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Quarantined Comics — 168 episodes · page 1 of 2
RIP Marjane Satrapi (1969-2026): Perspolis’ (perplexing) Persian protagonist
DESCENDER / ASCENDER ...the robots could've just left a note.
BABEL ...magical translation & colonization
Superman & Fantastic Four: Clobberin' Time for Apathy w/ Stefan & Karl
ComiXmas 10: KINGDOM COME ...and why Superman is a BAD manager
ComiXmas 9: THE FLINTSTONES ...existential dread in the modern stone-age
ComiXmas 8: MARVELS ...reality TV and the end of the world
ComicXmas 7: THE SECRET TO SUPERHUMAN STRENGTH... I hope you're jogging while listening to this podcast
ComicXmas 6: USAGI YOJIMBO... a bunny with bushido
ComiXmas 5: SUPERGIRL: WOMAN OF TOMORROW ...space horses, space racism, and true grit
ComiXmas 4: PAPER GIRLS ...uneasy conversations with our younger selves
ComiXmas 3: ESTHER'S NOTEBOOKS ...your guide to kids, parenting, and french hip hop
Reflecting (a slide): Berlin
ComiXmas 2: NOT ALL ROBOTS ...what AI can teach us about toxic masculinity
ComiXmas 1: ON A SUNBEAM ...get in your goddamn goldfish spaceship
SWAMP THING ...Ryan's lazily lost loquacious episode
RIP John Cassaday ...ASTONISHING X-MEN (2020 Replay)
RIP John Cassaday ...PLANETARY (2021 Replay)
BURMA CHRONICLES ...ain't nothin' like Panama?
MARIKO TAMAKI's ...many (Surely) Books
ROAMING... still feeling both very old and very young
PERSEPOLIS ...perpetually perplexed by a Persian protagonist
VEERA HIRANANDANI ...the Night Diary (+more) on Modern Minorities
MANREET SODHI SOMESHWAR ...the Partition Trilogy on Modern Minorities
RABBIT FIGHTERS ...unfrozen caveman Weezer?!?
WORM ...Edel Rodriguez' Cuban American's Odyssey.
XYZ Comics ...cheating the alphabet with R.Crumb
WILL EISNER... reviewing the godfather of the graphic novel
VISION ...a synthezoid tragedy, or just poor decision-making?
UZUMAKI (revisited) ...Junji Ito's still scary manga treat
TOMINE ...the Modern Minorities conversation
SABRINA... murder in a post-truth world
ROAMING... helping us feel both very old and very young
PATIENCE... a blast into the past
ON A SUNBEAM ...get in your goddamn goldfish spaceship
NOT ALL ROBOTS ...what AI can teach us about toxic masculinity
MAUS ...keeping the stories alive
IN LIMBO ...reliving our teen trauma, one eyelid at a time
KARI ...melancholy and the infinite, indian sadness
J: TIME ZONE J ...Whatever you do, don't answer the fan mail
INSIDE ZOE THOROGOOD'S HEAD... a portrait of the artist as a young woman
POLITE SOCIETY ...Good Pop Culture Club
HUNGRY GHOST ...featuring Books & Boba
HUMAN TARGET ...what's wrong with noir fan service?
GENE LUEN YANG's ...American Born Chinese
FAMILIAR FACE... it's like being in a Radiohead album
ESTHER'S NOTEBOOKS ...your guide to kids, parenting, and french hip hop
DOOM PATROL... Grant Morrison's laundry list of weird ideas
CATWOMAN ...rad goggles and criminal noir.
BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL ...violent and improbable
AKIRA ...manga, motorcycles, mutants...Oh My!
YEAR END EXTRAVAGANZA ...sifting the dusty gems from a dumpster fire
FABLES V7-11 ...it's great and all, but isn't it also pretty Euro-centric?
FABLES V1-6 ...world-building's not afraid of the big bad wolf
DUCKS: TWO YEARS IN THE OIL SANDS...the cost of an MFA
BERLIN... this is how your country ends
ESSEX COUNTY... it's cold in Canada when you're all alone
PAPER GIRLS ...uneasy conversations with our younger selves
ULTRASOUND ...also a journey within
KRISHNA: A JOURNEY WITHIN ...explaining blue gods to Ryan
SANDMAN V1-5 ...the required reading of your dreams
SUPERGIRL WOMAN OF TOMORROW ...space horses, space racism, and true grit
GENDER QUEER ...banned books, awkward adolescence, and pronouns.
MEGG, MOGG, & OWL ...coping with the bad times
BATMAN WHITE KNIGHT ...social commentary with action figures
MARIKO TAMAKI ...Surely chats on Modern Minorities
MS. MARVEL ...fighting for truth, justice, and time management?
HOLY BI-ROBIN ...exploring modern sexuality in comics
THE KILLER... an assassin in a crisis
GENE LUEN YANG ...chats on Modern Minorities
PALESTINE ...cartoon journalism that's required reading
DR. STRANGE: TRIUMPH & TORMENT and THE OATH ...these relationships are DOOMED.
SQUIRE ...girls with swords (feat. grounded geeks)
THE DRIFTING CLASSROOM... let's call it an unconventional education
EASTER SPECIAL: USAGI YOJIMBO... a bunny with bushido
FRANK MILLER'S RONIN ...pure male ID, in full samurai color!
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES... they're in a half shell, but are they heroes?
THE UKRAINIAN & RUSSIAN NOTEBOOKS ...this isn't the first time
THE BATMAN ...it never stops raining in Gotham
MOMS... Sex and the City with Seoul
MY BEIJING & LITTLE WHITE DUCK ...learn why Ryan hates kids (books)
NIGHT BUS... a walk through someone else's dream
BOXER & SAINTS ...unraveling the hero’s journey, and snacks
JEN WANG'S ...modern minorities chat on stargazing + dress-making
VAGABOND VOLS. 1-3 ...I wanna be the very best / To stab them is my real test.
KING & GODHEAD ...going beyond the MLK legend
THE SECRET TO SUPERHUMAN STRENGTH... I hope you're jogging while listening to this podcast
YEAR IN REVIEW ...spoiling 2021's comic book TV/films you were supposed to watch
KLAUS... the santa and his slay
ULTIMATE SPIDER MAN (2/2) ...so much spidey so little time
BLACK HOLE... The uncanny sex men
HAWKEYE (RE-Fraction) ...bros, Bed-Stuy, and boomerang arrows?
GRAFITY'S WALL ...the misspent Indian youth we don't remember
DEMENTIA 21 ...elder care, parasitic dentures, and Santa
AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS...acclaimed manga creator Gou Tanabe has a Lovecraftian nightmare
DUNE ...spicy desert rom-com, or messianic warning?
IN WAVES ...surfing thru grief, and history
MY FRIEND DAHMER + KENT STATE... delving into the dark side of Americana
STAR WARS VISIONS ...plucky young fanimes + extra big lightsabers
THE NEW WORLD... abandoned homes, empty offices, and alien invasions