Author Archives: Paul Lai

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All-Summer-Long-featured Interviews
Hope Larson on the ‘Feeling of Falling in Love With a Song’ and Her New Book, “All Summer Long”

By and | May 29, 2018 | Interviews

Hard to think of a better way to kick off summer reading than Hope Larson’s new graphic novel, “All Summer Long.” The cover design wonderfully sets us up for key pieces of this story: adolescence, guitar music, and the ennui and quiet change of teenage summers. That cover’s colors are part of its pitch-perfect appeal, […]

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mushroom-fan-club-elise-gravel Podcasts
Comics Syllabus: The Mushroom Fan Club by Elise Gravel (Enfant/Drawn and Quarterly)

By | May 22, 2018 | Podcasts

On today’s Comics Syllabus podcast, Cohost Kid comes on to talk about Elise Gravel’s “The Mushroom Fan Club” from Enfant/Drawn and Quarterly. Let’s dig deep! [audio: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/447446985-twoplai-2018-05-22-mushroom-fan-club-by-elise-gravel.mp3] Or download the podcast episode here. Subscribe and follow the Comics Syllabus podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Soundcloud, or copy this RSS feed to your podcatcher: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:235183739/sounds.rss […]

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One Hundred Demons featured Podcasts
Comics Syllabus: Reviewing Graphic Novels with Michelle White “The Interview,” “Science Comics Bats,” and “One! Hundred! Demons!”

By | Apr 24, 2018 | Podcasts

Welcome to the Comics Syllabus podcast, where we read widely and we dig deep. Your host Paul, a literacy researcher and English teacher, introduces curious readers to a range of current and classic comics, and then engages in closer discussion and analysis of particular comics works. [audio: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/434273304-twoplai-2018-04-24-graphic-novels-w-michelle-white-the-interview-bats-one-hundred-demons.mp3] Or download the podcast episode here. On […]

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Podcasts
Comics Syllabus: Ram V revisits PARADISO v1; Critical Dystopias; Wait List with Sonny

By | Apr 10, 2018 | Podcasts

Welcome to the Comics Syllabus podcast, where we read widely and we dig deep. Your host Paul, a literacy researcher and English teacher, introduces curious readers to a range of current and classic comics, and then engages in closer discussion and analysis of particular comics works. [audio: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/427553061-twoplai-18-04-10-ram-v-revisits-paradiso-and-critical-dystopias-and-wait-list.mp3] Or download the podcast episode here. On […]

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Atlas-and-Axis-TP Podcasts
Comics Syllabus: Vinland Saga, Deathstroke, Slots, and Masculinities

By | Mar 27, 2018 | Podcasts

Welcome to the Comics Syllabus podcast, where we read widely and we dig deep. Your host Paul, a literacy researcher and English teacher, introduces curious readers to a range of current and classic comics, and then engages in closer discussion and analysis of particular comics works. [audio: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/420643936-twoplai-18-03-26-the-syllabus-on-vinland-saga-deathstroke-slots-and-masculinities.mp3] Or download the podcast episode here. On […]

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sandman-19-gaiman-vess Podcasts
Comics Syllabus: Comics as Social and Cultural Change

By | Mar 13, 2018 | Podcasts

Welcome to the Comics Syllabus podcast, where we read widely and we dig deep. Your host Paul, a literacy researcher and English teacher, introduces curious readers to a range of current and classic comics, and then engages in closer discussion and analysis of particular comics works. [audio: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/412924083-twoplai-2018-03-12-comics-as-social-and-cultural-change.mp3] Or download the podcast episode here. On […]

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March-image Lewis Aydin Powell Podcasts
Comics Syllabus: Political Biographies with Ed Haynes; Prolepsis in Comics; Wait List

By | Feb 27, 2018 | Podcasts

Welcome to the Comics Syllabus podcast, where we read widely and we dig deep. Your host Paul, a literacy researcher and English teacher, introduces curious readers to a range of current and classic comics, and then engages in closer discussion and analysis of particular comics works. [audio: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/405780624-twoplai-2018-02-27-political-bios-with-ed-haynes-prolepsis-and-futures-wait-list-w-sonny.mp3] Or download the podcast episode here. First, […]

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Concrete-Park-Puryear-Alexander-v2-Cover Podcasts
Comics Syllabus: Grace Gipson on “Concrete Park” and the Wait List with Sonny

By | Feb 13, 2018 | Podcasts

Welcome to the Comics Syllabus podcast, where we read widely and we dig deep. Your host Paul, a literacy researcher and English teacher, introduces curious readers to a range of current and classic comics, and then engages in closer discussion and analysis of particular comics works. [audio: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/398807442-twoplai-18-02-13-concrete-park-with-grace-gipson-wait-list-with-sonny.mp3] Or download the podcast episode here. First, […]

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Lorina Mapa Duran Duran Imelda Marcos and Me and Gerry Alanguilan Elmer Podcasts
Comics Syllabus: Rachelle Cruz on “Duran Duran, Imelda Marcos, and Me” and “Elmer”

By | Jan 30, 2018 | Podcasts

Welcome to the Comics Syllabus podcast, where we read widely and we dig deep. Your host Paul, a literacy researcher and English teacher, introduces curious readers to a range of current and classic comics, and then engages in closer discussion and analysis of particular comics works. [audio: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/391781256-twoplai-18-01-30-duran-duran-imelda-marcos-and-me-and-elmer-w-rachelle-cruz-the-syllabus.mp3] Or download the podcast episode here. First, […]

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Descender 27 Featured Interviews
Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen Discuss the Beginning of the End for “Descender” and Share an Exclusive Preview of #27

By | Jan 29, 2018 | Interviews

“Descender,” the Image Comics title by writer Jeff Lemire and artist Dustin Nguyen, is one of the most consistently thrilling sci-fi comics published today. The book looks and feels unlike anything else on the shelves, and draws the reader into a world of watercolor science fiction – a term that seemingly never existed before this […]

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