Podcasts about Sana Takeda

In Episode 164, Gen and Jette talk about the graphic novel, Light Carries On, by Ray Nadine. The story follows Leon and the ghost of Cody, who is tethered to Leon's camera. Show NotesIs ghost romance it's own sub-genre? It should be. And if it is we would like to read all the rest of them please. So far in this theme we also have Rules for Ghosting by Shelly Jay Shore and Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas.Speaking of Cemetery Boys, the sequel comes out later this year and we are stoked!We loved the art style in this one and the way that it helped build the atmosphere and tone of the story.Of course graphic novels always get us excited for TCAF (Toronto Comic Arts Festival). It's already in our calendars even though it's not until June. Our next episode is #BookstagramMadeMeDoIt and we're finally reading some Emily Henry. We're leaning into our love of books with, you guessed it, Book Lovers. Other Books & Authors MentionedEverything is Going Wrong edited by Mark Bouchard Raise Hell by Jordan Alsaqa & Ray NadineA Sea of Unspokend Things by Adrienne YoungMonstress by Sana Takeda & Marjorie LiuThe Night Eaters by Marjorie LiuLucy Foley Don't forget to follow us on Instagram and check out our website!

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In our second Half Baked episode pf the week, Anthony & Cody discuss The Night Eaters: She Eats the Night by writer Marjorie Liu and illustrator Sana Takeda.   “Chinese American twins Milly and Billy are having a tough time. On top of the multiple failures in their personal and professional lives, they're struggling to keep their restaurant afloat.  Their parents, Ipo and Keon force them to clean up the house next door—a ruin that was the scene of a grisly murder—the twins are in for a nasty surprise. A night of terror, gore, and supernatural mayhem reveals that there is much more to Ipo and her children than meets the eye.”  But first, are Cody & Anthony the true backbone of the podcast? Is this comic relatable?  Does this have A24 vibes?  Is family trauma the backbone of this comic book & A24?  Is this book as funny as it is terrifying? How does Bruce Lee factor into this book?  At its core, this is a book about generational trauma and a wholesome family tale that deals with immigration. Would Anthony send his baby daughter into a house of demons to get her to grow up? Was a large man shrieking like a girl on a dirt road the closest thing to a cryptid Cody has ever seen? Is Appalachia one of the oldest palaces on earth?  And what the fuck does that even mean? Only way to find out the answers to these pressing questions is to tune in! Check out our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/ComicsandChronic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.comicsandchronic.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ New episodes every THURSDAY Follow us on social media! Instagram // Twitter // TikTok : @comicsnchronic YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.youtube.com/channel/UC45vP6pBHZk9rZi_2X3VkzQ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ E-mail: comicsnchronicpodcast@gmail.com Cody Twitter: @Cody_Cannon Instagram: @walaka_cannon TikTok: @codywalakacannon Jake Instagram: @jakefhaha Anthony Instagram // Twitter // TikTok : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@mrtonynacho⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: youtube.com/nachocomedy

MeMeMes: Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda, Monstress (comic); A Star Is Born (film); Wish (film); Defenders of The Earth (tv); Baldur's Gate 3 (video game); Wendy's (fast food); Walking Dead comics; Loop Hero (video game); convention cosplay: Rebecca (Cyberpunk: Edgerunners)

In this autumnal episode of Friends Talking Fantasy, Charles and Dylan dive into the perfect books to get you into those fall vibes. From spooky horrors to cozy fantasies, they explore the themes, settings, and characters that best capture the essence of the season. Whether you're looking for eerie tales like Christopher Buehlman's The Black Tongue Thief, a chilling Dracula retelling in A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson, or heartwarming reads like A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers, this episode has a recommendation for every fall mood. Tune in for a celebration of all things fall, with fantasy books that pair perfectly with the crisp air and changing leaves.   Visit out website: https://www.theftfpodcast.com/    Books mentioned in this episode: 1. World War Z by Max Brooks 2. The Black Tongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman 3. Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman 4. A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson 5. Evocation by S.T. Gibson 6. Fairytale by Stephen King 7. Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir 8. Monstrous by Marjorie Liu (illustrated by Sana Takeda) 9. The Bone Roots by Gabriela Houston 10. The Witcher series by Andrzej Sapkowski 11. Fury of the Gods by John Gwynne 12. The Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynne 13. The Autumn Republic by Brian McClellan 14. The Fall of Dragons by Miles Cameron 15. The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss 16. Babel by R.F. Kuang 17. The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang 18. The Magicians by Lev Grossman 19. A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers 20. Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree 21. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman 22. Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay  

C'est reparti pour une nouvelle saison de ComicsDiscovery! Chaque semaine dans le podcast, on vous fait découvrir une bande dessinée plus ou moins d'actualité selon l'envie. Cette semaine, c'est Night Eaters de Marjorie Liu et Sana Takeda un récit horrifique et familiale (oui, c'est possible) qui sort chez Delcourt. Les nouvelles du villagePar contre, peut-être une triste nouvelle pour certains, nous arrêtons l'actu pop. D'avoir fait l'émission juste en review cet été m'a fait du bien, je trouve qu'on est revenu aux fondamentaux de ce que je voulais faire avec l'émission. Je préfère garde ce format pour le moment. Peut-être que les news pop culture reviendrons sur un autre format, surement avec un autre rythme. J'attends que l'inspiration et l'envie reviennent. Night EatersLes noms de Marjorie Liu et Sana Takeda ne doivent pas vous être inconnus si vous êtes fan de comics. Elles ont imposé petit à petit leurs noms et leurs styles dans l'univers Marvel et de l'indé. On les connait surtout pour la série Monstress qu'elles ont co-crée. Un comics que nous avions abordé lors de la saison 3. (Vous pouvez retrouver l'émission ici : https://jamesetfaye.fr/comicsdiscovery-s03e12-monstress/ ) SurvivreLa vie de Milly et Billy n'est pas de tout repos. En plein covid, ils tentent de faire survivre leur petit restaurant, aidé par leur parent. La relation n'est pas facile, notamment entre les enfants et Ipo, la mère stricte. Pourquoi Ipo est elle aussi sévère avec sa progéniture ? le lien familial peut-il se réparer ? Quel secret se cache ? On peut échapper aux monstres, mais pas à la familleMarjorie Liu et Sana Takeda utilise avec intelligence le fantastique et l'horreur pour parler des relations parents / enfants et plus particulièrement des relations mère/fille. Les pressions subies par la société font peser un poids, que l'on soit une fille ou une mère. Vouloir être parfaite, être validé par les autres et sa famille sont des considérations que nous avons tous.tes ressentis un jour. Utiliser des références littéraires et pouvoir donner une incarnation au stress et aux peurs permettent aux lecteurs de ressentir la force de ceux-ci. Night Eaters propose un récit rythmé et touchant, mise en valeur par le trait de Takeda et son travail de colorisation, rappelant par fois des estampes, permet de faire pénétrer les lecteurs dans le cauchemar vécu par les personnages.

Lexi, Anne, Dallas, and Evan sit down to read volumes 1-2 of Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda's comics masterpiece Monstress --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thecomicscollective/support

Monstress est un chef-d'oeuvre de dark fantasy matinée d'éléments d'horreur cosmique et de steampunk qui rafle, année après année, quantité de prix - dont des victoires systématiques pour le travail de son artiste, Sana Takeda. Aussi, quand la dessinatrice est passée à FACTS en compagnie de l'autrice Marjorie Liu avec qui elle travaille depuis maintenant plus de dix ans, il était impossible de manquer cette occasion pour ne pas aller s'entretenir avec elles.Encore des lauréates d'Eisner sur First Print !La discussion avec Marjorie Liu est également disponible à l'écrit et en français sur Comicsblog.fr si vous préférez ce format, et sachez que Monstress est disponible (huit tomes pour le moment) chez Delcourt, tandis que le premier tome de The Night Eaters arrivera à l'automne prochain. Si vous appréciez le travail mené avec ces interviews, ne manquez pas de le faire savoir et d'apporter votre soutien en partageant l'article ! Soutenez First Print - Podcast Comics de Référence sur TipeeeHébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

En el podcast de hoy nos movemos entre la comedia, el gore y el drama familiar, con la reseña de The Night Eaters Vol01: La que devora la noche. Escrito por Marjorie Liu y con arte de Sana Takeda. El mismo duo que salto a la fama con Monstress. Recordad que podéis ser Fans de nuestro podcast y apóyanos económicamente en Ivoox. Gracias por vuestro apoyo y colaboración.

In Episode 144, Gen and Jette read the first volume of Night Eaters, a horror graphic novel by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda. You know we're all about the creepy graphic novels, but this one had the added bonus of being very funny. Safe to say we loved it!Show NotesMarjorie Liu and Sana Takeda have worked in all corners of the comic/graphic novel world, including Marvel and their co-created series, Monstress, published by Image Comics. They've both won Hugo and Eisner awards, and Liu is the first ever woman (and woman of colour) to win an Eisner in the Best Writer category.Shout out to Hoopla, as always. We love being able to read even more graphic novels through their library platform.Somehow we stumbled across this graphic novel separately...maybe? Hard to say. We might just share a brain now.Another shout out belongs to the Concord Bookshop, where Jette snagged her copy of Night Eaters from their amazing graphic novel section. In our next episode, we'll be talking about the sequel to Her Majesty's Royal Coven, The Shadow Cabinet, because that cliff hanger means we need to discuss it ASAP!!Other Books MentionedSomething is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'EderaPaper Houses & Pale Shadows by Dominique Fortier, translated by Rhonda MullinsThe Martian by Andy WeirFight Club by Chuck PalahniukMystic River by Dennis Lehane Don't forget to follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter or email us at hello@anotherbookontheshelf.com. We'd love to hear from you! Sign up for our newsletter and add us to Pinterest!

En este sexto programa, nos volcamos en el mundo de fantasía oscura con una invitada de excepción, May López. Os recomendamos varias obras del género, además de hablar del mismo. Tripulantes: Presentado por Laura Morán, con Virginia Bueno y May López como invitada. Minireseñas: Frieren: más allá del viaje, Kanehito Yamada (guion) y Tsukasa Abe (ilustración). El ocaso de la madera, de Ana María de la Torre Bermúdez. Tras la muerte, al fin, paz, de Virginia Orive de la Rosa. Recomendaciones: Obras de Gertrude Barrows Bennet. Thornhedge, de T. Kingfisher. Nettle & Bone de T. Kingfisher. Lamusa, de May López. The Night Eaters, de Marjorie Liu y Sana Takeda. The formidable Miss Cassidy, de Meihan Boey (TW: muerte, sangre, aborto). Canción de créditos: Rollin at 5 - 210 - full by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 International License.

In Episode 143, Gen and Jette talk about everything they've been up to so far this year, including what books they've been reading and what they've been writing.Show NotesWe may end up squeezing in an episode on The Shadow Cabinet as a follow up to Her Majesty's Royal Coven. Word to the wise if you decide to work through The Artist's Way — buy a smaller notebook.In our next episode we'll be talking about the graphic novel The Night Eaters by Marjorie Liu, illustrated by Sana Takeda. Our current book club pick is Starling House by Alix E. Harrow, so make sure to read along with us before the episode drops on May 8.Books MentionedThe Artist's Way by Julia CameronThe Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana EnriquezFlung Out of Space by Grace Ellis and Hannah TemplerA Twist of the Knife by Anthony HorowitzNotes of a Native Son by James BaldwinPaper Houses by Dominique Fortier, translated by Rhonda MullinsPale Shadows by Dominique Fortier, translated by Rhonda MullinsHer Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno DawsonThe Last Thing He Told Me by Laura DaveCouplets by Maggie MilnerThe Silent Woman by Minka KentLeslie F*cking JonesFamily Lore by Elizabeth AcevedoFall On Your Knees by Anne Marie MacDonaldCome Tumbling Down by Seanan MaguireHangsaman by Shirley JacksonConfessions of the Fox by Jordy RosenbergAmateur by Thomas Page McBeeFreaks, Gleeks and Dawson's Creek by Thea GlassmanThe Fran Lebowitz Reader Don't forget to follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter or email us at hello@anotherbookontheshelf.com. We'd love to hear from you! Sign up for our newsletter and add us to Pinterest!

This week, we dig into our love for the graphic novel horror series, The Night Eaters, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda. We also talk about the new tv series Mr. and Mrs. Smith, an instant favorite. Plus, our next book club book will be Babel, by R.F. Kuang.

We discuss early John Byrne's Fantastic Four with issues 242 -244, featuring Galactus, Avengers, Terax and Nova! Plus Night Eaters by Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda, Crave by Maria Llovet, Rare Flavors by Ram V & Filipe Andrade, Deviant by James Tynion IV & Joshua Hixson, Sentry by Jason Loo & Luigi Zagaria and reading habits. Follow us on: Facebook: Comics Discourse 114 Instagram: ComicsDiscourse114 Threads: ComicsDiscourse114 Bluesky: @comicsdiscourse114.bsky.social Twitter: ComicsDiscourse    

Wie in der letzten Folge bei der Besprechung zum Comic "Night Eaters" versprochen, kommt hier das Interview mit Zeichnerin Sana Takeda. Aufgenommen wurde das Gespräch 2016 in Dortmund auf der "German Comic Con". Viel Spaß beim lauschen! Folge direkt herunterladen Werbefrei auf Steady: https://steadyhq.com/de/pow-ein-comicpodcast/ Link zu unserem Discord-Server: https://discord.gg/8hE9Nt4

Programa semanal de actualidad, entrevistas y novedades sobre juegos de mesa, rol, cómics, ciencia ficción, fantasía y ocio alternativo del equipo de Cero en Cordura. En el programa de esta semana hablamos de: Libros - La joven vampira, de J.H. Rosny Ainé - Yumi y el pintor de pesadillas de Brandon Sanderson Cómics - Loquis, de Tomeu Pinya, y Las malditas de Flavia Gargiulo - The Night Eaters, de Sana Takeda y Marjorie Liu Series y cine - Kizaki Moto Generation Fire, (Disney+) - Tetris (Apple TV) Juegos de mesa y rol - Marvel Champions: La ProXima Evolución, Fantasy Flight - Apocalipsocks y Sherlock in Time, TCG Factory Videojuegos - Baldur’s Gate 3 - Cyberpunk 2077 DLC Phantom Liberty Polifrikis es un podcast solidario con Ayudar Jugando: https://ayudarjugando.org/ Si te apetece seguir comentando con nosotros los temas de cada semana, únete a nuestro grupo de Telegram: https://t.me/Polifrikeo

In this episode of Waiting on the Trade, we're discussing volume one of Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda's Monstress.

It's been a while since we had one of our inspiration episodes, where we take a look at material outside of the CtD canon that we find helpful for grokking the themes of the game. We've had novels and spoopy novels, but in this episode (#THE ANSWER) we're turning to graphic novels and other visual narratives of the comic form. A professor might say, pairing text with image creates its own kind of media experience for the reader, tickling a particular set of imaginative centers in the brain that are good for conceptualizing the intricate mytho-fictive narratives of the game. But more simply put, MOAR COMIX BETTER GAME. (And even if you don't think of yourself as a "comics reader," these are worth a look.) The full list: Neil Gaiman with various artists, Sandman (and assorted spinoffs) — the original fan annotations website is archived here, but there is also an official Annotated Sandman out from DC Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans, DIE — and see the tie-in roleplaying game here! Jack Kirby and Stan Lee and so many others, X-Men Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda, Monstress Winsor McCay, Little Nemo in Slumberland (and variations on the title) — in the public domain, so you can see many of the old strips (along with the excellent Krazy Kat) at the Comic Strip Library [bonus! Jamie McKelvie, Suburban Glamour] Alan Moore, Watchmen — there was a film adaptation and everything, but here's the 80s cartoon the world deserved Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples, Saga — we're not going to link to merchandise websites, but you can get resin statues of plushies of the Lying Cat, if you so desire (and really, why wouldn't you?) Chris Ware, Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes Bill Willingham and (mostly) Mark Buckingham, Fables And then as usual, another list, where you can rail about how right or wrong we were about this list (although take note—limiting ourselves to eleven was tough, and we acknowledge there's a lot more out there): Discord: https://discord.me/ctp Email: podcast@changelingthepodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100082973960699 Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@ChangelingPod Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/changelingthepodcast If you join our Discord, feel free to send us your suggested stats for Hobbes the Lycian, or vote on which sidhe Houses you think Xavier and Magneto would fall into, or just talk about the episode to your hearts' contentments. our hosts Josh Hillerup (any pronoun) often trips over speech balloons and tumbles through the fourth wall. Pooka G (any pronoun/they) defies the square panel as a convention of story-binding, favoring instead the trapezoid. "Let's see if we can call time on this trend by demanding and creating big, wild comics which stretch our imaginations. Let's make living breathing, sprawling adventures filled with mind-blowing images of things unseen on Earth. Let's make artefacts that are not faux-games or movies but something other, something so rare and strange it might as well be a window into another universe because that's what it is." —Grant Morrison

Das dLG-Radio stellt ein neues Sonderformat vor: Das Kosmische Intermezzo! In diesem unregelmäßigen Format greift die Podcast-Redaktion beherzt ins eigene Regal und stellt euch ein Buch, einen Film, ein Videospiel, einen Comic oder sonstige Perlen der Popkultur vor, die entweder einen Lovecraft-Bezug haben oder sonst wie für Fans des kosmischen Horrors spannend sein könnten. In dieser Auftaktepisode des Kosmischen Intermezzos spricht Rahel über die Comicreihe Monstress von Marjorie Liu und Sana Takeda, die seit 2015 erscheint. Links: Monstress bei Cross Cult Credits: Intro gesprochen von Jenny Seewald Outro von Huan Vu mit freundlicher Genehmigung Ambiances/Musik von tabletopaudio.com (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

 Esta semana, platicamos de la primera parte de The Night Eaters, la trilogia de Marjorie Liu y Sana Takeda que arranca con "She Eats The Night"

In this episode, we discuss: Audience-ology by Kevin Goetz https://bit.ly/3EfPj5K Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories by Jeff Kinney https://bit.ly/3GpTONt Hide by Kiersten White https://bit.ly/3OeZFHo Resident Alien by Peter Hogan https://bit.ly/3EfQ9zq We didn't quite get to: The Night Eaters by Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda https://bit.ly/3GqgoWh Bird Planet by Tim Laman https://bit.ly/3EhfwRh The Day My Butt Went Psycho by Andy Griffiths https://bit.ly/3AoHNnR Your Pal Fred by Michael Rex https://bit.ly/3AoldMi

Kevin O'Neill, Carlos Pacheco, Grateful Dead Origins by Chris Miskiewicz, Noah Van Sciver, Aladdin Collar, and Tyler Boss from Z2 Comics/Rhino, Matt Wagner's Grendel Omnibus Volume 1, Manga-O-Rama: Night of the Living Cat by Hawkman and Mecha-Roots from Seven Seas and She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat by Sakaomi Yuzaki from Yen Press, Wolverine 26-27 by Benjamin Percy, Juan José Ryp, and Frank D'Armata, Skottie Young-O-Rama, Star Trek #1 by Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing, Ramon Rosanas, and Lee Loughridge from IDW, Image-O-Rama: Dark Ride by Joshua Williamson, Andre Bressan, and Adriano Lucas and I Hate This Place by Kyle Starks, Artyom Topilin, and Lee Loughridge, The Night Eaters: She Eats the Night by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda from Abrams, plus a whole mess more!

“…The idea just kind of spun itself into existence in my head, the world started to form almost immediately — when my creative brain kind of immediately kicks in like that, I've learned to listen to it, because usually, that means something, something good is trying to come out.” N.K. Jemisin — winner of three consecutive Hugo Awards for Best Novel (each of the Broken Earth books) and now a fourth for Best Graphic Story or Comic (Far Sector), and MacArthur “genius grant” recipient — is one of our favorite writers, and we'll follow her anywhere. She joins us on the show to talk about closing out her Great Cities duology with The World We Make, adapting the Broken Earth series for the screen, the challenges of writing about a city massively in flux, NY pizza, Ozymandias the cat, her literary inspirations, what's she's reading and more with guest host Kat Sarfas. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Madyson.   Featured Books (Episode): The World We Make by N.K. Jemisin Monstress by Sana Takeda and Marjorie Liu Witch King by Martha Wells   Featured Books (TBR Topoff): All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jean Anders Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo   This episode of Poured Over was produced and hosted by Kat Sarfas and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).

It's a "first" over 14 years in the making as my friend Christine joins me to talk about the first original graphic novel from "Monstress'" Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda

Dark Side of the Library Minisode #70: "The Night Eaters: She Eats the Night (The Night Eaters Book #1)" by Marjorie Liu + Sana Takeda  (Disclosure: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, we will receive an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you) The Night Eaters: She Eats the Night (The Night Eaters Book #1): https://amzn.to/3W5A7zX Marjorie Liu: http://marjoriemliu.com/ https://www.instagram.com/marjorie_liu/   Sana Takeda: https://sanatakeda.com/ https://www.instagram.com/sanatakeda_art/   Follow Dark Side of the Library on Facebook and on Instagram! And our Amazon Live Channel! Dark Side of the Library Website

Writer Marjorie Liu joins the show for a career-spanning chat with a slight focus on her latest graphic novel, The Night Eaters: She Eats the Night. Liu discusses time traveling in writing, never being off the clock, her early days as a writer, the appeal of comics, her path to comics, the collaborative nature of comics, partnering with Sana Takeda, Sana's malleability, world-building, the origins of The Night Eaters, balancing tones, why family is such an interest, horror as a genre, the presence of COVID in the story, the graphic novel format, managing workloads, and more.

Let's dork out about comics! Lexi & Ben share their essential comic reads from monthlies, graphic novels, comic strips, and webcomics: Lynda Barry, Osamu Tezuka, Hergé, Trudy Cooper, Gary Larson, Bill Waterson, Randall Munroe, Scott McCloud, Matthew Inman, Junji Ito, Meredith Gran and just, like, so, so many more! FURTHER DORKSCUSSION:Here are the comics we recommended:Louis Riel by Chester Brown (Lexi & Ben)Judge Dredd from 2000 AD (Jon)Astro Boy by Osamu Tezuka (Ben)Tintin by HergéCalvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson (Lexi & Ben)xkcd by Randall Munroe (Jon)Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud (Ben)Making Comics by Scott McCloud(Ben)Gyo by Junji Ito (Fiona)Uzumaki by Junji Ito (Fiona)Krazy Kat by George Harriman (Who's That Pokemon)Syllabus: Notes From an Accidental Professor by Lynda Barry (Lexi)The Death of Superman from DC Comics by Dan Jurgens and Brett Breeding (Jon)Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O'Malley (Ben)Tales from the Crypt from EC Comics (Fiona)Sharaz-de: Tales from the Arabian Nights by Sergio Toppi (Lexi)The Oatmeal by Matthew Inman (Lexi & Jon)Y: The Last Man by Pia Guerra and Brian K. Vaughan (Ben)Oglaf by Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne (Fiona & Ben)Tank Girl by Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett (Lexi)The Far Side by Gary Larson (Jon & Lexi)Saga by Fiona Staples and Brian K. Vaughan (Ben, obviously)Love and Rockets created by Mario, Gilbert, and Jaime Hernandez (Fiona)Johhny the Homicidal Maniac by Jhonen Vasquez (Lexi)Monstress by Sana Takeda and Marjorie Liu (Lexi)From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell (Lexi)Stardust by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Charles Vess.The Sandman series created by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg (Lexi)It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken by Seth (Lexi)Smile by Raina Telgemeier (Ben)Octopus Pie by Meredith Gran (Ben)Bobbins/Scary Go Round/Bad Machinery by John Allison (Ben)Killing and Dying by Adrian Tomine (Ben)Holy shit! That was a lot of comics!BONUS CONTENT:HoodoosIgnatzThe Secret Life of CanadaJess' comics offering: Cathy by Cathy Guisewite and Jamie Loftus' AackCastSOCIALS:Here's where you can find us!Lexi's website and twitter and instagramBen's website and instagram and where to buy his book: Amazon.ca / Comixology / Ind!go / Renegade ArtsDork Matter's website(WIP) and twitter and instagram and redditEnjoying dorking out with Dork Matters? Give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your pods and help us spread the word.“To kill a man between panels is to condemn him to a thousand deaths.”  -Scott McCloud 

The boys dive into Majorie Liu and Sana Takeda's fantasy epic, Monstress! Then later Reed rambles about some of the latest films to hit the big screen. Which are must see's and which can wait? Tune in to find out. Be sure to send over your review to twitter or the email! @Nerdaplexypod on Twitter nerdaplexy@gmail.com Support us monthly, if you nasty NERDAPLEXY.COM --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nerdaplexy/support

Dark Side of the Library Minisode #40: "Monstress" by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Disclosure: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, we will receive an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you) Monstress https://amzn.to/34cN9ph   Marjorie Liu: http://marjoriemliu.com/ https://twitter.com/marjoriemliu   Sana Takeda: https://sanatakeda.com/ https://www.instagram.com/sanatakeda_art/ Follow Dark Side of the Library on Facebook and on Instagram! Dark Side of the Library Website

The Pullbox Podcast is back, and on this episode Michael and Kurtis are talking about Y: The Last Man by Brian K. Vaughn and Pia Guerra, and Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda.

The Pullbox Podcast is back, and on this episode Michael and Kurtis are talking about Y: The Last Man by Brian K. Vaughn and Pia Guerra, and Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda.

Join us as BefuddledPanda, Starkast, Soulution, and Ashaman discuss all things graphic novels. Whether you're new to graphic novels or it's your preferred reading medium, there's something for everyone. Let us know if you agree with our recommendations or if you have more to suggest. You can always find us on the Legendarium's Discord or on Twitter: https://discord.gg/FNcpuuA @GreenTeamPod Things Mentioned in the Episode: https://stillinthesimulation.com/untitled-comic/the-bikini-bottom-horror-chapter-1-rise-of-the-star/ https://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/kill-six-billion-demons-chapter-1/ To Your Eternity by Yoshitoki Ōima Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama Descender by Dustin Nguyen & Jeff Lemire Heartstopper by Alice Oseman Sandman by Neil Gaiman Hunter x Hunter by Yoshihiro Togashi My Hero Academia by Kohei Horikoshi Monstress by Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda, Yukari Shiina Saga by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples Arrival by Shaun Tan The Tea Dragon Society - Kay O'Neill Sweet Tooth by Jeff Lemire First Second publishing Fruits Basket Natsuki Takaya FairyTail by Hiro Mashima https://www.npr.org/2017/07/12/533862948/lets-get-graphic-100-favorite-comics-and-graphic-novels

Featured Books: Life in Code: A Personal History of Technology by Ellen Ullman Götz and Meyer by David Albahari and translated by Ellen Elias-Bursać Monstress (Series) by Marjorie M. Liue and Illustrator by Sana Takeda. Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang and Illustrated by Gurihiru Stiff: THe Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach TEDX Why Comics Belong in the Classroom - Gene Luen Yang 2021 Cumulative Featured Books via Good Reads Follow or Contact Book Club of One: Instagram @bookclubofuno bookclubofuno@gmail.com Goodreads --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

PRESENTACIÓN 00:01:35 Entrevista a Ángela Porras (@Lorzagirl) LIBROS 00:25:15 Crónicas Funestas (Ángela Porras) 00:29:05 Londres (Edward Rutherfurd) 00:31:50 El jilguero (Donna Tartt) 00:35:35 Asesinato para principiantes & Desaparición para expertos (Holly Jackson) 00:39:05 1794 (Niklas Natt och Dag) 00:44:25 Hermanas (Charles Higham) 00:48:45 La hija del bosque. El hijo de las sombras. El hijo de la profecía. Sieteaguas #1, #2, #3 (Juliet Marilier) 00:57:30 Un marido inventado (Julia Quinn) 01:00:15 Se busca novio (Alexis Hall) 01:03:25 El fantasma y la señora Muir (R.A. Dick) 01:06:05 La canción de Aquiles (Madeline Miller) 01:09:10 Lavinia (Ursula K. Le Guin) 01:13:05 El ángel negro (John Verdon) 01:16:35 Cuatro caminos hacia el perdón (Ursula K. Le Guin) 01:19:10 La Duquesa de Windsor (Diana Mitford) &Últimas noticias de la duquesa (Caroline Blackwood) 01:26:20 Fundación. Serie de los Robots: Yo, robot. Bóvedas de acero. El sol desnudo. Los robots del amanecer. Robots e Imperio (Isaac Asimov) 01:41:05 Las doncellas (Alex Michaelides) 01:44:15 Fundación. Trilogía del Imperio (Isaac Asimov) 01:51:35 Una historia verdadera (Kate Reed Perry) 01:57:25 Fundación. Ciclo de Trantor: Preludio a la Fundación. Hacia la Fundación. Trilogía de la Fundación (Isaac Asimov) 02:09:35 Ensalada loca (Nora Ephron) 02:15:10 Twilight outfocus (Yanome) 02:18:05 Monstress. Vol 1-5 (Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda) 02:24:20 March (John Lewis) 02:27:15 El enorme libro del infierno (Matt Groening) 02:30:50 Arena Blanca (Brandon Sanderson) 02:33:45 Dinastía de M (Brian M. Bendis) 02:36:35 Deberes. La mala del cuento (Laurielle) 02:37:30 DESPEDIDA En este programa suenan: Radical Opinion (ARchers) / Siesta (Jahzzar) / Bicycle Waltz (Goodbye Kumiko)

Laura is still on her Marvel journey, and some are hits and some are definite misses. She also enjoyed a really great documentary on Netflix which sparked a good discussion on the representation of women in media. Hannah gives a great imitation of one of her favorite people, Selena Gomez, and shares how she feels about current romantic comedies. Hannah has been jamming out to Kacey Musgraves and Laura to...BTS.  We break the rules this week and discuss some women along with the men because we have issues with the character portrayals  in A Crown of Swords. Spoiler: Hannah still hates Gawyn.Media Mentions:

We're taking it way back, friends, as we return to the epic fantasy world of Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda's graphic novel series Monstress. We loved this book when we first encountered it, will we still love it four years later? Also this ep! A shot clock check-in, peering through the curtains to the world outside, promising updates on Tuca & Birdie and the Netflix Cowboy Bebop adaptation, initial Loki thoughts and more! Get at us between episodes on the sosh medes at twitter.com/geekdownpod. If you'd like to support the show financially, you can buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/geekdownpod, but we'd really prefer you instead donate to organizations like True North Aid or other organizations (truenorthaid.ca/first-nations-charities-html/) that work to support the lives of members of Indigenous communities in Canada. Theme music by Rob Gasser (soundcloud.com/robgassermusic), licensed under (CC BY-SA 3.0).

The genre of fantasy just got bigger, or at least it did for us! The Nerds finally bring their attention to the multi Eisner Winning comic book series they have sorely been missing out on with MONSTRESS VOL 1. From the strong narrative in survival, the many fictional races, to the expansive history, Marjorie Liu sets up a ride not to be missed. Find out our thoughts on this episode of NERD ON! Be sure to subscribe and follow the show for all future posts... Twitter - @nerdontv Facebook - @nerdontv Instagram - @nerdontv and on iTunes and YouTube BIG thank you to our wonderful partners! Check them out HERE Join The Nerd On! Nation powered by Patreon today to get exclusive content and much more! Donate to the show HERE via PayPal. Every little bit helps. Learn more about Nerd On! HERE

For our third episode we discuss Monstress by Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda, and Rus Wooton along with Bloom by Kevin Panetta and Savanna Ganucheau. We also discuss Falcon and Winter Soldier, that NFT drama, and give our additional recs for new comics coming out! 0:45-10:00 - Falcon and Winter Soldier 10:02-14:30 - NFTs 14:42-36:38 - Monstress 36:45-53:28 - Bloom Music is: "at last, a piano" by Louie Zong from the album Sights. (louiezong.bandcamp.com/album/sights)

 Platicamos sobre Penguin Random House, el nuevo distribuidor de Marvel para todos sus comics, más otras notas en la primera mitad. El tema central: Revisamos el volumen 5 de Monstress de Marjorie Liu y Sana Takeda

In this episode, your intrepid librarians, Brittney and Joshua, delve into graphic novels, learn a little bit of history and share four favorites.Brittney recommends:Spillzone by Scott Westerfield (story) with Alex Puvilland (illustrator)Nimona by Noelle Stevenson (story and art)Joshua recommends:Monstress by Marjorie Liu (story) with Sana Takeda (illustrator)Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughn with Cliff Chiang (illustrator), Matthew Wilson (colorist) and Jared K. Fletcher (lettering)Links in this episode:A Brief History of Graphic NovelsHave a question, comment, concern … or just wanna share some of your favorite novels, you can reach us at Starships@coosbaylibrary.org

In this episode, Phillip and Eric talk the Image comic Monstress by Majorie Liu and Sana Takeda! They discuss writing in the fantasy genre, how to not write exposition, and the time limit on Westworld spoilers. Plus, check out the sexy new theme song approved for commercial use! Reach us by email at theomnibuscomicspodcast@gmail.com. Music by rodneyretro. https://traktrain.com/rodneyretro

For episode sixteen Peter recommends Monstress Volume 1: Awakening by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda. Peter and Tommy prepare for war while discussing relationships, character growth and world building in this female driven epic fantasy.

NEWSStarting with the biggest news, we discuss the May 2021 Marvel Comics solicitations which include the new Star Wars event ‘War of the Bounty Hunters. Also in marvel news, a new teaser for the Fantastic Four 60th anniversary was revealed.DC Comics stunned the world this week with big news like their celebrating classic films with new series Superman ’78 and Batman ’89, DC teased new 2021 series at the ComicsPro retailer event as well as showing off new Snyder Cut variant covers.Image Comics made waves this week too as Todd MacFarlane announced four new Spawn titles in a new shared universe push. Image Comics also revealed plenty of new series like the reworking of Savage Dragon #259 into North Force #0, Aquarius: The Book of Mer, and The Good Asian. Sadly though, news revealed Die is coming to an end with its last story arc starting in May. It was also reported The Department of Truth is getting optioned for a television series. Finally, Dark Horse is coming in hot with a new The Witcher miniseries and Far Cry series.Our Top Books of the WeekDave:Iron Man (2020) #6 (W: Christopher Cantwell, A: Cafu)Immortal Hulk: Flatline (W/A: Declan Shalvey)Nathan:TMNT: The Last Ronin #2 (W: Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Tom Waltz, A: Esau & Isaac Escorza, Kevin Eastman)M.O.D.O.K.: Head Games #3 (W: Jordan Blum & Patton Oswalt, A: Scott Hepburn)TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEKDave: Skulldigger and Skeleton Boy #6 (W: Jeff Lemire, A: Tonci Zonjiv)Nathan: The Department of Truth #6 (W: James Tynion IV, A: Elsa Charretier)JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.Dave: Spawn #315 (Capullo & McFarlane Cover)Nathan: Batman Black & White #3 (Sana Takeda cover)Segment: Interview - Karla Pacheco and her mother Alison

On this week's comic book review podcast: Riverdale Presents South Side Serpents #1 Archie Comics Story by David Barnett Art by Richard Ortiz Captain Marvel #25 Marvel Written by Kelly Thompson Art by Lee Garbett The Department of Truth #5 Image Comics Written by James Tynion IV Art by Martin Simmonds Firefly #25 BOOM! Studios Written by Greg Pak Art by Pius Bak Future State: Suicide Squad #1 DC Comics Written by Robbie Thompson, Jeremy Adams Art by Javier Fernandez, Fernando Pasarin Future State: Superman vs. Imperious Lex #1 DC Comics Written by Mark Russell Art by Steve Pugh Future State: Dark Detective #2 DC Comics Written by Mariko Tamaki, Joshua Williamson Art by Dan Mora, Giannis Milonogiannis Future State: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 DC Comics Written by Brian Michael Bendis Art by Riley Rossmo Future State: Aquaman #1 DC Comics Written by Brandon Thomas Art by Daniel Sampere Future State: Batman/Superman #1 DC Comics Written by Gene Luen Yang Art by Ben Oliver Post Americana #2 Image Comics Written and art by Dave Skroce Daredevil #26 Marvel Written by Chip Zdarsky Art by Marco Chechetto & Mike Hawthorne Monstress #31 Image Comics Written by Marjorie Liu Art by Nana Takeda The Other History of the DC Universe #2 DC Comics Written by John Ridley Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli Nailbiter Returns #9 Image Comics Written by Joshua Williamson Art by Mike Henderson X-Men #17 Marvel Written by Jonathan Hickman Art by Brett Booth Spawn #314 Image Comics Written by Todd McFarlane Art by Carlo Barberi The Last God #12 DC Comics Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson Art by Riccardo Federici Something is Killing the Children #14 BOOM! Studios Written by James Tynion IV Art by Werther Dell'edera Strange Adventures #8 DC Comics Written by Tom King Art by Mitch Gerards and Evan “Doc” Shaner An Unkindness of Ravens #5 BOOM! Studios Written by Dan Panosian Art by Marianna Ignazzi Colonel Weird: Cosmagog #4 Dark Horse Comics Written by Jeff Lemire Art by Tyler Crook SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. Full Episode Transcript: As Alex:                 What is up everybody? Welcome to The Stack. I'm Alex. Justin:              I'm Justin. Pete:                I'm Pete. Alex:                 And on The Stack, we talk about a bunch of comics that have come out this week, kicking it off with Riverdale Presents: South Side Serpents from Archie Comics, story by David Barnett, art by Richard Ortiz. This is part of a slate of comics that Archie has started releasing that aren't exactly in continuity with the shows, but they include the characters the way they appear on the show. They're kind of like halfway between the monthly comics and the shows themselves. This with a Madam Satan one-shot spinning off and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina that we talked about. This one of course is spinning off of Riverdale [crosstalk 00:00:46]. Pete:                I wish I would've known that before I read it, because I read it and I was like, “Holy shit, everything's going to change.” Alex:                 Yeah. Well, no, it's out of continuity. Pete:                They killed some people in this comic. Alex:                 They straight up killed some people. I got to tell you, I mean, to start there, I was surprised how hardcore this was. Justin:              Me too. This book went hard from beginning to end and I will say, “I like this.” To me, I mean Archie Comics for a decade has been taking big swings with a lot of their choices, a lot of their … especially their one shots like this and they're limited series. But with this like putting it in between Riverdale featuring Toni Topaz here which was great. And then having both Hot Dog show up drawn like Hot Dog from the Double Digest. As well as a murder happening involving Hot Dog, I was like, “Okay, we're going for it here.” Alex:                 So the plot of this book if you haven't picked it up is that Jughead is tasked by FP to go rejuvenate the serpents, FP can see that they're getting older. He wants them to go out, get some young blood in there. Things go very, very wrong. The thing that I think this book did so well is the serpents are way too friendly on the TV show. They're supposed to be the most hardcore biker gang, but they was like, “We're hardcore, we're fucking helping out with community service. And now we're going to assist the police department. Look how hardcore we are.” Here they're an actual biker gag, and they're treated like an actual biker gang. And it works really well to the devastating end of the book. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              Yeah, I agree. It was also nice to take you back to this time in Riverdale, we're all Riverdale fans, and to sort of position us sort of earlier, this was like season two Riverdale it felt like, was really fun as well. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Good stuff. Definitely check. Oh, go ahead. Justin:              Wait, Pete's going to weigh in. Pete:                I really liked this. I loved all the action, it moves really well. It feels like Riverdale, but it has its own kind of flavor, which is cool for the comic. And I thought the art was great and the storytelling was really impressive how well this moved. I had a great time. Justin:              A lot of biker gangs have a crown that the head of the gang wears. Alex:                 This is true, like the hell's angels. Justin:              Yeah, fairy famously, and some anarchy. Alex:                 [inaudible 00:03:17] biker gang that we can name which is, what is that, Justin? Justin:              That biker game, there's the wheels, the wheelies. Pete:                The Wheelers. Justin:              The wheelers, that's it. Alex:                 Yes. Captain Marvel number 25 from Marvel written by Kelly Thompson, art by Lee Garbett. This is a title that we haven't talked about too much, but as it is hitting an anniversary issue, we do like Kelly Thompson in particular here on the show, I figured it was worth talking about. Captain Marvel is trapped in a post-apocalyptic future where the son of Namor and Amara has lead ways everything, using captain Marvel for his evil plan. As usual with Kelly Thompson book, I thought this is a lot of fun. I had a blast reading this. What about you guys? Pete:                Yeah. I mean, as parents, you have to feel that if your son or daughter stabs a stuffed animal dolphin, you better address that early. Otherwise that's really going to get out of hand and lead you [crosstalk 00:04:14]. Justin:              Well, the question is, at least in my household is it during stabbing practice or is it [inaudible 00:04:19]. Pete:                Oh, oh, oh. Justin:              Because if it's during stabbing practice it's good. Pete:                It's fine. Alex:                 I'll tell you what, quarantine school has been weird. Justin:              Yeah, they're doing a lot of real post-apocalyptic lessons are going around. Obviously Pete you're not a parent, but there is a lot of zombie preparation- Alex:                 Smart. Justin:              … how to, like early cannibalism stuff. Pete:                Is it like machete upkeep and stuff like that? Alex:                 [crosstalk 00:04:44] and the teacher on the Zoom was saying, “Okay first graders, are you distilling your pee properly so you can drink it?” Pete:                Oh my God. That's so creepy. Justin:              That's why it's really important to potty train them, so you don't lose that precious pee. Alex:                 What'd you think about this book, Pete? Pete:                I loved it. Oh, that was gross. Justin:              Precious Pete. Pete:                Oh man, I don't want it. Yeah, I really liked this, a lot of over the top action, which I enjoyed. Fun kind of Namor a story, classic tale of raising somebody who is going to murder their father. It was just classic fun stuff. You guys have to be worried about that, getting murdered by your own kids. That's got to be something that waves on you. Alex:                 You keep throwing this back on us. Pete:                I mean, that's something that you got to be worried a little bit about as a parent that you're raising the person who's going to kill you. Alex:                 I'm much more worried about you killing me Pete than I have my kids at this point. Justin:              100%. Pete:                Oh well, that's smart. Justin:              That's the real threat, keeps us up nights. Alex:                 Speaking of things that are … Oh, go ahead. Pete:                But I love that art. I love the action. This is some great, yeah, the Thor was just fantastic and this is really fun. Justin:              Yeah, Bridget. It's funny reading this alongside Future State over on the DC side of things, because it feels very much like a Future State book in the Marvel Universe. And it's fun, I like books that take us into alternate futures where shits fucked up. Alex:                 Well, let's go to an alternate present where shit is fucked up in The Department of Truth number five from Image Comics written by James Tynion IV, art by Martin Simmonds. This is a big one for anybody who's reading the series. It's about a department that is tasked with taking care of conspiracy theories here. Our main character is finding out a bunch more about the other side, Black Hat, and what's going on with them. Maybe this doesn't change everything, but it certainly comes close to it. How'd you feel about this issue? Justin:              I've not been shy to say I love this series. I think this series is just so present, it's feels so real. It's about how if enough people believe in conspiracy theories, they become real. And like what truth is, it is something I think we as a nation, as a world grapple with literally every day. And so this book does such a good job between the art and the story of really just getting inside my brain. Pete:                Yeah, this is really kind of crazy cool. The conspiracy stuff is one thing, but just the art and the storytelling, unlike how this all kind of unfolds for the main character that we're following here is tripped out in all the right ways. It's just really great kind of like conspiracy story telling that kind of feeds into fears and kind of deep thoughts in all the right ways. I think this is a really creative book that is really doing an amazing job. Alex:                 I feel like we've said this here on the show before, but it struck me with this issue in particular, this feels like a lost Vertigo book down to the art and the writing and everything, and it's awesome. Firefly … Oh, go ahead. Justin:              I was going to say just an excellent Vertigo book. Alex:                 Yeah. A lost Vertigo book that should have stayed lost was what I was saying. Pete:                Whoa. Alex:                 Should've stayed in Karen Berger's drawer. Pete:                Oh, come on, what? You mean drawer? Alex:                 Come on. Pete:                You saying drawer? Alex:                 Yeah, I was trying to say that. Pete:                Okay. Alex:                 Firefly number 25 from BOOM! Studios written by Greg Pak- Pete:                Greg Pak. Alex:                 … art by Pius Bak. We talked about the special, the end of The Blue Sun Rising, just being an awesome Firefly story. Here after all of this prequel stuff, we're moving beyond serenity. We're showing what happens years later. There's a big twists here. I thought this is great. As much as I like the stuff that went before, I'm very excited about this direction for the book. It tells a good story. If you have watched all the Firefly and Serenity, you can jump in right here, you don't have to read anything previous. And that is very exciting. Justin:              Yeah. For Greg Pal to tell a great story that really nails all the characters, but it also feels like it's expanding the universe as a prequel, and then to jump into sort of where the story is continuing from any fan, whatever they've taken in for this show and movie is great, such a smart move, I love that he's guiding this ship. Pete:                I wanted to read something, speaking of fans, a fan of our show reached out to me and was just wondering, we had Fred Van Lente on a bunch, but they're asking me when the fuck Greg Pak is going to be on, so I wanted to kind of turn that over to Alex and just be like, “Hey, when the fuck is Greg Pak going to be on the show so we can talk to him.” Justin:              Let me throw this out to you Pete, are you the fan that reached out to you? Pete:                No. Justin:              Sounds a lot like you. Alex:                 We'll try to have him back on scene, we always love having him of the show. Thanks for writing in, Pete. Let's move over to our Future State block. Here's the issues that came out of Future State this week. Future State Suicide Squad number one, Future State Superman Versus Imperious Lex number one, Future State Dark Detective number two, Legion of Superheroes number one, Aquaman number one, Batman and Superman number one. Now, as we've been doing in the past couple of weeks, instead of talking about absolutely everything, I want to call out what our favorites were, and I'll turn to you Justin first. What was your favorite or favorites from these Future State titles this week? Justin:              Once again, I liked a lot of these books. I feel like they'd been really crushing it, but my favorites were, let me throw it to Superman versus Imperious Lex. Alex:                 Oh, that's what I figured. I say that's what I figured because that was also my favorite. And that's a book, it's written by Mark Russell, who's one of our favorites here on the show, art by Steve Pugh. And it shows a Future State, a future society where Lex has taken over a planet, Superman and Lois come head to head with it. Ridiculous parodied, a lot of fun at the same time, Justin. Justin:              And I do think Mark Russell has done such a good job. He's so good at bringing real issues into his comic book work, famously first on the Flintstones book that he did. And then a bunch of other things that he's done. And this to really weave big interesting ideas about how people, populaces are controlled by their leaders and economics, how economics drives people into a far Future Superman United Planets, Lex Luther story, I think was great. There's a bunch of humor here as well. It's just a book of ideas and I love that. Alex:                 Pete, what about you? What jumped out at you this week? Pete:                I liked Future State Dark Detectives number two. I really liked this kind of like a gritty future Batman. And I also really liked the second story with a Rose, guessing Slade's daughter. But just- Alex:                 That's an in continuity character by the way. That's not just a Future State character. Pete:                Oh, okay. Alex:                 Just for clarification. Pete:                Thank you. Alex:                 But just to mention before you get too far into it, written by Mariko Tamaki and Joshua Williamson, art by Dan Mora, who you love from Once & Future, and Giannis Milonogiannis. And the first story is about Bruce Wayne after he's been “shot and killed” coming back and try to figure out what he is now. The second one is a Red Hood story, which is basically straight up Akira in a very fun way. Justin, what'd you think about this one? Justin:              I like both of these stories. The Bruce Wayne story at the front of this is so good. The art, the Dan Mora art is excellent, and really I would love to see this as just an ongoing series of Bruce Wayne in a future where he has been killed, figuring out what he's going to do next and finding his way back is great. And then the backup story really felt a lot like Nightwing [inaudible 00:13:02] relationship, but put on with Red Hood and Rose, which I thought was a cool sort of mapping, and with the Akira stuff you're talking about as well. Alex:                 The one that I was completely surprised that I loved was Future State Aquaman number one, written by Brandon Thomas, art by Daniel Sampere. I don't usually like Aquaman stories at all, but this one is showing Aqualad all grown up training the daughter of Aquaman and Mera. They accidentally ended up in this conjoining of seas, I think it's called the conjunction or something like that, that travels across different planets. They get trapped, they get separated, Aqualad's been in prison for years. And finally, spoiler, but he gets some hope that the girl he's been in charge with maybe still alive somewhere. This was bad-ass, like we were talking about, this is something that I'm like, “I want to read this book.” And this is such a strong concept right here. I want to see where this goes. I want to see them go through all these seas, go through all these worlds, try to find each other. That's very exciting. And the art from Daniel Sampere- Pete:                Oh my God. Alex:                 … is awesome as well, but fantastic. My jaw dropped, I was so surprised, I like this so much. Pete:                Yeah. And I really liked the Black Manta stuff as well. It was like the right amount of beautiful tripped out colors for all these different kinds of worlds and stuff. I was really impressed by it. Justin:              I also want to throw it out to the Suicide Squad Future State book. This was really great as well. Really surprising, well-written dark take, featuring a ton of characters that I didn't expect to really see together and just really smart observations of these characters. Pete:                The second story, Black Adam really looks like The Rock, it's like holy shit, all right guys, we get it. Alex:                 Yeah, that was a weird one for me. But just to mention the writing team of that, written by Robbie Thompson, Jeremy Adams, art by Javier Fernandez, Fernando Pasarin. And real quick, before wrap up, here are the other ones, Future State Legion of Superheroes number one written by Brian Michael Bendis, gorgeous art as always by Riley Rossmo. And then there's also Batman Superman number one, which is interesting one. Pete:                That's the one I wanted to talk about. Alex:                 Written by Gene Luen Yang and art by Ben Oliver. Because this actually isn't very Future State. This is, if Future State is 10, 15, 20, whatever years down the road, this is five years down the road with our Batman and Superman right before things go wrong, which is a fascinating tack to take, Pete, take it away. Pete:                Yeah, I really thought this was, first off the banter back and forth between Superman and Batman was amazing. I also really liked this kind of false face thing. And then Superman realizing why masks are good was really cool. And I really liked this toad character that was introduced. Yeah, I was really impressed with this. Might not have been that far in the future, but man, this was a really cool book. I really liked it. And I'm trying to think, I also read the Batman: White Knight Presents: Harley Quinn, number four. And that was- Alex:                 Pete. Justin:              Totally [inaudible 00:16:24]. Pete:                I'm just putting it out there, we're doing a quick review thing here. Alex:                 No, no, no, but it's not Future State. Pete:                Well, it is DC. Alex:                 You keep doing this. I send you a list of comics and you are like, I read these five other comics. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 I just think that the story is really- Justin:              I just love comics. Alex:                 Great. Pete, when we get to it, I read Amazing Spider-Man as well, so I just want to talk about that. Pete:                Great. I'm just wanting to say real quick though, the Harley Quinn thing at first, the White Knight Presents, I didn't, but now it's really going well and I'm really impressed with it. And I thought it was a really great story and it's worth checking out. Justin:              Really grabbing the mic. Alex:                 How was Usagi Yojimbo, Pete? Pete:                I look forward to checking that out. Alex:                 Wow. Justin:              Wow, shame. Alex:                 What a hater. Post Americana, oh. Justin:              Hold up. One last thing about Future State. I think that DC should do this, pick a month every year, do this. It introduces so many interesting ideas. They could reflect whatever the ongoing stories are in the main titles in their Future State titles, introduce a bunch of new artists and writers into this world. Pete:                I think that's what they're going to do. Justin:              I don't think they're going to do that, but I wish they did. Pete:                I think they are. Alex:                 That's a great idea. I mean it's clearly like it was originally there to give everybody space on the schedule and everything, at least in terms of the writers and artists, but this is great. I'm so happy with all of these books. Pete:                I also wanted to say in the Future State Legion one, the amazing last page, that was a really fun issue. Alex:                 Sure. Justin:              Yes. Alex:                 Post Americana number two from Image Comics written and art by Dave Skroce. This is a wild book, we talked about the first issue of this taking place in post-apocalyptic world. When we left off, our main characters have been captured by cannibals who wear human skin. That's where this issue picks up. Pete, you got to love that, picks up right where it left off basically. Pete:                Huge fan. Alex:                 This book is fucked up at exactly the right way. It's like Crossed, but not as dark I guess, with a little bit more of a mission to it. Justin:              I don't know. It feels a lot just like Crossed. I don't know where you're seeing the less darkness. There's less like coming on bullets before you shoot them at people. Alex:                 Sure, that's fair. Pete:                I would say- Alex:                 But the main lady has no limbs, but she calls her robot limbs and then kicks the ass of the cannibals, so that's pretty fun. Pete:                It's like Iron Man. I would say this is like a really dark version of Wall-E a little bit, like a real fucked up Wall-E. Justin:              Oh, Wall-E, interesting. I don't get that. Alex:                 Well, there's a male character and there's a female character like Eva. Justin:              Oh, interesting. None of them are robots. And there's a lot of other people there and many of them cannibals, which if I remember Wall-E correctly it's very light on cannibalism. Am I wrong there? Pete:                Yeah, it is. Alex:                 Did you watch the director's cut? Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 It's on Disney plus. Pete:                I was just talking about the people who are on vacation, looking at the news and kind of taking it all in. And that kind of little bit was very Wall-E. Justin:              Oh, I see. Yes. I mean, to be fair, that is reminiscent of Wall-E. That was one panel. Pete:                Still reminded me of Wall-E dickhead. Justin:              You said this book is like a fucked up wall-E, and that is taking one panel and being like, this is … If I heard that description, I was like, “Oh, okay, fucked up Wall-E. I love Wall-E, I wish he was more fucked up. Let me read it.” And I was like, “What's that dude Pete talking about?” Pete:                Because there's one panel that really reminds you of Wall-E. Justin:              Okay, it's hard to argue with you. Alex:                 It's a fictional story like Wall-E. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              My life's a lot like Wall-E in that I occasionally watch a silent film. Alex:                 This book is insanely over the top odd purpose, but I'm enjoying it two issues in- Pete:                I am too. Alex:                 … and I'm excited to see where it goes. Let's move on to talk about Daredevil number 26 from Marvel written by Chip Zdarsky, art by Marco Checchetto and Meek Hawthorne, Mike Hawthorne. Excuse me, I don't know why it's spelled Meek, like the character for the Guardians of Galaxy, not Guardians of Galaxy, [inaudible 00:20:39], and World War Hulk. Justin:              Yeah, we can just cut this part out of there. Pete:                World War Hulk is right. Alex:                 Mike Hawthorne, this is taking Daredevil who was in prison, mixing it up with King in Black. It is, Ted's fucked up with an amazing last paddle. I'll tell you what, I am vehemently against venomizing everything in the Marvel Universe, yet I love this, and I'm not 100% sure why. Justin:              Well, I think it's just really well handled. There's a sort of kid and parent venomization here that is legit scary. I love the Electra taking over from Daredevils in prison. I love Electra being the Daredevil on the street. That's such a fun story. To see them all having to handle the King in Black stuff is wild. And I loved that it didn't take over, all the characters get to shine still. And this last bit where we … spoiler, but Daredevil gets venomized and you get to be in his head. Pete:                You love that. Justin:              I loved it. I thought it was so smart. Pete:                Yeah, I was really … There's a lot in this comic which is great. A lot of very interesting ideas in this comic, the whole prison scene, and where Daredevil's getting kind of lectured and talking about the difference between white and black. He can just take off the mask and be somebody else, really powerful stuff, really cool. It's very interesting to see Kingpin. I am not tired of this idea of Kingpin being a public figure. And we know him as this evil person and he's like, it's just very … I love this idea and I'm not sick of it. And I hope it continues around Daredevil. Alex:                 One thing that I really loved was getting to see the moment when the mayor of New York finds out that venom symbiotes have attacked the city. I feel like that's something that you'd never really get to see at all in a comic book crossover, because it's always focusing on The Avengers, focusing on the superheroes. You never get to see the government, except later on when captain America is like, “Can you send out the national guard?” And they're like, “Yeah, absolutely.” You never get to see that moment they're like, “Oh, aliens attacking again. You got to get out of here.” Justin:              It's funny too because I feel like I've heard mayor de Blasio talk a lot about them, the venomization of New York. Alex:                 Oh yeah, he always talks about that. Pete:                I'm sick. Justin:              I mean, to be fair, he's often jumping to conclusions. Alex:                 Right. Well, you remember when those venom symbiotes attacked New York, he was like, “Alternate side of the street park [inaudible 00:23:18].” It's very niche content. Pete:                Yeah, it is. Justin:              It is very New York focused content. Alex:                 Great comic though. Let's move on and talk about Monstress number 31 from Image Comics written by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda. Now we had talked about Monstress: Talk Stories, the two-part book that came out before this, after not talking about Monstress for a very long period of time. I thought those were awesome, so I thought it was worth checking out this book, the main book and seeing how it's going. I still love the art in this. This is such a weird wild world that is fascinating to jump in with, the mythology is so different and interesting to read. But what did you guys think about it? Justin:              Yeah, I agree with you. This is very much to me, and I haven't read a lot of this book, but it's very much to me like all of the cut scenes from Final Fantasy game just sort of put together. And I love that, so I thought this was a fun read. Pete:                The art is really impressive in this book and it's really a lot of fun, the different monsters and stuff and the different kind of animal people that we kind of see in this is very cool and worth checking out alone. But you guys, this has to be a dream of yours. Just sit down and have a father, daughter conversation as you sit on a pile of skulls and just kind of have a father daughter talk or a father son talk, that's got to be something that you guys look forward to as parents. Justin:              Hmm, didn't go where I thought it was. Yeah, sure. I mean, after stabbing practice obviously we do sit on skulls after. Pete:                Obviously after, yeah. Alex:                 Exactly. Let's move on and talk about The Other History of the DC Universe number two from DC Comics, written by John Ridley, art by Giuseppe Camuncoli, where the first issue of this book focused on black lightning, here we're jumping over to the Teen Titans and looking to two characters there. I got to tell you, I mean, this issue was phenomenal as the first issue is phenomenal. Justin:              It's so good. Alex:                 It's fascinating personally reading this for me because I am much more familiar with what happened with black lightning. And there's much more touchstones in that book than here, because I never read Teen Titans growing up. I had no idea what was going on there, the continuity. This is definitely, I understand this feels like the decades, but none of these stories, other than Titans Hunt which we talked about at a live show a couple of months ago, and some of the Deathstroke stuff, none of it really feels familiar with me. But at the same time I love this story and I love the idea of taking two characters who were in Teen Titans showing their diverse opinions, their diverse ideas, views of what was going on throughout the history of the DC Universe. This is such a cool project. It's very exciting. Justin:              It's just so smart the way it takes two characters and really weaves their stories together with observations that … A lot of the things that happen in this from the original comics are ridiculous. But to then weave them into one story with actual commentary of what a real person would think, I think it just works so well, on top of that weaving in like real-world events and the perspective of these two African-American characters in a world where, which they talk about a lot where everyone else is white essentially, it's just really well done. This is necessary reading I think right there. Pete:                Yeah. I didn't know how much I wanted this until it happened, just to have that kind of commentary on the stuff that we know from the years of reading comics is just so rich and great and such a cool idea. Art's amazing. I'm really impressed with the writing and storytelling. It's a must pick up. Alex:                 Great stuff. Let's move on and talk about Nailbiter Returns number nine from Image Comics written by Joshua Williamson, art by Mike Henderson, not Meek Henderson or anything like that. Justin:              No, that would be [crosstalk 00:27:24]. Alex:                 That was so much fun. Justin:              Well, I guess we'll have to cut this out too. Alex:                 Yes. In this book we're finally getting a lot of answers about what has been going on in Buckaroo with the butchers. We get the [inaudible 00:27:38] back on the villain of this series. Another just great issue, like the theology that they keep fleshing out here is so impressive and so much fun. Justin:              And we finally get the eyeball licking that I think we've all been asking. Pete:                Oh, man. Alex:                 Absolutely. I've been begging for it. I've been writing them every week. Where is it? Where is it? Where is it? Pete:                Yeah. You guys are big eyeball lickers, this is right up your alley. This book has started at such a crazy place. And I think every issue like, oh, okay, now I understand. But it keeps getting more and more insane in such a great way. It heightens and makes things even better than you thought. I've been really impressed with the kind of unraveling of the stories, if you will. And man, this is so intense and gross and over the top in all the right ways, the arts fantastic. And man, eyeballs are gross. Justin:              Yeah. But I agree and the amount of sort of dream logic that's been used in this book, I was really surprised by, but it's been great and it really keeps you guessing throughout. Alex:                 Next one, I'm very excited and I mean this earnestly to find out what Pete thought about this book, X-Men number 17 from Marvel Comics, written by Jonathan Hickman, art by Brett Booth. In this issue the X-Men in classic uniforms, X factor uniforms journey to Shi'ar space and have a classic nineties style fight to save [inaudible 00:29:18]. Pete. Justin:              Save Xandra. Alex:                 Oh yes. Justin:              This generation's [inaudible 00:29:24]. Alex:                 Yeah, sorry. Pete, if there is any issue of X-Men, it had to be this issue, right? Pete:                Sure. I mean, it was very kind of like, it was a little nineties art that was a little bit like, holy crap, when does this take place in the timeline? But man, yeah, it was enjoyable. I mean the phone call was a little ridiculous. And there was still something that I was supposed to read that didn't in the middle of it. Alex:                 Oh my God, that was so much fun. [crosstalk 00:30:00] Bobby. Justin:              It was very fun. Pete:                I'll never know. Alex:                 Chilling out having a hilarious time. So funny. Pete:                I mean, it's nineties excellent fun is what it is and all the right ways. And so that part is very cool. Justin:              This to me was such a wild read. Coming off of X of Swords and everything that's been going on in the X-Men books, to read this sort of love letter to the Chris Claremont era of X-Men, drawn by Brett Booth with all this really goofy shit going on between Sunspot and Cannonball. Throughout the whole issue I was like this, it just feels like Jonathan Hickman is like, I'm going to do whatever the fuck I want. And this is what I want to do right now as a palette cleanser after X of Swords, and here it is. Alex:                 It's great. I could not believe where they had that splash page of Jean Gray and psych labs in the X-Force uniforms storm in her classic uniform, just walking out and like posing in [inaudible 00:31:03] field style. That's great. Justin:              There's this panel on page nine or something with storms in the front and then behind you got like Cyclops and Jean just flirting in the background. I was just like, this is so … And I love seeing that. Alex:                 Me too. Justin:              I was like, it's such a flashback. Alex:                 And the other thing that we get a tease of here is there's going to be an actual vote online to choose the new member of the X-Men, which is so fun. I just love the fact that they're having fun. Pete:                You think that's fun? Alex:                 What? Pete:                You think that's fun? Justin:              I do think it's fun. Here, let's list the options here, and then let's hear who everybody thinks. We've got Banshee. Pete:                Can we talk about the … in the middle of this giant epic fight, she calls home for help. And we got to listen to this douchebag talk about a fire sale and how he's making money off of it. Do you guys know what a fire sale is? Do you know what … I mean, this is like, it's very … Alex:                 It's for Sunspot. Justin:              Yeah. Alex:                 That's what he does. Justin:              Yeah. It was fun. It was weird and fun. That's what the point of it was. Pete:                Cool. Alex:                 What is your problem with the X-Men vote, Pete? Is it that you have to use a computer, which you don't know how to use yet? Pete:                Yeah, that's exactly it. Justin:              Let me throw it down. Let me list the X-Men, Banshee, Polaris, Forge, Boom Boom, Tempo, hugely famous Tempo, Cannonball, Sunspot, Strong Guy, Mero, Armor. Pete:                Armor. Justin:              Who's your pick? Alex:                 I do like Armor. Pete:                I go Armor. Alex:                 Wait, who is on it then? Who is already on the team? Because I don't know the list, obviously seen Cyclops, Jean Gray, Storm. Justin:              Yeah, I mean, I don't know either. I think it's sort of up in the air maybe or maybe it's decided. Alex:                 Who's the first batch again? Justin:              Banshee, Polaris, Forge, Boom Boom, Tempo. Alex:                 Ooh, I want to see if Storm is on the team. I want to see Forge on this team. Because I want to see that old nineties tension between them. That'd be fun. Justin:              Yeah, they had a lot of tension. Alex:                 Yeah. Justin:              I'm definitely going for Strong Guy. Pete:                Really? Alex:                 Love it. Justin:              I love Strong Guy. Alex:                 All right. Pete:                No Boom Boom. Justin:              Fun character. Funny character. A lot of pathos underneath his his powers, great, great character. Alex:                 I got to assume Wolverine is the other one, right? It's Wolverine and Storm, Cyclops, Jean Gray and whoever the fifth one is. Justin:              It's a bunch of X-Men. I don't know. We don't know. Remember every other X-Men book has been like, look, a bunch of random experts. Alex:                 It's true. All right. Let's throw it out to Pete the page here with a [inaudible 00:33:49], Spawn number 314 from Image Comics, written by Todd McFarlane, art by Carlo Barberi. In this issue Spawn meets a larger Spawn. Pete:                Yeah. And is immediately confused why this larger spawn would be attacking him. He's like, “Hey, wait, we look similar, we should be on the same size, giant spawn.” Alex:                 What I love about this giant spawn, having not read many issues of Spawn before this, is it is entirely possible this large spawn was introduced prior or this large spawn was just introduced this issue. But either way is fine. Justin:              Let me just throw out there, he fights a larger spawn, is captured, and then that larger spawn is like, “It's time to meet my master, who is the large and even larger spawn.” Pete:                And even larger spawn, because [crosstalk 00:34:39], well, you can't get larger in that spawn. And by the way our spawn is so small in comparison to the large spawn and then even larger one. But what's fun- Alex:                 Here's my question, why do they keep calling each other spawn? Because that's like their designation, right? It would be like, if we kept calling each other a human or something like that. Justin:              Yes. Alex:                 It's weird. Pete:                Well, human. Justin:              It is weird. Yeah, they should have a short hand, because they're all in the spawn business together. Pete:                I really liked this twist at the end where it's like, oh man, you giant spawns are going to get taken down by even smaller spawn. What a twist. Alex:                 Remember that he's not a spawn, I think he's sharp night guy. Pete:                He's night spawn, that's [crosstalk 00:35:24]. Alex:                 Oh, he's night spawn, was that medieval spawn? Pete:                It's medieval spawn. I don't know if it's medieval. It looks like a night spawn. Justin:              I think, and it wasn't introduced in issue six or something crazy, way back in the day. Pete:                What, medieval spawn? Justin:              Yeah. Pete:                That was- Alex:                 Before we move on here- Pete:                No, no, that was a crossover event where medieval spawn was its own comic series for a little, dark ages spawn. Justin:              Yeah, that's right. I'm starting to think this Todd McFarlane guy is trying to sell some action figures. Pete:                Well, he is, he makes a lot of them, and it's smart. Because if I was a kid I would want all the spawns, but the dark ages spawn is where [crosstalk 00:36:01]. Alex:                 But as an adult you know better. Justin:              As an adult you put away childish things. Pete:                That's right. Justin:              And you'd have no interest in having any of these action figures. Alex:                 Pete, before we move on, I just want to ask, did you like this comic book? Pete:                Yeah, what's not to like? Alex:                 Your voice was very high. Justin:              Wow, really high-pitched answer there, Pete. And let's just, for the listener, Pete, is sitting on a pile of spawn action figures as if they were skulls. Pete:                Yes. Alex:                 The Last God number 12 from DC Comics written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, art by Riccardo Federici. This is wrapping up the first maybe arc of this book. But it definitely wraps up the story that we have here as our friends to try to take down The Last God, I guess. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Big revelations here, some big deaths. What'd you think? How'd you think about this story as a whole over the course of 12 issues? Pete:                Epic. I really love the storytelling, and [inaudible 00:36:58] is like we see them in action, but as the issues go on, we get little bits and pieces of their backstory, I think done so well, while telling a bigger story. The action and the lead-up of the ending of this was just really well done. And I wasn't the biggest fan of songs or whatever, but it really kind of fit. I loved all the back matter and the maps and stuff. This was just a fantastic epic story that I think really 12 issues of just gold. Justin:              It's really beautifully drawn. The story's great. And the fact that it ends with this just great song where we see all the characters, it feels just like a montage at the end of a epic trilogy. I want to see this as a TV series more than I want to see The Lord of the Rings series that's in development at Amazon. Pete:                Wow. Alex:                 Couldn't agree more. Let's move on and talk about Something Is Killing the Children number 14 from BOOM! Studios, art by James Tynion IV, art by Werther Dell'Edera. Here we're getting our hero finally fighting back against the monsters who are the ones killing the children. Justin, I know you've been, frustrated is probably too strong a word, but you've definitely felt like this title needs to get somewhere. Did you feel like it got there with this issue? Justin:              Yes, it does feel like this is the issue that's sort of moving into what this arc is about. When so many of the issues in this arc were very much like we got to fight this stuff, we got to get out there and do this. And we were getting little tidbits. Let me start over, this arc felt like it was going to be this huge backstory arc, really getting us to the next phase. And then it didn't do that. And then this feels like it does it. Alex:                 What about you, Pete? How'd you feel about this issue? Pete:                I disagree a little bit with Justin. I think this continues to be amazing. I didn't think- Alex:                 It's very good. The art is very good. The fight sequences are awesome in this book. Pete:                Yeah. I've just been impressed with it from start to finish, but I think that we do kind of get to see the main girl kind of views her kind of veteran's styles to kind of work her kind of magic a little bit. I'm glad we got to finally see that. And I love the whole bit about her working out some anger issues, oh, that just spoke to me in ways that you can't believe. But I want to get one of those mass to walk around with the light that she has. I think that'd be really cool. But yeah, I can't say enough great things about this book. This is really glorious. Alex:                 It's good staff. Moving on to Strange Adventures number eight from DC Comics written by Tom King, art by Mitch Gerads and Evan Doc Shaner. In this issue the Pykkts finally attack earth. The whole Justice League is on the offensive, Adam Strange of course is caught in the middle. And in the backstory, finding out more about what's gotten with Adam Strange, and it is starting to feel like maybe he's the bad guy here. What do you guys think about what's going on? Justin:              I mean there's … Go ahead. You go. Pete:                Yeah, so I've been a little frustrated with this up until this issue, because I felt like we haven't really had enough information to really kind of piece together what's going on. In this we get a lot of information which is great and much needed. The very crazy cool touching stuff with the daughter here. Yeah, I felt like this finally started to click for me and I was like, “Oh my God. Okay. Now I'm understanding things a little bit more and I want to go back and read it from the beginning.” Justin:              I mean, this book is so good. It's such a stressful read, like a lot of Tom King stuff. The tension in this book, it's just palpable throughout. And we have Adam Strange in the last couple of issues. We found out that he's been tortured basically for a million lifetimes, just absolutely brutalized. And in this issue, it just rephrases him. He's gone through so much trauma. He's like a fully broken person. And Doc Shaner's art like, he still has these perfectly clear blue eyes, but you just see the pain that he's in and how he is just not capable of being a hero. And that adds so much dread to the scenes with his daughter. And then meanwhile, you have Mr. Terrific and Batman trying to sort through with great sequences of Mr. Terrific answering trivia questions from one of his fears. I'm so excited to see where this is going. Alex:                 I am starting to feel despite what I said at the beginning, that this is more about perspectives on war and how nobody is right. That there isn't really a villain. I know I said maybe Adam Strange was the villain, but I think he committed atrocities, the Pykkts committed atrocities. That's what happens in war. We know that Tom King has been in wars. He was in the CIA. He knows how this works. And I think that's what he's writing about here is that from the perspective of your side, of course you're right, but that doesn't mean that you're right for the perspective of the other side. And I think that's what he's playing with here. Justin:              There are no heroes. Alex:                 Exactly. Justin:              It's very hard to have a hero when you're in a war where both sides are fighting to kill and fighting for their lives. And I think that's what we're going to get next issue. Alex:                 Yeah. Next up, An Unkindness of Ravens number five from Boom! Studios written by Dan Panosian, art by Marianna Ignazzi. This is the end of the first arc, first book, whatever you want to call it, of this title. We've had our main characters try to figure out what's going on in this weird small town here, spoiler, but she finds out her mother is alive. She had a twin sister who had some power maybe, but it turns out actually she didn't. It turns out she might have the power. She might be the one that is supposed to complete this coven of witches or whatever is going on here. We were big fans of this from when they started. How did you feel about how it wrapped up? Justin:              I liked this so much. I think it's set up a good mystery. I really, the art is so approachable, it makes you really feel like you're right alongside the main characters. And this last couple of pages reveal is just so sweet. And it does such a good job, especially with the art of being very like Archie or comic books Sabrina. But having more mature themes and more sort of deeper storytelling than those original comics. Alex:                 Pete, what about you? Justin:              I really like this, this continues to be a fantastic book. I've been really impressed with kind of how we're finding out the information as this story is going. And this whole thing about this kind of coven of witches called the ravens. And it's just very cool. And I really liked this kind of mother daughter interaction. I feel like it's very kind of like old timey versus now times. This kind of like, there's a bigger picture and then … But somebody just so caught up in their own shit, they can't kind of see the bigger things going on. I was really impressed with that. The art is glorious. I'm really into it and I'm excited to see how this kind of unfolds what choice she makes moving forward, what team she's going to choose. Alex:                 Good stuff. Last but not least, Colonel Weird: Cosmagog number four from Dark Horse Comics, excuse me, written by Jeff Lemire, art by Tyler Crook. This is also wrapping up this title exploring one of the members of Black Hammer. There's a big emotional catharsis that happens here as he moves forward in his history. I thought this title was awesome. Just Tyler Crooks art is phenomenal. Justin:              So good. Alex:                 The writing is great. We've talked about this before. I've said this before, but it's like Slaughterhouse-Five in space. Good stuff. Justin:              Centered on an Adam Strange type of character. I mean, we've talked a lot about eyeballs in this episode The Stack. Pete:                Yeah, sure have. Justin:              And in this comic like- Pete:                Eyeball heavy stack. Justin:              Yeah, eyeball heavy. I've been just licking these eyeballs, lapping them up. And this, you just see so much pain in the different versions of Colonel Weird throughout time, throughout this book. And it's just so good. It's such a well done story. Pete:                I think the cover says so much. It's like The Little Prince and Outer Space, but sad. Alex:                 That cover is so good. Go ahead, Pete. Pete:                Yeah, it's really unbelievable. I feel like I want to read it all again because it ended and I was like, “Wait, what?” I wasn't sure how great the ending is until I want to go back and read it all again. But it was really cool, very creative and the art's unbelievable. Alex:                 And that is it for The Stack. If you'd like to support our show, patreon.com/comicbookclub. Also we do a live show every Tuesday night at 7:00 PM to Crowdcast and YouTube. Come hang out, we would love to chat with you about comics at Comic Book Live on Twitter, comicbookclublive.com for this podcast, and more iTunes, Android, Spotify, Stitcher, or the app of your choice to subscribe and listen. Until next time, keep supporting Dim Comics. Justin:              Time for stabbing rehearsal. The post The Stack: South Side Serpents, Captain Marvel And More appeared first on Comic Book Club. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookclub See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kalid and Joe discuss the first volume of the Hugo & Eisner Award-winning comic series, Monstress, by Marjoire Liu with art from Sana Takeda from Image Comics. Volume 1 - titled, Awakening - brings together the first 6 issues of the series in trade paperback format. Episode notes can be found here.

Our buddy read of this epic, grimdark, steampunk, graphic novel series continues with Volume 3 of Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda. 

Chris, James, and James dip into the first volume of Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda's Monstress. This is solid stuff folks. Believe the hype. "There's more hunger in the world than love."

Our buddy read of this epic, grimdark, steampunk, graphic novel series continues with Volume 2 of Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda

In this week's episode, we answer a listener question about MONSTRESS by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda. We get into guilt, revenge, hatred, and why this comic is so incredible. Our Comic of the Week is: The Book of Sarah by Sarah Lightman.Trigger warning: Throughout this episode disturbing subject matter from the comic Monstress is discussed, including the following: missing limbs, suicidal ideation, murder, death, war, catastrophes.

Monstress: Awakening (Image Comics) is the first volume of an ongoing, multiple award winning series lead by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda. The series drops the reader into the aftermath of a devastating war that has left several different races of fantastical beings teetering on the edge of a fragile truce. This month, we are joined by author Allie Burke to discuss the incredible artwork, world building, and sprawling tale of identity and belonging. This violent yet intriguing story captivated the three of us, leaving us excited to pick up the next volumes to continue!You can follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. 

The Friends enter the world of graphic novels with their buddy read discussion of the high fantasy / grimdark / steampunk series Monstress written by Marjorie Liu and drawn by Sana Takeda. 

This episode we’re talking about the Best Books We Read in 2020! (Not necessarily things that came out in 2020, but there are some of those too!) We discuss reading in the pandemic era, “good enough” reads, academic publishing, and more! Plus: Are noodles media? You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards Favourite Fiction For the podcast Matthew The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark  (From Episode 106 - Alternative/Alternate History) Serre Watch Matthew and Meghan play this visual novel! (From Episode 108 - Visual Novels) Anna Dead Astronauts by Jeff Vandermeer (From Episode 115 - New Weird) Last Days of New Paris by China Miéville (From Episode 106 - Alternative/Alternate History) Meghan The Etched City by KJ Bishop (From Episode 115 - New Weird) RJ Pet by Akwaeke Emezi (From Episode 107 - Pet by Akwaeke Emezi) Not for the podcast Anna Binding Shadows by Jasmine Silvera Meghan The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley RJ Saturday by Oge Mora Dayspring by Anthony Oliveira Read online for free Delicious In Dungeon, vol. 1 by Ryoko Kui Matthew A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark Read online for free The Space Traders by Derrick Bell (Wikipedia) Collected in Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora edited by Sheree Thomas  68:Hazard:Cold by Janelle C. Shane Read online for free Listen to the podcast version Houses by Mark Pantoja Read online for free The Murderbot Diaries Series by Martha Wells Favourite Non-Fiction For the podcast Meghan Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey by Mark Dery (From Episode 092 - Arts (Non-Fiction)) RJ The Debunking Handbook by John Cook and Stephan Lewandowsky (From Episode 100 - Library and Information Studies) Medallion Status: True Stories from Secret Rooms by John Hodgman (From Episode 104 - Entertainment Non-Fiction) Matthew Comics and Critical Librarianship: Reframing the Narrative in Academic Libraries edited by Olivia Piepmeier and Stephanie Grimm (From Episode 100 - Library and Information Studies)     A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power by Paul Fischer (From Episode 104 - Entertainment Non-Fiction) Anna Feminist Pedagogy for Library Instruction by Maria T. Accardi (From Episode 100 - Library and Information Studies) Black Space: Imagining Race in Science Fiction Film by Adilifu Nama (From Episode 104 - Entertainment Non-Fiction) Not for the podcast RJ Dinosaur Feathers by Dennis Nolan Matthew Turned On: Science, Sex and Robots by Kate Devlin Anna On Immunity: An Inoculation by Eula Biss Meghan The Undying by Anne Boyer  Other Favourites Things of 2020 Anna The Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb (trailer on YouTube) RJ Dan-Dan Noodles?? Noodles are media, right??? Dandan noodles (Wikipedia) RJ’s recipe  Leather Archives & Museum Instagram account Game Changer episode 1 - The Game Show Where Nobody Knows the Rules (YouTube) Matthew Reply All, episode 158, The Case of the Missing Hit Anarchism & Police Abolition｜Feat. Domri Rade Mis(h)adra by Iasmin Omar Ata Meghan Nature (no hyperlink, see: outside) (No, there’s a hyperlink - Matthew) Runner-Ups RJ  Fiction Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong RJ  Other Steven Universe Future (Wikipedia) Sohla El-Waylly / Stump Sohla Meghan  Fiction Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir The Subtweet by Vivek Shraya Self Care by Leigh Stein Dread Nation by Justina Ireland After the People Lights Have Gone Off by Stephen Graham Jones  The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey by Ngozi Ukazu Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Immigrant City by David Bezmozgis  Meghan Non-fiction Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time by Jeff Speck The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O'Meara In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado Turning by Jessica J. Lee Why We Swim by Bonnie Tsui Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener Dreaming in Hindi: Coming Awake in Another Language by Katherine Russell Rich  Meghan  French Language Tom Thomson, esquisses du printemps by Sandrine Revel Les petites victoires by Yvon Roy Waves by Ingrid Chabbert Un soleil entre des planètes mortes by Anneli Furmak  Matthew Comics Emanon, vol. 1 by Shinji Kajio and Kenji Tsuruta  On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden Read online Super Fun Sexy Times by Meredith McClaren When I Arrived at the Castle by Emily Carroll Monstress, vol. 3: Haven by Marjorie M. Liu and Sana Takeda (yes, I’m two volumes behind, the next volume is literally sitting on my shelf waiting to be read) Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle, vol. 1 by Kagiji Kumanomata Steeple by John Allison (webcomic) Blade Runner 2019, vol. 1 by Michael Green, Mike Johnson, Andres Guinaldo (Illustrator) Le facteur de l'espace by Guillaume Perreault (in French! It’s not just Meghan who reads French language things now) Available in English as The Postman from Space Rock Mary Rock, vol. 1 by Nicky Soh Webcomic version Gardens of Glass by Lando Other Media We Mentioned You Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How Artificial Intelligence Works and Why It's Making the World a Weirder Place by Janelle Shane Robots: The Recent A.I. edited by Rich Horton and Sean Wallace Pulgasari (Wikipedia) - North Korean giant monster movie I Blame the Patriarchy by Twisty Faster Links, Articles, and Things #LibFaves20 (library worker’s favourite books published in 2020) National Magazine Awards Winners 2020 AI Weirdness Overlay journal Our Twitch channel! 21 Books in Translation by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) Authors Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. Mama Hissa's Mice by Saud Alsanousi, translated by Sawad Hussain (Arabic) Mirror of the Darkest Night by Mahasweta Devi, translated by Shamya Dasgupta (Bengali) Invisible Planets: An Anthology of Contemporary Chinese SF in Translation, edited and translated by Ken Liu (Chinese) Beijing Comrades by Bei Tong, translated by Scott E. Myers (Chinese) The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Shokoofeh Azar, translated by Anonymous (Farsi) Ru by Kim Thúy, translated by Sheila Fischman (French) Tram 83 by Fiston Mwanza Mujila, translated by Roland Glasser (French) Three Strong Women by Marie NDiaye, translated by John Fletcher (French) Last Night in Nuuk by Niviaq Korneliussen, translated by Anna Halager (Greenlandic/Danish) Beauty Is a Wound by Eka Kurniawan, translated by Annie Tucker (Indonesian) Beyond Babylon by Igiaba Scego, translated by Aaron Robertson (Italian) Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo, translated by Jamie Chang (Korean) Your Republic is Calling You by Young-Ha Kim, translated by Chi-Young Kim (Korean) The Lonesome Bodybuilder by Yukiko Motoya, translated by Asa Yoneda (Japanese) Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag, translated by Srinath Perur (Kannada) The Sun on My Head by Geovani Martins, translated by Julia Sanches (Portugese) Good Morning Comrades by Ondjaki, translated by Stephen Henighan (Portugese) Time Commences in Xibalbá by Luis de Lión, translated by Nathan C. Henne (Spanish) La Bastarda by Trifonia Melibea Obono, translated by Lawrence Schimel (Spanish) Poonachi: Or the Story of a Black Goat by Perumal Murugan, translated by N. Kalyan Raman (Tamil) Doomi Golo: The Hidden Notebooks by Boubacar Boris Diop, translated by Vera Wülfing-Leckie and El Hadji Moustapha Diop (Wolof/French) Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, follow us on Twitter or Instagram, join our Facebook Group, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, January 5th we’ll be discussing the genre of Sociology! Then on Tuesday, January 19th we’ll be talking about our Reading Resolutions for 2021!

On this week's Stack podcast: The Other History of the DC Universe #1 DC Comics Story by John Ridley Layouts by Giuseppe Camuncoli Finishes by Andrea Cucchi Monstress: Talk Stories #1 Image Comics Written by Marjorie Liu Illustrated by Sina Takeda Power Pack #1 Marvel Written by Ryan North Art by Nico Leon The Department of Truth #3 Image Comics Written by James Tynion IV Art by Martin Simmonds Dark Nights: Death Metal The Multiverse Who Laughs #1 DC Comics Written by Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Joshua Williamson, Patton Oswalt, Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti, Saladin Ahmed, and Brandon Thomas Art by Juan Gedeon, Chad Hardin, Scot Eaton, and Thomas Mandrake Nailbiter Returns #7 Image Comics Written By Joshua Williamson Art by Mike Henderson Daredevil #24 Marvel Written by Chip Zdarsky Pencils by Mike Hawthorne Undiscovered Country #10 Image Comics Written by Scott Snyder & Charles Soule Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli & Leonardo Marcello Grassi An Unkindness of Ravens #3 BOOM! Studios Written by Dan Panosian Illustrated by Marianna Ignazzi The Last God #10 DC Comics Created and written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson Art by Riccardo Federici Chu #5 Image Comics Written by John Layman Art by Dan Boultwood X-Men #15 Marvel Written by Jonathan Hickman Art by Mahmud Asrar Excalibur #15 Marvel Written by Tini Howard Art by Mahmud Asrar and Stefano Caselli X of Swords: Destruction #1 Marvel Written by Jonathan Hickman and Tini Howard Art by Pepe Larraz The Scumbag #2 Image Comics Written by Rick Remender Art by Andrew Robinson SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. This week's show is sponsored by the Just Been Revoked podcast. Full Episode Transcript: Alex:                 What is up, everybody? Welcome to The Stack. I'm Alex. Justin:              I'm Justin. Pete:                I'm Pete. Alex:                 And at The Staff we talk about a bunch of comics that came out this week, and we're going to kick it off with a big one, The Other History Of The DC Universe #1 from DC Comics. Story by John Ridley, layouts by Giuseppe Cammuncoli, finishes by Andrea Cucchi. You could probably figure it out by the title here as well as the cover, but this is obviously an alternate look at the DC Universe mostly through the eyes of Black Lightning, at least in this first issue. We'll see where it goes in subsequent issues. Alex:                 As he slowly works through his career, sees himself and other characters of color kind of pushed to the side of the DC Universe in favor of other characters like Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, learn something about himself, learn something about history. And mostly it's told through the images of course, but also told through prowess. Alex:                 I don't think there's really any dialogue whatsoever in this issue other than the what's told in the narration boxes. I thought this was pretty stunning, and almost across, this is probably too reductive, but across between a new frontier and the truth in a certain way. Justin:              Oh yeah. Alex:                 What did you guys think about this book? Pete:                I thought it was really touching, very powerful, moving, which was great. I really love the little Halloween thing, that was beautiful. Yeah, I was really happy to see this comic. I'm glad that this comic was made. It's a long time coming and I hope we get to see more of this. This is just great storytelling. Justin:              Yeah. I mean, just the format, the art is so nice. It feels like such a statement. It feels like such a … It sort of has this silver age vibe to it, which I think gives it this historical precedent. It just feels so like something that will be on the shelf and in the conversation for a long time. Justin:              And then like the otherness of it, like the way that Black Lightning story keeps getting told with the Justice League and the Glacier Heroes as a counterpoint, I think is really interesting. And like you said, Alex, the fact that he and just all the other black superheroes and black characters in this book get shoved to the side throughout, you really feel it throughout and feel that drive for what makes Black Lightning, Black Lightning. Alex:                 I cannot even imagine what it is like to read this book as a comic fan of color necessarily, obviously because I am white. But speaking as a white comic book reader, it is very hard to read from the perspective of Black Lightning looking at the other characters. And I don't know if you have this feeling, but I'm reading this and I'm like, “But Superman is not like that. That's not what Superman is like. That's not Batman.” I felt these walls kind of building in me of- Pete:                Whoa. Look at you, you felt attacked. Alex:                 … Well, not attacked. Attacked is absolutely the wrong word, but this feeling of trying to wrap your brain around how somebody else feels about these sort of things is hard to do, and that's I think part of the point of the book. Because by the end you do get Jefferson Pierce starting to understand a little bit more of the wider world, bring down some of those walls himself and accept these things while still understanding that his experience is ultimately going to be intrinsically different from a lot of other characters in this universe. Alex:                 So it really brings you in, in that way as well. And like you said, Pete, there are multiple times I got choked up, just almost hitched, like is the best word for it, when something just snuck up on you in the book, these moments of strong emotion throughout, which I was very surprised about. And then the other thing you were mentioning about the art, Justin, it feels almost Neal Adams-like to me without being exaggerated, which I thought was kind of neat. Justin:              Yeah, totally agree. It's a great book. And there I think there are what, four more issues? And this is coming up bimonthly, I want to say? Pete:                We can't wait. Alex:                 Yeah, I'm very curious. I haven't read ahead about it, but I'm very curious to see whether it follows Black Lightning story throughout, which would make sense. And it's essentially a Black Lightning book, or if it's going to switch perspectives in nature too. Justin:              I think it jumps around a little bit and touches on different characters. Another thing about this, the amount of continuity that is touched on here, and really owning it when it's like some of it is ridiculous, but really making it a part of this very real story I think is great. There's this Reagan pin with the Watchmen blood splatter on it, which I thought was very cool. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Great book. Definitely pick this one up. Next up, Monstress: Talk Stories #1 from Image Comics, written by Marjorie Liu, illustrated by Sana Takeda. I'd admit I have not read Monstress in a while, even though I really enjoy this book. The art is consistently gorgeous. Plus it takes place at in a fantasy world with some half personas, I guess I would call them. Pete:                Yeah, nice. Alex:                 Yeah, absolutely. Pete:                Great use of that word, that just came up. That was really organic and natural. Alex:                 Thank you so much, Pete. I really appreciate it. Justin:              Tip of the tongue. Alex:                 In this book, we find a backstory on one of the characters. It's sweet, it's sad, it's harry. The character designs are great. I like this book quite a bit. What did you guys think? Justin:              I agree, I like this a lot. There's some fun cooking. The cooking is really used as a great moment in this story. And this reminded me, I mean, it's such a … When I was a kid, first, the sort of furry ears on a human head was in Super Mario Brothers 3. That was the first time I encountered that. And to know that, that's such a thing, I was like, “What an interesting thing.” And to know that such a thing in Manga and everything was a revelation. Alex:                 And now here we are, three guys sitting in our own Tanooki Suits recording a podcast. Pete:                Wow. Justin:              100%. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              Metaphor. Pete:                Well, they bring up an interesting question. What's your favorite meal you've ever had? I mean, I think that's a great question to kind of put out there. And also I- Justin:              Yeah, I guess what garbage plate do you like the most? Pete:                … Also the art and the storytelling is really superb. It is very- Justin:              Art is great. Pete:                … complicated, kind of cool story that we're kind of thrown into here, and it's really cool. Alex:                 Let's move on and talk about Power Pack #1 from Marvel- Pete:                Okay, yeah. Very good. Alex:                 … written by Ryan North. Pete:                You can ignore my question, that's cool. Alex:                 Oh, you were asking about- Justin:              Favorite meal? Alex:                 … best meal we ever had? Pete:                Favorite meal you've ever had. Yeah. Alex:                 Favorite meal? Did you offer up your favorite meal or did Justin just say garbage plate and you're like, “Yeah, fuck you.”? Pete:                No, Justin just made a joke about garbage plates, but nobody's answered it yet. Alex:                 Oh, okay. Justin:              Do you want me to go? Alex:                 No, I can go. On my honeymoon, we went to- Justin:              Woohoo. Alex:                 … Yeah, on my honeymoon. We went to London and Paris. And particularly in Paris, we were like, “We're not going to look at any guidebooks, we're going to wing it. We're just going to like … We're not going to make any reservations, we're just going to wander around, we're going to find places.” And we consistently made the worst choices in terms of restaurants, just like absolutely … Just the tourist trap and just not good spots, and it was obvious- Pete:                The [inaudible 00:07:42] of Paris. Alex:                 … as soon as we sat there, we were like, “Oh, no, this is bad.” One of the last days- Justin:              I heard Paris TGI Friday's is actually one of the best ones. Alex:                 Yeah, they actually call it TGI Friday's. Justin:              Yeah, wow. Alex:                 I couldn't think of any other French words. Pete:                In other words, he wouldn't have done that. Alex:                 [inaudible 00:08:00] Friday's. Justin:              Yeah. Alex:                 Anyway, so yeah, we were having a great time, but eating not great food, which you would expect in Paris. And one of the last days, one of the things that we really liked to do was just get some lunch and sit down at the Lourve in the park outside, which is this beautiful park and just eat the lunch. And we stumbled across this place called Maison de la Truffe, which is a ridiculously expensive black truffle restaurant. Alex:                 And everything in there, insanely expensive. We could not afford to sit down and eat, but they had a to go thing outside. And the cheapest thing that they had was a baguette with some truffle butter and sausage on it, and then a tiny little thing of champagne, just like this big. Alex:                 And there was a sack of things which we called basically fancy combos, because they were essentially just little wafers with cheese inside. And we took those and sat at the Louvre, and had this meal, and it was the best meal I had in Paris hands down. But also one of the best meals I've ever had. Just everything was ridiculously delicious. There you go. Justin:              That's a great answer. I'm going to- Pete:                And you're still married to this day? Alex:                 No, we got divorced. That was my first wife. Pete:                Aw, my bad. Justin:              The French woman he married for lunch. Alex:                 Hey, people married for all sorts of reasons. Justin:              It's true. Alex:                 Lunch is- Justin:              Lunch is a good one. Alex:                 … Yeah. Justin:              Yeah. Your eyes are bigger than your stomach maritally. I'm going to give it up for my mom's taco dip. Very good. But just as- Alex:                 I'm also going to give it up for your mom's taco dip. Pete:                Oh my God, what just happened? Justin:              … Wow. Pete:                Oh my God. Justin:              But I'll go international as well as Alex. I was in Japan. I was traveling by myself, and I was hiking. I got off the Shinkansen bullet train right near Mount Fuji and just wandered around. It was January, it was very cold. I was not dressed appropriately. There was a guy who was selling some sort of soup at a stand, just like on this side road. Got that soup, ate it sitting on a rock, great meal. Alex:                 Nice. Pete:                Wow. Nice. Alex:                 Pete. Pete:                I'll share too a travel one, the regulation one. Justin:              Regulation. Pete:                There is this seafood place outside of Pawleys Island in South Carolina, and it's called Frank's. I don't think it's there any longer. And they named it Frank's because three chefs went in to create this restaurant, and one of the chefs name was Frank. And when it was time to sign the deal, this guy Frank completely disappeared and left them, but they started the restaurant anyway. Pete:                And they had this amazing blackened mahi mahi. And in the kind of bar area, where we were hanging out as a family, I played my dad for my dinner in this little ring game, it's like a giant ring attached to a fish line. And I won the game and I got to order anything I wanted off the menu. So it was pretty cool, and it was really delicious. I don't know if it was extra good because I won, but it was really quite good. Justin:              Yeah, I think the meal you had that day was victory. Pete:                Yes. But in Costa Rica, I had gone through a lot of crazy events where I was dating this person, or I wasn't dating, we were kind of there together on this trip. And then she got robbed, and then I went to go meet up with my other friends and we went on this kind of tour of the sanctuary, and these monkeys robbed this couple that I was with, and I had to … They were going to kind of pay for me for a little bit, because I was low on funds, I'd spent a lot of money early drinking. You know what that's like, Justin? Justin:              Yeah. Get the all inclusive. Pete:                Yeah. And so I was kind of just I had nothing to do, so I was just kind of walking around Costa Rica, and I stumbled across this place called the Sunset Hotel. And I walked around the corner, and there as the sun is setting is this Italian dude, and I was like … I walked around the corner and this guy goes, “Hey, how you doing?” and he made me a fresh pizza and it was phenomenal. Alex:                 Man, there were so many different places that story could have gone. I was not predicting the end of it. Justin:              Costa Rican pizza. Alex:                 There was a point where I thought maybe your thing was going to be you ate the monkeys for vengeance. Pete:                Oh, wow. Justin:              Yeah. Pete:                I'm not [crosstalk 00:12:53] Justin:              The meal you had that day was vengeance. Pete:                Yes. Alex:                 I think that reviews that comic book. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              Definitely. Alex:                 Next step, Power Pack #1 from Marvel, written by Ryan North, art by Nico Leon. This is how you get to the much bladed outlawed event where all the teen heroes in the Marvel Universe are not allowed to practice superheroism. But it's also bring back together Power Pack for the first time in a while, in their new iterations. Alex:                 I do think very smartly they age them down quite a bit in this book. They've been aged up to be like, “We're cool teens, and some of us are adults and it's a little unclear.” Bring them back to basics while not ignoring the continuity is very smart. And this Ryan North is very funny, it's fun, it feels like a old Power Pack. It's better and winky throughout. I enjoy this book quite a bit, but I'm also definitely in the tank for it. What was your guys' takes? Pete:                My favorite part is, “We interrupt this broadcast of jazz for middle-class dinner parties to bring you breaking news.” That was really funny. Justin:              Ryan North is a funny writer, it's great to see him on this book. I put him in the same bucket as Mark Russell. As like anytime you see them on the book, it's consistently funny, which is hard. Alex:                 Yeah. Yes. Justin:              Sorry I interrupted you, Pete. You can finish your view. Alex:                 No, that was the only positive thing Pete wanted to say. Justin, what did you think about this one? Justin:              No, I loved it. It was great, super fun. Power Pack kids are fun, especially with the comedic angle. The art is very good. I'm curious how this outline event is going to play out. It does feel super disjointed. And it's sort of the same thing over and over again where these teen heroes suddenly are arrested, so I feel like this will be a fun version of it. Alex:                 Yes, I agree. Next step, The Department of Truth #3 from Image Comics, written by James Tynion IV, art by Martin Simmonds. This issue we're continuing to follow our conspiracy fighters, is I guess what we can call them. Basically conspiracy theories aren't real, but if you believe hard enough, they will become real. In this one, they're tackling gun control and crisis actors, and false flags and things like that. And man, it's very well done, very hard to read at points. But just like the main characters find it themselves, there's a lot of conflicting emotions that go on here, I think. Justin:              I love this book so much. I agree with you completely, Alex. And this issue especially, there's so much reality in this comic. And the hard part is I don't know how many people who read this know about all these conspiracy theories, and the insanity that is spun around them. This one I happen to know a lot about, because I worked on a show called The Opposition with Jordan Klepper, which was about this … Justin:              Jordan was playing this conspiracy-driven host, and so we dealt a lot in this world. And Alex Jones who this book is, this issue is sort of like drawing upon, who's like a very bad grifter person. We had to do so much paying attention to him as he descended into this madness. So this was especially, I was like reliving all of the actual news stories that were happening back like three, four years ago. Pete:                Yeah, this is really cool. It's very interesting. Artistically, it's really, really impressive what they're doing here with the different art styles meshing. It is a little tough to kind of understand what is happening a little bit. But I didn't appreciate the kind of like, “Oh, I took improv classes, so I'm good at lying,” I thought that was a little heartbreaking, but- Alex:                 Just to clarify what's happening is, probably as far as we can tell in real life, this woman's son was killed in a school shooting. Then this organization, Black Hat, which we don't know why, but it's a tease that we're going to find out a lot more next issue, is trying to make conspiracy theories come to life. Alex:                 They drop off a film that whether it's a fabricated or it's real or whatever it is that seems to convince this woman that not only is her son alive, but she may actually be an actor who was an improv actor, so the entire thing was faked, and it starts to change the reality around her. She doesn't know what's real and she doesn't know what's fake. And what I think it does really nicely emotionally, particularly through the art, as you mentioned, is it plays on this idea of this fractured psyche that I imagine you're going through when you deal with unimaginable tragedy like the death of a child. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              Yeah. And the fact that the premise of the book that this group is able to manifest these conspiracy theories when she gets this flash drive with these facts, these alternative facts on them. This book is so smart, it's so current, it's just one of my favorites on the stands right now. Alex:                 What happens when a robotic overlord in prisons a rant god and a humble narcissist, you get this week sponsor of comic book club, The Just Been Revoked Podcast. Join Chris G., Tom legacy and Mr. Rhace, as they discuss the origins, the ends and everything in between of all things film. Episodes are released weekly on Apple, Spotify, and all other major podcast platforms. Alex:                 Looking for a film podcast that has fun and doesn't take things too seriously, then check them out at justbeenrevoked.com. Let's move on and talk about Dark Nights: Death Metal: The Multiverse Who Laughs #1 from DC Comics, written by Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Joshua Williamson, Patton Oswalt, Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti, Saladin Ahmed and Brandon Thomas. Art by Juan Gedeon, Chad Hardin, Scott Eaton and Thomas Mandrake. Alex:                 This is anthology that Robin King is telling, basically saying, “Blah, blah, blah. You've heard all of these dark versions of Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman before. How about a couple of other dark multiverses? What would you think about that?” So we get to see three of them in this book. What did you think about this comic? Pete:                Well, it's a collection of stories. Some of them are a little better than others, but it's fun. It's like The Coming King and all that kind of stuff. I thought that it's interesting enough. It's definitely turning it up, like the Dark Metal stuff has been doing, so Death Metal stuff has been doing. I thought this was kind of a cool a book to put out as far as like, “Hey, we're going to kind of let some other writers do some stuff on this,” and yeah. Justin:              Yeah, it's a good mix. I really liked the first bit, the Scott Snyder sort of just bucket of random worlds where bad things happen to our favorite heroes. And the Patton Oswalt story I thought was great. Fun sort of Mr. Zsasz, right, is he villain here? And what it's like for him trying to be the cool villain in Arkham, and the consequences of that was. It was cool. Alex:                 This is definitely in my mind one of the lesser books in this event, everything else feels so necessary and interconnected. I love the idea of having else worlds that follow not the big three, that follow just more side stories, and I'd love to see more of that. But overall, I thought this comic book was fine. I think to your point, I liked the Robin King stuff. I thought Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner of course put together a fun story. But just so you know- Pete:                They usually do. Alex:                 What? They usually do. Pete:                They usually do. Alex:                 But it does not feel like something you'd necessarily need to read to understand the main act. Justin:              It's a little bit of the lighter side. Pete:                Yeah, it's just a fun- Alex:                 Yes, exactly. Pete:                … Yeah, it's a fun collection of ideas and stories- Justin:              It's like a little Dave Barry novel. Alex:                 Great. That's what I'd say as well. Nailbiter Returns #7 from Image Comics, written by Joshua Williamson, art by Mike Henderson. Here were literally getting into the beat of the issue as they delve further into Buckaroo, into this game that's being played by the new Buckaroo Butchers. And we get a bunch of psychedelic stuff, a trip to the past, some revelations, some promise of future revelations. I'm really enjoying what they did with this series, and it feels entirely different from what they did with the previous one. Justin:              Yeah. Pete:                Yeah, I agree. I think it's really creative, the art's fantastic. They do such a good job of pulling you into this world and kind of like with their storytelling, and I just was really impressed with this. It does a good enough job or moving the story enough where you know a little bit about what's happening to kind of follow along and not feel like, “I don't get it.” It walks that kind of crazy line really well. But man, just the art and the characters are just insane in all the right ways. The use of blood rain and then that skull who's just like puking blood on the pyramid is just insane. Justin:              Yeah, I love the sort of dream sequence aspect of this book, it feels so deliberate to become right now, sort of seeding out a bunch of wild ideas that then they can call upon going forward. The art's so good. I've been a huge fan of Birthright also by Joshua Williamson, and this feels like if you read that and haven't read Nailbiter, it's definitely worth getting in on Nailbiter. Pete:                Ah man, that's what I should've said for that lock and key question. Alex:                 On the live show? Pete:                Birthright would have been great. Yeah. Alex:                 Messed up, man. Messed up. Next step, this is what I put on the stack to make Pete feel a little bit better. Daredevil #24 from Marvel, written by Chip Zdarsky, pencils by Mike Hawthorne. Pete, you're not in your head. No. Do you not feel better after this comic book? Pete:                Well, this is a rough issue, man. I was so excited that we got Daredevil in our stack, but then of course it's a sad issue and I was like, “Oh, well, this is why his album put this in.” Alex:                 No, 100% not. Pete:                Foggy is fighting and- Alex:                 Foggy is bad at his job. What's different about the usual? It feels like pretty status quo for our man, Mr … Pete:                No, this is not status quo. Also there's too many people look like Daredevil. I don't know what the fuck- Alex:                 It's only one other than his twin. Pete:                … is going on. Alex:                 Sure. Daredevil is on trial for murder, something that he is willingly doing. We also get, which I thought was interesting and I want to get your beat on, a Kingpin shower scene in this issue. How did you feel about that? That's something fans have been asking for, for a long time. Pete:                A long time. Justin:              You got to truly see the Kingpin here. Pete:                Oh boy. I mean, they always do that in the comics with the well-placed steam or fog- Justin:              It's a little fancy. Alex:                 I do that in my shower. Pete:                … or whatever. I don't see any of the- Justin:              Yeah, in my shower, Foggy Nelson is standing in front of my genitals all the time. Pete:                That's smart. Alex:                 I thought this was really good and I loved where this ended up. Justin? Justin:              I agree. Chip Zdarsky is really bringing all of the Daredevil characters that sort of have the most emotional stakes here together. You've got your Typhoid Mary, your Kingpin. We don't see many other of Daredevil's love interests, but only because they're dead. But his current love interest, we see Elektra here, Foggy his, I guess, friend, frenemy in a lot of ways. Pete:                Fuck you. That's his friend [inaudible 00:24:52] Alex:                 I'm excited to see where this goes going forward, because it has the potential to really redefine the Marvel Universe. Justin:              How do you feel about Daredevil wearing a suit and his costume? Alex:                 That's pretty weird, right? Pete:                Yeah, that was weird, right? Alex:                 Just like when Nightwing wears a mask over his mask, and I'm like, “Choose one, buddy. It's fine.” Justin:              Unnecessary for both. The suit over the suit feels, in a very serious issue, it feels goofy. Pete:                Mm-hmm (affirmative). It does. Alex:                 Also, how much is he sweating? He's got to stink real bad. Pete:                Wow. Justin:              Yes. Pete:                Yeah. Well, I wonder if it's like a fake turtleneck situation where he doesn't have the full suit underneath. Justin:              Keep the suit, just that top part. Alex:                 I thought that, I thought he was just wearing the mask, but he's wearing the gloves as well. Pete:                Oh, wow. Alex:                 It's the full suit, man. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              It's the full suit. Alex:                 Yeah, double suit. Pete:                Double suit is a lot. Justin:              Slow down on the suits. Alex:                 Undiscovered Country- Pete:                No double suit. Alex:                 … #10 from Image Comics, written by Scott Snyder and Charles Soule, art by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Leonardo Marcello Grassi. In this issue, we find out a whole lot more about UNITY, the second zone of America, as well as what happened to the past as things rapidly start to fall apart there. It was a pretty horrific reveal at the end of the issue. It makes a lot of sense. This is great. And I think we've been saying this a lot about this arc, but I finally feel kind of like I understand what's going out of this book and that makes me feel a lot better. Justin:              And it's interesting because I don't quite know … The story is just as complex. There's even more happening because our characters have split up a little bit. But what I think makes more sense is this arc is using more of like a metaphor in describing America. So I feel like that gives us a baseline to really understand how the different aspects are coming together. Alex:                 No, I mean, you're absolutely right. I didn't really think about it until you said it like that, but thinking about it was like, “What does Destiny, the first zone mean to me?” Well, join other men, ride on sharks. Versus here, the idea that everybody is joining together, finding unity through the shared belief in science. Yes, that works a lot better. It's a lot easier to hook into even if it's- Pete:                Yeah, but there's also giant whale sharks in here too. Alex:                 There's still giant whale sharks. Justin:              Yeah. That's what I'm saying, there's just as many crazy specifics- Alex:                 And also- Justin:              … but it's all under this one narrative line I feel like, it's a little cleaner. Pete:                Yeah, under one nation. I love the man-at-arms shout-out, a little He-Man love in there. That was just great. It was fun to see. Yeah, I do. With each issue, I become a little less confused, which is great. The art and the character designs are just phenomenal, great kind of like last page reveal. This continues to be a very interesting, very well done book. I'm just happy now that we're kind of getting a little bit more of a grasp on what's actually happening. Alex:                 I don't want to call you out, Pete, but I feel like you've been confused about every issue that we've talked about in The Stack this week. Was there any we talked about that you were not confused about? Pete:                Huh. Justin:              We should say you got hit on the head with an anvil right before you read The Stack, right? Alex:                 Right. Pete:                Oh, that's true. You think that affects? Justin:              You think that affects? Pete:                I wasn't affected by Chew. I was confused by Chew. Alex:                 Oh, okay. All right. Well, we'll get to that one in a moment then, that's good. An Unkindness of Ravens #3 from Boom! Studios, written by Dan Panosian and illustrated by Marianna Ignazzi. This is another one we're getting to kind of the meat of everything that's going on. We have a new kid- Pete:                You're really hungry. Alex:                 What? Pete:                You're really hungry. You keep talking about meat. Alex:                 Sweet, delicious, savory meat. Yeah. No, we're getting to the heart of the issue. How about that? Is that better? Justin:              I love eating hearts. Alex:                 There we go. Where we're finding out more [crosstalk 00:28:44] about this town that our main character has moved to, the warring factions, what's going on behind the scenes. I continue to really like this book. Justin:              I agree. I said this on the live show this week, but this feels like such a … If you're a fan of the Sabrina TV series on Netflix, which is not coming back for a little bit and you want something to fill the gap, this book is great. It also feels like a good, if you're a fan of Lock and Key, which we talk about a lot, this feels like a nice spiritual successor to that book. Justin:              It's just the characters are really fun, the art is great. There's this sense of dread hovering over everything. And I don't really know … It's hard to predict where their story's going. It's witchy in the right ways and sort of arty in the right ways as well. Pete:                Yeah. Art's great. It's really fun. It's kind of nice that we're getting into this world and what's going on. I think in a cool way that doesn't make me frustrated or confused about what's happening. But I think it's very cool with hinting at what happens and then the kind of reveal. The whole part where we're seeing these crows and then one is shot, and then we kind of get to see that. Really impressed with that. I think this is a very cool story. I'm excited to see how this is going to unfold, and whether or not it's going to be like a really great comic that will hold up, stands the test of time. Alex:                 Well see. Next up, Last God #10 from DC Comics, written and created, written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, art by Ricardo Federici. This issue, we find out some big revelations about what happened back in the day at the Black Stair. We find out more about what's happening in the present. And it looks like the bad things are coming for our heroes or maybe are already there. What did you think? Pete:                Yeah. I mean, this really starts off amazing. We got some great actions, some cool ass dragon shit. Justin:              Cool ass dragon shit. Pete:                And then there's a lot of talking, and then feelings and then stuff. But it starts off really good. I'm excited to see where this goes. I think this is a very creative cool book. Justin:              I like this book a lot. The art is so lush and just beautifully done. It feels like a classic fantasy story. You'd get like one little drawing on the cover or something. This feels like it's that full art and that same style for the whole story, which is great. And what I love about it it was really placed with the tropes of legacy and fantasy books where it's like the great heroes from the past, and now it's this generation's turn to fight. And this says, oh, maybe what if the first generation wasn't great, how does that influence everything? And it's just a smart take and a beautiful book. Alex:                 I agree. Next step, the books that did not confuse Pete. Chew #5 from Image Comics, written by John Layman and art by Dan Boultwood. This is the end of the first arc here as the two Chews are facing down, all of Saffron's crimes have been revealed. And things do not go necessarily how you might expect. Yes, Pete. Pete:                What's great is they picked up right where they left off last issue. This is not the worst than when you kind of build up to the standoff and then you cut away from it to have backstory or some shit. So this was really great- Alex:                 Was that you, Pete? Are the continuity police coming for you? Justin:              Yeah. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Oh, shit. Book it. Justin:              Get out of [inaudible 00:32:20]. They're going to have a good questions that I think he might be confused about answering. Let me be honest. Alex:                 Oh, boy. Pete:                Yeah, I like this. This is great kind of standoff, brother, sister stuff. This is really cool. Art is fantastic. And it's nice because it still feels like in the two world- Alex:                 The Chew-universe. Pete:                … and it also feels a little different. Justin:              The Chew-universe. Good. Pete:                Yeah, the Chew-universe. Also, did you guys see the … It looked like a country monkey riding a smoking lizard walking by when she got out of jail? Alex:                 No, I missed that. Justin:              I think that was actually in your apartment beyond the edge of the comic book. Pete:                No, it's there. I had to double-check it. And also it looks like Sonic the Hedgehog was just shot outside the prison. It's really cool if you look at the background stuff. Justin:              RIP. Alex:                 Huh. Wow. Justin:              I like this book a lot. I was not a Chew reader of the original series, and this is … I'm not a Chewer. Pete:                Yeah, you weren't a Chew head. Justin:              I really like this though. It makes me want to go back and maybe read Chew, because this is very good, very fun. And I really like the character Saffron. The way that this story sort of positions the next move going forward, I think is great. Alex:                 I agree. Next up, we're going to get into it here. We're going to talk about our final X of Swords block as this big event. 22 part event is wrapped up here with three issues. Pete:                Can we … Alex:                 What Pete? Pete:                Can we just finish off this stack before we get into this giant argument here? Alex:                 Sure, we can jump ahead. I put the scumbag up last to space out the image comics, but let's talk about the Scumbag #2 by Image Comics, written by Rick Remender- Pete:                Okay, my bad. Alex:                 … art by Andrew Robinson. This is about the worst man of the world. He's the only one who could save the world. We find out more about him and his powers. He injected himself with some stuff so he can save the world here. This is very much positioning that there is no right way to go as we have a terrible guy, who needs to stop some potentially more terrible guys from doing some terrible stuff. It's just a fun book stuff. Just a fun book. Doing some light political commentary here. Justin:              Yes. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              So good. Rick Remender- Pete:                Oh, go ahead. Justin:              … writes people who fuck up better than anybody. This feels like a great successor to Fear Agent, one of Rick's first books that we loved way back in the day. And the art by Andrew Robinson is so good, it's so sort of 1970s animated, influenced, it feels like to me. And I think it's just a fun book that has some real, like a lot of Remender's book, has some real commentary underneath, a bunch of jokes and characters just screwing up. Pete:                Yeah. It's a lot of fun. The art is like gross, but also light. It's really interesting the way they kind of walk this line of like you hate this guy, but you're also rooting for him. Yeah, I think it's very well done, very creative. Rick Remender does a fun balance of tripped out, but also not too tripped out, where you kind of feel like that's all it's doing. I'm just really impressed with … There's a lot going on in this comic. There's a lot being kind of dealt with, and it does it seamlessly in a way that's fun and moving the story forward, and it doesn't feel rushed. Yeah, I mean, I'm impressed with this book. I'm excited to see how Rick Remender is going to break our hearts with some of these characters, because he always does. And yeah, it will be fun to talk to him about this next week. Justin:              Yes. Alex:                 Yeah, there you go. All right. For real now, we're going to wrap up with our X of Swords block. X-Men #15 from Marvel, written by Jonathan Hickman and art by Mahmud Asrar. Excalibur #15 written by Tini Howard, art by Mahmud Asrar and Stefano Caselli. And finally, X of Swords or 10 of swords: Destruction #10, written by Jonathan Hickman and Tini Howard, art by Pepe Larraz. Alex:                 Now, before we talk about this, we should really talk about how hard everybody worked and how we never want to put down the amount of work that people put into it. They drew this, they wrote this, there were editors who we really like who worked on this, assistant editors, people who printed it, the staples were very nice in the book and somebody had to put them in there. Pete:                Yeah, this came together fast, and they got it all done on time. There wasn't any delays. It's pretty impressive what they put together. Alex:                 There you go. And that's our review of X of Swords. I like this event. I thought it was fun and good, and I love where it turned up. We talked about this before, but a lot of this was Saturnyne in the background, manipulating the situation to get into a place where she got almost everything that she wanted as we find out about the end. Alex:                 And the one thing that hitches me up a little bit is I don't care about Otherworld that much, just as comics continuity and comic book fan. So having everything pivot on that, brought it down emotionally for me a little bit versus having a pivot on the X-Men themselves. Alex:                 But I do like the moves they made here. I like where Apocalypse ended up. I thought the big battles were good. The art was phenomenal, just like huge, big battle scenes, enormous monsters. The scale of it was great, and just individual characterizations. Both Tini Howard and Jonathan Hickman write a great Ariana. I don't know who specifically was scripting her dialogue, but just super fun throughout this entire event. Just a really good event for her. And it's good stuff. Alex:                 I know Pete's going to disagree with this, but really good Cyclops stuff towards the end here. And I love the idea of holding Cyclops and Marvel Girl in reserve until the end and then be like, “No, fuck you. We're getting there. We're going to solve this problem.” And it really positions them in the place they should be at the lead of the X-Men. I enjoy this quite a bit. I don't think it was a perfect event by any means, but I had a lot of fun. I had a blast reading it. Justin, what did you think about it? Pete, we can get your haterade later in a second. Let's get adjusted first, a little more positive. Justin:              The hater goes later is what we've always said. I agree, I do like this event. Art across the board is great. But yeah, I mean, it's a weird event. It's so weird as the first big event to have it be so fantastical, have it be so sort of like goofy at points. I agree with you, the Cyclops and Jean Grey stuff, it really felt like their ascension at the end of this event is what's important here. Justin:              And to see them sort of outside of just the bureaucracy of the Quiet Council and maybe they can actually make some moves is exciting. Really establishing them as a family with Young Cable I think is very cool. Ariana also stepped up a lot. The Apocalypse fight, I don't know. I thought it was going to be a little bit more about Apocalypse and it felt like just a fight. Alex:                 Yeah, it was like, “What was that?” Justin:              I mean, we talked about this, we sort of predicted this, that, excuse me, Arakko would be coming through to Krakoa. And with it hundreds of mutans, I believe, from around- Alex:                 Millions, I think. Justin:              Millions? Alex:                 Millions. Justin:              Oh, wow. Alex:                 Yeah. Justin:              That's a lot of people hanging out on earth, which I think I'm curious how that will affect the continuity. It feels like a lot to add. A continuity that's already pretty wild. Alex:                 Well, I think the thing that, that adds, and maybe I'm wrong because who knows what is going on with the X-Men stuff? They can set up that Arakko is coming through and then not deal with it for 30 issues or something. But to me it feels like suddenly millions of mutants show up, you suddenly have a destabilized world situation that is already on the edge because of Krakoa. Alex:                 When you bring the mutant population up to potentially pre-Genosha levels, what does that do? What nations does that put on alert? And that puts the mutant state in a really, really bad place. As for Apocalypse, the thing that I did like is it ultimately got to this place, even though I feel like we didn't get enough fleshed out about the annihilation helmet, the idea that ultimately Apocalypse; A, is fundamentally changed by Krakoa enough that he can surrender, but also that it is Apocalypse's will that manages to win the day felt like a smart decision. Even if it wasn't maybe an action-wise satisfying decision. Pete, I know you're a champion of the bid here. Go ahead. Pete:                Okay. Yeah, please. All right. Explain this to me, okay? They had, “You got to get your sword, you got to get to the fight.” Okay? So then we learned that none of that matters because it's about this helmet that speaks to you and makes you annihilate everything. But once Apocalypse puts on the helmet, he realizes that he's not going to let a helmet control him, so he'll take a knee and then that solves everything. And then, oh, Apocalypse you won, and okay, I'm going to banish a whole Island of people. Great. Pete:                And then Scott Summers and Marvel Girl, who started this kind of whole thing with a bunch of weird meetings through time, decided this whole island that they helped create doesn't matter and fuck all you all because I got to go save my son, which I understand, that's cool, but they had like a whole Quiet Council meeting and it didn't matter. So it was kind of like this- Justin:              But- Pete:                … whole thing that we're trying to do, they threw it all- Justin:              If- Pete:                … out the window. Hey, I'm trying to finish here. Justin:              If Wolverine did that you would have loved, and just because it's Scott, you don't like it. Pete:                That's a bullshit thing to thing. Justin:              It's 100% true. Pete:                No, it's not. Justin:              Wolverine does that every time. Pete:                I'm trying to wrap my head around this whole detour of the X-Men world that we just took and why we did it, and the only thing I can come up with is giant alligators and dragons are cool, and fighting with swords would have been cool, but it didn't happen. We got drinking games and playing softball. And people will say that they will get married at the drop of a hat in the X-Men world. Alex:                 The Cyclops thing I do think a lot of this is about … A lot of this story so far has been about the X-Men … And we're not supposed to call them the X-Men, the mutants. They specifically state that in the book. They're like, “The mutants-“ Justin:              There's a whole big paragraph. Alex:                 There's several of that. I know. Pete:                Yeah, I don't read the paragraphs. Alex:                 You should read the paragraphs, they're kind of important. The mutants have made this big move to become one mutant state. And from the writing perspective, I think what they've done is how much stress can we put on that? How many things can we do to fracture that? And Saturnyne says by the end, “Two people have left the Quiet Council. They're going to have to replace it, it's going to be the non-ideal picks.” Alex:                 And now, not just Scott Summers is leaving with a small team to go save everybody, but everybody comes with him, which means, yes, it's the mutants united, but it also means as it states in those paragraphs, which I do think are really important. They've tried to ditch the X-Men name because it's something that's pre-Krakoa. It's an idea of like, it's a moniker taken by Charles Xavier. It's not an example of- Pete:                The Lollipop Man. Alex:                 Yes, Lollipop Man. It's not an example of the United Krarkoa State, but the fact that Scott Summers is reclaiming this and then everybody's like, “Yes, we're X-Men. Let's go. It's go time,” creates this friction there that's only going to get bigger. Once you suddenly have billions of mutants who have been slaves up to this point, who we've never met before suddenly showing up, so it means bad things for the outside world. It also means bad things for Krakoa and Arakko. And dramatically, that's a really good place to be putting everybody. Justin:              Yeah, I agree with that. This crossover feels a lot like Chris Claremont-esque. Like mid-Chris- Alex:                 I mean- Justin:              … Claremont run, where it's like epic stuff that involves things that are sort of far flung from actual X-Men and mutant world stuff. Like getting with Lilandra and all that stuff, where it's like continuity heavy, where it's like, “Wait, what was that about that?” I feel like this will hold a similar place to a lot of that Claremont stuff, especially the other worldness of it, which I agree with you, I don't love all that. Justin:              And this whole like captain … I know Excalibur was the second to last issue so that they'll have an outsize effect on it. But the Captain Britain Corp and all that, I was like, “I don't … ” This feels like such a side quest that so much of this event landing on that felt like, “Oh, I don't know about that.” Pete:                It was just a lot just so Cyclops could have a Jerry Maguire moment of like, “Who's coming with me? Who's coming with me?” Alex:                 What did you think about the part where Cyclops said, “Show me the money,” though? That was pretty cool. Pete:                Yeah, that was touching. It was sort of touching. Alex:                 Yeah. Justin:              And what about Wolverine played by Jonathan Lipnicki? I know. Pete:                Too tall. Justin:              He's too tall? He's very short. Pete:                I don't know about Jonathan Lipnicki so- Justin:              He's tiny. Alex:                 You just referenced Jerry Maguire. Justin:              He's the kid. Alex:                 He's the little kid that said, “Did you know the human head weighs eight pounds?” Pete:                Oh, he's the kids with the spiked hair? Alex:                 Yeah. Pete:                Oh, that's great. Yeah, he's a great [inaudible 00:46:41] Alex:                 Okay. What would you think about Renee Zellweger playing Jonathan Lipnicki, is what it was? Justin:              Renee playing Jonathan Lipnicki? Alex:                 Yeah. Justin:              Oh, interesting. Alex:                 Playing Wolverine. Justin:              Oh, wow. That's great. Alex:                 With the little lemon face. Justin:              Ooh yeah, just a pursed lip. Alex:                 She got the little lip. Suck on a lemon. Justin:              I'm the best there is at what I do, and what I do is this little face. She's a good actress. Yeah. Pete:                I don't know what you guys are doing. Alex:                 All right, that is it for The Stack. If you'd like to support the show and other shows we do at patreon.coms- Pete:                Wait. Alex:                 … What? Pete:                Do you guys think this whole thing was worth it for that ending? You guys didn't feel let down at all by the fact of like this fight wasn't a fight, it was just a, “Can we make Apocalypse kneel? And then having Cyclops just ditch everyone because he wanted to go somewhere else.”? Justin:              I liked it. Alex:                 Yeah, I liked it too. I think there were enough big moments particularly in these last couple of issues that I really just enjoyed from an artistic, from a big action perspective, literally using the S.W.O.R.D. Space Station as a sword to pierce a wormhole and attack these evil armies. Just the huge armies attacking everybody, the X-Men jumping through directly at the screen, the fairy soldiers or whatever it was jumping through. Justin:              The screen? Alex:                 Good stuff. Just a lot of people coming from the sky and heading straight towards camera was a lot of fun. Justin:              Yes, and it's surprising. A lot of Hickman big storytelling, you can't predict it. It's sometimes a little weird and wooly, but it's like in the end, it's really well thought out and smart, and very difficult to predict, which I like in storytelling in general, especially comic book storytelling. Alex:                 It's also something that relatively speaking felt like a complete story, which I don't think we've gotten in a really long time with events. It's usually by the latter half, it's all about setting up what's next. And certainly we get a fair amount of setup, but this started with the story of Otherworld, ended with the story of Otherworld, and that's what it was in between. It went on a bunch of side trips, but ultimately it all came together that way, and that is pleasing to me from a story perspective. Justin:              It was pleasing, we say. Alex:                 It was pleasing to be … If you'd like to support the show at patreon.com/comicbookclub. We also do a live show every Tuesday night at 7:00 PM. Podcast ahead on YouTube. We would love to talk to you about X of Swords, that's going to be our big topic of conversation. Over the next I would say- Pete:                It's 10 of swords, but there's going to be no fighting. Oh, you're going to love it. It's going to be smart. Alex:                 … There is a bunch of fighting. Pete:                There's going to be a lady who- Alex:                 Wolverine cutting a man's arm off. Really? Pete:                … you get confused with the ice queen the whole time. But then it's not her, even though it looks exactly like her, but ah, it's going to be great. Alex:                 Oh, I'm sorry. Are you being racist towards white, blonde women, Pete? Pete:                Yes, Karen. I am. Justin:              This took an odd turn at the end, just like the X of Swords. Alex:                 There you go. iTunes, Android, Spotify, Stitcher, or the app of your choice to subscribe and listen to the show. @comicbooklive on Twitter, comicbookclublive.com for this podcast and many more. Until next time, checkout my mom's taco dip. The post The Stack: The Other History Of The DC Universe And More appeared first on Comic Book Club. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookclub See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode ended up being an accidental theme episode! We all had very dark item to cover this week! And we had a guest! Megan Spell of the On The Download podcast 4:05 - Megan talks about Ridley Scott's 1979 sci-fi slasher in space classic Alien (she even talks a little bit about the more action oriented sequel, Aliens) 14:38 - Sam talks about the gen-x crime drama about angst, violence, and teenage drama directed by Tim Hunter and featuring a few notable young faces (Keanu Reeves) - River's Edge 25:46 - Tessa talks about one of the bigger books on her list with the sci-fi classic by Samuel R. Delany - Dhalgren.  37:11 - Andy airs his own frustrations about not being able to accurately describe a comic that is amazingly beautiful and incredibly dark with Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda's Monstress! Full Transcript  

We read the first 18 issues of Monstress, and dug it quite a bit. We might sound a bit harsh, but that's because it was an entertaining challenge to try and find flaws in this book. I mean, it won five Eisner Awards, it's clearly a great book. Buy the first volume digitally here: https://www.amazon.com/Monstress-Vol-1-Marjorie-Liu-ebook/dp/B01DJOS93I/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Or buy the fancy hardcover here: https://www.amazon.com/Monstress-Book-One-Marjorie-Liu/dp/1534312323 Support See Through Panel by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/see-through-panel Find out more at https://see-through-panel.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-8a93af for 40% off for 4 months, and support See Through Panel.

In this special episode, I got to ask a really smart person lots of questions. Specifically, the author, voice actor, puppeteer, and science communicator Mary Robinette Kowal, author of the Lady Astronaut series— starting with The Calculating Stars, The Fated Sky, and the new novel coming out July 14th - The Relentless Moon. We talk about why her books are set in the past, how she researches her novels and more.Karly’s RecommendationsThe Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal (novel)Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (graphic novel)The Vast of Night dir. Andrew Patterson (film)Mary Robinette’s RecommendationsAvenue 5 (TV) available on HBO and Amazon PrimeThe War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (audiobook)The Light from Other Stars by Erika Swyler (book)Shop this list of recommendations through my affiliate link at Bookshop.org https://bookshop.org/shop/fasf and support the show!The Relentless Moon hits shelves on July 14, celebrate the book launch at this Zoom event and get a paperback copy with your ticket.See the process for recording The Relentless Moon audiobook here for a limited time! [This message will self-destruct on July 14]Subscribe, rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, and PodcastAddict. Follow the podcast on Twitter @FactandScifi and find other content on the blog factandsciencefiction.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hello and welcome to week two of no new comics, and week one of us having a plan to deal with our new reality! This week, Jean-Luc, Chad, Alex, and Emily get together to discuss the first volume (issues #1-6) of Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda's acclaimed series 'Monstress.' But of course, it wouldn't be an episode of The Comics Podcast if we only talked about comics, so Jean-Luc fills his monthly Bionicle quota, Emily tells us about Trolls: World Tour, Chad talks about alchohol, and Alex gives us an Animal Crossing update. See y'all in a few days for episode #2 of our New 52 retrospective!

Hello and welcome to week two of no new comics, and week one of us having a plan to deal with our new reality! This week, Jean-Luc, Chad, Alex, and Emily get together to discuss the first volume (issues #1-6) of Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda's acclaimed series 'Monstress.' But of course, it wouldn't be an episode of The Comics Podcast if we only talked about comics, so Jean-Luc fills his monthly Bionicle quota, Emily tells us about Trolls: World Tour, Chad talks about alchohol, and Alex gives us an Animal Crossing update. See y'all in a few days for episode #2 of our New 52 retrospective!

Hello and welcome to week two of no new comics, and week one of us having a plan to deal with our new reality! This week, Jean-Luc, Chad, Alex, and Emily get together to discuss the first volume (issues #1-6) of Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda's acclaimed series 'Monstress.' But of course, it wouldn't be an episode of The Comics Podcast if we only talked about comics, so Jean-Luc fills his monthly Bionicle quota, Emily tells us about Trolls: World Tour, Chad talks about alchohol, and Alex gives us an Animal Crossing update. See y'all in a few days for episode #2 of our New 52 retrospective!

On the program we discuss Monstress - the fantasy comic from Image Comics written by Marjorie Liu with art Sana Takeda. It is filled with intricate world-building, complex characters and stunning art that is some of the best being produced in comics today. It is set in a world of magic and war, populated by The post Collected Edition: Episode 47: Monstress appeared first on The Collected Edition.

Bu bölümde, son dönemlerin en çok ses getiren bağımsız çizgi romanlarından bir tanesine, Monstress’a yoğunlaşıyoruz. Marjorie Liu ve Sana Takeda tarafından yazılıp çizilen bu fantastik çizgi roman, 2018 yılının Eisner Ödülleri’ne damga vuran bir eser — bir senede toplam beş ödül kazanan Monstress’ın yapısı, tanıtımı ve aldığı ödüller etrafında kısa bir değerlendirmesi bu bölümümüzde!

Episodio correspondiente al lunes 20 de Mayo 2019Esta semana platicamos de la Bati-carrera por el papel de Bruce Wayne-Batman, el otro mercado del comic en USA  y más en la primera mitad.Y en el tema central, continuamos con el #DinoMonsterMonth revisando el segundo volumen de Monstress, de Marjorie Liu y Sana Takeda. 

Andi and Lise are way into the first collected volume, “Awakening,” of the multiple award-winning comic series Monstress (Image Comics) by writer Marjorie Liu and artist Sana Takeda, who combines elements of manga and Art-Deco in the portrayal of this grim world wracked by violence, racism, slavery, and war. The protagonist, Maika Halfwolf, is the descendant of a wolf-goddess, but there’s something else inside her that’s older and stronger and it may or may not be key to saving this world, in which most of the world’s human population despises Arcanics – the human/deity hybrids like Maika. The sadistic witch-scientists called the Cumaea may hate them the worst, and they capture Arcanics and run terrible, painful experiments on them. The world-building in this epic fantasy series includes steampunk and magic and nods to Asian history and culture but also Egyptian mythology as it explores themes of survival and violence, the commodification of mixed-race bodies, and women’s rage and power, and how the latter can corrupt. The world of Monstress is almost entirely female and WOC, to which Andi and Lise say, MORE OF THIS, PLEASE. Lise also highly recommends the second season of She-Ra, Princesses of Power, streaming on Netflix while Andi is sad about the end of the AMC series Into the Badlands, though she does think it didn’t do justice to its female and queer characters in the end. https://lezgeekoutcast.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/lgo_55_monstress.mp3

Amanda and Jenn discuss series, Raven Cycle read-alikes, funny reads, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm, William Shakespeare’s Get Thee Back to the Future by Ian Doescher, and Book Riot Insiders. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher.   Feedback The Address by Fiona Davis, rec’d by Suzanne Kissing in Manhattan by David Schickler, rec’d by Madeleine The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg, rec’d by Madeleine The Colossus of New York by Colson Whitehead, rec’d by Madeleine   Questions   1. Dear Ladies of the Bookish Bend, I need your help finding a romance/erotica book that isn’t going to send me into fits of rage. I used to read more in the late aughts, but things got out of hand with the tropey, poorly researched, non-representative crap that was being churned out. So I’ve actively avoided the genre(s) for some time. Below is a list of things that are acceptable (YES) and a list of things that send me into rage fits (NO). YES * Yes, adults. Not YA, not New Adult (whatever these mean these days), but Adult. Like, give me some thirty or forty year olds living their best lives (or not). * Yes, chemistry then sex and not the other way around. * Yes, sex that is described and not told. * Yes, written by a WOC. * Yes, would love a black Woman as the romantic female lead. And interracial romance is a huge plus. NO * No love triangles. The trope is overdone & unimaginative. Not to mention, annoying. I don’t read romance or erotica to hate all the characters at the end. * No instant sex then trying to make a nonsensical relationship work to keep having sex. * No ridiculous miscommunications leading to silly drama to fill pages rather than a well-developed plot. * No “deeply troubled” for whatever reason man that has to be saved by a woman in any capacity. So, no women being martyrs for dudes. There is enough of that IRL. Unpopular opinion, I don’t like The Wedding Date for reasons I’m open to discussing at some other time. I love mysteries, books about books, books about food/restaurants, books set in England or France. I’d prefer there be no children involved, but it’s not a hard limit. Having done my own research, I know it will be difficult to hit all these criteria, but I have faith your collective book knowledge can find me something that won’t make me want to toss the book at the wall! I have linked my Goodreads as well. Thank you for your time, Neurotic About Erotica   2. I used to love reading trilogies and series when I was a kid and I miss the feeling of finishing a book and knowing that there’s more to discover. However, most adult trilogies and series seem to be published in genres I don’t particularly enjoy: fantasy, romance and science fiction. Can you recommend a series or trilogy for adults in another genre? I do enjoy historical fiction and read mostly literary fiction. Some crime or mystery elements are fine, but ideally shouldn’t be the focal point. FYI, I tried Old Filth and Sea of Poppies and didn’t enjoy either of them. The Gilead series is on my list already, as is the ‘A Rising Man’ series thanks to a BR recommendation. Thanks so much in advance! Cat   3. Hi ladies, I’m writing with a recommendation request for my wife. She was a voracious reader growing up, but for a variety of reasons has become a reluctant reader now in her late 20s and struggles to focus long enough to really get into a book. I’m not trying to change her, but I often hear her talking about ideas she would be interested to explore more deeply and I think, “there’s a book for that!” We recently got into comics. Her current favorite titles are Lumberjanes and Doctor Aphra. She’s a big fan of Game of Thrones, Star Wars, House of Cards, Jessica Jones, Timeless, and Dan Brown books. So I think something with some history, political intrigue, and a pinch of darkness would be up her alley. LGBT representation is a plus. Please no dragons if you make a high fantasy pick. Many thanks! Hope   4. Books similar to the Raven Cycle -Deaira   5. Hi Amanda and Jenn! I recently started your podcast because one of my friends from my book club recommended it (and wow is running on the treadmill way more joyful now!). Work has been very emotionally taxing the last year, and I have been setting more and more time aside for reading. I have found myself falling in love with books with tasty language, most recently A Gentleman in Moscow (and Rules of Civility), The Secret History, and Circe (and Song of Achilles, which I know was mentioned in your last podcast). All seem to live in times almost apart from our own. I would love a recommendation for a book that offers a similar escape with a setting that lives in its own time/space, but mostly with the lyrical detail of A Gentleman in Moscow. Thank you again for your work! -Brittany   6. Hello! (Yes, this is a second request — I can’t believe this one didn’t occur to me) I’m heading home to Malaysia for a VERY short visit in a few months (before fleeing to Europe, per my other request). It’s my first time back in five years, and may or may not involve seeing family for the first time in longer than that (there’s a complicated family situation there). I’m pretty anxious about this visit, both because of the complicated family situation and because (sigh) I have none of the things that my culture requires of a good Malay woman: I’m unmarried, there’s currently no boyfriend on the scene, there will be no babies from me, I’m not religious, and no, I’m not moving back home. Ever. I’m dreading all the questions and the (possibly imaginary) disapproval, basically. Can you recommend a book that might help prepare me for this trip, or at least help me tackle all these anxieties, both imagined and real? Thank you so much! -Rae   7. Hi! I have really gotten into WWI and WWI historical fiction, which is great but also heavy. I would love some good audio books that will make me laugh out loud. I love all kinds of humor but sarcasm and dry humor are my favorites. I’ve listened to heartburn and a gentleman’s guide to vice and virtue. I also love crazy rich Asians and Jen Hatmaker. I prefer fiction but will try nonfiction. I rent audio books from my library’s app so please no new releases. Including my goodreads link. Thank you so much! -Jessica   Books Discussed The Deepest Blue by Sarah Beth Durst The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole Wrong to Need You by Alisha Rai The Border Trilogy by Cormac McCarthy (#1 is All the Pretty Horses) Master & Commander (Aubrey-Maturin #1) by Patrick O’Brian Monstress by Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda (tw: torture, violence, war) Zero Sum Game by SL Huang When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore Roses and Rot by Kat Howard (tw: child abuse) Milkman by Anna Burns The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson No One Tells You This by Glynnis MacNicol We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby People I Want to Punch in the Throat by Jen Mann The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark

On this week's episode of The Awesome with C.O.D.Y. March's theme is closing out with Montress. iTunes: http://tinyurl.com/kqkgackFacebook: http://tinyurl.com/myovgm8Tumblr: http://tinyurl.com/m7a6mg9Twitter: @ComesNaturalPodYouTube: http://tiny.cc/5snxpyBlogTalkRadio: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/comesnaturally

In this weeks episode, Nicholas meets his end while at work at 4 am, then Nicholas and Vex start a cult. It was a weird episode that was recorded in a car at 2:30 in the morning! Follow us on Twitter @hwidiepod  Follow our special guest Vex as well!   Check out this week’s promos: Massive Late Fee Michigan Sports and Entertainment Network Twitter Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda  

We're diving back into the gorgeous and terrifying world of MONSTRESS, brought to us by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda. This book is a densely-packed dive into a society built on magic, slavery, and brutal control. It should go without saying that the art is incredible, from its style to its content, and we are all amazed by how easily MONSTRESS swept us into its grasp. Maika continues her relentless quest to learn more about her past, leaving both old friends and new enemies in her wake. She struggles to understand her own power, as it often (literally) bursts from her without warning. Now that we've finished the first volume, we can't wait to start the next one! Join us as we discuss the mystery of cats, the puzzle of non-sexualized nudity, and the rarity of a story that's 90% women.

We're diving back into the gorgeous and terrifying world of MONSTRESS, brought to us by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda. This book is a densely-packed dive into a society built on magic, slavery, and brutal control. It should go without saying that the art is incredible, from its style to its content, and we are all amazed by how easily MONSTRESS swept us into its grasp. Maika continues her relentless quest to learn more about her past, leaving both old friends and new enemies in her wake. She struggles to understand her own power, as it often (literally) bursts from her without warning. Now that we've finished the first volume, we can't wait to start the next one! Join us as we discuss the mystery of cats, the puzzle of non-sexualized nudity, and the rarity of a story that's 90% women.

C'est encore une fois avec bien du retard, et nous nous en excusons, que sort ce nouveau podcast.Un programme une nouvelle fois assez chargé, que je vous laisse découvrir tout de suite !03:10 : "In one's last moment", de Kentarô Fukuda - Soleil Manga08:43 : "Granblue Fantasy", de Makoto Fûgetsu (scénario) et Cocho (dessins) d'après le jeu de Cygames - Pika13:29 : "Barrage", de Kôhei Horikoshi - Ki-oon20:36 : "Maestros", de Steve Skroce (scénario et dessins) et Dave Stewart (couleurs) - HiComics26:48 : "Iron Hammer Against the Witch", de Shinya Murata (scénario) et Daisuke Hiyama (dessins) - Delcourt/Tonkam35:49 : "Dungeons & Dragons - Forgotten Realms - La légende de Drizzt", d'Andrew Daab (scénario), Tim Seeley (dessins) et Blond (couleurs), d'après les romans de R.A. Salvatore - HiComics42:58 : "Monstress - Tome 3", de Marjorie Liu (scénario) et Sana Takeda (dessins et couleurs) - Delcourt46:10 : "My Home Hero", de Naoki Yamakawa (scénario) et Masashi Asaki (dessins) - Kurokawa51:33 : "Le dilemme de Toki", de Kiri Gunchi - Glénat55:16 : "Celle que je suis", de Bingo Morihashi (scénario) et Suwaru Koko (dessins) - Akata01:01:26 : "Le secret de l'amitié", de Kazune Kawahara (scénario) et Aiji Yamakawa (dessins) - Akata01:05:35 : "Mon ex", de Mizuki Hoshino - Kana01:08:20 : "Given - Tome 4", de Natsuki Kizu - Taifu Comics01:13:48 : "On Doorstep", de CTK - Taifu Comics01:17:17 : "Ginza Neon Paradise", de Unohara - Taifu Comics,01:21:18 : "Le secret de Zara", de Fred Bernard (scénario) et Benjamin Flao (dessins et couleurs) - Delcourt01:26:05 : "Barbara", de Osamu Tezuka - Delcourt/Tonkam01:31:44 : "La vie de Bouddha", de Osamu Tezuka - Delcourt/Tonkam01:42:10 : "Journal d'une vie tranquille", de Tetsuya Chiba - Vega01:47:19 : "Graineliers", de Rihito Takarai - Ototo01:52:45 : "Eveil", de Taiyô Matsumoto - Kana01:56:06 : "Père Fouettard Corporation - Tome 2", de Hikaru Nakamura - Kurokawa02:01:55 : "Survivant - L'histoire du jeune S - Tome 3", de Takao Saitô (scénario) et Akira Miyagawa (dessins) - Vega02:06:55 : "Signal 100 - Tome 2", de Arata Miyatsuki (scénario) et Shigure Kondô (dessins) - Delcourt/Tonkam02:11:35 : "Teenage Mutant ninja Turtles - Tortues Ninja - Tome 5 : Les fous, les monstres et les marginaux", de Kevin Eastman, Bobby Curnow et Tom Waltz (scénario), Mateus Santolouco (dessins) et Ronda Pattison (couleurs) - HiComics02:15:45 : "My Teeen Romantic Comedy is wrong as I expected - Tome 3", de Wataru Watari (scénario et dessins), Naomichi Io (light novel original) et Ponkan8 (chara-design) - Ototo02:18:15 : "Les contes macabres Volume 2", d'Edgard Allan Poe (nouvelles) et Benjamin Lacombe (dessins) - Delcourt02:20:30 : "Contro Natura", de Mirka Andolfo - Glénat & Panini Comics Et enfin, les reccomandations d'Issam02:31:35 : "Bolchoi Arena", de Boulet (scénario) et Aseyn (dessins et couleurs) - Delcourt02:37:00 : "ChronoSquad", de Giorgio Albertini (scénario), Grégory Panaccione (dessins et couleurs) et Simon Kansara (adaptation des dialogues, quoi que ça veuille dire) - Delcourt Merci à Soleil Manga, HiComics, Delcourt, Delcourt/Tonkam, Kana, Taifu Comics et Ototo pour nous avoir envoyé leurs titres ! NOTES :1/ Tezuka n'est pas mort à 50 ans, mais à 61. Ceci dit ça reste jeune.2/ On a oublié de mentionner Rihito Takarai, autrice de Graineliers. Pardon à elle (bon après c'est pas comme si elle nous écoutait).3/ J'ai aussi oublié de remercier les amis qui m'ont offert Bolchoï Arena et ChronoSquad, donc si jamais ils lisent le descriptif, désolé, ne m'insultez pas dans les commentaires ! Suivez nous aussi sur le compte twitter de l'émission : @Cases_sur_Table N'hésitez pas à regarder les Let's play de la chaîne twitch "Gamer's bizarre adventure" (ça devrait bientôt reprendre, ou peut-être que ça a déjà repris si vous lisez ça dans trois mois, ou peut-être que ça s'est de nouveau arrêté si vous lisez ça dans 90 ans) :https://www.twitch.tv/gamers_bizarre_adventure On parle aussi de cinéma dans notre autre podcast, La guerre des claps ! (enfin, on le fera quand on reprendra en tous cas)Podcloud : https://podcloud.fr/podcast/la-guerre-des-clapsYoutube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPKAKSeNytgTwitter : @guerredesclaps Le blog de Chris :https://augredesbulles.wordpress.com Et Issam a une chaîne youtube, qui parle de cinéma asiatique, venez, dans le dernier épisode il y a plein de sang et de morts :https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCntDC5Hp_XYNy-7shfkUtnw Vous pouvez aussi retrouver les membres de l'équipe sur twitter :Sally : @LeSaleHibouChris : @augredesbullesIssam : @cinemarchivisteNecro : @NecronomiCore

This week Andrew and Melissa discuss love, shapeshifter style as we discuss Noel Stevenson's delightful fantasy, Nimona. Andrew forgets he's not on a video game podcast, Melissa has so many reading recommendations that it requires an additional episode, and our fair friends promise that they'll do Homestuck... next time.   Other things we talk about: Saga: vol 9 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples Monstress: vol 3 by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda   and of couse... Homestuck   Find us online at: twitter.com/thecomiccast twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa) twitter.com/AndrewDLarkin (Andrew) And check out our Ko-fi!   Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com.   Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo.

Dans cet épisode, nous vous invitons à découvrir Monstress, un titre à l’ambiance asiatique. Tout d’abord quelques news :Les nominations du festival d'AngoulêmeMarvel va sortir beaucoup de titre Captain Marvel pour fêter la sortie du filmUne anecdote de Superman au cinéma Le titre de la semaine : MonstressDans ce titre écris par Marjorie Liu et Sana Takeda sortie en 2015 nous nous retrouvons dans une ambiance Fantasy.Nous suivons une jeune fille possédée par un monstre qui se retrouve dans un conflit opposant les humains à des êtres magiques appelé les hybrides.La titre est remplie d'influence diverses pour nous offrir un vaste univers captivant.L'équipe a plutôt bien accroché à cette histoire qui prend son temps pour se poser même si parfois elle y gagnerai à ne pas trop détailler son univers. L'esthétique fouillé et travaillé de Monstress en est un autre bon point, c'est beau et tout comme l'histoire bourrée de références et de mélanges de style.Qu'avez vous vous pensez de ce titre? Si vous êtes sur Montpellier, que vous êtes passionné par les comics et que vous avez envie de vous investir dans une émission en notre compagnie, rejoignez-nous! contactez-nous par mail: contact@comicsdiscovery.fr Vous pouvez nous retrouver sur : Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/ComicsDiscovery/Ausha : https://podcast.ausha.co/comicsdiscoveryTipeee:https://fr.tipeee.com/james-et-fayeYoutube :https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTHdyVVjWlqbqFbxPvuGcLg/Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/7fHAiPQ9dLesQvdmmtvUiATwitter : https://twitter.com/comicsdiscoveryInstagram : https://www.instagram.com/comicsdiscovery/Et bien sûr le site internet: http://comicsdiscovery.fr/ Bonne écoute et à la semaine prochaine.

Hey Handsomites! Eric and Robbie are talking about Monstress this week! They touch on it winning multiple Eisners, highlight the amazing art, and rant about the rest of the book. They also review Batman: Damned #1 and Cemetery Beach #1! Floppies Fortnightly Batman: Damned #1 Fantastic Four #2 Crowded #2 Cemetary Beach #1 Border Town […] The post 223 – Monstress Vol 1-3 by Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda appeared first on Handsome Boys Comics Hour.

Hey Handsomites! Eric and Robbie are talking about Monstress this week! They touch on it winning multiple Eisners, highlight the amazing art, and rant about the rest of the book. They also review Batman: Damned #1 and Cemetery Beach #1! Floppies Fortnightly Batman: Damned #1 Fantastic Four #2 Crowded #2 Cemetary Beach #1 Border Town […] The post 223 – Monstress Vol 1-3 by Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda appeared first on Handsome Boys Comics Hour.

Book of the Month: Monstress Volume 1: Awakening by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda!

For our big 2-0, our teeth and claws are ready to shred as we bring you a story of women and the monsters who reside in them. Talking points: this comic left us Straight Up Messed Up; the nature and impact of time and betrayal; the old gods and the new wars; Plath's figs; the importance of seeing the Other in fiction; the job prospects of cats; why can't the world just be art deco; Kippa is the cutest moral compass; and, hey, we say this a lot but PLEASE read this comic immediately. Shout-outs this episode: @lithappenspods and @loadedlitpod

For our big 2-0, our teeth and claws are ready to shred as we bring you a story of women and the monsters who reside in them. Talking points: this comic left us Straight Up Messed Up; the nature and impact of time and betrayal; the old gods and the new wars; Plath's figs; the importance of seeing the Other in fiction; the job prospects of cats; why can't the world just be art deco; Kippa is the cutest moral compass; and, hey, we say this a lot but PLEASE read this comic immediately. Shout-outs this episode: @lithappenspods and @loadedlitpod

Time Codes: 00:00:31 - Introduction 00:03:19 - Setup of the discussion 00:05:04 - Nominees in the Best Publication for Early Readers category  00:51:47 - Nominees in the Best Publication for Kids category 01:31:45 - Nominees in the Best Publication for Teens category 02:20:32 - Wrap up 02:26:03 - Contact us On this episode of the Comics Alternative Young Readers Show, Gwen and Paul detail the three categories of the Eisner Awards that focus on children and teens: Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8) Adele in Sand Land, by Claude Ponti, translated by Skeeter Grant and Françoise Mouly (Toon Books) Arthur and the Golden Rope, by Joe Todd-Stanton (Flying Eye/Nobrow) Egg, by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books) Good Night, Planet, by Liniers (Toon Books) Little Tails in the Savannah, by Frederic Brrémaud and Federico Bertolucci, translated by Mike Kennedy (Lion Forge/Magnetic) Best Publication for Kids (ages 9–12) Bolivar, by Sean Rubin (Archaia) Home Time (Book One): Under the River, by Campbell Whyte (Top Shelf) Nightlights, by Lorena Alvarez (Nobrow) The Tea Dragon Society, by Katie O'Neill (Oni) Wallace the Brave, by Will Henry (Andrews McMeel) Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17) The Dam Keeper, by Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi (First Second/Tonko House) Jane, by Aline Brosh McKenna and Ramón K. Pérez (Archaia) Louis Undercover, by Fanny Britt and Isabelle Arsenault, translated by Christelle Morelli and Susan Ouriou (Groundwood Books/House of Anansi) Monstress, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image) Spinning, by Tillie Walden (First Second) In addition to reviewing each nominated text, the duo refers listeners to The Comics Alternativearchives for the shows that reference these nominees: Good Night, Planet by Liniers; Nightlights by Lorena Alvarez; The Dam Keeper by Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi; and Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda. Paul and Gwen use this episode to launch a general discussion of age designations and categorization of children's and YA comics, and they reference the art of Bolivian painter and lithographer Graciela Rodo Boulanger, whose depiction of children resembles that found in Campbell Whyte's Home Time. So, won't you pour yourself a chilly beverage, kick back, and give a listen to the two PhDs -- more on Paul's recent doctoral graduation from University of California-Berkeley will appear in the June podcast -- for a rundown of this year's Eisner nominees.

Girls Like Comics, Dammit has returned! In this episode Jessica and Katie Tregs discussed Monstress Vol. 1 by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda with special guest Sam from Geek Heart Games. For the first time, we recorded GLCD live on Twitch, and you can see the archived live episode on our Youtube channel.

They have returned! We received a bunch of great feedback last time Kenny, Quinton and Jim were on to discuss comics that we decided we should probably run this back for another hour of good, good comic chat.  Love Comics? Prefer Manga? Never read a comic and don't know where to start? If any of these are true, we've got your back! Titles mentioned in this episode Mouse Guard by David Petersen   Flashpoint by Geoff Johns & Andy Kubert   Brandon Sanderson's White Sand by Brandon Sanderson and Julius Gopez   Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda   Blackest Night by Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis   The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore   The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks and Ibraim Roberson   Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files   Robotech series   Ex Machina by Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris   All You Need is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka   Neon Genesis Evangelion by Yushi Kawata   Batman: Year One by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli   Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo   Batman Nightwalker by Marie Lu   Attack on Titan by Hajime Isayama   The Shape of Water by Guillermo Del Toro and Daniel Kraus   I Kill Giants by Joe Kelly and J.M. Ken Niimura   Spill Zone by Scott Westerfeld and Alex Puvilland   From a Certain Point of View   Death by Neil Gaiman and Chris Bachalo   Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter.

It’s time for our Best of 2017 episode! We’ll talk about our favourite things we read for the podcast, our favourite things we read that weren’t for the podcast, and lots more! Please note, while many of the titles we recommend were published in 2017, this is our list of best of that we read in 2017, so there is some older material on the list as well. You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jessi Top Book Club Picks Non-Fiction Anna The Argonauts (2015) by Maggie Nelson (Episode 031 - LGBTQ+/QUILTBAG Non-Fiction) Jessi The Witches: Salem, 1692 (2016) by Stacy Schiff (Episode 027 - Non-Fiction Audiobooks) Matthew Prose: The Not-Quite States of America: Dispatches from the Territories and Other Far-Flung Outposts of the USA (2017) by Doug Mack (Episode 039 - Non-Fiction Travel) Comic: My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness (2017) by Nagata Kabi (Episode 031 - LGBTQ+/QUILTBAG Non-Fiction) Meghan In Cold Blood (1966) by Truman Capote, narrated by Scott Brick (Episode 027 - Non-Fiction Audiobooks) Fiction Anna Death in the Vines (2013) by M.L. Longworth (Episode 025 - Detective Fiction) The Snowman (2011) by Jo Nesbø (Episode 043 - Page to Screen (Books turned into movies and TV shows)) Jessi Stardust (1998) by Neil Gaiman (Episode 043 - Page to Screen (Books turned into movies and TV shows)) Matthew Prose: Autonomous (2017) by Annalee Newitz (Episode 041 - Dystopian Fiction) Comic: Nausicaa: Valley of the Wind (1982-1994) by Hayao Miyazaki (Episode 043 - Page to Screen (Books turned into movies and TV shows)) Meghan The City and the City (2009) by China Miéville (Episode 025 - Detective Fiction)   Top Non-Book Club Picks Non-Fiction Anna American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land (2017) by Monica Hesse Jessi Tomboy Survival Guide (2016) by Ivan Coyote (we mention this one in Episode 021 - Coming-of-Age and Episode 031 - LGBTQ+/QUILTBAG Non-Fiction) Matthew Prose: Crash Override: How Gamergate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight Against Online Hate (2017) by Zoe Quinn (mentioned in Episode 032.5 - BookExpo America and the American Library Association Annual Conference) Comic: Lighter than my Shadow (2017) by Katie Green (Episode 040 - Precipitation in Video Games) Meghan Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Issues (2016) in Canada by Chelsea Vowel Métis in Space podcast with Chelsea Vowel and Molly Swain Fiction Anna The Queen of Blood (2016) by Sarah Beth Durst (Episode 040 - Precipitation in Video Games) Jessi The Bear and the Nightingale (2017) by Katherine Arden (mentioned in Episode 034 - Reading Resolutions) Matthew Prose: Red Spider White Web (1990) by Misha (mentioned in Episode 034 - Reading Resolutions) Comic: Giant Days (2015-present) by John Allison and Max Sarin Meghan Next Year for Sure (2017) by Zoey Leigh Peterson   Other recommendations Anna From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty Lucky Penny (2016) by Ananth Hirsh and Yuko Ota (Episode 021 - Coming-of-Age) Our Cats Are More Famous Than Us: A Johnny Wander Collection (2017) by Ananth Hirsh and Yuko Ota Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America (2016) by Patrick Phillips The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race (2016) edited by Jesmyn Ward The Fire Next Time (1992) by James Baldwin Clean Sweep (2013) by Ilona Andrews (and the rest of that series) Spill Zone, vol. 1 (2017) by Scott Westerfeld and Alex Puvilland Volume 2 is being serialized as a webcomic (frustratingly the site seems to be setup so that you cannot link directly to pages, so to get to the beginning of volume two hit the previous chapter link a few times) HiLo, vol. 1: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth (2015) by Judd Winick Here’s the full panel (Read-Alikes: What to Suggest When They've Already Read Smile & The Walking Dead) from the Comics Conference for Educators and Librarians that Anna mentioned Jessi Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner (2014) by Judy Melinek and T.J. Mitchell Queers Were Here: Heroes & Icons of Queer Canada (2016) edited by Robin Ganev and RJ Gilmour (Episode 031 - LGBTQ+/QUILTBAG Non-Fiction) Green River, Running Red (2007) by Ann Rule (Episode 027 - Non-Fiction Audiobooks) The Hating Game (2016) by Sally Thorne (Episode 028 - Accidental Romance) Matthew Three Parts Dead (2012) by Max Gladstone (Episode 33 - Legal Thrillers) True Grit (1968) by Charles Portis (Episode 29 - Westerns) The Sisters Brothers (2011) by Patrick deWitt (Episode 29 - Westerns) No Mercy, vol. 2 (2016) by Alex de Campi, Carla Speed McNeil, and Jenn Manley Lee (specifically issue #9) Matthew’s longer list of favorite comics he read in 2017 is below Meghan Turning (2017) by Jessica J. Lee (Non-fiction memoir) See What I Have Done (2017) by Sarah Schmidt (Fictionalized true crime) Dreams of Shreds and Tatters (2015) by Amanda Downum (New Weird) Need for the Bike (2011) by Paul Fournel, translated by Allan Stoekl (non-fic BICYCLES) Blue Light Yokohama (2017) by Nicolás Obregón (Mystery) Matthew’s List of Top Comics he Read in 2017 that weren’t his top picks (Anna’s recommendations were also good!) Monstress vols. 1-2 by Marjorie M. Liu and Sana Takeda (2016-2017) This is an insanely epic (and beautiful) fantasy. You should read it! No Mercy, vol. 2 (2016) by Alex de Campi, Carla Speed McNeil, and Jenn Manley Lee No, I haven’t read volume 3 yet... Omega Men: The End is Here (2016) by Tom King, Barnaby Bagenda, Toby Cyprus, and Ig Guara Invincible vols. 23-24 (2017) by by Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker, Ryan Ottley, and  Nathan Fairbairn It’s superheroes meet Dragonball Z, except much bloodier. It’s ending with volume 25, and I’m kind of sad about that. The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (2016) by Sonny Liew Despite really liking this, I don’t think it should have won the Eisner for “Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia” The Private Eye (2015) by Brian K. Vaughan, Marcos Martin, and Muntsa Vicente As much as I enjoyed this, I don’t think the hardcover is worth $50. 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank (2017) by Matthew Rosenberg and Tyler Boss I was supplied with a review copy by the publishers. Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea (2017) by Mike Mignola and Gary Gianni Delicious in Dungeon vol. 1 (2017) by Ryoko Kui Yowamushi Pedal vols. 3-4 (2016) by Wataru Watanabe Bicycles! Demon vols. 1-4 (2016-2017) by Jason Shiga The first volume is the best and, to be honest, this series is kind of gross, so be warned... Order of the Stick: How the Paladin Got His Scar (2017) by Rich Burlew This was a reward only given to backers of the 2012 Kickstarter so you can’t actually buy or read it, but it’s really good! Questions What were your favourite reads of 2017? What would you recommend to us? Is there a supernatural gardening book you could recommend to Jessi? What is “Clean Sweep”? A curling related cozy mystery? A high school hijinx sports novel? A romance novel about a chimney sweep who is reforming himself after his criminal past? Something else? Check out our Pinterest board and Tumblr posts, follow us on Twitter, join our Facebook Group, or send us an email! Join us again on January 16th for our episode on Family Sagas! Then come back on February 6th for our episode on our Reading Resolutions for 2018!

This week we indulge our inner monsters as we discuss Marjorie Liu's Monstress, illustrated by Sana Takeda.   Things we talk about: Magic Knights Rayearth by Clamp His Favorite by Suzuki Tanaki Giant Days by John Allison and Lissa Treiman Cucumber Quest by Gigi D.G. Vattu by Evan Dahm Pretty Deadly by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Emma Rios   Find us online at: twitter.com/thecomiccast twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa) instagram.com/widewildblue (Also Melissa) twitter.com/AndrewDLarkin (Andrew)  And check out our Patreon!    For extended show notes, visit our blog! Questions or comments? Email us at comicadventurescast@gmail.com. Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen.

The BIG Gay Episode is finally here. Angela and Kelly talk about how LGBTQ characters have progressed in comics, and how they are faring now. Many gay things occur. Book reviews: Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda and Locke & Key by Joe Hilland Gabriel Rodriguez. Visit our website OnePanelLater.com for a complete list of books and hit us up on Twitter: @OnePanelLater

In this episode, Meredith, Susan, and Jeannette wrap up the Eclectic Readathon and ER Madlibs and announce the winners! We speak on the weird happiness of adulthood, and how we overcome reading slumps. Finally, we discuss Wallbanger - its characters, the unreality of Caroline’s cat, and the reality of sex in romance. -Discuss Wallbanger with us on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/68328-eclectic-readers) -Wallbanger by Alice Clayton on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15858248-wallbanger) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Wallbanger-Cocktail-Book-Alice-Clayton-ebook/dp/B00B73MULG/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1499607066&sr=8-4&keywords=Alice+Clayton) -Ms. Marvel by G. Willow Wilson on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20898019-ms-marvel-vol-1) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Ms-Marvel-Normal-Graphic-Novels/dp/078519021X/ref=la_B003JLY7S8_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1499607201&sr=1-1) -Saga by Brian K. Vaughan on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15704307-saga-vol-1) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Saga-Vol-1-Brian-Vaughan/dp/1607066017/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1499607315&sr=1-1&keywords=brian+k.+vaughan+saga) -Lumberjanes by Noelle Stevenson on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22554204-lumberjanes-vol-1) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Lumberjanes-Vol-Beware-Kitten-Holy/dp/1608866874/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1499607692&sr=1-3&keywords=noelle+stevenson) -Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3223761-every-soul-a-star?ac=1&from_search=true) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Every-Soul-Star-Wendy-Mass/dp/0316002577/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1499607778&sr=8-1&keywords=every+soul+a+star+by+wendy+mass) -The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38447.The_Handmaid_s_Tale?ac=1&from_search=true)and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Handmaids-Tale-Margaret-Atwood/dp/038549081X/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8) -The Crown’s Fate by Evelyn Skye on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27211901-the-crown-s-fate) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Crowns-Fate-Game/dp/0062422618) -The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18423.The_Left_Hand_of_Darkness) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Left-Hand-Darkness-Ursula-Guin/dp/0441478123) -His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28876.His_Majesty_s_Dragon) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/His-Majestys-Dragon-Temeraire-Book/dp/0345481283) -Seconds by Bryan Lee O’Malley on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18630542-seconds) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Seconds-Graphic-Bryan-Lee-OMalley/dp/0345529375) -David Copperfield by Charles Dickens on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10080974-david-copperfield) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Copperfield-Penguin-Classics-Charles-Dickens/dp/0140439447/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1488724107&sr=1-1&keywords=David+Copperfield) -Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24426209-monstress-1) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Monstress-1-Awakening-Marjorie-Liu/dp/1632157098) -Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12868761-let-s-pretend-this-never-happened) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Lets-Pretend-This-Never-Happened/dp/0425261018) -Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7324659-medium-raw) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Medium-Raw-Bloody-Valentine-People/dp/0061718955) -Hum if You Don’t Know the Words by Bianca Marais on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28264701-hum-if-you-don-t-know-the-words) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Hum-You-Dont-Know-Words/dp/0399575065) Next Episode’s Book: The Captive Mind by Czeslaw Milosz on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/145660.The_Captive_Mind) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Captive-Mind-Czeslaw-Milosz/dp/0679728562)

Join Elizabeth and Heather in this special ladies' edition of The Printed Panel Podcast. They talk with Nerdvana Comics Knoxville's co-owner Amber Davis and several of the ladies who attended the second Ladies' Night event at Nerdvana Comics. This month's book was Image Comics' Monstress, an epic fantasy comics series written by Marjorie Liu and drawn by Sana Takeda.Check out the Fabulous Femmes of Nerdvana Facebook Group if you are a female comic book reader and get more information about Nerdvana Comics and their upcoming events on their website (www.nerdvanacomics.com).As always, be sure to like us on Facebook (The Printed Panel Podcast), follow us on Twitter (@ThePrintedPanel), and check out our website (www.theprintedpanelpodcast.com)!

The thaw seems to have finally arrived in Toronto, and the change in weather has your new BFFs eager to lounge out by a breezy window with a fancy caffeinated beverage and a good book, so it's Comic Book Club on the show this week! We're looking at the art-deco high fantasy of Monstress from Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda, as well as Mark Russell and Steve Pugh's eccentric take on the modern stone age family, 2016's reimagining of The Flintstones. Surprises surely await. Also this ep! Chit chat, bad times for Ghost in the Shell, people at Marvel continue to say silly things and some bold snacking declarations that are sure to lose us listeners. If you'd like to support Geekdown, visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/geekdownpod for more information. Theme music by Rob Gasser, licensed under (CC BY-SA 3.0) soundcloud.com/robgassermusic

This episode we tackle the genre of...wait? What do you mean there’s no genre? We have to read things that aren’t for the book club?! I guess somehow we have time to consume other media outside of our book club picks! If you’re curious about what we read/listen/watch/play when we’re not way outside of our comfort zone, then listen along for a run down of what we’ve been into since the beginning of the 2017. We talk superhot sidekick guys in mystery tv shows, sharing the same haircut with friends, planes, trains, and automobiles, too much snow in Canada (or at least in Vancouver), and Jessi getting scared by her cat. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jessi Books In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri (recommended) The Blue Castle  by L.M. Montgomery The Long Cosmos by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter The complete Long Earth series (at least the first couple are recommended for Discworld fans) Apartment Therapy: Complete and Happy Home by Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan, Janel Laban (recommended) A Life Less Ordinary: Interiors and Insights, Love and Life by Alex Legendre, Zoe Ellison Home for Now: Making Your Rented Space or First House Beautiful by Joanna Thornhill Apartment Therapy’s Big Book of Small Cool Spaces by Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan Comics/Graphic Novels Lumberjanes by Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, Shannon Watters, Brooke A. Allen, and others (recommended) Suicide Squad by John Ostrander, Kim Yale, Luke McDonnell, and others Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (recommended) Podcasts The Colour Code Sooo Many White Guys Movies/TV Coco Before Chanel Midsomer Murders (19 seasons) Scooby Doo The Witch (recommended) Lights Out The Conjuring (recommended) The Conjuring 2 The Hobbit film series Games Stardew Valley Other Things Mentioned Prisencolinensinainciusol - The song about what the English language sounds like to native Italian speakers Early 20th Century Canadian Authors: Gabriel Roy - specifically The Tin Flute Hugh MacLennan - specifically Two Solitudes Article in The Globe and Mail on Chinese restaurants in Canada owned by immigrants My President Was Black by Ta-Nehisi Coates from The Atlantic Our episode 007 on Cozy Mysteries from June 2016 Count Duckula animated TV series (Wikipedia) Bunnicula books (Wikipedia) Event Horizon film Alien: Isolation video game Clips from streamers playing (and spoiling) Resident Evil 7 Anna’s project on reading the research into #WhatWeRead and sharing her thoughts on it will happen over her Twitter and Tumblr accounts. Questions What are you into reading/watching/playing/or listening to? What media do you suggest that we check out? Can you recommend (or even name) any early Canadian writers or literature? Check out our Pinterest boards and Tumblr posts for all the books people in the club read (or tried to read), follow us on Twitter,  and join our Facebook Group! Join us again on Tuesday, March 21st for our first anniversary episode where we’ll discuss Detective Non-Fiction! Then on Tuesday, April 4th when we’ll discuss “digital vs physical” and “library vs owning”.

Welcome to THE PANEL: a MONSTROUS Podcast To Astonish! This is Trivia Club's comic book podcast, in which Anthony Couto, Gabe Rudyk, and Colm Whitford, are joined by Trivia Club's Russel Harder to talk about all things comic books, whether they be the DC, Marvel, Image, movies, TV, or independent comics, and how they relate to the history of comic books! With a big TENTH episode the guys talk about Monstress, the epic fantasy comic series written by Marjorie Liu that is drawn by Sana Takeda! Digging into the first volume of the series, Awakening, they delve into the dense history of the series and the beautiful art... while also making sure to note the 25th Anniversary of the books publisher Image Comics!