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!
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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome 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!
Panel Pals is hosted by Jack Stewardson. The show has published 37 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Panel Pals: ARCHIE ROCK N' ROLL ROMANCE" (21 October 2026, 93 minutes), "Panel Pals: PUELLA MAGI MADOKA MAGICA" (7 October 2026, 100 minutes), and "Panel Pals: BAKI DOU" (23 September 2026, 94 minutes).
Panel Pals publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 85 minutes across 37 episodes.
Booking probability for Panel Pals is 38%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Panel Pals requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Panel Pals's contact route on record: public web form.
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Jack Stewardson hosts Panel Pals, an arts podcast with 37 episodes published.
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Episode #20
"Duh, stay outta Riverdale!" This episode, Diane and Jack discuss a formative and controversial (?) arc in the lives of the Archie gang: Rock N' Roll Romance! What value does the quaintness of Archie and Josie have in...
Episode #19
Wouldn't you wish it? (Again!) This episode, Diane and Jack discuss Hanokage's manga adaption of Puella Magi Madoka Magica. Does the manga live up to the anime's infamy? You can find Panel Pals on Bluesky and Pinkleap...
Episode #17
THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN! Diane and Jack discuss the infamous 2019 arc of Keisuke Itagaki's "dude's rock" epic: Baki! Marvel as the pair talk stakes, ancient Asian war strategy and dead politicians! You can find Panel...
Episode #16
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...
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...
Episode #13
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...
Episode #12
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...
Episode #12
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...
Episode #11
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...
Episode #11
<br />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...
Episode #9
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...
Episode #9
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?<br />You can find Panel...
Episode #9
"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.<br /><br />You can...
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Episode #7
"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!<br />You can find Panel Pals on...
Episode #6
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...
Episode #5
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...
Episode #4
"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?<br />You can...
Episode #3
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!<br />You can find Panel Pals on Bluesky and Pinksky...
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...
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