• (00:00) - “Hirayasumi” by Keigo Shinzo
• (01:54) - A vibe check
• (06:20) - Narration vs using space
• (11:05) - There IS conflict between characters
• (12:40) - Natsumi stands out
• (13:23) - Fashion Corner!
• (14:56) - Natsumi & Akari
• (15:33) - SPOILER ZONE
• (15:50) - Yuri spinoff?
• (18:15) - So…Hideki?
• (22:26) - Hiroto’s passivity
• (26:16) - Tachibana
• (29:27) - Is the author a serial killer?
• (30:35) - We love Granny
• (35:23) - How Granny shapes Hiroto’s life
• (39:03) - Art! 🖼️
• (43:23) - Hiroto’s acting
• (44:55) - Natsumi becoming a mangaka
• (46:42) - Further Reading

- Smoking Behind the Supermarket With You by Jinushi
- Skip to Loafer by Misaki Takamatsu
- Tokyo Alien Bros. by Keigo Shinzo
- Sakura Quest anime
- Yuru Camp/Laid-Back Camp anime

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Editing this week by AJ Fillari.
Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.
Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.

How is a culture shaped by the technology it cultivates? How much of yourself will you sacrifice for the sake of your aspirations? And what is milk REALLY doing for your growth, anyway?!

• (00:00) - Fullmetla Alchemist Vol. 1-9 by Hiromu Arakawa
• (02:31) - Front Matter
• (05:10) - Spoiler-free plot summary
• (06:27) - Histories and impressions
• (13:21) - Shonen adventure manga
• (20:15) - Additional FMA thoughts
• (23:39) - A very specific art thing
• (25:52) - Arakawa's consistency
• (28:41) - Dipping a toe into translation
• (31:04) - SPOILER ZONE
• (31:07) - Summaries of the volumes
• (34:11) - Wild how much stuff is in these volumes
• (40:28) - The thing that's been done
• (43:05) - The characterization
• (46:00) - Where will the ending go?
• (48:05) - Things Matt remembered
• (49:13) - That Moment.
• (52:01) - Robin's Hater Zone
• (53:40) - Dude the drawings
• (54:47) - How the story deals with disability
• (01:01:22) - Rush Valley
• (01:05:47) - Winry Rockbell :) (and emotional (AND literal) labor)
• (01:10:47) - The gag panels
• (01:11:51) - Letting things chill
• (01:13:42) - The death that shaped a generation of weebs
• (01:16:09) - Izumi and Sig
• (01:18:42) - The month on the island
• (01:20:41) - Greed and the chimera
• (01:26:08) - The Door of Truth
• (01:27:30) - Good panels
• (01:30:33) - Roy Mustang stonks
• (01:31:39) - Bradley
• (01:33:06) - Armstrong too good too nice
• (01:33:50) - Listener questions!
• (01:34:03) - State alchemist names and powers
• (01:36:31) - Philosopher's Stone grift
• (01:37:49) - How many times does Ed get called liddol
• (01:39:05) - Favorite homunculus
• (01:41:20) - Running gag?
• (01:43:42) - Thank you for questions!!!!
• (01:44:00) - Further reading
• (01:46:32) - Back Matter

- A more recent way to read Fullmetal Alchemist is with the 3-in-1 omnibus editions
- You could read Fullmetal Alchemist on Webtoon but maybe don't
- Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, the manga-accurate anime
- The 2003 Fullmetal Alchemist anime
 - Silver Spoon by Hiromu Arakawa
- Deamons of the Shadow Realm by Hiromu Arakawa

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Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.

• (00:00) - "Batman: Wayne Family Adventures" Season 1 by CRC Payne
• (00:46) - Front Matter
• (03:33) - What is Webtoon?
• (10:45) - History with the Batfam
• (17:35) - Impressions
• (20:34) - Print vs. Online
• (26:52) - The Look(tm)
• (31:35) - SPOILER ZONE
• (31:37) - Favorite Batfam members
• (39:41) - Callbacks and references
• (45:37) - Jason Todd
• (50:31) - Duke
• (53:28) - Family drama
• (56:15) - Silly things
• (59:18) - Further Reading
• (01:05:27) - Back Matter

- Our first episode on Nightwing: Leaping Into the Light!
- 52 Pickup from Alex Jaffe, Gita Jackson, and Aftermath
- DC's 52 (Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Mark Waid, and Greg Rucka)
- Gotham Central by Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka, and Michael Lark
- Batwoman: Elegy by Greg Rucka and JH Williams III
- Greg Rucka's new Batwoman run
- Wiccan: Witches' Road by Wyatt Kennedy, Andy Pereira, and Lucas Werneck
- Super Sons by Peter Tomasi, Jorge Jimenez, and Allison Borges
- Batman and Son by Grant Morrison and others
- Robin: Son of Batman by Patrick Gleason
- Batgirl by Kelley Puckett, Scott Peterson, Robert Campanella, and Damion Scott
- The Teen Titans cartoon and Batman: The Animated Series

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• (00:00) - “Mouse Guard” by David Petersen
• (00:26) - Front Matter
• (01:58) - Impressions
• (03:44) - On fonts
• (07:05) - How the art evolves
• (12:02) - These creatures’ culture
• (14:34) - Final pre-spoiler thoughts
• (18:35) - SPOILER ZONE
• (20:48) - Volume 1
• (35:09) - Volume 2
• (52:30) - Volume 3
• (01:01:30) - Further Reading
• (01:03:56) - Back Matter

- The Mouse Guard TTRPG
- Redwall by Brian Jacques
- Paws & Clause, a Warrior Cats podcast

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Note: This episode was recorded before the attacks on Iran by the US and Israel. You will not hear us discuss these events, but Persepolis has only become more relevant in the weeks between recording and release.

If you'd like to help the people of Iran, it can be difficult to help given US sanctions. But here are a couple organizations that provide help to the people of Iran.

The Red Cross - https://www.icrc.org/en/where-we-work/iran
Norwegian Refugee Council - https://support.nrc.no/middle-east/

• (00:00) - A statement
• (03:55) - Front Matter
• (04:39) - This is a real person’s life
• (09:10) - This is almost too relevant
• (15:35) - This book is funny!
• (18:46) - The art style
• (22:36) - The film
• (25:11) - The Austria stuff is fine
• (26:08) - SPOILERS
• (26:44) - The Marx comic book
• (31:25) - The Key
• (34:35) - Girl be careful!
• (36:49) - Ads for the communist manifesto
• (37:25) - I’d never share that in my memoir
• (41:48) - Uncle Anoosh
• (46:10) - Aldi mentioned
• (48:03) - The oppression of the mind
• (52:46) - Parallel final pages
• (57:06) - Final thoughts
• (57:34) - Further Reading

- #IceOutComics on Bluesky
- Maus by Art Spiegelman
- March by John Lewis, Andrew Adin, Nate Powell
- Marx for Beginners by RIUS

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Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.

• (00:00) - “Blue Period” by Tsubasa Yamaguchi
• (01:05) - Front Matter
• (03:37) - Impressions
• (07:01) - It’s a sports manga
• (15:15) - It’s pretty didactic
• (20:49) - Real art in the manga
• (22:36) - That’s the stuff
• (25:47) - Accessibility
• (27:10) - Shouts out to the artist crediting
• (28:18) - SPOILERS
• (28:22) - Yuka-chan
• (43:23) - Better storytelling as it progresses
• (45:32) - More on Yuka-chan
• (49:49) - Making pastries with my boys
• (54:52) - This boy is masking HARD
• (57:45) - Hey. Scout is in this book.
• (01:03:27) - Love to not be a teenager anymore
• (01:03:46) - More Yotasuke
• (01:05:03) - Hashida
• (01:08:36) - The teachers!
• (01:11:48) - TUA complicates things!
• (01:13:45) - Mori
• (01:15:24) - I don’t “get“ art
• (01:16:38) - What is talent?
• (01:24:55) - Questions from Amet!
• (01:32:33) - Further Reading

- The Blue Period live-action movie
- She and Her Cat adapted by Tsubasa Yamaguchi
- Nude Model and Other Stories by Tsubasa Yamaguchi
- Look Back by Tatsuki Fujimoto
- Goodbye Eri by Tatsuki Fujimoto
- Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey by Akiko Higashimura

Read Anniversary by Elle Shivers!

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• (00:00) - “Beast Complex” by Paru Itagaki
• (00:43) - Front Matter
• (03:47) - Plot Overview
• (04:42) - Short stories
• (05:48) - The world of Beast Compkex vs Zootopia
• (14:14) - How the book improves over time
• (16:24) - What is doujinshi again?
• (17:48) - Is the mangaka a nepo baby?
• (19:26) - “Devouring”
• (25:45) - SPOILERS!
• (25:48) - Our top 3s
• (31:06) - The Tiger and the Alpaca
• (34:05) - The Pig and the Peacock
• (36:13) - ERROR ⚠️
• (43:17) - The Wolf and the Rabbit
• (54:02) - The Chipmunk and the (Mountain Hare)
• (01:01:08) - Relationships vs Events
• (01:03:39) - The Shiba Inu and the Shiba Inu
• (01:08:28) - The Alligator and the Cow
• (01:14:47) - The Wolf and the Seal
• (01:20:11) - Some of the stories that don’t work
• (01:26:29) - Final thoughts
• (01:27:37) - Further Reading
• (01:32:33) - Back Matter

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Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.

You can purchase Frontier in English here.

• (00:00) - “Frontier” by Guillaume Singelin
• (00:42) - Front Matter
• (03:26) - Impressions
• (05:34) - Guillaume’s art style
• (08:05) - Chibi violence
• (11:37) - The density of Frontier’s space
• (15:13) - Singelin’s Rescue card
• (16:16) - Unfamiliar familiarity
• (17:42) - Little nubbin feet
• (20:23) - Variation in line weight
• (23:37) - Spoiler section!
• (23:48) - Similarities to Citizen Sleeper
• (27:59) - Finding meaning or a way out
• (36:08) - The opening structure of this book
• (37:43) - Pacing problems
• (38:13) - GOKU!
• (41:09) - More on pacing
• (44:04) - Hopeful science fiction
• (46:20) - How Camina is let down by utopian naivete
• (53:04) - Even more on pacing
• (54:09) - Our favorite characters
• (56:02) - Ji-soo’s retirement
• (56:54) - Favorite panels and pages
• (01:04:00) - Camina, trans icon
• (01:04:14) - A quote that is too real
• (01:05:05) - How this book was made
• (01:05:56) - Further Reading
• (01:07:31) - Back Matter

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Editing this week by AJ Fillari.
Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.
Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.

• (00:00) - “Absolute Wonder Woman”
• (02:01) - Front Matter
• (03:34) - What is the Absolute Universe?
• (09:22) - What does Scout know about Wonder Woman?
• (12:46) - No tone problems!
• (14:29) - The artists are delivering
• (19:21) - Circe and Diana
• (22:57) - Paneling
• (29:16) - Sherman’s Art vs de Iulis’s
• (31:04) - SPOILERS BEGIN HERE
• (31:07) - Even bigger sword
• (35:41) - Lettering the scream bomb
• (37:11) - The Lady and the Tiger
• (42:17) - The pomegranate seeds
• (46:01) - The biggest laughs
• (48:22) - Diana’s thoughtfulness
• (51:18) - Skeleton Pegasus
• (51:41) - The lassos
• (53:02) - Hades’ design
• (54:42) - Amazon in hell
• (58:08) - Further reading
• (01:00:44) - Back matter

- Kelly Thompson's work with Marvel - Jeff the Land Shark, Captain Marvel

- Hayden Sherman's art in Batman: Dark Patterns, written by Dan Watters
- Sherman is co-creator, penciller, and inker for Dark Spaces: Dungeon
- Jordie Bellaire is doing colors on Exquisite Corpses from James Tynion IV and Michael Walsh’s Tiny Onion imprint at Image. She is an artist in residence with Tiny Onion.
- Bellaire has done color work on the super popular Assorted Crisis Events which is written by Deniz Camp, who also writes Absolute Martian Manhunter.

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Editing this week by AJ Fillari.
Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.
Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.

You can read Blade Maidens here!

• (00:00) - "Blade Maidens" by Zoe Tunnell and Valentine M. Smith
• (01:14) - What is Blade Maidens?
• (02:22) - Impressions
• (04:07) - The note at the end of the Prelude
• (12:40) - "Webcomic-ness"
• (20:03) - Following along vs. catching up
• (23:29) - Favorite storybeats
• (34:26) - The art (and graphic design influence)
• (34:58) - The circles
• (38:11) - The use of color
• (40:10) - The werewolf depiction
• (41:18) - Fishmen and fantasy creatures
• (42:19) - It's just neat!
• (48:24) - Spare thoughts and gay shit
• (48:42) - When the blood is hot pink
• (49:16) - Back Matter
• (51:51) - Further reading
• (54:56) - Upcoming episodes!

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Editing this week by AJ Fillari.
Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.
Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.

Happy holidays!

• (00:00) - A Comics Christmas Carol
• (01:37) - Comics of Christmas Past
• (15:41) - Comics of Christmas Present
• (16:45) - Exo
• (33:40) - Spaghetti Western
• (44:39) - Dead Horses
• (01:04:28) - Dream Loop
• (01:19:38) - Comics of Christmas Future
• (01:20:22) - Jillian’s Short Read
• (01:21:33) - Robin’s Short Read
• (01:22:05) - Scout’s Short Read
• (01:23:07) - Matt’s Short Read
• (01:24:33) - Jillian’s Long Read
• (01:27:05) - Robin’s Long Read
• (01:29:08) - Scout’s Long Read
• (01:33:21) - Matt’s Long Read
• (01:36:57) - Back Matter

SPOILERS FOR THE EPISODE
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Shortbox Comics Fair Reads:

• Exo by Jaye Fabel
• Spaghetti Western by Ian T Bisbal
• Dead Horses by Freya JN
• Dream Loop by Inkpangur

Short reads:

• Absolute Wonder Woman Vol 1 - Jillian
• Blade Maidens - Robin
• KOH-BOKU - Scout
• Batman: Wayne Family Adventures - Matt

Long reads:

• Berserk: The Golden Age Arc - Jillian
• Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou - Robin
• Fullmetal Alchemist - Scout
• Blue Period vol 1-6 - Matt

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Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.

• (00:00) - “Veil” by Kotteri
• (00:37) - Front Matter
• (02:09) - What we thought
• (06:17) - Read digital if you can!
• (07:51) - Piano key dress
• (08:09) - A summary
• (09:03) - Manga in full color
• (12:38) - This unique structure
• (14:56) - Alexander as Auron
• (16:00) - Dior ribbon Emma
• (16:55) - Not really friends or lovers
• (21:55) - Just posting her OCs
• (24:38) - The phone booth
• (26:49) - Pictures of sounds
• (27:45) - A book about hands
• (32:23) - The dialogue
• (36:00) - The art of not explaining a damn thing
• (42:24) - Fashion corner
• (44:24) - L O O K
• (45:11) - Veil over her eyes
• (46:29) - Watches in her hair
• (47:14) - Just their legs
• (48:06) - Connecting covers
• (48:52) - Drawing touch
• (50:59) - We love Veil
• (52:15) - The depiction of blindness
• (55:55) - Further reading
• (01:03:27) - Back matter

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• (00:00) - Witch Hat Atelier
• (01:26) - Impressions
• (05:42) - Front Matter
• (11:50) - The mangaka
• (14:02) - Diversity in this series
• (20:40) - The art
• (26:31) - The primary conflict
• (37:17) - Class consciousness
• (42:56) - Middle schooler syndrome
• (48:15) - The adults and their responsibilities
• (49:40) - Olruggio and Qifrey
• (57:43) - Sinister Qifrey
• (01:04:28) - Class divide & abuse
• (01:08:18) - CW: sexual abuse
• (01:15:26) - The responsibility we have to children
• (01:19:45) - Different approaches to magic
• (01:22:56) - Shirahama’s approach to the medium
• (01:29:43) - Drapery
• (01:31:23) - Portmanteaus
• (01:33:58) - The brush buddy
• (01:35:28) - The Knights Moralis
• (01:36:13) - Listener Questions
• (01:36:29) - “How are you finding the forbidden magic?” - Yuki
• (01:39:56) - “Witch Hat as a video game?” - mbrodz
• (01:43:56) - “Magic as a creative process” - Ghost of Josei
• (01:52:28) - “Which character benefits from Qifrey being on ice?” - full metal Steve
• (01:57:48) - Further Reading

You can find the first three chapters of Witch Hat Atelier on KManga for free!

And check out both trailers for the upcoming anime adaptation of Witch Hat Atelier here and here!

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Editing by Matt Horton and AJ Fillari.
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Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.

• (00:00) - Angela: Asgard’s Assassin and Angela: Queen of Hel
• (00:31) - Who is Angela
• (01:39) - Front Matter
• (03:15) - What did we think?
• (07:18) - How long have superhero comics been like this?
• (10:09) - Things we did like
• (12:51) - The Marvel Snap of it all
• (14:57) - What works in a vacuum but not in context
• (17:42) - Are Angela & Sera a real couple?
• (23:12) - That’s what you missed on Glee!
• (25:18) - Hard pivot to art
• (26:29) - Wild layouts
• (28:32) - Would this work as an art book?
• (32:00) - The Hamilton references
• (32:42) - Who wrote what?
• (38:16) - Asgardians of the Galaxy
• (40:37) - Fashion Corner
• (45:58) - Compulsory Secret Wars Lessons
• (49:22) - Why is Leah here?
• (51:08) - Dark elves???
• (54:28) - The baby and the furnace
• (57:28) - Writing for the trade
• (58:33) - Sera as a trans woman
• (01:05:40) - Other trans Marvel characters
• (01:06:43) - Further Reading
• (01:09:06) - Back Matter

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Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.

• (00:00) - Welcome, AJ!
• (01:53) - Front Matter
• (06:30) - What we thought
• (09:32) - Terms & Conditions
• (13:32) - The lore of the game
• (19:25) - Department of Truth similarities
• (21:09) - This game is propaganda
• (29:36) - The GM as a character
• (32:03) - Art we love in the first half
• (46:21) - The General Manager Toolkit
• (50:35) - What the second voice is
• (56:06) - Jill comes for AJ
• (01:00:34) - Cooper wants to party
• (01:00:50) - The lil guy
• (01:03:31) - Colors behind the playwall
• (01:06:47) - In-Fiction Table Safety
• (01:08:50) - A work of fiction
• (01:15:07) - Further Reading

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Editing by Matt Horton and AJ Fillari.
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• (00:00) - Creepshow
• (03:07) - Front Matter
• (04:40) - History with Creepshow
• (05:54) - The WILD history of Creepshow
• (23:45) - The King genes
• (25:28) - “Hair”
• (30:39) - Pulp horror
• (33:34) - Art in pulp horror
• (35:06) - Visual Storytelling
• (37:57) - You could do a Columbo!
• (40:35) - A fun font!
• (42:53) - Wolverton Station
• (45:15) - No protagonist
• (51:45) - The sillier stuff
• (52:18) - Michael Walsh’s candy gore
• (58:43) - Max creep
• (01:00:48) - The short story
• (01:03:41) - The “crotch grab”
• (01:06:24) - Final thoughts
• (01:10:03) - Further Reading
• (01:11:23) - Back Matter

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Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.
Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.

Content Warnings: General horror, violence, conspiracies, the satanic panic, far-right white nationalism, child peril, and gun violence.

• (00:00) - “The Department of Truth” by James Tyrion and Martin Simmonds
• (02:24) - Front matter
• (02:46) - Content Warnings
• (03:08) - Synopsis
• (04:06) - What we thought about the book
• (08:46) - Suggestibility in the art
• (10:17) - The first issue
• (11:01) - Scout has critiques on Simmonds’ vomit art
• (11:46) - The art we love
• (13:53) - Scout loves pathetic men
• (18:45) - There’s a television adaptation coming
• (21:17) - The color work
• (22:11) - X-Files
• (25:46) - The other puking scene
• (26:13) - This art doesn’t feel like a comic book
• (29:37) - J. C. Leyendecker
• (31:48) - Using space just to set mood
• (34:47) - Some layout gripes
• (39:34) - Angela: Asgard’s Assassin
• (41:09) - Fashion corner
• (42:22) - Bad faith caricatures
• (46:26) - James Tynion, the queer edgelord
• (50:55) - This book is still ongoing!
• (51:37) - Further Reading
• (55:38) - “I know what a fucking tulpa is, Cole.”
• (56:07) - Back matter

• Universal Monsters: Dracula by James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds
• Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV, Werther Dell’Edera, and Miquel Muerto 
• Talon by James Tynion IV, Christy Marx, Scott Snyder, Guillem March, Miguel Sepulveda, Juan Jose Ryp, and Romano Molenaar
• Exquisite Corpses by James Tynion IV, Michael Walsh, Pornsak Pichetshote, Marianna Ignazzi, and Valentine De Landro 
• “You’re Wrong About” episode on “Michelle Remembers”

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Matt

Scout

Editing by Matt Horton and AJ Fillari.
Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.
Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.

• (00:00) - “On A Sunbeam” by Tillie Walden
• (02:02) - Front Matter
• (03:22) - General thoughts
• (09:03) - Zero explanation
• (14:02) - The first half
• (20:46) - The characters & relationships
• (22:47) - Lots of negative space
• (24:13) - Two moments overlapping at once
• (25:42) - The alien-ness of characters and environments
• (31:47) - Teens talk normal
• (33:43) - We ❤️ Jules
• (34:58) - Elliot
• (38:39) - Restoration
• (45:57) - Color
• (48:19) - A quick return to restoration
• (50:29) - Back to color
• (56:54) - The fox scene
• (58:15) - The fish ship
• (01:00:28) - Lost in space
• (01:01:08) - More color!
• (01:02:00) - Always in space
• (01:03:31) - Girl world
• (01:08:20) - On a Sunbeam fanfic
• (01:10:10) - Fashion corner
• (01:12:57) - The detail
• (01:13:28) - Hierarchy of size
• (01:16:00) - Tarot influences
• (01:18:40) - Doorways
• (01:24:58) - Favorite characters
• (01:33:58) - Damn, Scout
• (01:35:25) - Further Reading
• (01:43:33) - Back matter

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This week’s panelists can be found at:
Stephen

Matt

Scout

Robin

Jillian

Editing by Matt Horton and AJ Fillari.
Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.
Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.

• (00:00) - How Do We Relationship?
• (02:16) - Front Matter
• (07:55) - The art
• (09:45) - Feelings circles!!!
• (14:30) - Ba-dump ba-dump
• (16:26) - Our lead characters, Miwa and Saeko
• (19:59) - Sex in this book
• (28:50) - Physical details
• (29:31) - Fashion Corner
• (30:37) - (Lobster shirt)
• (32:33) - How Miwa is written in this book
• (35:48) - Their underwear
• (36:26) - More sex chat
• (37:33) - How the bandmates handle their relationship
• (39:02) - The bandmates
• (41:46) - The fear of homophobia in this narrative
• (45:12) - More about the bandmates
• (45:48) - A potential aro/ace or nonbinary character
• (52:35) - We should read X Gender
• (52:55) - Memes
• (54:30) - Further Reading
• (01:01:19) - Back Matter

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This week’s panelists can be found at:

Matt

Scout

Robin

Jillian

Editing by Matt Horton and AJ Fillari.
Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.
Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.

• (00:00) - “Nimona” by ND Stevenson
• (01:16) - The Tumblr mines
• (02:45) - Front Matter
• (06:36) - What did we think?
• (14:23) - Web comic to graphic novel
• (17:19) - Loss.jpg
• (20:53) - Nimona balances humor and sincerity
• (23:48) - Nimona is of its time
• (27:45) - Nimona as a queer YA comic
• (38:41) - Remember Animorphs?
• (39:51) - Nimona’s haircuts
• (42:19) - The codpiece
• (44:21) - The setting
• (46:55) - Scout art thoughts!
• (49:14) - The epilogue
• (49:52) - Fujoshi Scout
• (50:59) - How being YA affects this book
• (59:41) - Reading it as it came out
• (01:03:08) - Discord jokes
• (01:04:23) - More movie thoughts
• (01:06:39) - Blackheart and Goldenloin ❤️
• (01:07:34) - The mad scientist
• (01:10:09) - Blackheart is Scout’s type
• (01:10:59) - ND’s new book
• (01:13:06) - Further Reading
• (01:15:49) - Back Matter

Deep Dive on Nimona: https://www.imfineimfine.com/p/nimona-the-comic-a-deep-dive
Buy a physical copy of Nimona: https://bookshop.org/p/books/nimona-10th-anniversary-limited-edition-nd-stevenson/22115217

A comics podcast for everyone, proud to be a part of The Worst Garbage network.

Find us on Bluesky or Tumblr.

This week’s panelists can be found at:

Matt

Scout

Robin

Jillian

Editing by Matt Horton and AJ Fillari.
Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.
Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.

• (00:00) - Love in the Palm of His Hand
• (01:09) - Further Reading
• (01:19) - Jillian: Witch Hat Atelier
• (02:22) - Robin: Blade Maidens
• (03:36) - Matt: Young Men in Love: New Romance
• (05:04) - Scout: Hirano to Kagiura
• (07:38) - Front Matter
• (08:53) - A brief intro to some terms
• (10:54) - Our BL experience
• (16:43) - Fujinaga & Keito
• (19:49) - Perspective shifts
• (22:09) - The depiction of sign
• (28:20) - The humor
• (31:22) - Non-diegetic artistic elements
• (34:02) - The importance of being understood
• (39:05) - Translation differences
• (47:49) - Layers of translation
• (50:40) - Scout on lettering
• (57:50) - Moments we loved
• (01:07:34) - Volume 2 coming soon
• (01:08:11) - “He’s like a chameleon”
• (01:11:39) - Back Matter

A comics show for everyone, proud to be a part of The Worst Garbage network.

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This week’s panelists can be found at:

Matt

Scout

Robin

Jillian

Editing by Matt Horton and AJ Fillari.
Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.
Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.
Other music by shushubobo - cherry blossom kitkat.

• (00:00) - Welcome to In Sequence!
• (04:05) - Further Reading
• (09:51) - Front Matter
• (15:54) - How American superhero comics work
• (17:30) - How did we find the book?
• (22:36) - The tropes of the superhero comic
• (27:00) - Our Batman/Batfam experience
• (32:11) - Jumping into the story
• (35:40) - Limitations of the form
• (48:32) - The moments that stood out to us
• (01:06:15) - Final thoughts
• (01:10:39) - Back Matter

More Tom Taylor: https://www.tomtaylormade.com/

More Bruno Redondo: https://blackdiamondbcn.com/product-category/bruno-redondo/

A comics show for everyone, proud to be a part of The Worst Garbage network.

Find us on Bluesky or Tumblr.

This week’s panelists can be found at:

Matt

Scout

Robin

Jillian

Editing by Matt Horton and AJ Fillari.
Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.
Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.
Other music by shushubobo - cherry blossom kitkat.

Find us at insequence.pictures and enjoy the show!

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