This week’s episode was recorded on September 11th, 2016.

After week off due to some technical weirdness and traveling, but we are back! Our show this week is a great one. We had a new guest joining Mike and Tia: Kara Szamborski from the comiXologist podcast! The episode this week is all about your “problematic favorite characters” (aka “problematic faves”) in comic books (and other media). Kara dives real deep into the Archie Comics/Riverdale universe and fashion world, and Mike gets lost. Near the end, there’s some talk of fan fiction and “coffee shop fic” which is a whole different thing, but, as per usual, this episode is fantastic.

Comic Reads/Picks for this week

* Bakuman volumes 6-8

* Rai #13-16

* The Paybacks #1

* Moon Knight #6

* Jughead #9

* Angel Catbird

* Mercury Heat #11

* Glitterbomb #1

* Eclipse #1

* Jonesy #6

* Southern Cross #7

* Mockingbird #7

Relevant Links/Information

* Mike – @mikerapin

* Tia – @PortraitOfMmeX

* Kara – @KaraSzam

Timestamps:

* Start/Last Week in Comics – 00:00:00

* Comic Picks – 00:26:40

* Problematic Faves – 00:31:31

* Please Fave Responsibly – 00:48:55

* Coffee-shop Fic and Problematic Faves – 01:06:30

* Credits – 01:12:12

* Force-Kill Me – 01:13:55

This week’s music was by Kero One and Infinity Shred.

This week’s episode was produced by Mike Rapin and edited by Zander Riggs.

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