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Comic Book Buds

by The Comic Book Buds

The fearless Comic Book Buds face their greatest challenge yet! Hosting a weekly podcast! In a world dominated by comic book culture, only one team of diverse nerds can explain the mysteries behind their favorite superheroes, villains and regular people who just happen to be in a comic book. Will they be up to the challenge? Only you, dear listener, can tell!

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  1. Female Comic Creators!

    This month, the Buds talk about some of their favorite female creators, from fanon-artist-turned-canon-artist Natasha Allegri, to queer icon Alison Bechdel, to all the amazing women behind DC Bombshells, to the amazing woman who's OH NO SHE'S RIGHT BEHIND YOU, horror writer Emily Carroll!…

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  2. Issue #19: The Birds of Prey

    This week, the Buds go birdwatching, and along the way, we tell you all about Renee Montoya, Huntress, Cassandra Cain and Black Canary (often known as the Birds of Prey). Topics Include: Greg Rucka, Greg Rucka, and Simone's Bird Corner

  3. Issue #18: Best of the Decade!

    This week, the Buds tackle a seemingly insurmountable force, "The Dreaded Decade Summary"! Will they manage to come out on top and vanquish their listicle foe, or will they succumb to the easy temptation of just recommending Saga for the 800th time? Only you, dear listener, can tell! For those…

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  4. Issue #17: Harley Quinn

    This week, the Buds talk about Harley Quinn, psychiatrist, anti-hero, and chaotic neutral bisexual friend to dogs!

  5. Issue #16: Image Comics

    This week, the Buds talk about Image Comics, the history of the publishing house, and some of their favorite comics! Recommended reading for this episode: Sex Criminals The Wicked and the Divine Nowhere Men Chew Pretty Deadly invincible Saga Extremity Spawn The Walking Dead

  6. Issue #15: Teamups

    This week, the Buds talk about their favorite teamups and ensemble casts in comics! Topics include: Nyquil, Moon Moons, and how to spell Sienkiewicz.

  7. Issue #14: Swamp Thing

    This week, the Buds trek into the swamp to get in touch with their floral side. Topics include: Who Hasn't Seen Alien??, Plants Have Mitochondria, and Translucia Baboon

  8. Issue #13: The Fantastic Four

    This week, the Buds take a look at the Fantastic Four, a team of superheroes that've never been in a bad movie! Fan4stic? Never heard of it.

  9. Issue #12: The Sinister Six

    This week, the Buds team up to take on some of Spidey's greatest foes, the Sinister Six. Will the ornithologist, engineer, film industry professional and notorious English major be able to...wait, we've basically got the makings of our own Sinister Six right here. Does anyone know an electrician…

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  10. Issue #11: Ben and Miles X-plain the Dark Phoenix Saga

    This week, we had the opportunity to sit down with Miles from the wonderful podcast, Jay and Miles X-plain the X-men to talk about the upcoming Dark Phoenix movie! You can check out their show over at: https://www.xplainthexmen.com/

  11. Issue #10: The Entire MCU in 15 Minutes

    This week, the Buds go round-robin and attempt to summarize all 22 movies in the MCU in two sentences or less. Do they succeed? Yes, yes they do. Because that's what heroes do.

  12. Issue #9: Graphic Medicine and Disability in Comics

    This week, we had the privilege to interview Jenny Blenk, an assistant editor at Dark Horse Comics, about one of her areas of expertise, graphic medicine and disability representation in comics.

  13. The Animated Series: On Leather Wings

    Welcome to the first episode of Comic Book Buds: The Animated Series! We'll be posting one of these mini-episodes every Thursday, recapping each episode of Batman: The Animated Series! Longer episodes will continue to be released on Mondays.

  14. Issue #8: Captain Marvel

    This week, the Buds are going Higher, Faster Further with the new Captain Marvel movie!

  15. Issue #7: The Buddies

    This week, in honor of the Oscars, we host our own awards show! The Buddies!

  16. Issue #6: The Punisher

    This week, the buds talk about their favorite wordplay-based antihero, the Pun-isher!

  17. Issue #5: Teen Titans Pt. 2 of 2

    The Post-Teen Comic Book Buds are back this week with all sorts of Bird Facts. That's right, we're talking about Robin, Raven and Cyborg. (cyborgs are a kind of bird...right?) Topics include: The Reverse Stella Luna, A Sexy Howl-loween Costume, and the first appearance of our new hit segment "New...

  18. Issue #4: Teen Titans Pt. 1 of 2

    This week, the Teen Titans - specifically Starfire and Beast Boy! We had too many dang Titans to fit in this episode, so we had to stick the rest of them in next week's episode! Topics include: What if the Teen Titans were a boy band?, how not to costume characters, and folksy home remedies like...

  19. Issue #3: Venom

    The Buds are scattered to the winds! Will they be able to wrangle their schedules together in time to record an episode together in time? Sort of! This week, Venom! Topics this week include: Topher Grace, the severe lack of edgy/dark/gritty superhero movies, and the most divisive movie of 2018.

  20. Issue #2: Comic Book Buds 2018 (A Year in Review)

    This week we're talking about our favorites of 2018! We go into the greatness that was Into the Spiderverse, Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War, as well as some of our favorite comics from the year. Show Links: Woman World, by Aminder Dhaliwal: http://bit.ly/womanworldcomic The Nib:...

  21. Issue #1: Aquaman

    This week, we're talking about everyone's favorite wet, beardy boy, Aquaman. We'll also give our reviews about the Into the Spiderverse movie, and delve deep into the inescapable horror that is Pitbull's cover of Africa.

  22. Comic Book Buds: Origins (Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse)

    Grab your plastic sleeves, collectors! This one's going to be worth something someday! That's right, its the incredible Issue #1 of Comic Book Buds! Featuring: A recap of everything you'll need to know going into the Into the Spiderverse movie, an in-depth discussion of all the best…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

The fearless Comic Book Buds face their greatest challenge yet! Hosting a weekly podcast! In a world dominated by comic book culture, only one team of diverse nerds can explain the mysteries behind their favorite superheroes, villains and regular people who just happen to be in a comic book. Will they be up to the challenge? Only you, dear listener, can tell!

HOSTED BY

The Comic Book Buds

Produced by Benjamin Kassman

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