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It’s Comics for Grownups episode 40 with Alexander Rothman and Andrea Tsurumi, now available for download from iTunes. Direct RSS link for Android users here, or listen on the Web here.

Here is Seth Kushner’s fundraiser. If you haven’t already, please check it out. He’s a wonderful guy fighting an awful disease.

This time, we’re trying something a little different. We all got together to record and review (in the historic Manhattan Saddlery, no less), and this time had more of a conversation about the books than usual. There was a lot to talk about, too: just one gorgeous book after the other.

It Never Happened Again by Sam Alden

How to be Happy by Eleanor Davis

Demon by Jason Shiga

God and the Devil at War in the Garden by Anders Nilsen

How the World Was: A California Childhood by Emmanuel Guibert

This One Summer by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki

Top image is from How to be Happy by Eleanor Davis. Our podcast music is by Joshua Hudelson.

And some extras:

Eleanor Davis demonstrating watercolors and dropping some knowledge. Seriously, watch this.

Emmanuel Guibert’s drawing technique demo for Alan’s War.

The New York Comics & Picture-Story Symposium is just about to start its Fall session. Check out upcoming meetings here.

And SPX is coming! Alexander and Andrea will be at table A13a. Come say hi!

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Comics for Grownups Episode 33 with Alex Rothman is now out on iTunes. Direct RSS link for Android users here.

This episode we review:

Wicked Chicken Queen by Sam Alden

The Complete Multiple Warheads by Brandon Graham

Omnibus by Einat Tsarfati and Hila Noam

Where Bold Stars Go to Die by Gerry Alanguilan and Arlanzandro C. Esmeña

On Loving Women by Diane Obomsawin

Alone Forever by Liz Prince

For our classic comic, we discussed:

Scud the Disposable Assassin: The Whole Shebang by Rob Schrab and Dan Harmon

And for our webcomic, we reviewed:

Bouletcorp by Boulet

She couldn’t tell Charlotte that Anderson had told her to look into it. To Charlotte, Anderson was a stain on the clean humanitarian program she was trying to run. To Maria, Anderson was an inevitability.

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Comics for Grownups Episode 27 with Alex Rothman is now out on iTunes. Direct RSS link for Android users here. In this episode we are joined by special guest Sam Alden and discuss:

Gold Pollen and Other Stories by Seiichi Hayashi

Showa: A history of Japan 1926-1939 by Shigeru Mizuki

Picnic Ruined by Roman Muradov

Missy by Daryl Seitchik

Wool and Gin by Alabaster

Stuff About Sex … For Guys Who Are Not Like, Total Idiots by David Mellon

Astounding Villain House by Shannon Wheeler

For our Web comic portion we talked about some of Sam’s own work:

Haunter (and here’s part 2)

Hawaii 1997

The Man That Dances in the Meadow

Sam has lots of great work coming out in the spring, but for now here’s his latest mini to buy.

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Comics for Grownups Episode 23 with Alex Rothman is now out on iTunes. Direct RSS link for Android users here.

In this episode we discuss:

Iron Bound by Brendan Leach

Out of Hollow Water by Anna Bongiovanni

Hawaii 1997 by Sam Alden

Plot #3 by Neil Brideau

Low Society by various, edited by Rob Walton

Smoke/Ashes by Alex de Campi

Blastosaurus and Anoraks and Acolytes by Richard Fairgray

The Book of Jim by Jim Woodring

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