That's The Issue

On this episode, I'm joined by Claire Napier (Women Write About Comics, Comics MNT, Shelfdust) and Al Kennedy (House to Astonish podcast) to talk about the comics they loved as children. For Al, it's Chris Claremont and Jim Lee's "X-Men" #2, and for Claire, it's the British comics magazine "Bunty."

On this episode, I’m joined by Steve Morris (Comics MNT, Shelfdust) and John Allison (“Giant Days,” “By Night”) to talk about two mini-series that take a pure, simple concept and embrace it whole-heartedly.

On this episode, I’m joined by two fellow Multiversity staffers: Social Media Manager Kate Kosturski and writer Christa Harader! We discuss the origins of both Kate and Christa as comic book fans by looking at their favorite comic book endings.

This month is a shorter than usual episode in which Matt discusses his experience at this past weekend's Thought Bubble Festival in Leeds, UK. Expect a breakdown of the panels, the people and (most importantly) the mountain of books that Matt bought! If you went or if you just wanted to go, then listen along to Matt's thoughts.

This month, Matt flies solo! Listen as he deep dives into "The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins" graphic novel! Then, Matt launches the first of his monthly series of "Fantastic Four" annotations this week on MultiversityComics.com, and to celebrate that (and the relaunch of the "Fantastic Four" series from Dan Slott and Sara Pichelli) Matt expands on the article, diving into his own history with the 'World's Greatest Comics Magazine' and looking at the convoluted numbering of Marvel comics over the past few decades!

Welcome to That’s The Issue, the comic book podcast that gets to know you through the issues that you love! This month, Matt and Wes are joined by Multiversity writer and Social Media Manager Kate Kosturski, to answer the question: What's the best Exhibition, Convention, or Show you've ever been to, and why?

On this episode, we ask the question: What's the Weirdest Comic Book in Your Collection? Before we dive into all of the responses, however, Wes gets an education from Matt on the mid-'90s UK sensation that is Mr. Blobby, as well as the importance and seemingly arbitrary nature of the illustrious Christmas Number 1. Join us!

This week Matt is joined by Paul Lai to continue the conversation started on last week’s Comics Syllabus, about their upcoming new podcast series, Mother Box: A Jack Kirby New Gods Podcast! Whether you’re a new fan or an avid fan, if you want to read the Fourth World Saga along with us, on this, the second part of our pilot episode, we’ll be discussing the issues where it all began, “Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen” #133-135.

This week Ram V returns to That's The Issue for a post-game discussion on his Image Comics series Paradiso, now that the first arc is complete. The first four issues are collected in Volume 1: Essential Singularity, which is released on May 16th, so we talk about what it's like to get the first arc under the belt, expectations moving forward and much much more. Join us!

This week Multiversity writer and Social Media Editor Kate Kosturski joins Matt and Wes on many, many tangents through the world of comics! We start by continuing the discussion from the last episode about the changing landscape of comic shops and the comics market, before moving into other topics that include the importance of diversity in media, comic book movies, how comics have adapted other media and vice versa, how American remakes of British TV shows are generally a bad idea, Star Trek comics, Doctor Who Comics and much much more. Join us!