Bitches on Comics

Wahoo! Episode 200 is here and we’re celebrating with a special live episode with Ria Brodell! Ria gets into how they create each portrait and biography, why art brings us closer to one another, and the gifts and challenges of the archive. They also discuss the responsibility of the artist in representing the “underhistoricized” as Chris Vargas calls it in the introduction to the volume. Plus, questions and answers with the live audience!

Learn more about Ria Brodell at https://www.riabrodell.com/

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Welcome to the final episode of the season! We end on a real high note in this insightful conversation featuring Sarah H. Cho! Sarah discusses her erotic psychological thriller CAMGIRL, getting into the importance of stories about sex workers written by sex workers, depicting mental illness, and fighting against Asian fetishization. Plus, film! Manga! Some Alan Moore love! And more! After we wrap with Sarah, stick around for Bitches on Bitches on Comics, the section of the podcast where Monika and S.E. recap the season and update listeners on what lies ahead!

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Maria Dong returns to the podcast to discuss her new scifi psychological thriller/horror Psychopomp--out now! We discuss writing a book about a debtors' prison on the moon, the unfortunate timeliness of the subject matter, and fighting even if you know you’re gonna lose. Plus, eat the rich! Marginalized storytelling! And Many More Topics.

Pick up your copy of Psychopomp: https://darkmattermagazine.shop/products/psychopomp

Learn more about Maria Dong at: https://www.mariadong.com/

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We are absolutely delighted to share this brand new interview with Erika Hardison, cultural journalist and founder of Fabulize magazine. We discuss Erika’s comics “A Taste of Venus” which appeared in WE BELONG: The All-Black, All-LGBTQ+ Sci-Fi and Fantasy Comics Anthology, nominated for best anthology at the Ignatz Awards for 2024, her comic "Entanglement" in Noir is the New Black, and her compelling adaptation of “Telephone” by Erykah Badu in Afrofutures. We also get into her upcoming book SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW…STATIC (SHOCK) and Static Shock’s indelible mark on comic.! Plus, we swoon over Queen Latifah, debate Charmed...

We are absolutely delighted to return with a truly insightful, heartfelt, and funny Black History Month interview with American Book Award, Bram Stoker Award (Best Novel), Shirley Jackson Award, and World Fantasy Award winner Tananarive Due! Host Monika Estrella Negra and guest Tananarive Due discuss her novel The Reformatory, working in screenwriting, and her werewolf one shot: Moon Dogs: The Horizon Experiment. We also get into how horror fiction prepares us for horror realities, the importance of taking action, and so much more!

To learn more about Tananarive Due, visit her website at: http...

Natasha Alterici returns to the pod to discuss her wonderfully sexy short story collection Sapphic Pulp! We discuss the gifts and challenges of creating queer erotica at this moment in time, the importance of hands to sapphic storytelling, and liberation through pleasure and sexuality! Plus, hope! Collaboration! Community! Resisting fascism by being slutty! And more!

Pick up your copy of Sapphic Pulp at: alterici.gumroad.com

Sapphic Pulp: Collected Tales of Love and Desire written by Natasha Alterici, edited by Michele Abounader, letters by Jodie Troutman, with art by Natasha Alterici, Sapphomet, Chloe Brailsford, Rye...

Vera Drew joins us to discuss her indie feature film The People's Joker! We get into using comic book characters to tell autobiographical stories, the film's unconventional path to distribution, and turning a personal story into a collaborative creative process. Vera also discusses trans storytelling and humor, drops deep DC references, and just generally entertains our butts off!

Learn more about The People's Joker and grab your own DVD, BluRay, and swag at: http://www.thepeoplesjoker.com/

Follow Vera Drew at: @Veradrew22 on Twitter, IG, Twitter, Tiktok, and BlueSky (link goes to Instagram)

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E.M. Carroll comes on the pod to talk about their comics WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE CASTLE and A GUEST IN THE HOUSE. When I Arrived at the Castle has a stunning new cover from Silver Sprocket and all the same goodness of the first printing. We get into Carroll’s creative process, the new cover, the long life of the comic, how they originally started creating it, and why horror comics rule. Plus, gay haunted houses! Their mom’s book club! Sexy scary ladies! And more!

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Jasmine Walls joins us to discuss her incredible comics Vixen: NYC, Midst: the Valorous Farmer, and Brooms. We talk about writing queer and trans stories, tapping into African mythology, and writing historical Black fiction. Walls shares how Brooms is a love letter to her own family, the importance of writing stories about joy, community, and found family, incorporating body diversity and disability into comics, and so much more.

In our first interview of the season, we talk to Caroline Cash, author of PeePee PooPoo. Cash tells us how she started in comics from art school to Quimby’s to Silver Sprocket. We also discuss autofic and how it can shield marginalized creators, creating a hyper-meta comic, and the importance of self-advocacy. Also, Chicago! Indie comics! Riverdale! Stardew Valley!

Pick up PeePee PooPoo from Silver Sprocket.

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In this special 5th anniversary episode, the lovely bitches take a look back at the best of the best of BoC. Five years of laughs, five years of profound conversations, five years of comics, baby! Join Monika Estrella Negra and S.E. Fleenor for this retrospective and enjoy some clips from some of our many favorite episodes. (They’re all our favorites, tbh.)

Head to the BoC website for the complete show notes with links to all episodes mentioned in this episode.

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We’re back, Bitches! Sara Century returns for a special bonus interview with Sarah Gailey and Liana Kangas! They discuss their deliciously dark murder mystery scifi comic KNOW YOUR STATION which is about so, so much more. Gailey and Kangas get into collaborating with someone who really understands you, playing around with scifi tropes, using gore and body horror to get the right comic rating, and so much more!

Pick up KNOW YOUR STATION wherever you get your comics!

Learn more about Sarah Gailey at: https://sarahgailey.com/

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Our Flashback Files, interviews previously published on Patreon and now available for all, continue with Sara Century speaking with Sharai Bohannon of A Nightmare on Fierce Street. This episode originally appeared on Patreon on October 31, 2022

Hi, everyone! This episode of Mediums of Horror is with Sharai Bohannon of the podcast Nightmare on Fierce Street, which she records with Trent Reese. We drag Stephen King (Sara's hobby), hype Candyman, and, you guessed it, talk about all the ways more inclusive horror is better horror. You can listen to the pod on any of your regular platforms, and you can...

Our Flashback Files, interviews previously published on Patreon and now available for all, continue with Sara Century speaking with Alexandra Velasco and Thais Castralli about avant garde horror filmmaking. This episode originally appeared on Patreon on October 10, 2022

This is a delightful interview with two incredibly well-versed horror, avant-garde, and film aficionados chatting with me about why experimental film and horror go so well together.

There are a few things you should check out ASAP, including the film that's under discussion here, The Seventh Circle. It's short and amazing so give it a shot!

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Mark your calendar for the return of Bitches on Comics on September 4, 2024! And, baby, that's our FIFTH ANNIVERSARY! WHAT!!!

Check out our trailer for our return in a few weeks with a brand new episode!

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Our Flashback Files, interviews previously published on Patreon and now available for all, continue with Sara Century speaking with Leila Latif. This episode originally appeared on Patreon on July 7, 2022

The fourth episode of Mediums of Horror is here! Our guest this time around is Leila Latif, who is a contributing editor at Total Film as well as the host of Truth & Movies: A Little White Lies Podcast. Read her articles, check out her website and/or follow her on Twitter, for she is great!

Sara met Leila because she wrote an article that she edited for...

Our Flashback Files, interviews previously published on Patreon and now available for all, continue with Sara Century speaking with Wi-Noto Nyoka of Black Women Are Scary. This episode originally appeared on Patreon on April 6, 2022

Sara got to chat with the wonderful Wi-Noto Nyoka of Black Women Are Scary, one of our very favorite horror podcasts out there! They chat about everything from the importance of Xena and Buffy to how sad but important The Land Before Time Was to, oh right, horror podcasting!

Wi-Moto's website is here, Twitter is here, and Black Women Are Scary's Twi...

Our Flashback Files, interviews previously published on Patreon and now available for all, continue with Sara Century speaking with the team behind Wrong Station Podcast. This episode originally appeared on Patreon on October 25, 2021

Today Sara interviews the folks at the Wrong Station narrative horror podcast about old time radio and why fiction could stand to be a little more buck wild. You can check out The Wrong Station wherever you listen to podcasts and also at their website!

Wrong Station is an anthology horror podcast created by Anthony Botelho (@‌AJVBotelho) and Alexander Saxton (@‌AEWSaxton), written and pro...

Our Flashback Files, interviews previously published on Patreon and now available for all, continue with Sara Century speaking with Ashanti Fortson and Allison O'Toole. This episode originally appeared on Patreon on October 18, 2021

Join us for this interview with Ashanti Fortson and Allison O'Toole about horror comics, then rush to buy the Shades of Fear Anthology, now available at: https://www.radiatorcomics.com/shop/uncategorized/shades-of-fear/

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Our Flashback Files, interviews previously published on Patreon and now available for all, continue with Sara Century speaking with Kayla J. This episode originally appeared on Patreon on June 4, 2023

Happy Pride! Join Sara and Kayla J as we discuss the Murder Wives of our hearts, Mystique and Destiny. We don't cover everything, but we do cover some of the greatest hits for these two. Currently topping the X-Line, they spent a long time in the closet, but I think here you will find that they have always been Murder Wives.

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Our Flashback Files, interviews previously published on Patreon and now available for all, continue with S.E. Fleenor speaking with Ty Yule. This episode originally appeared on Patreon on Dec 29, 2020

S.E. chats with author Ty Bo Yule about his new memoir CHEMICALLY ENHANCED BUTCH and how wizards, superheroes, and pirates are all great metaphors for gender and sexuality.

Pick up the memoir and learn more about Ty: https://chemicallyenhancedbutch.com/

While Bitches on Comics is on hiatus to deal with some personal matters, we’re also busy behind the scenes making sure we...

Our Flashback Files, interviews previously published on Patreon and now available for all, continue with Sara Century talking early Vertigo comics with Sam Richard of Weirdpunk Books. This episode originally appeared on Patreon on Dec 22, 2023.

Hello hello! This episode features Sam Richard and focuses on the work of creators like Grant Morrison and Mike Carey, and how the Vertigo line eventually wound down. We get into the good, the bad, and the mediocre, and chat a bit about many of the Vertigo creators that went into mainstream comics post-Vertigo. If you missed it, make sure to check...

Our Flashback Files, interviews previously published on Patreon and now available for all, continue with Sara Century talking early Vertigo comics with Sam Richard of Weirdpunk Books. This episode originally appeared on Patreon on Nov 5, 2023.

Hello hello! This episode features Sam Richard and focuses primarily on the work of Peter Milligan, who wrote Shade the Changing Man and Enigma in the very early Vertigo days (among other things, those are the ones we talk about here). If you recall we prematurely announced this episode that is just now going live, and that's because it actually turned into...

Sara is keeping perhaps somewhat busier than she needs to be with another podcast while BoC is on hiatus. The episode goes live officially on Monday, but here's a sneak peek for Bitches on Comics listeners! Subscribe wherever you get podcasts and thanks so much to you all for supporting the BoC Patreon even while we're on break.

Welcome to the third episode of Best Issue Ever! This episode's issue is Spider-Woman Vol. 1 #10, and it was chosen by my guest, Priya Saxena!

Priya and Sara also do an X-Men podcast at the Bitches on Comics...

In the first of our Flashback Files, interviews previously published on patreon and now available for all, S.E. Fleenor had a blast talking with Hedwig Hale about her new comic She Bites and the joys and gifts of writing horror comedy. Plus, Buffy chatter, working on comics scripts, adapting your own writing, and putting writing first! Don't miss this great chat! This episode originally aired on Patreon on November 30, 2022.

Pick up Issue #1 of She Bites at: https://www.scoutcomics.com/products/she-bites-1

Follow Hedwig on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/craftsforassholes/

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Returning champion Anthony Oliveira is here to chat about, well, so many things. For starters, he wrote Captain Marvel: Assault on Eden, giving us an excuse to chat about COMICS. Also, his book, Dayspring, is coming out! We chat about other podcasts Sara and Anthony have guested on, why Paradise Lost is a very metal book, and, you guessed it, the many lives of Carol Danvers. Join us!

Follow Anthony at his website, or on Twitter, or on Patreon!

Pre-order Dayspring here, and read Captain Marvel: Assault of Eden here.

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Sara and Arturo Rojas met via the great Graymalkin Lane podcast talking about the X-Men. At one point during a recording, they discovered that they both enjoy the Wheel of Time TV series, which led to this extraordinary episode. Arturo knows a ton about this franchise having read the whole series from beginning to end three whole times, so he's got plenty to say about it. Sara is along for the ride as an enthusiast who has read the first book and watched the show.

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The great Sarah Kuhn has joined us for our first episode of 2024! Sarah's work runs the gamut, so this is an abridged conversation because there is SO MUCH to chat about! We focus on the new one-shot Darkling, released through Archie Comics. However, there's a lot of info on Kuhn's other works, including her forays into Star Wars and DC, alongside her creator-owned pieces. This is one of our favorite creators, so it's a very fun chat. Join us!

Pick up Darkling via Archie Comics!

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We're here for our semi-regular horror movie extravaganza. This time around, we're joined by Priya, Kate, Sara, and Monika, and each of them has brought a film to discuss. First up, Black Christmas and abortion rights, second we discuss the horror camp spectacular that is Death Bed (the Bed That Eats), then we get into the allegory and sick werewolf transformations of The Company of Wolves, and, finally, the new queer werewolf film My Animal, which is also very fun and weird.

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It's that time again, time for a new episode of Bitches On Comics! This edition we're featuring Archie Bongiovanni, creator of Greasebats, A Quick and Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns, Yes I'm Flagging, and, most importantly to this call, Mimosa. Archie is a return guest and we couldn't be more thrilled to have them back on. We discuss the importance of zines to queer communities, what to do when your found family can't stay together anymore, and how to show up in your community in a meaningful way. Archie is a lot of fun, so enjoy this one...

Welcome back to good ol' Bitches On Comics with this exciting episode featuring LSBN cartoonist Emma Jayne! This episode also features guest host and former BoC guest, Veronique Emma Houxbois. Here, we discuss Jayne's incredible work and how making relatively optimistic art can be just as healing for the creator as it is for the reader. Mostly, we chat about her process, and her newest release, LSBN, which is published through podcast faves Silver Sprocket.

Pick up LSBN at the great Silver Sprocket shop! Trans Girls Hit the Town and other works of Emma's genius are available...

The lovely Ben Kahn returns to the podcast to talk about their new middle grade novel Elle Campbell Wins Their Weekend, as well as their forthcoming comic Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon. We talk about the importance of reading about nonbinary characters, balancing promotional work with writing, how they create power sets for characters, and so much more! Plus, Riverdale! Ferris Bueller! More Riverdale!

Learn more about Ben Kahn and sign up for their newsletter at: https://www.benkahncomics.com/

Follow Ben on Twitter: @BenTheKahn Instagram: @benkahncomics Blue Sky: @benkahncomics

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Here's a very special Halloween episode of Bitches of X, the Patreon offshoot series that Priya and Sara have been recording for quite a bit. This episode is all about Storm of the X-Men and the times she became a vampire! It's actually not that many times, but boy do we make the most of it. Not much to say about this one except we love the X-Men, Sara edited this episode, and Storm forever.

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The creator of the hit Dorothy Must Die series, Danielle Paige, is here with us for this episode! Danielle has a wild resume full of soap operas, comics, and hit novel series, so it was such a delight to dig into some of those works with her. Naturally, it's a Halloween episode, so we are definitely discussing killer dolls and all the fun of those, but we also talk about Star Wars, Riverdale, Mera, and more.

Learn more about Danielle Paige and her awesome output at her comprehensive website!

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K-Ming Chang is on this week to talk about why Wuthering Heights is great, our love for Winona Ryder's Dracula, and, oh yes, her new book Organ Meats! This is a wild body horror masterpiece so here's hoping it's already on your pre-order list, but if not, listen here, get hyped, and go pick it up!

Learn more about K-Ming Chang at her comprehensive website!

Pre-order Organ Meats from One World here!

And make sure to get all the rest of K-Ming's titles, which you can read about here!

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Stephanie Williams is back on the pod! This time to talk about HORROR in all its many forms. It's always a delight to have Stephanie on and the horror episodes are especially neat. We talk about religion and horror, horror comics, The Last Voyage of the Demeter, and much, much more. Oh! And of course Stephanie's new book, Strange and Unsung All-Stars of the DC Multiverse!

Learn more about Stephanie Williams at: whysteph.com

Follow Stephanie Williams at: @steph_i_will on Instagram and Twitter (link goes to Twitter)

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Welcome to our horror extravaganza! All month long, we're interviewing guests about horror and why they love it so. Up first is Hailey Piper, who has been dubbed one of the most important horror writers of our modern age. Hailey has a LOT of published work out there, so we talk about as much of it as we can fit into a 90-minute podcast with plenty of tangents. Hailey really knows her stuff so this is one for the horror nerds or anyone who wants to know more about why the heck we love horror so.

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Sierra Barnes joins us to talk about her forthcoming Dead Horse graphic novel Hans Vogel is Dead. We get into the book’s publishing journey, playing with folklore and fairy tales, and examining anti-fascism through historical realities. Sierra also discusses the challenge of making your main character a fascist and the necessity of doing so to investigate the ease of collaboration and the consequences of that ease. We get nerdy about history, folklore, storytelling, and so much more!

Learn more about Sierra Barnes and Hans Vogel is Dead at: https://www.sierrabravoart.com/

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Jeremy Holt comes on the pod to talk about graphic novel Gatsby, their reimagination of The Great Gatsby. We get into why this story is worth revisiting, how Jeremy brought it into a queerer, more diverse world, and so much more! Plus, we talk about being a person in process and a creative, the impacts of abuse and trauma, and the joy of living authentically. Don’t miss this deep and funny conversation!

Learn more about Jeremy Holt at: jeremyholtbooks.com

Follow Jeremy on Instagram and Twitter at: @jeremyholtbooks (link goes to Instagram)

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We talk to Fangoria columnist Lea Anderson about their deep love of horror, from AI and its relation to the Haitian roots of zombies to pod favorite film Abby to the changing landscape of filmmaking. Plus, we get into the writer and actor strikes! Interpreting art! Being a creative and getting by! And so much more!

Read Lea Anderson’s writing for Fangoria: fangoria.com/authors/lea-anderson/

Follow Lea Anderson on Twitter @leaanderson and on Instagram @arachleaa

And catch Monika and the whole BoC team talking Abby on Episode 140: It’s Halloween again!