Today, the panelists discuss On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden. Join us for a discussion on letting the reader figure things out, how this book relies on color, and Walden's unique take on space.

• (00:00) - “On A Sunbeam” by Tillie Walden
• (02:02) - Front Matter
• (03:22) - General thoughts
• (09:03) - Zero explanation
• (14:02) - The first half
• (20:46) - The characters & relationships
• (22:47) - Lots of negative space
• (24:13) - Two moments overlapping at once
• (25:42) - The alien-ness of characters and environments
• (31:47) - Teens talk normal
• (33:43) - We ❤️ Jules
• (34:58) - Elliot
• (38:39) - Restoration
• (45:57) - Color
• (48:19) - A quick return to restoration
• (50:29) - Back to color
• (56:54) - The fox scene
• (58:15) - The fish ship
• (01:00:28) - Lost in space
• (01:01:08) - More color!
• (01:02:00) - Always in space
• (01:03:31) - Girl world
• (01:08:20) - On a Sunbeam fanfic
• (01:10:10) - Fashion corner
• (01:12:57) - The detail
• (01:13:28) - Hierarchy of size
• (01:16:00) - Tarot influences
• (01:18:40) - Doorways
• (01:24:58) - Favorite characters
• (01:33:58) - Damn, Scout
• (01:35:25) - Further Reading
• (01:43:33) - Back matter

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This week’s panelists can be found at:
Stephen

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 How Do We Relationship?, our first yuri on the show! Join us for a discussion on depictions of queer women in manga, how this book handles sex, and our favorite fashion in this manga.

• (00:00) - How Do We Relationship?
• (02:16) - Front Matter
• (07:55) - The art
• (09:45) - Feelings circles!!!
• (14:30) - Ba-dump ba-dump
• (16:26) - Our lead characters, Miwa and Saeko
• (19:59) - Sex in this book
• (28:50) - Physical details
• (29:31) - Fashion Corner
• (30:37) - (Lobster shirt)
• (32:33) - How Miwa is written in this book
• (35:48) - Their underwear
• (36:26) - More sex chat
• (37:33) - How the bandmates handle their relationship
• (39:02) - The bandmates
• (41:46) - The fear of homophobia in this narrative
• (45:12) - More about the bandmates
• (45:48) - A potential aro/ace or nonbinary character
• (52:35) - We should read X Gender
• (52:55) - Memes
• (54:30) - Further Reading
• (01:01:19) - 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:

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 webcomic turned film - Nimona! Join us for a discussion on queer themes, the nature of revisiting a story after its end, and sharks with boobs.

• (00:00) - “Nimona” by ND Stevenson
• (01:16) - The Tumblr mines
• (02:45) - Front Matter
• (06:36) - What did we think?
• (14:23) - Web comic to graphic novel
• (17:19) - Loss.jpg
• (20:53) - Nimona balances humor and sincerity
• (23:48) - Nimona is of its time
• (27:45) - Nimona as a queer YA comic
• (38:41) - Remember Animorphs?
• (39:51) - Nimona’s haircuts
• (42:19) - The codpiece
• (44:21) - The setting
• (46:55) - Scout art thoughts!
• (49:14) - The epilogue
• (49:52) - Fujoshi Scout
• (50:59) - How being YA affects this book
• (59:41) - Reading it as it came out
• (01:03:08) - Discord jokes
• (01:04:23) - More movie thoughts
• (01:06:39) - Blackheart and Goldenloin ❤️
• (01:07:34) - The mad scientist
• (01:10:09) - Blackheart is Scout’s type
• (01:10:59) - ND’s new book
• (01:13:06) - Further Reading
• (01:15:49) - Back Matter

Deep Dive on Nimona: https://www.imfineimfine.com/p/nimona-the-comic-a-deep-dive
Buy a physical copy of Nimona: https://bookshop.org/p/books/nimona-10th-anniversary-limited-edition-nd-stevenson/22115217

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

Robin

Jillian

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