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The day has finally arrived—Dave and I are talking about reading Undiscovered Country volume 1 by Charles Soule and Scott Snyder, which is his first time reading a graphic novel! But to make it extra fun, we decided to invite along a longtime listener, and extremely rare Zoomer, Deb Wampler to join in the conversation with us, for a good old fashioned Comic Book Club. Listen in as we discuss: How to read a graphic novel Different formats genres of graphic novels Whether we should have had Dave ease in with something a little easier (like Batman: The Long Halloween) What the experience of reading a graphic novel is like for someone who hasn't done it before If Dave and Deb are going to read Undiscovered Country volume 2 Sharing and supporting the show Leave a five-star rating and review of the show on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to the show. Give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram at @MalContentsPod Be sure to use the Amazon affiliate links above to help us pay for the costs of producing and hosting the show. Interested in sponsoring Table of (mal)Contents? Let’s talk via email or DM us on Twitter or Instagram.

Dave and Aaron are joined by Russ Ramsey for a conversation about art, pastoring in a pandemic, and why we can't stop banging the drum on reading fiction. Listen in as we discuss: The results of the Dave's haircut poll How pastoring in a pandemic has affected Russ' reading The multiple-time guest jacket Why culture warriors should tell stories instead Does Calvin & Hobbes count as a graphic novel? When we might be doing the discussion of Undiscovered Country Some breaking news in the life of Russ Ramsey! A few of the books we mentioned: Norco '80 by Peter Houlahan A Contract with God by Will Eisner Maus by Art Spiegelman Art & Faith by Matoko Fujimura The War of Art by Steven Pressfield Sharing and supporting the show Leave a five-star rating and review of the show on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to the show. Give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram at @MalContentsPod Be sure to use the Amazon affiliate links above to help us pay for the costs of producing and hosting the show. Interested in sponsoring Table of (mal)Contents? Let’s talk via email or DM us on Twitter or Instagram.

Dave and Aaron are joined by friend and former coworker Brandon Smith for a fun conversation about the Church Fathers, Batman, and the revolving door of heresy. Listen in as we discuss: How Christianity actually had faithful teachers before the Reformation What Batman graphic novels are good ones to read for a first-timer If there's such a thing as new heresy The only part of hockey Aaron talks about Should Dave take his hair all the way down, or keep working with what he's got A few of the books we mentioned: Batman: The Long Halloween and Batman: Dark Victory by Jeff Loeb and Tim Sale Batman by Tom King Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller Batman: Year One by Frank Miller & David Mazzuchelli Sharing and supporting the show Leave a five-star rating and review of the show on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to the show. Give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram at @MalContentsPod Be sure to use the Amazon affiliate links above to help us pay for the costs of producing and hosting the show. Interested in sponsoring Table of (mal)Contents? Let’s talk via email or DM us on Twitter or Instagram.

Dave, Scarlet, and Aaron are joined by former co-host/recurring guest Barnabas Piper to talk about… well, you'll just have to listen to hear. Listen in as we discuss: Dave's feelings on the graphic novel our listeners chose for him to read The dedication of Scarlet's next book How much we don't know about copyright law and fair use doctrine as it applies to music Sharing and supporting the show Leave a five-star rating and review of the show on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to the show. Give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram at @MalContentsPod Be sure to use the Amazon affiliate links above to help us pay for the costs of producing and hosting the show. Interested in sponsoring Table of (mal)Contents? Let’s talk via email or DM us on Twitter or Instagram.

Check out another show on the Area Code Network, No Chill Enneagram: Watch Party: We can't stop talking about the enneagram, so we started a podcast to get it all out of our system. No Chill Enneagram: Watch Party is a safe space for ennegram and pop culture fanatics. Each week, pop culture expert, Richard Clark, and enneagram expert, Bethany Perkins watch a movie or tv show and talk about it through the lens of the enneagram.

Dave & Aaron are back on Zoom talking about all kinds of not-at-all controversial subjects. As one does when on a Zoom call with a microphone. Instead, we talked current events, Star Wars, stock markets, and books. Listen in as we discuss: The winning book in our graphic novel reading challenge Whether the president should have a job title The opening scene of the inevitable book about Wall Street Bets (and future film starring Nicolas Cage) Being inspired to read again How to rank the Disney-era Star Wars films so far A few of the books we mentioned on this episode Undiscovered Country by Scott Snyder, Charles Soule, et al. The Hardest Job in the World by John Dickerson My Last Name by Eric Schumacher In Cold Blood by Truman Capote Benjamin Franklin by Walter Isaacson Sharing and supporting the show Leave a five-star rating and review of the show on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to the show. Give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram at @MalContentsPod Be sure to use the Amazon affiliate links above to help us pay for the costs of producing and hosting the show. Interested in sponsoring Table of (mal)Contents? Let’s talk via email or DM us on Twitter or Instagram.

Recently I (Aaron) went to the local Dollar General and was confronted with the most ridiculous book title I've seen in a long time. So naturally, I sent a picture to Dave and Scarlet, to which Dave immediately suggested that we talk about this on the show! So, with Scarlet out this week, that's what we did. And it was as silly and amazing as you would hope. Listen in as we discuss: Our favorites from a list of silly book titles we can't share (there are some that would definitely cross the line of the "don't get fired rule," so…) My vetting failure before making recommendations on graphic novels last week New graphic novel options for Dave to (maybe) read After last week's encouraging poll, we're back at it with another, which will go live sometime on Monday on Twitter. This one will, hopefully, be one that helps point Dave in a direction on which graphic novel he's going to try. A few of the books we mentioned on this episode Undiscovered Country by Scott Snyder, Charles Soule, et al. Birthright Vol 1: Homecoming by Joshua Williamson Paper Girls Vol 1 by Brian K Vaughan & Cliff Chiang Once & Future by Kieron Gillen Sharing and supporting the show Leave a five-star rating and review of the show on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to the show. Give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram at @MalContentsPod Be sure to use the Amazon affiliate links above to help us pay for the costs of producing and hosting the show. Interested in sponsoring Table of (mal)Contents? Let’s talk via email or DM us on Twitter or Instagram.

We're back at it this week, discussing all the latest and greatest in our lives (reading, writing, and otherwise), including a possible near-death experience! Listen in as we discuss: Scarlet's tales of adventure over the Christmas break My first stab at the graphic novel reading challenge options My incredible progress on my reading challenge for the year Reading dry spells and ultimatums This week, we're kicking off a Twitter poll for you all to help us in this quest to find the right graphic novel for the team to read together. But there's just one problem: none of the books on our list are going to make the final cut because of a second review for content issues. So, we're back to square one. But hopefully the poll will be helpful, so check it out on Twitter. A few of the books we mentioned on this episode Y: The Last Man by Brian K. Vaughan & Pia Guerra Sweet Tooth by Jeff Lemire Sentient by Jeff Lemire & Gabriel Hernandez Walta The Big Book of Barry Ween, Boy Genius by Judd Winick Forward curated by Blake Crouch American Gospel by Lin Enger Sharing and supporting the show Leave a five-star rating and review of the show on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to the show. Give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram at @MalContentsPod Be sure to use the Amazon affiliate links above to help us pay for the costs of producing and hosting the show. Interested in sponsoring Table of (mal)Contents? Let’s talk via email or DM us on Twitter or Instagram.

We're kicking off the new year in style—although sadly sans Scarlet—as we talk about all kinds of wild and crazy things that have happened in the last week or so. Listen in as we discuss: Whether or not a publisher has the right to cancel a contract and why they might How we feel about the events of this past week Ideas for how to organize our bookshelves Teasers for a few upcoming items and events that we hope we can share more about in the future A few of the books we mentioned on this episode Big Truths Bible Storybook (available for preorder) American Gospel by Lin Enger A Promised Land by Barack Obama Blood, Sweat, and Pixels by Jason Schreier Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Clanlands by Sam Heughan & Graham McTavish CSB Every Day With Jesus Daily Bible Sharing and supporting the show Leave a five-star rating and review of the show on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to the show. Give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram at @MalContentsPod Be sure to use the Amazon affiliate links above to help us pay for the costs of producing and hosting the show. Interested in sponsoring Table of (mal)Contents? Let’s talk via email or DM us on Twitter or Instagram.

Just as the end of the year brings with it scores of end-of-year book lists, so too does it bring a bevy of plans for how to make this next year the best year ever! Whether it's choosing a theme word (something I'm pretty sure none of us on this show has done), planning to read the Bible 37 times in a year, or reading 1,000,000 books, we often come up with goals and plans that are entirely unrealistic, and suck the joy out of life. So we thought we'd talk about plans that can make us happier, healthier readers. Listen in as we discuss: What we're thinking about in terms of how we want to be reading in 2021 How many books Scarlet's going to read this coming year The problem with Goodreads' Reading Challenge, despite us all using it The next big shared reading plan for the three of us Sharing and supporting the show Leave a five-star rating and review of the show on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to the show. Give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram at @MalContentsPod Be sure to use the Amazon affiliate links above to help us pay for the costs of producing and hosting the show. Interested in sponsoring Table of (mal)Contents? Let’s talk via email or DM us on Twitter or Instagram.