Rereading the webcomic Check Please one strip at a time; new episodes drop Wednesdays and Sundays.
Episodes
Sunday Apr 26, 2020
Sunday Apr 26, 2020
The coaches! Boy, did they impact the plot of Check, Please! Technically we meet them in the strip named after them, but as Sekrit and Tomato discuss, it depends on how you define the confusing concepts of "meet" and "them." Also: Is this where the plot begins? What's the difference between meanness and criticism in fandom? Plus we talk about Doonesbury, which is basically the same thing as Check Please, if you think about it. Except, you know, it's not. But we definitely get into it, don't worry, along with the terms "soft hands" and "spinorama."
Read along with us: 1.3 The Coaches
Wednesday Apr 22, 2020
Wednesday Apr 22, 2020
After following the main plot for two entire strips, it's time to take a detour into side material that isn't part of the actual comic, or is it? This episode has it all: talk of paratexts, a definition of gesamtkunstwerk, and personal anecdotes from the lives of your podcasters. Neither the protagonist nor the most important character is in this strip, but we find a way to make it worthwhile, maybe. Put on your best worst French-Canadian accent, do or don't wash your hair, and prepare to immerse yourself in the arcane world of hockey culture.
Read along with us: Hockey Shit 1: Flow
Sunday Apr 19, 2020
Sunday Apr 19, 2020
On the second installment of Check Displeased, Tomato and Sekrit chat a little more about 1.1 in light of recent comic updates, speculate on how many eggs a person should eat, try to figure out who or what is Jonathan Toews, and get super psyched to meet The Boys. Would you Get Married For The Boys? You wouldn't know it from this strip, but, the protagonist of this comic would! To the Most Important Character, no less, who we meet in this very episode!
Read along with us: 1.2 The Boys
Wednesday Apr 15, 2020
Wednesday Apr 15, 2020
On the first episode of Check Displeased, Tomato and Sekrit give background on the webcomic that's been haunting them for four to seven years, meet the story's protagonist, and start figuring out how to make a podcast.
Read along with us: 1.1 Eric Bittle