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
@plaguingpossum.bsky.social and I will be back next week!
November 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
@plaguingpossum.bsky.social and I will be back next week!
For Episode 5.1 we talk @fantagraphics.bsky.social Loose the Death Rays and Kill Them All as well as some comics news and a touching gay manga called In The Twilight of Adolescence by Waka Hayashi from Love Love Books!
November 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
For Episode 5.1 we talk @fantagraphics.bsky.social Loose the Death Rays and Kill Them All as well as some comics news and a touching gay manga called In The Twilight of Adolescence by Waka Hayashi from Love Love Books!
For episode 5.2 we talk Supergirl #7 by @mooncalfe1.bsky.social & @tamrabonvillain.bsky.social Superman Kryptnite Spectrum #4 by W Maxwell Prince @martinmorazzo.bsky.social & @chrisohalloran.bsky.social , Batman Dark Patterns by Dan Watters & Hayden Sherman and more!
November 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
For episode 5.2 we talk Supergirl #7 by @mooncalfe1.bsky.social & @tamrabonvillain.bsky.social Superman Kryptnite Spectrum #4 by W Maxwell Prince @martinmorazzo.bsky.social & @chrisohalloran.bsky.social , Batman Dark Patterns by Dan Watters & Hayden Sherman and more!
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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Episode 2.2 Real Housewives of Jeff the Land Shark...Among Other Things
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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.