In Sequence - Comics & Manga for Everyone

Scout, Jillian, Robin, & Matt
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A comics and manga podcast for everyone

  1. "Persepolis" by Marjane Satrapi

    6D AGO

    "Persepolis" by Marjane Satrapi

    Persepolis is a graphic novel memoir following Marjane Satrapi’s childhood in Iran during the Islamic Revolution -how her life and beliefs were affected by the political upheavel, and her eventual adolescence in Austria. Satrapi’s memoir covers the good, bad, and ugly of her life and those around her, and focuses deeply on the complexities of politics and belief. Note: This episode was recorded before the attacks on Iran by the US and Israel. You will not hear us discuss these events, but Persepolis has only become more relevant in the weeks between recording and release. If you'd like to help the people of Iran, it can be difficult to help given US sanctions. But here are a couple organizations that provide help to the people of Iran. The Red Cross - https://www.icrc.org/en/where-we-work/iranNorwegian Refugee Council - https://support.nrc.no/middle-east/ (00:00) - A statement (03:55) - Front Matter (04:39) - This is a real person’s life (09:10) - This is almost too relevant (15:35) - This book is funny! (18:46) - The art style (22:36) - The film (25:11) - The Austria stuff is fine (26:08) - SPOILERS (26:44) - The Marx comic book (31:25) - The Key (34:35) - Girl be careful! (36:49) - Ads for the communist manifesto (37:25) - I’d never share that in my memoir (41:48) - Uncle Anoosh (46:10) - Aldi mentioned (48:03) - The oppression of the mind (52:46) - Parallel final pages (57:06) - Final thoughts (57:34) - Further Reading Further Reading- #IceOutComics on Bluesky- Maus by Art Spiegelman- March by John Lewis, Andrew Adin, Nate Powell- Marx for Beginners by RIUS A comics podcast for everyone, proud to be a part of The Worst Garbage network. Find us on Bluesky or Tumblr. This week’s panelists can be found at: Matt Scout Jillian Editing this week by AJ Fillari.Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.

    1h 3m
  2. "Blue Period" by Tsubasa Yamaguchi

    MAR 5

    "Blue Period" by Tsubasa Yamaguchi

    Friend of the show Bluzo joins the panel to talk about Blue Period, volumes 1-6, by Tsubasa Yamaguchi. In our first long read of the year, we delve deep on the complicated ordeal of pursuing an art career, and the mortifying ordeal of being known. Oh and also rampant transphobia. (00:00) - “Blue Period” by Tsubasa Yamaguchi (01:05) - Front Matter (03:37) - Impressions (07:01) - It’s a sports manga (15:15) - It’s pretty didactic (20:49) - Real art in the manga (22:36) - That’s the stuff (25:47) - Accessibility (27:10) - Shouts out to the artist crediting (28:18) - SPOILERS (28:22) - Yuka-chan (43:23) - Better storytelling as it progresses (45:32) - More on Yuka-chan (49:49) - Making pastries with my boys (54:52) - This boy is masking HARD (57:45) - Hey. Scout is in this book. (01:03:27) - Love to not be a teenager anymore (01:03:46) - More Yotasuke (01:05:03) - Hashida (01:08:36) - The teachers! (01:11:48) - TUA complicates things! (01:13:45) - Mori (01:15:24) - I don’t “get“ art (01:16:38) - What is talent? (01:24:55) - Questions from Amet! (01:32:33) - Further Reading Further Reading- The Blue Period live-action movie- She and Her Cat adapted by Tsubasa Yamaguchi- Nude Model and Other Stories by Tsubasa Yamaguchi- Look Back by Tatsuki Fujimoto- Goodbye Eri by Tatsuki Fujimoto- Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey by Akiko Higashimura Read Anniversary by Elle Shivers! A comics podcast for everyone, proud to be a part of The Worst Garbage network. Find us on Bluesky or Tumblr. This week’s panelists can be found at:Bluzo MattRobin Scout Jillian Editing this week by AJ Fillari.Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.

    1h 41m
  3. "Beast Complex" by Paru Itagaki

    FEB 19

    "Beast Complex" by Paru Itagaki

    Today, your panelists wonder: what does it look like to tell a story about prejudice but divorced from real-world analogues? What does it mean to tie concepts of hunger and desire together inexorably? Just how much money is cow bathwater going for these days? And wait, is that-? Oh my god, it's Legoshi, my close personal friend Legoshi! (00:00) - “Beast Complex” by Paru Itagaki (00:43) - Front Matter (03:47) - Plot Overview (04:42) - Short stories (05:48) - The world of Beast Compkex vs Zootopia (14:14) - How the book improves over time (16:24) - What is doujinshi again? (17:48) - Is the mangaka a nepo baby? (19:26) - “Devouring” (25:45) - SPOILERS! (25:48) - Our top 3s (31:06) - The Tiger and the Alpaca (34:05) - The Pig and the Peacock (36:13) - ERROR ⚠️ (43:17) - The Wolf and the Rabbit (54:02) - The Chipmunk and the (Mountain Hare) (01:01:08) - Relationships vs Events (01:03:39) - The Shiba Inu and the Shiba Inu (01:08:28) - The Alligator and the Cow (01:14:47) - The Wolf and the Seal (01:20:11) - Some of the stories that don’t work (01:26:29) - Final thoughts (01:27:37) - Further Reading (01:32:33) - Back Matter Further Reading- Beastars by Paru Itagaki- Sanda by Paru Itagaki- Taika's Reason by Paru Itagaki- Dungeon Meshi (aka Delicious in Dungeon) by Ryoko Kui- I Will Survive by Borba (aka the Zootopia abortion comic)A comics podcast for everyone, proud to be a part of The Worst Garbage network. Find us on Bluesky or Tumblr. This week’s panelists can be found at: Matt Scout Jillian Editing this week by AJ Fillari.Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.

    1h 36m
  4. "Frontier" by Guillaume Singelin

    FEB 5

    "Frontier" by Guillaume Singelin

    Today your panelists talk Frontier, a French graphic novel written and illustrated by the artist of Citizen Sleeper and Citizen Sleeper 2! Join us as we discuss hope among dystopia and how pacing can let down an otherwise incredible story. You can purchase Frontier in English here. (00:00) - “Frontier” by Guillaume Singelin (00:42) - Front Matter (03:26) - Impressions (05:34) - Guillaume’s art style (08:05) - Chibi violence (11:37) - The density of Frontier’s space (15:13) - Singelin’s Rescue card (16:16) - Unfamiliar familiarity (17:42) - Little nubbin feet (20:23) - Variation in line weight (23:37) - Spoiler section! (23:48) - Similarities to Citizen Sleeper (27:59) - Finding meaning or a way out (36:08) - The opening structure of this book (37:43) - Pacing problems (38:13) - GOKU! (41:09) - More on pacing (44:04) - Hopeful science fiction (46:20) - How Camina is let down by utopian naivete (53:04) - Even more on pacing (54:09) - Our favorite characters (56:02) - Ji-soo’s retirement (56:54) - Favorite panels and pages (01:04:00) - Camina, trans icon (01:04:14) - A quote that is too real (01:05:05) - How this book was made (01:05:56) - Further Reading (01:07:31) - Back Matter Further Reading- Citizen Sleeper- PTSD by Guillaume Singelin- Shin Zero by Label 619A comics podcast for everyone, proud to be a part of The Worst Garbage network. Find us on Bluesky or Tumblr. This week’s panelists can be found at: MattRobin Scout Jillian Editing this week by AJ Fillari.Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.

    1h 10m
  5. “Absolute Wonder Woman Vol. 1: The Last Amazon” by Kelly Thompson, Hayden Sherman, and Mattia De Iulis

    JAN 22

    “Absolute Wonder Woman Vol. 1: The Last Amazon” by Kelly Thompson, Hayden Sherman, and Mattia De Iulis

    Today our panelists talk about women with swords - hey, wait a second, didn't we do this last time? Join us for a discussion of "Absolute Wonder Woman Vol. 1: The Last Amazon," where we talk about big swords, literary analysis, and Eisner award-winning colors! (00:00) - “Absolute Wonder Woman” (02:01) - Front Matter (03:34) - What is the Absolute Universe? (09:22) - What does Scout know about Wonder Woman? (12:46) - No tone problems! (14:29) - The artists are delivering (19:21) - Circe and Diana (22:57) - Paneling (29:16) - Sherman’s Art vs de Iulis’s (31:04) - SPOILERS BEGIN HERE (31:07) - Even bigger sword (35:41) - Lettering the scream bomb (37:11) - The Lady and the Tiger (42:17) - The pomegranate seeds (46:01) - The biggest laughs (48:22) - Diana’s thoughtfulness (51:18) - Skeleton Pegasus (51:41) - The lassos (53:02) - Hades’ design (54:42) - Amazon in hell (58:08) - Further reading (01:00:44) - Back matter Further Reading- "The Lady, or the Tiger?" short story written by Frank R. Stockton- Other entries in DC's Absolute Universe- Kelly Thompson's work with Marvel - Jeff the Land Shark, Captain Marvel - Hayden Sherman's art in Batman: Dark Patterns, written by Dan Watters - Sherman is co-creator, penciller, and inker for Dark Spaces: Dungeon- Jordie Bellaire is doing colors on Exquisite Corpses from James Tynion IV and Michael Walsh’s Tiny Onion imprint at Image. She is an artist in residence with Tiny Onion.- Bellaire has done color work on the super popular Assorted Crisis Events which is written by Deniz Camp, who also writes Absolute Martian Manhunter. A comics podcast for everyone, proud to be a part of The Worst Garbage network. Find us on Bluesky or Tumblr. This week’s panelists can be found at: MattRobin Scout Jillian Editing this week by AJ Fillari.Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.

    1h 5m
  6. "Blade Maidens" by Zoe Tunnell and Valentine M. Smith

    JAN 8

    "Blade Maidens" by Zoe Tunnell and Valentine M. Smith

    The panelists start off the New Year by celebrating women with swords! We journey alongside the titular "Blade Maidens," exploring romance, graphic design, identity, and the medium of webcomics! You can read Blade Maidens here! (00:00) - "Blade Maidens" by Zoe Tunnell and Valentine M. Smith (01:14) - What is Blade Maidens? (02:22) - Impressions (04:07) - The note at the end of the Prelude (12:40) - "Webcomic-ness" (20:03) - Following along vs. catching up (23:29) - Favorite storybeats (34:26) - The art (and graphic design influence) (34:58) - The circles (38:11) - The use of color (40:10) - The werewolf depiction (41:18) - Fishmen and fantasy creatures (42:19) - It's just neat! (48:24) - Spare thoughts and gay shit (48:42) - When the blood is hot pink (49:16) - Back Matter (51:51) - Further reading (54:56) - Upcoming episodes! Further Reading"Cosmoknights" by Hannah Templer"Paper Girls" by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, and Matt WilsonA comics podcast for everyone, proud to be a part of The Worst Garbage network. Find us on Bluesky or Tumblr. This week’s panelists can be found at: Matt Scout Robin Jillian Editing this week by AJ Fillari.Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.

    57 min
  7. A Comics Christmas Carol

    12/25/2025

    A Comics Christmas Carol

    In this special holiday episode, the panelists take a journey through the comics of Christmas past, present, and future. We recap our favorite reads of the year, talk about some great comics from the Shortbox Comics Fair, and pick some exciting new reads for the new year. Happy holidays! (00:00) - A Comics Christmas Carol (01:37) - Comics of Christmas Past (15:41) - Comics of Christmas Present (16:45) - Exo (33:40) - Spaghetti Western (44:39) - Dead Horses (01:04:28) - Dream Loop (01:19:38) - Comics of Christmas Future (01:20:22) - Jillian’s Short Read (01:21:33) - Robin’s Short Read (01:22:05) - Scout’s Short Read (01:23:07) - Matt’s Short Read (01:24:33) - Jillian’s Long Read (01:27:05) - Robin’s Long Read (01:29:08) - Scout’s Long Read (01:33:21) - Matt’s Long Read (01:36:57) - Back Matter Further Reading/Viewing:Hello Sunshine by Keezy YoungBlack Blood by Hayate KukuShip of Theseus by Toshiya HigashimotoFlying Saucer Video by Cam MarshallJaye Fabel on itchIan T Bisbal’s shopSPOILERS FOR THE EPISODEVVVVVVVVV Shortbox Comics Fair Reads: Exo by Jaye FabelSpaghetti Western by Ian T BisbalDead Horses by Freya JNDream Loop by InkpangurShort reads: Absolute Wonder Woman Vol 1 - JillianBlade Maidens - RobinKOH-BOKU - ScoutBatman: Wayne Family Adventures - MattLong reads: Berserk: The Golden Age Arc - JillianYokohama Kaidashi Kikou - RobinFullmetal Alchemist - ScoutBlue Period vol 1-6 - MattA comics podcast for everyone, proud to be a part of The Worst Garbage network. Find us on Bluesky or Tumblr. This week’s panelists can be found at: Matt Scout Robin Jillian Editing by Matt Horton and AJ Fillari.Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.

    1h 40m
  8. "Veil" by Kotteri

    12/11/2025

    "Veil" by Kotteri

    Today, our panelists venture into Veil by Kotteri. We discuss the "will they, won't they, are they already?" romance, unique storytelling, and most importantly, the fashion and design present in the first two volumes of this manga. (00:00) - “Veil” by Kotteri (00:37) - Front Matter (02:09) - What we thought (06:17) - Read digital if you can! (07:51) - Piano key dress (08:09) - A summary (09:03) - Manga in full color (12:38) - This unique structure (14:56) - Alexander as Auron (16:00) - Dior ribbon Emma (16:55) - Not really friends or lovers (21:55) - Just posting her OCs (24:38) - The phone booth (26:49) - Pictures of sounds (27:45) - A book about hands (32:23) - The dialogue (36:00) - The art of not explaining a damn thing (42:24) - Fashion corner (44:24) - L O O K (45:11) - Veil over her eyes (46:29) - Watches in her hair (47:14) - Just their legs (48:06) - Connecting covers (48:52) - Drawing touch (50:59) - We love Veil (52:15) - The depiction of blindness (55:55) - Further reading (01:03:27) - Back matter Further Reading/Viewing:Kotteri's personal twitterDobaku no Hana twitterAudrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole on the set of How to Steal a Million A comics podcast for everyone, proud to be a part of The Worst Garbage network. Find us on Bluesky or Tumblr. This week’s panelists can be found at: Matt Scout Robin Jillian Editing by Matt Horton and AJ Fillari.Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.

    1h 8m
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