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Comic Watchers Episode #340: Navigating With Jeremy Whitley From Banned Books & More

Chad Burdette

By Chad Burdette

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Jeremy Whitley is an award-winning author from Durham, North Carolina. He is the writer of Navigating with You and creator of School for Extraterrestrial Girls, Princeless, and The Dog Knight. He is also well known for his acclaimed run on Marvel’s Unstoppable Wasp and his fan-favorite stories in everything from Sea of Thieves to My Little Pony.

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In Navigating With You Vol. 1, readers met Neesha Sparks a disabled, vocal community activist with a passion for costume design and Gabby Graciana an optimistic surfer – and, like Neesha, a new kid at school.

This slice-of-life romance follows the two girls as they adventure across North Carolina to find each book, with their story intercut with the tales of Navigator Nozomi.When the two girls discover that they like the same manga series, Navigator Nozomi, they become more than just fellow new kids.  Neesha and Gabby find more than just the books though—they find acceptance, friendship, understanding, and love,  more than just having read the same book series–neither of them had finished it!

Soon, they become new friends on a mission – to track down the remaining Navigator Nozomi books.

In Volume 2 the story continues as Gabby Graciana and her family have left Durham, North Carolina to return back to their lives in Miami, Florida. For Gabby, that meant leaving behind her girlfriend Neesha Sparks. But they swore to keep up the tradition that brought them together—their manga book club.

Can their long-distance romance survive?

Jeremy joins the show to chat about the upcoming book, The Dog Knight, which was recently banned in Texas (and the upcoming sequel), and his upcoming contribution to  BLACK WIDOW: BLACK, WHITE & RED ROOM to finally tell the story and reveal the full story of Nadia Van Dyne, A.K.A. the Unstoppable Wasp, and her daring escape from the Red Room

 

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Navigating With You Vol. 2: Queer YA Romance: Love Through Manga And Long-Distance Anime

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Choosing A Non-Binary Artist For Authenticity

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Portraying Cerebral Palsy Authentically In Comics

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From Blockbuster To Comics: Discovering A Writer’s Path

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Why My Book Got Banned in Texas

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How Talking Dogs Show Unconditional Acceptance

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Horror Is Broader Than You Think

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Dog Night Sequel Announced: Chaos Bites Back

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Zoop Flipbook: Printer Problems To A Working Draft

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Marvel Repackages Strange Tales; My Nadia Red Room Story

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Writing in Black, White And Red — Making The Red Pop

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Why The New Resident Evil Feels Like Playing The Game

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Navigating With You Vol. 2

Can the love that blossomed in their junior year survive a senior year that’s pulling them in different directions?

A month ago, Gabby Graciana and her family left Durham, North Carolina to return back to their lives in Miami, Florida. For Gabby, that meant leaving behind her girlfriend Neesha Sparks. But they swore to keep up the tradition that brought them together—their manga book club.

But not every manga can be the right one at the right time, and they find themselves flailing for a next book. They discover that their favorite mangaka is working with a studio to produce an anime of one of her other stories, so book club chats become anime watch parties. But that’s not the only thing in their lives that is changing.

An ex from Gabby’s past returns to her life in an unexpected way as Neesha, finally comfortable in her North Carolina town, rediscovers her passion for activism—and a new group of activist friends that she might have more in common with than her now long-distance girlfriend.

THE DOG KNIGHT

The Dog Knight

A nonbinary middle schooler saves a dog from bullies and is offered the chance to become the Dog Knight, protector of a magical pact between humans and dogs, in the first book of this humorous and heartwarming middle-grade graphic novel series from Jeremy Whitely, author of Princeless, and Bre Indigo, illustrator of Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Graphic Novel.

Frankie knows who they are. They’re a drummer, they’re nonbinary, and they’re… the Dog Knight?

One day Frankie is a relatively normal middle schooler, with relatively normal challenges, like finding the perfect outfit to wear during their drum solo during the upcoming band concert. The next, they save a friendly golden retriever from bullies and suddenly find themselves in a giant magical doghouse, with a funny looking helmet, talking to a group of dog superheroes called the Pawtheon about a job offer.

If Frankie can prove that they possess the six dog virtues of loyalty, kindness, honesty, justice, stubbornness, and smell, they will be named the Dog Knight and be given the power to fight alongside the Pawtheon and save the world from the forces of chaos.

Maybe there is more to Frankie than they thought?

BLACK WIDOW: BLACK, WHITE & RED ROOM #1

BLACK WIDOW: BLACK, WHITE & RED ROOM #1

The Comic Watchers Show is a weekly podcast airing LIVE on Facebook, YouTube, and X every Thursday

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