Crying in the Book Club

This episode, the book club turns their gaze back to the 70s and discuss the seminal Dennis O'Neil and Neal Adams run on Green Arrow/Green Lantern . Next, on Crying in the Book Club: Jean-Luc takes a week off as Emily, Alex, and a pair of guests discuss My Little Pony comics. Our theme music was composed by our wonderful friend Gwyn. You can find their work on Soundcloud at https://soundcloud.com/...

We're back in the Star Wars mines for this episode, eschewing Disney canon in favor of the classic and iconic (although maybe not for the right reasons) Dark Horse series Dark Empire . Oh, and we subjected Chad to it as well! Next, on Crying in the Book Club: The crew checks out the classic Alan Moore series From Hell . Our theme music was composed by our wonderful friend Gwyn. You can find their...

We're back! And this episode, we're reading a comic from one of our favorite contemporary writers, or at least one of our most-referenced, Mark Russell. Traveling to Mars may be the most contemporary series we've covered, an 11-issue epic following a terminal cancer patient's journey to become the first human to set foot on the red planet, and claim it for the Easy Beef Corporation. Along the way...

Next, on Crying in the Book Club: We tackle something more modern with Mark Russell's Journey to Mars. Our theme music was composed by our wonderful friend Gwyn. You can find their work on Soundcloud at https://soundcloud.com/hopefullynotbadlib . Our podcast art was done by everyone's favorite co-host Emily. Follow us on Twitter: @cryingbookclub @mtdewliker @empandanada @alexhandziuk

We're closing out Pride Month with a classic Emily-core pick in Gunjo , a toxic yuri manga about two lesbians who fucking hate each other. But also love each other. And also commit all kinds of crimes. I would call it fun but it's actually grim and sorta depressing. Next, on Crying in the Book Club: We're going back to the X-Men for God Loves, Man Kills Our theme music was composed by our wonderfu...

We're kicking off pride month with one of the best queer comics of the last decade: The Pervert. Chad's here, so we're reuniting the lineup that initially heaped praise on Michelle Perez and Remy Boydell's graphic novel way back when it originally came out. Next, on Crying in the Book Club: We take our first foray into toxic yuri with Gunjo. Our theme music was composed by our wonderful friend Gwy...

Next, on Crying in the Book Club: We kick off pride month with The Pervert. Our theme music was composed by our wonderful friend Gwyn. You can find their work on Soundcloud at https://soundcloud.com/hopefullynotbadlib . Our podcast art was done by everyone's favorite co-host Emily. Follow us on Twitter: @cryingbookclub @mtdewliker @empandanada @alexhandziuk

It's May in the book club (and everywhere else, I suppose?) and you know what that means: it's time to return to Marvel Comics' best team of all time, the GOATs of teenage superheroes: The Runaways. This episode, we read the first 12 issues of BKV and Adrian Alphona's second volume of Runaways, and discuss all the teenage angst that comes with the territory. Also: Jean-Luc found a sick forum from...

This episode, we celebrate our 50th episode by talking about some other notable 50th anniversary celebrations. Some of them might rise to the level of this podcast... but not many. Next, on Crying in the Book Club: We're kicking off Runamay 2 with more Runaways! Our theme music was composed by our wonderful friend Gwyn. You can find their work on Soundcloud at https://soundcloud.com/hopefullynotba...

This week on "Comics With Names That Are Needlessly Long...." Ok that was mean. The name is fine. Chad's back, hanging with the usual hosts. It's just like the old days, right down to the fact we talk about some perv shit the whole time. Except unlike the old days this time it's actually what we're here to do! So that's cool. Next, on Crying in the Book Club: It's episode 50! We've got some stuff...

We are here talking about a little known comic book called The Walking Dead. Maybe you've heard of it, maybe you haven't.... Ok you definitely have. But you haven't heard us talk about it! Fix that right now!!! Next, on Crying in the Book Club: Chad's coming back for the Wize Wize Beast of the Wizarding Wizdom? I think that's the name??? Emily made us read some gay furry shit Our theme music was c...

Jean-Luc is back as we conclude our read of Grant Morrison's New X-Men! Next, on Crying in the Book Club: A little indie comic you've never heard of.... The Walking Dead. Our theme music was composed by our wonderful friend Gwyn. You can find their work on Soundcloud at https://soundcloud.com/hopefullynotbadlib . Our podcast art was done by everyone's favorite co-host Emily. Follow us on Twitter:...

Cowabunga dudes! Chad here and I'm totally psyched to talk about the rad racing realness that is Speed Racer (2008). With Jean-luc away at Star Wars camp, it's me Emily, Alex and Racer X in the cockpit of a T-130 for a full hour of thrills, chills and wacky racing! What does Chad really think about the U.S government? Does Emily have a secret alter ego? And is Alex a real person, or two Speed Race...

We noticed it had been a few months since we talked about a Grant Morrison comic on the show, so naturally we had to remedy that. It's also been a minute since our last Marvel series, so we figured: why not New X-Men, a cornerstone of Marvel's turn of the century bounce back form bankruptcy? We covered the first four trades for this episode, so it's not a complete breakdown, but we discussed some...

This week in the book club we subjected ourselves to the scourge of the comic book industry: video game adaptations. The crew checked out selections from Dishonored, Kingdom Hearts, and Overwatch, and discussed them individually as well as any broader trends they picked up on between the series. Next, on Crying in the Book Club: We kick off a month with everyone's favorite super-team, the X-Men, a...

The book club has reconvened in the manga aisle of Barnes & Noble and stumbled upon this little series called * checks notes* Delicious in Dungeon? Just kidding I know the actual Japanese of the manga is Dungeon Meshi. We also left Alex in the car for this trip to the book store and coincidentally ran into friend of the show Teese (@vicunad) who also coincidentally loves Dungeon Meshi. I'm goi...

The book club is back and kicking off 2024 in style--with an episode recorded in 2023. That's right, we're on top of things such as "Scheduling" over here. And we're kicking off the new year with something special! Instead of talking about "comic" "books" we are instead talking about an animated television show. A motion comic, if you will. This episode, we discuss 2023's Scott Pilgrim Takes Off ,...

This episode, the book club convenes to discuss the first three volumes of Robert Kirkman's coming of age superhero drama Invincible. It's a first time read for Emily and Alex, and a surprisingly pleasant revisit for Jean-Luc. The crew discusses Kirkman's take on superheroes, the series' humor, and a little bit about where it goes outside of the issues discussed. Next, on Crying in the Book Club:...

This Thanksgiving, we are all thankful for Darth Vader, the most beautiful man ever to grace our cinema screens. But did you know he got up to other quirky adventures in between the events of the Star Wars movies??? Well, he did, and Kieron Gillen wrote about some of them! And not just Darth Vader, but his besties Dr Aphra, Triple 0, and BT-1. Oh and Black Krrrsantan! I can never remember how to s...

Spooky season may have ended, but horror is year round. So for this episode, the book club turns their sites to 2011 and the reboot that got Alex and Jean-Luc into comics: The New 52 run of Animal Man. There's a lot to be said about the art, but also Jeff Lemire juggling traditional superheroics with horror and slice of life elements. Next, on Crying in the Book Club: The crew heads to a galaxy fa...

Spooky season has come to a close, but the manga train continues with Alex's childhood favorite Yu Gi Oh . The book club discusses the manga, how different it is from what they expected, and go deep on some of the goofy scenarios Yu Gi finds himself in. Jean-Luc disparages both the comic and the card game (somewhat undeservingly) Our theme music was composed by our wonderful friend Gwyn. You can f...

~~Spooooooky season~~ continues this week in the book club with the debut work of acclaimed horror manga writer/artist Junji Ito, Tomie. The crew discuses his gruesome and gorgeous body horror, what the series is actually about, and how badly Emily wants to be like Tomie. Our theme music was composed by our wonderful friend Gwyn. You can find their work on Soundcloud at https://soundcloud.com/hope...

Welcome to spooooooooky season! We're kicking it off with a book that is spooky, but maybe not in the most fun way? Anyway we're talking about The Crow, the circumstances of its creation, its enduring legacy, and O'Barr's, well, let's say "interesting" portrayal of 1980s Detroit. Our theme music was composed by our wonderful friend Gwyn. You can find their work on Soundcloud at https://soundcloud....

Continuing on our Morrison kick after Wonder Woman Earth One, we're looking at their unique take on the early years of another iconic DC character: Superman. Our theme music was composed by our wonderful friend Gwyn. You can find their work on Soundcloud at https://soundcloud.com/hopefullynotbadlib . Our podcast art was done by everyone's favorite co-host Emily. Follow us on Twitter: @cryingbookcl...

Kinda by accident, September has become Morrison month for the Book Club. This week, the crew discusses their New 52 run on Action Comics, which includes a based left-wing Superman, fifth dimensional imps with names I won't even try to type out, and the time and universe bending shenanigans Morrison is known for. Also: we find out about the time Alex was tricked into attending an anti-abortion ral...