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  • Hi, folks! This episode is about Castle Waiting by Linda Medley, a cool comic we liked a lot. It's also the last episode we're doing for a while - Comic Adventures is going on an indefinite hiatus. Thank you so much for your support over the last two years!

    Other things we talk about:

    Assassination Classroom by Yūsei Matsui

    Captain Marvel: Earth’s Mightiest Hero by Kelly Sue DeConnick

    Barbarous by Yuko Ota & Ananth Hirsh

    Delver #1 by Spike Trotman, MK Reed, and Clive Hawken

    The “G” Word Isn’t for You: How “Gypsy” Erases Romani Women

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    Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo.

  • That's right, folks! This week we discuss Andrew's favorite Marvel superhero, the one... the only... Carol Danvers, a.k.a Captain Marvel! Specifically, we're talking about the Higher, Further, Faster, More trade by Kelly Sue DeConnick, illustrated by David Lopez with colors by Lee Loughridge and letters by Joe Caramagna.

    Andrew specifically wanted to say this:

    Seriously folks, I love the character of Carol Danvers, in all of her complicated history. I feel like I didn't actually geek out enough while recording this episode. Like, I feel like I should have been more giddy with excitement. Anyway, since recording, I saw the movie and loved it, and I'm also going back and re-reading even more of Kelly Sue DeConnick's run writing this character and loving it. Carol is great because she's a feminist character without having to tell us in every panel "hey, I'm feminist" because SHE JUST IS.

    There was a lot of hate floating around out there ahead of the movie, particularly from a lot of men who somehow felt threatened by all the feminist rhetoric attached to the film and the character. Let me definitively say, you guys that were trying to sandbag this movie have completely missed the point. I hope my daughter grows up to be Carol Danvers. She's smart, she's capable, she doesn't take shit, and she's capable of listening to others. We should all be a bit more like Carol.

    Other things we talk about:

    Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughan

    This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki

    Smile by Raina Telgemeier

    Fence Vol 2 by C. S. Pacat

    Illustrated by Johanna the Mad

    What if Spider-Man Kept His Cosmic Powers by Glenn Herdling

    Scott McDaniel, Jim Sanders, Sam De La Rosa

    Strong Female Protagonist by Brennan Lee Mulligan and Molly Ostertag

    Karen Hallion

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    Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo.

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  • It had to happen (especially if it's rigged, Andrew) - we finally talk about a book neither of us likes. Join us for a solid hour of excited yelling about communism, conservatism, bad writing, and the role of heroes in a world of injustice.

    Other things we talk about:

    Home After Dark by David Small

    Blue by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

    Judas by Jeff Loveness and Jakub Rebelka

    Drama by Raina Telgemeier

    On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

    Hex Vet by Sam Davies

    Kase-san and Cherry Blossoms by Hiromi Takashima

    I've read better than that

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    Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo.

  • Happy Valentine's Day, folks! Join us for a discussion of the delectable Kase-san and Morning Glories by Hiromi Takashima! The air is full of love and the podcast is full of sweet romantic manga. And the long term effects of Freudian theory on queer media, because we gotta be us.

    Other things we talk about:

    Train★Train by Eiki Eiki

    Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda

    The History of Yuri tag at Okazu

    Karen Hallion

    The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

    The Substitutes by Myisha Haynes

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    Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo.

  • Well I don't know why we came here tonight.

    We've got the feeling that something ain't right.

    We're so scared we fell off our chairs.

    And we're wondering how we'll get down the stairs (bro).

    Clowns to the left of me!

    Vriska to the right!

    Homestuck in the middle with you.

    (Covers about a third of Act 5 Act 2, through page 3192.)

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    Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our Homestuck theme song is Sweet Success by Planet Purple.

  • This week Andrew and Melissa discuss love, shapeshifter style as we discuss Noel Stevenson's delightful fantasy, Nimona. Andrew forgets he's not on a video game podcast, Melissa has so many reading recommendations that it requires an additional episode, and our fair friends promise that they'll do Homestuck... next time.

    Other things we talk about:

    Saga: vol 9 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

    Monstress: vol 3 by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda

    and of couse...

    Homestuck

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    Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo.

  • Happy New Year! We invited artist Kat Tuesday to help us ring in 2019 with style, and by style we mean minicomics. Kat's audio is pretty rough, but the minicomic knowledge she drops is smooooth.

    Other things we talk about:

    Oyasumi Punpun by Asano Inio

    Otoyome Gatari (Bride's Story) by Mori Kaoru

    What Doesn’t Work by M Stenbæk

    Never Satisfied by Taylor Robin

    Saint for Rent by Ru Zu

    Ran and the Gray World v1 by Aki Irie

    Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

    Quimby's

    Sharkman by Leo Mancini

    CAKE (Chicago Alternative Comics Expo)

    Chicago Zine Fest

    Paper Mills Have The Power….To Finally Increase Prices

    Paper Chase: Unexpected Price Increases Hit Pulp Market

    Kitty's Guide to Chicago Coffee by Patrick Cheng

    Low Light: Late Night Special by Tristan Wright

    Can You Make the Dog Sexier? by Kelly Leigh Miller and Alex Sloves

    Look at my Cute Cub by Lucy Kinsley

    Viewotron issue 2 (Mom) by Sam Sharpe

    Rachel Bard’s mini-minis

    Pancakes by Kat Leyh

    Radishes by Carolyn Nowak

    One Drink by Bruce Worden

    An Army of Lovers Will Be Beaten by Bernie McGovern

    Baby Fat and K.M. & R.P. & MCMLXXI (1971) by M. Dean

    Making Minicomics by Jessica Abel

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    Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo.

  • This week we submerge ourselves into the wild wacky world of gender and species fluidity that is Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma 1/2! Join us as we discuss secret wish fulfillment, gaining acceptance by being a pig, and discover that dang, it feels good to be a panda.

    Other things we talk about:

    Overlord v1 & 2 by Kugane Maruyama and Satoshi Oshio

    Assassination Classroom v11-16 by Yusei Matsui

    Rutabaga the Adventure Chef by Eric Colossal

    Wonderland v1 by Yugo Ishikawa

    Otherworldly Izakaya Nobu v1 by Natsuya Semikawa and Virginia Nitouhei

    Flavor by Joseph Keatinge and Wook Clark

    Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant by Tony Cliff

    Drifting Dragons v1 by Taku Kuwabara

    Home After Dark by David Small

    Shonen Jump

    Star Wars: Galaxy of Adventures

    Neon Genesis Evangelion

    A Vision of Escaflowne

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    Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo.

  • Welcome to episode 32, where we start out talking about the 2006 run of Blue Beetle and end up deep in the weeds, yelling about continuity, reboots, and editorial mandates.

    Jaime Reyes is still the best kid, though.

    (Note: the audio quality on this isn't great - we're switching to new software and still working out the kinks. Also there are baby toys going off randomly in the background. We're working on it! Our mikes will be less hot next time!)

    Other things we talk about:

    Assassination Classroom 5-10 by Yusei Matsui

    Sheets by Brenna Thummler

    Super Late Bloomer by Julia Kaye

    Apple and Honey by Hideyoshico

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    Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo.

  • This week we delve into Delicious In Dungeon, a manga by Ryōko Kui. Join us as we embark on a culinary adventure, just in time for Thanksgiving! We discuss everything ranging to problematic portrayals of orcs, to the ultimate question: is dragon red meat or white meat?

    Other things we talk about:

    MotorCrush v1 by by Brenden Fletcher, Cameron Stewart, and Babs Tarr

    That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime v1-6 by FUSE and Taiki Kawakami

    Assassination Classroom v2-4 by Yusei Matsui

    Yona of the Dawn v1 by Mizuho Kusanagi

    Sweetness & Lightning v1 by Gido Amagakure

    Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

    World of Warcraft

    Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

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    Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo.

  • Welcome to episode 30! This week Andrew makes some terrible puns, Melissa forgets about the Prime Directive, and both are super enthusiastic about the Elements: Fire anthology from Beyond Press.

    Other things we talk about:

    Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

    Taproot by Keezy Young

    Fence! v1 by C.S. Pacat (Author) and Johanna the Mad (Illustrator)

    Melissa can't find that twitter thread on manga layout

    BallotReady

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    Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo.

  • This week we take a turn for the spooky as we delve into the horrors of Emily Carroll's Through The Woods. Get ready to get creeped out by some 18th century French undead and creepy, creepy worm monsters with teeth.

    Things we talk about:

    Emily Carroll's agent on Graphic Novel TK

    Low Vol. 1: The Delirium of Hope by Rick Remender and Greg Tocchini

    Agents of the Realm by Mildred Lewis (the characters are in college, Melissa apologizes for the mistake.)

    Inktober with Quinn Stephens, Patrick Cheng, and Ana Carmichael

    Ms. Marvel vol 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona

    Pluto vol 2 by Naoki Urasawa and Osamu Tezuka

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    Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo.

  • Andrew's out of town (it's his birthday, wish him a happy one!), so Melissa is joined by special guest host Quinn Stephens to talk about the beautiful and often animated Ava's Demon.

    Other things we talk about:

    Magic Knight Rayearth by Clamp

    Dark Phoenix Saga by Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum and John Byrne

    Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men

    The Mutant Ages

    Tiger, Tiger by Petra Erika Nordlund

    O Human Star by Blue Delliquanti

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    Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo.

  • This episode we talk about Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu! It's a story about hockey (which we know nothing about), baking (which Andrew knows about), and finding yourself at college (we both know this one). Also romance and anxiety and non-toxic bros and... just read it, y'all.

    Other things we talk about:

    How the Best Hunter in the Village Met Her Death by Molly Ostertag

    That Box We Sit On by Richie Pope

    SPX 2018 Ignatz Awards Nominees

    Check, Please!: #Hockey (First Second edition)

    Thieves and Kings by Mark Oakley

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    Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo.

  • This week we tackle Emil Farris' brilliant work, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters. This is a heavy one (and not just because the book is huge). We talk about race, sexuality, gender, and the Holocaust as we discuss the Eisner-winning, Hugo-nominated book about a young woman growing up in 1960s Chicago.

  • The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins is finally available in sweet, sweet paperback! We laughed, we cried, we did a fantastic Magic Brian impression.

    Other things we talk about:

    Melissa's Long Ass List is at the bottom of the notes

    Libby (by Overdrive)

    My Brother, My Brother, and Me

    The Adventure Zone (the podcast)

    TAZ Animated

    TAZ Zine

    Tess Stone's rad comic

    Sluggy Freelance

    We're giving away a copy of the book!

    We have an extra copy of the TAZ graphic novel, so we’re doing a giveaway. If you’re in the US (because international shipping is killer) and want a chance to win, email us at [email protected] with the subject line 'TAZ Giveaway' and include a sentence or two about your favorite comic. (or your favorite TAZ character, if you don’t have a favorite comic). If you're cool with reading your recommendation on the air, let us know!

    The contest lasts until the end of August - we’ll draw a name on August 31st.

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    Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo.

    Melissa's Long Ass List:

    Spinning by Tillie Walden
    Moonstruck by Grace Ellis and Shae Beagle
    Black Clover v1-4 by Yuki Tabata
    Tokyo Ghoul v1 by Sui Ishida
    Haikyuu v1 by Haruichi Furudate
    Hayate x Blade v1-11 by Shizuru Hayashiya
    Murciélago v1-8 by Yoshimurakana
    Kase-san v1-4 by Hiromi Takashima
    Kiss and White Lily for My Dearest Girl v1-2 by Canno
    Rule of Standing on Tiptoe by Puku Okuyama
    Seven Days v1-2 by Venio Tachibana and Rihito Takarai
    I Hear the Sunspot v1 by Yuki Fumino
    My Sempai by Hebiko Habuyama
    Samejima-Kun And Sasahara-Kun by Koshino
    What Did You Eat Yesterday v1 by Fumi Yoshinaga

  • Death. Grief. Family. Responsibility. Giant swords. Bunnies. For this episode we go deep into the first three volumes of Kubo Tite's Bleach.

    Other things we talk about:

    Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku v2 by Fujita

    Go For It, Nakamura! by Syundei

    After Hours v1 by Yuhta Nishio

    Inside Scanslation

    Chasing Amy

    There May Be Some Collateral Damage by metisket (Bleach+Harry Potter fanfic)

    Kickstarter for Northside Comics Volume 1!!!

    Inuyasha by Rumiko Takahashi

    Fushigi Yūgi by Yuu Watase

    Next Episode: The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins by several McElroys and Carey Pietsch. Listen to The Adventure Zone, Folks!

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    Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo.

  • This week, we go back in time to the early 90s to talk about the one and only X-Force. We discuss Cable's team of young vigilantes, questionable anatomy, clothing that is literally painted on, Gideon and Cruel's troubled marriage, and gratuitous amounts of pockets.

    So bodyslide by one into your chair and settle in for a long one!

    (X-Force Epic Collection: Under the Gun is by Rob Liefeld and Fabian Nicieza)

    Things we discuss

    Invisible Man by Ralph Eliison

    Connection Lost and Lost Haven by Carrie Peach

    X-Factor (the comic and the reality show)

    Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men (Melissa listened to episodes 181, 189, and 195)

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    Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo.

  • This episode we talk about the magic of teen angst, prom, and wifi hotspots in Jillian Tamaki's SuperMutant Magic Academy.

    Things we mention:

    Pluto by Naoki Urasawa
    Astro Boy by Osamu Tezuka
    Plum Dog by Emma Chichester Clark
    I Am A Wolf by Kelly Leigh Miller (coming 2019!)
    Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku, v1 by Fujita
    Delicious in Dungeon, v5 by Ryoko Kui
    Golden Kamuy, v1 by Satoru Noda
    CAKE!
    Dirt Creek Runs with Blood Chapter 2 by Madeline McGrane
    Beyond Anthology 2
    Evan Dahm
    Kate Beaton

    Next episode: X-Force Epic Collection: Under the Gun

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    Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo.

  • Picking a CLAMP title was really, really hard, but we settled Magic Knight Rayearth. It's one of their earlier stories - a fantastic tale of three badass 14 year olds who are whisked away to another world to rescue a princess.

    Or at least, that's what they're told.

    Notes: this episode was originally recorded in March and also Andrew had a cold. Please ignore any sniffling and/or temporal abnormalities.

    Things we talk about:

    The 27 Club by Kim Karr
    Angel Catbird by Margaret Atwood and Johnnie Christmas
    In Real Life by Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang
    Again!! v1 by Mitsurou Kubo
    Delicious in Dungeon v4 by Ryoko Kui
    Escaflowne
    Card Captor Sakura by CLAMP
    Twelve Kingdoms by Fuyumi Ono

    CLAMP's official website

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    Comic Adventures is a project of Let’s Make Comics, a Chicago-based comics collective, and produced by Andrew Larkin and Melissa Sayen. Our theme song is Adventure Music! by Munchybobo.