125 We catch up with everything after the holidays

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Jurgi and James discuss recent news and new graphic novel releases after the holidays.

We start the year with Jurgi and James trying to catch up with everything that's happened during the summer holidays. 01:42 Jurgi and James breeze through some of the latest news from the world of comics 06:29 James and Jurgi discuss the news that have piqued their interest: the recently announced animated series of Lore Olympus graphic novel sales were up in 2025 (in the U.S. book market) the UK's National Literacy Trust's excellent article about comics and literacy the 10 most valuable comics ever sold lots of best of 2025 comics lists 17:12 The Comics Arts Awards of Australia shorlist and some of our personal favourites 24:43 James and Jurgi discuss their picks from the new titles out in December and January: Labyrinth: Beyond the Goblin City by Delilah S. Dawson, Sas Milledge, Gustavo, Duarte (Boom! Studios) Free Planet by Aubrey Sitterson, Jed Dougherty (Image Comics) Queen Kodiak by Christopher Greenslate, Riccardo Faccini (Maverick) Total THB Vol 1 (of 3) by Paul Pope (Roaring Books Press) A Quick and Easy Guide to Healthy Relationships by Mariah-Rose Marie (Oni Press) I Am Their Silence by Jordi Lafebre, Montana Kane (Random House) 39:36 James and Jurgi go through some of…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jurgi, James

Topics covered

• comics news
• graphic novels
• literacy
• new releases
• Comics Arts Awards
• reading recommendations

Keywords

• graphic novels
• comics
• literacy
• new releases
• Comics Arts Awards
• Lore Olympus
• 2025

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lore Olympus, National Literacy Trust, Boom! Studios, Image Comics, Maverick, Roaring Books Press, Oni Press, Random House

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