We are taking a break! We will return sometime soon with new topics, new guests and tons to talk about!

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Pop!Whiz!Bang! Hiatus Announcement 7 - 19 - 19

Today we talk about our recent trips to A2CAF in Ann Arbor, MI and teaching a week-long comics class at CCA.

Pop!Whiz!Bang! Episode 43- A2CAF And Class

Today we are talking about Faith Erin Hicks' wonderful 2012 book, 'Friends with Boys'.

Pop!Whiz!Bang! Episode 42- Friends With Boys

Patrick was at CAKE 2019 for the first time, so we gave it a good run down! Never been to the show before? This is a pretty good primer.

Pop!Whiz!Bang! Episode 41-CAKE 2019

This week we return to the work of Vera Brosgol, in a coming of age story with an obsessed ghost, a surly protagonist, and a message about what we really want and who we really want to be.

Pop!Whiz!Bang! Episode 40-Anya's Ghost

It's been a few, so let's look back at some more conventions we attended this spring! Specifically: Alaska Robotics Mini-Con and Comics Camp and VanCAF.

Pop!Whiz!Bang! Episode 39- Alaska Robotics and VanCAF 2019

Episode 38 is all about 'Small Favors' by Colleen Coover, a sexy, sexy comic that is also tons of fun. Justin Hall is back with us talking about one of his all-time favorites.

Pop!Whiz!Bang! Episode 38-Small Favors

Episode 37- Justin Hall, comic historian, Fulbright scholar, and all-around excellent human joins us to talk about erotic comics. We talk about why erotic comics are overlooked in academia, the power of the erotic imagination and why you should make your own porn!

Pop!Whiz!Bang! Episode 37- Justin Hall and Erotic Comics

Our book review today is the collected webcomic 'On a Sunbeam' by Tillie Walden! A powerhouse cartoonist delivering huge star-scapes, intimate characters, and small moments on a huge scale. We are joined again by librarian Jack Baur!

Pop!Whiz!Bang! Episode 36- On A Sunbeam

Berkeley librarian Jack Baur joins us to talk about comics in the library, how they are bought, how workshops and programming around comics come to be, and just about every other topic as well.

Pop!Whiz!Bang! Episode 35- Jack Baur Libraries And Comics

Thien Pham is back with us as we discuss the first volume of Mike Maihack's 'Cleopatra in Space'.

Pop!Whiz!Bang! Episode 34- Cleopatra in Space

We interview Thien Pham and talk about everything from publishing your first book to self publishing with the help of the building maintenance guy. Other highlights include the perils of working with Gene Yang (when you also work with him at your day job)and the power of the page turn.

Pop!Whiz!Bang! Episode 33- Thien Pham

Today we talk about the comic adaptation of 'The Adventure Zone: Here there be Gerblins' written by the McElroy Brothers and Clint McElroy and illustrated by Carey Pietsch. We talk about the difficulties of taking a pure audio medium into comics, the big wins and the not-so-wins in the book.

Pop!Whiz!Bang! Episode 32- The Adventure Zone: Here there be Gerblins

This week we talk our latest convention, DINK Denver 2019. We talk about the unique aspects, pro's and con's, the cool swag we got, and the cool people we met.

Pop!Whiz!Bang!- Episode 31 DINK Denver 2019

Cordelia McGee-Tubb is back in the studio with us, talking about one of her absolute favorites (and ours too)'El Deafo' by Cece Bell. We talk about being an awkward kid, Bell's brilliant cartooning, and the power of comics as a medium. Read the transcript here! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BHTFa2vFMzo6zVQcr32hQuuzx3GgvGOVNe9LhHx4ymU/edit?usp=sharing

Pop!Whiz!Bang! Episode 30- El Deafo

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