The Comic Panel Podcast

Welcome to our review of the manga Beastarius. In this episode, you'll be introduced to a bunch of characters whose lives revolve around the colosseum. They all want to escape, naturally. This manga features a wyvern named Durandal, and a human named Fin and a human named Xeno and his minotaur brother Tharos. In these two stories we see people fight to survive, fight for freedom, even fighting against their circumstances when life seems to force them into an impossible choice. This review is one you don't want to miss.

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Paris. Helen. Achilles. Agamemnon. Odysseus. What do all these names have in common? They are characters from Homer's Illiad, and some of the main characters in the comic we are reading today, Age of Bronze. This comic is about a young man named Paris who grew up as a son of a farmer, and later learned that he was the son of a king. This king brought him back into the family, which only served to make him more arrogant. His newly discovered father sent him on a mission to rescue his father's sister, but Paris's arrogance wouldn't allow him to use his father's military might to capture an "old woman that no one cares about". Instead, he seduces and steals Helen of Troy, a woman that was married to another man. This started a whole chain of events that led to the infamous Trojan War. Learn about this and more in our review of the second book in our roman/greek history theme, The Age of Bronze by Eric Shanower

Welcome to a story about Eumenes, a general in Alexander the Great's army. He's real go look him, and this story, is a retelling of his story. Our review picks up in chapter 7, the beginning of Eumenes's story. Growing up under a man named Hieronymus, he had all the access to books he could ever need. He experienced the treatment given to those who are children of those with status. Until one day that was all pull out from under him. Hear all about it in our review of the manga by Iwaaki Hitoshe, "Historie". This is our first book in our new theme Roman/Greek History.

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In today’s episode we discuss the life of Woody Guthrie as told in the comic Woody Guthrie and the Dustbowl Ballads. Raised depression era America, Woody has seen his own share of hard times. From a mentally unstable mother to a father who lost all his wealth, to living in an abandoned shack, Woody Guthrie had lived quite a life. But as life went on, he started discovering his voice and the feelings he could evoke with his music. This story is the final book in our history theme. 

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In today’s episode we cover the Kingstone Bible, a retelling of old Biblical stories told in the medium of comics. This book retells the story of creation, the story of Noah, and the story of Job. In the beginning there was nothing, and then God made everything. Adam and Eve, the first man and woman, fell from grace, setting the world on a dark path. So dark, that God felt he needed to flood the earth, which is why he tells Noah to build a boat. Finally, the story of Job, a well off man who had much material wealth as well as community around him and richness of character, but one day the devil took all that away from him and he had to wrestle with how God could allow this to happen. And in the end, God speaks. Enjoy our review of our third book in our history theme, the Kingstone Bible vol 1!

Do you love music?! Do you love hip hop?! I know I, Tailon, wouldn't know how to get through his day without music. This is the book for you! Enjoy as we review the comic that delves into the origins of Hip Hop. From kids just trying to figure out how to have some fun to Hip Hop finally taking off, this story is bound to be enjoyable if you even have a modicum of interest in hip hop or history. We get introduced to the story of people like Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaataa, and the Sugarhill Gang. Enjoy, our review of Hip Hop Family Tree!

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This episode is our first entry into our new History theme. It was the War of the Trenches is a comic created by a French cartoonist named Tardi. It features various stories of French soldiers in the first World War. This was a heavy book with a lot of despair and laughs and a whole other range of emotions. We hope you enjoy our review of it.

Happy Black Friday! Speaking of Black...Enjoy this story with two characters who just love to hide in the shadows: Batman and Predator. Well, Predator turns invisible but the result is still the same. In this book, the Predator conducts it's safari in Gotham City, which is something that Batman cannot stand by let happen. The two duke it out in this unique crossover you won't want to miss our review of. This is book three of our crossover theme and it's an exciting one, so get ready!

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What if you were approached by a stranger offering you to send you away from all the hard work you've been doing? You get to finally go on that vacation you've always wanted to go on. What if you were stranded in a place that wasn't home? Would you take that deal? Well in this comic, you get to find out what you favorites heroes decide and some other heroes you may not have heard of. This week's book is Justice League: Black Hammer. Black Hammer was created by Jeff Lemiere. 

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Welcome to this strange land where the x-men and the new teen titans just already exist in the same universe. Ok, that was meta, the comic doesn't act like this is strange. What's even more strange is this mysterious figure that wants to bring back Jean Grey in order to use her Phoenix Force for a dastardly plot. The Teen Titans know who it and they help the X-men take down this mysterious villain. Enjoy this book as our second entry into the theme of Crossovers!

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"Tak" – Bobby Richards

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