Comics Syllabus

By paul lai

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A comics and graphic novels appreciation podcast, where literacy educator Paul Lai (@twoplai) reads widely and digs deep in search of the socio-cultural, literary, and artistic significance of comic books, including superhero media, graphic novels, all-ages comics, and comic shop single issues. For comics fans, teachers, librarians and parents, and young readers alike.

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Episode Date
Infinite Unlimited 12.07.2025. Aaron for the Win! Abso-Supes, Turtles, and Miles ahead...
Dec 08, 2025
Infinite Unlimited 11.30.2025. What makes eXceptional X-Men? And DC KOs again...
Nov 30, 2025
Comics Syllabus 4TKI: STRANGE ACADEMY!
Oct 09, 2022
EVERYDAY HERO MACHINE BOY Creators Irma Kniivila and Tri Vuong interviewed!
Sep 25, 2022
Captain Marvel! by Kelly Thompson and Carmen Carnero and other artists
Sep 11, 2022
She-Hulk... the show AND the current comic!
Aug 27, 2022
SQUIRREL GIRL Novels by Shannon Hale & Dean Hale and INVISIBLE by Christina Diaz Gonzalez & Gabriela Epstein
Aug 14, 2022
Announcement: Cohost Kid Joins as Regular Cohost with Teacher Dad
Aug 14, 2022
Comics Syllabus Pod: The Infinite Unlimited and Cohost Kid Announcement!
Aug 14, 2022
What I’ve Been Reading and Watching
Jul 23, 2022
Comics Syllabus Pod: Ms Marvel Beyond the Limit
Jul 17, 2022
Comics Syllabus Pod: Jose Pimienta on upcoming TWIN CITIES Mexicali YA Graphic Novel
Jun 12, 2022
Comics Syllabus Pod: "The Third Person" and "Peanuts Artist Edition"
May 29, 2022
Comics Syllabus Pod: "The Leak" and "Amazing Fantasy"
May 15, 2022
Comics Syllabus Pod: “Aru Shah and the End of Time” and “Avengers Assembly”
May 01, 2022
Cmx Syllabus Pod: “Memories from Limón” and “Artie and the Wolf Moon”
Apr 14, 2022
Inbox Longbox pod: exploring 3 Worlds / 3 Moons pt1
Apr 11, 2022
"Moon Knight" by Lemire and Smallwood
Apr 10, 2022
"Girl on Fire" by Alicia Keys, Andrew Weiner, and Brittney Williams
Apr 10, 2022
Cmx Syllabus Pod: Moon Knight by Lemire and Smallwood
Apr 03, 2022
"Wingbearer" and The Batman
Mar 20, 2022
BORDERS, SUPERGIRL, and FF LIFE STORY with Cohost Kid
Mar 20, 2022
Cmx Syll Pod: "Girl on Fire" by Alicia Keys, Andrew Weiner, and Brittney Williams
Mar 20, 2022
Cmx Syll SubPod: "Turning 'READ'," Glass Eye Studios' "Sirens of the City," and other upcoming reads
Mar 14, 2022
Cmx Syllabus Pod: "Wingbearer" and The Batman
Mar 06, 2022
Cmx Syllabus Pod: BORDERS, SUPERGIRL, and FF LIFE STORY with Cohost Kid
Feb 20, 2022
STARSIGNS, New Comics on Substack, and Why SciFi?
Feb 06, 2022
CmxSyllabusPod: STARSIGNS, New Comics on Substack, and Why SciFi?
Feb 06, 2022
CmxSyllabusPod: "Arrowsmith," "Buckhead," "Discipline"
Feb 06, 2022
Arrowsmith, Buckhead, Comics on Substack, and Discipline!
Jan 23, 2022
No One Else, Made in Korea, Good Asian, Crush and Lobo, and More!
Dec 12, 2021
Comics Syllabus Podcast: No One Else, Made in Korea, Good Asian, Crush and Lobo, and More!
Dec 12, 2021
Comics Syllabus: "Grass of Parnassus" and Podcast Updates
Nov 28, 2021
Comics Syllabus Podcast: Updates and "Grass of Parnassus" and Everything
Nov 28, 2021
Comics Syllabus: "Laid-Back Camp" and Other Comics with Cohost Kid
Nov 14, 2021
Comics Syllabus: "Laid-Back Camp" and Other Comics with Cohost Kid
Nov 14, 2021
Infinite Unlimited: Comixology Originals from October 2021
Nov 03, 2021
Comics Syllabus: "Asadora!" by Naoki Urasawa and "Marshmallow & Jordan" by Alina Chau
Oct 31, 2021
Comics Syllabus: "Asadora!" by Naoki Urasawa and "Marshmallow & Jordan" by Alina Chau
Oct 31, 2021
Comics Syllabus: It's JEFF! the Landshark, and other Cohost Kid favs
Oct 17, 2021
It's Jeff! the Landshark and other favs with Cohost Kid
Oct 17, 2021
Comics Syllabus: Ms Marvel Stretched Thin, Unearthed: Jessica Cruz, and BlancaFlor
Oct 03, 2021
Comics Syllabus: YA/Kids Graphic Novels with Ms. Marvel, Jessica Cruz, BlancaFlor, and More!
Oct 03, 2021
Y: The Last Man (the comic), Shang-Chi (the movie), and Substack (the comics!)
Sep 23, 2021
Comics Syllabus Podcast: Y the Last Man (the comic), Shang-Chi (the movie), and Substack has Comics!
Sep 19, 2021
Comics Syllabus Podcast: "Shang-Chi," but not the movie
Sep 05, 2021
2021-09-06 "Shang-Chi," but not the movie
Sep 05, 2021
Jeff Lemire and Jock's "Snow Angels" plus Lemire & Nguyen's "Ascender" and Lemire & Crook's "Unbelievable Unteens"
Aug 22, 2021
2021-08-22 Jeff Lemire and Jock's "Snow Angels"... and LeMORE!
Aug 22, 2021
2021-08-15 John Lewis' "Run," "What If," and "Suicide Squad"
Aug 15, 2021
Comics PLEASE!: Chibi Usagi, Miles Morales, Johnny Constantine, Fifth Quarter
Aug 07, 2021
"Adora and the Distance" review
Aug 01, 2021
Polybagged New Comics July 21, '21 Week: Bermuda, Dark Blood, Save Yourself, Radiant Black
Jul 27, 2021
Black Widow film + comics thoughts
Jul 14, 2021
2021-07-11 Eisner Nominees, Mamo, Ordinary Gods, Wynd, Karmen
Jul 11, 2021
Polybagged New Comics July 7, '21 Week: Wynd, Ordinary Gods, Karmen, Mamo
Jul 08, 2021
Eisner Nominees 2021 part 1
Jul 06, 2021
2021-07-04 Djeliya by Juni Ba, Crossover, Monstress, Usagi, Made in Korea
Jul 04, 2021
Polybagged New Comics June 30, '21 Week Usagi, Monstress, Made in Korea, Crossover
Jul 01, 2021
Review of "Djeliya" by Juni Ba (TKO)
Jun 29, 2021
2021-06-27 Good Luck, Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters, and Infinite/Unlimited Vita Ayala
Jun 27, 2021
Polybagged New Comics June 23, '21 Week Jonna, Good Luck, Blue Flame, Black Hammer Reborn
Jun 26, 2021
The Infinite Unlimited 21-06-21 Static 1 and Children of the Atom 1
Jun 22, 2021
2021-06-20 "Truly Tyler" by Terry Libenson, Home, Laila Starr, Rangers of the Divide, Compass
Jun 20, 2021
Comics PLEASE: "Truly Tyler" by Terry Libenson
Jun 20, 2021
Polybagged for June 16, 2021
Jun 19, 2021
Polybagged for June 9, 2021
Jun 13, 2021
"Black Star" by Glover and Jovellanos (Megascope) review
Jun 13, 2021
2021-06-13 Black Star by Glover and Jovellanos, and New Comics This Week
Jun 13, 2021
What the Feed? Intro to Week of June 12th
Jun 12, 2021
2021-06-06 Static, Fire Power, Iron Fist: Heart of the Dragon, and more
Jun 06, 2021
PolyBagged for June 2, 2021
Jun 06, 2021
Infinite Unlimited: "Static" #1-5 on DCU Infinite
Jun 05, 2021
PolyBagged for May 29, 2021
May 30, 2021
"The Dragon Path" review [VIDEO]
May 30, 2021
2021-05-29 "The Dragon Path" and other new comics
May 30, 2021
215 Mark Russell on SECOND COMING and BILLIONAIRE ISLAND
Mar 10, 2020
Ep 00 Wings of Fire Fancast Launches Right Before DRAGONSLAYER Drops!
Mar 03, 2020
214 On Little Bird and Pretty Deadly: the Rat, Lemire in space, TKO, and Spy x Family
Feb 25, 2020
213 On "Sports is Hell" by Ben Passmore
Feb 10, 2020
212 Carnival X: On Marvel's Dawn of X
Jan 28, 2020
Test Episode: Book 3-- The Hidden Kingdom
Jan 15, 2020
211 Comics of the Decade
Jan 13, 2020
210 Favorite Graphic Novels of 2019
Dec 17, 2019
209 Favorite Series of 2019
Dec 03, 2019
208 Pittsburgh by Frank Santoro, Tom Spurgeon, Re-reading Planetary, and Dawn of X with Johnny Hall
Nov 19, 2019
207 Comics PLEASE: Wings of Fire and Superman Smashes the Klan
Nov 05, 2019
206 On "Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me" and Comics in Libraries with Alea Perez
Oct 22, 2019
205 On Kevin Huizenga's "The River at Night" and CXC Columbus with Johnny Hall
Oct 08, 2019
204 Reviews of “Guts” by Raina Telgemeier & “Simon and Louise” by Max de Radigués
Sep 24, 2019
203 Kids Series- "Best Friends," "Mighty Jack & Zita," and "Hilda & the Mountain King"
Sep 10, 2019
202: "King of King Court" by Travis Dandro (D+Q) plus NCBD Notes on Sword & Sorcery Comics
Aug 27, 2019
Comics Syllabus 201: "Hot Comb" by Ebony Flowers (Drawn + Quarterly)
Aug 12, 2019
Returning & Remembering Derek
Jul 27, 2019
Rescue Princesses by Paula Harrison
Jun 08, 2019
Nameless City by Faith Erin Hicks
Feb 19, 2019
THE MUSHROOM FAN CLUB by Elise Gravel
Feb 18, 2019
06 Mister Miracle Mister Miracle Mister Miracle
Oct 02, 2018
05 Contextualizing Kirby, New Gods 5, Forever People 5
Sep 18, 2018
04 Big Barda, Happyland, and the Ballad of Goody Rickles!
Sep 04, 2018
03 Mister Miracle's Paranoid Pill and other Kirby Brilliance!
Aug 21, 2018
02 The Fourth World Expands and So Do Darkseid's Tendrils!
Jul 30, 2018
01 First Issues of New Gods, Mister Miracle, and Forever People!
Jul 17, 2018
Mother Box Pilot Episode
Jul 14, 2018
HILDA AND THE HIDDEN PEOPLE
Jul 09, 2018
00 Pilot: Jack Kirby's Fourth World Begins w/ Jimmy Olsen 133-135
Jul 09, 2018
100th Episode Justin Greenwood and All Time Pull Lists from Paul List Friends
Nov 18, 2016
Southern B******s v3 Homecoming by Jason Aaron and Jason Latour w Chris Brunner Image
Nov 12, 2016
The End of Summer by Tillie Walden Avery Hill
Nov 08, 2016
Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Ryan North Erica Henderson Marvel
Nov 05, 2016
Doom Patrol Omnibus by Grant Morrison and Richard Case DC
Nov 05, 2016
Prince of Cats by Ronald Wimberly Image Comics
Nov 02, 2016
Wonder Woman 75th Anniversary Special 1 by Various DC
Oct 30, 2016
Dear Creature by Jonathan Case Dark Horse Tor
Oct 30, 2016
Mockingbird Pluto v3 Monkess the Homunculus Battles of Bridget Lee and Untitled Ape's Epic Adventure
Oct 28, 2016
The Secret Voice by Zack Soto Study Group
Oct 25, 2016
A Force by Kelly Thompson G Willow Wilson Molina Caldwell Siqueira Marvel
Oct 22, 2016
Pluto v2 by Urasawa and Tezuka Viz
Oct 21, 2016
Tokyo Ghost by Rick Remender Sean Murphy Matt Hollingsworth Rus Wooton Image
Oct 19, 2016
Sheriff of Babylon by Tom King and Mitch Gerads DC Vertigo
Oct 16, 2016
Mini Marvels by Chris Giarrusso Marvel
Oct 13, 2016
Pluto 1 by Naoki Urasawa and Tezuka
Oct 13, 2016
Death of X 1 by Jeff Lemire Charles Soule Aaron Kuder Marvel
Oct 12, 2016
Alternative Press Expo 2016 Small Press Finds
Oct 11, 2016
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang First Second
Oct 11, 2016
Goldie Vance The Paul List Future and a Pluto reading project
Oct 06, 2016
Unbeatable Squirrel Girl 12 Ryan North Erica Henderson Rico Renzi Marvel
Oct 04, 2016
Batman Night of the Monster Men crossover by Steve Orlando and Various DC
Oct 03, 2016
Finding Molly Adventures in Catsitting by Justine Prado Jenn St-Onge Carey Pietsch Emet Comics
Oct 01, 2016
Trinity 1 by Francis Manapul and Wands DC Comics
Sep 23, 2016
Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier Graphix
Sep 20, 2016
The Paul List Pauses and Reflects
Sep 12, 2016
Doctor Strange 11 Jason Aaron Kevin Nowlan Leonardo Romero Jordie Bellaire Marvel
Sep 12, 2016
Aquaman 6 Dan Abnett Brad Walker Andrew Hennessey Gabe Eltaeb DC
Sep 12, 2016
Niobe She is Life Amandla Stenberg Sebastian Jones Ashley Woods Darrell May Stranger Comics
Sep 11, 2016
Coral Reefs Science Comics by Maris Wicks First Second
Sep 09, 2016
Carl Barks Donald Duck Lost in the Andes Fantagraphics and Thomas Andrae book
Sep 09, 2016
Barrier 2 by Brian K Vaughan Marcos Martin Muntsa Vicente Panel Syndicate
Sep 09, 2016
AmericaTown by Bradford Winters Larry Cohen and Daniel Irizarri Boom
Sep 09, 2016
Future Quest 4 by Jeff Parker Evan Shaner Ron Randall Hi Fi DC
Sep 06, 2016
Silver Surfer 6 by Dan Slott Mike Allred Laura Allred Marvel
Sep 04, 2016
Handbook by Kevin Budnik Self Published
Sep 04, 2016
Sunny Side Up by Jennifer Holm Matthew Holm and Lark Pien Graphix
Sep 02, 2016
090116 Jack Kirby New Gods Artist Edition IDW with books by Hatfield and Evanier
Sep 01, 2016
083116 Pull List Addendum
Aug 31, 2016
083116 Demon by Jason Shiga shigabooks and First Second
Aug 31, 2016
083016 Pretty Deadly v2 DeConnick Rios Bellaire Cowles Image
Aug 30, 2016
082916 Nighthawk 4 Walker Villalobos Marvel
Aug 29, 2016
08282016 Action Comics 962 by Jurgens Segovia Thibert DC
Aug 27, 2016
08272016 Our Mother by Luke Howard Retrofit
Aug 27, 2016
08262016 Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam by Mike Kunkel DC
Aug 27, 2016
08252016 Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye by Sonny Liew Pantheon and Pull List
Aug 26, 2016
082316 Shadow Hero by Sonny Liew and Gene Luen Yang First Second
Aug 24, 2016
082216 Sense and Sensibility by Sonny Liew and Nancy Butler Marvel
Aug 22, 2016
082116 Doctor Fate 15 by Paul Levitz Sonny Liew Lee Loughridge & DC Art Styles
Aug 22, 2016
082016 Artificial Flowers By Rachael Smith From Avery Hill
Aug 21, 2016
081916 The Baby-Sitters Club by Raina Telgemeier based on Ann M Martin Graphix
Aug 19, 2016
08-18-16 Spider-Man by Todd McFarlane Omnibus Marvel
Aug 19, 2016
081716 New Comic Book Day Pull List
Aug 18, 2016
08-15-16 Back from Hiatus with All New All Diff Avengers Annual 1 by Various from Marvel
Aug 17, 2016
Paul List 2016-08-05 March Book 3 by Lewis Aydin Powell Top Shelf
Aug 05, 2016
Paul List 2016-08-04 Schulz Peanuts Artists Edition IDW plus Michaelis bio and TCJ
Aug 04, 2016
Paul List 2016-08-03 Mycroft 1 by Abdul Jabbar Obstfeld Casssara Titan and NCBD
Aug 03, 2016
Paul List 2016-08-02 Shutter v4 by Keatinge Del Duca Image
Aug 02, 2016
Paul List 2016-08-01 Totally Awesome Hulk 9 Pak Del Mundo Marvel
Jul 30, 2016
Paul List 2016-07-31 The Opportunity by Will Volley Myriad Editions
Jul 30, 2016
Paul List 2016-07-30 Batgirl 1 Larson Albuquerque DC
Jul 29, 2016
Paul List 2016-07-29 King of Kazoo by Feuti Graphix
Jul 29, 2016
Paul List 2016-07-28 Jack Davis MAD Original Idiots & Carol Tilley research Seducing the Innocent
Jul 28, 2016
Paul List 2016-07-27 Little Robot by Hatke First Second and Eisner Winners and NCBD
Jul 28, 2016
Paul List 2016 - 07 - 27 Wilds End The Enemy Within Abnett Culbard Boom
Jul 27, 2016
Paul List 2016-07-26 Black Widow 5 Samnee Waid Wilson Marvel and Jesse Hamm on Patreon
Jul 27, 2016
Paul List 2016-07-25 Wonder Woman 1 2 Rucka Scott Sharp DC and Secret History Lepore Vintage
Jul 25, 2016
Paul List 2016-07-23 Black Hammer 1 Lemire Ormston Dark Horse
Jul 23, 2016
Paul List 2016-07-21 Essex County Lemire Top Shelf IDW
Jul 21, 2016
Paul List 2016-07-20 Eisner Picks Extrasode
Jul 21, 2016
Paul List 2016-07-20 NCBD and Reading Lemire Kindt Interviews from Paste Magazine
Jul 20, 2016
Paul List 2016-07-19 Plutona Lemire Lenox Image
Jul 20, 2016
Paul List 2016-07-18 Old Man Logan 8 Lemire Sorrentino Maiolo Marvel
Jul 19, 2016
Paul List 2016 - 07 - 17 Contemporary Comics Storytelling Kukkonen Univ Nebraska Press
Jul 17, 2016
Paul List 2016 - 07 - 16 New Super - Man Bogdanovich Yang DC
Jul 15, 2016
Paul List 2016 - 07 - 15 The Nameless City By Faith Erin Hicks First Second
Jul 15, 2016
Paul List 2016 - 07 - 14 Bone Great Cow Race By Smith Artist Edition IDW
Jul 14, 2016
Paul List 2016 - 07 - 13 Astro Boy Omnibus Tezuka Dark Horse NCBD
Jul 14, 2016
Paul List 2016 - 07 - 12 Monstress Liu Takeda Image
Jul 13, 2016
Paul List 2016 - 07 - 11 Invin Iron Man 11 Bendis Deodato Marvel & Fawaz New Mutants NYU
Jul 12, 2016
What Is The Paul List
Jul 10, 2016
Paul List 2016 - 07 - 09 Superman 2 Tomasi Gleason Gray DC
Jul 09, 2016
Paul List 2016 - 07 - 08 Nat Turner By Baker Abrams
Jul 08, 2016
Paul List 2016 07 07 Green Arrow Celebration 75 Years DC
Jul 07, 2016
Paul List 2016 - 07 - 06 Fuse 19 Johnston And Greenwood Extrasode
Jul 07, 2016
Paul List 2016 - 07 - 06 Out On The Wire Abel BDWY
Jul 06, 2016
Paul List 2016 - 07 - 05 Saga Vol 6 Vaughan Staples Image
Jul 05, 2016
Paul List 2016 - 07 - 04 Ms Marvel 8 Wilson Miyazawa Alphona Marvel
Jul 04, 2016
Paul List 2016 - 07 - 03 Bending Steel Modernity And Superheroes Regalado Univ Press Of Miss
Jul 03, 2016
Paul List 2016 - 07 - 02 DC Bombshells Bennett And Various
Jul 02, 2016
Paul List 2016 - 07 - 01 Bird In A Cage Roher Conundrum
Jul 02, 2016
Paul List 2016 - 06 - 30 Walt And Skeezix Frank King DandQ
Jun 30, 2016
Paul List 2016 - 06 - 29 Pilgrim Finch By Ethan Young STELA And NCBD
Jun 30, 2016
Paul List 2016 06 28 Semiautomagic De Campi Ordway Louise Dark Horse
Jun 29, 2016
Paul List 2016 - 06 - 27 Power Man And Iron Fist 5 Walker Flaviano Marvel Comics
Jun 29, 2016
Paul List 2016 - 06 - 25 Flash 1 DC Comics Williamson Di Giandomenico
Jun 26, 2016
Paul List 2016 - 06 - 24 The Fiction Boom Studios Curt Pires David Rubin
Jun 24, 2016
Paul List 16 - 06 - 23 ThroBk Thurs Death Of Gwen Stacy
Jun 24, 2016
Paul List 16 - 06 - 22 Wed Wide World Esteban Europe
Jun 22, 2016
Paul List 16 - 06 - 21 Tues Intro Ep
Jun 21, 2016