Jack Stewardson

Panel Pals

Arts EN ↓ 38 episodes

Welcome to Panel Pals: the comic book podcast for thinkers! The preeminent, academic comic book analysis podcast from Canadian indie superstars Diane Hitchings and Jack Stewardson. Learn to love and reevaluate the world of sequential arts!

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Author

Jack Stewardson

Category

Arts

Podcast website

www.spreaker.com

Latest episode

Nov 4, 2026

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Episodes

Panel Pals: BOY'S ABYSS 26.11.2025

Peak behind the dark twisted abyss with Diane and Jack as they try to make sense of Ryō Minenami's Boy's Abyss. You can find Panel Pals on Bluesky and Pinksky: panelpalspodcast.bsky.social You can follow Diane on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/one_little_gremlin/You can follow Jack on Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/fantompowerpress.bsky.social Musical Theme: Found - Stemchamp

Panel Pals: TERROR ASSAULTER: OMWOT (O.ne M.an W.ar O.n T.error) 12.11.2025

This episode: Diane and Jack discuss the war on terror, satire and the dichotomy between high art/low art in Benjamin Marra's Outlaw /Dude's Rock Masterpiece: Terror Assaulter OMWOT. Let's just say...it totally owns. You can find Panel Pals on Bluesky and Pinksky: panelpalspodcast.bsky.social You can follow Diane on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/one_little_gremlin/You can follow Jack on Bsky: h...

Panel Pals: WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD! 29.10.2025

Diane and Jack try to answer the question posed by cult manga maestro Inio Asano: What a Wonder World? We discuss nihilism, existentialism, absurdism, and early millennial slacker-culture. You can find Panel Pals on Bluesky and Pinksky: panelpalspodcast.bsky.socialYou can follow Diane on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/one_little_gremlin/You can follow Jack on Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/fanto...

Panel Pals: TRANSFORMERS VS. GI JOE(2014) by TOM SCIOLI 15.10.2025

Diane and Jack discuss the relevance and themes of militarism and transhumanism in Tom Scioli's Transformers vs. GI Joe. You can find Panel Pals on Bluesky and Pinksky: panelpalspodcast.bsky.socialYou can follow Diane on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/one_little_gremlin/You can follow Jack on Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/fantompowerpress.bsky.socialhttps://linktr.ee/PanelPalsPodcastMusical The...

Panel Pals: YU-GI-OH! 01.10.2025

IT'S TIME TO D-D-D-DU-DU-DUEL! Diane and Jack talk all things Yu-Gi-Oh: trading cards, commercial media and most importantly the original manga by Kazuki Takahashi. You can find Panel Pals on Bluesky and Pinksky: panelpalspodcast.bsky.socialYou can follow Diane on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/one_little_gremlin/You can follow Jack on Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/fantompowerpress.bsky.socialM...

Panel Pals: BLACKSAD (Vol. 1-3) 17.09.2025

This episode, step into the offices of the Panel Pals Detective Agency, as Diane and Jack discuss the murky underbelly of Blacksad and hardboiled noir fiction. You can find Panel Pals on Bluesky and Pinksky: panelpalspodcast.bsky.social You can follow Diane on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/one_little_gremlin/You can follow Jack on Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/fantompowerpress.bsky.social Musi...

Panel Pals: ME & ROBOCO 03.09.2025

Join kneecap-enjoyers Diane and Jack as they discuss the weird and wacky antics of Shuhei Miyazaki's Roboco and co. It's a divisive one, let's hope our hosts can survive! You can find Panel Pals on Bluesky and Pinksky: panelpalspodcast.bsky.socialYou can follow Diane on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/one_little_gremlin/You can follow Jack on Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/fantompowerpress.bsky.s...

Panel Pals: THE PURPLE SMURFS (a.k.a. LES SCHTROUMPFS NOIRS) 20.08.2025

This episode, Jack and Diane go down the smurf-hole on Purple Smurfs, Black Smurfs, Zombie Smurfs and Smurf Smurfs. It's a smurfing good time! You can find Panel Pals on Bluesky and Pinksky: panelpalspodcast.bsky.socialYou can follow Diane on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/one_little_gremlin/You can follow Jack on Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/fantompowerpress.bsky.socialMusical Theme: Found -...

Panel Pals: MY BROTHER'S HUSBAND 06.08.2025

Another terrific discussion, as the Panel Pals cross examine the modern-family-slice-of-life manga My Brother's Husband by Gengoroh Tagame. You can find Panel Pals on Bluesky and Pinksky: panelpalspodcast.bsky.socialYou can follow Diane on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/one_little_gremlin/You can follow Jack on Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/fantompowerpress.bsky.socialMusical Theme: Found - Ste...

Panel Pals: FANTASTIC FOUR THE GALACTUS TRILOGY 23.07.2025

It's FANTASTIC! This episode the Panel Pals discuss FANTASTIC FOUR #48-51; Stan Lee and Jack Kirby epic GALACTUS TRILOGY and it's relation to cosmic horror and religious colonialism. You can find Panel Pals on Bluesky and Pinksky: panelpalspodcast.bsky.social You can follow Diane on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/one_little_gremlin/ You can follow Jack on Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/fantompow...

Panel Pals: ONE PUNCH MAN 09.07.2025

This episode, the Panel Pals debate the absurdity and existentialism of ONE and Yusuke Marata's One Punch Man (vol. 1-3).You can find Panel Pals on Bluesky and Pinksky: panelpalspodcast.bsky.social You can follow Diane on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/one_little_gremlin/ You can follow Jack on Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/fantompowerpress.bsky.social Musical Theme: Found - Stemchamp

Panel Pals: SUPERMAN #178 25.06.2025

This episode, the Panel Pals discuss and dissect national icons, nationalism and folk art in the modern age of comics through the lens of Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuiness's run on Superman and the controversial "President Luthor" storyline. You can find Panel Pals on Bluesky and Pinksky: panelpalspodcast.bsky.social You can follow Diane on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/one_little_gremlin/ You can fol...

Panel Pals: BAKI 11.06.2025

This episode the Panel Pals discuss the mythic masochism and misogyny of Keisuke Itagaki's Baki the Grappler. You can find Panel Pals on Bluesky and Pinksky: panelpalspodcast.bsky.social You can follow Diane on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/one_little_gremlin/ You can follow Jack on Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/fantompowerpress.bsky.social Musical Theme: Found - Stemchamp

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