The TradeWaiters return with an old friend, Jess Pollard, as she gets us to read the first two seasons of the Webtoon Everything Is Fine by Mike Birchall. This comic might seem cute and simple, but don’t let the “Hello Kitty” faces fool you. This is a story about existential dread, paranoia, and the death of optimism. We’ll also talk about what makes a comic a comic, and where the lines get blurry between the panels (or when your panel is a phone screen frame).
Also mentioned in this episode:
Reinventing Comics by Scott McCloud
The Shining directed by Stanley Kubrick
The Twilight Zone created by Rod Serling
Squid Games by Hwang Dong-hyuk
Battle Royale by Koushun Takami
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Shonen Jump
Human Queen by Pakorn P
Space Boy by Stephen McCranie
Babylon 5 created by J. Michael Straczynski
Assorted Crisis Events by Deniz Camp and Eric Zawadzki
and Cat + Gamer by Wataru Nadatani
Music by Sleuth
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Our next episode will be on Hello Sunshine by Keezy Young.
I apologize for the poor quality of the images. Do you know how hard it is to get screenshots of this comic that will function outside of a scrolling format.
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