View from the Gutters Comic Book Club

View from the Gutters Comic Book Club


Latest Episodes

Episode 117 — Thor (2014)
May 08, 2015

This week on View from the Gutters our topic work is Thor (2014), by Jason Aaron with art by Russell Dauterman. For this episode we read issues #1-7 and Thor Special #1. Released in the wake of Thor Odinson becoming unworthy of wielding Mjolnir during

Episode 116 — Change
May 01, 2015

This week on View from the Gutters our topic work is Change, by Ales Kot and Morgan Jeske. I'm not even going to try to summarize what this book is even about, so this week you're just getting the blurb: Dear Los Angeles: meet apocalypse.

Episode 115 — Superman Unchained
April 24, 2015

This week on View from the Gutters our topic work is Superman Unchained, by Scott Snyder, Jim Lee, and Dustin Nguyen. Published in 2013, the 9-issue mini-series was released to coincide with the Man of Steel film as well as Superman's 75th anniversary.

Episode 114 — Avengers: Rage of Ultron
April 17, 2015

This week on View from the Gutters our topic work is Avengers: Rage of Ultron, by Rick Remender, Jerome Opeña, and Dean White. Part of Marvel's series of Original Graphic Novels, Rage of Ultron is primarily a story about lineage, and of fathers and son

Episode 113 — Wayward
April 10, 2015

This week on View from the Gutters our topic work is Wayward, by Jim Zub, John Rauch, and Steve Cummings. The series features Rori Lane, a half-Irish half-Japanese teenager who moves to Japan for the first time to live with her mother. She quickly discov

Singles Club #4 — Holy F*ck
April 07, 2015

Welcome to episode 4 of Singles Club! This is our new short-format show where every so often one of our hosts will take a little time to talk about a small-press, indie, or webcomic. If you have an independent work you'd like to share with us, send us a

Episode 112 — Black Widow
April 03, 2015

This week on View from the Gutters our topic work is Black Widow, Vol. 1 & 2, written by Nathan Edmondson with art by Phil Noto. The series follows Nastasha Romanov—the Black Widow—on her adventures away from the Avengers both as an agent of SHIELD a

Back Matter — Emerald City Comic Con 2015
April 01, 2015

Back Matter is our roundtable discussion show focused on discussion that doesn't make it into our main show, including interviews, news and events in the comics industry, television and movies, or discussions of comics which open onto a broader conversa

Episode 111 — God Hates Astronauts
March 27, 2015

We're attending Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle this weekend, so you get the episode a little bit early. This week on View from the Gutters our topic work is God Hates Astronauts, by Ryan Browne. Initially launched as a webcomic in 2007, the series was

Singles Club #3 — Outcasts of Jupiter
March 23, 2015

Welcome to episode 3 of Singles Club! This is our new short-format show where every so often one of our hosts will take a little time to talk about a small-press, indie, or webcomic. If you have an independent work you'd like to share with us, send us a