Deconstructing Comics #290 (Flashback): ‘Nexus’ — Justifiable Homicide? Pt 1
FLASHBACK! We begin a two-review series on comics that ask hard questions about whether murder can ever be justified. This
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Deconstructing Comics #788: Alan Moore’s ‘1963’
In 1993, the Image revolution was underway, itself a result of the 1986 earthquake brought about by Alan Moore‘s Watchmen and
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The Law of Equivalent Exchange Ch 79: “Bug Bite”
Chapter 79 of Fullmetal Alchemist belongs to Dr. Marcoh, as he faces off against a more powerful foe! Tim and
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Deconstructing Comics #462 (Flashback): ‘Usagi Yojimbo’
FLASHBACK! Originating out of the same ’80s black-and-white/anthropomorphic boom that brought us the Ninja Turtles, Usagi Yojimbo is one of the
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Happy Hour #12: ‘Halloween’ Drinks With Tyler Mane
Tyler Mane (Michael Myers in Rob Zombie’s Halloween duology) and Renae Geerlings (Witchblade, Fathom, Bruce Lee: The Dragon Rises) join
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Deconstructing Comics #787: Jack Kirby’s ‘OMAC’ — The World That’s Going
The run of Jack Kirby‘s OMAC: One-Man Army Corps was bright but short, lasting only through eight bi-monthly issues. This time,
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The Law of Equivalent Exchange Ch 78: “The Seven Deadly Sins”
Things are going from bad to worse, and more wars break out along the Amestris border. Hoenheim makes a surprising
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New Episode Of ‘Time To Relax With The Offspring’ Featuring Metallica’s Trujillo
The Offspring has shared the fifth episode of their podcast Time to Relax with The Offspring, featuring special guest Rob
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Deconstructing Comics #786: Jack Kirby’s ‘OMAC’ — The World That’s Coming
One of Jack Kirby‘s late efforts at DC was OMAC: One-Man Army Corps, which focuses on “the world that’s coming”:
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Deconstructing Comics Special: ‘Black Panther’ (2018)
Paul of To the Batpoles joins Tim and Mulele to discuss 2018’s Black Panther film, trying to separate political filmmaking
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The Law of Equivalent Exchange Ch 77: “The Tables Are Turned: A New Transmutation Circle”
After the mineshaft cave-in, Ed is in danger of bleeding to death without the help of some assumed enemies. Mei
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Deconstructing Comics #785: ‘Berserk’ — The Prosaic Past
After covering the first four volumes of Kentaro Miura‘s Berserk a few months back, Tim and Kumar decided to keep going.
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Deconstructing Comics #784: Jack Kirby’s ‘Kamandi’ — Wipeout
There’s a new sheriff in town in post-Great Disaster Earth: Gerry Conway took over as writer in Kamandi: The Last Boy
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 76: “Shape Of A Person, Shape Of A Stone”
As Scar, Mei Chang, and co. try to figure out Scar’s brother’s notes, the Briggs’ troops’ plan goes awry. Ed
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New Episode Of ‘Time To Relax With The Offspring’ Drops Featuring T.S.O.L.’s Jack Grisham
Legendary SoCal punk rock band The Offspring has shared the fourth episode of their podcast Time to Relax with The
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Deconstructing Comices #783 Jack Kirby’s ‘Kamandi’ #35-37 — Off The Deep End
Jack Kirby reaches the end of his writing run on Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth. After top-shelf stories about
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Deconstructing Comics #782: ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem’
Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird‘s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles first appeared in 1984 as a violent, gory homage to/parody of Frank
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 75: “The Last Days Of Xerxes”
At last, Fullmetal Alchemist chapter 75 reveals the origin story of Hoenheim and Father! (No, they’re not the same person!
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Andrew MacLean and Jake Smith Discuss Their New ‘Godzilla’ Comic
Andrew Maclean (Snarlagon, Head Lopper) joins Jake Smith (Blood Force Trauma) on the Dead Gremlin Podcast to discuss their work
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Deconstructing Comics #781: ‘The Hard Switch’ And ‘Pet Peeves’
This time we look once again at new books coming from British publisher Avery Hill Press. Owen D. Pomery‘s The Hard
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Deconstructing Comics #548 (Flashback): Jaime Hernandez Interview
FLASHBACK! Love and Rockets continues to impress, and in this episode Koom asks creator Jaime Hernandez some burning questions. Hernandez
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 74: “The Dwarf In The Flask”
As Olivier Armstrong makes a risky move, in Fullmetal Alchemist chapter 74, Hawkeye reveals a stunning fact to Mustang, and
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Something For The Weekend: Your Regular Dose Of Popular Posts
The weekend has come back round once more. and to help ease you into it is our regular round up
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The Offspring Shares New Episode Of ‘Time To Relax’ Featuring Simple Plan’s Pierre Bouvier
SoCal punk rock band The Offspring has shared the third episode of their podcast Time to Relax with The Offspring,
Read moreDeconstructing Comics #780: Jim Shooter Interview
Jim Shooter was Marvel Editor-in-Chief from 1978 to 1987, the era of Frank Miller‘s Daredevil, Chris Claremont‘s X-men, Secret Wars
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Happy Hour: Comics And Cocktails #11– The Zombie Variations, Featuring Guest Will Robson
In this eleventh episode of Happy Hour, Will Robson joins me, Cullen Bunn, and Anton Kromoff to discuss his upcoming
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Deconstructing Comics #440 (Flashback): ‘The Love Bunglers’
FLASHBACK! Did you think Love & Rockets was over?! Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez continue to release new work about once
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 73: “A Daydream”
Count on Hiromu Arakawa in Fullmetal Alchemist to make all her characters complex. As we see again in chapter 73,
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Deconstructing Comics #305 (Flashback): ‘Love & Rockets’ — Gilbert Hernandez
FLASHBACK! In episode #300, we took a look at the sometimes wacky and cartoony Love & Rockets work of Jaime Hernandez.
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Deconstructing Comics #300 (Flashback): ‘Love & Rockets’ — Jaime Hernandez
FLASHBACK! The series Love & Rockets, featuring individual works by the Hernandez brothers, started in 1981 as a self-published magazine,
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 72: “A Chain Of Negativity, A Pebble Of Goodness”
Amid action-packed pages, Fullmetal Alchemist chapter 72 gives us several very moving scenes that remind us of one reasons we
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