View from the Gutters Comic Book Club

View from the Gutters Comic Book Club


Latest Episodes

Episode 92 — Paradise X
November 12, 2014

This week on View from the Gutters our topic work is Paradise X, written by Jim Krueger and Alex Ross, with art by Dougie Braithewaite. The conclusion to the Earth X trilogy, Paradise X continues from the end of Universe X. Death has died, but all is

Back Matter #7 — Marvel/DC Events
November 08, 2014

Back Matter is our roundtable discussion show focused on all things news worthy in the world of comics. From the big buzz around the latest comics to comic book movies and TV shows, as well as other discussion that didn't make it into our main show. Feel

Episode 91 — Thor, by J. Michael Straczynski
November 05, 2014

This week on View from the Gutters our topic work is Thor, by J. Michael Straczynski with art by Oliver Coipel and Marko Djurdjevic. This series of Thor began in the aftermath of Civil War, and features the return of Thor and Asgard from non-existenc

Episode 90 — The Big Book of Barry Ween
October 29, 2014

This week on View from the Gutters our topic work is The Big Book of Barry Ween, by Judd Winick. This collection contains all four previously released trades of The Adventures of Barry Ween, Boy Genius as well as the color-special crossover with Whit

Episode 89 — Wonder Woman: The Hiketeia
October 22, 2014

This week on View from the Gutters our topic work is Wonder Woman: The Hiketeia, by Greg Rucka and J. G. Jones. Published in 2002, this original graphic novel predates Rucka's critically acclaimed run on Wonder Woman by a year. In The Hiketeia, a youn

Episode 88 — Swamp Thing
October 15, 2014

This week on View from the Gutters our topic work is Swamp Thing, by Brian K. Vaughan with art by Roger Petersen and Giuseppe Camuncoli. Published in 2000, this volume of Swamp Thing follows the daughter of Alec Holland, Tefé—a hybrid human and pl

Episode 87 — Courtney Crumrin, Vol. 1 & 2
October 08, 2014

This week on View from the Gutters our topic work is Courtney Crumrin, Vol. 1 & 2, by Ted Naifeh. First released by Oni Press in 2002, it's titular protagonist is Courtney Crumrin, a teenage girl who moves with her parents—a pair of social climbin

Back Matter #6 — Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose and Objectification
October 07, 2014

Back Matter is our roundtable discussion show focused on all things news worthy in the world of comics. From the big buzz around the latest comics to comic book movies and TV shows, as well as other discussion that didn't make it into our main show. Feel

Episode 86 — The Losers, Book 1
October 01, 2014

This week on View from the Gutters our topic work is The Losers, Book 1, by Andy Diggle and Jock. This book collects issues 1-12 of the series, previously collected as volumes 1 & 2, Ante Up and Double Down, respectively. The titular Losers are a ban

The Long Run #8 — Stephanie Brown
September 29, 2014

The Long Run takes place outside of our normal continuity of episodes, and features table discussion of an entire work or long selection of a series. In this episode of The Long Run we talk about the life and times of Stephanie Brown. For this special ep