The Tradewaiters
It's like a book club, but for comics. Also it's a podcast? Join Jonathon Dalton, Jeff Ellis, Kathleen Gros, and Angela Melick for twice-monthly discussions of graphic novels, manga, trade paperbacks, comic strip collections, and anything else that's out in trade.
- Update frequency
- every 18 days
- Average duration
- 55 minutes
- Episodes
- 13
- Years Active
- 2025
The TradeWaiters 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 manga to be widely available in North America for the first time? And…
00:40:59 |
Mon 01 Sep 2025
The TradeWaiters 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 the lives of Tessa’s grandmother, mother, and herself through some of the most difficult periods of…
00:49:59 |
Sat 02 Aug 2025
The TradeWaiters 120: “Blurry” by Dash Shaw
In today’s episode we discuss Blurry by Dash Shaw, a nesting onion of vignettes of the lives of people facing indecision. Follow along as we fight our way through the fog and find out how they’re all…
00:52:07 |
Mon 14 Jul 2025
The TradeWaiters 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 as many of the winning comics as we could get our hands on, and some of the nominees as well.…
01:24:44 |
Sun 22 Jun 2025
The TradeWaiters 118: Gutter-Takes: On Comics-Work-Life Balance
On today’s Gutter-Take, Jam, Jeff, and JD talk in-depth about our experiences seeking balance between making comics, having a day job, and getting a life. If you’re an artist here’s your chance to le…
00:38:51 |
Wed 28 May 2025
The TradeWaiters 117: “Banned Book Club” by Kim Hyun Sook, Ko Hyung-Ju, & Ryan Estrada
For this episode our panel read Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook, Ko Hyung-Ju, and Ryan Estrada. This book follows Hyun Sook’s adventures as a young revolutionary during South Korea’s Fifth Republic…
01:04:47 |
Mon 12 May 2025
The TradeWaiters 116: “The Amazing Spider-Man: Kraven’s Last Hunt” by J.M. DeMatteis and Mike Zeck
We’re going back to 1987 to read Kraven’s Last Hunt by J.M. DeMatteis and Mike Zeck, which collects issues from The Amazing Spider-Man, Web of Spider-Man, and Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man…
00:56:14 |
Mon 21 Apr 2025
The TradeWaiters 115: Gutter-Takes: On Finding Webcomics
It’s time for another Gutter-Take. Webcomics are harder to find than ever. Or is it the opposite? Where do you find your webcomics, and how do you get readers to find yours? Jeff, Jam, and JD have qu…
00:32:58 |
Sun 30 Mar 2025
The TradeWaiters 114: “Our Dreams at Dusk” Vol. 3&4 by Yuhki Kamatani
Our panellists are back with volumes 3 and 4 of Our Dreams at Dusk by Yuhki Kamatani. This time we get to talk about all the characters in depth, including matters of life, death, marriage, and frien…
01:09:26 |
Fri 21 Mar 2025
The TradeWaiters 113: “Our Dreams at Dusk” Vol. 1&2 by Yuhki Kamatani
This week Jam, Jeff, and JD read the first two volumes of Our Dreams at Dusk by Yuhki Kamatani. As Jeff says in the episode, this is a deep dive into queer culture in Japan that celebrates the import…
01:09:22 |
Sun 02 Mar 2025
The TradeWaiters 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 m…
00:41:36 |
Tue 11 Feb 2025
The TradeWaiters 111: “O Human Star” Vol. 2&3 by Blue Delliquanti
We’re back to read volumes 2 and 3 of O Human Star by Blue Delliquanti. This time we get into the trans text and subtext of the series, how metaphor and text support each other, and break down the ma…
00:59:20 |
Mon 27 Jan 2025
The TradeWaiters 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 planning a webcomic, the best uses of science fiction, and the unique adv…
01:05:46 |
Fri 03 Jan 2025
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