Episode 236: Reviews of What Parsifal Saw, Love and Rockets #2, and Redneck #1 - a podcast by Stergios Botzakis & Derek Royal

Time Codes:

• 00:00:30 - Introduction
• 00:02:38 - Tell them the Two Guys with PhDs sent you!
• 00:03:38 - What Parsifal Saw
• 00:21:34 - Love and Rockets #2
• 00:48:15 - Redneck #1
• 00:59:11 - Wrap up
• 01:00:02 - Contact us

This week the Two Guys give you a double shot of recent Fantagraphics books. They start off with a discussion of Ron Regé Jr.'s What Parsifal Saw, his followup to 2012's The Cartoon Utopia (the paperback edition of which has also just been released by Fantagraphics). This is the first time that Andy and Derek have covered one of Regé's books on The Comics Alternative -- they've discussed his comics before, but only as part of an anthology -- and they point out how his art requires a different way of reading. After that, they look at the latest issue of Love and Rockets. The guys never miss an opportunity to discuss what the Hernandez brothers are up to, and in this second issue of the new series they see how both Gilbert and Jaime are continuing the storylines they began in the last couple of Love and Rockets: New Stories annuals. Finally, the Two Guys wrap up with the latest title from Donny Cates, Redneck #1 (Image Comics). With wonderful art by Lisandro Estherren, this is a contemporary vampire story set in East Texas (and not far from Derek). Both feel that this is a successful first issue, but Andy points out that the structure feels similar to what Cates has been doing in God Country and The Paybacks.

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