Today, your panelists expand the definition of comics and discuss a TTRPG rule book that uses visual storytelling in extremely unique ways. Clock in and transcend reality with us!

• (00:00) - Welcome, AJ!
• (01:53) - Front Matter
• (06:30) - What we thought
• (09:32) - Terms & Conditions
• (13:32) - The lore of the game
• (19:25) - Department of Truth similarities
• (21:09) - This game is propaganda
• (29:36) - The GM as a character
• (32:03) - Art we love in the first half
• (46:21) - The General Manager Toolkit
• (50:35) - What the second voice is
• (56:06) - Jill comes for AJ
• (01:00:34) - Cooper wants to party
• (01:00:50) - The lil guy
• (01:03:31) - Colors behind the playwall
• (01:06:47) - In-Fiction Table Safety
• (01:08:50) - A work of fiction
• (01:15:07) - Further Reading

A comics podcast for everyone, proud to be a part of The Worst Garbage network.

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This week’s panelists can be found at:
AJ

Matt

Scout

Robin

Jillian

Editing by Matt Horton and AJ Fillari.
Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.
Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.

Today, our panelists venture into the dark with two short stories from "Creepshow!" Join us for an exploration of the history of horror comics, the nature of pulp fiction (not the movie!), and how our resident artist would draw a better crotch grab.

• (00:00) - Creepshow
• (03:07) - Front Matter
• (04:40) - History with Creepshow
• (05:54) - The WILD history of Creepshow
• (23:45) - The King genes
• (25:28) - “Hair”
• (30:39) - Pulp horror
• (33:34) - Art in pulp horror
• (35:06) - Visual Storytelling
• (37:57) - You could do a Columbo!
• (40:35) - A fun font!
• (42:53) - Wolverton Station
• (45:15) - No protagonist
• (51:45) - The sillier stuff
• (52:18) - Michael Walsh’s candy gore
• (58:43) - Max creep
• (01:00:48) - The short story
• (01:03:41) - The “crotch grab”
• (01:06:24) - Final thoughts
• (01:10:03) - Further Reading
• (01:11:23) - Back Matter

A comics podcast for everyone, proud to be a part of The Worst Garbage network.

Find us on Bluesky or Tumblr.

This week’s panelists can be found at:
Nick

Matt

Scout

Robin

Jillian

Editing by Matt Horton and AJ Fillari.
Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.
Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.

Today, the panelists discuss The Department of Truth Vol. 1: The End of the World. Join us for a discussion on suggestibility in art, what even makes art "comic book art" at all, and depicting conspiracy in 2025

Content Warnings: General horror, violence, conspiracies, the satanic panic, far-right white nationalism, child peril, and gun violence.

• (00:00) - “The Department of Truth” by James Tyrion and Martin Simmonds
• (02:24) - Front matter
• (02:46) - Content Warnings
• (03:08) - Synopsis
• (04:06) - What we thought about the book
• (08:46) - Suggestibility in the art
• (10:17) - The first issue
• (11:01) - Scout has critiques on Simmonds’ vomit art
• (11:46) - The art we love
• (13:53) - Scout loves pathetic men
• (18:45) - There’s a television adaptation coming
• (21:17) - The color work
• (22:11) - X-Files
• (25:46) - The other puking scene
• (26:13) - This art doesn’t feel like a comic book
• (29:37) - J. C. Leyendecker
• (31:48) - Using space just to set mood
• (34:47) - Some layout gripes
• (39:34) - Angela: Asgard’s Assassin
• (41:09) - Fashion corner
• (42:22) - Bad faith caricatures
• (46:26) - James Tynion, the queer edgelord
• (50:55) - This book is still ongoing!
• (51:37) - Further Reading
• (55:38) - “I know what a fucking tulpa is, Cole.”
• (56:07) - Back matter

• Universal Monsters: Dracula by James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds
• Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV, Werther Dell’Edera, and Miquel Muerto
• Talon by James Tynion IV, Christy Marx, Scott Snyder, Guillem March, Miguel Sepulveda, Juan Jose Ryp, and Romano Molenaar
• Exquisite Corpses by James Tynion IV, Michael Walsh, Pornsak Pichetshote, Marianna Ignazzi, and Valentine De Landro
• “You’re Wrong About” episode on “Michelle Remembers”

A comics podcast for everyone, proud to be a part of The Worst Garbage network.

Find us on Bluesky or Tumblr.

This week’s panelists can be found at:

Matt

Scout

Editing by Matt Horton and AJ Fillari.
Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.
Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.