22 Panels - A Comic Book Podcast

Send us a text Joe Illidge joins Tad and the Brothers Anderson (no relation) to discuss his recent return to the Milestone Universe with the four issue Shadow Cabinet. Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Tad is joined by Dr. Edgar Ramos, Samantha Ramos, and Lee Woods (aka Psychocomicogy) to continue their psychosocial journey through the works of Tom King... This month The Vision. Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text For the latest episode of the Pulp Blotter Book Club, Mark Pracht & Tad discuss the war stories of Harvey Kurtzman in Corpse in the Imjin, part of the Fantagraphics EC Comics Library. Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Episode 182 - May 4, 2025 Monstress Vol 9 1. News of Note 2. New Comic Series 3. 3 Amazing New Book 4. Great Responsibility - Monstress Vol 9 5. 3 Books We Hope Will Be Spectacular Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Maria, Marisol, and Tad continue their discussion of the In-Between Years focusing upon Luba #2 & Penny Century #6. Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Episode 4: NEO 102: Intro to FQL and TDDB (Time-Displaced Databases) In which we right some wrongs, revive a folk-hero (or villain?!?) of the 90s, and have our first filler episode. Keen-eared listeners have been asking all month: “What was Lex up to during the events of last episode?” Well, Panel Pilgrims, now we have the answer*!!! Plus, a fan-favorite character** returns in an all-new form, but are they friend… or FOE!?! Check out the latest adventures of the 22 Panels crew exploring their own world of DIE! (*Jonathan couldn’t make the recording session, so we had some low plot fun without him) (**It’s Clippy — we’re doing Clippy references now) Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text John Broglia and Taki Soma join Tad to discuss their comiXology Original Alienated. Near the end, their cover artist, some guy named Oeming joined the party as well. Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Mark, Sean, and Tad continue their journey through Jack Kirby's Fourth World Saga. Forever People #2 New Gods #2 Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #137 Mister Miracle #2 Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Episode 181 - April 27, 2025 Monstress Vol 8 1. News of Note 2. New Comic Series 3. 3 Amazing New Book 4. Great Responsibility - Monstress Vol 8 5. 3 Books We Hope Will Be Spectacular Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Doug Wagner returns to 22 Panels to discuss I Was a Fashion School Serial Killer and more with Tad & Dr. Edgar Ramos. Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Dillon Gilbertson (My Neighbor Necromancer available now at dillondoescomics.com), Peter, Matt, and Tad discuss the March 1979 issue of Heavy Metal Magazine. (Except the prose parts because none of us found the time...) Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Tad discusses Romeo vs. Juliet: A Kill Shakespeare Adventure and more with Pulitzer Prize winning writer Anthony Del Col. Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Episode 180 - April 20, 2025 Monstress Vol 7 1. News of Note 2. New Comic Series 3. 3 Amazing New Book 4. Great Responsibility - Monstress Vol 7 5. 3 Books We Hope Will Be Spectacular Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Episode 179 - April 13, 2025 Monstress Vol 6 1. News of Note 2. New Comic Series 3. 3 Amazing New Book 4. Great Responsibility - Monstress Vol 6 5. 3 Books We Hope Will Be Spectacular Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Psychocomicology's Dr. Edgar Ramos, Samantha Chavez, and Lee Woods join Tad to discuss Maria van Lieshout's Song of a Blackbird. Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Episode 177 - April 6, 2025 Monstress Vol 5 1. News of Note 2. New Comic Series 3. 3 Amazing New Book 4. Great Responsibility - Monstress Vol 5 5. 3 Books We Hope Will Be Spectacular Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Sherman Alexie joins Tad to discuss The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, Smoke Signals, You Don't Have to Say You Love Me, comics and more! Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Episode 176 - March 24, 2025 Monstress Vol 4 1. News of Note 2. New Comic Series 3. 3 Amazing New Book 4. Great Responsibility - Monstress Vol 4 5. 3 Books We Hope Will Be Spectacular Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Episode Three: Knights of Dreams/Blades of Nightmares In which we lose ourselves, find our honor, and face our demons. The lines of reality unravel with a scribbling ferocity as the 22 Panels crew scramble their way through a knightly jousting tournament. But do they make it out with heroism intact? Can something so naively idealistic save them now? Was there ever any to begin with? Find out within the audiopsychodrama (or is it more of a psychoaudiodrama?) that is... Knights of Dreams/Blades of Nightmares And stay tuned after the adventure for our first (of possibly many) Stars and Wishes! Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Mark Pracht & Tad discuss Alan Moore, Chris Sprouse, & Company's Tom Strong and SO. MUCH. MORE. Mark will be at Books & Beginnings in Evanston reading from and signing his 4-Color Trilogy on Tuesday, April 1 at 6pm https://www.bookendsandbeginnings.com/event/2025-04-01/mark-pracht-house-ideas-play-reading-and-qa Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Tad, Marisol, & Maria discuss Jamie Hernandez' Penny Century #5 and Gilbert Hernandez' Luna #1 in the ninth installment of the In-Between Years. Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Christopher Cantwell and Tyler Crook join Tad to discuss their new book Out of Alcatraz. Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Helen Mullane joins Tad to discuss her comiXology book Groupies (with art by Tula Lotay), dog sled racing, and more. Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Tad and the Brothers Anderson (no relation) discuss Icon vs. Hardware. Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Tad and Edgar, Sam, and Lee from Psychocomicogy discuss Tom King's Grayson v4-5. Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text The In-Between Years continue as Maria, Marisol, and Tad discuss New Love #6 & Penny Century #4 Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Cecilia & Waverley Kim join Tad to discuss Kwento Comics and it's flagship title Mask of Haliya. Volume Two is funding now on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cloverpressimports/the-mask-of-haliya-echoes-of-the-forgotten-past-ogn?ref=b4jjpe Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Join Tad and Meredith McClaren for this amazing interview! Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Episode 176 - March 24, 2025 Monstress Vol 3 1. News of Note 2. New Comic Series 3. 3 Amazing New Book 4. Great Responsibility - Monstress Vol 3 5. 3 Books We Hope Will Be Spectacular Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Tad is on location in Milwaukee at the Lion's Tooth Book Club with Emil Ferris! Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Episode 175 - March 16, 2025 Monstress 1. News of Note 2. New Comic Series 3. 3 Amazing New Book 4. Great Responsibility - Monstress 5. 3 Books We Hope Will Be Spectacular Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Tad, Peter, Matt, and Dillon Gilbertson discuss the February 1979 issue of Heavy Metal Magazine. Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Tad talks with Joanne Starer, Ted Brandt, & Ro Stein about the Harley Quinn Fartacular: Silent Butt Deadly!, Fire & Ice: When Hell Freezes Over and more! Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Tad is joined by John Lees & Alex Cormack to discuss Sink: City of Killers and more! Sink: City of Killers is funding on Kickstarter through March 14. comixtribe.com/sink Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Sean Harklerode, Mark Pracht, and Tad discuss the first full slate of monthly comics from Jack Kirby at DC - Forever People #1, New Gods #1, Mister Miracle #1, & Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #136. Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Episode 174 - March 9, 2025 Tad and Andy 1. News of Note 2. New Comic Series 3. 3 Amazing New Book 4. Great Responsibility - Tad and Andy 5. 3 Books We Hope Will Be Spectacular Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Fred Van Lente & Joe Keatinge join Tad to discuss the upcoming 60 issue series The Future Is ****** (first issue available May 14 from REKCAH!) and generally what it's like to make comics with a cybersecurity company. Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text In the inaugural meeting of the 22 Panels & Psychocomicology Joy, Resistance, Hope, and Survival Book Club & Support Group Dr. Edgar Ramos, Psy.D MSCP; Lee Woods, MA LCPC NCC CMPC; and Tad discuss their hopes for the Group... and Tad goes through some stuff... They don't really get around to discussing Marie van Lieshout's inspirational graphic novel Song of a Blackbird, so it will be next month's book as well. If you would like to join the discussion email us at 22panelspodcast at gmail check out http://psychocomicology.com/ If you or someone you know is in crisis: Dial or text 988 to be connected with the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline https://988lifeline.org/ or National Alliance on Mental Illness NAMI HelpLine: 1-800-950-6264 or text NAMI to 741-741 Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Episode 173 - March 3, 2025 Concrete 1. News of Note 2. New Comic Series 3. 3 Amazing New Book 4. Great Responsibility - Astro City MetroBook Vol 6 5. 3 Books We Hope Will Be Spectacular Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Tad talks with Jennie Wood about the crowdfunding campaign for the 10th Anniversary Edition of their novel A Boy Like Me, comics, the meaning of life, and more. Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text David F. Walker, Chuck Brown, Sanford Greene, Matt Herms, and Shelly Bond join Tad to discuss Bitter Root: The Next Movement. Final Order Cutoff on the first issue is Monday, March 3. In stores on March 26. Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Episode 2: Back to Reality In which we taste our first violence, heavenly marshmallows, and a glimpse of our fates. Bear witness to the first combat of our latest adventure as the 22 Panels crew roll into action! Jonathan rolls for sword! Peter rolls for gun! And Tad rolls for mystical insights from the great beyond!!! (Somebody better put the kibosh on that one) Make sure to listen all the way through to the Flashback Phil almost forgot about -- it was even written ahead of time and everything -- all prep is useful eventually, right...? Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Mark Pracht and Tad discuss Blacksad by Juan Diaz Canales & Juanjo Guarnido. Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Episode 172 - February 22, 2025 Concrete 1. News of Note 2. New Comic Series 3. 3 Amazing New Book 4. Great Responsibility - Concrete 5. 3 Books We Hope Will Be Spectacular Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Brit & Tad discuss Rebecca Burgess' Speak Up and Tyler Boss & Matthew Rosenberg's (& Thomas Mauer's) 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank, with a special focus on Autism/Neurodivergence in society, culture, and their own personal experiences. Then they open Brit's Cabinet and pick out their next read. (SPOILER! {but not really for regular listeners of 22 Panels} it's Paul Chadwick's Concrete) Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Tad is joined by Alex Cormack & Anthony Cleveland! Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Tad & Edgar, Sam, and Lee from Psychocomicology discuss Tom King's first series Grayson volumes 1-3. Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Episode 171 - February 16, 2025 Concrete 1. News of Note 2. New Comic Series 3. 3 Amazing New Book 4. Great Responsibility - Concrete 5. 3 Books We Hope Will Be Spectacular Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Tad chats with Duane Murray! Consider becoming a patron! Support the show

Send us a text Tad has a great chat with Stephan Franck Consider becoming a patron! Support the show