Back Matter is our show focused interviews, news and events in the comics industry, television and movies, or discussions of comics which open onto a broader conversation. Feel free to email us discussion ideas or any comments or questions you might have at [email protected]. On this episode of Back Matter, Joe and Tobiah sit down with the […]

This week on View from the Gutters our topic work is??The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, by Ryan North (of the long running??Dinosaur Comics webcomic) and??Erica Henderson. First appearing in the early 90s, Doreen Green???teen superhero extraordinaire???is the unbeatable Squirrel Girl with the proportionate strength and speed of a squirrel. Also she can talk to squirrels and [???]

This week on View from the Gutters our topic work is The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, by Ryan North (of the long running Dinosaur Comics webcomic) and Erica Henderson. First appearing in the early 90s, Doreen Green—teen superhero extraordinaire—is the unbeatable Squirrel Girl with the proportionate strength and speed of a squirrel. Also she can talk to squirrels and […]

This week on View from the Gutters our topic work is??Hip Hop Family Tree, Vol. 1-3, by Ed Piskor. Produced in an old-school half-tone style, the series examines the history and evolution of hip hop from its roots in 1970s Brooklyn into the 1980s and ever greater public consciousness. In our recommendation section our hosts [???]

This week on View from the Gutters our topic work is Hip Hop Family Tree, Vol. 1-3, by Ed Piskor. Produced in an old-school half-tone style, the series examines the history and evolution of hip hop from its roots in 1970s Brooklyn into the 1980s and ever greater public consciousness. In our recommendation section our hosts […]

This week on View from the Gutters our topic work is??Stagger Lee, by Shepard Hendrix and Derek McCulloch. This limited series from Image examines the history and evolution of the classic ragtime, blues, jazz, and rock ???n rock song Stagger Lee, as well as the real-life events surrounding the shooting of Billy Lyons by Lee [???]

This week on View from the Gutters our topic work is Stagger Lee, by Shepard Hendrix and Derek McCulloch. This limited series from Image examines the history and evolution of the classic ragtime, blues, jazz, and rock ‘n rock song Stagger Lee, as well as the real-life events surrounding the shooting of Billy Lyons by Lee […]

This week on View from the Gutters our topic work is??DC: The New Frontier, the??Eisner, Harvey, and Shuster Award-winning series by Darwyn Cooke. Published in 2004, The New Frontier is one of DC???s finest Elseworld comics. Set primarily in the 1950s, it visits a version of the DC universe on the boundary between the Golden [???]

This week on View from the Gutters our topic work is DC: The New Frontier, the Eisner, Harvey, and Shuster Award-winning series by Darwyn Cooke. Published in 2004, The New Frontier is one of DC’s finest Elseworld comics. Set primarily in the 1950s, it visits a version of the DC universe on the boundary between the Golden […]

The Long Run takes place outside of our normal continuity of episodes, and features table discussion of an entire work or long selection of a series. In this episode of The Long Run??we talk about??Akira,??by Katsuhiro Otomo. Set in post-World War III Neo-Tokyo, the series begins with battling motorcycle street gangs, but quickly expands to [???]