Spiritual Themes in Comics and Koinonia Con with Phong and Eric

<p>We&#39;re back with a change of pace! In this episode, we have a discussion with a couple of our fellow comics travelers, Phong and Eric. Phong and Eric are organizing the Bay Area&#39;s first Christian comic convention, which takes place next month. This was an opportunity for us to learn about what goes into organizing a show like this, but mostly it was a chance to talk to new friends about comics!</p><p><br></p><p>Phong and Eric share their comic book origin stories, and how they got into comics in the first place. We discuss the broader topic of spiritual themes in comics we&#39;ve read. Not necessarily Christian comics, but just comics with spiritual themes that gave us something to ponder, appreciate, or enjoy. It&#39;s a topic that was quite fun to discuss, and we could only scratch the surface of it.</p><p><br></p><p>We apologize for the slight audio issues in this episode. Hopefully they weren&#39;t too disruptive. Please note that Eric joins the podcast about a half hour into the discussion.</p><p><br></p><p>As Between the Gutters is a San Francisco-based podcast, we&#39;re always happy to support the local comics community in our own small ways. We are but humble readers. If you&#39;re in the Bay Area, please check out Koinonia Con! It&#39;ll be at Redwood Chapel Community Church in Castro Valley, California, on October 24th, 2026 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For more information about the con, please check out their website: <a href="https://koinoniacon.com/">Koinonia Con — Faith. Fandom. Fellowship.</a>You can find them on Instagram here: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/koinoniacomiccon">Instagram</a>They&#39;re also on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578477541115">Facebook</a>We at Between the Gutters have posted a few YouTube videos of us discussing random comics-related stuff... Think of it like the bonus video podcasts for our patrons... Except it&#39;s free! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@betweenthegutterspodcast5544/videos">⁠⁠Between the Gutters Podcast - YouTube⁠⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p>If you have any thoughts, comments, questions, or corrections, we&#39;re here. Feel free to hit us up on our socials, or email us! We have a Linktree here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠<a href="https://linktr.ee/betweenthegutters">⁠⁠betweenthegutters | Instagram | Linktree⁠⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p>Thanks again to Corey J. Beats for producing our theme music. Check out all of his music on various platforms here: <a href="https://linktr.ee/coreyjbeats">⁠⁠Corey J. Beats | Instagram | Linktree</a></p>