Urasawa Boys

Woah hey, another episode of Urasawa Boys! Matt and Quinn are really in the swing of it on this one, there's some good banter, some good thoughts about story and mechanics and theme - some brief discussion of pacing (in a fun way), and then some ancillary bits that are honestly groundbreaking! This is a Richard episode, which means we get to talk about Columbo, and also Die Hard, and all of it is...

Another thrilling episode of Urasawa Boys! In this one, we stick the landing on last time's cliffhanger, spend some time with Eva, and then head to the city of Munich for some seemingly unrelated plot developments! Quinn works on his thesis of connections, and Matt draws some parallels to older literary storytelling modes! There's discussion of crushes, gambling, and things we like to say as pat r...

Woah, it's here - so soon after the last episode (which was definitely not late)! Matt and Quinn convene once again to talk Monster, this time going over a relatively Tenma-free chunk of reading. We follow a criminal psychologist learning about the reality of a monster, and then follow some characters from previous readings, working through what it means to take a life and to be killed! Quinn has...

Better late than never - here's a weekend drop of your absolute favorite podcast covering the collected works of Naoki Urasawa! In this episode, we read through a cinematic chunk of chapters that function as a real solid movie of the week. Eva's here, being mean and doing Eva stuff, and then Tenma and the gang do their best to stop the Turkish quarter of Frankfurt from going up in flames. It's an...

Hey gang! We had some unexpected production delays related to the recent winter weather in the states - Episode 4 (which covers chapters 25-32) will be out a little later, but still soon! And I promise, it's a good one! Urasawa Boys is a podcast hosted by S. Quinn Morris and Matt Fennell covering the collected works of Naoki Urasawa. You can follow the show on Twitter and support us on Patreon . T...

Technically, the third episode of a podcast is the first official episode, since the first and the second are just provisional! (Don't think it through, you know what I mean!) In this episode, we sink into chapters 17-24 of MONSTER, and cover a few episodic stories of Tenma on the run, being a good doctor! Quinn's favorite side character makes an appearance, and Matt has some thoughts about exploi...

We're back with Episode 2 of our season on MONSTER! This time, we cover Chapters 9-16, which make up the back half of Volume 1 of the Perfect Edition. The engine kicks into gear with both the story and our show, and we spend some time going deep on film serials, sequential art, and one of the best Harrison Ford movies. Quinn does some top tier literary analysis, and Matt makes jokes about a girl h...

The first episode of the first season! In this one we discuss chapters 1-8 of MONSTER, which make up the first half of the first volume of the 'Perfect Edition.' Quinn's summary was this: "A doctor in Dusseldorf saves a young boy - you won't believe what happens next!" Matt leaned into the microphone and mumbled, "How'd this boy in a coma poison all that candy?" It's a good one, folks. Material Co...