Shelfdust Presents

The name is Presents... Shelfdust Presents. And on this episode Matt is joined by special guest Cara Ellison to talk about the first issue of Velvet, which offers all the glamour, intrigue and violence of classic James Bond - but with "Moneypenny" taking the lead...

Cara Ellison is an award-winning narrative designer, writer, and critic, with focuses on both comic books and video games. She's the writer of the ComiXology Originals series The Final Girls, which you can check out here. For more, you can head over to here website here, or follow Cara on Twitter here!

Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here!

For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

Everybody who reads superhero comics learns that "dead doesn't mean dead", but this week our special guest Jay Rincher joins Matt to talk about X-Factor #5 - an issue which raises some fascinating questions about death and resurrection...

Jay Rincher is a writer and critic who has written for publications including The MNT and GWW. You can find his writing portfolio here, and follow him on Twitter here!

Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here!

For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

"The gang go to the therapist" is a concept we've seen several times in comics over the year - but Suicide Squad #8 may well have been the first time that readers got to sit on the couch. Special guest Elana Levin joins Matt this week to take a closer look into the psyche of these rag-tag villains!

Elana Levin is a critic and podcaster who is best known as the host of Graphic Policy Radio. For more, you can find them on Twitter here!

Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here!

For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

Look! Up in the sky! Actually, on second thought... please don't. It's time for some Chuck Austen X-Men, everybody! This week our special guest Megan Purdy wanted to talk about Uncanny X-Men #440 - we were surprised too...

Megan Purdy is a writer, publisher and editor known as founder of WWAC and The MNT, as well as for publishing through Black Hearted Press. You can find her on Twitter here!

Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here!

For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

David Mack's Kabuki is a dreamlike piece of work, thoughtful and chimerical. But his Kabuki: Reflections series looked even further, into the art and craft of his work - and it's THAT comic which this week's special guest Wendy Browne has joined us to talk about!

Wendy Browne is a comics critic and journalist, as well as the Publisher of WomenWriteAboutComics. You can find her writing on the site here – and you can follow her on Twitter here!

Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here!

For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

Have you ever been attacked by a flock of draculas when you're just trying to watch a movie? Well that's exactly what happens to Stephanie Brown in Batgirl #14... which is also the issue which our guest Stephanie Cooke has chosen to talk about on the show today!

For more from Stephanie, you can follow her on Twitter here and find her website here! She also runs Creator Resource, a website designed to provide tools and resources for comics freelancers!

Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here!

For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

Comic book writer Ram V joins Matt this week to talk about the comic book issue he's bringing to the table - Black Orchid #1, by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean! Time for us to head to the greenhouse, then!

Ram V is an award-winning comic book writer who has written books including Paradiso, Grafity's Wall, Blue in Green, These Savage Shores and so many more. You can find and admire him at his site here, and follow him on Twitter here!

Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here!

For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

This week Matt is joined by writer and critic Caitlin Rosberg! Caitlin has brought along James Stokoe's one-off creator-owned comic "Sobek" to talk about - so hopefully you're in the mood for a giant lizard having a chill day!

Caitlin Rosberg is a comics critic with bylines for The AV Club, Paste, and Polygon, among many others. For more, head to their site here or follow Caitlin on Twitter here!

Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here!

For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

This week Matt is joined by writer, editor and podcaster Ardo Omer! Prepare yourselves for a dangerous dose of Venom, because Ardo is bringing along "Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #17" to talk about!

Ardo Omer is a writer, editor and podcaster whose work has been seen at sites including WomenWriteAboutComics and The MNT. She's co-host of the "Put A Blurb On It" podcast, and the Kids Co-Ordinator for FOLD. You can find her on Twitter here! 

Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here!

For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

It's a New Year and a new season of Shelfdust Presents! And what better way to start things out than with comic book writer Mairghread Scott? She joins Matt to talk about the comic she's brought in this week: Spider-Island: Cloak & Dagger #2!

Mairghread Scott is an animation and comic book writer whose work has included Batgirl, Transformers, and her creator owned works Toil and Trouble, and The City on the Other Side. You can find more of her work on her website here, and follow her on Twitter here!

Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here!

For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!