Comics for Grownups
89 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsReviews and discussion of comics and graphic novels, everything but the big superhero comics.
Homepage Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Episodes
Episode 101: Veasna, Smith and Reinmuth, Aldeguer
March 04, 2020 20:51 - 58 minutes - 20 MBWe review Year of the Rabbit by Tian Veasna, Big Black: Stand at Attica by Frank Smith and Jared Reinmuth, and After the Spring: A Story of Tunisian Youth by Hélène Aldeguer.
Episode 100: Best of the 2010s
January 06, 2020 04:09 - 57 minutes - 19.7 MBAlex rejoins Joshua and Joe to run down our roughly 14 favorite books and cartoonists of the 2010s: Eleanor Davis, Rosalie Lightning by Tom Hart, Anders Nilsen, John Hanciewicz, Digger by Ursula Vernon, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Vol. 1 by Emil Ferris, Marion Fayolle, Frank Santoro, Joe Sacco, the comics journalism of The Nib, My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf, Daytripper by Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon, and Marcelo D'Salete.
Episode 99: Bunjevac, Noomin, Mardou, Boyd, Barajas
December 09, 2019 18:48 - 51 minutes - 17.5 MBWe review Bezimena by Nina Bunjevac, Drawing Power edited by Diane Noomin, Sky in Stereo vol. 2 by Mardou, Chicken Rising by D. Boyd, and La Voz de M.A.Y.O. by Henry Barajas.
Episode 98: Davis, D'Salete, Healy, Willumsen
November 27, 2019 15:59 - 52 minutes - 18.1 MBWe review The Hard Tomorrow by Eleanor Davis, Angola Janga by Marcelo D'Salete, Americana by Luke Healy, and Bradley of Him by Connor Willumsen.
Episode 97: Delporte, Moore, Daniels, Passmore, Allaby, Mandaag
October 21, 2019 16:20 - 57 minutes - 19.9 MBIn this episode we touch on This Woman's Work by Julie Delporte, Sweet Little Cunt: The Graphic Work of Julie Doucet by Anne Elizabeth Moore, BTTM FDRS by Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore, Martin Peters by Patrick Allaby, and The Follies of Richard Wadsworth by Nick Mandaag.
Episode 96: Jacob, Lust, Lin, Jason
August 16, 2019 02:02 - 1 hour - 21.9 MBWe review Good Talk by Mira Jacob, How I Tried to Be a Good Person by Ulli Lust, Pope Hats #6 by Hartley Lin, and O Josephine! by Jason.
Episode 95: Villadsen, Schrauwen, Ferraris, Chiocca
June 16, 2019 15:07 - 32 minutes - 11 MBIn this episode we review The Sea by Rikke Villadsen, Parallel Lives by Olivier Schrauwen, and The Scar: Graphic Reportage from the U.S. Mexico Border by Andrea Ferraris and Renato Chiocca.
Episode 94: Buhle, Max, Griffith, Brown
May 28, 2019 01:32 - 46 minutes - 16.1 MBIn this episode we review Eugene V. Debs: A Graphic Biography by Paul Buhle and Steve Max, Nobody's Fool: The Life and Times of Schlitzie the Pinhead by Bill Griffith, and Cannibis: The Illegalization of Weed in America by Box Brown.
Episode 93: Baczynski, Walden, Vaughan, Reynolds, Forsman, de Radigues
March 19, 2019 01:56 - 50 minutes - 17.3 MBWe review Retrograde Orbit by Kristyna Baczynski, On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden, Barrier by Brian K. Vaughan, The New World by Chris Reynolds, and Hobo Mom by Charles Forsman and Max de Radigues.
Episode 92: Best of 2018
January 28, 2019 03:02 - 41 minutes - 14.3 MBWe run down our top 10 favorite books of 2018.
Episode 91: Roberts, Sergel, Baudoin, Van Sciver, Fior
January 09, 2019 02:25 - 41 minutes - 14.1 MBIn this episode we talk about Chlorine Gardens by Keiler Roberts, One Dirty Tree by Noah Van Sciver, Piero by Edmond Baudoin, Bald Knobber by Robert Sergel, and Blackbird Days by Manuele Fior.
Episode 90: Prum, Fitzgerald, Walch, I Feel Machine, Nilsen
November 20, 2018 01:23 - 40 minutes - 14 MBWe discuss The Dead Eye and the Deep Blue Sea by Vannak Anan Prum, Drawn to Berlin by Ali Fitzgerald, You Can Try Again by Olivia Walch, the collection I Feel Machine, and Tongues #2 by Anders Nilsen.
Episode 89: Nichols, Utkin, Hanawalt, Tonatiuh
October 02, 2018 22:44 - 42 minutes - 14.6 MBWe review Flocks by L. Nichols, The King of Birds by Alexander Utkin, Coyote Doggirl by Lisa Hanawalt, and Undocumented: A Worker's Fight by Duncan Tonatiuh.
Episode 88: Alagbé, Ruillier, Kupperman, Starkings
August 09, 2018 23:10 - 52 minutes - 41.7 MBIn this episode we review Yellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures by Yvan Alagbé, The Strange by Jerome Ruillier, All the Answers by Jerome Kupperman, and The Beef by Richard Starkings and Shaky Kane.
Episode 87: Perez, Gipi, David B.
July 06, 2018 03:18 - 34 minutes - 11.7 MBIn this episode we review Land of the Sons by Gipi, Pervert by Michelle Perez and Remy Boydell, and Hasib and the Queen of Serpents by David B.
Episode 86: Davis, DeForge, and Wertz
May 14, 2018 15:53 - 35 minutes - 49.3 MBIn this episode we review Why Art by Eleanor Davis; Sticks Angelica, Folk Hero by Michael DeForge; and Tenements, Towers & Trash by Julia Wertz.
Episode 85: Box Brown, Fabien Nury, Paul Buhle, and more
March 19, 2018 02:07 - 48 minutes - 16.6 MBWe review Is This Guy for Real? The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman by Box Brown, The Death of Stalin by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin, Johnny Appleseed: Green Dreamer of the American Frontier by Paul Buhle and Noah Van Sciver, and NOW #1 and #2.
Episode 84: Chatterjee, D'Salete, and Farinella
February 01, 2018 16:45 - 36 minutes - 12.6 MBIn this episode we review Verax by Pratap Chatterjee and Khalil, Run for It by Marcelo D'Salete, and The Senses by Mateo Farinella.
Episode 83: Top 8 of 2017
January 12, 2018 02:12 - 28 minutes - 9.66 MBWe run down our top 8 favorite comics of 2017.
Episode 82: Chaboute, Leslie Stein, Jesse Lonergan
December 13, 2017 04:28 - 28 minutes - 9.71 MBWe review Alone by Chaboute, Present by Leslie Stein, and This World Is Not for Burning and Hedra by Jesse Lonergan.
Episode 81: Nilsen, Findakly, and Forsman
October 16, 2017 19:50 - 27 minutes - 9.6 MBWe review The End of the Fucking World by Charles Forsman, Poppies from Iraq by Brigitte Findakly and Lewis Trondheim, and Tongues #1 by Anders Nilsen.
Episode 80: Manuele Fior, Jillian Tamaki, and Jonathan Coulton/Matt Fraction
August 31, 2017 14:48 - 33 minutes - 11.4 MBWe review The Interview by Manuele Fior, Boundless by Jillian Tamaki, and Solid State, written by Matt Fraction based on a concept album by Jonathan Coulton.
Episode 79: Dominique Goblet and Max Andersson
July 28, 2017 20:17 - 30 minutes - 10.6 MBJoshua and Alex review Pretending Is Lying by Dominique Goblet and The Excavation by Max Andersson.
Episode 78
June 28, 2017 19:06 - 39 minutes - 13.4 MBJoshua and Joe review Hostage by Guy Delisle, The Red Virgin and the Vision of Utopia by Mary and Brian Talbot, Rolling Blackouts by Sarah Glidden, and Your Black Friend by Ben Passmore.
Episode 77: Peplum, 100 Nights of Hero, The Flintstones
May 18, 2017 02:35 - 31 minutes - 10.7 MBWe review Peplum by Blutch, The 100 Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg, and The Flintstones vol. 1 by Mark Russell and Steve Pugh.
Episode 76: Len, The Abominable Mr. Seabrook, Six Days in Cincinnati
March 27, 2017 12:21 - 33 minutes - 11.5 MBJoshua and Joe review Len: A Lawyer in History by Seth Tobocman, The Abominable Mr. Seabrook by Joe Ollmann, and Six Days in Cincinnati by Dan Mendez Moore.
Episode 75: Exits, Untitled Ape's Epic Adventure, Soviet Daughter
February 22, 2017 10:00 - 23 minutes - 7.93 MBAlex and Joshua review Exits by Daryl Seitchik, Untitled Ape's Epic Adventure by Steven Tillotson, and Soviet Daughter by Julia Alekseyeva.
Episode 74: Last Look, Everything Is Teeth, The Unquotable Trump
February 06, 2017 10:00 - 33 minutes - 11.5 MBJoe and Joshua talk about Last Look by Charles Burns and Everything Is Teeth by Evie Wyld.
Episode 73: Best of 2016
January 04, 2017 11:00 - 39 minutes - 13.5 MBAlex, Andrea, Joe, and Joshua talk about their eight favorite comics of the year.
Episode 72: The Arab of the Future, Tetris, Cowboys and Insects, Disillusioned Illusions
December 08, 2016 02:55 - 39 minutes - 13.6 MBJoshua and Joe review The Arab of the Future by Riad Sattouf, Tetris: The Games People Play by Box Brown, Cowboys and Insects by David Hine and Shaky Kane, and Disillusioned Illusions by Greg Stump.
Episode 71: March book 3, Threadbare, Dave Ortega
November 08, 2016 16:55 - 41 minutes - 14.1 MBIn this episode we talk about March book 3 by John Lewis, Threadbare by Anne Elizabeth Moore, and a number of short works by Dave Ortega.
Episode 70: The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye
October 26, 2016 01:14 - 28 minutes - 9.87 MBAlex and Joshua are joined by Josh O'Neill and Robert Berry to discuss The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye by Sonny Liew.
Episode 69: Indeh, The Fun Family, The Experts
September 29, 2016 17:06 - 34 minutes - 11.9 MBJoshua and Joe review Indeh by Ethan Hawke and Greg Ruth, The Fun Family by Benjamin Frisch, and The Experts by Sophie Franz.
Episode 68
September 18, 2016 23:39 - 25 minutes - 11.6 MBAlex and Joshua review We All Wish for Deadly Force by Leela Corman, Cosplayers by Dash Shaw, and What Is Obscenity? by Rokudenashiko.
Episode 67
August 11, 2016 02:54 - 29 minutes - 10.1 MBJoe and Joshua discuss LOVF by Jesse Reklaw and Hot Dog Taste Test by Lisa Hanawalt.
Episode 66
June 28, 2016 17:25 - 38 minutes - 13.4 MBJoshua and Joe review Irmina by Barbara Yelin and Lulu Anew by Etienne Davodeau.
Episode 65
June 07, 2016 23:09 - 39 minutes - 13.6 MBAlex and Joshua talk about Mary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus by Chester Brown, The Ukrainian and Russian Notebooks by Igort, and another chapter from Neil Cohn's The Visual Language of Comics.
Episode 64
May 05, 2016 00:28 - 35 minutes - 12.2 MBJoe and Joshua talk about Paracuellos by Carlos Gimenez and Killing and Dying by Adrian Tomine.
Episode 63
April 26, 2016 23:53 - 26 minutes - 9.18 MBJoshua and Alex review Nameless City vol. 1 by Faith Erin Hicks and New Construction by Sam Alden.
Episode 62
April 19, 2016 02:10 - 31 minutes - 10.8 MBJoshua and Joe talk about Through the Habitrails by Jeff Nicholson and Ganges #5 by Kevin Huizenga.
Episode 61
March 30, 2016 17:34 - 35 minutes - 12 MBAlex and Joshua review March vol. 2 by Congressman John Lewis, The Imitation Game by Jim Ottaviani, and Rules for Dating my Daughter by Mike Dawson, and talk about the first chapter of Neil Cohn's The Visual Language of Comics.
Episode 60
March 16, 2016 02:26 - 19 minutes - 6.58 MBJoe and Joshua talk about Patience by Dan Clowes and The Abbadon by Koren Shadmi.
Episode 59
March 09, 2016 10:30 - 34 minutes - 11.8 MBJoshua and Joe talk about Soldier's Heart by Carol Tyler and Starve Vol. 1 by Brian Wood.
Episode 58
February 24, 2016 10:30 - 26 minutes - 9.14 MBIn this episode Joshua and Joe talk about Was She Pretty? by Leanne Shapton, Oyster War by Ben Towle, and Dressing and Lose #7 by Michael Deforge.
Episode 57
February 12, 2016 21:37 - 20 minutes - 6.92 MBIn this episode Alex and Joshua review The Oven by Sophie Goldstein and Beverly by Nick Drnaso.
Episode 56
February 01, 2016 11:00 - 46 minutes - 15.9 MBJoe Wessely joins us as a sometime host in this episode, and we discuss The Envelope Manufacturer by Chris Oliveros, Trashed by Derf Backderf, Ruins by Peter Kuper, and Invisible Ink by Bill Griffith.
Episode 55: Rosalie Lightning
January 25, 2016 11:00 - 26 minutes - 11.9 MBWe devote this entire episode to discussing Tom Hart's new book, Rosalie Lightning.
Episode 54: Best of 2015
December 28, 2015 11:00 - 36 minutes - 12.5 MBAndrea, Alex, and Joshua run through our top eight comics of 2015.
Episode 53
December 10, 2015 16:16 - 29 minutes - 10.2 MBJoshua and Alex review Plans We Made by Simon Moreton, Curveball by Jeremy Sorese, We Are Going to Bremen to Be Musicians by Tin Can Forest and Geoff Berner, Two Brothers by Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba, and Junction by Nathan Jurevicius.
Episode 52: Frank Santoro
October 12, 2015 09:00 - 1 hour - 48.4 MBAlex interviews renowned cartoonist, comics critic, and educator Frank Santoro, author of Cold Heat and Pompeii, among other works.