S04E04: Rare Flavours — A Gnawing Feeling ft. Ritesh Babu

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Comic Sans

Andas Productions

42 episodes

4 days ago

Comic Sans is a podcast about comics for the curious, hosted by seasoned reader Myle Yan Tay and page-flipping newbie Nathaniel Mah.

Every episode, we dive into a new comic, talk about what we love, and break down how stories are told using the tools of the comic book trade.

We read all kinds of comics from all over the world — from classic crime capers, to romcom sports manga, to postcolonial vampire tales — and give you just enough context to read along with us.

So whether you're looking for your first comic or your five hundredth, come join us on Comic Sans!

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Comic Sans is a podcast about comics for the curious, hosted by seasoned reader Myle Yan Tay and page-flipping newbie Nathaniel Mah.

Every episode, we dive into a new comic, talk about what we love, and break down how stories are told using the tools of the comic book trade.

We read all kinds of comics from all over the world — from classic crime capers, to romcom sports manga, to postcolonial vampire tales — and give you just enough context to read along with us.

So whether you're looking for your first comic or your five hundredth, come join us on Comic Sans!

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S04E04: Rare Flavours — A Gnawing Feeling ft. Ritesh Babu

Comic Sans

1 hour 1 minute 56 seconds

4 days ago

S04E04: Rare Flavours — A Gnawing Feeling ft. Ritesh Babu

On their weekly grocery run to the marketplace of ideas, Yan and Nat stumble upon a strange stall they've never seen before. Far from the nostalgic scents of the retconfectionery and the electric buzz of the canned-dialogue dispensers, comics critic Ritesh Babu invites our hosts for a very special tasting of "Rare Flavours" by Ram V and Filipe Andrade. --- The conversation with Ritesh continues in the Comic Sans Aftershow, our Patreon-exclusive podcast where Yan and Nat chat in depth with guests on their work and creative practice. Become a Friend of Comic Sans today! --- In this episode, Yan and Nat read Issues #1 and #3. Show notes and bibliography available here. Hear an interesting ad? Learn more about our advertisers here. Tag us @comicsanspod on Instagram and Bluesky — we'd love to hear from you! --- 00:00 - Preamble 09:09 - Introducing "Rare Flavours" 12:44 - Yan and Nat's Five Words 13:46 - Yan's Recap 15:27 - Discussion 54:50 - Ritesh's Final Questions 1:00:32 - Up Next on Comic Sans --- Ritesh Babu is a writer and critic of comics, film, politics, and pop culture whose work has appeared in Vox, Polygon, PanelxPanel, among others. He enjoys reading postcolonial theory, genre fiction, and far too many sports manga. Read Ritesh's big sitdown interview with Ram V in The Comics Journal, and follow him on Bluesky. Comic Sans is an Andas Productions podcast hosted by Myle Yan Tay and Nathaniel Mah, produced by Scott Lee Chua and Roshan Singh Sambhi. Edited by Maddy Searle (audio) and Kit Ling Leong (video). Cover art by Isabel Fang. Motion graphics animation by Knikni Studio (Maryana Rudakova). And a huge thank you to the members of our Patreon Inner Circle: Eugene Choo, Melody Lau, and Smith Chua — your support makes this show possible! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.