Pictures Within Pictures

In each episode of Pictures Within Pictures, show hosts Zack Kruse, Will Pfeifer, and Ben Tiede spotlight a different comic book series or original graphic novel, dissect it, and put it into a digestible historical and narrative context. Twitter: @PWPComicsPod @ZackKruse @WillPfeifer @BenTiede

Whatcha Readin'? 21 02/22/2021

Whatcha Readin'? 21 Join Will, Ben, and Zack as they discuss Frank Young's Little Debbie and the Second Coming of Elmo, Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird's Fugitoid #1, and Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips' My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/pictureswithinpictures/id/17875649

We 3 02/09/2021

We 3 Will, Ben, and Zack discuss Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's We3 from Vertigo. /episode/index/show/pictureswithinpictures/id/17875214

Whatcha Readin'? 20 06/05/2020

Whatcha Readin'? 20 Our 50th episode! Zack, Will, and Ben discuss Eric Haven's CRYPTOID, Tom Van Deusen's EXPELLING MY TRUTH, Dan Clowes's LLOOK OUT! IT'S LLOYD LLEWELLYN, and Ben Katchor's CHEAP NOVELTIES: THE PLEASURES OF URBAN DECAY. /episode/index/show/pictureswithinpictures/id/14700386

Ms. Tree - One Mean Mother 05/15/2020

Ms. Tree - One Mean Mother Zack, Will, and Ben discuss Max Allan Collins and Terry Beatty's Ms. Tree: One Mean Mother from Hard Case Crime and Titan Comics. /episode/index/show/pictureswithinpictures/id/14434976

Whatcha Readin'? 19 03/30/2020

Whatcha Readin'? 19 Ben, Will, and Zack are back to discuss Frank Miller and Rafael Grampa's Dark Knight Returns: The Golden Child; Kirk Demarais's Mail-Order Mysteries; Jeff Lemire, Denys Cowan, and Bill Sienkiewicz's The Question: The Deaths of Vic Sage; Daniel Warren Johnson's Wonder Woman: The Dead Earth; Steve Gerber and Jack Kirby's Destroyer Duck #1; and Jonah Hex and Other Western Tales Digests. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/pictureswithinpictures/id/13764326

Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary 02/02/2020

Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary Ben, Will, and Zack discuss the highly-influnetial underground comix classic, Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary by Justin Green. /episode/index/show/pictureswithinpictures/id/12981488

Whatcha Readin'? 18 12/30/2019

Whatcha Readin'? 18 Will, Zack, and Ben are back with another Whatcha Readin'? episode and the guys discuss Gahan Wilson's Nuts, Howard Cruse's Stuck Rubber Baby, Alan Moore and Chris Sprouse's Tom Strong, and Steve Ditko and Robin Snyder's The Hero Comics #29--which includes big reveal from Ditko. /episode/index/show/pictureswithinpictures/id/12293438

Rusty Brown 12/17/2019

Rusty Brown Will, Ben, and Zack discuss Chris Ware's devastating Rusty Brown from Pantheon Books! /episode/index/show/pictureswithinpictures/id/12262910

Whatcha Readin'? 17 12/03/2019

Whatcha Readin'? 17 Zack, Will, and Ben are back to discuss Jim Cornette Presents: Real Wrestling Stories from IDW, Chris Blain's Gus, Uncanny X-Men #141, and a quick trip down memory lane! /episode/index/show/pictureswithinpictures/id/12262661

Uzumaki 11/04/2019

Uzumaki Zack, Will, and Ben discuss Junji Ito's Uzumaki from Viz. /episode/index/show/pictureswithinpictures/id/11881472

Whatcha Readin'? 16 10/18/2019

Whatcha Readin'? 16 Will, Zack, and Ben are back to talk about some of the things they've been reading lately. They discuss Cecil Jensen's Elmo, Gabriel Bell's July Diary, Ray Wegner's Kingdom of Skulls, Jack Chick's Sabotage?, and Noah VanSciver's In the Thick of It. /episode/index/show/pictureswithinpictures/id/11693546

The Eltingville Club 09/16/2019

The Eltingville Club Will, Ben, and Zack discuss Evan Dorkin's hilarious and prescient collected Eltingville Club from Dark Horse Comics. /episode/index/show/pictureswithinpictures/id/11276075

Whatcha Readin'? 15 07/31/2019

Whatcha Readin'? 15 Ben, Will, and Zack discuss Dark Horse's Star Wars Omnibi, Let's Make Ramen from Ten Speed Press, Superman's Pal Jimmy Olson, Murder Falcon from Image Comics, Hellboy vs. Lobster Johnson, and Superman: Year One. /episode/index/show/pictureswithinpictures/id/10570829

Come Again 07/18/2019

Come Again Ben, Will, and Zack discuss Nate Powell's COME AGAIN from Top Shelf. /episode/index/show/pictureswithinpictures/id/10570733

Whatcha Readin'? 14 06/17/2019

Whatcha Readin'? 14 Zack, Will, and Ben discuss Keiji Nakazawa's Barefoot Gen, Scott Edelman and Rico Rival's Scarecrow, Bill Griffith's Nobody's Fool, Jon B. Cooke's The Book of Weirdo, and Kid Gloves by Lucy Knisley. /episode/index/show/pictureswithinpictures/id/10177727

Upgrade Soul 05/15/2019

Upgrade Soul Zack, Will, and Ben discuss Ezra Claytan Daniels's Upgrade Soul from Lion Forge. /episode/index/show/pictureswithinpictures/id/9775625

Whatcha Readin' 13 04/12/2019

Whatcha Readin' 13 Will, Zack, and Ben discuss Jaime Hernandez's Is This How You See Me?, Jordan Jeffries' The Complete Matinee Junkie: Five Years at the Movies, and Steve Ditko's The Safest Place in the World. /episode/index/show/pictureswithinpictures/id/9014006

Cerebus: High Society 03/29/2019

Cerebus: High Society Will, Zack, and Ben discuss Dave Sim's Cerebus: High Society. /episode/index/show/pictureswithinpictures/id/9013901

Whatcha Readin'? 12 03/15/2019

Whatcha Readin'? 12 Ben, Will, and Zack discuss Natalie Nourigat's I Moved to Los Angeles to Work in Animation, Cullen Murphy's Cartoon County: My Father and His Friends in the Golden Age of Make-Believe, Katie Skelly's The Agency, and Sergio Ponchione's Memorabilia. /episode/index/show/pictureswithinpictures/id/9013850

On a Sunbeam 01/25/2019

On a Sunbeam In this episode, Ben, Will, and Zack discuss Tillie Walden's tremendous On a Sunbeam from First Second Books. /episode/index/show/pictureswithinpictures/id/8393519

Whatcha Readin'? 11 01/01/2019

Whatcha Readin'? 11 Zack, Ben, and Will discuss: Eric Powell's Hillbilly, Maestros from Steve Skroce and Dave Stewart, Al Columbia's Amnesia: The Lost Films of Francis D. Longfellow, Florence from Annapurna Pictures, Brandon Graham's Royal Boiler, and Forty Years with Mr. Oswald by Russ Johnson. PHEW! That's a lot! /episode/index/show/pictureswithinpictures/id/8099201

Concrete: The Human Dilemma 12/13/2018

Concrete: The Human Dilemma Zack, Will, and Ben discuss Paul Chadwick's fantastic Concrete: The Human Dilemma from Dark Horse Comics. /episode/index/show/pictureswithinpictures/id/7906199

Whatcha Readin'? 10 11/27/2018

Whatcha Readin'? 10 Will, Ben, and Zack discuss: Eric Stanton & the History of the Bizarre Underground by Richard Pérez Seves, Descender from Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen, Frankenstein: Agent of SHADE by Jeff Lemire and Alberto Ponticelli, Royal City by Jeff Lemire, My Hot Date by Noah Van Sciver, Secret Prison 8 - GLUT by Ian Harker and company, and The Seeds by Ann Nocenti and David Aja. Whew! That's a lot. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/pictureswithinpictures/id/7695482

Elektra: Assassin 11/07/2018

Elektra: Assassin Will, Ben, and Zack discuss Frank Miller and Bill Sienkiewicz's classic Elektra: Assassin. /episode/index/show/pictureswithinpictures/id/7473341

Whatcha Readin'? 9 10/16/2018

Whatcha Readin'? 9 Ben, Will, and Zack discuss: Four Kids Walk Into a Bank from Black Mask Studios, The Kurdles Adventure Magazine from Fantagraphics, The Birth of Kitaro from Drawn & Quarterly, How to Think When You Draw from The Etherington Brothers, and remembering the great Marie Severin. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/pictureswithinpictures/id/7198838

The Voyeurs 09/24/2018

The Voyeurs Ben, Zack, and Will discuss Gabrielle Bell's fantastic and fascinating collection The Voyeurs from Uncivilized Books. /episode/index/show/pictureswithinpictures/id/7086313

Whatcha Readin'? 8 08/16/2018

Whatcha Readin'? 8 Zack, Will, and Ben discuss Christopher Priest and company's BLACK PANTHER, Campbell Whyte's HOME TIME from Top Shelf, Carol Tyler's FAB4 MANIA from Fantagraphics, Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodríguez's LOCKE & KEY from IDW, MILK WARS from DC's Young Animals team, and Rian Hughes's LOGO-A-GO-GO from Korero Press. /episode/index/show/pictureswithinpictures/id/6932388

All the Answers 07/30/2018

All the Answers In this episode of Pictures Within Pictures, Zack, Will, and Ben discuss Michael Kupperman's incredible graphic memoir ALL THE ANSWERS from Gallery 13 Comics. /episode/index/show/pictureswithinpictures/id/6867605

Whatcha Readin'? 7 07/17/2018

Whatcha Readin'? 7 This episode, Will, Zack, and Ben discuss Nick Drnaso's SABRINA from Drawn & Quarterly, Brian K. Vaughn and Marcos Martín's BARRIER from Panel Syndicate, Jason's LOST CAT from Fantagraphics, and Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki's THIS ONE SUMMER from First Second. /episode/index/show/pictureswithinpictures/id/6819264

That Poor Bastard 06/25/2018

That Poor Bastard From the pages of Peepshow, Will, Zack, and Ben discuss Joe Matt's THAT POOR BASTARD, released by Drawn and Quarterly. /episode/index/show/pictureswithinpictures/id/6741287

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