Comic Adventures

Hi, folks! This episode is about Castle Waiting by Linda Medley, a cool comic we liked a lot. It's also the last episode we're doing for a while - Comic Adventures is going on an indefinite hiatus. Thank you so much for your support over the last two years!

Other things we talk about:

Assassination Classroom by Yūsei Matsui

Captain Marvel: Earth’s Mightiest Hero by Kelly Sue DeConnick

Barbarous by Yuko Ota & Ananth Hirsh

Delver #1 by Spike Trotman, MK Reed, and Clive Hawken

The “G” Word Isn’t for You: How “Gypsy” Erases Romani Women

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twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa)

twitter.com/AndrewDLarkin (Andrew)

Questions or comments? Email us at [email protected].

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.

That's right, folks! This week we discuss Andrew's favorite Marvel superhero, the one... the only... Carol Danvers, a.k.a Captain Marvel! Specifically, we're talking about the Higher, Further, Faster, More trade by Kelly Sue DeConnick, illustrated by David Lopez with colors by Lee Loughridge and letters by Joe Caramagna.

Andrew specifically wanted to say this:

Seriously folks, I love the character of Carol Danvers, in all of her complicated history. I feel like I didn't actually geek out enough while recording this episode. Like, I feel like I should have been more giddy with excitement. Anyway, since recording, I saw the movie and loved it, and I'm also going back and re-reading even more of Kelly Sue DeConnick's run writing this character and loving it. Carol is great because she's a feminist character without having to tell us in every panel "hey, I'm feminist" because SHE JUST IS.

There was a lot of hate floating around out there ahead of the movie, particularly from a lot of men who somehow felt threatened by all the feminist rhetoric attached to the film and the character. Let me definitively say, you guys that were trying to sandbag this movie have completely missed the point. I hope my daughter grows up to be Carol Danvers. She's smart, she's capable, she doesn't take shit, and she's capable of listening to others. We should all be a bit more like Carol.

Other things we talk about:

Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughan

This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki

Smile by Raina Telgemeier

Fence Vol 2 by C. S. Pacat

Illustrated by Johanna the Mad

What if Spider-Man Kept His Cosmic Powers by Glenn Herdling

Scott McDaniel, Jim Sanders, Sam De La Rosa

Strong Female Protagonist by Brennan Lee Mulligan and Molly Ostertag

Karen Hallion

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Questions or comments? Email us at [email protected].

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.

It had to happen (especially if it's rigged, Andrew) - we finally talk about a book neither of us likes. Join us for a solid hour of excited yelling about communism, conservatism, bad writing, and the role of heroes in a world of injustice.

Other things we talk about:

Home After Dark by David Small

Blue by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

Judas by Jeff Loveness and Jakub Rebelka

Drama by Raina Telgemeier

On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

Hex Vet by Sam Davies

Kase-san and Cherry Blossoms by Hiromi Takashima

I've read better than that

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twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa)

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And check out our Ko-fi!

Questions or comments? Email us at [email protected].

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.

Happy Valentine's Day, folks! Join us for a discussion of the delectable Kase-san and Morning Glories by Hiromi Takashima! The air is full of love and the podcast is full of sweet romantic manga. And the long term effects of Freudian theory on queer media, because we gotta be us. 

Other things we talk about:

Train★Train by Eiki Eiki

Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda

The History of Yuri tag at Okazu

Karen Hallion

The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

The Substitutes by Myisha Haynes

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twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa)

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And check out our Ko-fi!

Questions or comments? Email us at [email protected].

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.

Well I don't know why we came here tonight.

We've got the feeling that something ain't right.

We're so scared we fell off our chairs.

And we're wondering how we'll get down the stairs (bro).

Clowns to the left of me! 

Vriska to the right!

Homestuck in the middle with you.

(Covers about a third of Act 5 Act 2, through page 3192.)

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Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our Homestuck theme song is Sweet Success by Planet Purple.

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

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twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa)

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And check out our Ko-fi!

Questions or comments? Email us at [email protected].

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.

Happy New Year! We invited artist Kat Tuesday to help us ring in 2019 with style, and by style we mean minicomics. Kat's audio is pretty rough, but the minicomic knowledge she drops is smooooth.

Other things we talk about:

Oyasumi Punpun by Asano Inio

Otoyome Gatari (Bride's Story) by Mori Kaoru

What Doesn’t Work by M Stenbæk

Never Satisfied by Taylor Robin

Saint for Rent by Ru Zu

Ran and the Gray World v1 by Aki Irie

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Quimby's

Sharkman by Leo Mancini

CAKE (Chicago Alternative Comics Expo)

Chicago Zine Fest

Paper Mills Have The Power….To Finally Increase Prices

Paper Chase: Unexpected Price Increases Hit Pulp Market

Kitty's Guide to Chicago Coffee by Patrick Cheng

Low Light: Late Night Special by Tristan Wright

Can You Make the Dog Sexier? by Kelly Leigh Miller and Alex Sloves

Look at my Cute Cub by Lucy Kinsley

Viewotron issue 2 (Mom) by Sam Sharpe

Rachel Bard’s mini-minis

Pancakes by Kat Leyh

Radishes by Carolyn Nowak

One Drink by Bruce Worden

An Army of Lovers Will Be Beaten by Bernie McGovern

Baby Fat and K.M. & R.P. & MCMLXXI (1971) by M. Dean

Making Minicomics by Jessica Abel

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twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa)

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Questions or comments? Email us at [email protected].

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.

This week we submerge ourselves into the wild wacky world of gender and species fluidity that is Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma 1/2! Join us as we discuss secret wish fulfillment, gaining acceptance by being a pig, and discover that dang, it feels good to be a panda.

Other things we talk about:

Overlord v1 & 2 by Kugane Maruyama and Satoshi Oshio

Assassination Classroom v11-16 by Yusei Matsui

Rutabaga the Adventure Chef by Eric Colossal

Wonderland v1 by Yugo Ishikawa

Otherworldly Izakaya Nobu v1 by Natsuya Semikawa and Virginia Nitouhei

Flavor by Joseph Keatinge and Wook Clark

Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant by Tony Cliff

Drifting Dragons v1 by Taku Kuwabara

Home After Dark by David Small

Shonen Jump

Star Wars: Galaxy of Adventures

Neon Genesis Evangelion

A Vision of Escaflowne

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twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa)

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And check out our Ko-fi!

Questions or comments? Email us at [email protected].

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.

Welcome to episode 32, where we start out talking about the 2006 run of Blue Beetle and end up deep in the weeds, yelling about continuity, reboots, and editorial mandates.

Jaime Reyes is still the best kid, though. 

(Note: the audio quality on this isn't great - we're switching to new software and still working out the kinks. Also there are baby toys going off randomly in the background. We're working on it! Our mikes will be less hot next time!)

Other things we talk about:

Assassination Classroom 5-10 by Yusei Matsui

Sheets by Brenna Thummler

Super Late Bloomer by Julia Kaye

Apple and Honey by Hideyoshico

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twitter.com/widewildblue (Melissa)

twitter.com/AndrewDLarkin (Andrew)

And check out our Ko-fi!

Questions or comments? Email us at [email protected].

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.

This week we delve into Delicious In Dungeon, a manga by Ryōko Kui. Join us as we embark on a culinary adventure, just in time for Thanksgiving! We discuss everything ranging to problematic portrayals of orcs, to the ultimate question: is dragon red meat or white meat?

Other things we talk about:

MotorCrush v1 by by Brenden Fletcher, Cameron Stewart, and Babs Tarr

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime v1-6 by FUSE and Taiki Kawakami

Assassination Classroom v2-4 by Yusei Matsui

Yona of the Dawn v1 by Mizuho Kusanagi

Sweetness & Lightning v1 by Gido Amagakure

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

World of Warcraft

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

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 [email protected].

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.