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Did you watch The Mandalorian? We did! And the people who made the show very clearly read Lone Wolf and Cub. So we read the first volume of this legendary 50-year-old manga.

We get some of the old X-team back together when old friend Ian Ritch joins Alan and Ryan to talk about Jonathan Hickman, Pepe Larraz, and RB Silva’s full reboot of the X-Men comics universe in the interlocking double series House of X/Powers of X.

We got the gang back together to talk about a book we first looked into nearly five years ago: Ghosted, volume 1, by Joshua Williamson, Goran Sudzuka and Miroslav Mrva. Get ready for spoopy shenanigans with Alan and Ryan and special guests Ian and Chewie!

This time on You Should Read This, Alan and Ryan jump into the Eisner award winning spoopy Dia de los Muertos tale from Ryan’s kids’ favorite cartoonist, Raina Telgemeier.

In this episode of You Should Read This, Alan and Ryan are joined by their pal Adam Ryan Cools to talk Dungeons & Dragons, RPGs with heavy lore, and deep, dark backstories in their discussion of Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans’ incredible book, Die.

To start off Season 2 of You Should Read This, Alan and Ryan tackle the first volume of the dense, legendary manga series 20th Century Boys.

In this episode of You Should Read This, we dig into the first two volumes of the big relaunch of Captain Marvel from 2014. Volume one is In Pursuit of Flight, written by Kelly Sue DeConnick and with art by Dexter Soy, Richard Elson, Al Barrionuevo, and Emma Rios. Volume two is Down, written by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Christopher Sebela, with art by Dexter Soy and Filipe Andrade. This episode also features special guest Jenna Blush! She’s a huge comics fan who is super knowledgeable and happens to be Alan’s better half!

In this episode of You Should Read This, Alan and Ryan discuss the first volume of the legendary cyberpunk manga Battle Angel Alita. Show Notes: Manga and its influence (yes, again. Always)ExpectationsSubverted tropes90s comicsTechnopathyPanel Backgrounds in MangaTechnobabble

For this episode we talked about the first two volumes of the Scales & Scoundrels series: Into the Dragon’s Maw and Treasurehearts. Written by Sebastian Girner with art by Galaad and letters by Jeff Powell, it’s a fun fantasy romp that will certainly hook fans of Dungeons & Dragons. Show Notes: D&D having it’s moment D&D’s influence on comics Manga’s inescapable influence at this point Eurocomics as a style Race and class for each character Webcomics as a style Digital-first sequential artNausicaa’s influence on this bookCartoony faces and their benefits

In this episode we discuss the two collections of Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite and Dallas, as well as a spoiler-free discussion of the Netflix original show. Show Notes: My Chemical Romance and our histories with emoWatching the show/movie vs reading the bookDon’t read the book for Infinity War, it’s badElevator pitch“Random” as an evolving comic book aestheticThe dimension black can bring to a page of comicsA unique way to draw the reader’s eyeWhether you should, in fact, read this

This time on You Should Read This, we talked about the first volume of the legendary manga Akira. Show notes: Millennials killing things Japanese influence on children’s media in the united states in the 80s and 90sReading Manga flippedThe perspective of having read a complete series versus coming in freshLong-game storytelling in mangaOtomo is a masterTHE ARTEvery single detail is rendered, it’s totally insane

In this episode of You Should Read This, we jump into the outrageous world of underground spelling bees in the Oni Press book Buzz. Also discussed: “Amerimanga”Oni PressConventions of shonen sports manga and animeWhich Ninja Turtles movies are the best onesStorytelling techniques unique to comics

In this episode of You Should Read This, we talk about the dense world and history that are revealed in the first two volumes of East of West. Also discussed: the history of Image comics, Hickman’s Marvel histories, macro-series like Game of Thrones and Westworld, and the weird alternate history of the East of West series.

In this episode of You Should Read This, we talk about fan-favorite ultra-modern pop music masterpiece, The Wicked + The Divine. http://www.youshouldreadthis.club/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/01-You-Should-Read-This-Episode-3：-The-Wicked-The-Divine：-Year-One.mp3

In this episode of You Should Read This! we talk about one of the longest still-running Shonen Jump manga, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure! It’s a hell of a ride. http://www.youshouldreadthis.club/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/01-You-Should-Read-This-Episode-2-Jojos-Bizarre-Adventure-Phantom-Blood-Vol.-1.mp3

Our first official episode has Alan and Ryan talking about Andrew MacLean’s Headlopper Vol. 1: The Island or a Plague of Beasts.

For our 0th (zeroth) episode (aka our demo episode), we read and discussed Dustin Harbin’s Diary Comics.