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Podcast: Comic Book Herald
Episode: Extra Issues – Fantagraphics #5: Black Hole (1995) & Dementia 21 (2018)
Description: A sexually transmitted Zack-sease and De-Charlotte 21 are covering two Fantagraphics releases graphic novels:
– Black Hole (1995) by Charles Burn
– Dementia 21 (2018) by Shintaro Kago
Topics discussed:
– Does the “bug” mean much as a metaphor in Black Hole? Is reading the comic looking for one a mistake?
– Is it possible to talk about a comedy comic without just listing our favorite bits?
Upcoming episodes in our Fantagraphics miniseries:
– Love & Rockets (Gilbert Hernandez)
– Love and Rockets Library Editions:
– Heartbreak Soup
– Human Diastrophism
– Beyond Palomar
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