Crime Alley. The Dark Knight. Gotham. Yes, yes. It's all very dour. But not anymore. Now it's VERTICAL, and the whole gang is here! We've got bats and robins pouring out of every window of this mansion, and every single one of 'em has feelings.

Batman: Wayne Family Adventures is a slice of life Batfam book that is native to the vertical, scrolling webcomic platform, Webtoon. It's actually possible this is the most read Batman comic, ever.

• (00:00) - "Batman: Wayne Family Adventures" Season 1 by CRC Payne
• (00:46) - Front Matter
• (03:33) - What is Webtoon?
• (10:45) - History with the Batfam
• (17:35) - Impressions
• (20:34) - Print vs. Online
• (26:52) - The Look(tm)
• (31:35) - SPOILER ZONE
• (31:37) - Favorite Batfam members
• (39:41) - Callbacks and references
• (45:37) - Jason Todd
• (50:31) - Duke
• (53:28) - Family drama
• (56:15) - Silly things
• (59:18) - Further Reading
• (01:05:27) - Back Matter

- Our first episode on Nightwing: Leaping Into the Light!
- 52 Pickup from Alex Jaffe, Gita Jackson, and Aftermath
- DC's 52 (Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Mark Waid, and Greg Rucka)
- Gotham Central by Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka, and Michael Lark
- Batwoman: Elegy by Greg Rucka and JH Williams III
- Greg Rucka's new Batwoman run
- Wiccan: Witches' Road by Wyatt Kennedy, Andy Pereira, and Lucas Werneck
- Super Sons by Peter Tomasi, Jorge Jimenez, and Allison Borges
- Batman and Son by Grant Morrison and others
- Robin: Son of Batman by Patrick Gleason
- Batgirl by Kelley Puckett, Scott Peterson, Robert Campanella, and Damion Scott
- The Teen Titans cartoon and Batman: The Animated Series

A comics podcast for everyone, proud to be a part of The Worst Garbage network.

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This week’s panelists can be found at:
Matt

Scout

Jillian

Editing this week by AJ Fillari.
Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.
Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.

Today, Robin guides Jillian and Scout through the fuzzy and merciless landscape of Mouse Guard by David Petersen. Come along with us on an adventure in woodland politics. Did you know the mice have swords now? It says so right here, on this leaf-paper scroll I retrieved from the backpack of a messenger beetle.

• (00:00) - “Mouse Guard” by David Petersen
• (00:26) - Front Matter
• (01:58) - Impressions
• (03:44) - On fonts
• (07:05) - How the art evolves
• (12:02) - These creatures’ culture
• (14:34) - Final pre-spoiler thoughts
• (18:35) - SPOILER ZONE
• (20:48) - Volume 1
• (35:09) - Volume 2
• (52:30) - Volume 3
• (01:01:30) - Further Reading
• (01:03:56) - Back Matter

- The Mouse Guard TTRPG
- Redwall by Brian Jacques
- Paws & Clause, a Warrior Cats podcast

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This week’s panelists can be found at:
Robin

Scout

Jillian

Editing this week by AJ Fillari.
Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.
Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.

Persepolis is a graphic novel memoir following Marjane Satrapi’s childhood in Iran during the Islamic Revolution -how her life and beliefs were affected by the political upheavel, and her eventual adolescence in Austria. Satrapi’s memoir covers the good, bad, and ugly of her life and those around her, and focuses deeply on the complexities of politics and belief.

Note: This episode was recorded before the attacks on Iran by the US and Israel. You will not hear us discuss these events, but Persepolis has only become more relevant in the weeks between recording and release.

If you'd like to help the people of Iran, it can be difficult to help given US sanctions. But here are a couple organizations that provide help to the people of Iran.

The Red Cross - https://www.icrc.org/en/where-we-work/iran
Norwegian Refugee Council - https://support.nrc.no/middle-east/

• (00:00) - A statement
• (03:55) - Front Matter
• (04:39) - This is a real person’s life
• (09:10) - This is almost too relevant
• (15:35) - This book is funny!
• (18:46) - The art style
• (22:36) - The film
• (25:11) - The Austria stuff is fine
• (26:08) - SPOILERS
• (26:44) - The Marx comic book
• (31:25) - The Key
• (34:35) - Girl be careful!
• (36:49) - Ads for the communist manifesto
• (37:25) - I’d never share that in my memoir
• (41:48) - Uncle Anoosh
• (46:10) - Aldi mentioned
• (48:03) - The oppression of the mind
• (52:46) - Parallel final pages
• (57:06) - Final thoughts
• (57:34) - Further Reading

- #IceOutComics on Bluesky
- Maus by Art Spiegelman
- March by John Lewis, Andrew Adin, Nate Powell
- Marx for Beginners by RIUS

A comics podcast for everyone, proud to be a part of The Worst Garbage network.

Find us on Bluesky or Tumblr.

This week’s panelists can be found at:

Matt

Scout

Jillian

Editing this week by AJ Fillari.
Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.
Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.