Today, the panelists discuss How Do We Relationship?, our first yuri on the show! Join us for a discussion on depictions of queer women in manga, how this book handles sex, and our favorite fashion in this manga.

• (00:00) - How Do We Relationship?
• (02:16) - Front Matter
• (07:55) - The art
• (09:45) - Feelings circles!!!
• (14:30) - Ba-dump ba-dump
• (16:26) - Our lead characters, Miwa and Saeko
• (19:59) - Sex in this book
• (28:50) - Physical details
• (29:31) - Fashion Corner
• (30:37) - (Lobster shirt)
• (32:33) - How Miwa is written in this book
• (35:48) - Their underwear
• (36:26) - More sex chat
• (37:33) - How the bandmates handle their relationship
• (39:02) - The bandmates
• (41:46) - The fear of homophobia in this narrative
• (45:12) - More about the bandmates
• (45:48) - A potential aro/ace or nonbinary character
• (52:35) - We should read X Gender
• (52:55) - Memes
• (54:30) - Further Reading
• (01:01:19) - Back Matter

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This week’s panelists can be found at:

Matt

Scout

Robin

Jillian

Editing by Matt Horton and AJ Fillari.
Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.
Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.

Today, the panelists discuss the webcomic turned film - Nimona! Join us for a discussion on queer themes, the nature of revisiting a story after its end, and sharks with boobs.

• (00:00) - “Nimona” by ND Stevenson
• (01:16) - The Tumblr mines
• (02:45) - Front Matter
• (06:36) - What did we think?
• (14:23) - Web comic to graphic novel
• (17:19) - Loss.jpg
• (20:53) - Nimona balances humor and sincerity
• (23:48) - Nimona is of its time
• (27:45) - Nimona as a queer YA comic
• (38:41) - Remember Animorphs?
• (39:51) - Nimona’s haircuts
• (42:19) - The codpiece
• (44:21) - The setting
• (46:55) - Scout art thoughts!
• (49:14) - The epilogue
• (49:52) - Fujoshi Scout
• (50:59) - How being YA affects this book
• (59:41) - Reading it as it came out
• (01:03:08) - Discord jokes
• (01:04:23) - More movie thoughts
• (01:06:39) - Blackheart and Goldenloin ❤️
• (01:07:34) - The mad scientist
• (01:10:09) - Blackheart is Scout’s type
• (01:10:59) - ND’s new book
• (01:13:06) - Further Reading
• (01:15:49) - Back Matter

Deep Dive on Nimona: https://www.imfineimfine.com/p/nimona-the-comic-a-deep-dive
Buy a physical copy of Nimona: https://bookshop.org/p/books/nimona-10th-anniversary-limited-edition-nd-stevenson/22115217

A comics podcast for everyone, proud to be a part of The Worst Garbage network.

Find us on Bluesky or Tumblr.

This week’s panelists can be found at:

Matt

Scout

Robin

Jillian

Editing by Matt Horton and AJ Fillari.
Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.
Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.

Today the panelists discuss a heartwarming Boy's Love - Love In the Palm of His Hand. Join us for a discussion of the genre and elements of visual storytelling present in this manga!

• (00:00) - Love in the Palm of His Hand
• (01:09) - Further Reading
• (01:19) - Jillian: Witch Hat Atelier
• (02:22) - Robin: Blade Maidens
• (03:36) - Matt: Young Men in Love: New Romance
• (05:04) - Scout: Hirano to Kagiura
• (07:38) - Front Matter
• (08:53) - A brief intro to some terms
• (10:54) - Our BL experience
• (16:43) - Fujinaga & Keito
• (19:49) - Perspective shifts
• (22:09) - The depiction of sign
• (28:20) - The humor
• (31:22) - Non-diegetic artistic elements
• (34:02) - The importance of being understood
• (39:05) - Translation differences
• (47:49) - Layers of translation
• (50:40) - Scout on lettering
• (57:50) - Moments we loved
• (01:07:34) - Volume 2 coming soon
• (01:08:11) - “He’s like a chameleon”
• (01:11:39) - Back Matter

A comics show for everyone, proud to be a part of The Worst Garbage network.

Find us on Bluesky or Tumblr.

This week’s panelists can be found at:

Matt

Scout

Robin

Jillian

Editing by Matt Horton and AJ Fillari.
Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.
Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.
Other music by shushubobo - cherry blossom kitkat.

Today, the panelists discuss the Boy Wonder himself - Dick Grayson! Now moved on to his role as Nightwing and fresh off a good ol' amnesia plotline, we talk about the way this run of his comic sets things up and interacts with the medium.

• (00:00) - Welcome to In Sequence!
• (04:05) - Further Reading
• (09:51) - Front Matter
• (15:54) - How American superhero comics work
• (17:30) - How did we find the book?
• (22:36) - The tropes of the superhero comic
• (27:00) - Our Batman/Batfam experience
• (32:11) - Jumping into the story
• (35:40) - Limitations of the form
• (48:32) - The moments that stood out to us
• (01:06:15) - Final thoughts
• (01:10:39) - Back Matter

More Tom Taylor: https://www.tomtaylormade.com/

More Bruno Redondo: https://blackdiamondbcn.com/product-category/bruno-redondo/

A comics show for everyone, proud to be a part of The Worst Garbage network.

Find us on Bluesky or Tumblr.

This week’s panelists can be found at:

Matt

Scout

Robin

Jillian

Editing by Matt Horton and AJ Fillari.
Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.
Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.
Other music by shushubobo - cherry blossom kitkat.

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