Critiquing Comics #231: ‘Pimp Killer’
When it comes to truth in advertising, the title of this comic is an award winner: Ghezal Omar‘s Pimp Killer (with
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Critiquing Comics #230: ‘Thready’ #2 And ‘Tales from the Interface’ #4
Sometimes the topics of Critiquing Comics episodes come back for seconds – or thirds! We look at a couple of
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Critiquing Comics #229: ‘Christiania’
Christiania, a silent comic written by 13-year-old Abi Behe, is a take on the ills of social media by someone
Read moreCritiquing Comics #228: ‘Galacto: Pit Fighter’ #2 — “Requiem For A Humanzee”
Kirt Birdick is back with the second issue of his hyper-violent science fiction comic Galacto: Pit Fighter, “Requiem for a
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Critiquing Comics #227: ‘Mayfield Eight’ #1-#4
“A biker revenge tale” isn’t a story pitch that appeals to everyone, but any kind of story can get a
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Critiquing Comics #226: ‘Immortalis’ #1 and #2
A few weeks back, Tim and Jason discussed Sean Lewis‘ Immortalis — issue # 3. This time, we’re reading the
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Critiquing Comics #225: ‘Holy West’ #1
A supernatural western, Holy West, captivates Tim and Adam in this episode. The comic features smart writing by Seth Jacob
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Critiquing Comics #224: ‘Immortalis’
Immortalis is the story of a 19th-century woman, transplanted to the 21st, who is expected to be the world’s savior
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Critiquing Comics #223: ‘Here 2 Cypher’
Here 2 Cypher is an anthology of stories written by Brandon Hayes, whose story Thready Tim and Jason enjoyed back
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Critiquing Comics #222: ‘Berserker Monk’
Berserker Monk is a violent, but slightly humorous, comic that’s been pitched as “Tarantino meets The Last Airbender.” The creators
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Critiquing Comics #221: ‘Steamgear Inc.’
Alexandra (her friends call her “Ax”) is trying to get in touch with hero team Steamgear Defenders; she wants to
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Critiquing Comics #220: ‘Amazing Tales’ #5
This time, we critique the fifth installment in David Dye‘s Amazing Tales anthology series. In the main story, we again
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Critiquing Comics #219: ‘Rougarou’ and ‘The Poet and the Flea’
This week, a Critiquing Comics double feature: During the U.S. Civil War, a confederate soldier is changed into a dangerous
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Critiquing Comics #218: ‘A Lungful Of Brine’
This time, Jason introduces us to his former student Dan Tappan‘s first Kickstarter project, a nautical horror anthology with the
Read moreCritiquing Comics #217: ‘Scion of Night’ #1
A man in Portland, Oregon, finds himself turning into some kind of neck-biting monster (a blue vampire who doesn’t mind
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Critiquing Comics #216: ‘Bran Bionic: The Sable Peril’
Longtime web cartoonist Don Ahé has asked us to look at his new story, Bran Bionic: The Sable Peril, about
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Critiquing Comics #215: ‘Usher Of The Dead’ #1
Blood Moon Comics has sent us another of their titles: Usher of the Dead #1 by Keith Rommel and Samir
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Critiquing Comics #214: ‘The 9 Circles’ #1
A drifter in the Old West gives confession to an alcoholic priest. Demons attack and the drifter, who has special
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Critiquing Comics #213: ‘Bric-A-Brac’
This time, a Christmas-themed comic. Isn’t it a little late for that? A seasonal comic may be a rather odd
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Critiquing Comics #212: ‘Second Place’
Weight training is very big in space. At least, on the planet Cankee, where Earth-style weightlifting has caught on like
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Critiquing Comics #210: ‘Epic Tavern’s Tales From The Fantastical Crimes Unit’
Epic Tavern’s Tales from the Fantastical Crimes Unit gives us a noir-type detective on the case of a kidnapped centaur
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Critiquing Comics #209: ‘Producing The End Of The World’
Anthologies have traditionally been something of a bear to critique, especially if they’re not very good. Producing the End of
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Critiquing Comics #208: ‘Amazing Tales’ #4
David Dye has been one of our favorites here on Critiquing Comics; Tim and Mulele even interviewed him once. He’s
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Critiquing Comics #207: ‘Texas Tracts’
Texas Tracts, by Rachelle Meyer, is a series of three short comics, modeled in format after the Christian evangelical “Chick
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Something For The Weekend: Your Weekly Ten-To-Takeaway
Well, another weekend has rolled around and we hope we can offer you a brief respite from anything stressful you
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Critiquing Comics #206: ‘Root And Branch’
Root and Branch is a comic that flirts with the fantasy genre, but is more concerned about a clash of
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Critiquing Comics #205: ‘Honeymoon In The Afterlife’
Is Matt Canning‘s Honeymoon in the Afterlife about dying? Is it about life? Unlike some inscrutable comics we’ve discussed recently,
Read moreCritiquing Comics #203: “Midnight Highway”
Midnight Highway is a horror comic on which all the creators are firing on all cylinders. Well, most of them.
Read moreCritiquing Comics #202: ‘Theatrics’
Neil Gibson is back! Tim and Mulele have discussed his Twisted Dark anthology series more than once, and Koom once
Read moreCritiquing Comics #201: ‘Adora And The Distance’
Although it’s currently only available digitally, Adora and the Distance, by Marc Bernardin, Ariela Kistantina, Bryan Valenza, and Bernardo Brice,
Read moreCritiquing Comics #198: ‘Rex Radley, Boy Adventurer’
Winston Gambro‘s Rex Radley: Boy Adventurer is an all-ages comedy adventure series. Tim and Adam discuss. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/stingpin/210626.mp3 Comicon thanks Deconstructing
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