Hyperspecific Things About Comic Books That We Love with David Harper & Brad Gullickson

About this episode

The episode features a discussion on niche aspects of comic books and culture with guests Brad Gullickson and David Harper.

Brad Gullickson (Comic Book Couples Counseling Podcast) and David Harper (SKTCHD, Off-Panel Podcast) join me for the second annual "Hyperspecific Comic Book Fantasy Draft", a celebration about the niche and esoteric things in comics and comic culture that we can't get enough of (like Dollar-Bin competition, themed sketchbooks, and Marvel Superhero Island) . We also chat about comic journalism's print resurgence, CBCC's new YT series: The Stacks (aka the Criterion Collection for comics), and D...

People in this episode

Host: Badr Milligan

Guests: Brad Gullickson, David Harper

Topics covered

• comic book culture
• hyperspecific comic book topics
• comic journalism
• Dollar-Bin competition
• themed sketchbooks
• Marvel Superhero Island

Keywords

• comic books
• comic culture
• hyperspecific topics
• comic journalism
• Dollar-Bin
• themed sketchbooks
• Marvel Superhero Island

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Comic Book Couples Counseling Podcast, SKTCHD, Off-Panel Podcast, CBCC

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