Comadres y Comics Podcast

Jen has this weeks chisme from, of course twitter: there's controversy over DC pulling The Golden Child cover. This week’s cerveza is “Never, No, No” from Monkish. This week the girls review the first two books from the series Pistil. The upcoming Party of 5 remake is on Sara’s radar. Today on Juntos y Fuertes is a gift guide to the 50 top rated queer comics from ComicsBeat.com. Saludos to Creatively Queer Press for meeting thier Kickstarter goal!!

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We have Y & C Comics! We first met them at East L.A. Comic Con now East L.A. Cape. Y & C Comics are a husband and wife duo that have a Youtube channel were they make videos about comic books, comic conventions, movie reviews, CGC grading, comic creator interviews and pretty much everything geek culture related. And that's not all! They record their videos in both English and Spanish! How cool is that? Listen in on this episode of Las Platicas for this awesome interview!  

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Jen brings us Chisme de la Semana news about Brooklyn 99 and The Witcher. We review beer Dragon's Milk Reserve: Oatmeal Cookie Bourbon Barrel-Aged Stout by New Holland Brewing. This week we don't review a book but Sara talks all about Nerdtino Expo the first Latinx Comic Book Convention on the East Coast! On Our Radar Kristen tells us about b.b. free #1, the new comic by Gabby Rivera and Royal Dunlap. Juntos y Fuertes Kickstarter Cuentos: A Bilingual Latinx+ Illustrated Story Anthology. Saludos go out to Maria @sour_queen_bee and the @indiependentwomensclub for their invite to their latest meeting on November 12th. Where we met some members of @sccerveceras 

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Jen’s chisme is news that Saladin Ahmed will be writing Conan for Marvel.  Cervezita is Situation in Sector 9. This weeks’s book review is Watersnakes by Tony Sandoval. Money Shot is on Kristen’s radar. Juntos this week is a web series called Blerds.

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Kristen has this week’s chisme: The Far Side is coming back! Today’s beer is Lincoln Beer Company’s Trejo Cerveza. Book review of Critical Entertainment’s “Zombie Zero.” Upcoming superhero film Thunder Force is on Sara’s radar. This week’s juntos goes out to Boyle Heights Arts Conservatory. Saludos to Out of Order.

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Jen has this week’s chisme de la semana with rumors that court documents reveal Jeremy Renner threatened to kill his wife. This week’s cervecita is Enegren Brewing Company’s Oktoberfest. The book review this week is of DC Ink’s Teen Titans Raven. Quince’s “Hot Cheetos Preorder Special” is on Sara’s radar. Juntos y fuertes this week is a new convention in Albuquerque called Indigipopx. Saludos to you all who supported Vos de M.A.Y.O. They reached their goal in only 65 hours!

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We have a special treat for listeners as our guests will be focusing on one of our favorite segments of the podcast: Hora de la Cervezita! Beer Thug Life is a down-to-earth experience of the increasingly diverse craft beer community. Their videos and merchandise give you a taste of the puzzling intersection between a man’s proud enthusiasm for craft beer and his humble life as a Chicano who grew up around Los Angeles’ street gangs. Beer Thug Life proves that craft beer lovers come from even the most modest walks of life, breaking barriers one beer at a time. Today we have with us in studio Edgar & Maria from Beer Thug Life LLC

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Today we have with us Latinx Comic Queen, Melina Chavarria. Melina is the writer of Magic Glasses, a comic she describes as “about a young Latina who is a gamer/raver growing up in South Central Los Angeles, trying to figure out the “game of life”. Self-proclaimed “Xicana Autism Warrior Mom”, Melina also works with local non-profit agency, DSTL ARTS on a zine called Aurtistic Zine, a zine focused on highlighting the talents of Autistic individuals and their families. We also do a highlight of SLOBREW Tio Rodriguez Craft Beer Micheladas.

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Jen has some good chisme this week with Art Spiegleman’s essay has been barred from publication. Today’s cervecita is Torrance Beer Cellar’s Local Craft Beer’s “The Juice is Real.” For today’s book review it’s a special zine episode! Season 3 of American Gods is on Sara’s radar. Kristen has this week’s Juntos with Bolivia’s Powerful Cholitas. Saludos to CollectorsComic.com.

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We have in studio Latinx Creator, Erick Pepper Rivera creator of  graphic novel "The Hat Boyz." Pepper is a Los Angeles local who is native to Watts, the neighborhood where The Hat Boyz is set. Pepper was inspired to use Watts and his experiences growing up in the neighborhood to show how environment can greatly inform life’s choices and decisions.

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