This month we turn our focus to the characters and stories revolving around the pearly gates of heaven or the eternal flames of hell!

This week, we cover Hellraiser and John Constantine as he is... dying?!? Does he survive? Can Colin's beverage of the week do enough to cure our sorrows/calm our surprise?

Find out in this weeks show!

It's a class of a titan vs a relative unknown: The Joker vs Alanna! These two characters go toe to toe to see who reigns supreme in this month's championship round! Will the Clown Prince of Crime take the lead, or will Alanna from Saga rule the month? Alex and Graham defend their characters, and go to blows! Tune in to find out who our champion of 2023 will be!

We are in our semi-final round and things are heating up! It's the Joker vs Superman and Alanna vs Daredevil and things are intense! Can Graham get both of his characters into the next round? Can Alex and Steven get their characters to a championship? Is Colin mad he doesn't have a character in the semis? Find out in this weeks show!

After a great week last week, we round out the first round with John Constantine vs Daredevil and Captain America vs Alana (Saga).

Some great battles to send two contestants to the semi-finals, who wins this round?

This month, with a new co-host, the boys dive into their comics and state their case for why their characters should be tournament champions!

This weeks episode features Omni-Man vs Superman and The Joker vs Harley Quinn!

Who advances to the next round? Find out now!

Welcome back, to another informative issue of Make Mine Paperback! As the month of June continues, so does the discussion of historical events. Proving that comics can be educational and not just for entertainment. To highlight that point, the focus this week is on Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans, written and drawn by Don Brown. Drowned City presents the facts of Hurricane Katrina, and unlike the previous selections this month, does not focus on a person. Instead of following a narrative the story simply presents the facts and figures that highlight the devastation of Katrina. Listen in, as the podcast breaks down why this storm was so devastating as well as ways the damage could have been mitigated! 

Welcome back to Make Mine Paperback! The podcast is hopefully going to teach you something new this month. Continuing the discussion of Living History is Graham’s selection: They Called Us Enemy, written by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott and art by Harmony Becker. They Called Us Enemy follows George Takei’s experience in an internment camp as a child. At only four years old, George was sent to a notorious prison for Japanese-Americans during WW2 when the United States declared war on Japan. As a child, George Takei’s parents shielded him from the true situation inside the camps leading him to believe his childhood was normal. As an adult, Takei now reflects on his time inside the camp, and even offers hope for the future. Listen in, as the hosts take you on a journey through important events in American history, and prove that comics can help teach history that textbooks normally leave out!

Welcome back, to Make Mine Paperback! For the new month, the theme will focus on living history - comics about historical events. June will undoubtedly be a shift in tone as some of the selections will feature more serious subject matter. The first comic book up is March, written by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin with art by Nate Powell. March is a vivid first-hand account of John Lewis' lifelong struggle for civil and human rights, meditating in the modern age on the distance traveled since the days of Jim Crow and segregation. Listen in as the podcast discusses this important graphic novel that proves comics are not always just funny pictures for kids!

Yes, we skipped 82, due to some technical errors with the recording rendering, our apologies!

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Thanks for tuning in to the conclusion of the Sci-FI month here on Make Mine Paperback! The final discussion on the topic is on Heavy Liquid, written and drawn by Paul Pope. No discussion on science fiction would be complete without mentioning cyberpunk, so this comic was handpicked to fill that void. Paul Pope is an expert at using artwork to tell a story, and this comic is a perfect example of his drawing skills. In addition to amazing imagery, this book manages to tell a compelling story! The comic reads like an instruction manual for the many uses of Heavy Liquid: explosive, sculpting clay, and psychedelic drug. Listen in, as the guys try to figure out what the story means and who the real star of the comic is! As a bonus, we list the many reasons coffee pairs so well with comics!