You Should Read This!

Alan Parsons and Ryan Ruppe
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You Should Read This! Podcast

Two guys who have lots of thoughts about sequential art talk about great Comic Books, Graphic Novels, Manga, and other Sequential Art.

  1. 26/02/2020

    Lone Wolf and Cub

    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.

    51 min

  2. 15/11/2019

    House of X/Powers of X (with special guest!)

    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.

    59 min

  3. 31/10/2019

    Ghosted, Vol. 1 (Four Color Commentary Reunion Special!)

    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 Chewie!

    1h 5m

  4. 25/10/2019

    Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier

    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.

    52 min

  5. 11/10/2019

    Die Volume 1: Fantasy Heartbreaker by Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans (with special guest)

    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.

    59 min

  6. 25/09/2019

    20th Century Boys

    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.

    47 min

  7. 15/05/2019

    Captain Marvel: In Pursuit of Flight & Down (with special guest!)

    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, and Emma Rios. Volume two is Down, written by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Christopher Sebela, with art by Dexter Soy and Filipe Andrade. This episode also features special guest Jenna Blush! She’s a huge comics fan who is super knowledgeable and happens to be Alan’s better half!

    59 min

  8. 09/04/2019

    Battle Angel Alita Vol. 1 by Yukito Kishiro

    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* Technopathy* Panel Backgrounds in Manga* Technobabble

    51 min
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Two guys who have lots of thoughts about sequential art talk about great Comic Books, Graphic Novels, Manga, and other Sequential Art.

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  • Creator
    Alan Parsons and Ryan Ruppe
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2020
  • Episodes
    17
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2018-2019 Alan Parson and Ryan Ruppe
  • Show Website
    You Should Read This!

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