Quarantined Comics
a comic-book book-club discussing (some of) the medium's great works.
We found 10 episodes of Quarantined Comics with the tag “graphic novels”.
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WILL EISNER... reviewing the godfather of the graphic novel
December 23rd, 2023 | Season 4 | 41 mins 14 secs
comics, graphic novels, will eisner
Will Eisner is such an influential cartoonist, the comics industry's most prestigious award is named after him. In this episode, we'll finally talk about some of his most notable works, including "The Spirit" and "A Contract With God."
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SABRINA... murder in a post-truth world
October 27th, 2023 | Season 4 | 27 mins 12 secs
comics, graphic novels, nick drnaso, sabrina
This week, we take a look at Nick Drnaso's 2018 graphic novel "Sabrina," a murder mystery where the aftermath of a murder is almost as disturbing as the crime itself.
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DOOM PATROL... Grant Morrison's laundry list of weird ideas
February 25th, 2023 | Season 4 | 35 mins 11 secs
comics, doom patrol, grant morrison, graphic novels
The Doom Patrol has recently had a major resurgence, thanks to its ascension as a TV series. This week, we'll look at one of the most influential runs on the comic, from the mind of the always-unconventional Grant Morrison.
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FABLES V7-11 ...it's great and all, but isn't it also pretty Euro-centric?
December 24th, 2022 | Season 4 | 45 mins 27 secs
comics, fables, fairy tales, graphic novels
This week, we continue our discussion of FABLES, reading up to the conclusion of the saga's first big story arc.
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ESSEX COUNTY... it's cold in Canada when you're all alone
September 25th, 2022 | Season 4 | 34 mins 28 secs
comics, graphic novels, jeff lemire
Writer Jeff Lemire has taken the world of comics by storm, but it all began with his trilogy from the mid-aughts "Essex County." This week on Quarantined Comics, we'll take a look at the book that made the comics world take notice.
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ULTRASOUND ...also a journey within
August 27th, 2022 | Season 4 | 34 mins 58 secs
comics, conor stechschulte, gaslighting, graphic novels, horror, ultrasound
This week, we're reading Conor Stechschulte strange, disturbing, nightmarish graphic novel Ultrasound. It begins with a man getting a flat tire on a dark and stormy night, and takes a detour into the land of weird.
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THE KILLER... an assassin in a crisis
May 30th, 2022 | Season 4 | 41 mins
comics, graphic novels, killer, matz
This week, we're taking a look at the French crime epic The Killer (soon to be a Netflix movie directed by David Fincher). It's at times a psychological portrait of a killer, a meditation on violence, a tale of corporate intrigue, and a straight-up action thriller. But do all of these pieces come together?
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DR. STRANGE: TRIUMPH & TORMENT and THE OATH ...these relationships are DOOMED.
May 8th, 2022 | Season 4 | 35 mins 45 secs
comics, dr doom, dr strange, graphic novels, marvel
In celebration of the release of "Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Motherhood"... uh... or "Dr. Strange in the Motherhood of Madness"... no. Well, we commemorate the release of Marvel $tudio$ newe$t film and mothers everywhere by reviewing a book that combines the two: "Dr. Strange & Dr. Doom: Triumph and Torment." We'll also read the "Dr. Strange: The Oath," because these books are pretty short.
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THE DRIFTING CLASSROOM... let's call it an unconventional education
April 23rd, 2022 | Season 4 | 35 mins 40 secs
comics, drifting classroom, graphic novels, horror, manga
This week, we go back to school and get educated about Kazuo Umezu's seminal horror manga The Drifting Classroom. Though published in the 70s, it continues to exert its tremendous influence on modern horror creators, including Junji Ito.
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EASTER SPECIAL: USAGI YOJIMBO... a bunny with bushido
April 17th, 2022 | Season 4 | 50 mins 24 secs
easter, graphic novels, stan sakai, usagi yojimbo
Stan Sakai's epic tale of the samurai Miyamoto Usagi was first published in 1984 and is ongoing today. We'll review a fraction of it, specifically the run from 1997, when Dark Horse took over as publisher from Fantagraphics, to 2003.