The Tradewaiters podcast
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A podcast book club about graphic novels, manga, trade paperbacks, comic strip collections, and anything else that's out in trade.
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Come with us to the future of the past as we read Kingdom Come by Alex Ross and Mark Waid and discuss what they were trying to say with this work
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December 9, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Come with us to the future of the past as we read Kingdom Come by Alex Ross and Mark Waid and discuss what they were trying to say with this work
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A new Tradewaiters just dropped! Listen to eps. 125: Gutter-Takes: On Making Friends in Comics by The TradeWaiters on #SoundCloud
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eps. 125: Gutter-Takes: On Making Friends in Comics
On today’s Gutter-Take, Jam, Jeff, and JD talk about how to make friends in comics. Maybe the real comics were the friends we made along the way.
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Our next episode will be on Kingdom
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November 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
A new Tradewaiters just dropped! Listen to eps. 125: Gutter-Takes: On Making Friends in Comics by The TradeWaiters on #SoundCloud
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This week we read Home by the Rotting Sea by Finnish cartoonist Otava Heikkilä.
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💬 0 🔁 1 ❤️ 2 · The TradeWaiters - eps. 124: "Home by the Rotting Sea" by Otava Heikkilä
This week we read Home by the Rotting Sea by Finnish cartoonist Otava Heikkilä, a short but emotional jour…
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October 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This week we read Home by the Rotting Sea by Finnish cartoonist Otava Heikkilä.
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In our latest episode we cover Rose of Versailles, the proto shojou manga!
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The TradeWaiters 123: “The Rose of Versailles” Vol. 1 by Riyoko Ikeda
This week Jam, Jeff, and JD went back in time to read The Rose of Versailles Vol. 1 by Riyoko Ikeda, one of the foundational works of all shoujo comics. Get into your Versailles mindset (Versaind-s…
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September 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
In our latest episode we cover Rose of Versailles, the proto shojou manga!
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Hooray! We've broken 6k with just 50 hours to go! Help us get the body horror graphic novel OLD SOULS by Jackarais to 100% and beyond!
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September 23, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Hooray! We've broken 6k with just 50 hours to go! Help us get the body horror graphic novel OLD SOULS by Jackarais to 100% and beyond!
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New Tradewaiters! Today was a quick gutter take where we talked about manga! www.thetradewaiters.com/post/7935287...
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The TradeWaiters - eps. 122: Gutter-Takes: On the Arrival of Manga
On today’s Gutter-Take, Jam, Jeff, and JD talk about manga. What’s it like to read manga for the first time? What was it like for...
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September 2, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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In this episode we tackle the multi-generational biography "Feeding Ghosts".
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💬 0 🔁 1 ❤️ 1 · The TradeWaiters - eps. 121: "Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir" by Tessa Hulls
Today’s book is weighty. We read Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir by Tessa Hulls. This book follows…
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August 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
In this episode we tackle the multi-generational biography "Feeding Ghosts".
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From the archives:
Our discussion of the now Eisner award winning "Jellyfish"
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Our discussion of the now Eisner award winning "Jellyfish"
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eps. 106: "The Jellyfish: by Boum
This week Jam, Jeff, and JD read "The Jellyfish" by Boum. This BD fresh out of Montreal publisher Pow Pow follows Odette, a character whose vision is being increasingly obscured by a swarm of jellyfis
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From the archives:
Our discussion of the now Eisner award winning "Jellyfish"
Listen to eps. 106: "The Jellyfish: by Boum by The TradeWaiters on #SoundCloud
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Our discussion of the now Eisner award winning "Jellyfish"
Listen to eps. 106: "The Jellyfish: by Boum by The TradeWaiters on #SoundCloud
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The Minicomic Awards are back, and we’re here to celebrate them! For this episode, Jam, Jeff, and JD read as many of the winning comics as we could get our hands on, and some of the nominees as well.
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💬 0 🔁 1 ❤️ 1 · The TradeWaiters - eps. 119: The Cartoonist Co-Op Minicomic Awards 2025
The Minicomic Awards are back, and we’re here to celebrate them! For this episode, Jam, Jeff, and JD read a…
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June 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The Minicomic Awards are back, and we’re here to celebrate them! For this episode, Jam, Jeff, and JD read as many of the winning comics as we could get our hands on, and some of the nominees as well.
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Another episode of the Tradewaiters! Our extremely non topical episode about banned books with "Banned Book Club" by Hyun Sook Kim, Ryan Estrada, and Ko Hyung Ju
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For this episode our panel read
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May 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Another episode of the Tradewaiters! Our extremely non topical episode about banned books with "Banned Book Club" by Hyun Sook Kim, Ryan Estrada, and Ko Hyung Ju
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New Tradewaiters! We read Kraven's Last Hunt, and lived to tell the tale!
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We’re going back to 1987 to read
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April 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
New Tradewaiters! We read Kraven's Last Hunt, and lived to tell the tale!
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The exciting conclusion to the "Our Dreams at Dusk" series
Listen to eps. 114: "Our Dreams at Dusk" Vol. 3&4 by Yuhki Kamatani by The TradeWaiters on #SoundCloud
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Listen to eps. 114: "Our Dreams at Dusk" Vol. 3&4 by Yuhki Kamatani by The TradeWaiters on #SoundCloud
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Our panellists are back with volumes 3 and 4 of
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March 23, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The exciting conclusion to the "Our Dreams at Dusk" series
Listen to eps. 114: "Our Dreams at Dusk" Vol. 3&4 by Yuhki Kamatani by The TradeWaiters on #SoundCloud
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Listen to eps. 114: "Our Dreams at Dusk" Vol. 3&4 by Yuhki Kamatani by The TradeWaiters on #SoundCloud
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We are trying something new. Here is the first of our "Gutter takes" where we discuss comic distribution
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Listen to eps. 112: Gutter-Takes: On Distribution by The TradeWaiters on #SoundCloud
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eps. 112: Gutter-Takes: On Distribution
We’re doing something different for this episode. In between our regular panels on great graphic novels lies the gutter (get it?). And in the gutter this week, Diamond Distributors, who once held a mo
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February 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
We are trying something new. Here is the first of our "Gutter takes" where we discuss comic distribution
Listen to eps. 112: Gutter-Takes: On Distribution by The TradeWaiters on #SoundCloud
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Listen to eps. 112: Gutter-Takes: On Distribution by The TradeWaiters on #SoundCloud
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New Tradewaiters! Listen to part one of our conversation on "O Human Star" by Blue Delliquanti! www.tumblr.com/tradewaiters... #comics #podcast
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The TradeWaiters - eps. 110: "O Human Star" Vol. 1 by Blue Delliquanti
This episode is on the first volume of O Human Star by Blue Delliquanti. Read the webcomic and then listen to our thoughts on p…
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January 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
New Tradewaiters! Listen to part one of our conversation on "O Human Star" by Blue Delliquanti! www.tumblr.com/tradewaiters... #comics #podcast
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We have a new podcast episode! @ryanestrada.com joined us on The Tradewaiters to talk about Mel Gillman’s As the Crow Flies. www.thetradewaiters.com
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It's like a book club, but for comics. Also it's a podcast? Join Jonathon Dalton, Jeff Ellis, and...
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December 8, 2024 at 5:52 AM
We have a new podcast episode! @ryanestrada.com joined us on The Tradewaiters to talk about Mel Gillman’s As the Crow Flies. www.thetradewaiters.com
Special guest Ryan Estrada talks with us about "As the Crow Flies" by Mel Gilman on today's episode of The TradeWaiters #SoundCloud
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For this episode on
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December 8, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Special guest Ryan Estrada talks with us about "As the Crow Flies" by Mel Gilman on today's episode of The TradeWaiters #SoundCloud
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Justice, like lightning...
This week we review the Thunderbolts!
Listen to eps. 107: "Thunderbolts Vol. 1: Justice, Like Lightning: by Kurt Busiek & Mark Bagley by The TradeWaiters on #SoundCloud
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This week we review the Thunderbolts!
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October 21, 2024 at 5:42 AM
Justice, like lightning...
This week we review the Thunderbolts!
Listen to eps. 107: "Thunderbolts Vol. 1: Justice, Like Lightning: by Kurt Busiek & Mark Bagley by The TradeWaiters on #SoundCloud
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This week we review the Thunderbolts!
Listen to eps. 107: "Thunderbolts Vol. 1: Justice, Like Lightning: by Kurt Busiek & Mark Bagley by The TradeWaiters on #SoundCloud
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Some exciting Can-con today! With Jellyfish by Boum
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This week Jam, Jeff, and JD read
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September 1, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Some exciting Can-con today! With Jellyfish by Boum
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Another great book! We revisit the Tamaki's and Jeff gets so excited he forgets his script!
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Join Jam, Jeff, and JD for another episode of the TradeWaiters. This time we read
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July 8, 2024 at 8:01 PM
Another great book! We revisit the Tamaki's and Jeff gets so excited he forgets his script!
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Another great episode of the Tradewaiters where we look at the Mini-comic awards
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eps. 103: The Cartoonist Co-op 2024 Mini-Comic Awards
For today’s episode we look at the winners of the Cartoonist Co-op 2024 Mini-Comic Awards:
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May 27, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Another great episode of the Tradewaiters where we look at the Mini-comic awards
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