Panel Pals
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!
Episodes
Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. The "Children of Watchmen" has finally arrived. Diane and Jack put to bed the seminal 1986 Alan Moore/Dave Gibbons masterpiece. Will their hot takes break up the pod? (no.).
You can find Panel Pals on Bluesky and Pinksky: panelpalspodcast.bsky.socialYou can follow Diane on Insta: / one_little_gremlin You can follow Jack on Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/fantompowerp...Musical Them...
THE END IS NIGH! Diane and Jack analyze the Watchmen sequel/DC crossover 32 years in the making: Geoff Johns and Gary Frank's Doomsday Clock! But is it worth the hype, controversy and legacy of Watchmen?You can find Panel Pals on Bluesky and Pinksky: 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/fantompowerpress.bsky.soci...
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 graphic novels? Is this appropriate?
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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's links: Instagram
Prostrate Constantly - YouTube
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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.
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Musical Theme: Found - Stemchamp
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 Diane tolerate Jack's fanboy-isms?
You can find Panel Pals on Bluesky and Pinksky: panelpalspodcast.bsky.socialYou can follow Diane on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/one_little_gremlin/You can follow Jack on Bsky: ht...
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/fantompowerpress.bsky.socialMusical Theme: Found - Stemchamp
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?
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"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.
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Tʜiƨ ɘqiƨobɘ, tʜɘ ꟼɒnɘl ꟼɒlƨ bo ƨomɘtʜinϱ ɒ littlɘ biʇʇɘɿɘnt, ɒƨ Ⴇiɒnɘ ɒnb Ⴑɒɔʞ ɔomqɒɿɘ ɒnb ɔontɿɒƨt Әɿɒnt Moɿɿiƨon & ꟻɿɒnʞ Ϙυitɘlγ'ƨ Mυltivɘɿƨitγ: ꟼɒx Amɘɿiɔɒnɒ witʜ Яod ⅃iɘʇɘlb'ƨ Yoυnϱdloob #1. How bo tʜɘƨɘ ƨinϱlɘ iƨƨυɘƨ ʜolb υq? Wʜɒt'ƨ tʜɘ bɘɒl witʜ ɘbϱγ ƨυqɘɿʜɘɿoɘƨ?
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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!
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You can follow Diane on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/one_little_gremlin/
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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 it worthy of the Watchmen legacy?
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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 the artistic peak.
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"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 Panel Pals on Bluesky and Pinksky: panelpalspodcast.bsky.social
You can follow Diane on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/one_little_gremlin/
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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.social
You can follow Diane on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/one_little_gremlin/
You can follow Jack on Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/fantompowerpress.bsky.social
Musical Theme: Found - Stemchamp
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 live up to the hype? How should we consider literary allusions? What's the deal with "formalism"? Find out here!
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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: panelpalspodcast.bsky.social
You can follow Diane on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/one_little_gremlin/
You can follow Jack on Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/fantompowerpress.bsky.social
Musical Theme: Found - Stemchamp
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!
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You can follow Diane on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/one_little_gremlin/
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Musical Theme: Found - Stemchamp
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 Lethem, Karl Rusnak and artist Farel Dalrymple's reimagining of Omega the Unknown.
Link to Part 1: The TradeWaiters 127: The Tradewaiters VS the Panel Pals Crossover Part 1
What would you do if you woke up in another body? Diane and Jack try and find the answer as they explore beauty standards, masculinity and Korean delinquent gangs in Taejun Pak's Lookism.
You can find Panel Pals on Bluesky and Pinksky: panelpalspodcast.bsky.social
You can follow Diane on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/one_little_gremlin/
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