#879 Comics Satirize Comics: “DESTROY!” and “Doom Force”
Superhero comics have been parodied for as long as they’ve existed. This time Tim and Kumar look at two books by comics insiders that...
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20 of 115 episodes#878 Three fun graphic novels
A number of interesting graphic novels have been brought to our attention recently — works with laugh-out-loud moments and deeper mean...
#671 Derf’s “Kent State”
FLASHBACK! In 1970, four students died when national guardsman inexplicably opened fire during an anti-war protest at Kent State University....
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
While the characterization of Spidey in Amazing Spider-Man 2 is still spot-on, not much else in the movie is. Tim and Mulele discuss the myr...
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
After Sam Raimi bailed on doing any more Spidey movies, Sony decided to reboot. So, ten years after Spider-man 1, viewers got a new version...
#877 Jack Kirby’s Black Panther #7-8: The Truth about Vibranium
The adventure in the Samurai City comes to a close, and Panther attempts to get back to Wakanda . As a vibranium-related crisis unfolds in h...
#876 Marjane Satrapi remembered
Persepolis author Marjane Satrapi passed away on June 4. This week, Tim and Kumar recall their initial reactions to that book and talk a bit...
#471 “Crumb” and “Punk Rock Jesus”
(Concluding our review of past episodes featuring the work of R. Crumb.) FLASHBACK! Tim and Kumar meet in person for the first time! This ca...
#415 Crumb’s Confounding “Genesis”
FLASHBACK! Perhaps one of the most puzzling comics releases in years was The Book of Genesis, Illustrated by R. Crumb. While it’s a virtuoso...
#384 R. Crumb’s “Weirdo” Years Revisited
FLASHBACK! Weirdo was a magazine started by R. Crumb, which featured Crumb’s work alongside that of a number of other underground-type comic...
Critiquing Comics #249: “Westron”
Westron is about a private investigator who investigates crimes with supernatural elements. When a girl is murdered, he feels driven to solv...
#875 Swamp Thing in Spaaaaace
At last we complete our look at Alan Moore ‘s Swamp Thing run, looking at Swampy’s battle with Gotham City, his seeming death, a...
#874 Jack Kirby’s Black Panther #5-6: The City of Samurai
Typical of the Jack Kirby comics we’ve read from the 1970s, the 1977 Black Panther series is a wild ride. Issues 5 and 6 feature a cit...
#873 Adam Tierney: Godzilla comes to Verona
Adam Tierney , writer of the recent hit one-shot Romeo and Juliet and Godzilla , is a video game writer who dabbles in comics as a hobby ...
#872 Steranko’s “Nick Fury,” pt 2: The argument in favor of Stan Lee editing
Jim Steranko ’s Nick Fury stories from the late 1960s are lauded for the artwork, especially in the stories after Fury got out of Strange Ta...
#546 “The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye”
FLASHBACK! Why read a biography of a fictional comics artist? What if it’s also a history of Singapore — done in a style that apes more than...
#871 Jack Kirby’s Black Panther #3-4: A Time Machine, a Sweet Ride, and a Samurai
Black Panther continues his wild ride, courtesy of Jack Kirby — but filling a role that could have been played by virtually any charac...
Critiquing Comics #248: “The Blossoming City” pt 1 and “Loon News: The Comic Strip!”
Ian M is a Japan-based Canadian creator whose work we’ve discussed on this podcast before. His work is often about Japan, but not nece...
#617 Swamp Thing meets the monsters
FLASHBACK! We continue our look at Alan Moore’s 1980s run on Swamp Thing — a run in which the title character met werewolves and vampires (a...
#319 “The Maxx” (RIP Sam Kieth)
FLASHBACK! Even amidst the anything-goes craziness of the early Image years, Sam Kieth’s The Maxx was an outlier. While it included some sup...