Extra Issues

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Extra Issues is a comic book show & reading club dedicated to covering a wide variety of comic book styles, themes, and creators! Hosts Zack and Charlotte choose a topic and then choose and discuss a selection of comics within that topic. Hop in anywhere and join the club!

Extra Issues – Fantagraphics #4: My Favorite Thing is Monsters (2017) & Monsters (2021)
Zackula, Charlacabra, and Tiffany “Blah!”-bb are covering two monstrous graphic novels: – My Favorite Thing is Monsters (2017) by Emil Ferris – Monsters (2021) by Barry Windsor Smith Topics discussed: – How much does the authorial vs.
Extra Issues – Fantagraphics #3: Stoner Comics – Dungeon Quest, Prison Pit, and Megg Mogg & Owl
The Undigestible Zackum and Millenium Charlotte are covering three separate “stoner comics”: – Dungeon Quest (available on Comixology, vol. 1-4) – Prison Pit (available as a complete collection on Hoopla) – Megg, Mogg,
Extra Issues – Fantagraphics #2: Eightball by Daniel Clowes
Zackdick the Comic-Fucker and Charlotte Coleslaw are joined this month by Dave Puesing, founder and CEO of Comic Book Herald. On this episode, we’re covering the seminal Eightball by Daniel Clowes. We’re talking issues #1-18 (what’s included in The Com...
Extra Issues – Fantagraphics #1: Love and Rockets – Jaime Hernandez
Charlotte “Horny Redhead” Costigan, Zackie the Man-chanic, and special guest Sara Century begin a new series covering the renowned comic book publisher Fantagraphics. This is the first of two episodes covering Love and Rockets,
Extra Issues – Molly Knox Ostertag ep. 3: Three Graphic Novels
Dungeon Zack and Shattered Charlotte wrap up our discussion on the work on Molly Knox Ostertag, covering three stand-alone graphic novels. Comics covered in this episode: – Girl From the Sea – Shattered Warrior – Dungeon & Dragons: Dungeon Club Vol.
Extra Issues – Molly Knox Ostertag ep. 2: The Witch Boy Trilogy
Witch Boy Zack and Shapeshifting Charlotte begin our discussion on the work on Molly Knox Ostertag, covering her three graphic novels in the Witch Boy Trilogy. Comics covered in this episode: – The Witch Boy – The Hidden Witch – The Midwinter Witch.
Extra Issues – Molly Knox Ostertag ep. 1: The Online Work
Zack and Charlotte begin our discussion on the work on Molly Knox Ostertag, covering her online work, including her current work on Substack. Comics covered in this episode: – Her online work, in order of how much we recommend reading it: Strong Female...
Extra Issues – Superhero Subversions, ep 6: Sleeper
Zack and Charlotte complete our first miniseries on Superhero Subversions with a discussion of the Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips spy noir, Sleeper. We cover all 24 issues in the two volumes. Topics discussed: – If the stakes are felt,
Extra Issues – Superhero Subversions, ep 5: Miracleman
Zack, Charlotte, and special guest Dave Busting continue our first miniseries on Superhero Subversions with a discussion of the Alan Moore run of Miracleman (1982). We cover all the issues in the newly released Omnibus.
Extra Issues – Superhero Subversions, ep 4: The Boys
Zack, Charlotte, and special guest Kelly Kanayama continue our first miniseries on Superhero Subversions with a discussion of Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’s The Boys (2006). Topics discussed: – What is Garth Ennis targeting with his anger in this c...
Extra Issues – Superhero Subversions ep. 3: Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt
Zack, Charlotte, and special guest Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou continue our first miniseries on Superhero Subversions with a discussion of Kieron Gillen and Caspar Wijngaard’s Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt (2019) Topics discussed: – Does Peter Cannon make a succ...
Extra Issues – Superhero Subversions ep. 2: Planetary
Zack and Charlotte (aka Zackita Wagner and Charlotte Leather) continue our first miniseries on Superhero Subversions with a discussion of Warren Ellis (https://www.somanyofus.com/) and John Cassaday’s Planetary.
Extra Issues – Superhero Subversions ep. 1: Watchmen
Zack and Charlotte (aka Rors-Zach and Dr. Transhattan) kick off our first miniseries on Superhero Subversions with a discussion of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen. Topics discussed: – Is Watchmen really as good as its legacy suggests (yes,
My Ultimate Year #34: Final Episode!
Zack and Charlotte END their coverage of the Ultimate Marvel line of comics! Topics discussed include: – What kind of animal is a shallot? – Are fetishes in the DNA? – Does the Ultimate Universe end with a bang or a whimper?
My Ultimate Year #33: CATACLYSM!
Zack and Charlotte continue their coverage of the Ultimate Marvel line of comics! Topics discussed include: – Does a robot need to be hot in order to love it? – Can the heart ever be mended (from almost being murdered by your super-villain boyfriend la...
MUY #32: Before the Cataclysm!
Charlotte and Zack continue their coverage of the Ultimate Marvel line of comics! Topics discussed include: – Did THIS COMIC invent the idea of sentient plants? – Charlotte finally PROVES that she can speak French.
MUY #31: New Ultimate Wolverine
Charlotte and Zack continue their coverage of the Ultimate Marvel line of comics! Topics discussed include: – What’s the point of the Ultimate line of Marvel if it’s as hard to get into as 616? – Double Uncle Ben’d!
MUY #30: Divided We Fall / United We Stand Crossover!
Charlotte and Zack continue their coverage of the Ultimate Marvel line of comics! Topics discussed include: – Should this event be LONGER? – Is this Zack’s most cancellable verbal slip-up? – Should the French be allowed to vote in US elections?
MUY #29: Ultimate Spider-Man & Ultimate X-Men
Charlotte and Zack continue their coverage of the Ultimate Marvel line of comics! Topics discussed include: – What makes Miles more than just “New Peter Parker”? – How does Ultimate Comics X-Men deal with the Mutant Metaphor being removed?
MUY #28: Ultimate Hawkeye & Ultimates
Zack and Charlotte (and Dave, who blackmailed us into letting him be on the show again) continue their coverage of the Ultimate Marvel line of comics! Topics discussed include: – Whose podcast is this, anyway?!

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