Comics Syllabus

On this episode (at 0:00 ), Paul serves up next week's Syllabus (see below), inviting you to a discussion of "Critical Dystopia" and readings for next episode of the pod! Then (at 13:32 ), we welcome back Ram V ( http://www.ram-v.com/ ), writer of Image Comics series "Paradiso" whose first arc is collected in trade and out May 16, 2018. Ram talks to us about the experience of writing "Paradiso" issues 1-4 and beyond, and we dig deep in a spoiler section into the characters and world of this fascinating series, drawn by Dev Pramanik, colored by Dearbhla Kelly, and lettered by Aditya Bidikar from Image Comics. At ( 1:16:45 ), Paul tackles a few books from last episode's "Syllabus" and starts to discuss "Critical Dystopias," with the surprising and NOT dystopic books "Dragon Slayer" by Jaime Hernandez (TOON Books) and the children's book Islandborn by Junot Diaz (Dial), and then delving into a mini-comic from ShortBox ( http://shortbox.bigcartel.com/ ) by Matthe