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409 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 8 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsWhere comic books and politics meet
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Castlevania: A Very Warren Ellis Anime. with Leslie Lee III & Kat Overland
March 25, 2020 02:00 - 1 hour - 64.5 MBWarren Ellis' Castlevania show for Netflix is about powerful old men who want to bring the world down around them and the OT3 who say "nope" to all that. I'm joined by two critics who know their anime way better than I to talk about the show: Kat Overland is a freelance culture critic and the small press editor at Women Write About comics. Leslie Lee the 3rd is a writer and host of Struggle Session. We open with a Spoiler-free discussion of if you should watch the show. Answer: yes, there ar...
Tea and Spinach! Politics of Popeye, King Features Comics Strips to Memes
March 12, 2020 01:30 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBThe comic strips you grew up with, and your great-grandma grew up with, are probably from King Features Syndicate: a comics syndicate over 100 years old! Tea Fougner is the Editorial Director for Comics at King Features Syndicate and joins us to talk about comics strips past and present. As Tea says, “Comics is a format, not a genre." Find out: Which vintage adventure strips will modern readers enjoy?Popeye: OriginsThe kweerness of Krazy KatThe 1970s splenders of Apartment 3GThe Lockhorns a...
V for Vendetta: A mask becomes un-Moore'd in time
February 26, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 62.9 MBV for Vendetta is marching in streets from Catalonia to Hong Kong; a centuries old symbol reinvented in the 1982 graphic novel by Alan Moore and David Lloyd, and further popularized by the Wachowski Sisters movie of 2005. Even Occupy was almost 10 years ago?! Why has this mask and story lived on in protests? How is V for Vendetta a unique dystopian text? I'm joined by Ajay Singh Chaudhary PHD, executive director of the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research and Ange Tran, artist and designe...
Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipated Comics Critics
February 17, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour - 76.3 MBPerfectly choreographed fights against sexists who had it coming! Does DC Entertainment's Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey movie keep the spirit of the beloved comics alive? From the comics to the big screen we've got an expert panel: Nadia Shammas is an Arab-American comic writer and native Brooklynite. She's best known for being the creator of CORPUS: A Comic Anthology of Bodily Ailments and the author/co-creator of SQUIRE, a YA Middle Eastern fantasy set from HarperCollins next year. You can ...
Watchmen on HBO: Black Wall Street, "Trust In the Law", masks & politics
February 08, 2020 22:00 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBVictor Luckerson is writing a book about Tulsa's Black Wall Street, which was highlighted by HBO's Watchmen series. Felicia Perez is the Innovation Director at the Center for Story-based Strategy. We team up to look at the real history and current politics behind the most 2019 of HBO shows. Also, check out Victor's essay in the New Yorker: The Great Achievement of Watchmen is Showing How Black Americans Shape History: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-great-achievement-of...
Jamelle Bouie, Spencer Ackerman: The X-Men at Davos, HoxPox & Dawn of X
January 26, 2020 00:30 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBNew York Times Opinion columnist Jamelle Bouie and Spencer Ackerman, Daily Beast National Security Reporter, join me to talk about the new X-Men series, the ideology of Krakoa and more: “Magneto as Lenin” Jamelle Bouie “This is The X-Men that I have always dreamed of existing, in my soul”- Spencer AckermanWhat does the Mutant Liberation Front really mean?Pan Africanism, not Zionism "Based on my friends fighting between Bernie and Warren there should be a lot more fighting between being a Magn...
Martin Luther King, X-Men and Magneto: A Vintage Episode
January 20, 2020 19:30 - 1 hour - 84.2 MBOur roundtable of historians, cultural critics and comics bloggers came together for a Martin Luther King Day episode 5 years ago. The world of X-Men and criticism has changed since but our panelists rocked and listeners loved it. So we brought this Classic episode out of the archives. Our guests: Steve Attewell: He is the founder and writer of Race for the Iron Throne and writes People’s History of the Marvel Universe for Graphic Policy. https://twitter.com/StevenAttewellDavid Brothers – Da...
Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams Graphic Novel with Steve Horton
January 14, 2020 04:30 - 59 minutes - 53.2 MB"BOWIE: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams is a graphic novel from legendary artist Mike Allred and writer Steve Horton. It chronicles the rise of David Bowie’s career from obscurity to fame; paralleled by the rise and fall of his alter ego Ziggy Stardust. As the Spiders from Mars slowly implode, Bowie wrestles with his Ziggy persona. The outcome of this internal conflict will change not only DavidBowie, but also, the world." I'm joined by the book's writer Steve Horton -- https://twitter...
The Mandalorian: Westerns, Samurai Manga and Muppets
January 06, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 69.7 MBWhat better collapse of the Disney vs auteurism fight then Werner Herzog talking to a Muppet? I'm joined by experts in the show's influences from High Noon to Lone Wolf and Cub. Learn about darksabers and other stuff you missed by not watching the Clone Wars cartoon. Guests: Brandon Wilson is a filmmaker and lecturer. Born and raised in Los Angeles, he attended UCLA where he took a B.A. in African-American Studies and an M.F.A. from the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television. Wilson h...
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
December 27, 2019 19:30 - 1 hour - 64.2 MBExperts at pop culture storytelling, social movements and fan organizing joining me to discuss the final Star Wars movie, Rise of Skywalker. Porshéa Patterson-Hurst is the public opinion research associate for The Opportunity Agenda, a social justice communication lab in New York. She consults with allies in the field to identify and obtain pertinent research needs in the areas of immigration, criminal legal reform, and poverty. She is also the Director of Strategic Partnerships for Black Gi...
Best Comics of 2019 with Nea Chingy, Sara Century & John Arminio
December 21, 2019 22:30 - 1 hour - 93.9 MB4 critics share our favorite comics of the year. We've got all-ages comics any kid will love, comics about Watchmen, comics about sex workers fighting for their rights, comics about Archie vs Predator. Hear which series had the best endings and find out the books we can't wait to read in 2020. You'll leave with a big reading list (or gift list). Nea aka Chingy L Gay is a writer, comedian, and critically acclaimed ex-girlfriend. She writes about queer identity, nerd shit, and her weird sex li...
Captain Manhattan: Comics & Running for Office with City Councilman Ben Kallos
December 09, 2019 03:00 - 55 minutes - 49.8 MBNY City Councilman Ben Kallos https://twitter.com/BenKallos grew up collecting comics, watching anime and reading science fiction as a Manhattan kid. While most of his time is now spent passing progressive reform legislation, getting trashcans installed across his Upper East Side district or taking care of his daughter, he still loves comics and scifi for the powerful stories they tell about the world around us. Discussed: What's it like running for office as a geek?How an issue of Punisher ...
Comics Anthologies are like mixtapes: Dead Beats and She Said Destroy
November 23, 2019 18:30 - 58 minutes - 53 MBCreative team Liana Kangas & Joe Corallo discuss their comics merging music, horror & scifi fantasy: She Said Destroy: The witches of Fey are the last believers of The Morrigan, Goddess of Death, Brigid's sister and the only other God left. As Brigid's forces prepare for one final battle, The Morrigan prepares to do what she does best: Destroy! Dead Beaths: The Dead Beats music shop is filled with deadly secrets. Run by the mysterious Shoppe Keeper, customers can browse through cursed recor...
Sarah Horrocks makes comics. From Liefeld to Manga to Greek Theater
November 11, 2019 17:00 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBSarah Horrocks does it all: she draws, writes, inks, letters and self-publishes her own comics and is a damn good critic too. We talk about how she makes comics and geek out about everything from the inks of Kyoko Okazaki to the queerness of Euripides to the inks and colors of Vertigo comics. Sarah Horrocks is an Eisner-nominated comic artist and critic from Oklahoma. She has done cover work for various Image and Boom Studio projects, as well as comics for anthologies across a spectrum of pu...
Hickman's X-Men: House of X /Powers of X & the Meaning of Krakoa
October 28, 2019 01:00 - 2 hours - 111 MBMutants talking economic policy at Davos! Cyclops/Wolverine/Jean: a throuple! Is Krakoa Israel or is it a gay bar? Jonathan Hickman leads a relaunch of X-men comics that X-Men fans call #HoXPox. What are the politics of the series? This looks like a job for: Chingy Le Gay is a writer, comedian, advice columnist, and critically acclaimed ex-girlfriend. Her work focuses on queer dating, pop culture, and her weird sex life and can be found at Out Magazine, Jezebel, Them, and Autostraddle. http...
Steven Universe The Movie: With Musical Theater Geeks
October 16, 2019 03:30 - 1 hour - 73.8 MBSteven Universe the Movie is Steven Universe The Musical so one of my guests writes musicals: AriDy Nox is a black femme storyteller and social activist with a variety of forward-thinking creative works under her/their belt including the documentary Flawless Feminism, the sci-fi operetta Project Tiresias, and the dark comedy Joy is Dead, as well as others. AriDy creates out of the vehement belief that creating a future in which marginalized peoples are free requires a radical imagination. Ari...
Young Justice: Outsiders! With Ahmed Ali Akbar, Ardo Omer & Ben Kahn
October 08, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 67.8 MB#WeAreAllOutsiders! I've got the perfect guests talking about the return of DC's beloved animated series, Young Justice Season 3, streaming on DC Universe. Ahmed Ali Akbar is a writer and host of the show “See Something Say Something.” He has worked as Staff Writer at BuzzFeed and has contributed pieces to Netflix, Catapult, Thrillist, Pushkin Industries, and more. He holds a Masters in Islamic Studies from Harvard Divinity School. https://twitter.com/radbrowndads Ardo Omer is a critic and ...
She-ra & the Princesses of Power: Seasons 2&3
September 18, 2019 04:30 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBIt's bi-week! Time to talk about She-ra and the Princesses of Power. What with all the queer teen heroes, and their queer parents, and their bi-pride flag colored hologram mentors and freedom fighting unicorns. Mey Rude returns for her second dive into the Dreamworks animated series. Mey is a queer, trans and fat Latina living in LA where she works as a trans consultant and a culture and entertainment writer for Out.com. She loves nerds, Judy Hopps and talking about her feelings. And joining...
Daniel Kibblesmith: writing Loki, Colbert & being funny on the Internet
September 09, 2019 02:30 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBDaniel Kibblesmith is an Emmy-Nominated writer for The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, and the writer of comics like Marvel's "Loki" (2019), "Black Panther Vs. Deadpool" (2018) and others. He's also the author of picture books like "Santa's Husband" (2017) and the upcoming, "Princess Dinosaur" (2020). He was one of the founding editors of ClickHole (2014) and his humor writing can be seen in places like The New Yorker and McSweeney's. We talk about the differences between writing humor in co...
Writer Brenden Fletcher: Motor Crush, Robotech & Isola
September 03, 2019 02:00 - 1 hour - 71.1 MBBrenden Fletcher is a bestselling writer of comic books and animation. Current projects include the Eisner Award-nominated series ISOLA and MOTOR CRUSH for Image Comics as well as the upcoming ROBOTECH Remix series for Titan. Prevoius work includes: BATGIRL OF BURNSIDE and the YA mystery/adventure series GOTHAM ACADEMY. Learn: Of the creation of Catball: Nova Honda's cutest robot/cat/ballRobotech already IS a remixCrediting the geniuses behind RobotechMotor Crush Vol 3 goes Terminator (& I'l...
Superman's Pal, Steve Lieber, Comics Artist
August 15, 2019 02:30 - 1 hour - 65 MBArtist Steve Lieber is one of the funniest artists in superhero comics today and his new series with Matt Fraction, Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen is wild and wonderful. Steve Lieber's comics have been published by DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, Image, Valiant and many others. He’s known for his work on the Eisner-winning Whiteout, a graphic novel adapted by Warner Brothers as a feature film, and for Superior Foes of Spider-Man, an Eisner-nominated cult favorite. His comic The Fix was named Best New Com...
Psychedelic space warriors & kitty cats w/ comics writer Carlos Giffoni
August 01, 2019 03:00 - 56 minutes - 51.1 MBComics writer/musician Carlos Giffoni joins us to talk about his series Strayed,a sci fi story about the military industrial complex, staring a pet cat, with art by Juan Doe, and Space Riders: Vortex of Darkness with Alexis Ziritt, which is some seriously trippy stuff. At 14 Carlos began singing in a punk band in his homeland Venezuela. Since then, he has been involved in experimental music with over a dozen releases. He has worked on projects for League of Legends, South Park, Ugly Americ...
Spider-Man Far From Home, Ripped from the Headlines
July 25, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBTV writer Tom Ciaccio and Cayden Mak of https://18millionrising.org/ webswing by to talk about the latest MCU movie. Wherein we discuss: The Post Blip EconomyWhat makes a Spider-Man storyUnionizing tech workersSeeing the world through weapons colored lensesGive the trans actor lines you cowards!"At every movie now people are always waiting for Sammuel L Jackson to pop out after the credits"Young Justice S3 Cayden Mak is Executive Director at 18MillionRising.org, where he has been rabble-rousi...
Doom Patrol: It's Always Pride on Danny Street
July 10, 2019 04:00 - 1 hour - 67.2 MBDanny the Street sprang into existence out of the first brick thrown at Stonewall. Facts. We loved Doom Patrol on DC Unlverse streaming and comics writer Ben Kahn & comics retailer John Arminio are here to tell you why. The Bureau of Normalcy is ICEYes you should watch Swamp Thing"My face is beat. My look is flawless. And I am dulcet from head to toe. The only thing I am not is scared of you." This covers episodes 3 throug the finale. Hear thoughts on episodes 1 and 2: http://bit.ly/doomP1and...
I am Phoenix Hear Me Roar: Jean Grey of the X-Men from Comics to Screen
June 18, 2019 05:00 - 52 minutes - 46.9 MBEven a bad movie can’t stop the return of the Phoenix! The Phoenix Saga is iconic but it shouldn't be the only Jean story you know. Josh Wilson of The Fabulist interviews me (Elana) for a change, as we talk about Jean Grey in comics and cartoons. How X-Men #28 made me fall for JeanJack Kirby's Jean is feminist. Stan Lee's is not. (via The Kirby Without Words Tumblr http://bit.ly/KirbyWOwordsJean )The Best Use of Jean’s powers is in New X-Men We ship the love rectangleRead Josh's full essay ab...
Fixed Audio! Secret Six: 1st Rate Comics about Last Rate Supervillains
June 11, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 75.2 MB"The Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead of the DCU"-- John Arminio. Secret Six is easily one of the 5 best cape comics of the 21st century. Staring a diverse team of D-List supervillians, the series was created by Gail Simone working with artists including Nicola Scott, Jim Calafiore and Brad Walker. The true heir to the legendary 1980s' Suicide Squad, this comic lovingly depicts mercenaries fucking up their contracts, backstabbing each other, then coming back together to tell the world to...
Re-Reading Secret Six: 1st Rate Comics about Last Rate Supervillains
June 06, 2019 02:30 - 1 hour - 75.2 MB"The Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead of the DCU"-- John Arminio. Secret Six is easily one of the 5 best cape comics of the 21st century. Staring a diverse team of D-List supervillians, the series was created by Gail Simone working with artists including Nicola Scott, Jim Calafiore and Brad Walker. The true heir to the legendary 1980s' Suicide Squad, this comic lovingly depicts mercenaries fucking up their contracts, backstabbing each other, then coming back together to tell the world to...
Game of Thrones Finale: Team Small Folk. With Attewell, Hayslett and Rasher
May 21, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 68.5 MBSteven Attewell is the founder of Race for the Iron Throne, covering A Song of Ice and Fire chapter-by-chapter from a historical & political angle. He's published 2 collections of chapter-by-chapter essays and the book "Kings, Hands, and City-States," focusing on the political structures of GRRM's world. He's on twitter @StevenAttewell, Tumblr & has a Patreon for his ASOIAF work. Reuben “Tihi” Hayslett is a queer activist, writer, and storyteller. As a fluent speaker of Dothraki, one of the ...
Ben Kahn writes Gryffen Galaxy's Most Wanted and Heavenly Blues
May 16, 2019 01:00 - 55 minutes - 50.3 MBBen's not writing a dystopia, they're writing a catharisis! "Like the Hulk!" but with a pink queer undercut. Ben Kahn is a comic book writer based in New York. Their latest series, Gryffen: Galaxy's Most Wanted, is their third collaboration with artist Bruno Hidalgo after Shaman and Heavenly Blues. Gryffen is a genderqueer, anti-fascist space opera published by SBI Press exclusively on ComiXology. Heavenly Bluessees a ragtag group of deceased thieves condemned Hell team up to pull the ul...
Writer Anthony Oliveira: Stevonnie, Satan and other queer icons
May 07, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour - 62.6 MB"Kids have stopped being kids in the time you've made them wait for queer representation... "We won’t metaphorize these things away.”-- Anthony Oliveira is a writer, film programmer, pop culture critic, and PhD living in Toronto. He’s written comics for Dark Horse, Steven Universe “Fusion Frenzy” and for Marvel “My Drag Brunch with Loki” in War of the Realms:War Scrolls. He tweets @meakoopa and hosts the podcast The Devil’s Party, as he reads through Milton’s Paradise Lost and its demonic ...
Avengers Endgame with Marvel scholars
April 30, 2019 05:30 - 1 hour - 79.4 MBBrandon Wilson is an L.A. based filmmaker and educator. He has made two microbudget features, the most recent one -SEPULVEDA which he co-directed with his wife Jena English- is streaming on Vimeo. A former LAUSD teacher, he currently teaches graduate and undergraduate film courses at UCLA, Columbia College Hollywood. He's been reading comic books off and on for almost 40 years. Tea Fougner is the Editorial Director for Comics at King Features Syndicate. When she's not reading comics for work...
Game of Thrones Season 8 Premiere with Maesters Steven Attewell & Tihi Hayslett
April 19, 2019 04:00 - 1 hour - 63.7 MBDiscussing the Game of Thrones S8 Premiere with uniquely qualified experts: Steven Attewell is the founder of Race for the Iron Throne, which covers A Song of Ice and Fire chapter-by-chapter from a historical and political angle. In addition to two published collections of the chapter-by-chapter essays, Steven is also the author of "Kings, Hands, and City-States," an collection of essays focusing specifically on the political structures of GRRM's world. He is on twitter @StevenAttewell and T...
Shazam! Reviewed! By Geeks!
April 12, 2019 05:30 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBIn the 1940s this hero’s comics outsold Superman and his movie debut sure is better than the recent Superman movies. We discuss the film, the comics that inspired it and, the City of Brotherly Love that it’s set in. My guests are: Anthony Otero: a two time novelist and a contributor to The Puerto Rico Strong Anthology. He is also a member of the #BlackComicsChat podcast. Berry Grass has lived in rural Missouri, Tuscaloosa, & now Philadelphia. She's the author of Hall of Waters (out in Augus...
Writer Cecil Castellucci on Female Furies, Plain Janes & Changing Girls
April 08, 2019 03:00 - 59 minutes - 53.7 MBWriter Cecil Castelluccidiscusses how Jack Kirby’s Fourth World Saga powers her new comics series The Female Furies. Female Furies depicts Big Barda’s own feminist awakening on the hell planet Apocalypse--a world so much like our own. Cecil Castellucciis the award winning and New York Times Bestselling author of books and graphic novels for young adults including Shade, The Changing Girl, Boy Proof, The Plain Janes, Soupy Leaves Home, The Year of the Beasts, Tin Star, and Odd Duck. In 2015 s...
Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly: writing Green Arrow, Star Trek & Zojaqan comics
March 28, 2019 03:30 - 59 minutes - 53.8 MBWithout his left wing politics Green Arrow is just Batman! Our guests this episode certainly know, having just finished a three-issue run on Green Arrow to close out the series. That's right, our guests are comics most dynamic duo. The New Blue and Gold: Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly. Jackson and Collin are screenwriters and New York Times Bestselling comic book creators, known for Joyride, Gotham City Garage, Hacktivist and now Zojaqan. In April they are launching STAR TREK: YEAR FIVE #1,...
The Punisher Season 2 w. Jay Edidin & Tea Fougner: Marvel X-Perts
March 18, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 64.5 MBJay Edidin is half of the podcast Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men (“because it’s about time someone did”). He writes comics, short fiction, and narrative nonfiction; and edits comics, transmedia, and genre fiction. Jay was named comicbook.com's 2017 Comics Person of the Year for his investigative coverage of harassment issues at D.C. Comics and his work to foster diversity and inclusion in comics culture. Tea Fougner is the Editorial Director for Comics at King Features Syndicate. When she's...
Captain Marvel Movie: Skrulls are People Too
March 11, 2019 02:30 - 1 hour - 69.2 MBCaptain Marvel merits a conversation that can celebrate it’s feminism and anti-Imperialist themes while criticizing its Air Force propaganda packaging. Queer subtext? 90s throwbacks? We’ve got you covered: Chelsea Manning is Captain Marvel!How we're shapeshifters (Elana's essay about feeling like a Skrull for Wired.com )Monica is the hero“Top Gun is why I almost enlisted, Don't Ask Don't Tell is why I didn’t”The meaning of Nick Fury’s EyeCarol and Maria holding the “gayz” Felicia Perez is the...
Doom Patrol Episodes 1 & 2: To Doom Patrol or Not to Doom Patrol?
March 01, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour - 73.7 MBDC's new high concept streaming TV series is based on the cult classic comics. The show is exclusively available on DC's streaming platform DC Universe. Is the show good? Is it worth subscribing to the platform? We discuss the service and the show's first two episodes in depth (first part is spoiler-free). We also geek out on the brilliant comics that inspired it all and when or how to read them. Mental illness and unrully bodiesDoom Patrol: X-Men or Fantastic Four?Negative Man is Green Lante...
Nick Robles: comics artist on drawing Euthanauts, fan art & Rush
February 24, 2019 04:30 - 1 hour - 59.9 MB“I wanted to be the Adam Hughes of Guys” - Artist Nick Robles discusses drawing wings and tails, the makings of a good pin-up and other professional advice. Nick Robles is a freelance artist from southern Louisiana. Self-taught, he works with digital art as his main medium. He's been published by BOOM!, IDW, BLACK CROWN, VAULT, DARK HORSE and continues to grow that list with a love for art and creating with passionate storytellers. His most recent book, EUTHANAUTS (with writer TINI HOWARD)...
Cartoonist Blue Delliquanti, creator of "Oh Human Star"
February 09, 2019 18:00 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBRobot means laborer. O Human Star, is a webcomic about a trans robot, the humans who made her and the complex world of robotics and human development they all live in. I interviewed series creator Blue Delliquanti. Blue is the creator of the Prism Award-winning webcomic O Human Star. Blue is also the co-creator of the graphic novel Meal (with Soleil Ho) and The 'Stan (with David Axe and Kevin Knodell). We discuss artistic inspiration, transhumanism, robot politics, Rossum's Universal Robo...
Steven Universe Season 5 Finale: "She prefers to be called Steven!"
January 29, 2019 04:30 - 54 minutes - 49.2 MBBrilliant queer television for all ages. Steven Universe is “The First Time I’ve Seen Someone Like Myself on Television”Queer family will heal societyWhite Diamond’s White Hegemony Neoliberalism is brittle, a false fusionGuests try to convince Elana to watch a mecha anime? Ethan Gould is a visual artist and project developer living in Brooklyn. He is a graduate of the Visual Narrative MFA program at SVA, likes to create work about fictional materials and even worse, fictional logistics. He m...
Writer Leah Williams: X-Men, Barbarella/Dejah Thoris & "make it queer"
January 21, 2019 17:30 - 1 hour - 71 MB“I write professional fan fiction. We get paid to do it” Leah Williams is an American writer originally from Oxford, Mississippi. She writes comics for Marvel, BOOM! Studios, Dynamite Entertainment, and more. Her debut novel was a YA Fantasy book titled The Alchemy of Being Fourteen and she is currently writing its sequel, The Divinity of Hitting Fifteen. Leah has also written nonfiction articles and essays for The Atlantic, Oprah Magazine, and Salon. Visit Leah's website www.leahmedia.com ...
The Punisher Season 1 with Sean T Collins
January 10, 2019 04:30 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBPunisher Season 2 is coming so at the recommendation of our guest, I finally decided to cover Marvel Netflix The Punisher Season 1. Sean T. Collins is the co-editor of the comics and art anthology Mirror Mirror II and a critic for the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Vulture, Decider and many other publications. Can two leftists enjoy a TV show about a character beloved by the "alt-right"? Yes. Stay tuned for: “Reclaiming Punisher for the goths”Frank Castle is Sandor CleganeMicro is Edward Sn...
The Best Comics of 2018 with Bilal Shelby, Steven Attewell & Alex K Cossa
January 04, 2019 02:00 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBFrom comics for kids to adults-only graphic novels, from superheroes-- Marvel, DC, Valiant and Lion Forge-- to creator-owned Twisted Romance, from slice of life to horror, we read A LOT of comics in 2018. Here are some our favorites! Bilal Shelby is a non-binary writer who focuses on queerness in historical and speculative fiction. Alex K Cossa is a contributor to Graphic Policy, a lover of Valiant Comics, and a co-host of Those Two Geeks. Steven Attewell writes about the intersection o...
Best TV & Films of 2018 with Valerie Complex, Alexis Latinx Geeks & Bill Scurry
December 24, 2018 06:00 - 1 hour - 62.6 MBAlexis Sanchez is the creator and co-founder of Latinx Geeks, an online community for latinxs who love all things geeky and pop culture. She is a student by day and geek fangirl by night. Bill Scurry is a filmmaker and podcaster living New York, with his wife and cat. He's the co-host of the "I Don't Get It Podcast," a frequent contributor to "Wrong Reel" and he's the founder and proprietor of AmericanCaesar Enterprises. Valerie Complex is a military veteran turned screenwriter and film cri...
Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse with Osvaldo Oyola & Felicia Perez
December 19, 2018 03:00 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBMiles Morales’ feature film debut is breaking boundaries and winning accolades. Join us for a conversation about: This most comic book of all comic book movies"It's like Obama’s 8 years"The superpower of invisibility vs hypervisibilityMiles’ charter school (waiting for Spider-Man not Waiting for Superman)Why did we wait so long for a brown Spider-Man?“Black Panther meets The Power-Puff Girls” Osvaldo Oyola teaches writing at New York University and serves on the executive board for the Intern...
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power with Mey Rude & Tea Fougner
December 13, 2018 18:30 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBShe-ra is Netflix new cartoon is a diverse, queer feminist re-envisioning of a cartoon from the 80s. It’s by showrunner Noelle Stevenson of Nimoa comics fame and we LOVE it. Joining Elana to talk about it are: Mey Rude is a queer, fat, trans Latina, a writer, a tastemaker and a lover of nerds. She lives in LA and you can find her writing at Autostraddle, Remezcla, them.us and other places. On Twitter @meyrude. Tea Fougner is the Editorial Director for Comics at King Features Syndicate. Whe...
Die with Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans
December 07, 2018 23:30 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBDIE is a pitch-black fantasy published by Image Comics where a group of forty-something adults have to deal with the returning unearthly horror they barely survived as teenage role-players. If Kieron’s in a rush, he describes it as “Goth Jumanji.” That only captures a sliver of what you’ll find in oversized debut issue—where fantasy gets all too real. I got two interview two of the biggest talents making comics today: Gillen and Hans. Kieron Gillen is an award-winning writer based in London...
Daredevil Season 3 with Senior National Security Correspondent Spencer Ackerman
November 30, 2018 03:30 - 1 hour - 75.3 MBDaredevil was Born Again in Season 3 of the Netflix series. From brown-washing the FBI to NY pizza history, questionable journalism to plot significant Abstract Art and, Catholic Symbolism as far as your radar can sense. Who better to talk about it all than Pulitzer Award winner Spencer Ackerman, Senior National Security Correspondent for The Daily Beast (and lifelong New Yorker). Stay till the end for Spencer’s shocking assessment of Iron Fist Season 2. And a predictably high amont of art ...
Stan Lee: Politics and Business With Spencer Ackerman
November 21, 2018 19:00 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBThe politics and place of Stan Lee, as told by two self admitted Jack Kirby Jacobins trying to find a balance in a tale of conflict and legends. Stan Lee and: Being Jewish The creative process Civil RightsThe Vietnam WarThe lawsuitsThe digressionsAnd screwing over Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko I'm joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Spencer Ackerman, a senior national security correspondent at The Daily Beast. Read his article on Stan Lee’s legacy here.