It's Talky

Scanner and Tasrill

An exploration of the world joining the internet age and the growth of a new medium told through the lens of David Willis' Walkyverse*. How will this new fangled webcomics thing grow and change? How will the politics of a world at the turn of an entire new millennium effect things? How many knock off Doritos can one college aged boy eat? These questions an more will at least be asked if not always answered. Wiigii into Y2K and beyond *The Walkyverse is Roomies!, It's Walky!, Joyce and Walky!, It's Pregnancy!, and Shortpacked! Hosted by Tasrill and Scanner itstalkypodcast@gmail.com

Episodes

  1. Roomies! Year 1 Semester 2

    FEB 10

    Roomies! Year 1 Semester 2

    Read Roomies! starting here for episode 2 http://www.itswalky.com/comic/moolah/ and ending here for episode 2 http://www.itswalky.com/comic/packed-and-ready/ —— The art style clash when Round One meets the original comic http://www.itswalky.com/comic/round-one-page-12/ The roommate spite comic http://www.itswalky.com/comic/sarahs-previous-roommate/ Roomies critiquing itself http://www.itswalky.com/comic/men-and-marriage/ Intro and outro music is Super Hero by Aaron —— Scanner's social media — 18+ https://bsky.app/profile/ascannersparkly.bsky.social Tasrill's Social Media — 18+ https://bsky.app/profile/tasrill.bsky.social —— Referenced in this episode: Box Office for 1998 https://www.boxofficemojo.com/date/1998-02-01/The Duster song popular on TikTok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcYvDZKLQJ0The Pavement song popular on TikTok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrBJhi0RNvkThe Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction https://www.marxists.org/chinese/pdf/europe/walter-benjamin/benjamin-1936.pdfUnderstanding Comics https://archive.org/details/understanding-comics/American Comics: A History by Jeremy DauberThe Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics Edited by Bill Blackbeard and Martin WilliamsThe Inter Ocean Jr. — The Ting Lings go a fishing https://jenikirbyhistory.getarchive.net/media/saalburg-1894-05-22-inter-ocean-jr-the-ting-lings-go-a-fishing-52a38cThe Yellow Kid https://cartoons.osu.edu/digital_albums/yellowkid/1896/1896.htmLittle Nemo in Slumberland https://archive.org/details/LittleNemo1905-1914ByWinsorMccay/mode/2upKrazy Kat https://ibb.co/35rvHh4YEast Village Other https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Village_OtherZap Comix https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zap_ComixMr Natural "Does the Dishes" https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_gdns/7735759758Indiana school newspaper comics page, February 23, 1998 https://x.com/damnyouwillis/status/1517320952702509058Shen Comix bike stolen comic https://x.com/shenanigansen/status/930177304533147648Guy hitting the propeller in Titanic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz4JSTXuP9EGirl Dinner https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/girl-dinnerConcept art for Marathon by Craig Mullins https://marathon.bungie.org/story/Craig_Mullins.htmlLiberty Leading the People https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Leading_the_PeopleThe Bechdel Test https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel_testDykes to Watch Out For presents The Rule https://dykestowatchoutfor.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/The-Rule-cleaned-up.jpgBattle Angel Alita https://www.omoi.com/series/battle-angel-alita/read/5128c511-7407-4a49-a8f5-da8661ffafffPaperworld, by our friend Phi https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/paperworld/list?title_no=686767&page=6 ——— contact us at itstalkypodcast@gmail.com

    1h 24m

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An exploration of the world joining the internet age and the growth of a new medium told through the lens of David Willis' Walkyverse*. How will this new fangled webcomics thing grow and change? How will the politics of a world at the turn of an entire new millennium effect things? How many knock off Doritos can one college aged boy eat? These questions an more will at least be asked if not always answered. Wiigii into Y2K and beyond *The Walkyverse is Roomies!, It's Walky!, Joyce and Walky!, It's Pregnancy!, and Shortpacked! Hosted by Tasrill and Scanner itstalkypodcast@gmail.com