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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The Ghost With A Hundred Eyes — Happy Hour: Good Grief Edition #3
Anton, Erik, and I reconvene the Good Grief panel to watch It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Memories fail as
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Deconstructing Comics #437 (Flashback): ‘Real’ Is A Slam Dunk
FLASHBACK! Sports have rarely been subject matter for comics in the US; perhaps comics’ inherent static-ness has seemed antithetical to an
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 104: “The Center Of The World”
The eclipse is here! Father/”Mr. Eyeballs” sets his plan in motion! Can Ed, Al, and company fight back? Tim and
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Critiquing Comics #240: ‘The Night Brigade’ And ‘Joe Mallard’
Most Americans know little about the Crimean War (1853-1856). Adam McGovern and Bruno Letizia’s The Night Brigade may go some way
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Deconstructing Comics #817: Jack Kirby’s ‘Eternals’ 1977 Annual + #13 — Fun Stories With Few Eternals
We left the Eternals joined together in the Unimind. The 1977 Annual doesn’t clearly fit into continuity, but features only
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 103: “For Whom?”
It becomes clear in Fullmetal Alchemist chapter 103 that causing Mustang to open the portal shouldn’t have been possible, and
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Deconstructing Comics #816″ Chester Brown Interview — ‘Paying For It’ The Movie
Chester Brown’s work has come up on this show a number of times over the years. We’ve discussed Ed the
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Deconstructing Comics #593 (Flashback): Reading ‘Nancy’ — Plus ‘Cat And Mouse’!
FLASHBACK! A comic strip gag can be a deceptively simple thing. Once you take it apart — “deconstruct” it, one
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 102: “Before The Portal”
What happens when Mustang is forced to open the Gate of Truth against his will? Ever seen two nameless men
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Critiquing Comics #239: ‘Let’s Go, Coco’ And ‘Digital Bardos’
What does an 11-year-old do when her “only friend” moves away? In Coco Fox‘s “sorta” memoir, Let’s Go, Coco, she
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Deconstructing Comics #338 (Flashback): Everything’s ‘Archie’!
FLASHBACK! It’s been more than 70 years now since the debut of Archie comics, featuring (though not quite from the
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 101: “The Fifth Human Sacrifice”
Fullmetal Alchemist chapter 101 asks some important questions: Will Hawkeye bleed to death? How will Pride and Father open the
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Deconstructing Comics #815: Jack Kirby’s ‘Eternals’ #9-12 — Judging Books By Their Covers
Eternals are only human, I guess! In Eternals #9-12, many of the Eternals exhibit a segregationist attitude toward the Deviants,
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Deconstructing Comics #134 (Flashback): ‘The R. Crumb Handbook’
FLASHBACK! A then-recent R. Crumb compilation is reviewed by a Crumb connoisseur (Kumar) and a Crumb newbie (Tim). The book
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 100: “Holding The Gate”
Can you believe we’ve done 100 episodes now? Can you believe we’re almost done with the series?? Fullmetal Alchemist chapter
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Critiquing Comics #238: ‘Jane Jet’ And ‘The Fog Within’
Once again we take a look at some comics submitted by their creators; we talk about what we liked about
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The Sunday Spotlight: The ‘Well, You Thought Wrong Then, Clever Dick’ Edition
It’s Sunday, shouldn’t I be spotlighting some comics stuff? Well, what the hey… it’s Sunday Spotlight time…
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Deconstructing Comics #591 (Flashback): ‘Promethea’ — A Mind-Bending, Life-Changing Comic
FLASHBACK! While Alan Moore and J.H. Williams’ Promethea, published from 1999 to 2005, is not one of Moore’s most remembered
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 99: “Eternal Rest”
Stuff gets real as Foo and Bradley fight it out! Ed, Al (finally in Central City), and Izumi disappear from
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Deconstructing Comics #296 (Flashback): ‘Little Orphan Annie’
FLASHBACK! Harold Gray’s Little Orphan Annie debuted in 1924 and was a big success. FDR having not yet turned him
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Deconstructing Comics Special: ‘Captain Marvel’
Back in Critiquing Comics 154, Tim and Mulele discussed 2019’s Captain Marvel; Tim enjoyed it, Mulele did not. Now that we’ve
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 98: “Greed Without Limits”
Battles continue, as Lin/Greed takes on Bradley, and Olivier and Izumi continue to kick butt and take names. Who else
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Deconstructing Comics #598 (Flashback): Dylan Horrocks Looks Back At ‘Hicksville’
FLASHBACK! Twenty years after the first collection of Hicksville was released, creator Dylan Horrocks talks to Emmet about how the comic
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Deconstructing Comics #814: Jack Kirby’s ‘Eternals’ #5-8 — As Wacky As They Wanna Be
Reading the original Jack Kirby iteration of The Eternals shows that the MCU movie based on the title was rather dour,
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 97: “The Two Philosophers”
A transformation by Father, the return of the bad guy we just knew would be back, and the terror of
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