AIPT Comics Podcast Episode 319: ‘Monkey Meat’ & the Art of Chaos: Juni Ba on comics, capitalism & cartoon carnage

This week, Juni Ba joins the show to talk about his new anthology, Monkey Meat: Summer Batch. We dig into the political elements of this cartoonist dream-come-true comic. The first issue is out from Image Comics this week, and we talk all about it! Plus, we recap the news and deliver our picks for the week.

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AIPT Comics Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. Monkey Meat: Summer Batch #1 (Juni Ba)
2. Batgirl #5 (Tate Brombal, ​​Takeshi Miyazawa)

Colin:​​

1. Ultimates #10 (Deniz Camp, Juan Frigeri)
2. The Nice House by the Sea #6 (James Tynion IV, Álvaro Martínez Bueno)

Standout KAPOW moment of the week:

Colin – Storm #6 (Murewa Ayodele, Luciano Vecchio)

Dave – Uncanny X-Men #11 (Gail Simone, Javier Garron)

In our Judging by the Cover segment, Colin loves the Batman Adventures #12 Facsimile cover by Toy Otter/Jason Geyer, and Dave loves Ian Bertram’s Iron Man #6 cover. Check out both below.