You Should Read This!
Alan Parsons and Ryan RuppeComic Book and Graphic Novel Review and Discussion Podcast
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 17 | Founded | 7 years ago |
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| Categories | ArtsSociety & CultureVisual Arts | ||||
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Did you watch The Mandalorian? We did! And the people who made the show very clearly read Lone Wolf and Cub. So we read the first volume of this legendary 50-year-old manga.
We get some of the old X-team back together when old friend Ian Ritch joins Alan and Ryan to talk about Jonathan Hickman, Pepe Larraz, and RB Silva’s full reboot of the X-Men comics universe in the interlocking double series House of X/Powers of X.
We got the gang back together to talk about a book we first looked into nearly five years ago: Ghosted, volume 1, by Joshua Williamson, Goran Sudzuka and Miroslav Mrva.
Get ready for spoopy shenanigans with Alan and Ryan and special guests Ian and... more
This time on You Should Read This, Alan and Ryan jump into the Eisner award winning spoopy Dia de los Muertos tale from Ryan’s kids’ favorite cartoonist, Raina Telgemeier.
In this episode of You Should Read This, Alan and Ryan are joined by their pal Adam Ryan Cools to talk Dungeons & Dragons, RPGs with heavy lore, and deep, dark backstories in their discussion of Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans’ incredible book, Die.
To start off Season 2 of You Should Read This, Alan and Ryan tackle the first volume of the dense, legendary manga series 20th Century Boys.
In this episode of You Should Read This, we dig into the first two volumes of the big relaunch of Captain Marvel from 2014. Volume one is In Pursuit of Flight, written by Kelly Sue DeConnick and with art by Dexter Soy, Richard Elson, Al Barrionuevo, ... more
In this episode of You Should Read This, Alan and Ryan discuss the first volume of the legendary cyberpunk manga Battle Angel Alita.
Show Notes:
* Manga and its influence (yes, again. Always)
* Expectations
* Subverted tropes
* 90s comics more
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- Favorite Comic/Manga related Podcast.
Love all the episodes so far.
Apple Podcasts5H.A.V.A.N.A
Germany6 years ago - Can’t wait for more episodes
These guys are great.
Apple Podcasts5Vintagepaper
United States7 years ago - Great podcast
I love this show. It's such a nice, deep dive focus on a single book by two people with great insight and a love for the medium. It's exactly what I want in a podcast and each episode adds a new book to my 'to buy' list
Apple Podcasts5YarnHammUnited States7 years ago - Dig it!
Great show. These guys had great insight on the creators, dove deep on the books, and had some good commentary on the comics industry. I’ll be back for more!
Apple Podcasts5NeutralmikehotelUnited States7 years ago
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