Inside the Turbulent Life of the Artist Behind Krazy Kat
Michael Tisserand discusses his new biography of the legendary cartoonist George Herriman. His book, Krazy: George Herriman, a Life in Black and White looks at the life of the artist who created Krazy...
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Pop Culture Happy Hour: 2016 Favorites And Unfinished Business
[If you're looking for the audio of this week's show, it's in a slightly different place than usual for boring technical reasons — it's over on the right or right above you, depending on how you're...
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'Love Is Love' Comics Anthology Offers Raw Expressions of Grief, Rage — And...
This is not a review.It started out as one: I fully intended to offer a considered critique of the new comics anthology Love is Love, in which various creators both within the comics industry (Gail...
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Jacket Required: With The Return Of 'The Ray,' Superhero Fashion Gets Layered
Leather jacket ... over superhero tights.Maybe with the jacket sleeves pushed up to the elbows jauntily? Finished off with some leather driving gloves, for precisely no reason?It's ... a look. You...
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Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Riverdale' and Teen Soaps
For decades, Archie comics represented the wholesome, sweet-faced American teenager in none of his or her actual complexity. But reflecting some of the recent changes that have come about in the...
View ArticleMuslim Comics Search For Solidarity, Not Just Laugh
Dean Obeidallah, Maysoon Zayid and Atheer Yacoub join us to talk about comedy, religion, and politics, and about their evolving roles as Muslim comics in the wake of Donald Trump’s presidency. Dean...
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'The LEGO Batman Movie' Drags The Caped Crusader Out Of The Shadows (Again)
Sunrise, sunset: light into darkness, darkness into light.This perpetual cycling through archetypal phases of yin and yang, light slapstick and dour melodrama, is what lends Batman his unique...
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Long-Buried Secrets, Scampering Dreams And A Cat That Talks: 'Eartha'
Cathy Malkasian creates fantastic worlds out of her proprietary blend of melancholy and dream-logic, and peoples them with characters who are all too dully, achingly human. Her landscapes and...
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Pop Culture Happy Hour: Diversity In Comics And 'RuPaul's Drag Race'
Our team is just back from a wonderful live show in Chicago — thank you all for coming! — with W. Kamau Bell as our special guest and Sam Sanders in our fourth chair. (Both were wonderful.) We'll have...
View ArticleCrafting the Diverse Universe of Marvel's 'Black Panther'
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. Over the past decade, perhaps no two buzzwords have dominated the entertainment industry more than superheroes and diversity. The resurgence...
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A Guide To Free Comic Book Day 2017: The Don't-Misses And The Near-Misses
This year, Free Comic Book Day turns sixteen years old.The good news: It can drive itself to swim practice now!The bad news: When you ask it to drive its younger siblings Record Store Day and...
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Column: How bringing comics into the classroom made me love teaching again
Social studies teacher Tim Smyth, Wissahickon High School in Ambler, Pennsylvania, gearing up for Teacher Appreciation Week. Photo taken by Donovan Kennedy with editing by Gordy MichieMost teachers...
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Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Wonder Woman' And The Tony Awards
This week, now that more of you have had a chance to see it, we're finally getting around to talking about the critical and commercial success that is Wonder Woman. Petra Mayer of NPR Books joins us to...
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Meet the wonder women behind a new generation of superheroes
“Who Are the New Superwomen of the Universe” panel at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C., ahead of Awesome Con 2017. From left to right, moderator Emily Whitten, Carolyn...
View ArticleFrom A Midwest Town To A Parallel Universe In 'Dear Cyborgs'
Eugene Limjoins us to discuss his novel Dear Cyborgs. The novel begins in a small Midwestern town, with two Asian American boys who become friends over their mutual love of comic books. Meanwhile, in...
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Pop Culture Happy Hour: Pop Culture Summer Stories And 'Playing House'
This week's show starts off with a segment from our recent live show at the Bell House in Brooklyn, in which we talked about some of the ways pop culture has intersected with our summers and our summer...
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Origin-al Sin: What Hollywood Must Learn From 'Spider-Man: Homecoming'
Long, long ago, when the Earth was new and ichthyosaurs swam the turbid seas, Iron Man 2 arrived in theaters. [Ed. Note — Simmer down. It was 2010.]It was, most agreed, a disappointment, compared with...
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He's Big, He's Blue, And Now, He's Bingeable: 'The Tick' Returns
Say this much for The Tick: He comes with some serious, baked-innerd-cred. Writer Ben Edlund created him back in 1986 to be the mascot of a Massachusetts comic book store.Since then, his bumbling...
View ArticleEnemies: A History Of Bad Blood [Full Episode]
Across generations, Americans have seen foes turn to friends and allies to enemies. So, as negotiations are in the works for a nuclear deal with Iran and to resume formal diplomatic relations with...
View ArticleEnemies: A History Of Bad Blood [Full Episode]
Across generations, Americans have seen foes turn to friends and allies to enemies. So, as negotiations are in the works for a nuclear deal with Iran and to resume formal diplomatic relations with...
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