Comics Therapy. No Reviews. Just Analysis.

Two books from March 12, 2014. Plus your Nerd Confessions (suggested by Cameron Williams about who you trust to recommend new comics).

On The Couch: writer Matt D. Wilson.

Show Notes:

We’ve
got trust issues this week, and for once we’re not just talking about
the hosts. Aaron and Andrea look at a few dangerous characters making
shady choices to stay alive, who’d stab you in the back as they
whispered sweet nothings in your ear. There’s also a great example of
one of Andrea’s personal favorite character types, the unreliable
narrator. So unreliable that he’s not even in this month’s issue. Who
can you really trust these days, anyway?

Astro City #10 19:40

Slice
of life stories about the citizens and heroes of Astro City. Your guide
- occasionally - may be less reliable than you might hope, but at least
he is enthusiastic.

East of West #10 29:55

The
story of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, except now there are
three. The story of Death, except now he is in love. The story of the
end of the world, no exceptions.

The Couch: writer Matt. D. Wilson 39:44

Matt co-hosts the War Rocket Ajax podcast with Chris Sims, who we spoke to back in episode 28. Under the pseudonym King Oblivion, PhD, Matt wrote The Supervillian Handbook and The Supervillian Field Manual. He writes Copernicus Jones: Robot Detective, published by Monkeybrain Comics. He’s also contributed to the AV Club, Cracked.com and McSweeneys.com.