Enjoy this mini podcast on the interesting things that Kelly and Angela saw and did at the San Diego Comic Con while presenting at the Educators Conference. Find out what made Kelly angry this time! And what comic did Angela give much love to after winning an Eisner this year? You’ll have to listen to find out! Hint: It’s nuts!
Month: July 2017
Episode 3: Genre, or what’s the deal with sports manga?
Podcast updates every other Monday.
In this episode we ask why American comic books are stuck on superheroes while manga seems to have it all. This is also the episode where Angela breathes heavy with pneumonia and Kelly gets angry . . . again.
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Book recommendations:
Angela: Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughn and Cliff Chang (Image Comics)
Kelly: Through the Woods by Emily Carroll (Margaret K. McElderry Books)
Episode 2: Art, or why is manga in black and white?!
Welcome to the second episode, in which we find Kelly and Angela arguing about art and sharing their favorite artists. Who will win the epic struggle? Black & white vs. COLOR!
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Book recommendations:
Angela: Giant Days (John Allison & Whitney Cogar & Lissa Treiman), BOOM! Studios
Kelly: Noragami (Adachitoka), Kodansha Comics
Episode 1: Entering a new fandom, or…why doesn’t anyone like me?!
ONE PANEL LATER updates bi-weekly on Mondays
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Welcome to the first episode, in which we find Kelly and Angela arguing about how gosh darn hard it is to get into comics and/or manga. Our Please Explain segment features Kelly explaining why honorifics are used in Japan, much to the confusion of Angela.
Book recommendations:
Angela: Kill or Be Killed vol. 1 (Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips) Image Comics
Kelly: The Promised Neverland (Kaiu Shirai & Posuka Demizu) Viz Media
Weekly Shonen Jump (digital), Vol 1 forthcoming Dec 2017 (print)