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Lone Wolf and Cub

Season 2 · Episode 6

Wednesday, February 26, 2020 • Duration 51:03

Did you watch The Mandalorian? We did! And the people who made the show very clearly read Lone Wolf and Cub. So we read the first volume of this legendary 50-year-old manga.

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House of X/Powers of X (with special guest!)

Season 2 · Episode 5

Friday, November 15, 2019 • Duration 58:58

We get some of the old X-team back together when old friend Ian Ritch joins Alan and Ryan to talk about Jonathan Hickman, Pepe Larraz, and RB Silva’s full reboot of the X-Men comics universe in the interlocking double series House of X/Powers of X.

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Ghosted, Vol. 1 (Four Color Commentary Reunion Special!)

Season 2 · Episode 4

Thursday, October 31, 2019 • Duration 01:05:02

We got the gang back together to talk about a book we first looked into nearly five years ago: Ghosted, volume 1, by Joshua Williamson, Goran Sudzuka and Miroslav Mrva.

Get ready for spoopy shenanigans with Alan and Ryan and special guests Ian and Chewie!

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Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier

Season 2 · Episode 3

Friday, October 25, 2019 • Duration 52:25

This time on You Should Read This, Alan and Ryan jump into the Eisner award winning spoopy Dia de los Muertos tale from Ryan’s kids’ favorite cartoonist, Raina Telgemeier.

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Die Volume 1: Fantasy Heartbreaker by Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans (with special guest)

Season 2 · Episode 2

Friday, October 11, 2019 • Duration 59:08

In this episode of You Should Read This, Alan and Ryan are joined by their pal Adam Ryan Cools to talk Dungeons & Dragons, RPGs with heavy lore, and deep, dark backstories in their discussion of Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans’ incredible book, Die.

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20th Century Boys

Season 2 · Episode 1

Wednesday, September 25, 2019 • Duration 46:36

To start off Season 2 of You Should Read This, Alan and Ryan tackle the first volume of the dense, legendary manga series 20th Century Boys.

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Captain Marvel: In Pursuit of Flight & Down (with special guest!)

Season 1 · Episode 10

Wednesday, May 15, 2019 • Duration 59:24

In this episode of You Should Read This, we dig into the first two volumes of the big relaunch of Captain Marvel from 2014. Volume one is In Pursuit of Flight, written by Kelly Sue DeConnick and with art by Dexter Soy, Richard Elson, Al Barrionuevo, and Emma Rios. Volume two is Down, written by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Christopher Sebela, with art by Dexter Soy and Filipe Andrade.

This episode also features special guest Jenna Blush! She’s a huge comics fan who is super knowledgeable and happens to be Alan’s better half!

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Battle Angel Alita Vol. 1 by Yukito Kishiro

Season 1 · Episode 9

Tuesday, April 9, 2019 • Duration 51:02

In this episode of You Should Read This, Alan and Ryan discuss the first volume of the legendary cyberpunk manga Battle Angel Alita.

Show Notes:

Manga and its influence (yes, again. Always)
Expectations
Subverted tropes
90s comics
Technopathy
Panel Backgrounds in Manga
Technobabble

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Scales & Scoundrels vol. 1&2 by Sebastian Girner and Galaad

Season 1 · Episode 8

Wednesday, March 20, 2019 • Duration 52:05

For this episode we talked about the first two volumes of the Scales & Scoundrels series: Into the Dragon’s Maw and Treasurehearts. Written by Sebastian Girner with art by Galaad and letters by Jeff Powell, it’s a fun fantasy romp that will certainly hook fans of Dungeons & Dragons.

Show Notes:

D&D having it’s moment
D&D’s influence on comics
Manga’s inescapable influence at this point
Eurocomics as a style
Race and class for each character
Webcomics as a style
Digital-first sequential art
Nausicaa’s influence on this book
Cartoony faces and their benefits

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Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite & Dallas by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá

Season 1 · Episode 7

Wednesday, March 6, 2019 • Duration 01:01:20

In this episode we discuss the two collections of Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite and Dallas, as well as a spoiler-free discussion of the Netflix original show.

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My Chemical Romance and our histories with emo
Watching the show/movie vs reading the book
Don’t read the book for Infinity War, it’s bad
Elevator pitch
“Random” as an evolving comic book aesthetic
The dimension black can bring to a page of comics
A unique way to draw the reader’s eye
Whether you should, in fact, read this

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