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Graphic Policy Radio

A podcast at the intersection of comics nerd media and movements for social change. Elana Levin interviews comics artists, writers, critics, historians and also activists, organizers who love comics and pop culture.

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01:43:00

Best Comics of 2019 with Nea Chingy, Sara Century &...

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2019/12/21

4 critics share our favorite comics of the year. We've got all-ages comics any kid will love, comics about Watchmen, comics about sex workers fighting for their rights, comics about Archie vs Predator. Hear which series had the best endings and find out the books we can't wait to read in 2020. You'll leave with a big reading list (or gift list). Nea aka Chingy L Gay is a writer, comedian, and critically acclaimed ex-girlfriend. She writes about queer identity, nerd shit, and her weird sex life and

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00:55:00

Captain Manhattan: Comics & Running for Office with...

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2019/12/09

NY City Councilman Ben Kallos https://twitter.com/BenKallos grew up collecting comics, watching anime and reading science fiction as a Manhattan kid. While most of his time is now spent passing progressive reform legislation, getting trashcans installed across his Upper East Side district or taking care of his daughter, he still loves comics and scifi for the powerful stories they tell about the world around us. Discussed: What's it like running for office as a geek?How an issue of Punisher 2099

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00:58:00

Comics Anthologies are like mixtapes: Dead Beats and...

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2019/11/23

Creative team Liana Kangas & Joe Corallo discuss their comics merging music, horror & scifi fantasy: She Said Destroy: The witches of Fey are the last believers of The Morrigan, Goddess of Death, Brigid's sister and the only other God left. As Brigid's forces prepare for one final battle, The Morrigan prepares to do what she does best: Destroy! Dead Beaths: The Dead Beats music shop is filled with deadly secrets. Run by the mysterious Shoppe Keeper, customers can browse through cursed records,

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01:04:00

Sarah Horrocks makes comics. From Liefeld to Manga to...

Graphic Policy Radio ·

2019/11/11

Sarah Horrocks does it all: she draws, writes, inks, letters and self-publishes her own comics and is a damn good critic too. We talk about how she makes comics and geek out about everything from the inks of Kyoko Okazaki to the queerness of Euripides to the inks and colors of Vertigo comics. Sarah Horrocks is an Eisner-nominated comic artist and critic from Oklahoma. She has done cover work for various Image and Boom Studio projects, as well as comics for anthologies across a spectrum of

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02:01:00

Hickman's X-Men: House of X /Powers of X & the...

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2019/10/28

Mutants talking economic policy at Davos! Cyclops/Wolverine/Jean: a throuple! Is Krakoa Israel or is it a gay bar? Jonathan Hickman leads a relaunch of X-men comics that X-Men fans call #HoXPox. What are the politics of the series? This looks like a job for: Chingy Le Gay is a writer, comedian, advice columnist, and critically acclaimed ex-girlfriend. Her work focuses on queer dating, pop culture, and her weird sex life and can be found at Out Magazine, Jezebel, Them, and

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01:21:00

Steven Universe The Movie: With Musical Theater Geeks

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2019/10/16

Steven Universe the Movie is Steven Universe The Musical so one of my guests writes musicals: AriDy Nox is a black femme storyteller and social activist with a variety of forward-thinking creative works under her/their belt including the documentary Flawless Feminism, the sci-fi operetta Project Tiresias, and the dark comedy Joy is Dead, as well as others. AriDy creates out of the vehement belief that creating a future in which marginalized peoples are free requires a radical imagination. Ari is a

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01:15:00

Young Justice: Outsiders! With Ahmed Ali Akbar, Ardo...

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2019/10/08

#WeAreAllOutsiders! I've got the perfect guests talking about the return of DC's beloved animated series, Young Justice Season 3, streaming on DC Universe. Ahmed Ali Akbar is a writer and host of the show “See Something Say Something.” He has worked as Staff Writer at BuzzFeed and has contributed pieces to Netflix, Catapult, Thrillist, Pushkin Industries, and more. He holds a Masters in Islamic Studies from Harvard Divinity School. https://twitter.com/radbrowndads Ardo Omer is a critic and

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01:05:00

She-ra & the Princesses of Power: Seasons 2&3

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2019/09/18

It's bi-week! Time to talk about She-ra and the Princesses of Power. What with all the queer teen heroes, and their queer parents, and their bi-pride flag colored hologram mentors and freedom fighting unicorns. Mey Rude returns for her second dive into the Dreamworks animated series. Mey is a queer, trans and fat Latina living in LA where she works as a trans consultant and a culture and entertainment writer for Out.com. She loves nerds, Judy Hopps and talking about her feelings. And joining for

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01:04:00

Daniel Kibblesmith: writing Loki, Colbert & being...

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2019/09/09

Daniel Kibblesmith is an Emmy-Nominated writer for The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, and the writer of comics like Marvel's "Loki" (2019), "Black Panther Vs. Deadpool" (2018) and others. He's also the author of picture books like "Santa's Husband" (2017) and the upcoming, "Princess Dinosaur" (2020). He was one of the founding editors of ClickHole (2014) and his humor writing can be seen in places like The New Yorker and McSweeney's. We talk about the differences between writing humor in comics,

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01:18:00

Writer Brenden Fletcher: Motor Crush, Robotech & Isola

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2019/09/03

Brenden Fletcher is a bestselling writer of comic books and animation. Current projects include the Eisner Award-nominated series ISOLA and MOTOR CRUSH for Image Comics as well as the upcoming ROBOTECH Remix series for Titan. Prevoius work includes: BATGIRL OF BURNSIDE and the YA mystery/adventure series GOTHAM ACADEMY. Learn: Of the creation of Catball: Nova Honda's cutest robot/cat/ballRobotech already IS a remixCrediting the geniuses behind RobotechMotor Crush Vol 3 goes Terminator (& I'll Be

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01:11:00

Superman's Pal, Steve Lieber, Comics Artist

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2019/08/15

Artist Steve Lieber is one of the funniest artists in superhero comics today and his new series with Matt Fraction, Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen is wild and wonderful. Steve Lieber's comics have been published by DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, Image, Valiant and many others. He’s known for his work on the Eisner-winning Whiteout, a graphic novel adapted by Warner Brothers as a feature film, and for Superior Foes of Spider-Man, an Eisner-nominated cult favorite. His comic The Fix was named Best New Comic of

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00:56:00

Psychedelic space warriors & kitty cats w/ comics...

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2019/08/01

Comics writer/musician Carlos Giffoni joins us to talk about his series Strayed,a sci fi story about the military industrial complex, staring a pet cat, with art by Juan Doe, and Space Riders: Vortex of Darkness with Alexis Ziritt, which is some seriously trippy stuff. At 14 Carlos began singing in a punk band in his homeland Venezuela. Since then, he has been involved in experimental music with over a dozen releases. He has worked on projects for League of Legends, South Park, Ugly Americans,

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01:04:00

Spider-Man Far From Home, Ripped from the Headlines

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2019/07/25

TV writer Tom Ciaccio and Cayden Mak of https://18millionrising.org/ webswing by to talk about the latest MCU movie. Wherein we discuss: The Post Blip EconomyWhat makes a Spider-Man storyUnionizing tech workersSeeing the world through weapons colored lensesGive the trans actor lines you cowards!"At every movie now people are always waiting for Sammuel L Jackson to pop out after the credits"Young Justice S3 Cayden Mak is Executive Director at 18MillionRising.org, where he has been rabble-rousing and

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01:14:00

Doom Patrol: It's Always Pride on Danny Street

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2019/07/10

Danny the Street sprang into existence out of the first brick thrown at Stonewall. Facts. We loved Doom Patrol on DC Unlverse streaming and comics writer Ben Kahn & comics retailer John Arminio are here to tell you why. The Bureau of Normalcy is ICEYes you should watch Swamp Thing"My face is beat. My look is flawless. And I am dulcet from head to toe. The only thing I am not is scared of you." This covers episodes 3 throug the finale. Hear thoughts on episodes 1 and 2: http://bit.ly/doomP1and2 Ben

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00:52:00

I am Phoenix Hear Me Roar: Jean Grey of the X-Men...

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2019/06/18

Even a bad movie can’t stop the return of the Phoenix! The Phoenix Saga is iconic but it shouldn't be the only Jean story you know. Josh Wilson of The Fabulist interviews me (Elana) for a change, as we talk about Jean Grey in comics and cartoons. How X-Men #28 made me fall for JeanJack Kirby's Jean is feminist. Stan Lee's is not. (via The Kirby Without Words Tumblr http://bit.ly/KirbyWOwordsJean )The Best Use of Jean’s powers is in New X-Men We ship the love rectangleRead Josh's full essay about

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01:23:00

Fixed Audio! Secret Six: 1st Rate Comics about Last...

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2019/06/11

"The Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead of the DCU"-- John Arminio. Secret Six is easily one of the 5 best cape comics of the 21st century. Staring a diverse team of D-List supervillians, the series was created by Gail Simone working with artists including Nicola Scott, Jim Calafiore and Brad Walker. The true heir to the legendary 1980s' Suicide Squad, this comic lovingly depicts mercenaries fucking up their contracts, backstabbing each other, then coming back together to tell the world to go to

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01:23:00

Re-Reading Secret Six: 1st Rate Comics about Last...

Graphic Policy Radio ·

2019/06/06

"The Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead of the DCU"-- John Arminio. Secret Six is easily one of the 5 best cape comics of the 21st century. Staring a diverse team of D-List supervillians, the series was created by Gail Simone working with artists including Nicola Scott, Jim Calafiore and Brad Walker. The true heir to the legendary 1980s' Suicide Squad, this comic lovingly depicts mercenaries fucking up their contracts, backstabbing each other, then coming back together to tell the world to go to

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01:15:00

Game of Thrones Finale: Team Small Folk. With...

Graphic Policy Radio ·

2019/05/21

Steven Attewell is the founder of Race for the Iron Throne, covering A Song of Ice and Fire chapter-by-chapter from a historical & political angle. He's published 2 collections of chapter-by-chapter essays and the book "Kings, Hands, and City-States," focusing on the political structures of GRRM's world. He's on twitter @StevenAttewell, Tumblr & has a Patreon for his ASOIAF work. Reuben “Tihi” Hayslett is a queer activist, writer, and storyteller. As a fluent speaker of Dothraki, one of the

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00:55:00

Ben Kahn writes Gryffen Galaxy's Most Wanted and...

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2019/05/16

Ben's not writing a dystopia, they're writing a catharisis! "Like the Hulk!" but with a pink queer undercut. Ben Kahn is a comic book writer based in New York. Their latest series, Gryffen: Galaxy's Most Wanted, is their third collaboration with artist Bruno Hidalgo after Shaman and Heavenly Blues. Gryffen is a genderqueer, anti-fascist space opera published by SBI Press exclusively on ComiXology. Heavenly Bluessees a ragtag group of deceased thieves condemned Hell team up to pull the ultimate

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01:09:00

Writer Anthony Oliveira: Stevonnie, Satan and other...

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2019/05/07

"Kids have stopped being kids in the time you've made them wait for queer representation... "We won’t metaphorize these things away.”-- Anthony Oliveira is a writer, film programmer, pop culture critic, and PhD living in Toronto. He’s written comics for Dark Horse, Steven Universe “Fusion Frenzy” and for Marvel “My Drag Brunch with Loki” in War of the Realms:War Scrolls. He tweets @meakoopa and hosts the podcast The Devil’s Party, as he reads through Milton’s Paradise Lost and its demonic twists

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