Comics Deserve Better

Comics Deserve Better

30 episodes

We explore the wonders of non-licensed, indie comics in Comics Deserve Better. Everything from Image to Webtoon is game in this show that discusses old favorites, the new hotness, and books that might be a little bit off the beaten path.

Podcasts

Episode 117: Home vol. 1 by Julio Anta, Anna Wieszczyk, Bryan Valenza, and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

Published: July 6, 2023, noon
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 15 seconds

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Episode 116: The Tea Dragon Society by K. ONeill with lettering by Saida Temofonte

Published: June 29, 2023, noon
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 27 seconds

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Episode 115: Friend of the Devil: A Reckless Book by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips and Jacob Phillips

Published: June 22, 2023, noon
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 114: Bone vol. 2: The Great Cow Race by Jeff Smith

Published: June 17, 2023, 2:22 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 30 seconds

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Episode 113: Ay Mija!: My Bilingual Summer in Mexico by Christine Suggs

Published: June 8, 2023, noon
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 44 seconds

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Episode 112: Reckless by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips and Jacob Phillips

Published: June 1, 2023, noon
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 35 seconds

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Episode 109: Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe and Phoebe Kobabe

Published: April 13, 2023, noon
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 29 seconds

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Episode 108: Deadly Class vol 1: Regan Youth by Rick Remender, Wes Craig, Lee Loughridge and Rus Wooton

Published: April 6, 2023, noon
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes

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Episode 107: DC: The New Frontier by Darwyn Cooke

Published: April 1, 2023, noon
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 29 seconds

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Episode 106: Strangers in Paradise by Terry Moore

Published: March 23, 2023, noon
Duration: 1 hour 46 seconds

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EPISODE 105: Ashes by Alvaro Ortiz, Adaptation by Leigh Walton, Translation by Eva Ibarzabal, Lettering by Krystal Beisick

Published: March 16, 2023, noon
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 24 seconds

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Episode 104: Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics by Tom Scioli

Published: March 10, 2023, 6:56 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 40 seconds

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Episode 103: Black Hole by Charles Burns

Published: March 2, 2023, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode 102: The Chuckling Whatsit by Richard Sala

Published: Feb. 23, 2023, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 56 seconds

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EPISODE 101: The Private Eye vol. 2 by Brian K. Vaughan, Marcos Martin, and Muntsa Vicente

Published: Feb. 16, 2023, 8:56 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 100: The Department of Truth by James Tynion IV, Martin Simmonds, Aditya Bidikar, and Dylan Todd

Published: Jan. 13, 2023, 8:27 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 34 seconds

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Episode 99: Garlic and the Witch by Bree Paulsen

Published: Jan. 6, 2023, 1:46 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 18 seconds

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Episode 98: Interview with Jason Douglas, Author of "Parallel"

Published: Dec. 30, 2022, 4:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 14 seconds

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Episode 97: Squire by Sara Alfageeh and Nadia Shammas

Published: Dec. 22, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 54 minutes 56 seconds

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Episode 96: The Private Eye vol 1 by Brian K Vaughan, Marcos Martin, and Muntsa Vicente

Published: Dec. 15, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 56 seconds

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Episode 95: Orcs! by Christine Larsen

Published: Dec. 8, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 56 seconds

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Episode 94: Newburn vol. 1 by Chip Zdarsky and Jacob Phillips

Published: Dec. 1, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 19 seconds

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Episode 93: God Country by Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw, Jason Wordie, John J Hill, and Gerardo Zaffino

Published: Nov. 17, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 51 seconds

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Episode 92: Capote in Kansas by Ande Parks and Chris Samnee

Published: Nov. 10, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 18 seconds

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Episode 89: Garlic & the Vampire by Bree Paulsen

Published: Sept. 22, 2022, noon
Duration: 48 minutes 57 seconds

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Episode 88: Maggie the Mechanic: The Love & Rockets Library - Locas Book 1 by Jaime Hernandez (with Andrew Levins)

Published: Sept. 15, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 43 minutes 37 seconds

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Episode 86: Dead Dogs Bite by Tyler Boss

Published: Sept. 1, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 30 seconds

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Episode 85: The High Desert: Black. Punk. Nowhere. by James Spooner

Published: Aug. 25, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 15 seconds

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Episode 84: Interview with Devin Kraft (Neverender, Silence, Dragon Slayer)

Published: Aug. 18, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 83: Not All Robots vol 1 by Mark Russell, Mike Deodato Jr, Lee Loughridge, and Steve Wands

Published: Aug. 11, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 37 seconds

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Episode 82: Ghostly Things, Vol. 1 by Ushio Shirotori

Published: Aug. 4, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 1 second

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Episode 81: Prince of Cats by Ronald Wimberly, Jared K Fletcher, and Jorden Haley

Published: July 28, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 14 seconds

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BONUS: Paper Girls Recap Part 3 (Issues 21-30)

Published: July 14, 2022, noon
Duration: 53 minutes 19 seconds

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BONUS: Paper Girls Recap Part 2 (Issues 11-20)

Published: July 7, 2022, noon
Duration: 32 minutes 7 seconds

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BONUS: Paper Girls Recap Part 1 (Issues 1-10)

Published: June 30, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 7 seconds

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Episode 80: Getting it Together by Sina Grace, Omar Spahi, Jenny D Fine, Mx. Struble and Sean Konot

Published: June 23, 2022, noon
Duration: 2 hours 6 minutes 39 seconds

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Episode 78: Murder Falcon by Daniel Warren Johnson, Mike Spicer and Rus Wooton

Published: June 9, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 44 minutes 3 seconds

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Episode 76: Waves by Ingrid Chabbert, Carole Maurel, Edward Gauvin, and Deron Bennett

Published: May 26, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 6 seconds

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Episode 75: Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 by David Petersen

Published: May 19, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 49 seconds

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Episode 74: Bone vol. 1: Out From Boneville by Jeff Smith and color by Steve Hamaker

Published: May 12, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 37 seconds

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Episode 73: Night of the Ghoul by Scott Snyder, Francesco Francavilla, and AndWorld Design

Published: May 5, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 72: The Book of Human Insects by Osamu Tezuka

Published: April 28, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes 30 seconds

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Episode 71: Interview with Kyle Starks (F*ck This Place/I Hate This Place)

Published: April 20, 2022, noon
Duration: 2 hours 6 minutes 27 seconds

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Bonus: Random Spotlights Part Two: Boyz Nite

Published: April 14, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 28 seconds

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BONUS: Random Spotlights Part One

Published: April 7, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 70: Our Dreams at Dusk vol. 1 by Yuhki Kamatani (with Jared)

Published: March 31, 2022, noon
Duration: 2 hours 17 minutes

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Episode 69: Blacks Myth by Eric Palicki, Wendell Cavalcanti, and Rob Steen

Published: March 24, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 56 seconds

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Episode 66: Cheer Up: Love and PomPoms by Crystal Frasier, Val Wise, and Oscar O. Jupiter

Published: March 3, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes 10 seconds

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Episode 65: Interview with Ahmed Raafat of Diary of the Astro-Nudes (with Rebecca Hart)

Published: Feb. 24, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 59 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode 64: Sparrowhawk by Delilah S. Dawson, Matias Basla, Rebecca Nalty, and Jim Campbell

Published: Feb. 17, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 63: Maus, Vol. 1 and 2 by Art Spiegelman

Published: Feb. 10, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes 10 seconds

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Episode 61: The Sprite and the Gardener by Rii Abrego, Joe Whitt, and Crank!

Published: Jan. 27, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 4 seconds

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BONUS: The Saga Saga, Part Three (Volume 7-9 Overview)

Published: Jan. 20, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes

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BONUS: The Saga Saga- Part Dos (Volume 4-6 Overview)

Published: Jan. 13, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 2 seconds

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BONUS: The Saga Saga. Part 1 (Volume 1-3 Overview)

Published: Jan. 6, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 60: The Daughters of Ys by M.T. Anderson and Jo Rioux

Published: Dec. 23, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 1 second

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Episode 59: Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? by Harold Schechter and Eric Powell

Published: Dec. 16, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 58: Pretty Deadly vol. 1 by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Emma Rios, Jordie Bellaire, and Clayton Cowles

Published: Dec. 9, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 48 seconds

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Episode 57: Rock Candy Mountain by Kyle Starks and Chris Schweizer

Published: Dec. 2, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 45 seconds

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Episode 55: Interview with Greg Pak (Cooking Will Break Your Heart) - with Richard Dupiton

Published: Nov. 11, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 4 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 54: Jughead vol. 1 by Chip Zdarsky, Erica Henderson, Andre Szymanowicz and Jack Morelli

Published: Nov. 4, 2021, noon
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 38 seconds

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Episode 53: Sabrina the Teenage Witch by Kelly Thompson, Veronica Fish, Andy Fish, and Jack Morelli

Published: Oct. 28, 2021, noon
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes

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Episode 52: Little Witches: Magic in Concord by Leigh Dragoon

Published: Oct. 21, 2021, noon
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 46 seconds

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Episode 51: Verse: Book 1: The Broken Half by Sam Beck

Published: Oct. 14, 2021, noon
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 19 seconds

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BONUS: Indies on Film: Umbrella Academy Season One (2019)

Published: Oct. 7, 2021, noon
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 6 seconds

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BONUS: Indies on Film: Ghost World (2001)

Published: Sept. 30, 2021, noon
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 41 seconds

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BONUS: Indies on Film: Hellboy (2004)

Published: Sept. 23, 2021, noon
Duration: 45 minutes 9 seconds

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Episode 49: The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

Published: Sept. 9, 2021, noon
Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes 16 seconds

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Episode 48: Interview with Jeremy Holt (Made in Korea; Virtually Yours)

Published: Sept. 2, 2021, noon
Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 47: Girl Haven by Lilah Sturges, Meghan Carter, Joamette Gil, and Sonja Synak

Published: Aug. 26, 2021, noon
Duration: 1 hour 48 minutes 55 seconds

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Episode 46: Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol

Published: Aug. 19, 2021, noon
Duration: 1 hour 54 minutes 37 seconds

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Episode 45: Memories of Emanon vol. 1 by Shinji Kajio and Kenji Tsuruta

Published: Aug. 12, 2021, noon
Duration: 1 hour 47 minutes 43 seconds

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Episode 44: Princeless Vol. 1 Save Yourself by Jeremy Whitley, M. Goodwin, D.E. Belton, Jung-ha Kim, and Dave Dwonch

Published: Aug. 5, 2021, noon
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 37 seconds

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Episode 43: The Butcher of Paris by Stephanie Phillips, Dean Kotz, and Jason Wordie

Published: July 29, 2021, noon
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 41: The Legend of Auntie Po by Shing Yin Khor

Published: July 15, 2021, noon
Duration: 2 hours 8 minutes 44 seconds

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Episode 40: Onion Skin by Edgar Camacho

Published: June 17, 2021, noon
Duration: 2 hours 6 minutes 43 seconds

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Episode 39: What We Don't Talk About by Charlot Kristensen

Published: June 10, 2021, noon
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 32 seconds

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Episode 38: Stillwater vol. 1: Rage, Rage by Chip Zdarsky, Ramon K. Perez, Mike Spicer and Rus Wooton

Published: June 3, 2021, noon
Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 37: The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen

Published: May 27, 2021, noon
Duration: 1 hour 51 minutes 37 seconds

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Episode 35: SOUND: A Comics Anthology edited by Budjette Tan and Charis Loke

Published: May 13, 2021, noon
Duration: 1 hour 57 minutes 56 seconds

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Episode 34: Candy Flurry (Chapters 1 + 2) by Ippon Takegushi and Santa Mitarashi with Andrew Levins

Published: May 6, 2021, noon
Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes 20 seconds

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Episode 33: Afterlife with Archie by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Francesco Francavilla, and Jack Morelli

Published: April 29, 2021, noon
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 32: Don't Go Without Me by Rosemary Valero-O'Connell and Homunculus by Joe Sparrow with Siobhan Coombs

Published: April 22, 2021, noon
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 26 seconds

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Episode 31: Interview with Tom Ward (Merrick: The Sensational Elephant Man) with Rebecca Hart

Published: April 15, 2021, noon
Duration: 2 hours 10 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode 30: Chihayafuru vol 1 and 2 by Yuki Suetsugu

Published: March 25, 2021, noon
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 26 seconds

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Episode 29: Fence vol. 1 by C.S. Pacat, Johanna the Mad, Jim Campbell, and Joana LaFuente

Published: March 18, 2021, noon
Duration: 58 minutes 10 seconds

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Episode 28: 21: The Story of Roberto Clemente by Wilfred Santiago

Published: March 11, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode 27: Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang

Published: March 4, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 43 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode 26: Run Wild by K.I. Zachopoulos, Vincenzo Balzano and Deron Bennett

Published: Feb. 25, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 25: Heathen by Natasha Alterici, Rachel Deering, Ashley A. Woods, and Morgan Martinez

Published: Feb. 18, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 31 seconds

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Episode 24: Paper Girls vol. 1 & 2 by Brian K Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, Matthew Wilson, and Jered K. Fletcher

Published: Feb. 12, 2021, 4:57 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 52 seconds

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Episode 23: A Map to the Sun by Sloane Leong

Published: Feb. 4, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode 22: Sleepless by Sarah Vaughan, Leila del Duca, Alissa Sallah, and Deron Bennett with Jake Fortier

Published: Jan. 28, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 21: Princess Jellyfish vol. 1 by Akiko Hagashimura with Carrie

Published: Jan. 21, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 53 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode 20: Klaus by Grant Morrison, Dan Mora, and Ed Dukeshire

Published: Dec. 24, 2020, 2 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 34 seconds

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Episode 19: Papaya Salad by Elisa Macellari

Published: Dec. 17, 2020, 3 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes 2 seconds

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Episode 18: Breaks Volume 1 by Malin Ryden and Emma Vieceli (ft. Rebecca Hart)

Published: Dec. 10, 2020, 3 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes 43 seconds

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Episode 17: The Book Tour by Andi Watson

Published: Dec. 3, 2020, 3 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 23 seconds

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Episode 16: 4 Kids Walk Into A Bank by Matthew Rosenberg, Tyler Boss, and Thomas Mauer

Published: Nov. 19, 2020, 2 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode 15: Dept. H, Volume 1 "Pressure" by Matt Kindt and Sharlene Kindt

Published: Nov. 12, 2020, 2 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 8 seconds

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Episode 14: Maids by Katie Skelly

Published: Nov. 5, 2020, 2 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 4 seconds

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Episode 13: These Savage Shores by Ram V, Sumit Kumar, Vittorio Astone, Aditya Bidikar

Published: Oct. 29, 2020, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 32 seconds

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Episode 12: Beyond the Demon, The Sea by Ben Goldsmith, Davy Broyles, and Justin Birch/Burning Tree by Nuna

Published: Oct. 22, 2020, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 11: Interview with Zoe Thorogood (The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott)

Published: Oct. 15, 2020, 8:42 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 51 seconds

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Episode 10: Corpus- A Comic Anthology of Bodily Ailments

Published: Sept. 24, 2020, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 13 seconds

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Episode 9: Copra Round One by Michel Fiffe

Published: Sept. 17, 2020, 1:22 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 13 seconds

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Episode 8: Fearscape by Ryan O'Sullivan, Andrea Mutti, Vladmir Popov, and Andworld Design

Published: Sept. 10, 2020, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 11 seconds

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Episode 7: Suffrajitsu: Mrs. Pankhursts Amazons by Tony Wolf, Joao Vieira, Josan Gonzales, and Ed Dukeshire

Published: Sept. 3, 2020, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 6: Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell

Published: Aug. 26, 2020, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes 34 seconds

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Episode 5: Folklords by Matt Kindt, Matt Smith, Chris OHalloran, Jim Campbell

Published: Aug. 20, 2020, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 2 seconds

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Episode 4: Descender #1-7 by Jeff Lemire, Dustin Nguyen, and Steve Wands

Published: Aug. 13, 2020, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 36 seconds

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Episode 3: Daytripper by Fabio Moon, Gabriel Ba, Dave Stewart, and Sean Konot

Published: Aug. 6, 2020, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 1 second

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Episode 2: The Old Guard by Greg Rucka, Leandro Fernandez, Daniela Miwa, Jodi Wynne

Published: July 29, 2020, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 49 seconds

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Episode 1: The American Dream? by Shing Yin Khor

Published: July 24, 2020, 2:26 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 57 minutes 57 seconds

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