The Comics Syllabus by Paul Lai
Comics Syllabus
214 On Little Bird and Pretty Deadly: the Rat, Lemire in space, TKO, and Spy x Family
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214 On Little Bird and Pretty Deadly: the Rat, Lemire in space, TKO, and Spy x Family

On this week’s episode, Johnny digs deep into a pair of series from Image Comics, “Little Bird” by Darcy Van Poelgeest (W) and Ian Bertram (A) and “Pretty Deadly: The Rat” by Kelly Sue DeConnick (W) and Emma Rios (A).

But first, our “Picks and Shovels” segment on what we’re reading:

Johnny:

“Green Lantern” Seasons 1 & 2 (DC Comics) W: Grant Morrison A: Liam Sharp C: Steve Oliff & Olyoptics

“Sentient” (TKO) W: Jeff Lemire A: Gabriel Walta

“Ascender” Vol 1 (Image Comics) W: Jeff Lemire A: Dustin Nguyen

“Canopus” (Scout Comics) W/A Dave Chisolm 

“Trillium” (DC/Vertigo) W/A Jeff Lemire

Paul:

“Spy x Family” (Viz; Shonen Jump) by Tatsuya Endo

“Parable of the Sower” (2020, Abrams) by Octavia Butler (original novel), Damian Duffy (adapt.), John Jennings (art). Paul’s review: http://www.multiversitycomics.com/reviews/parable-of-the-sower/

“Conan the Barbarian” (Marvel) by Jason Aaron (w), Mahmud Asrar (a) 

“The Banks” (TKO) by Roxane Gay (w) and Ming Doyle (a)

“Legend of Korra: Ruins of Empire” (Dark Horse) by Michael Dante DiMartino (w) and Michelle Wong (a)

“Superman Smashes the Clan” (DC) by Gene Luen Yang (w) and Gurihiru (a)

From Johnny’s deep dig: Image from “Little Bird” by Darcy Van Poelgeest (W), Ian Bertram (A), Matt Hollingsworth (C), Aditya Bidikar (L):

Image from “Pretty Deadly: the Rat” by Kelly Sue DeConnick (W) and Emma Rios (A):

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The Comics Syllabus by Paul Lai
Comics Syllabus
A comics and graphic novels appreciation podcast, where literacy educator Paul Lai (@twoplai) reads widely and digs deep in search of the socio-cultural, literary, and artistic significance of comic books, including superhero media, graphic novels, all-ages comics, and comic shop single issues. For comics fans, teachers, librarians and parents, and young readers alike.