In this episode of the biweekly podcast, The Art of Comics, creators Paul Duffield and Jaws Stone discuss the erotic folk horror, Somna, by Becky Cloonan and Tula Lotay.

This comic contains explicit sexual scenes and plenty of horror, so check the beginning of the episode for content warnings! As usual, this is an in-depth discussion, and there'll be spoilers for the story and content of the comic, so you might want to pause now, read the book and listen once you've had your own reaction. The episode is designed to work regardless of whether you've read it or not, so if you don't mind spoilers, dive right in!

Next episode, we're changing pace with a discussion of the first two volumes of She Loves to Cook and She Loves to Eat by Sakaomi Yuzaki, so if you want to read along with us, pick up a copy and read it over the next two weeks!

To support the podcast and access the AoC Podcast Discord, you can join Jaws' Patreon

In this episode of the biweekly podcast, The Art of Comics, creators Paul Duffield and Jaws Stone discuss the gothic horror short, When I Arrived at the Castle by Emily Carroll.

This is a horror comic, so check the beginning of the episode for content warnings! As usual, this is an in-depth discussion, and there'll be spoilers for the story and content of the comic, so you might want to pause now, read the book and listen once you've had your own reaction. The episode is designed to work regardless of whether you've read it or not, so if you don't mind spoilers, dive right in!

Next episode, we're continuing spooky month with Somna by Becky Cloonan and Tula Lotay, so if you want to read along with us, pick up a copy and read it over the next two weeks!

To support the podcast and access the AoC Podcast Discord, you can join Jaws' Patreon

In this episode of the biweekly podcast, The Art of Comics, creators Paul Duffield and Jaws Stone discuss the coming-of-age holiday drama, Roaming by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki.

As usual, this is an in-depth discussion, and there'll be spoilers for the story and content of the comic, so you might want to pause now, read the book and listen once you've had your own reaction. The episode is designed to work regardless of whether you've read it or not, so if you don't mind spoilers, dive right in!

Note: due to some unexpected life stuff, Jaws and Paul are out of commission for a few weeks, so we'll be skipping the planned recording of Witch Hat Atelier 2 & 3, and after that we'll move in to spooky month with When I Arrived at the Castle by Emily Caroll, so if you want to read along with us, pick up a copy and read it over the next month!

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In this episode of the biweekly podcast, The Art of Comics, creators Paul Duffield and Jaws Stone discuss volumes 2 & 3 of Dorohedoro, an ultra-violent (and weirdly ultra-charming) magical post-apocalyptic manga by Q Hayashida.

As usual, this is an in-depth discussion, and there'll be spoilers for the story and content of the comic, so you might want to pause now, read the book and listen once you've had your own reaction. The episode is designed to work regardless of whether you've read it or not, so if you don't mind spoilers, dive right in!

Next episode, we'll be talking about Roaming by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki, so if you want to read along with us, pick up a copy and read it over the next month!

To support the podcast and access the AoC Podcast Discord, you can join Jaws' Patreon

In this episode of the biweekly podcast, The Art of Comics, creators Paul Duffield and Jaws Stone discuss volume 1 of Dorohedoro, an ultra-violent (and weirdly ultra-charming) magical post-apocalyptic manga by Q Hayashida.

As usual, this is an in-depth discussion, and there'll be spoilers for the story and content of the comic, so you might want to pause now, read the book and listen once you've had your own reaction. The episode is designed to work regardless of whether you've read it or not, so if you don't mind spoilers, dive right in!

Next episode, we'll be following up and talking about volumes 2 and 3 of Dorohedoro, so if you want to read along with us, pick up a copy and read it over the next month!

To support the podcast and access the AoC Podcast Discord, you can join Jaws' Patreon

In this episode of the biweekly podcast, The Art of Comics, creators Paul Duffield and Jaws Stone discuss Beautiful Darkness, a dark fairytale comic drawn by Marie Pommepuy and Sébastien Cosset (under their pen name Kerascoët), and written by Pommepuy and Fabien Vehlmann.

As usual, this is an in-depth discussion, and there'll be spoilers for the story and content of the comic, so you might want to pause now, read the book and listen once you've had your own reaction. The episode is designed to work regardless of whether you've read it or not, so if you don't mind spoilers, dive right in!

Next episode, we'll be talking about volume 1 of Dorohedoro by Q Hayashida, so if you want to read along with us, pick up a copy and read it over the next month!

To support the podcast and access the AoC Podcast Discord, you can join Jaws' Patreon

In this episode of the biweekly podcast, The Art of Comics, creators Paul Duffield and Jaws Stone discuss Stutterhug, a collection of comforting poetic short comics by Sam Davies.

As usual, this is an in-depth discussion, and there'll be spoilers for the story and content of the comic, so you might want to pause now, read the book and listen once you've had your own reaction. The episode is designed to work regardless of whether you've read it or not, so if you don't mind spoilers, dive right in!

We're going on a summer break for the next month, after which we'll be talking about Dorohedoro by Q Hayashida, so if you want to read along with us, pick up a copy and read it over the next month!

You can read stutterhg online and support Sam Davies on Patreon.

To support the podcast and access the AoC Podcast Discord, you can join Jaws' Patreon

In this episode of the biweekly podcast, The Art of Comics, creators Paul Duffield and Jaws Stone continue pride month with a discussion of My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness, the autobiographical LGBTQ manga by Kabi Nagata.

This covers some heavy topics including suicide, self harm and eating disorders so please be advised - full content warning at the top of the episode. As usual, this is an in-depth discussion, and there'll be spoilers for the story and content of the comic, so you might want to pause now, read the book and listen once you've had your own reaction. The episode is designed to work regardless of whether you've read it or not, so if you don't mind spoilers, dive right in!

Next episode we'll be talking about Stutterhug by Sam Davies, so if you want to read along with us, click that link to head to the website or pick up a copy and read it over the next two weeks.

You can also support Sam Davies on Patreon.

To support the podcast and access the AoC Podcast Discord, you can join Jaws' Patreon

In this episode of the biweekly podcast, The Art of Comics, creators Paul Duffield and Jaws Stone kick off pride month with a discussion of Our Dreams At Dusk, the LGBTQ drama manga by Yuhki Kamatani.

This covers some heavy topics including suicide and a number of flavours of queerphobia, so please be advised - full content warning at the top of the episode. As usual, this is an in-depth discussion, and there'll be spoilers for the story and content of the comic, so you might want to pause now, read the book and listen once you've had your own reaction. The episode is designed to work regardless of whether you've read it or not, so if you don't mind spoilers, dive right in!

Next episode we'll be continuing pride month with a discussion of My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness by Kabi Nagata, so if you want to read along with us, pick up a copy and read it over the next two weeks.

To support the podcast and access the AoC Podcast Discord, you can join Jaws' Patreon

In this episode of the biweekly podcast, The Art of Comics, creators Paul Duffield and Jaws Stone continue Mermay with a discussion of the environmental mermaid drama, Tropic of the Sea, by Satoshi Kon.

As usual, this is an in-depth discussion, and there'll be spoilers for the story and content of the comic, so you might want to pause now, read the book and listen once you've had your own reaction. The episode is designed to work regardless of whether you've read it or not, so if you don't mind spoilers, dive right in!

Next episode we'll be starting off pride month with a discussion of Our Dreams at Dusk by Yuhki Kamatani, so if you want to read along with us, pick up a copy and read it over the next two weeks.

To support the podcast and access the AoC Podcast Discord, you can join Jaws' Patreon

In this episode of the biweekly podcast, The Art of Comics, creators Paul Duffield and Jaws Stone discuss the fantastical merfolk romp, Thirsty Mermaids, by Kat Leyh.

As usual, this is an in-depth discussion, and there'll be spoilers for the story and content of the comic, so you might want to pause now, read the book and listen once you've had your own reaction. The episode is designed to work regardless of whether you've read it or not, so if you don't mind spoilers, dive right in!

Next episode we'll be finishing up Mermay and discussing Tropic of the Sea by Satoshi Kon, so if you want to read along with us, pick up a copy and read it over the next two weeks.

To support the podcast and access the AoC Podcast Discord, you can join Jaws' Patreon

In this episode of the biweekly podcast, The Art of Comics, creators Paul Duffield and Jaws Stone discuss the time-reversed romantic drama, Always Never, by Jordi Lafebre.

As usual, this is an in-depth discussion, and there'll be spoilers for the story and content of the comic, so you might want to pause now, read the book and listen once you've had your own reaction. The episode is designed to work regardless of whether you've read it or not, so if you don't mind spoilers, dive right in!

Next episode we'll be kicking off Mermay and discussing Thirsty Mermaids by Kat Leyh, so if you want to read along with us, pick up a copy and read it over the next two weeks.

To support the podcast and access the AoC Podcast Discord, you can join Jaws' Patreon

In this episode of the biweekly podcast, The Art of Comics, creators Paul Duffield and Jaws Stone discuss Mare Internum by Der-Shing Helmer, a psychological science fiction drama set on Mars.

Some content warnings here: our discussion includes conversations about suicide, mental health and sexual abuse. Full content warnings at the beginning of the show. As usual, this is an in-depth discussion, and there'll be spoilers for the story and content of the comic, so you might want to pause now, read the book and listen once you've had your own reaction. The episode is designed to work regardless of whether you've read it or not, so if you don't mind spoilers, dive right in!

Next episode we'll be discussing Always Never by Jordi Lafebre, so if you want to read along with us, pick up a copy and read it over the next two weeks.

To support the podcast and access the AoC Podcast Discord, you can join Jaws' Patreon

In this episode of the biweekly podcast, The Art of Comics, creators Paul Duffield and Jaws Stone discuss the first volume of Cosmoknights, a neon-medieval revolutionary space opera by Hannah Templer.

As usual, this is an in-depth discussion, and there'll be spoilers for the story and content of the comic, so you might want to pause now, read the book and listen once you've had your own reaction. The episode is designed to work regardless of whether you've read it or not, so if you don't mind spoilers, dive right in!

Next episode we'll be discussing Mare Internum by Der-Shing Helmer, so if you want to read along with us, pick up a copy and read it over the next two weeks, or head on over to the Mare Internum Website to read the webcomic version

To support the podcast and access the AoC Podcast Discord, you can join Jaws' Patreon

In this episode of the biweekly podcast, The Art of Comics, creators Paul Duffield and Jaws Stone discuss the first omnibus of Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko, a chill post apocalyptic story by Hitoshi Ashinano.

As usual, this is an in-depth discussion, and there'll be spoilers for the story and content of the comic, so you might want to pause now, read the book and listen once you've had your own reaction. The episode is designed to work regardless of whether you've read it or not, so if you don't mind spoilers, dive right in!

Next episode we'll be discussing Cosmoknights by Hannah Templer, so if you want to read along with us, pick up a copy and read it over the next two weeks!

To support the podcast and access the AoC Podcast Discord, you can join Jaws' Patreon

In this episode of the biweekly podcast, The Art of Comics, creators Paul Duffield and Jaws Stone discuss Barbarous, a webcomic that mixes magical drama and slice of life sitcom, by Yuko Ota, Ananth Hirsh and J.N. Wiedle.

As usual, this is an in-depth discussion, and there'll be spoilers for the story and content of the comic, so you might want to pause now, read the book and listen once you've had your own reaction. The episode is designed to work regardless of whether you've read it or not, so if you don't mind spoilers, dive right in!

Next episode we'll be discussing the first omnibus of Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko by Hitoshi Ashinano, so if you want to read along with us, pick up a copy and read it over the next two weeks!

To support the podcast and access the AoC Podcast Discord, you can join Jaws' Patreon

In this episode of the biweekly podcast, The Art of Comics, creators Paul Duffield and Jaws Stone discuss the dungeoncrawling and cooking manga, Delicious in Dungeon (or Dungeon Meshi), by Ryōko Kui.

As usual, this is an in-depth discussion, and there'll be spoilers for the story and content of the comic, so you might want to pause now, read the book and listen once you've had your own reaction. The episode is designed to work regardless of whether you've read it or not, so if you don't mind spoilers, dive right in!

Next episode we'll be discussing chapters 1-5 of Barbarous by Yuko Ota and Ananth Hirsh, so if you want to read along with us, pick up a copy and read it over the next two weeks, or hop on over to Johnnywander.com to read the webcomic version for free!

To support the podcast and access the AoC Podcast Discord, you can join Jaws' Patreon

In this episode of the biweekly podcast, The Art of Comics, creators Paul Duffield and Jaws Stone discuss the fantasy epic, Birdking, by Daniel Freedman and CROM.

As usual, this is an in-depth discussion, and there'll be spoilers for the story and content of the comic, so you might want to pause now, read the book and listen once you've had your own reaction. The episode is designed to work regardless of whether you've read it or not, so if you don't mind spoilers, dive right in!

Next episode we'll be discussing the first volume of Delicious in Dungeon by Ryōko Kui, so if you want to read along with us, pick up a copy and read it over the next two weeks.

To support the podcast and access the AoC Podcast Discord, you can join Jaws' Patreon

In this episode of the biweekly podcast, The Art of Comics, creators Paul Duffield and Jaws Stone answer listener questions and look back at a year full of incredible comics!

Join us for a new season in 2024, when we'll be kicking off the year discussing Birdking by Daniel Freedman and CROM, so if you want to read along with us, pick up a copy!

To support the podcast and access the AoC Podcast Discord, you can join Jaws' Patreon

In this episode of the biweekly podcast, The Art of Comics, creators Paul Duffield and Jaws Stone discuss Zoe Thorogood's very very relateable autobiographical comic, IT'S LONELY AT THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH.

Some content warnings up front, the comic and the podcast go deep into discussions about mental health, depression and suicidal ideation - there's a full description at the beginning of the podcast.

As usual, this is an in-depth discussion, and there'll be spoilers for the story and content of the comic, so you might want to pause now, read the book and listen once you've had your own reaction. The episode is designed to work regardless of whether you've read it or not, so if you don't mind spoilers, dive right in!

Next episode will be out on the 24th December, and we'll be answering listener questions and looking back at a year of amazing comics!

To support the podcast and access the AoC Podcast Discord, you can join Jaws' Patreon