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Podcast by The TradeWaiters

The TradeWaiters The TradeWaiters

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Podcast by The TradeWaiters

    eps. 101: Comics Reinvented: The Next 100 Years

    eps. 101: Comics Reinvented: The Next 100 Years

    After much delay, we can finally bring you episode 101 of the TradeWaiters. This time we’re putting ourselves on the spot, and talking about our hopes and fears for the present and future state of comics. This is a continuation of our discussion from last episode on Scott McCloud’s "Reinventing Comics," and we are once again joined by Kathleen Gros. Our topics of discussion will include AI comics, fragmentation and discoverability, Webtoon convergence, the YA and New Adult audience, creators’ rights, libraries, bespoke comics, and experimentation. The future of comics, like its past, promises to have its highs and its lows.

    Music by Sleuth.

    • 1 hr 6 min
    eps. 100: "Reinventing Comics" by Scott McCloud

    eps. 100: "Reinventing Comics" by Scott McCloud

    It’s episode 100! Special guest Kathleen Gros rejoins the TradeWaiters to help us celebrate our anniversary, and we read Scott McCloud’s "Reinventing Comics." This book made bold predictions of what the future of comics could be. More than twenty years later, we revisit Scott’s ideas to see where they’ve been prescient, where they’ve changed the landscape of comics, and where they’ve proven incomplete. We’ll talk about creators’ rights, the birth and death of the independent webcomic, the return of the middlemen, and whether or not we can declare the Great American (and Great Canadian) Graphic Novel.

    Music by Sleuth.

    Our next episode will be continue the discussion on the future of comics!

    • 1 hr 8 min
    eps. 99: "Dragman" by Steven Appleby

    eps. 99: "Dragman" by Steven Appleby

    For this episode our intrepid TradeWaiters read "Dragman" by Steven Appleby. This hefty graphic novel cloaks a story about gender identity, predatory capitalism, and being true to yourself in a brightly-coloured superhero costume and sends it out to patrol the streets of London. Join us and listen in as we go TRANSatlantic.

    Music by Sleuth

    Our next book will be "Reinventing Comics" by Scott McCloud.

    • 52 min
    eps. 98: "Witch Hat Atelier" Vol. 1&2 by Kamome Shirahama

    eps. 98: "Witch Hat Atelier" Vol. 1&2 by Kamome Shirahama

    Today the Tradewaiters got lost in a fantasy manga with the first two volumes of "Witch Hat Atelier" by Kamome Shirahama. We’ll break down what’s great about this comic, a few things that are maybe not as great, but mostly have a good time reading a book about kids who learn magic, and the magic makes sense.

    Music by Sleuth.

    Our next book will be "Dragman" by Steven Appleby.

    • 51 min
    eps. 97: "Barefoot Gen" vol. 1&2 by Keiji Nakazawa

    eps. 97: "Barefoot Gen" vol. 1&2 by Keiji Nakazawa

    For this episode we read the first two volumes of "Barefoot Gen," Keiji Nakazawa's semi-autobiographical account of surviving the bombing of Hiroshima when he was six years old. "Barefoot Gen" is the best book about the worst thing. Be prepared for it to be super traumatic, but no other book is doing what this one does.

    Music by Sleuth

    For a complete change of pace, our next book will be the first two volumes of "Witch Hat Atelier" by Kamome Shirahama.

    • 1 hr 6 min
    eps. 96: "All-Star Superman" by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely

    eps. 96: "All-Star Superman" by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely

    The TradeWaiters return like the rising sun to bring you "All-Star Superman" by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely. This limited series turned trade paperback takes us deeper into DC lore than we’ve ever gone before, and we bring you back tales of the unimaginable, opining on pacing, and the magic of character body language. If you ever wanted to know the secret formula for a really good Superman story, or to uncover what superheroes and Pokemon have in common, look no further.

    Music by Sleuth

    Our next episode will be on "Barefoot Gen" volumes 1 and 2 by Keiji Nakazawa.

    • 1 hr 5 min

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