Tate McFadden
@janethesturgeon.bsky.social
Comics critic for The Comics Journal, Comics Beat, and Fanbase Press
Editor of Thick Lines Podcast, co-host of Absolute Ultimate Escapist Comics Podcast
Fiction writer and cartoonist
The trans madwoman in your attic
BA in Literary Arts from UC San Diego
Editor of Thick Lines Podcast, co-host of Absolute Ultimate Escapist Comics Podcast
Fiction writer and cartoonist
The trans madwoman in your attic
BA in Literary Arts from UC San Diego
We also rave about a couple Bat titles: @mattfraction.bsky.social .social @jorgejimenezart.bsky.social Batman #3 and why we're stupid excited for it as well as Gotham Academy First Year #2 from @beckycloonan.bsky.social and @karlkerschl.bsky.social which is my favorite thing we discuss on the pod!
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We also rave about a couple Bat titles: @mattfraction.bsky.social .social @jorgejimenezart.bsky.social Batman #3 and why we're stupid excited for it as well as Gotham Academy First Year #2 from @beckycloonan.bsky.social and @karlkerschl.bsky.social which is my favorite thing we discuss on the pod!
We discuss @joekelly.bsky.social 's Amazing Spider-Man, @denizcamp.bsky.social Assorted Crisis Events #6 and why you should pop a wellbutrin before reading it, as well as @derekmballard.bsky.social Nick Winn and Shawn Lee's Adventure Time
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We discuss @joekelly.bsky.social 's Amazing Spider-Man, @denizcamp.bsky.social Assorted Crisis Events #6 and why you should pop a wellbutrin before reading it, as well as @derekmballard.bsky.social Nick Winn and Shawn Lee's Adventure Time
Big fan of the stories! I’d reply to them more often but I can never be concise enough!
October 31, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Big fan of the stories! I’d reply to them more often but I can never be concise enough!
In this episode we discuss @dccomics2023.bsky.social Next Level from Scott Snyder, and various speculations on the artists and their series! We also talk @dandq.bsky.social Black Cohosh by @eaglevaliant.bsky.social Ben Passmore’ Black Arms to Hold You Up and much much more!
October 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
In this episode we discuss @dccomics2023.bsky.social Next Level from Scott Snyder, and various speculations on the artists and their series! We also talk @dandq.bsky.social Black Cohosh by @eaglevaliant.bsky.social Ben Passmore’ Black Arms to Hold You Up and much much more!
And the second part of the second episode! Here we talk reading recs from the new stuff this week!
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October 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
And the second part of the second episode! Here we talk reading recs from the new stuff this week!
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Y'all, go listen right now! From the brain that absolutely did not bring you Thick Lines podcast, but did cut out the bits that didn't have good sound quality or included Sally's dog barking, along with @plaguingpossum.bsky.social and Perl lastnameredacted comes Absolute Ultimate Escapist Comics.
October 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Y'all, go listen right now! From the brain that absolutely did not bring you Thick Lines podcast, but did cut out the bits that didn't have good sound quality or included Sally's dog barking, along with @plaguingpossum.bsky.social and Perl lastnameredacted comes Absolute Ultimate Escapist Comics.
I'd encourage any dudes who are obsessed with like, Absolute Batman or something to read this and like...learn about female interiority or subjectivity or something.
October 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I'd encourage any dudes who are obsessed with like, Absolute Batman or something to read this and like...learn about female interiority or subjectivity or something.
Supergirl is allowed to be immature, kinda gross, grown up, and goofy all at once which just makes me happy for my girl. The book feels as much like an auteur-driven piece of comics as any of the high-concept stuff happening in other part of the big two, but in a totally distinct way.
October 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Supergirl is allowed to be immature, kinda gross, grown up, and goofy all at once which just makes me happy for my girl. The book feels as much like an auteur-driven piece of comics as any of the high-concept stuff happening in other part of the big two, but in a totally distinct way.
You're very much along for the ride on this one which is SO enjoyable. You can really tell this was written by a trans woman too, because femininity and womanhhood has a very zany character to it with an underlying respect that is very palpable.
October 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
You're very much along for the ride on this one which is SO enjoyable. You can really tell this was written by a trans woman too, because femininity and womanhhood has a very zany character to it with an underlying respect that is very palpable.
The current Supergirl is not a grand sweeping epic and it's better for it. It's got the funny, campy weirdness that you get from Buffy. Campbell & Bonvillain make for a wacky but quite compelling romp through the trials and travails of Kara Zor-El and I'm so down for it.
October 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The current Supergirl is not a grand sweeping epic and it's better for it. It's got the funny, campy weirdness that you get from Buffy. Campbell & Bonvillain make for a wacky but quite compelling romp through the trials and travails of Kara Zor-El and I'm so down for it.
5. Supergirl by Sophie Campbell @mooncalfe1.bsky.social and Tamra Bonvillain @tamrabonvillain.bsky.social
It took me a bit to get really into this series in the first issue, but that's because I've been reading so much stuff like New Gods and Absolute Martian which have a very different tone.
It took me a bit to get really into this series in the first issue, but that's because I've been reading so much stuff like New Gods and Absolute Martian which have a very different tone.
October 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
5. Supergirl by Sophie Campbell @mooncalfe1.bsky.social and Tamra Bonvillain @tamrabonvillain.bsky.social
It took me a bit to get really into this series in the first issue, but that's because I've been reading so much stuff like New Gods and Absolute Martian which have a very different tone.
It took me a bit to get really into this series in the first issue, but that's because I've been reading so much stuff like New Gods and Absolute Martian which have a very different tone.
Ricardo Federici is another guy that really stands out, his style paired with Ram V's story on New Gods feels like the @jasonaaronwood.bsky.social @esadribicart.bsky.social @deanwhitecolor.bsky.social and Ive Svorcina teamup on Thor. There's a scale to both series that begins to boggle the mind.
October 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Ricardo Federici is another guy that really stands out, his style paired with Ram V's story on New Gods feels like the @jasonaaronwood.bsky.social @esadribicart.bsky.social @deanwhitecolor.bsky.social and Ive Svorcina teamup on Thor. There's a scale to both series that begins to boggle the mind.