Deconstructing Comics #829: Jack Kirby’s ‘Captain America’s Bicentennial Battles’
Captain America was the obvious choice of a character to help Marvel celebrate the USA’s bicentennial in 1976. The job
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Full MANGA Alchemists Season 2 Episode 2: ‘Parasyte’ Chapter 2 “Wild Animal”
Parasyte chapter 2 is a bit all over the place — humor, splatter scenes, and sexual references which don’t at
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‘Who The F*#k Is Frank?’ Also Asks “What The F*#k Happened To Diamond Distributors?”
“The Homer Simpson School of Business” The Toy Experts Johnny Jimenez and Steve Johnston present the seventh installment of Who
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Deconstructing Comics #828: Japan’s Mythical “Oni” In Manga
Oni are mythical monsters similar to the ogres of Western tradition. Like many of the legendary Japanese creatures, their characteristics
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The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Starts 2025 With Three New Podcasts
2000 AD launches three new podcasts with a new weekly show starting right now…
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‘Who The F*#k Is Frank?’ Also Asks “Can Barbie Make Manga?”
The Toy Experts Johnny Jimenez and Steve Johnston present the sixth installment of Who The F*#k Is Frank?. Joining them
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Deconstructing Comics #827: ‘Cross Game’ Omnibus 2 — Subtle Shifts
The second omnibus volume of Mitsuru Adachi‘s Cross Game focuses largely on a scrimmage between the varsity team and the
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Full MANGA Alchemists Season 2 Episode 1: ‘Parasyte’ — “Invasion”
This time, we go back to 1989 and begin our chapter-by-chapter discussion of Hitoshi Iwaaki’s Parasyte. Alien organisms land on
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The Toy Experts Release ‘Who The F*#k Is Frank?’ Episode 5
The Toy Experts Johnny Jimenez and Steve Johnston present the fifth installment of Who The F*#k Is Frank?. Joining them
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Deconstructing Comics #826: Hugh D’Andrade’s ‘The Murder Next Door’ — Your Trauma Is Your Trauma
When Hugh D’Andrade was ten years old, his next door neighbor was mysteriously murdered, and he saw the body. In his
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Toy Experts Johnny And Steve Release ‘Who The F*#ck Is Frank?’ Episode Four
The Toy Experts Johnny Jimenez and Steve Johnston present 2024’s final episode of Who The F*#k Is Frank?. Joining them
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Deconstructing Comics #825: Brad Guigar Talks Promoting Your Webcomic, Even (Especially?) If It’s NSFW
Brad Guigar, creator of Evil Inc., has been putting his comics on the Web for over 20 years, and this
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Chapter 108: “Journey’s End” (Part Two)
The conflicts of Fullmetal Alchemist — foiling Father’s plan, Ed and Al getting their bodies back — were resolved last
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The Toy Experts Drop Third Episode Of ‘Who The F*#k Is Frank?’ Pop Culture Podcast
The Toy Experts Johnny Jimenez and Steve Johnston present the third installment of Who The F*#k Is Frank?. Joining them
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Deconstructing Comics Special: Tim Catches Up with the MCU — ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’
Tim is now completely caught up with the Marvel Cinematic Universe! Mulele joins him to discuss the most recently released
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Deconstructing Comics #824: ‘Eternals’ (2021) — Where It Went Wrong (And Right!)
Now that we’ve become familiar with Jack Kirby‘s original Eternals comics, repeatedly referring to the 2021 Marvel Cinematic Universe film along
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Chapter 108: “Journey’s End” (Part One)
Ed gets in the final blow on Father! Ed and Al’s quest for their real bodies reaches its conclusion! Fullmetal
Read moreSomething For The Weekend: Our Pick Of The Posts
Welcome to the weekend and welcome to another choice of posts from your dedicated editorial team. Erik Amaya chose the
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Critiquing Comics #241: ‘The Shapes’ #4: El Puro
Samuel Edme‘s comic The Shapes is … a bit hard to pin down. It looks like notebook scribblings, it has its
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Deconstructing Comics #823: Jack Kirby’s ‘Eternals’ #17-19 — Lots O’ Ikaris (Or Ikarus?)
We’ve reached the end of Jack Kirby‘s Eternals series. Sure, it was a weird series, but introducing a Hulk robot apparently
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Johnny Jimenez And Steve Johnston Present New Pop Culture Podcast ‘Who The F*#k Is Frank?’
The Toy Experts Johnny Jimenez and Steve Johnston present Who The F*#k Is Frank?, co-hosted by Comedian Paul Vato with
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Deconstructing Comics #822: The Fantastic Four On Film — ‘The Fantastic Four’ (1994), Why Wasn’t The Film Released? (Part Two)
The 1994 film The Fantastic Four seems to have been made with the expectation, at least from producer Roger Corman on
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 107: “The Last Battle”
Father has reached godlike levels of power! Ed, Al, and their friends do their best to control the threat he
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Deconstructing Comics #821: The Fantastic Four On Film — ‘The Fantastic Four’ (1994), A Roger Corman Production (Part One)
By the early 1990s, Superman and Batman were blockbuster movie franchises, but Marvel had yet to find a way to
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Deconstructing Comics #820: Jack Kirby’s ‘Eternals’ #14-16 — The Coming Of … The Editor!
Jack Kirby‘s The Eternals was not a conventional superhero book. It didn’t even seem to take place in the Marvel
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Chapter 106: “Pride’s Abyss”
So just what was it that Scar’s brother noticed about Amestris’ alchemy (back in chapter 59!) that was “strange”? At
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The Sunday Spotlight: The ‘Zombies Rule Belgium’ Edition
It’s Sunday, so that means it’s time for me to take you round a bit of comics news in the
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Deconstructing Comics #819: We Catch Up With ‘The Re-Up’ And ‘Amazing Tales’
This week we catch up with the work of two DCP favorites: Chad Bilyeu and David Dye! Chad’s series, The
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Deconstructing Comics #818 — Requiems: ‘Ghost Band’ And ‘Grimm’s Assistant’
If you’ve ever felt like your city left you before you left your city, Jason McNamara‘s Ghost Band is for you.
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 105: “The Throne Of God”
Father’s plan is coming to fruition! As the eclipse continues, he takes advantage of all his countrymen to get all the
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Deconstructing Comics Special: ‘Avengers: Endgame’ (2019)
Tim gets ever closer to catching up with the MCU! Tim and Mulele discuss Avengers: Endgame‘s time-travel explanation (and problems),
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