I Read Comic Books

This episode was recorded on May 16th, 2021!

Mike and Kait sat down with Erica Schultz, comic writer, instructor, and letterer to chat about her latest Kickstarter: The Deadliest Bouquet (with artist Carola Borelli, colorist Gab Contreras, color assists by Chefel Peterson, and editor James Emmett). Beyond the Kickstarter, Erica gives us her background in working in the comics industry, logo design, the importance of good lettering technique, teaching comics, and crediting every single person who works on a comic.

Check out The Deadliest Bouquet on Kickstarter!

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:16:45 - Comic Picks
• 00:22:27 - Interview with Erica Schultz and The Deadliest Bouquet
• 00:59:47 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read / Comic Picks

• Glow #1-4
• Time Before Time #1
• Death March to a Parallel World Rhapsody, vol. 1
• Redwall
• Undone By Blood or The Other Side of Eden #3
• Firefly: Brand New Verse #1

Links

• Follow Erica on Twitter - @EricaSchultz42
• Follow Erica on Instagram - @EricaSchultzWrites
• Kubert School: https://www.kubertschool.edu/
• Taylor Esposito (Kubert School Letterer) - @TaylorEspo

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This episode was recorded on May 9th, 2021!

Mike, Nick and René fight it out trying to determine who is the best superhero dad. They really, really tried.

Our next Discord hang out is May 22nd at 11am EST! Be there!

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:24:33 - Comic Picks
• 00:32:19 - Best Comic Dads? After Mother's Day?
• 01:03:13 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read / Comic Picks

• Sleepless Volume 1
• Black Hammer Visions #3
• Spy X Family Chapter 45
• Moriarty the Patriot Volume 3
• Swamp Thing #1-3
• The Good Asian #1
• Spy X Family Chapter 46
• The House of Lost Horizons: A Sarah Jewell Mystery #1
• Time Before Time #1

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This episode was recorded on May 2nd, 2021!

This week, Paul, Kara, and Mike discuss the "take no bullshit" attitude of Spawn creator, Todd McFarlane, action figures, and how Todd's take from 1992 on the problem with the Big 2 is still relevant today.

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:24:10 - Comic Picks
• 00:35:47 - Discussing The Spawn Universe
• 01:12:02 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read / Comic Picks

• The River at Night
• Daredevil #11-15
• Help Us, Great Warrior! By Madeleine Flores
• Beastars Vol. 1
• Sheets
• Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters #1
• The Invincible Red Sonja #1
• Dead Dog’s Bite #3
• Hellions #11

Links

• A Sharper Image: Kim O’Connor on Spawn #1 | (2020)
• “…That’s the Spice of Life, Bud”: The Todd McFarlane Interview | (1992)

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This episode was recorded on April 25th, 2021!

Brian, Mike, and Kait sit down to discuss our Goodreads Book of the Month for April 2021: My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness by Nagata Kabi.

Goodreads Discussion Thread

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:14:32 - Comic Picks
• 00:22:06 - Goodreads Book of the Month: My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness
• 00:52:04 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read / Comic Picks

• Way of X #1
• The Many Deaths of Laila Starr #1
• Life is Strange: Tracks
• Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel
• Cable #10
• The Modern Frankenstein #1
• Sirens of the Norse Sea

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This episode was recorded on  April 18th, 2021!

Mike and Brian are joined by special guest Paloma Deerfield to chat about what gets them the most excited about comics--and there's maybe a dozen or so tangents from there. 

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:16:19 - Comic Picks
• 00:23:55 - What Keeps Us Excited About Comics with Paloma Deerfield
• 01:00:03 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read / Comic Picks

• Spider-Man: Spider’s Shadow #1
• Bug Boys Vol 1 & 2
• BL Metamorphosis Vol. 4
• Strange Academy #1-6
• Alien #2
• Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters #2
• Many Deaths Of Laila Starr #1

Check out MORE stuff from Paloma:

• Twitter: @palomadeer
• Fictionalitea Podcast - @fictionalitea
• Fictionalitea on Spotify

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This episode was recorded on April 11th, 2021!

Kate, Nick, and Paul dig into some of the books from our 2021 Goodreads Reading Challenge and discuss why they picked the books they added to the challenge.

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:17:59 - Comic Picks
• 00:26:44 - IRCB Book Challenge! [Potential Spoilers Ahead]
• 00:28:21 - "Spinning" by Tillie Walden
• 00:33:47 - "BANG!" by Matt Kindt, Nayoung Kim, Willfredo Torres
• 00:39:45 - "God and Science: Return of the Ti-Girls " by Jaime Hernandez
• 00:49:49 - Reading Challenge Update
• 01:14:25 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read / Comic Picks

• King of Thorn Vol 1
• Young Hellboy #1
• The Department of Truth #7
• The Book Tour
• Savage #3
• Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #1
• Batman The Detective #1

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This episode was recorded on April 4th, 2021!

Mike, Brian, and Kait revisit the Comic Book Time Machine to chat about 3 comics that came our the year and month they were all born: Starman (1988-1992) #1, Animal Man (1988) #1, Batman Annual #12.

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:15:54 - Comic Picks
• 00:23:24 - Comic Book Time Machine
• 00:56:28 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read / Comic Picks

• Invisible Kingdom vol.1
• Dune: The Graphic Novel
• Witchblood #1
• Infidel
• Origins #6
• Aggretsuko: Meet Her World #1
• The Silver Coin #1

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This episode was recorded on March 28th, 2021!

Mike and Paul are joined by special guest, Dr. Zanne Domoney-Lyttle, researcher and lecturer at the University of Glasgow at the intersection of The Bible and Popular Culture specializing in Gender, Sexuality, Comic Books and Religion. In this episode they discuss how the political climate influences our reading habits and give a few comics they would recommend everyone read that focus on present day issues.

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Timestamps

• 00:00:00 - Start
• 00:17:18 - Comic Picks
• 00:22:46 - Do current events shape how you read comics?
• 01:01:57 - Show Wrap / Credits

Comics Read / Comic Picks

• I Killed Adolf Hitler
• Barbalien: Red Planet #5
• The Plot #8
• The Swamp Thing #1
• Mary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus
• The Goddamned, Vol. 2, Iss. 4
• Decorum #7
• Beta Ray Bill #1
• The Goddamned, Vol.2 #5

Links

• Follow Zanne on Twitter - @zannedlyttle

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This episode was recorded on March 21st, 2021!

Mike, Paul, and René revisit a topic from episode 131 to discuss the "pride and shame" of their comic collections and in doing so end up down a rabbit hole or two about the pitfalls of being a comic collector.

Learn why NFTs are bad.

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:17:06 - Comic Picks
• 00:27:55 - Pride and Shame of Our Comic Collections
• 01:10:58 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read / Comic Picks

• Inkblot #1-5
• Toriko Chapter 325-327
• Robot X Laserbeam Ch. #17-62
• The Faraway Paladin Volume 1
• Demon Days: X-Men #1
• Wonder Woman #770
• Harley Quinn #1
• Hard Boiled Cop and Dolphin Chapter 35
• Batman Black and White #4

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This week, Mike and Brian are joined by Gabe Cheng, creator of the comics For Molly, Love at First Bite, and the LIVE on Kickstarter, Into The Wilderness, to discuss what comics got them hooked on the medium.

You can back Into The Wilderness on Kickstarter until March 28th!

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:25:10 - Comic Picks
• 00:29:45 - Our Comic Book Origin Stories (ft. Gabe Cheng)
• 00:57:08 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read / Comic Picks

• Batman: Harley & Ivy
• Star Wars (2015) Vols. 3-10
• X-Factor #8
• Chaos Agent #1
• Radiant Black #2
• Ultramega #1

Links

• Gabe on Twitter - @gabechengcomics
• Back Into The Wilderness on Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gabechengcomics/into-the-wilderness-modern-fantasy-comic-with-talking-dogs
• Another Lousy Millennium Podcast - @almpod - almpod.com

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