Comics for Grownups

Reviews and discussion of comics and graphic novels, everything but the big superhero comics.

Episode 101: Veasna, Smith and Reinmuth, Aldeguer 03/04/2020

Episode 101: Veasna, Smith and Reinmuth, Aldeguer We 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. /episode/index/show/comicsforgrownups/id/13415693

Episode 100: Best of the 2010s 01/06/2020

Episode 100: Best of the 2010s Alex 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. /episode/index/show/comicsforgrownups/id/12628412

Episode 99: Bunjevac, Noomin, Mardou, Boyd, Barajas 12/09/2019

Episode 99: Bunjevac, Noomin, Mardou, Boyd, Barajas We 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. /episode/index/show/comicsforgrownups/id/12336494

Episode 98: Davis, D'Salete, Healy, Willumsen 11/27/2019

Episode 98: Davis, D'Salete, Healy, Willumsen We review The Hard Tomorrow by Eleanor Davis, Angola Janga by Marcelo D'Salete, Americana by Luke Healy, and Bradley of Him by Connor Willumsen. /episode/index/show/comicsforgrownups/id/12199817

Episode 97: Delporte, Moore, Daniels, Passmore, Allaby, Mandaag 10/21/2019

Episode 97: Delporte, Moore, Daniels, Passmore, Allaby, Mandaag In 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. /episode/index/show/comicsforgrownups/id/11724983

Episode 96: Jacob, Lust, Lin, Jason 08/16/2019

Episode 96: Jacob, Lust, Lin, Jason We 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. /episode/index/show/comicsforgrownups/id/10895261

Episode 95: Villadsen, Schrauwen, Ferraris, Chiocca 06/16/2019

Episode 95: Villadsen, Schrauwen, Ferraris, Chiocca In 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. /episode/index/show/comicsforgrownups/id/10165355

Episode 94: Buhle, Max, Griffith, Brown 05/28/2019

Episode 94: Buhle, Max, Griffith, Brown In 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. /episode/index/show/comicsforgrownups/id/9942740

Episode 93: Baczynski, Walden, Vaughan, Reynolds, Forsman, de Radigues 03/19/2019

Episode 93: Baczynski, Walden, Vaughan, Reynolds, Forsman, de Radigues We 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. /episode/index/show/comicsforgrownups/id/9056486

Episode 92: Best of 2018 01/28/2019

Episode 92: Best of 2018 We run down our top 10 favorite books of 2018. /episode/index/show/comicsforgrownups/id/8418209

Episode 91: Roberts, Sergel, Baudoin, Van Sciver, Fior 01/09/2019

Episode 91: Roberts, Sergel, Baudoin, Van Sciver, Fior In 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. /episode/index/show/comicsforgrownups/id/8186051

Episode 90: Prum, Fitzgerald, Walch, I Feel Machine, Nilsen 11/20/2018

Episode 90: Prum, Fitzgerald, Walch, I Feel Machine, Nilsen We 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. /episode/index/show/comicsforgrownups/id/7623578

Episode 89: Nichols, Utkin, Hanawalt, Tonatiuh 10/02/2018

Episode 89: Nichols, Utkin, Hanawalt, Tonatiuh We 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. /episode/index/show/comicsforgrownups/id/7121731

Episode 88: Alagbé, Ruillier, Kupperman, Starkings 08/09/2018

Episode 88: Alagbé, Ruillier, Kupperman, Starkings In 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. /episode/index/show/comicsforgrownups/id/6908461

Episode 87: Perez, Gipi, David B. 07/06/2018

Episode 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. /episode/index/show/comicsforgrownups/id/6779981

Episode 86: Davis, DeForge, and Wertz 05/14/2018

Episode 86: Davis, DeForge, and Wertz In this episode we review Why Art by Eleanor Davis; Sticks Angelica, Folk Hero by Michael DeForge; and Tenements, Towers & Trash by Julia Wertz. /episode/index/show/comicsforgrownups/id/6591274

Episode 85: Box Brown, Fabien Nury, Paul Buhle, and more 03/19/2018

Episode 85: Box Brown, Fabien Nury, Paul Buhle, and more We 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. /episode/index/show/comicsforgrownups/id/6379539

Episode 84: Chatterjee, D'Salete, and Farinella 02/01/2018

Episode 84: Chatterjee, D'Salete, and Farinella In this episode we review Verax by Pratap Chatterjee and Khalil, Run for It by Marcelo D'Salete, and The Senses by Mateo Farinella. /episode/index/show/comicsforgrownups/id/6214151

Episode 83: Top 8 of 2017 01/12/2018

Episode 83: Top 8 of 2017 We run down our top 8 favorite comics of 2017. /episode/index/show/comicsforgrownups/id/6140947

Episode 82: Chaboute, Leslie Stein, Jesse Lonergan 12/13/2017

Episode 82: Chaboute, Leslie Stein, Jesse Lonergan We review Alone by Chaboute, Present by Leslie Stein, and This World Is Not for Burning and Hedra by Jesse Lonergan. /episode/index/show/comicsforgrownups/id/6040329

Episode 81: Nilsen, Findakly, and Forsman 10/16/2017

Episode 81: Nilsen, Findakly, and Forsman We 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. /episode/index/show/comicsforgrownups/id/5846350

Episode 80: Manuele Fior, Jillian Tamaki, and Jonathan Coulton/Matt Fraction 08/31/2017

Episode 80: Manuele Fior, Jillian Tamaki, and Jonathan Coulton/Matt Fraction We 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. /episode/index/show/comicsforgrownups/id/5694291

Episode 79: Dominique Goblet and Max Andersson 07/28/2017

Episode 79: Dominique Goblet and Max Andersson Joshua and Alex review Pretending Is Lying by Dominique Goblet and The Excavation by Max Andersson. /episode/index/show/comicsforgrownups/id/5588467

Episode 78 06/28/2017

Episode 78 Joshua 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. /episode/index/show/comicsforgrownups/id/5489777

Episode 77: Peplum, 100 Nights of Hero, The Flintstones 05/18/2017

Episode 77: Peplum, 100 Nights of Hero, The Flintstones We review Peplum by Blutch, The 100 Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg, and The Flintstones vol. 1 by Mark Russell and Steve Pugh. /episode/index/show/comicsforgrownups/id/5366921

Episode 76: Len, The Abominable Mr. Seabrook, Six Days in Cincinnati 03/27/2017

Episode 76: Len, The Abominable Mr. Seabrook, Six Days in Cincinnati Joshua 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. /episode/index/show/comicsforgrownups/id/5206783

Episode 75: Exits, Untitled Ape's Epic Adventure, Soviet Daughter 02/22/2017

Episode 75: Exits, Untitled Ape's Epic Adventure, Soviet Daughter Alex and Joshua review Exits by Daryl Seitchik, Untitled Ape's Epic Adventure by Steven Tillotson, and Soviet Daughter by Julia Alekseyeva. /episode/index/show/comicsforgrownups/id/5106115

Episode 74: Last Look, Everything Is Teeth, The Unquotable Trump 02/06/2017

Episode 74: Last Look, Everything Is Teeth, The Unquotable Trump Joe and Joshua talk about Last Look by Charles Burns and Everything Is Teeth by Evie Wyld. /episode/index/show/comicsforgrownups/id/5055340

Episode 73: Best of 2016 01/04/2017

Episode 73: Best of 2016 Alex, Andrea, Joe, and Joshua talk about their eight favorite comics of the year. /episode/index/show/comicsforgrownups/id/4960246

Episode 72: The Arab of the Future, Tetris, Cowboys and Insects, Disillusioned Illusions 12/08/2016

Episode 72: The Arab of the Future, Tetris, Cowboys and Insects, Disillusioned Illusions Joshua 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. /episode/index/show/comicsforgrownups/id/4896182

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