Monthly Archives: May 2025

Episode 233: Ice Haven

We’re With the Banned, our miniseries on banned and challenged graphic novels, concludes (at least for now) with a stop at Daniel Clowes’ Ice Haven, a “narraglyphic picto-assemblage” published by Pantheon Books! A collection of comic strips covering a variety … Continue reading

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Hey, Where’s My New Comics Canon?

We’re afraid you’ll have to wait another week for our episode on Daniel Clowes’ Ice Haven. But that doesn’t mean you’ll have to wait a whole week to hear Curt and Kevin talk at length about comics. In fact, you … Continue reading

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Episode 232: Gender Queer

On this episode, We’re With the Banned, our miniseries on banned and challenged graphic novels, takes on the most banned book of the past several years – Gender Queer: A Memoir, by Maia Kobabe, published by Lion Forge Comics/Oni Press! … Continue reading

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Thunderbolts* Delivers Smaller Story With Bigger Emotions Than Most MCU Fare

Review by Curt Holman Marvel Studios’ 36th movie is called Thunderbolts*, which tells you two things: It’s about the antihero team that’s been a part of Marvel Comics for almost 30 years. The title ends with a cheeky asterisk, so… … Continue reading

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