On this week’s Comics Syllabus podcast, Paul talks to Ethan Young, creator of “Nanjing: The Burning City” (Dark Horse), “The Battles of Bridget Lee” (Dark Horse), and “Pilgrim Finch” (STELA app). We discuss Young’s art and storytelling and Motion and Emotion on the Battlefield. Let’s dig deep! (Interview begins at time code 23:23 )
[audio: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/331451594-twoplai-ethan-young-creator-of-nanjing-battles-of-bridget-lee-and-pilgrim-finch-plus-wait-list-july-2017.mp3]And in the opening “General Ed” segment, the first edition of “The Wait List,” as Paul talks to a guest (his little brother) about trade paperbacks, graphic novels, and collections coming out in early July. Mentioned on this “Wait List:” out 7/5– Angel Catbird Vol 3, Black Science TP v6, Deathstroke TP v2, Dept H HC v2, Giant Days Not on the Test Edition HC V1; out 7/12– Batman TMNT Adventures TP, Hulk TP v1, Shade the Changing Girl TP V1, and Surfside Girls GN V1.
I’m Paul, and I’m inviting you to join us for another episode of The Comics Syllabus, a comics analysis podcast. Our mantra is, we read widely and we dig deep. Each week, I choose one work from a wide breadth of current and classic comics, including superhero fare, comics from independent publishers and small presses, global comics, newspaper strip archives, and various collected editions. We spend time digging deep into the work from various perspectives, sometimes in actual live conversation with others, sometimes with just me on a mic surrounded by a pile of comics studies and academic books. It’s like a comics seminar, where the only prerequisite is that you love comics.
In the episode, Ethan Young and I mention the first interview we did for a previous version of this podcast. You can find that discussion here.
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NEXT WEEK on the Comics Syllabus: We discuss “Transmetropolitan” by Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson from 1997-2002, with guest cohost Johnny Hall.
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IMAGES DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
Note: All images featured below are by Ethan Young.
From “Nanjing: The Burning City” (Dark Horse)
From “The Battles of Bridget Lee v1: Invasion of Farfalle” (Dark Horse)
From “Pilgrim Finch” (STELA)
