Why Are There No Good Comic Book YouTubers? 

Thanks so much for the kind words, to be included among such stellar creators is both humbling and flattering. There are so many awesome comic RU-vid channels out there, I just love this video concept of spreading all the love. Comics are awesome and so is talking about them!

Thank you for the kind words. It’s always nice to be recognized by your peers and I love the company I’m in. Great idea for a topic. Very positive. And I like seeing how we all love comics but can find an angle on how to approach criticism and analysis. I’ll also say that I also don’t deep dive all of these channels because of the same reason you provided: I don’t want to take someone else’s opinions! But I do browse and I’m in love with both the medium of comics and thoughtful analysis of them. Thank you again.

Amazing video!👍👏 I just began my comic book collection and found Toon Haven. They have an incredible range of digital comics for every genre, including the hard to find ones. Lifetime updates too!😁

I really appreciate all the kind words and praise, Josh. Thank you for using your time to spotlight and shoutout a ton of great channels! Also, I can confirm the story of us living very close-by for years and never realising is true. I'm sure one day we can hang out though.

Thank you for the kind words, Josh! It means so much to get such a glowing review from someone who I've always respected as one of the most passionate, hardworking and multi-talented creators in this space. Working with you here and there over the last few years has been an honor and I hope we get to do so many more times! You're the best.

Thank you for the kind words, Josh, and for making a video that is really needed! I’ll allow this classification as a comic channel for the last time.

JOSH! 🥺 Thank you so much for all the kind words. I've been having a real rough go of it lately and that was a pick me up that I desperately needed, but more importantly, I love seeing all my friends and colleagues getting a spotlight and learning a few new names that weren't on my radar yet.

Thanks so much for the kind words, Josh. It's incredibly humbling to be included with so many great people, and it's a great reminder that I should live up to their standard by celebrating great art instead of beefing with people on Twitter. Fantastic work as always, and I hope you're doing well!

Josh I love you 💜 Edit: I will add that the only reason I’d cringe at being called a comic-tuber is purely because at my height of it I felt like the big channels were a big clique and didn’t like me for some reason, even telling others not to collab with me. The community never felt inclusive back then, but you’ve highlighted so many great channels here that prove the comic-tube space has grown more thoughtful and curious and kind. Thank you again for shouting out everyone in this video! 🥰

You had me screaming Freddy Krueger at my phone! Hahaha. Thanks for the shoutout, Josh. It’s been such a trip seeing how far you’ve come. You’re a constant inspiration and someone I’m proud to call friend ❤

Sal, Ben, Ethan, and Tiffany at comic pop are my personal fave comic youtubers

When I started in 2017, I never would've thought I'd ever be included among so many wonderful creators, some of whom were my actual role models and inspiration for so long. I'm beyond grateful that after all these years and all the effort, I'm actually able to call some of you my friends, or at the very least, peers! Thank you Josh for bringing tears of joy to this crazy Bat-fan :)

Thanks, Josh! :D You rock, too!

Comic Pop is a great one I’ve followed for years, but I agree that there hasn’t really been a successful formula set for comic related channels. I think the issue is, its a medium that lacks moving visuals, music, or anything you can put on screen except a still image. And when you have people not moving, talking about a page that isn’t moving, It can create for a boring experience. When people talk about epic scenes in films, they will act it out, do impressions of the actors, sing the score, and so on. You don’t see that when people talk about comics. I think We need that Jeremy Jahns/Chris Stuckmann energy, from people who talk as enthusiastically about pages, as movie RU-vidrs talk about film. Show the viewer what you felt from a comic book, and how the pages moved for you.

Thank you for including me in such a prestigious list! I often feel like the RU-vid algorithm just doesn't think comic book content is worth suggesting. To the point where even searching for it can give you some mixed results.

Josh! Holy crap thanks so much for making this video and thank you so much for including me in this list of people who are 1000 times more talented than me!

Comic Pop is one of the greatest comic book channels. I met Sal and the gang at PAX East one year, and they were very cool. Back Issues is absolutely fantastic.

Comic Pop and Comic Pop Returns

matttt is one of my favourite comic book chanels he makes great videos on the history of comics, and talks about their relevance as an inspiration for the future. especially when he goes into analysis that breaks down the art, panel by panel

Only came here to mention ComicPop. They were my first comic book YT channel and will always be my favourite. They celebrate comics and their creators and don’t just join in the Popculture news cycle

Should check out Strange Brain Parts. Very thoughtful, well researched video essays on comics. He also prefers indie stuff, but will delve into mainstream stuff from time to time.

ComicPop has to get a mention. Best comic book channel hands down.

Comic pop is my favorite. It pretty much got me back into reading superhero comics. Especially for more current stuff. Usually good YT channels can be more focused on stuff from past. Comic Pop does a great job highlighting the best of modern days. I've bought so many comics because of Back Issues and creator interviews.

How could you not mention ComicPop, should I recap the video and add him

I love the list but ComicPop for me is my #1 comic youtube channel. From Back Issues to GBU to creator interviews, they have my favorite content that I cant get enough of.

My personal favorite is ComicPop. The passion Sal has for his work is infectious. Can't recommend them enough

Uh oh, you didn’t mention matttt. He’s become my favorite, something about the balance he strikes between nerding out, teaching comic history, and storytelling. Gosh, hope he’s not on your ‘private beef’ list

No love for ComicPop? Back Issues continues to be on of the best comic book things on RU-vid, became you can feel the genuine friendship, love, and excitement they all have in each episode. There have been moments where I had to pause the video because of how hard I was laughing at one of their jokes/reactions. This video is still amazing, but leaving them out is like leaving out an underrated gem.

Y'all need some Strange Brain Parts in your life. Fantastic histories of individuals, eras and even story arcs and some great spotlights on hidden gems and lesser known indies.

When i think about a great comic book youtubers, i think about Comic Tropes, Casually Comics, Strange Brain Parts, Matttt, and of course, you Josh!

Strange Brain Parts deserves to be on this list. He's fantastic. Along with Strip Panel Naked they are the best comic RU-vidrs. Also love Near Mint Condition, Omnidog's Vault, and Larry's Library for overviews of books.

I get you didn't wanna include recap channels, but at least ComicPOP Returns really deserved a spot on this list. Almost weekly creator interviews from across the industry.

Repping Strange Brain Parts and ComicPop here. SBP does great analysis and has such variety in what he covers. And Comic Pop has putting in work for a decade now. Them being a family makes the viewers feel like family too. I always liked how Back Issues is a recap-style show that's value comes from the hosts. Its never a replacement for actually reading the book.

Gonna have to mention the GOAT ComicPop. Just crossed 10 years of RU-vid too and i like the collaborations with Comicstorian. Caped Joel is a great guy and Haussmann-comics is a great up and comer. I'm pretty sure i watch 90% of the list from the video too. So many great channels, I'm hoping i font forget any.

Damn, my beloved @StrangeBrainParts didn't get recognized. It's ok though, I'll do it, and at the end of the day I still really respect you for helping to promote other comics RU-vidrs.

ComicPop and ComicPop Returns are why I still love comics ❤

Another great comic-tuber is Strange Brain Parts. He does really great analysis and commentary on deep cut bronze age comics. 10/10 would recommend

Happy to confirm these creators are great!

A lot of people have been saying Comic Pop, and I heavily agree. Sal and the gang don't just recap the story, they add their personality to the mix. A bigger RU-vidr who doesn't heavily focus on comics but is adjacent is Nando v Movies. He mostly talks about movies (as the name implies), but he has a second channel, The Nando Cut, where he has a series discussing the characters who are being added to Marvel Snap. He goes into who they are and where they come from, and I have been loving the series.

Quite a list! Thank you! Others have mentioned them. The channel called Comic Pop and Comic Pop Returns. They had to split it due to the YT algorithm not notifying people of all the videos. Comic Pop has their most successful episodes on Wed. which are called Back Issues Comic Pop Returns has the others such as their live comic book review on Mondays called Off The Rack, creator interviews, etc. Thanks again and I'll try and check out more of your videos as well!

ComicPop, Casually Comics, Blerd Without Fear, Mullet-Man Comics, Smokey's Videos, captainmidnight, Strange Brain Parts, JerkComic, Regie Collects Comics, Bronze Age Nerd, Owen Likes Comics, Imperius Rex, Strip Panel Naked - ALL amazing channels that are worth your subscription! If you're looking for Cartoonist Kayfabe replacements, I like Michael Fitzgerald Troy and occasionally Robert Norton. Channels that focus on pointless power level ranking or lazily summarizing stories are by far the worst that comictube has to offer.

And even before the dust settled on the Kayfabe name the vultures made sure to pick at its bones.

SAL CRIVELLI COMIC POP and CAPED JOEL🐐🐐🐐🐐

Comicpop is my goat

COMIC POP! I love that gang! They feel very genuine, their love of comics shines through and Back Issues is one of my favorite shows on RU-vid. It might fall i to read ypu a bed time story category, but it is done with humor and fun, while also delivering us some historical tisbits from time to time. Sal has his own opinions and does not shy away from saying when he was wrong, or just has a personal bias towards something. Comic Pop Returns features grrat stuff as well, including actual creator interviews, reviews etc. Just love those guys.

Strange Brain Parts is the only comics channel I watch every video from. Treats the audience and the medium with respect and maturity.

One channel I want to recommend is Near Mint Condition, who focus on collected editions of comics like TBPs, hardcovers, omnibuses, etc. They review both the quality of the book and the contents inside, plus they are in contact with Marvel and so they are often the first to announce their new books too

Rip Eddie P

ComicPOP and ComicPOP Returns!

ComicPop is a great channel. 😃

Whoever thinks there are no good comic channels on RU-vid are FOOLISH: we have comicsexplained,owenlikescomics, comics tropes, comic pop, comicstorian,casuallycomics,youngrippa,BlerdwithoutFear,spiritofparadox, thinkingcritical,weirdscience,Alex Lennen…

ComicPop and comic pop returns is also great

Comic pop! They are a great channel, and their channel comic pop returns. They do weekly talks on weekly books.

Comicstorian and Comic Pop are fantastic channels

Guess they haven't watch Comic Pop or Comicstorian. Variant

Try Strange brain parts if you're into obscure/ indie comics

Comic Pop is my favorite. I love when they do pitches on their podcast, The Elseworlds Exchange.

Comictropes has taught me so much. I also recommend CasuallyComics, Salazar Knight, OwenLovesComics, Absolutely Marvel DC, Blerd without Fear, Comics Drake, and Marville

Other than a storyline aspect to his videos I don't particularly care for, I think Linkara is the comic book youtuber I keep coming back to because he keeps finding ways to look at books from different perspectives, especially as he's gotten older and the landscape as the internet has changed.

“Alex goes in for those niche obscure characters” ***shows page full of Spider-Man vids*** Hilarious

Comic Tropes isn't the best Comic RU-vidr, Chris is just one of the most genuine people to be on the platform & happen to make videos about comics that he wants to. Pros & Cons is a better Comic RU-vid channel imo

Yeah, im kinda shocked there is no love for Comic Pop, its the one ive settled on

"Comics Explained" and "comicstorian" literally saved my soul. I was so low and completely alone at night with nothing but those 2 ppls voices......I kept forgetting I was depressed lol. That was 9 yrs ago...maybe 8. I forget my point.

Good list, but Comicpop is a glaring omission. I don't love the dismissal of channels like Comicstorian and even shows like Comicpop's back issues. A lot of people have come into the hobby through Comicstorian's videos and I treat Back Issues like a weekly book club where I can read or reread a story then enjoy a discussion around it, I've also been introduced to a lot of series I probably wouldn't have picked up by watching one of those shows and then picking up a whole run to read. I love the creator interviews and video essays are awesome, but "comic book storytime" has its place too.

Chris from Comics Tropes also has a live stream channel, Pros and Cons, where he goes live every Monday night at 5pm Pacific Time(8pm Eastern, 7 pm Central) and covers comics news, interviews creators and publishers, and draws comic art.

Such a great idea for a video! I didn't know all of these, but I greatly enjoy Casually Comics. I've definitely enjoyed some Comic Drake and and Comic Tropes videos, as well.

Shout out Strange Brain Parts! Very good series on Swamp Thing. Also Implicitly Pretentious! His essays on animated superhero shows are wonderful

Was so happy to see (all of) my favorite (Comic Book) RU-vidrs, especially glad to see Salazar Knight, since this man has been criminally underrated in my opinion. Glad to see love all around in this video

Total Recall Show with Tom Scioli is a very underrated one

This is so helpful, thanks! I was aware about half of these, but I'll be subscribing to all the rest immediately. Have often felt that there wasn't enough quality comic book content coming across my feed, and hopefully this'll go a long way towards fixing that

Just so you know my favorites are your channel, Comic Tropes, Strange Brain Parts and Matttt. But I really enjoy other channels like Comic Drake and Owen Likes Comics and I’ll check those other channels you mentioned.

No matter what they’re covering whether it’s the stories or the physical content itself, my most watched comic related RU-vidrs are Comics Explained for sure! Watching Rob cover stories is what got me back into the physical content years ago and he’s the Goat for me! Near Mint Condition as an Omni collector myself & GemMintCondition for collectors. Owen Likes Comics & Comic Drake as you mentioned, them following the whole Superman/Shazam/Marvelman/Miracleman Mcfarlene saga is one of my favourite things to watch on RU-vid! Been loving Nando V Movies over the past year, shame he didn’t get a mention! If I want a story from issue to issue then Comic Breakdown! Others like Comicstorian, illuminerdy & The Brave & the Boys for Omni’s and I’ve probably missed more!

Good on you for making this list. I discovered your channel this past summer when looking for other comic RU-vid channels and really enjoyed your work. I'm always partial to Comic Tropes and Comic Pop. They're good Alex Lennen's Ben Reilly Spider-Man's video was incredible. Same with Godzilla Mendoza's Spider-Man videos. Matt Draper's Planetary video did the comic justice. I'd say Linkara but he can be a bit prickly sometimes and his release schedule is so inconsistent. Guess it depends on the video. But seriously, thank you for this. There's some channels I haven't heard of and I'm looking forward to checking some out. It shows you've got good character and says a lot of positives about you. Thank you!

Yo where is comicpop? I mean it is nice to see other creators and Matt Draper on here. His videos on comics and films are a lot of fun. Plus he loves to use The Midnight an Synthwave. BUT. It feels novice, and weird to make a huge video about this comic creator topic... and then leave off Sal and the Comicpop crew with purposeful exclusion. When anyone ever asks me at the comic-shop to suggest. It's always Comicpop.

I love how everyone respects comic pop

Very cool of you to try to boost some of your fellow creators. I already follow a lot of the creators you mentioned. My introduction to comic book RU-vid channels was by watching Matt draper's videos. I hope that this inspires others to check all the creators mentioned here. They deserve more love and views. Edit: one I'm gonna mention that could use more love is the comics cube. The host gets some really incredible Indepth interviews with a lot of great comic creators. It's where I learned that jm dematteis had plans for a character named black crow to be come captain america before his run ended earlier than expected.

missed out on giving a shoutout to the goats over at comic pop on their 10th year anniversary

ComicPop recommendation button

This was a great idea for a video. I was happy to see so many creators I already enjoyed, and I am excited to try out the new ones. The Salazar Knight recommendation is my favourite as I also was really happy to see him get more views for some videos.

What about ComicPop?

Comic Pop should definitely be included in this list

Does he really not include Comic Pop?

If I remember correctly, Alex Lenen is related to J. Michael Straczynski. No wonder he is able to analyze comics to such a precise degree

Comicpop Strange Brian Parts I love Benny and Sal together on Absolutely. Comic Tropes Linkara Casually Comics I’m blessed to have them all on my feed.

Eric the Mage, Smokey's Videos, Merry Marvelite, Casual Comics, Venxous, Implicitly Pretentious and Comic Drake are some of some of my favorite comic book youtubers on this platform. Please give all these people a watch. They make amazing content filled with passion for the comics and the stories they tell.

love seeing Salazar Knight getting recognition

thanks for this, I hate that I keep getting Right-wing grifters/hate-mongers in my searches

Glad you are shoutout all these people. I really appreciate you and all the channels that make contents in this topic,even though it has been blown-up on the last few decades cause of other medias,I still find it really hard to find people that are willing to talk about comics,or like certain characters,or runs, but you guys always keep me engaged. Thank you for all the creators

Josh, thank you for these recommendations -- the ones I'm not subscribed to, I hadn't even heard of. I really enjoy Strange Brain Parts and blerdwithoutfear's content too, for a lot of the criteria you list at the beginning. I do listen to a few channels who are basically just story summaries because I simply don't keep up on current comics much. My favorite's probably DopeSpill. And, there are books I've gotten into based only on his stotyteller-type reviews, so there's that.

COMIC-POP 🎉🎉🎉 they deserve a spot ❤❤❤❤

The best thing is seeing that I follow most of these channels and the people behind them are good people. Its also heartwarming to see them all comment on this video! ❤

Comics explained, comic pop, comic book herald, blerd without fear, merry marvalite, casually comics, fresh comic stories, new sage and comic tropes are my favourites along with most in this video.

Comics matter, keep it thoro, thinking critical, matttt, mullet-man, tons more. I never have a problem finding great comic channels. Going to check out some on your list. Thanks.

My personal problems with most comic channels I’ve seen is that they tend to only focus on Marvel/DC and Character Lore/History. I personally prefer channels that focus more on the Artists behind the industry, as well covering more obscure comics and other genres. I understand that Superheroes are a huge part of the industry, but the amount of channels that focus on that feels over-saturated to me. I also hate comic channels that just spend their time talking about stupid twitter drama/ comicsgate/ politics in comics. If there’s any channels that fit that mold, I would be more than happy to check them out

Your Islands of Adventure video is one of my favorites of all time. Perfectly encapsulates a feeling I have too.

Comic Pop is my favorite thing on the internet. Some of the funniest, most intelligent and cool comic nerds out there

You miss ComicPop and ComicPop Returns. Best CB content in RU-vid, IMHO.

Comic pop is my favorite by far

My guy uploads again! What a great day! Thanks for the recommendations Josh, I will check out the one's that are new to me. Sidenote, I'm still waiting on that Iron man 2 comic inspirations video...

So rad to see creators lifting each other up! We're pretty new to the scene (only been putting out episodes since November), but the community has been so inviting and kind already. Really love to see it. 👍