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Unpacking the Shelf
by Unpacking the Shelf
A gaming, comics & pop culture podcast by Adam & Alex.
Episodes
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Legion Found - Issue #2
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex, and this is Legion Found, our mini-series in which we focus on the new ongoing Legion of Super-Heroes comic. In this episode we discuss issue #2, written by Joshua Williamson, with art by Hayden Sherman, colors by Tamra Bonvillain, and letters…
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Episode 108 - Acme, Ac-you!
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. We're back and talking Looney Tunes, specifically the recently (and finally) released Coyote vs. Acme, which is now available on streaming. In other news: (59:28) - Adam has been watching Avatar: Seven Havens. (1:10:39) - Alex has watched all of...
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Episode 107 - Long Live the Legion Pt. 3
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. We're back and continuing our read through of the Legion of Super-Heroes. This time we are delving fully into the Baxter era, with the following issues: Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3 #1-15 Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes #314-325 Legion of...
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Episode 106 - Ghost in the Pod 2.0
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. We're back and talking about Ghost in the Shell, the 1995 movie directed by Mamoru Oshii (which Alex had somehow not seen until now). Adam has also written about the latest Ghost in the Shell anime, and the “faithfulness” of Science Saru’s...
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Legion Found - Issue #1
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex, and this is Legion Found, our mini-series in which we focus on the new ongoing Legion of Super-Heroes comic. In this episode we discuss the first issue, written by Joshua Williamson, with art by Hayden Sherman, and colors by Tamra Bonvillain. If...
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Episode 105 - Adventure Time Adventures: Season 1
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. We're back with the first of (likely) many episodes discussing Adventure Time! We begin with season 1, and specifically focus on six episodes (we each chose three): Ep #4 - Tree Trunks (Adam) Ep #12 - Evicted! (Adam) Ep #13 - City of Thieves…
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Episode 104 - Our Own Best Manga Award 2026
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. We're back & once more doing our own spin on the American Manga Awards. While last year we focused on the New Manga category, this time we tackle the One-Shot Manga category, and select our own favorites from bottom to top. Here is the list of...
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Episode 103 - Kamui the Third
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. We're back & talking about The Legend of Kamui vol. 3. Reminder that we have covered the previous volumes in these episodes: Episode 65 - The Legend of Class Struggle Episode 84 - Who is Kamui? In other news: (1:06:06) - Adam & Alex were both at...
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Episode 102 - A Circus of Self-Discovery
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. We're back & talking about all nine episodes of the recently concluded, The Amazing Digital Circus, which is available on both YouTube & Netflix. In other news: (1:22:04) - Adam been playing Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter. (1:34:24) - Alex been...
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Episode 101 - Long Live the Legion Pt. 2
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. We're back with more Legion of Super-Heroes. We are delving fully into Paul Levitz & Keith Giffen's epic run with issues #290-313 and Annual #2 of vol. 2. In other news: (1:42:09) - Adam been playing through the Lunar games. (1:51:43) - Alex…
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Episode 100 - Long Live the Legion Pt. 1
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. It's our 100th episode, and in timely fashion (considering the recent news) it's time to talk about the Legion of Super-Heroes. We are delving into issues #259-289 and Annual #1 of vol. 2 of the title, as well as Secrets of the Legion of...
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Episode 99 - Turning Into a Truck Is Just Cool, Actually
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. We're joined by Coop Bicknell (@riderstrike), another 1/4 of This Week in Anime (we were joined by Sylvia Jones for episode 95), in order to talk about the first 24 issues of the new Transformers comic series from Image/Skybound -...
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Episode 98 - Across the Nexus
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. We're back with more Ultraman Nexus (2004-2005), as we continue are watchthrough with the next 12 episodes (i.e. 13-24). We do briefly discuss elements of episode 25, and generally spoil everything else in between, so listener be warned! In…
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Episode 97 - The Other Journey to the West
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. We're back and talking about Nobody (2026), a Chinese animated filed which was recently released, and plays with elements of Journey to the West. In other news: (1:19:46) - Adam watched the original The Devil Wears Prada (2006), because it's...
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Episode 96 - Legends of the Mice
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. We're back and talking about David Petersen's Mouse Guard. That's right, there's a new volume of Mouse Guard on shelves, so naturally this means we go back and talk about the first three volumes: Fall 1152, Winter 1152, and Black Axe. In other...
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Episode 95 - Write With the Intent to Kill
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. We're back and talking anime, specifically Journal with Witch. But that's not all! We're also joined by Sylvia Jones, who reviewed it for Anime News Network, where she is a regular contributor, and also helps co-write This Week in Anime. In other...
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Episode 94 - ... and is this not my paradise?
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. We're back with another webcomic, which was also published by First Second in 2011, Zahra's Paradise by Amir & Khalil. It seemed particularly timely that we read it, with the current conflict in Iran. In other news: (1:07:39) - Adam has been...
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Episode 93 - Into the Nexus
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. It's time we talked about Ultraman again! Specifically focusing on the first 12 episodes of Ultraman Nexus (2004-2005). In other news: (1:18:26) - Adam has been reading Erotic Comics in Japan: An Introduction to Eromanga by Kaoru Nagayama....
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Episode 92 - The "Arco" Revenge
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. This episode we feature a game we missed at launch, and didn't get to until now, specifically the criminally underrated Arco. In other news: (1:18:01) - Adam watched Faithful Findings (2012), which is famously one of the worst movies ever made....
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Episode 91 - Meme Lord Kaguya
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. It's movie time, as we discuss the recently released Cosmic Princess Kaguya. In other news: (1:10:59) - Adam has been watching Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table. (1:19:16) - Alex has finished Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector. And if...
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Episode 90 - Our Top 3 of 2025 Pt. 2
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. it's part two of our Top 3 episode, once more alongside Kyrie Page, host/editor at Scanline Media, who you can now also support on Patreon! Here are our final picks: Kyrie - Demi Adejuyigbe: Is Going to Do One (1) Backflip on…
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Episode 89 - Our Top 3 of 2025 Pt. 1
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. It's a new year, so once more it's time for our Top 3 episode! This time we welcome back Kyrie Page, host/editor at Scanline Media, who you can now also support on Patreon! This year we've slightly modified our formula, while we've still...
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Episode 88 - The Meaning of the Orb Pt. 2
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. It's part two of our two episode discussion of Orb: On the Movements of the Earth by Uoto. We cover the final chapters, equivalent to the last one and a half omnibus volumes published by Seven Seas . In other news: (1:08:57) - Adam has watched...
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Episode 87 - The Meaning of the Orb Pt. 1
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. It's part one of our two episode discussion of Orb: On the Movements of the Earth by Uoto. We cover the first 35 chapters, equivalent to the first two and a half omnibus volumes published by Seven Seas . In other news: (1:06:54) - Adam has…
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Episode 86 - The Absolute Witch
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. It's back to the comic mines in this episode, specifically another one of DC's Absolute books, and the one that likely splits the venn diagram of critical & fan acclaim. That's right, it's Absolute Wonder Woman by Kelly Thompson & Hayden Sherman....
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Episode 85 - The Stories of Shirley Jackson
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. It's time we read another book! This time Adam has made Alex (completely twisted his arm, in fact) to read the works of Shirley Jackson. Specifically, we talk about The Lottery, The Haunting of Hill House, and We Have Always Lived in the Castle.…
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Episode 84 - Who is Kamui?
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. We are back with the second episode in our Legend of Kamui series, covering the second omnibus volume in Shirato Sanpei's epic! If you missed out on the first episode, please go back and listen to our 65th episode - "The Legend of Class…
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Episode 83 - Conflicting Views of an Alien Earth
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. In this episode Alex make's Adam watch Alien: Earth, and the results are mixed. We chat about our different views of the Alien franchise, as well as differing opinions on Noah Hawley's new tv show. In other news: (1:38:28) - Adam has played 50+...
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Episode 82 - Silkpod Musings
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. In this episode we welcome our friend Wendy Xu, bestselling, award-nominated Brooklyn-based illustrator & comics artist to chat about (not comics) but Hollow Knight: Silksong. What can we say, she's the biggest Silksong fan we know! In other news...
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Episode 81 - Octopus Pod
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. In this episode we take Octopus Pie by Meredith Gran off the shelf. Yes, it's another webcomic from that defining era! In other news: (0:59:44) - Adam went to see One Battle After Another (2025). (1:21:50) - Alex has also finally started…
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Episode 80 - Seeing Dogsred
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. In this episode we take Dogsred by Satoru Noda off the shelf. Noda is of course best know for Golden Kamuy, so our conversation naturally compares the two, as well as his first take on this story, Supinamarada. In other news: (0:59:44) - Adam has...
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Episode 79 - Kpop Demon Casters
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. In this episode we talk about the summer's hit movie (or song/s) Kpop Demon Hunters. In other news: (1:15:20) - Adam went to Anime NYC, and has some highlights to share. (1:21:50) - Alex has been watching Alien: Earth, and that's sent him down an...
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Episode 78 - Presto! Bandette!
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. This episode Alex has finally gotten Adam to read Bandette by Paul Tobin & Colleen Coover. Specifically the first two volumes, and who knows maybe we'll come back with a second episode later tackling the next three volumes. In other news we both...
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Episode 77 - Our Own Best New Manga Award
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. It's time for us to try something new! With the American Manga Awards coming up, we decided to do something highlighting them. Specifically the Best New Manga category, which we each rank, and then select our very own winner! Here are the…
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Episode 76 - The Ultimate & Absolute Camp
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. In this episode we return to Deniz Camp and follow his work to both Marvel & DC, as we discuss his work on The Ultimates as well Absolute Martian Manhunter. In other news: (1:30:42) - Adam has been playing an RPG Maker game called Master of the...
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Episode 75 - Thunderous Puppet Fantasy!
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. For our 75th episode we welcome Kyrie Page, host/editor at Scanline Media, back for a thorough discussion of the first season of Thunderbolt Fantasy! In other news: (1:59:08) - Adam has watched Jaws! (2:13:28) - Kyrie has snapped out of a...
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Episode 74 - Giant Days Gone By
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. We're back to talking comics, and specifically comics originating in the webcomic space, with John Allison's Giant Days. In other news: Adam been reading the works of Italian cartoonist, Zerocalcare, specifically Kobane Calling. (1:08:32)...
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Episode 73 - X Marks the Spot
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. Enjoy an episode a week early, because Alex will be at TCAF next weekend, and then sadly a three week break before our next one. It's time we talked about yet another Xenoblade game, the recently remastered Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive...
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Episode 72 - Hark, a Duck!
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. We're a little late in taking this one off the shelf, but good things are worth waiting for! It's time we talked about Kate Beaton and Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands (2022), which has just been released in paperback! In other news: Adam is…
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Episode 71 - Don't Forget to Smile
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. This episode is late because Alex is back to playing video games (a specific game to be revealed in a later episode), and this is both great and clearly a problem. Anyway, this time we talk about Raina Telgemeier's Smile, which somehow both of us...
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Episode 70 - From Strange & Funky Happenings All The Way To The Sea
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. We're back to talk about Glacier Bay Books! Specifically we chat about And the Strange and Funky Happenings One Day by Natsujikei Miyazaki (4:36) and To The Sea by Mukoubi Aoi (33:17). In other news: Alex wanted to talk about the Nintendo…
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Episode 69 - The Black Label Episode
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. It's time we talked about DC's Black Label. What it has become in the wake of Vertigo's shuttering, and the ways it has carried on some of that tradition. Specifically we chat about Zatanna: Bring Down The House by Mariko Tamaki & Javier…
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Episode 68 - The Morrow's Golden ROM Hack
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. This time we return to Fire Emblem, at least sort of! It's time for Alex to play his first (ever) ROM hack, The Morrow's Golden Country! In other news: Alex has not been playing Civilization VII, and that is perhaps indicative on its own.…
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Episode 67 - What The Doggie Doin'
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. This time we welcome Kyrie Page, host/editor at Scanline Media, to chat about Power Rangers & Super Sentai. We do so specifically by focusing on three episodes, first episode 13 ("High Noon Dogfight") of Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger, and second its...
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Episode 66 - Quack, Quack, Gundam!
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. This time we're taking on a timely new release in Gundam GquuuuuuX: Beginning, which is ostensibly the first three episodes of the new Gundam show releasing this April. In other news: Alex has watched The Substance, which is apparently an Oscar...
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Episode 65 - The Legend of Class Struggle
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. Once more we go back in time to the early days of manga, this time with the first volume of Legend of Kamui by Shirato Sanpei, which was recently released in English by Drawn & Quarterly. In other news: Adam can finally talk about the game he's...
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Episode 64 - The Age of Gargoyles
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. This episode we go back in time to the 90s to talk about Gargoyles! We cover the first season, comprised of 13 episodes, and cover everything from nostalgia, to how the show has aged, and even it's many connections to Star Trek! In other news…
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Episode 63 - Channeling the Gods of Comics
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. We're back, and talking comics! With Death of Copra by Michel Fiffe on the horizon, it was time for us to go back and chat about the first two volumes (rounds) of Copra! In other news: Alex spent the end of 2024 catching up on all kinds of stuff...
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Episode 62 - Dandadan Dandadan Dandadan
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. Just as the first season of Dandadan the anime has concluded, it's time to talk about the manga instead. We of course reference the anime as well, but our focus is primarily on the manga, and why it also deserves your attention. In other news…
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Episode 61 - Our Top 3 of 2024 Pt. 2
Unpacking the Shelf is a podcast by Adam and Alex. It's our best of 2024 episode! As usual you probably have an idea of what Adam & Alex are thinking about, so we invite two friends to join us and make things a bit more interesting. Joining us are Jordan Clark (insta & bsky), comic book…
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