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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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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