202: "King of King Court" by Travis Dandro (D+Q) plus NCBD Notes on Sword & Sorcery Comics

First, @TwoPlai offers an analysis of "King of King Court" by Travis Dandro (Drawn & Quarterly), an affecting graphic memoir employing comics' repertoires of subjective narrative to explore the experience of growing up with family, addiction, love, and pain.Then, a rundown of recent series that @TwoPlai has been reading in a new segment called "New Comic Book Day (NCBD) Notes."Mentioned:"Once and Future" #1 by Kieron Gillen & Dan Mora (Boom Studios)"Red Sonja" by Mark Russell and Mirko Colak (Dynamite)"Reaver" by Justin Jordan, Rebekah Isaacs, & Alex Guimarares (Image)"Forgotten Queen" by Tini Howard & Amilcar Pinna (Valiant)"Fairlady" by Brian Schirmer, Claudia Balboni, Marissa Louise (Image)"Sera and the Royal Stars" by Jon Tsuei and Audrey Mok (Vault)Find the Comics Syllabus at its home at Multiversitycomics.com: http://www.multiversitycomics.com/tag/comics-syllabus/Subscribe and follow the Comics Syllabus podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you find podcasts, or copy this RSS feed to your podcatcher: https://paulflai.com/feed/podcast/comicssyllabusJoin the discussion on the Comics Syllabus Facebook page: http://facebook.com/ComicsSyllabus or with Paul on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TwoPlai or Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twoplai/Let's dig deep. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit comicssyllabus.substack.com