Alternative podcast weekly review episodes. And thanks for listening! Let's keep reading. (Track art is a drawing of Paul by wonderful artist Max Sarin)

A special, slightly different episode: Paul and "That's the Issue" host Matt Lune embark on a podcast journey, as they launch "The Mother Box: A New Gods by Jack Kirby Podcast" project, a read-through of the "Fourth World Omnibus" by Jack Kirby. Together, Matt and Paul aim to learn about the New Gods universe, characters, and stories in anticipation of the planned "New Gods" movie directed by Ava Duvernay. They will read through and discuss Kirby's New Gods work issue by issue. And they'll invite on experts and other readers to inform them along the way. This episode is a pilot, of sorts, for "The Mother Box," as well as a briefing about Jack Kirby, the New Gods, and what we hope to do with the project. Next week, on "That's the Issue," we will continue with a closer reading of the first issues of the "Fourth World Omnibus," the first three issues of Jack Kirby's work at DC on "Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen." Let us know what you think! Some primer articles you might check out: Multiversity’s Jonathan O’Neal’s piece: http://www.multiversitycomics.com/longform/fourth-world-problems/ DC’s 101: https://www.dccomics.com/blog/2016/03/09/dc-comics-101-who-are-the-new-gods Nerdist Primer: https://nerdist.com/new-gods-primer-dc-comics-jack-kirby/ IGN rundown: http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/03/16/the-new-gods-explained-who-are-the-dc-characters Chris Sims at Comics Alliance: http://comicsalliance.com/ask-chris-54-the-mythology-of-jack-kirbys-new-gods/ A blogger’s explainer piece: https://dcmultiversehistorian.wordpress.com/2014/12/30/what-the-deal-with-the-fourth-world/ Recent Kirby write-up in the Independent: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/jack-kirby-new-gods-marvel-comic-book-artist-recognition-a8259236.html The Vulture’s Reisman longform: http://www.vulture.com/2017/11/jack-kirby-fourth-world-steppenwolf-justice-league.html Another blogger’s take, what’s wrong with New Gods (it’s Superman): http://www.comicscube.com/2013/11/whats-wrong-with-new-gods-look-at-jack.html LA Times “Reading Irresponsibly with Jack Kirby” piece: http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-ca-jc-jack-kirby-20171229-story.html Find the full podcast at http://www.multiversitycomics.com/tag/comics-syllabus/ Subscribe and follow the Comics Syllabus podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play podcasts, or wherever or copy this RSS feed to your podcatcher: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:235183739/sounds.rss Follow Paul on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TwoPlai Feel free to drum up discussion on the Comics Syllabus Facebook page: http://facebook.com/ComicsSyllabus

With Mike on vacation, Greg brings in some of the newer members to the Multiversity family and asks them their thoughts on how 2018 has been going from the comics and comics culture perspective. Carrying over from last week are Kate Kosturski (MC social media manager), Kevin Gregory (host of Make Mine Multiversity) and Matt Lune (co-host of That's The Issue). This week's installment focuses on the power and responsibility of comics culture, trying to navigate today's social media landscape, and the necessity of an informed opinion.  Robots From Tomorrow is a weekly comics podcast recorded deep beneath the Earth's surface. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or through the RSS feed at RobotsFromTomorrow.com. You can also follow Mike and Greg on Twitter. This episode is brought to you by Third Eye Comics. Enjoy your funny books.

With Mike on vacation, Greg brings in some of the newer members to the Multiversity family and asks them their thoughts on how 2018 has been going from the comics and comics culture perspective. Carrying over from the previous episode are Kate Kosturski (MC social media manager), Kevin Gregory (host of Make Mine Multiversity) and Matt Lune (co-host of That's The Issue). This week's installment of the two-part conversation also touches on the importance of the LCS in the comics ecosystem and checks out how libraries fit in to the grand scheme of things. Robots From Tomorrow is a weekly comics podcast recorded deep beneath the Earth's surface. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or through the RSS feed at RobotsFromTomorrow.com. You can also follow Mike and Greg on Twitter. This episode is brought to you by Third Eye Comics. Enjoy your funny books.  

Picks for Wednesday, April 18th, 2018 Matt- Black Hammer: Age of Doom #1Kate- Skyward #1 Kevin- Action Comics #1000 Greg- The Originals HC Need suggestions for your LCS trip this week? Let Mike & Greg point out what's hitting shelves they're most excited about! These weekly Pull List episodes are the perfect way to kick off the comics week for anyone from the most curious newcomer to the most dedicated Wednesday Warrior! This week, with Mike on holiday, Greg put the guest host call out to the Multiversity family, and lo, the call was answered! Joining him on this week's Pull List is Kate Kosturski (MC social media manager), Kevin Gregory (host of Make Mine Multiversity) and Matt Lune (co-host of That's The Issue). Four hosts, four picks!  Robots From Tomorrow is a weekly comics podcast recorded deep beneath the Earth's surface. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or through the RSS feed at RobotsFromTomorrow.com. You can also follow Mike and Greg on Twitter. This episode is brought to you by Third Eye Comics. Enjoy your funny books.  

Images are at the site page: http://wp.me/p42KN3-Jim First, (at 0:00) the renewed schedule, format, and mission of the Comics Syllabus podcast… and an apology for the weeks we’ve been gone. Then, in the General Ed segment (at 8:20 ), a look ahead at comics we’re anticipating in 2018 with Matt Lune. Matt’s the host of the “That’s the Issue!” podcast, the Comics Syllabus’s new partner podcast on alternating weeks. You can check out the rest of the conversation between Matt and Paul about the year ahead on next Tuesday’s “That’s the Issue!” This week’s Close Read (at 56:00 ) is “Golden Kamuy” by Satoru Noda (Viz), a seinen manga series set at the turn of the 20th Century about the Immortal Sugimoto, a veteran of the Russo-Japanese war, and Asirpa, a girl whose Ainu (a Japanese indigenous culture) expertise with the wild forest setting helps the two protagonists in a hidden-treasure chase against dangerous criminals. Images to go with Paul’s discussion are at the link at the top of these shownotes. On the Syllabus segment (at 1:35:00 ), Paul introduces his Reading Schedule, an invitation (or an assignment, if you like), to find something to read along with Paul and join the discussion. This month, we apply the reviewer’s questions from Ann Hornaday’s Talking Pictures (Basic Books) — what are the creators trying to accomplish? did they? and was it worth trying? — to the effort to “read widely” this year. On the Syllabus this month: Manga (Mondays): “A Silent Voice” by Yoshitoki Oima (Kodansha) and “Battle Angel Alita” by Yukito Kishiro (Kodansha). Alt TPB (Tuesdays): “Crosswind” by Cat Staggs and Gail Simone (Image); next: “Eternity” by Matt Kindt and Trevor Hairsine (Valiant) World/BD (Wednesdays): “Largo Winch” v1 by Phillipe Francq and Jean van Hamme (Cinebook); next: “Valentine” v1 by Vanyda (Europe Comics) Throwback (Thursdays): “Strangers in Paradise” by Terry Moore (Abstract Studios), volumes 1-2; next: “Miss Fury: The Best of the 1940s” by Tarpe Mills, edited by Trina Robbins (IDW Library of American Comics) Family (Fridays): “I Am Alfonso Jones” by Tony Medina, Stacey Robinson, John Jennings (Lee and Low); next: “Science Comics: Flying Machines” by Alison Wilgus and Molly Brooks First Second) Superheroes (Saturdays): “Action Comics” by Dan Jurgens and artists (DC); next: “Black Panther” by Ta-Nehisi Coates and Brian Stelfreeze and other artists (Marvel) Sequential/Small Press (Sundays): “The Green Hand and Other Stories” by Nicole Claveloux (NYRC); next: “Psychology” by Danny Oppenheimer and Grady Klein (Norton) Subscribe and follow the Comics Syllabus podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Soundcloud, or copy this RSS feed to your podcatcher: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:235183739/sounds.rss or you can find archives for this podcast (previously named “Study Comics with Paul”) here: http://studycomics.club/ Join the discussion on the Comics Syllabus Facebook page: http://facebook.com/ComicsSyllabus or Follow Paul on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TwoPlai or leave your comments here on the showpage. Thanks for listening!

Multiversity’s Matt Lune joins Paul to talk about their year-end lists of favorite ongoing comics, original graphic novels, writers, artists, cover artists, and publishers… as well as the prospect of making and discussing these lists themselves! Welcome to the Comics Syllabus podcast, where we read widely and we dig deep. Your host Paul, a literacy researcher and English teacher, introduces curious readers to a range of current and classic comics, and then engages in closer discussion and analysis of particular comics works. First, in the introduction, ( 0:00 ) an apology that the promised discussion of Catalyst Prime titles will be postponed until next week because… well… this episode was already too long and Paul got plenty busy during the US holiday! But NEXT WEEK: Catalyst Prime, the Valiant universe, superhero universes, DCEU and MCU, and diversity! Then, at ( 4:00 ), Multiversity’s Matt Lune comes to talk to Paul about their favorites for 2017. Matt’s work at Multiversity can be found at http://www.multiversitycomics.com/author/mlune/ and he’s on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattLune , and you can find him one Super Comic Battle Wars podcast ( http://www.multiversitycomics.com/tag/super-comic-battle-wars/ ) and the That’s the Issue podcast ( http://awesomesourcecomics.com/category/thats-the-issue/ ). Matt mentions his recent “Don’t Miss This” column about “Doom Patrol,” which is at http://www.multiversitycomics.com/news-columns/dont-miss-this-doom-patrol/ And here are our lists! Matt’s Best Ongoing Comics (Not necessarily in this order): Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (Marvel) Paper Girls (Image) Detective Comics (DC) Babyteeth (Black Mask) Black Hammer (Dark Horse) Extremity (Image) Redlands (Image) Rock Candy Mountain (Image) Doom Patrol (DC/Young Animal) Scales and Scoundrels (Image) Paul’s Best Original Graphic Novels of 2017: 5- Spinning (First Second) by Tillie Walden 4- Boundless (Drawn and Quarterly) by Jillian Tamaki 3- Eartha (Fantagraphics) by Cathy Malkasian 2- My Favorite Thing is Monsters (Fantagraphics) by Emil Ferris 1- The Best We Could Do (Abrams) by Thi Bui Honorable Mentions: Lighter than My Shadow (Lion Forge) by Katie Green; Savage Town (Image) by Declan Shalvey; House of Women (Fantagraphics) by Sophie Goldstein; Tenements, Towers & Trash ( Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers) by Julia Wertz; Stone Heart (First Second) by Faith Erin Hicks, Newsprints (Graphix) by Ru Xu, Roughneck, Mighty Jack and the Goblin King (First Second) by Ben Hatke Matt’s Best Writers 10- James Tynion IV 9- Daniel Warren Johnson 8- Emil Ferris 7- Declan Shalvey 6- Kelly Thompson 5- Kyle Starks 4- Jeff Lemire 3- Jordie Bellaire 2- Tom King 1- Donny Cates Paul’s Best Cover Artists 3- Becky Cloonan 2- Nick Derington 1- John Paul Leon Matt’s Best Artists 10- Daniel Warren Johnson 9- Dustin Weaver 8- Lee Weeks 7- James Stokoe 6- Dan Mora 5- Alyson Sampson 4- Erica Henderson 3- Emil Ferris 2- Mitch Gerads 1- Geoff Shaw Paul’s Best Publishers 5- Image 4- Dark Horse 3- IDW/Top Shelf 2- Fantagraphics 1- DC Comics Subscribe and follow the Comics Syllabus podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Soundcloud, or copy this RSS feed to your podcatcher: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:235183739/sounds.rss or you can find archives for this podcast (previously named “Study Comics with Paul”) here: http://studycomics.club/ Join the discussion on the Comics Syllabus Facebook page: http://facebook.com/ComicsSyllabus or Follow Paul on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TwoPlai or leave your comments here on the showpage. Thanks for listening!

Images with this episode are at http://wp.me/p42KN3-FsY starting 8/22/2017 On this week's Comics Syllabus podcast, Paul is joined by fellow Multiversity contributor Matt Lune to discuss the classic "Astro City" by Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson from DC/Vertigo and Image Comics. But first, in the "General Ed" segment, Paul recommends comics to inform, educate, and inspire in the wake of white supremacist violence and action, and the counteraction on different scales in response. In the General Ed segment, Paul mentions a past episode of this podcast discussing March by Lewis, Powell, and Aydin: https://soundcloud.com/twoplai/paul-list-2016-08-05-march-book-3-by-lewis-aydin-powell-top-shelf Subscribe and follow the Comics Syllabus podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, or Soundcloud, or copy this RSS feed to your podcatcher: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:235183739/sounds.rss or you can find archives for this podcast (previously named "Study Comics with Paul") here: http://studycomics.club/ Comics Syllabus past episodes are also at http://www.multiversitycomics.com/tag/comics-syllabus/ Join the discussion on the Comics Syllabus Facebook page: http://facebook.com/ComicsSyllabus Follow Paul on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TwoPlai It's the only place on earth he stays under 140 characters. Thanks for listening!