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Hosted by Jack Stewardson · EN · 32 episodes
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Welcome to Panel Pals: the comic book podcast for thinkers! The preeminent, academic comic book analysis podcast from Canadian indie superstars Diane Hitchings and Jack Stewardson. Learn to love and reevaluate the world of sequential arts!
Jack Stewardson hosts Panel Pals, a arts show with 32 episodes published.
Diane and Jack explore mimesis, romance and a young woman's maturation in Kim Dong Hwa's Color trilogy of Korean graphic novels: Color of Earth, Color of Water and Color of Heaven. How do they feel about middle grade gra
Special guest Zane Kordich of Prostrate Constantly joins the show to discuss his upcoming role at Animethon 2026's AMV contest, his new short film, and the Ayami Kazama autobio manga I Don't Know How to Give Birth! Zane'
Can you seperate the art from the artist? This is the question Diane and Jack try to answer when discussing food battle manga: Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro's Toriko.You can find Panel Pals on Bluesky and Pinksky: panelpalspodc
It's time. Diane and Jack discuss Jack's favorite comic from his favourite cartoonist, Canadian master Darwyn Cooke's the New Frontier. Does it hold up? Is it worthy of the Watchmen legacy? And more importantly: will Dia
It's time. Diane and Jack discuss Jack's favorite comic from his favourite cartoonist, Canadian master Darwyn Cooke's the New Frontier. Does it hold up? Is it worthy of the Watchmen legacy? And more importantly: will Dia
You can find Panel Pals on Bluesky and Pinkleap: panelpalspodcast.bsky.socialYou can follow Diane on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/one_little_gremlin/You can follow Jack on Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/fantompowerpr
You can find Panel Pals on Bluesky and Pinkleap: panelpalspodcast.bsky.socialYou can follow Diane on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/one_little_gremlin/You can follow Jack on Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/fantompowerpr
Diane and Jack explore the complex cyberpunk remixing of Tezuka's Astroboy , Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki's masterpeice PLUTO! Does it match Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon's Watchmen energy? You can find Panel Pals on
Diane and Jack explore the complex cyberpunk remixing of Tezuka's Astroboy , Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki's masterpeice PLUTO! Does it match Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon's Watchmen energy? You can find Panel Pals on
"Would Jesus be bros with Buddha?" This is the question Diane and Jack interrogate as they analyze and discuss Hikaru Nakamura's Saint Young Men. Spoilers: Jack talks too much about the New Testament. You can find Panel
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"Wouldn't you wish it?" Diane and Jack dream to imagine manga royalty CLAMP's gentle, angelic "bl"-comic: WISH. Diane's got a secret regarding the book that must be heard to be believed! You can find Panel Pals on Bluesk
Diane and Jack hotly debate the values of nostalgia, footnotes and the death of the author through the hot pink lens of Dave Baker's 2024 mega-graphic novel: Mary Tyler Moorehawk. Is it all that it's cracked up to be? Is
Creeping in the shadows is the covert organization HELLSING. It's mission: destroy all vampires, especially NAZI VAMPIRES. Go in depth with Diane and Jack as they discuss vampire lore, late-90's edge and the plight of th
"What if superheroes were real?" This is the question Diane and Jack interrogate during their discussion of Donny Cates's and Geoff Shaw's meta-mixup: Crossover. Is it worthy of the Watchmen comparison? You can find Pane
GET REAL! This ep, Diane and Jack speak on the many merits of Takehiko Inoue's wheelchair basketball epic: Real. This is one not to miss! You can find Panel Pals on Bluesky and Pinksky: panelpalspodcast.bsky.socialYou ca
For this, the first "official" instalment of our "CHILDREN OF WATCHMEN" sub-series, Diane and Jack discuss Kieron Gillen and Caspar Wijngaard's meta-deconstruction of Watchmen, 2019's Peter Cannon Thunderbolt. Does it li
For the epic season 2 premiere: Diane and Jack are back on their bullsh!t talkin' fight-manga! This time, the hit martial arts tournament Kengan Ashura by Daromeon. You can find Panel Pals on Bluesky and Pinksky: panelpa
Strap in as Diane and Jack discuss Deniz Camp and Eric Zawadzki time travel tragedy, Assorted Crisis Events in the epic season finale of Panel Pals! You can find Panel Pals on Bluesky and Pinksky: panelpalspodcast.bsky.s
The exciting conclusion to the crossover epic: this time, Jeff and JD from the TradeWaiters join Diane and Jack as they discuss Jeph Loeb and Darwyn Cooke's Batman/the Spirit. Guest host Jeff Ellis presents Jonathan Leth
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