Talking to My Father’s Ghost
Alex Krokus’s graphic novel is a heartfelt and humorous story of losing a parent and getting to know him better after his passing. The boys get deep on this graphic novel summer pick.
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Alex Krokus’s graphic novel is a heartfelt and humorous story of losing a parent and getting to know him better after his passing. The boys get deep on this graphic novel summer pick.
S. Craig Zahler has created a sci-fi graphic novel that explores the lives of a handful of humans that dare to challenge the nature of space and time and Josh and Travis are tackling this retro alien story as part of their graphic novel summer. See what the boys compare this indie graphic novel to.
Kicking off graphic novel summer, the boys open up “In” a graphic novel by Will McPhail. Listen to what the boys think about Nick’s journey to connect with others on a “deep” level.
Comic Exposure kicks off another summer event. This summer the boys want to dive into fully stand alone graphic novels by indie writers and illustrators that have not appeared on the show. In this episode, the boys pull the curtain back and narrow down their picks.
Get out the prune juice and orthopedics because just like Daredevil in this three issue series, Josh and Travis are getting old. Tune in to find out what the boys think of Charles Soule and Steve McNiven’s take on the aged hero of Hell’s Kitchen.
Josh and Trav use the recent re-printing of the 2009 comic “The Nobody” as an excuse to go back and read one of their show favorite creator’s (Jeff Lemire) reimagining of the Invisible Man story.
Josh and Travis finish up the last of their four Absolute books with Absolute Martian Manhunter. Volume one written by Deniz Camp and illustrated by Javier RodrÃguez takes the boys down a psychological journey that’s a feast for the eyes.
For their third “Absolute” book, Josh and Trav journey into Jason Aaron’s “Absolute Superman: Volume 1” where they engage with a Superman with a slightly different backstory. Will these changes highlight what is really super about Superman?
The boys pick up a second “Absolute” book after reading Absolute Batman in January to kick off Absolute April. Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman offer a new version of Wonder Woman in Absolute Wonder Woman: The Last Amazon. What elements of the hellish Wonder Woman will hit home for Josh and Travis?
To finish off their run of Western Comics, Josh and Trav dive into a historical fiction shoot’em up that feels like it could be part of Texas history. What will the boys think of Chris Condon and Jacob Phillips prequel to “That Texas Blood”?