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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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April 30, 2022April 29, 2022 Erik Amaya 231 Views Critiquing Comics, Deconstructing Comics, Jaimie Engle, Kool as Heck, Kristal Sayers, podcasts, The 9 Circles
Comics Podcast 

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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February 1, 2022January 31, 2022 Erik Amaya 505 Views Bric-A-Brac, Critiquing Comics, Deconstructing Comics, Milton Aguiar, Rafael Sam, Ryan Haack, Toben Racicot
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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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January 18, 2022January 21, 2022 Erik Amaya 416 Views Ben Goldsmith, Critiquing Comics, Ed Smith, Jay P. Fosgitt, podcasts, Second Place
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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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December 11, 2021December 10, 2021 Erik Amaya 687 Views Critiquing Comics, Deconstructing Comics, Epic Tavern's Tales from the Fantastical Crimes Unit, Rob Jones, Shawn French, Steve Lavigne, Steve Mardo
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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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November 16, 2021November 15, 2021 Erik Amaya 745 Views Critiquing Comics, Deconstructing Comics, podcasts, Producing the End of the World
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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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November 2, 2021November 1, 2021 Erik Amaya 553 Views Amazing Tales, Critiquing Comics, David Dye, Deconstructing Comics, podcast
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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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October 5, 2021October 4, 2021 Erik Amaya 711 Views Critiquing Comics, Deconstructing Comics, Jack Chick, podcasts, Rachelle Meyer, Texas Tracts
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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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September 25, 2021November 18, 2021 Olly MacNamee 816 Views 2000 AD Prog #2250, Casino Royale, Critiquing Comics, Daisy, Franchise Expansion (or Implosion), Jumping On, Review Round Up, Thoroughly Modern Millie, What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
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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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September 18, 2021September 18, 2021 Erik Amaya 811 Views Critiquing Comics, Deconstructing Comics, Pink Pitcher, podcasts, Root and Branch
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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,

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September 12, 2021September 11, 2021 Erik Amaya 770 Views Critiquing Comics, Deconstructing Comics, Honeymoon in the Afterlife, Matt Canning, podcasts
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Critiquing Comics #203: “Midnight Highway”

Midnight Highway is a horror comic on which all the creators are firing on all cylinders. Well, most of them.

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August 21, 2021 Erik Amaya 766 Views Alex Maday, Alex Monik, Alexander Malyshev, Critiquing Comics, Dave Lentz, Deconstructing Comics, Hedwin Zaldivar, Midnight Highway, Mike Tener, podcasts
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Critiquing Comics #202: ‘Theatrics’

Neil Gibson is back! Tim and Mulele have discussed his Twisted Dark anthology series more than once, and Koom once

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August 13, 2021 Erik Amaya 671 Views Critiquing Comics, Deconstructing Comics, Neil Gibson, podcasts, Theatrics
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Critiquing 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,

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August 7, 2021 Erik Amaya 782 Views Adora and the Distance, Ariela Kistantina, Bernardo Brice, Bryan Valenza, Critiquing Comics, Deconstructing Comics, Marc Bernardin, podcasts
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Critiquing 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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June 27, 2021 Erik Amaya 710 Views Critiquing Comics, Deconstructing Comics, podcasts, Winston Gambro
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Critiquing Comics #196: ‘Tales from the Interface’ #3

Three years ago, Tim & Mulele discussed the first issue of Tales from the Interface by Emmanuel Filteau. We thought

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May 29, 2021 Erik Amaya 730 Views Critiquing Comics, Emmanuel Filteau, podcasts, Tales from the Interface
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Critiquing Comics #195: “Circle 7” #1

Our critique candidate this time is an unusual one: an artist who asks us to critique a comic he drew

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May 11, 2021 Erik Amaya 903 Views Circle 7, comics, Critiquing Comics, Daniel M. Rodriguez, Joshua Lauber
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Critiquing Comics #194: “Realm of Owls”

Part comic, part children’s storybook, Realm of Owls is heavy on world building and a bit light on characters, at

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April 27, 2021 James Ferguson 824 Views Adam Pasion, comics, Critiquing Comics, Realm of Owls
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Critiquing Comics #193: “The Zombie Game”

At what was ostensibly a rave, some kids are turned into zombies. How do the remaining kids deal with it?

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April 13, 2021 James Ferguson 859 Views comics, Critiquing Comics, Dan Bridges, Emily McGuiness, Gary Ambrosia, Kickstarter, Lucase Gattoni, Pablo Ayala, The Zombie Game
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Critiquing Comics #192: “The Corona Bible”

Pier Dola has sent us another of his comics. Another of his very, very long comics, filled with very well-drawn

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March 30, 2021 James Ferguson 1091 Views comics, Critiquing Comics, Pier Dola, The Corona Bible
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Critiquing Comics #191: “Confederate Monster” #1

A German doctor treats amputee Confederate soldiers in 1864 Virginia. But then his secret is found out by a desperate

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March 16, 2021 James Ferguson 937 Views Conderate Monster, Critiquing Comics, Dave Swartz
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Critiquing Comics #190: “Duplicant”

In a world where a pandemic is causing people’s organs to fail, the company that makes synthetic organs wields a

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February 26, 2021 James Ferguson 849 Views comics, Critiquing Comics, Duplicant
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Critiquing Comics #189: “FingerBang” #4

A story about a pot-smoking superhero taking on a villain whose henchmen wear KKK robes. Is this OK?! Tim is

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February 12, 2021 James Ferguson 907 Views Ben Perone, comics, Critiquing Comics, Deconstructing Comics, Fingerbang, Jer Gordon
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Critiquing Comics #188: “Jellied Feels”

We’ve discussed Joseph Hewitt’s work on the show before, and even met him at a comics festival. Now he’s back

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January 29, 2021 James Ferguson 912 Views comics, Critiquing Comics, Jellied Feels
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Critiquing Comics #187: “Bear With Me”

A retro-style daily strip about a talking bear! This time Tim is joined by comics colorist Jeremy Kahn to discuss

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January 16, 2021 James Ferguson 912 Views Bear With Me, Bob Scott, Critiquing Comics, Jeremy Kahn
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Critiquing Comics #106: “Holy Diver”

If you’re an American who grew up in a certain era, you may have a story about that time you

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January 1, 2021 James Ferguson 937 Views comics, Critiquing Comics, Holy Diver
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Critiquing Comics #105: “Wynter”

Liz Wynter isn’t special. She’s exactly like thousands of other people who have lived, with the same DNA, and she

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December 18, 2020 James Ferguson 856 Views Aron Elkes, comics, Critiquing Comics, Guy Hasson, Wynter
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Critiquing Comics #184: “R.U.N.” Volume 2

Way back in 2014, Tim and Mulele discussed the first volume of R.u.N. (Remember Ur Nature), a comic in shonen

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December 4, 2020 James Ferguson 913 Views comics, Critiquing Comics, Run, Ryan Carey
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Critiquing Comics 183: “Chad in Amsterdam” #5

Chad Bilyue is on a roll! No sooner had he released issue 4 of Chad in Amsterdam than he was

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November 20, 2020 James Ferguson 974 Views Chad in Amsterdam, comics, Critiquing Comics
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Critiquing Comics #182: “After The Fall” And “Organic But Not Mental”

Telling a story without dialogue can be difficult. Telling your story entirely with pictures takes excellent storytelling skills. What are

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November 6, 2020 James Ferguson 970 Views After the Fall, comics, Critiquing Comics, Organic but not Metal
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Critiquing Comics #181: “Chad in Amsterdam 4”

The latest installment of our beloved Chad in Amsterdam is here! As always, Chad combines some incisive but casual observational

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October 20, 2020 James Ferguson 1012 Views Chad in Amsterdam, comics, Critiquing Comics
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Critiquing Comics #180: “Spider Forest Webcomic Anthology 4”

Last episode, we mentioned how writing a short, tight story can be more challenging than writing a sprawling epic. Right

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October 10, 2020 James Ferguson 947 Views comics, Critiquing Comics, Spider Forest
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