215 Mark Russell on SECOND COMING and BILLIONAIRE ISLAND
On this week’s episode, we’re graced by an interview with Mark Russell, writer of the Ahoy Comics series “Billionaire Island” with artist Steve Pugh a...
Comics Syllabus
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A comics analysis podcast, where literacy researcher, English teacher, and comics reader Paul (@twoplai) discusses a comic book for socio-cultural, literary, and artistic significance. The podcast pairs various academic approaches to studying comics with superhero comics, alternative comics, and other offerings in the medium. Let's dig deep!
214 On Little Bird and Pretty Deadly: the Rat, Lemire in space, TKO, and Spy x Family
On this week’s episode, Johnny digs deep into a pair of series from Image Comics, “Little Bird” by Darcy Van Poelgeest (W) and Ian Bertram (A) and “Pr...
213 On “Sports is Hell” by Ben Passmore
Ben Passmore’s new “Sports is Hell” from Koyama Press satirically sends up our intertwined sports, politics, and cultural madnesses. Paul and Johnny d...
212 Carnival X: On Marvel’s Dawn of X
This week, Johnny and Paul offer a perspective and critiques of the “Dawn of X” mutant titles from Marvel, drawing on theory of the “literary carnival...
211 Comics of the Decade
What comics meant the most in the 2010s… to us, to comics, to the larger culture? “Saga”? “Ms. Marvel”? Raina Telgemeier’s “Smile”? Paul and Johnny ru...
210 Favorite Graphic Novels of 2019
What graphic novels in 2019 stood out as the most significant, most soul-stirring, most thought-provoking, most artistically innovative? Co-hosts Paul...
209 Favorite Series of 2019
On this week’s Comics Syllabus, Paul (@twoplai) shares his favorite comic books series of 2019, recommendations for the holiday season and for all you...
208 Pittsburgh by Frank Santoro, Tom Spurgeon, Re-reading Planetary, and Dawn of X with Johnny Hall
On the Comics Syllabus today, guest co-host Johnny Hall (@johnnyhall3) and Paul (@twoplai) discuss Frank Santoro’s graphic novel “Pittsburgh,” (starti...
207 Comics PLEASE: Wings of Fire and Superman Smashes the Klan
On the Comics Syllabus today, another installment of COMICS PLEASE! (for Parents, Librarians, Educators, and Student Enthusiasts), covering comics and...
206 On “Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me” and Comics in Libraries with Alea Perez
On the Comics Syllabus today, our special guest is Alea Perez (@ShhhYeah), President-Elect of the American Library Association’s Graphic Novels and Co...