Graphic Novel Apostle

Ep. 49 - The Human Target 5-6

Chad Tappe returns to the show to continue our series on The Human Target, by Tom King and Greg Smallwood. In this episode, we break down series issues 5-6, featuring the Martian Manhunter, Fire, and Guy Gardner. These issues include the Human Target's origin story, adventures in mind reading, a secret affair, a new suspect ... and a murder! If you haven't listened to them already, be sure to check out GNA episodes 43 and 45 to get caught up on the story so far. Book Credits:The Human Target, issues 5-6Writer: Tom KingArt and Colors: Greg SmallwoodLetters: Clayton CowlesPublisher: DC ComicsLet us know what you think. Questions? Comments on the show? Comments on the book we covered? Recommendations for other comic collections or graphic novels? Email: Graphicnovelapostle@gmail.comInstagram: @graphicnovelapostleBlue Sky: @gnapostlepod.bsky.socialTwitter: @markohrenberger

Ep. 48: Book Club - unSeen/unHeard: Disability & Neurodivergence, with Dr. Dominique White

Dr. Dominique White, of Beyond Barriers Telehealth Practice, joins host Mark Ohrenberger to discuss unSeen/unHeard: Disability & Neurodivergence, a 64-page multi-genre graphic novel anthology presenting stories involving or depicting disability and neurodivergent conditions that were written and drawn by creators living with those conditions, published in 2025, by Unseen Alchemy Publishing. The collection was edited by Anas Abdulhak, C.K. Carpenter, and Aubrey Lyn Jeppson. Our discuss featured four stories included in the anthology:Terminal VibrationWritten and illustrated by Chuck Howitt-LeaseFriesWriter: A.J. CamorlingaArtist: Terry BlasColors: Harry SaxonLetters: Aubrey Lyn JeppsonLegally BlindWritten and illustrated by Richard FairgrayStep By StepWriter: C.K. CarpenterArtist: Mike MorroccoLetters: Aubrey Lyn JeppsonYou can read more about the unSeen/unHeard project, its organizers, and its contributing writers and artists at the book's (now closed) Kickstarter page.You can connect with Dominique and Beyond Barriers Telehealth Practice on Facebook and Instagram at @beyondbarriers_therapyLet us know what you think. Questions? Comments on the show? Comments on the book we covered? Recommendations for other comic collections or graphic novels? Email: Graphicnovelapostle@gmail.comInstagram: @graphicnovelapostleBlue Sky: @gnapostlepod.bsky.socialTwitter: @markohrenberger

Ep. 47: Book Club - Bog Bodies, with Brian Domingos

On a new Book Club episode, life-long comics fan Brian Domingos joins host Mark Ohrenberger to discuss Bog Bodies, an original graphic novel following three Irish gangsters and an innocent woman lost on a cold winter night in the forest outside of Dublin where these criminals dump the bodies of their victims. The Irish creative team of writer Declan Shalvey, artist Gavin Fullerton, and color artist Rebecca Nalty invite us to witness the darker side of their homeland. Book Credits for Bog Bodies:Writer: Declan ShalveyArtist: Gavin FullertonColors: Rebecca NaltyLetters: Clayton CowlesPublisher: Image ComicsIf you enjoy the show, please be sure to leave us a star rating and a review on your favorite podcast platform. Let us know what you think. Questions? Comments on the show? Comments on the book we covered? Recommendations for other comic collections or graphic novels? Email: Graphicnovelapostle@gmail.comInstagram: @graphicnovelapostleBlue Sky: @gnapostlepod.bsky.socialTwitter: @markohrenberger

Ep. 46 - What Follows is True: Crescent Hotel, Sean Fitzgibbon Interview

Artist Sean Fitzgibbon joins the Graphic Novel Apostle podcast to discuss his gorgeous, hand-painted, nonfiction graphic novel, What Follows is True: Crescent Hotel. Fitzgibbon researched, wrote, drew, and painted this outstanding work that tells the story of the legendary Crescent Hotel, in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. His book focuses primarily on the years, in the late-1930s, when the building housed the notorious Baker Hospital and its fraudster proprietor, Norman Baker, who lured desperate patients to Eureka Springs with promises of the cure for cancer. Sean Also discusses his work on the forthcoming graphic nonfiction book, What Follows is True: Plum Bayou Mounds, which Sean is producing in conjunction with the Arkansas Archeological Survey. That book will serve as an educational resource highlighting the folklore, history, science, and archeological significance of the ancient Plum Bayou Mounds, in England, Arkansas. Learn more about Sean's work, and pick up a copy of Crescent Hotel, at Sean's website, www.seanfitzgibbonart.com. You can read more about Sean's work on the Plum Bayou Mounds project at the Arkansas Archeological Survey's website.Let us know what you think. Questions? Comments on the show? Comments on the book we covered? Recommendations for other comic collections or graphic novels? Email: Graphicnovelapostle@gmail.comInstagram: @graphicnovelapostleBlue Sky: @gnapostlepod.bsky.socialTwitter: @markohrenberger

Ep. 45: The Human Target 3-4

(Probationary) temporary co-host Chad Tappe and host Mark Ohrenberger rejoin Christopher Chance and Ice on the hunt for the killer who sought to murder Lex Luthor by poison and instead left Chance with just 12 days to live and to solve the mystery of his own murder. On this episode, Chad and Mark break down issues 3-4 of The Human Target, which focus on suspects Booster Gold and the Blue Beetle, Ted Kord. As the mystery continues, the romance between Chance and Ice also grows more intense with each turn of the page. The Human Target, issues 3-4Writer: Tom KingArt and Colors: Greg SmallwoodLetters: Clayton CowlesPublisher: DC Comics (Black Label)Let us know what you think. Questions? Comments on the show? Comments on the book we covered? Recommendations for other comic collections or graphic novels? Email: Graphicnovelapostle@gmail.comInstagram: @graphicnovelapostleBlue Sky: @gnapostlepod.bsky.socialTwitter: @markohrenberger