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Comics for GrownupsEpisode 101: Veasna, Smith and Reinmuth, AldeguerWe review Year of the Rabbit by Tian Veasna, Big Black: Stand at Attica by Frank Smith and Jared Reinmuth, and After the Spring: A Story of Tunisian Youth by Hélène Aldeguer.2020-03-0458 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 100: Best of the 2010sAlex rejoins Joshua and Joe to run down our roughly 14 favorite books and cartoonists of the 2010s: Eleanor Davis, Rosalie Lightning by Tom Hart, Anders Nilsen, John Hanciewicz, Digger by Ursula Vernon, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Vol. 1 by Emil Ferris, Marion Fayolle, Frank Santoro, Joe Sacco, the comics journalism of The Nib, My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf, Daytripper by Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon, and Marcelo D'Salete.2020-01-0657 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 99: Bunjevac, Noomin, Mardou, Boyd, BarajasWe review Bezimena by Nina Bunjevac, Drawing Power edited by Diane Noomin, Sky in Stereo vol. 2 by Mardou, Chicken Rising by D. Boyd, and La Voz de M.A.Y.O. by Henry Barajas.2019-12-0951 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 98: Davis, D'Salete, Healy, WillumsenWe review The Hard Tomorrow by Eleanor Davis, Angola Janga by Marcelo D'Salete, Americana by Luke Healy, and Bradley of Him by Connor Willumsen.2019-11-2752 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 97: Delporte, Moore, Daniels, Passmore, Allaby, MandaagIn this episode we touch on This Woman's Work by Julie Delporte, Sweet Little Cunt: The Graphic Work of Julie Doucet by Anne Elizabeth Moore, BTTM FDRS by Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore, Martin Peters by Patrick Allaby, and The Follies of Richard Wadsworth by Nick Mandaag.2019-10-2157 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 96: Jacob, Lust, Lin, JasonWe review Good Talk by Mira Jacob, How I Tried to Be a Good Person by Ulli Lust, Pope Hats #6 by Hartley Lin, and O Josephine! by Jason.2019-08-161h 03Comics for GrownupsEpisode 95: Villadsen, Schrauwen, Ferraris, ChioccaIn this episode we review The Sea by Rikke Villadsen, Parallel Lives by Olivier Schrauwen, and The Scar: Graphic Reportage from the U.S. Mexico Border by Andrea Ferraris and Renato Chiocca.2019-06-1632 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 94: Buhle, Max, Griffith, BrownIn this episode we review Eugene V. Debs: A Graphic Biography by Paul Buhle and Steve Max, Nobody's Fool: The Life and Times of Schlitzie the Pinhead by Bill Griffith, and Cannibis: The Illegalization of Weed in America by Box Brown.2019-05-2846 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 93: Baczynski, Walden, Vaughan, Reynolds, Forsman, de RadiguesWe review Retrograde Orbit by Kristyna Baczynski, On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden, Barrier by Brian K. Vaughan, The New World by Chris Reynolds, and Hobo Mom by Charles Forsman and Max de Radigues.2019-03-1950 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 92: Best of 2018We run down our top 10 favorite books of 2018.2019-01-2841 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 91: Roberts, Sergel, Baudoin, Van Sciver, FiorIn this episode we talk about Chlorine Gardens by Keiler Roberts, One Dirty Tree by Noah Van Sciver, Piero by Edmond Baudoin, Bald Knobber by Robert Sergel, and Blackbird Days by Manuele Fior.2019-01-0941 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 90: Prum, Fitzgerald, Walch, I Feel Machine, NilsenWe discuss The Dead Eye and the Deep Blue Sea by Vannak Anan Prum, Drawn to Berlin by Ali Fitzgerald, You Can Try Again by Olivia Walch, the collection I Feel Machine, and Tongues #2 by Anders Nilsen.2018-11-2040 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 89: Nichols, Utkin, Hanawalt, TonatiuhWe review Flocks by L. Nichols, The King of Birds by Alexander Utkin, Coyote Doggirl by Lisa Hanawalt, and Undocumented: A Worker's Fight by Duncan Tonatiuh.2018-10-0342 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 88: Alagbé, Ruillier, Kupperman, StarkingsIn this episode we review Yellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures by Yvan Alagbé, The Strange by Jerome Ruillier, All the Answers by Jerome Kupperman, and The Beef by Richard Starkings and Shaky Kane.2018-08-1052 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 87: Perez, Gipi, David B.In this episode we review Land of the Sons by Gipi, Pervert by Michelle Perez and Remy Boydell, and Hasib and the Queen of Serpents by David B.2018-07-0634 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 86: Davis, DeForge, and WertzIn this episode we review Why Art by Eleanor Davis; Sticks Angelica, Folk Hero by Michael DeForge; and Tenements, Towers & Trash by Julia Wertz.2018-05-1435 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 85: Box Brown, Fabien Nury, Paul Buhle, and moreWe review Is This Guy for Real? The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman by Box Brown, The Death of Stalin by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin, Johnny Appleseed: Green Dreamer of the American Frontier by Paul Buhle and Noah Van Sciver, and NOW #1 and #2.2018-03-1948 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 84: Chatterjee, D'Salete, and FarinellaIn this episode we review Verax by Pratap Chatterjee and Khalil, Run for It by Marcelo D'Salete, and The Senses by Mateo Farinella.2018-02-0136 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 83: Top 8 of 2017We run down our top 8 favorite comics of 2017.2018-01-1228 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 82: Chaboute, Leslie Stein, Jesse LonerganWe review Alone by Chaboute, Present by Leslie Stein, and This World Is Not for Burning and Hedra by Jesse Lonergan.2017-12-1328 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 81: Nilsen, Findakly, and ForsmanWe review The End of the Fucking World by Charles Forsman, Poppies from Iraq by Brigitte Findakly and Lewis Trondheim, and Tongues #1 by Anders Nilsen.2017-10-1627 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 80: Manuele Fior, Jillian Tamaki, and Jonathan Coulton/Matt FractionWe review The Interview by Manuele Fior, Boundless by Jillian Tamaki, and Solid State, written by Matt Fraction based on a concept album by Jonathan Coulton.2017-08-3133 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 79: Dominique Goblet and Max AnderssonJoshua and Alex review Pretending Is Lying by Dominique Goblet and The Excavation by Max Andersson. 2017-07-2830 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 78Joshua and Joe review Hostage by Guy Delisle, The Red Virgin and the Vision of Utopia by Mary and Brian Talbot, Rolling Blackouts by Sarah Glidden, and Your Black Friend by Ben Passmore.2017-06-2839 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 77: Peplum, 100 Nights of Hero, The FlintstonesWe review Peplum by Blutch, The 100 Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg, and The Flintstones vol. 1 by Mark Russell and Steve Pugh.2017-05-1831 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 76: Len, The Abominable Mr. Seabrook, Six Days in CincinnatiJoshua and Joe review Len: A Lawyer in History by Seth Tobocman, The Abominable Mr. Seabrook by Joe Ollmann, and Six Days in Cincinnati by Dan Mendez Moore.2017-03-2733 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 75: Exits, Untitled Ape's Epic Adventure, Soviet DaughterAlex and Joshua review Exits by Daryl Seitchik, Untitled Ape's Epic Adventure by Steven Tillotson, and Soviet Daughter by Julia Alekseyeva.2017-02-2223 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 74: Last Look, Everything Is Teeth, The Unquotable TrumpJoe and Joshua talk about Last Look by Charles Burns and Everything Is Teeth by Evie Wyld.2017-02-0633 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 73: Best of 2016Alex, Andrea, Joe, and Joshua talk about their eight favorite comics of the year.2017-01-0439 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 72: The Arab of the Future, Tetris, Cowboys and Insects, Disillusioned IllusionsJoshua and Joe review The Arab of the Future by Riad Sattouf, Tetris: The Games People Play by Box Brown, Cowboys and Insects by David Hine and Shaky Kane, and Disillusioned Illusions by Greg Stump.2016-12-0839 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 71: March book 3, Threadbare, Dave OrtegaIn this episode we talk about March book 3 by John Lewis, Threadbare by Anne Elizabeth Moore, and a number of short works by Dave Ortega.2016-11-0841 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 70: The Art of Charlie Chan Hock ChyeAlex and Joshua are joined by Josh O'Neill and Robert Berry to discuss The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye by Sonny Liew.2016-10-2628 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 69: Indeh, The Fun Family, The ExpertsJoshua and Joe review Indeh by Ethan Hawke and Greg Ruth, The Fun Family by Benjamin Frisch, and The Experts by Sophie Franz.2016-09-2934 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 68Alex and Joshua review We All Wish for Deadly Force by Leela Corman, Cosplayers by Dash Shaw, and What Is Obscenity? by Rokudenashiko.2016-09-1925 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 67Joe and Joshua discuss LOVF by Jesse Reklaw and Hot Dog Taste Test by Lisa Hanawalt.2016-08-1129 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 66Joshua and Joe review Irmina by Barbara Yelin and Lulu Anew by Etienne Davodeau.2016-06-2838 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 65Alex and Joshua talk about Mary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus by Chester Brown, The Ukrainian and Russian Notebooks by Igort, and another chapter from Neil Cohn's The Visual Language of Comics.2016-06-0839 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 64Joe and Joshua talk about Paracuellos by Carlos Gimenez and Killing and Dying by Adrian Tomine.2016-05-0535 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 63Joshua and Alex review Nameless City vol. 1 by Faith Erin Hicks
and New Construction by Sam Alden.2016-04-2726 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 62Joshua and Joe talk about Through the Habitrails by Jeff Nicholson and Ganges #5 by Kevin Huizenga.2016-04-1931 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 61Alex and Joshua review March vol. 2 by Congressman John Lewis, The Imitation Game by Jim Ottaviani, and Rules for Dating my Daughter by Mike Dawson, and talk about the first chapter of Neil Cohn's The Visual Language of Comics.2016-03-3035 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 60Joe and Joshua talk about Patience by Dan Clowes and The Abbadon by Koren Shadmi.2016-03-1619 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 59Joshua and Joe talk about Soldier's Heart by Carol Tyler and Starve Vol. 1 by Brian Wood.2016-03-0934 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 58In this episode Joshua and Joe talk about Was She Pretty? by Leanne Shapton, Oyster War by Ben Towle, and Dressing and Lose #7 by Michael Deforge.2016-02-2426 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 57In this episode Alex and Joshua review The Oven by Sophie Goldstein and Beverly by Nick Drnaso.2016-02-1220 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 56Joe Wessely joins us as a sometime host in this episode, and we discuss The Envelope Manufacturer by Chris Oliveros, Trashed by Derf Backderf, Ruins by Peter Kuper, and Invisible Ink by Bill Griffith.2016-02-0146 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 55: Rosalie LightningWe devote this entire episode to discussing Tom Hart's new book, Rosalie Lightning.2016-01-2526 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 54: Best of 2015Andrea, Alex, and Joshua run through our top eight comics of 2015.2015-12-2836 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 53Joshua and Alex review Plans We Made by Simon Moreton, Curveball by Jeremy Sorese, We Are Going to Bremen to Be Musicians by Tin Can Forest and Geoff Berner, Two Brothers by Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba, and Junction by Nathan Jurevicius.2015-12-1029 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 52: Frank SantoroAlex interviews renowned cartoonist, comics critic, and educator Frank Santoro, author of Cold Heat and Pompeii, among other works.2015-10-121h 45Comics for GrownupsEpisode 51We review Fütchi Perf by Kevin Czapiewski, If You Steal by Jason, and SuperMutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki.2015-08-2722 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 50In this episode we review The Boat by Matt Huynh (adapting a story by Nam Le), Fante Bukowski by Noah Van Sciver, and Loop de Loop comics by Ryan Cecil Smith.2015-08-1028 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 49Reviews of Poetry Is Useless by Anders Nilsen, Ghetto Brother by Julian Voloj and Claudia Ahlering, and An Entity Observes All Things by Box Brown.2015-07-2719 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 48In this episode: Unflattening by Nick Sousanis, BORB by Jason Little, Mowgli's Mirror by Olivier Schrauwen, and Day Glo Ayhole by Ben Passmore.2015-07-1027 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 47: Josh Bayer returns part 2The conclusion of our interview with Josh Bayer, plus reviews of The Sculptor by Scott McCloud, Displacement by Lucy Knisley, and several comics by A.J. Poyiadgi.2015-05-191h 16Comics for GrownupsEpisode 46: Josh Bayer returnsIn this episode we talk with Josh Bayer once more and also review 566 Frames by Dennis Wojda, Mimi and the Wolves by Alabaster, and Soppy by Philippa Rice.2015-04-011h 11Comics for GrownupsEpisode 45In this episode we review Lynda Barry's Syllabus, Monte Beauchamp's Masterful Marks: Cartoonists Who Changed the World, Pascal Rabate's Street View, Sam Zabel and the Magic Pen by Dylan Horrocks, FUNGUS: The Unbearable Rot of Being by James Kochalka, and The Palace of Ashes and When We Were Kids by Andy Warner.2015-02-0332 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 44: Best of 2014It's our 10 favorite books of 2014, plus a few leftovers from 2013 we didn't know about in time for last year's list.2014-12-2240 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 43The Late Child and Other Animals by Marguerite Van Cook and James Romberger, Flocks #4 by L. Nichols, Bow-Wow's Nightmare Neighbors by Mark Newgarden and Megan Montague Cash, and Isä by Hanneriina Moisseinen.2014-12-0429 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 42Reviews of Pretty Deadly by Kelly Sue Deconnick and Emma Rios, A Cat Named Tim and Other Stories by John Martz, Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant by Roz Chast, BUMF! Vol. 1 by Joe Sacco, Doctors by Dash Shaw, Hospital Suite by John Porcellino, and Earthling by Aisha Franz.2014-11-0549 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 41In this episode we discuss Jim: Jim Woodring's Notorious Autojournal, Hip-Hop Family Tree Vol. 2: 1981-1983 by Ed Piskor, A Cabbage in a Nutshell by Tin Can Forest, Hockey Ops #1 by Sam Page and Molly Brooks, The Second in Line by Mattias Adolfsson, Cringe: An Anthology of Embarrassment from Birdcage Bottom Books, and Vile Decay Ritual Three by Malachi Ward.2014-09-2234 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 40In this episode we review It Never Happened Again by Sam Alden, This One Summer by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki, How to Be Happy by Eleanor Davis, God and the Devil at War in the Garden by Anders Nilsen, Demon by Jason Shiga, and How the World Was by Emmanuel Guibert.2014-09-0245 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 39In this episode Alex, Andrea, and Josh review Pictures That Tick vol. 2: Exhibition by Dave McKean, The River by Alessandro Sanna, Truth Is Fragmentary by Gabrielle Bell, Irene #3, s! #17, Darwin Carmichael Is Going to Hell by Sophie Goldstein and Jenn Jordan, and Red and Other Me by Ada Price.2014-08-1155 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 38: Mike DawsonMike Dawson joins Alex, Andrea, and Josh for a conversation about his work (including Angie Bongiolatti, which Alex raved about last episode), followed by reviews of Julie Delporte's Everywhere Antennas, Kyle Baker's Nat Turner, Tom Beland's Chicacabra, Adrian Tomine's Optic Nerve #13, Edwin Vazquez's The Werewolf of NYC, Nick Bertozzi's Shackleton: Antarctic Odyssey, and Lorenzo Mattotti's Vietnam.2014-07-211h 34Comics for GrownupsEpisode 37: Pat DorianIn this episode we are joined by Pat Dorian, who talks about his work, his varied artistic background, and the Grand Comics Festival. We also review Box Brown's Andre the Giant: Life and Legend and Number 1, Mike Dawson's Angie Bongiolatti, Talya Modin's Blumpakind: Drinking Buddies, Nobrow #9: It's Oh So Quiet, Jesse Jacobs's Safari Honeymoon, Josh Bayer's Suspect Device #4, and Abel Lanzac and Christophe Blain's Weapons of Mass Diplomacy.2014-06-041h 10Comics for GrownupsEpisode 36: Josh BayerAndrea Tsurumi joins Josh and Alex as a permanent cohost, and the three of them talk with Josh Bayer about his work, his teaching, and the new upcoming issue of Suspect Device. Also the four of them review Philippe Squarzoni's Climate Changed, Rachel Hope Allison's I'm Not a Plastic Bag, Dash Shaw's Cosplayers, Carey Pietsch and Christopher M. Jones's Written in the Bones, Matt Lubchansky's Nature Show, Kriota Willberg's Pictorial Anatomy of 007, Sophie Yanow's War of Streets and Houses, Noah Sciver's Weekend Alone, and George Baker's Sad Sack.2014-05-011h 34Comics for GrownupsEpisode 35: Liana FinckLiana Finck joins for a great conversation about her new book A Bintel Brief and her other work. Also reviewed: Danica Novgorodoff's The Undertaking of Lily Chen, Keren Katz's Fire Theater, Sonatina Anthology, The Sleep of Reason: An Anthology of Horror, and Edie Fake's Memory Palaces.2014-04-231h 19Comics for GrownupsEpisode 34Alex and Josh review Persimmon Cup by Nick Bertozzi, Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann and Kerascoet, Pimo and Rex by Thomas Wellmann, Gandhi: My Life Is My Message by Jason Quinn and Sachin Nagar, Basewood by Alec Longstreth, Nijigahara Holograph by Inio Asano, and Drive: the SciFi Comic by Dave Kellett.2014-03-1741 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 332014-03-0439 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 32: Annie Koyama2014-02-2056 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 312014-02-0139 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 30: Matt Huynh2014-01-161h 11Comics for GrownupsEpisode 29: Best of 20132013-12-2044 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 282013-12-1053 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 27: Sam Alden2013-12-041h 08Comics for GrownupsEpisode 262013-11-1247 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 252013-10-2534 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 24: Charles Forsman2013-10-091h 04Comics for GrownupsEpisode 232013-09-2341 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 22: Karen Green2013-09-061h 19Comics for GrownupsEpisode 212013-08-2050 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 20: Tom Hart2013-08-061h 00Comics for GrownupsEpisode 192013-07-1646 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 182013-06-2542 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 172013-06-1356 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 162013-05-2838 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 142013-04-2334 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 132013-04-1230 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 122013-03-3040 minComics for GrownupsEpisode 112013-03-1537 min