Behind the Yellow Boxes

Brook and Steph talk about webcomics, and particularly Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu, a story about hockey, baking, and college life. Other topics include sports, the internet before the world-wide-web, and Steph's continuously growing collection of printed webcomics.

(Steph had a technical difficulty so her audio sounds bad this week!)

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Steph continues the story of how a comic company with a 70% market share ended up in bankruptcy court despite its owner making hundreds of millions of dollars. Brook muses about her favorite action figures, the highs and lows of local comic book stores, and how Magneto was right.

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In preparation for Black Widow (2021), Brook takes Steph on a first: a decades long character retrospective, examining Natasha Romanov's origins, backstory, and what kind of solo books she's had over her fifty-year long tenure at Marvel. Conversations along the way include chicken and dumplings, stupid sexy Tony Stark, and that time that Natasha drove a motorcycle off the Helicarrier.

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Steph emerges from a research spiral months in the making to try to explain the whys, the hows, and the whats of the Marvel Bankruptcy Saga. Brook has questions about how Marvel, at the peak of its popularity in the 1990s, went completely and utterly broke, and how the decisions made during those years still affect pretty much everything in comics to this day. Topics of discussion include comic store visits, the foundation of Image Comics, and Neil Gaiman as voiced by a cat.

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Brook and Steph review Marjorie Liu's Mosntress, an award-winning independent horror fantasy comic that has a whole new perspective on both the queer experience and the fantasy genre. Also up for discussion: the importance of representation in genre fiction, how not everything in fantasy is always Lord of the Rings, and the importance of using cute fuzzy critters to do your world building.

This episode contains discussions of enslavement, human trafficking, war, and cannibalism.

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Steph and Brook invite their friend Iz onto the podcast to talk about the history of zines and the queer community, and go on many a tangent along the way. These tangents include the nature of fanfiction, the US Postal Service's role in censorship, and what Ninja Turtle would be Steph's favorite.

This episode contains discussions of homophobia.

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Continuing the Pride Month series, Brook and Steph revisit one of the oldest teen-aimed queer comic books in the Big Two: Marvel's Young Avengers, and talk about what it did well, and where it falls short in hindsight. Also features: not one, but two instances of Steph singing script cues,  your regular reminder that Spider-Man sold his marriage to the devil, and a shocking revelation about the connection between Young Avengers and its DC counterpart, Young Justice.

This episode contains discussions about homophobia, racism, drug use, and domestic violence.

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For the first entry in their Pride Month series, Steph and Brook do a very short, very dirty rundown of the history of LGBT representation in mainstream superhero comics. Topics of note include a very detailed explanation of the origin of Batwoman and Bat-Girl, how many years Northstar had to wait before kissing his boyfriend, and Brook's grudge against Jim Shooter.

This episode contains discussions about homophobia, transphobia, and violence against both groups both fictional and realized.

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In preparation for Sweet Tooth's release on Netflix on June 4, Brook and Steph examine the first volume to see what kinds of adventures a deer-boy got up to. Topics include: a history of Vertigo Comics, Brook's love of Zoids, and Steph over-achieving when it comes to doing her homework.

This episode contains discussions of sexual assault, pregnancy, and anti-indigenous racism and violence.

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After eleven episodes, Brook and Steph concede defeat and finally do a proper Batman episode. And where better to start than with a Frank Miller story? Sidebars include: the first dramatic script reading of the show and strong opinions about bat-summoning sonic technology from both parties.

This episode includes discussions of police brutality, sex work and violence against sex workers, and a mention of child sexual abuse.

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