Quarantined Comics
Episode Archive
Episode Archive
155 episodes of Quarantined Comics since the first episode, which aired on May 29th, 2020.
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WW84... two scoops of ice cream, two scoops of WarnerMedia's latest loss leader
December 29th, 2020 | Season 2 | 53 mins 23 secs
comics, wonder woman, ww84
WW84, the sequel to the 2017 hit Wonder Woman, hasn't gotten the critical or audience acclaim of its predecessor. No surprise, we didn't like it either - but in this episode, we'll examine what did and didn't work for us.
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BONE ...adorably innocent darkness for the kids!
December 25th, 2020 | Season 2 | 38 mins 40 secs
BONE - the comics masterpiece epic by Jeff Smith - was the indie comics darling of the 90s, released in black and white from 1991 to 2004. It tells the story of 3 adorable cousins, a beautiful young woman, her grandma, a talking bug, a bartender, a friendly red dragon, evil rat creatures, a lord of locusts, and a cast of characters who find themselves descending into dark times...
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GOOD TALK ...hits a little too close to home
December 18th, 2020 | Season 2 | 45 mins 41 secs
This week we're talking about Mira Jacob's autobiographical memoir "Good Talk" (2018) - depicting in a uniquely simple graphic retelling of conversations about work and life with her young son, her Jewish husband, her parent-pleasing brother, her Indian parents, her extended family in India, her two best friends, and her very Trumpy in-laws.
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SKIM and THIS ONE SUMMER ...growing up before the glowing up
December 12th, 2020 | Season 2 | 41 mins 48 secs
In this episode, Ryan and Raman look at two graphic novel collaborations by the cousins Jillian and Mariko Tamaki: Skim (2005) and This One Summer (2014). Both are very different coming-of-age stories centered around teenagers plunged into a world of adult problems.
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TOMINE'S LONELINESS OF THE LONG-DISTANCE CARTOONIST ...mostly, we just talk about our lives
December 4th, 2020 | Season 2 | 30 mins 49 secs
adrian tomine, comics, graphic novels
You might know Adrian Tomine from what seems like his monthly New Yorker covers, but the guy is one of the most accomplished cartoonists out there. This week, we'll check out his newest book/memoir "The Loneliness Of The Long-Distance Cartoonist" which effectively charts Tomine's most salient moments of humiliation over the years.
Feel the cringe.
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BLACK (+ BLACK AF) ...where the concept was better than the execution
November 27th, 2020 | Season 2 | 40 mins 57 secs
This Black Friday... we're talking about "BLACK" and its sequel "BLACK AF" by Kwanza Osajyefo + artists Tim Smith 3 and Jennifer Johnson (respectively). The series posits that in a world that already hates and fears them - what if only Black people had superpowers?
Black made quite a splash when announced (on Kickstarter), and subsequently released from 2017-2018 - and were recently announced to being adapted to film by Warner Brothers. But we ask...was the book as good as the hype/concept? -
HOW TO BE HAPPY and THE HARD TOMORROW ...solace out of reach
November 20th, 2020 | Season 2 | 35 mins 34 secs
comic books, comics, graphic novels
A collection of fables... and a devastating graphic novel about people trying to make a life in an increasingly hostile world. Yet these two very different books by cartoonist extraordinaire Eleanor Davis also feel very much like companion pieces.
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SANDMAN V6-10 ...dreams get real
November 13th, 2020 | Season 2 | 39 mins 38 secs
And so the journey continues as we take a look at the final half of Neil Gaiman's epic series The Sandman. And it's from these last few books where the saga garners its lofty reputation.