Truth, Beauty, Comics
Episodes
Bleach, Vols 7 & 8: Crossing over to rescue Rukia
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Up until now the world of Bleach has been contained to Ichigo's hometown, high school and circle of friends. That changes in a big way in Volumes 7 &a...
The Birth of the Newspaper Comic: The Yellow Kid, Little Nemo, and More
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Yellow Kid, Little Nemo, Buster Brown – the first few decades of American newspaper comics saw a youthful cast of precocious heroes, villains and ev...
Bleach: Quincy Archer Hates You
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ichigo Kurosaki has been acting as a soul reaper for several months now, but how much longer can his secret last? It seems inevitable that his friends...
A Christmas for Shacktown by Carl Barks
24 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the holiday season in Duckburg and money is in short supply: Donald only has five dollars to scrape together for Christmas presents but nobody ...
Loss and Revenge: Bleach's "Memories in the Rain"
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ichigo is the quintessential steely tough-guy, never smiling, never crying. But he wasn’t always that way. In fact, before his mother was killed, he...
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, on a Very Special Episode of Truth, Beauty, Comics we switch up the format to Truth, Beauty, Holiday TV Specials and discuss the 1973 cartoon, ...
Tintin: King Ottokar's Sceptre
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tintin joins Professor Alembic on a trip to the kingdom of Syldavia to study their royal seals as a guest of King Ottokar. But a mysterious group has ...
Bleach: The Death and the Strawberry
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ichigo has always been able to see ghosts but after he meets Rukia, a member of the mysterious Soul Society, he is inducted into the order and becomes...
Tintin - The Black Island
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Following the trail of a mysterious airplane, Tintin crosses the channel into the United Kingdom. Chased by the police and organized crime, Tintin has...
Prince Valiant and The Siege of Andelkrag
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Valiant is no longer a boy, but he still is not a man. He’s had his first taste of love, which ended in heartbreak, and now he returns to Camelot wi...
Tintin and the Broken Ear
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A South American idol is stolen from a local museum and Tintin is on the case. The idol itself isn’t valuable so why are so many people hunting for ...
Prince Valiant’s First Love
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The young Prince Valiant has left the swamps where he explored as a boy and has ventured out into the wider world. He will meet with brave knights, po...
Prince Valiant with Jordan Holt
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Universally acclaimed as the most stunningly gorgeous adventure comic strip of all time, Prince Valiant ran for 35 years under the virtuoso pen of its...
Jeff Smith's Bone: Out from Boneville #3
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we cover the final three issues in the first volume of Jeff Smith's Bone, Out from Boneville. Our cast of characters is complete as Phoney and F...
Jeff Smith's Bone: Out from Boneville #2
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we cover the second two issues in Jeff Smith's Bone. We're introduced to Thorn, Grandma Ben, and Phoney Bone returns to be a butt-head. We're re...
Jeff Smith's Bone: Out from Boneville #1
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the podcast we discuss a favorite: Jeff Smith's Bone. In this episode we look at the first issue of what has been called, "the best all-ages ...
Jonathan Hickman's Fantastic Four
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For our last Fantastic Four podcast we jump forward fifty years to a modern run of the comic, specifically Jonathan Hickman's widely respected time wi...
Fantastic Four: Galactus Trilogy
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we discuss, the comic arc hailed as "The Pinnacle of the Silver Age", The Galactus Trilogy by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, where we meet classic cha...
Fantastic Four: Dr. Doom and Namor by Kirby and Lee
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode Felix and Levi look at the first appearance of the iconic villains: Dr. Doom and Namor, the Sub-Mariner. What makes a good antagoni...
Fantastic Four #1 by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Felix and Levi discuss the breakthrough 1961 Marvel comic, Fantastic Four #1 by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee. It was a bestseller and a breakthrough in its...
George Herriman: Identity and art
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
George Herriman had a secret identity, one that could have lost him his job, his reputation, and even his home. Did Herriman plant hints about his sec...
Krazy Kat by George Herriman
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Felix and Levi tackle the mysterious and celebrated Krazy Kat by George Herriman, particularly the Sunday strips from 1916-1918. We're reading from th...
Tintin: The Blue Lotus
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Finally we get to Herge's first masterpiece: Tintin and the Blue Lotus. On this episode Felix and Levi break down Tintin's classic adventure in China ...
Tintin: Cigars of the Pharaoh
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Finally we get to one of the good Tintin Adventures by Herge: Cigars of the Pharaoh. Felix and Levi discuss this first classic Tintin adventure. You c...
Tintin in The Congo and America
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Felix and Levi tackle some of the more controversial Tintin adventures, Tintin in the Congo and Tintin in America. Are the stories nothing but racism ...
Tintin in the Land of The Soviets by Herge
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Felix and Levi discuss Herge's very first Tintin adventure: Tintin in the Land of the Soviets. We are reading the English translation, available on...
Uncle Scrooge by Carl Barks #3
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Felix and Levi discuss the classic Uncle Scrooge Stories, Back to the Klondike and Tralla La. These stories can be found in the Compl...
Uncle Scrooge by Carl Barks: #2
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Felix and Levi delve into two iconic Carl Barks stories: The Old Castle's Secret and Only a Poor Old Man. These stories can be foun...
Uncle Scrooge by Carl Barks #1
03 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we discuss the first two Uncle Scrooge stories by Carl Barks: Christmas on Bear Mountain. These stories can be found in the Complete W...
Astro Boy #2
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we discuss the Astro Boy stories: Plant People and The Greatest Robot on Earth. We're reading out of the Astro Boy Omnibus by Dark ...
Astro Boy: #1
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode Felix and Levi discuss the Astro Boy manga by Osamu Tezuka. We specifically cover the origin story and The Hot Dog Corps. We're readin...
Understanding Comics, Part 2
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Felix and Levi cover the second half of Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics. Patreon show notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/understanding-2-1...
Understanding Comics: Part 1
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Felix and Levi discuss the classic work of comic analysis by Scott McCloud: Understanding Comics. This episode covers the introductio...
All Star Superman #2
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Felix and Levi discuss the second half of All Star Superman by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely. For those interested in reading the comics, we re...
All Star Superman #1
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Felix and Levi discuss the first half of All Star Superman by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely. Patreon show notes here: https://www.patreon.com/po...
Superman: Action Comics #1 and other golden age stories
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of Truth, Beauty, Comics Felix & Levi look at one of comic's greatest characters: Superman, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe S...