The Pink Riot Comic Show

Send us Fan Mail We have a new segment: The Book Was Better! This week, we’re talking Supergirl- both the DC movie recently released and the Tom King graphic novel!!! We really wanted to like the movie, but we had so many issues with the narrative choices. It gave white woman feminism. And when you compare it to the graphic novel, even more issues appear 😭 The great news is that Milly embodied he...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we're discussing the 2026 Drawn and Quarterly, Eisner-nominated, and LAMBDA award-winning graphic novel Cannon by Lee Lai. This was a comic we remember seeing Cannon at San Diego Comic Con in 2025, and we deeply regret not reading it then. This slice of life comic about a queer, overworked, and underrecognized woman is so relatable and brilliantly told!  As always,...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we talk about superheroes! What is superhero fatigue, where the term came from, and why it is probably connected to an -ism (racism, sexism, etc.). Bri gives great insight into how fatigue might be an issue only for casual fans of the genre, whereas Keisha sees it as an issue with the superhero's role in today's society. What we do agree with is the hope that...

Send us Fan Mail This week, it's us talking comics! Ya'll, it's been so long! We discuss the importance of being critical and mindful in our reviews. We talk about our favorite comics from this week's pull list. And we introduce a new segment: Rec of Riot, where we break down our recent reads so you can add them to your pull list and drop them immediately. In this week's R...

Send us Fan Mail This week, the team at Bold Strokes LA  ( ‪@BoldStrokesLA‬ ), Simone Warrick (co-writer), and Alicia Mata (penciller/inker), is in the lair to discuss their dystopian slasher, Dead of Night! We found this one on the clock app and were mesmerized by the comic, if you can't tell how we gushed about it! We talk about the intentionality behind the story, putting together an Aveng...

Send us Fan Mail This week we dive deep into motherhood as a superpower, Black love, 90s nostalgia, and masterful narrative choices in the Eisner-nominated comic, Temporal by Stephanie Williams (writer), Asiah Fulmore (art), DJ Chavis (colors), and Becca Carey (lettering). We gush over this book and seeing Black women thrive! We also get to chat with Eisner judge Regine Sawyer as she breaks down t...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we have DJ Ben Ha Meen joining us in the lair to discuss his 2025 Eisner-nominated Afrofuturistic comic Jimi Hendrix: Purple Haze, published through Titan Comics. We talk about his blerd origins,  his podcast @forallnerds, and how music inspired this dope comic. In all seriousness, you MUST have Hendrix playing in the background while you read the comic. And we get a sn...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Christopher Ford joins us in the Lair to talk about his comic Dark Pink, which grabbed our attention with its amazing artwork and fly main character, Dara, during its Kickstarter! We discuss the inspiration behind  Dark Pink and the intention behind Ford's storytelling and business acumen. Ford also gives us a tour of his figurines, which Bri threatens somebody&apo...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we have another dope guest in the lair. Jasmine Walls discusses her comics Vixen: NYC (DC Comics), Brooms (Levine Querido), and The Last Session (Mad Cave), and the inspiration and processes behind the books. We also talk about flatting, the process of putting in flat colors in comics, and her upcoming novella, This Mortal Coil, and the intention behind her indie publis...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we have two filmmakers turned comic book writers in the lair! First up, we have guest Jamie McAfee in the lair as we discuss her comic, Alexis Wyle, a super dope steampunk dystopian comic with some of the coolest, textured art. We discuss craft, artist collaborations, and the process of making a high-quality physical book at such an affordable price.  Then we have Octav...

Send us Fan Mail We were going to do our March Riot Review, but we found out that the book has a white author, even though the book centers on a woman of color. We and our good squirrel friend, Lady Mandalore, discuss the frustrations around coverfishing, kickstarters, representation in independent projects, and being New York nice! As always, come and hang out with us as we discuss our recent pul...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we talk to Jordan Clark about the importance of Black history, Milestone Initiative, Afrofuturism, and his comic Ancestral Recall, published by Ahoy Comics! Summary:  Black History: for painter Melvin Waring, it’s an actual super power! When Melvin’s wife mysteriously disappears, he must call on the most important Black figures of all time to help him in his search. Whe...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we're talking to the folks at OFF BLAXXK Magazine as they crowd fund to create their first physical magazine!  And we'll have the amazing Lady Madalore from Room Full of Blerds come on to chat!!  As always, come and hang out with us as we discuss our recent pulls, what we’re reading, what we’re watching, and anything else that comes up in the chats!! If you wa...

Send us Fan Mail Tonight, we have Hugo Canuto in the Pink Riot Lair to talk to us about his Megascope title, Tales of the Orishas. The graphic novel is a fantasy-adventure story with Brazilian mythologies!! 😍  And as always, come and hang out with us as we discuss our recent pulls, what we’re reading, what we’re watching, and anything else that comes up in the chats!! Please note: There are some...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we're doing a deep dive into the comic, Genius Vols. 1 and 2, written by Marc Bernardin and Adam Freeman, and art by Afua Richardson and Rosi Campe. So come prepared because there WILL be SPOILERS!! We also discuss the Comics Explained situation and themes of resistance in Black comics! And finally, if you need more reasons, come and hang out with us as we discuss...

Send us Fan Mail Tonight, we have 2 interviews for you! First, we talk to Matthew Clarke and Nigel Lynch about their Caribbean fantasy, Hardears. Then, we talk to Jazmine Joyner about their southern gothic horror title, Devour! These interviews are part of our 2026 Megascope/Abrams interview series! Be sure to tune in on Instagram, YouTube, and Twitch! Hardears: The story takes place in an alterna...

Send us Fan Mail Did you see that small rollout of Black History Month variants from Marvel and DC? On the 100th anniversary of Black History Month?!? We deserved MORE!! Bri and Keisha discuss this and yet again beg folks to start reading indie comics!! And as always, come and hang out with us as we discuss our recent pulls, what we’re watching, and anything else that comes up in the chats!! —----...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we talk to Alysia Anderson about her comic, Cosmyx, The Time Witch! We have a time talking with her about her inspiration and how she balances the American comic format and heavy manga influences in Cosmyx! And by the way, did we say that Cosmyx is brilliantly drawn by Asia Fulmore!!! Black women are WINNING!! Summary: The happenstance meeting of Dorothy, a high school...

Send us Fan Mail Is this a new segment for Pink Riot? Maybe a book club?? idk!! Come prepared to talk about our Riot Review read, Upgrade Soul by Ezra Clayton Daniels, Introduction by Darren Aronofsky and Afterword by Karama Horne (The Blerd Gurl), published by Onipress! And join us with our special guest, Lady Mandalore from Room Full of Blerds!! Summary: For their 45th anniversary, Hank and Moll...

Send us Fan Mail Tonight is PACKED with Talent! First up, we'll be chatting with @alverneball and @staceyarobinson about their graphic novel, Across the Tracks: Remembering Greenwood, Black Wall Street, and the Tulsa Race Massacre, as part of our Megascope Series! Then we'll be hanging with @dorado.quick as he gives us the details about his Jay Garrick comic in the upcoming DC Romance An...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we talk about comic collection storage and the ways we'll update in the future. Then we introduce our Riot Review book of the month, which will be featured on January 22, 2026! We're so excited about it!!  We also talk about our pulls: mostly Bri's amazing short-box-sized haul and Keisha's really singular facsimile find with dope pop culture hi...

Send us Fan Mail On January 1, 2026, we're bringing in the new year with comics! We went to our local comic book shops, and we picked up our recent pulls (and not so recent pulls)! Hang out with us as we discuss our recent pulls, what we’re watching, what we're reading, and anything else that comes up in the chats!! —--------------------- Pink Riot! is a live-streamed comic show and podc...

Send us Fan Mail Happy Holidays! This Thursday is the last live of the year!! We have a few things lined up to chat about: Nubia: Too Real by L.L. McKinney, Robyn Smith, and Manou Azumi! We're also discussing our goals for 2026 and recent comic news! And as always, come and hang out with us as we discuss our recent pulls, what we’re watching, and anything else that comes up in the chats!! —--...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we talk about DC's recent stance on AI, the harmful ways folks are speaking to each other in the Black book community on Threads! We also discuss the ways we are becoming more intentional about our reading!! And as always, come and hang out with us as we chat about our recent pulls, what we’re watching, and anything else that comes up in the chats!! —--------------...

Send us Fan Mail Did you know Superman was the reason the KKK became unpopular in the 1940s? This week, we chat about the graphic novel greatness that is "Superman Smashes the Klan"  by Gene Luen Yang with art by Girihuri!! We also talk about Apothecary Diaries and the geniuses over at Ignition Press!!  And as always, come and hang out with us as we discuss our recent pulls, what we’re w...