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Critiquing Comics

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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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March 25, 2023March 23, 2023 Erik Amaya 222 Views Ayhan Hayrula, Critiquing Comics, Ghezal Omar, Phillip Ginn, Pimp Killer, podcasts
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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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March 14, 2023March 13, 2023 Erik Amaya 232 Views Brandon Hayes, Critiquing Comics, Emmanuel Filteau, James the Stanton, podcasts, Tales from the Interface, Thready
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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

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January 31, 2023January 31, 2023 Erik Amaya 325 Views Abi Behe, Christiana, Critiquing Comics, Deconstructing Comics, podcasts, Taka
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Critiquing 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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January 28, 2023January 27, 2023 Erik Amaya 371 Views Critiquing Comics, Deconstructing Comics, Galacto: Pit Fighter, Kirt Birdick, podcasts
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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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January 17, 2023January 16, 2023 Erik Amaya 423 Views Critiquing Comics, Deconstructing Comics, Mayfield Eight, Tim Larsen
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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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January 10, 2023January 8, 2023 Erik Amaya 421 Views Critiquing Comics, Deconstructing Comics, Immortalis, podcasts, Sean Lewis
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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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December 27, 2022December 23, 2022 Erik Amaya 397 Views Critiquing Comics, Daniel Irizarri, Deconstructing Comics, Holy West, podcasts, 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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December 6, 2022December 5, 2022 Erik Amaya 395 Views Critiquing Comics, Deconstructing Comics, Immortalis
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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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November 22, 2022November 21, 2022 Erik Amaya 493 Views Brandon Hayes, Critiquing Comics, Deconstructing Comics, Here 2 Cypher, podcasts
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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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October 14, 2022October 14, 2022 Erik Amaya 642 Views Beserker Monk, Critiquing Comics, Deconstructing Comics, Gabriel Roldan, Josh Thompson, Leland Bjerg, podcasts
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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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September 20, 2022September 20, 2022 Erik Amaya 593 Views Critiquing Comics, Deconstructing Comics, Snuffy Sam, Steamgear Inc.
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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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September 6, 2022September 6, 2022 Erik Amaya 564 Views Amazing Tales, Critiquing Comics, David Dye, Deconstructing Comics
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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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July 26, 2022July 25, 2022 Erik Amaya 876 Views Critiquing Comics, Deconstructing Comics, GE Gallas, Giles Clark, Jose Rondon, Rougarou, The Poet and the Flea, William Blake
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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

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June 30, 2022June 30, 2022 Erik Amaya 829 Views A Lungful of Brine, Critiquing Comics, Dan Tappan, Deconstructing Comics, podcasts
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Critiquing 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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June 18, 2022June 18, 2022 Erik Amaya 829 Views Critiquing Comics, Deconstructing Comics, podcasts, Scion of Night, Tatu Heikkinen
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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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June 4, 2022June 4, 2022 Erik Amaya 946 Views Bran Bionic: The Sable Peril, Critiquing Comics, Deconstructing Comics, Don Ahe, podcasts
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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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May 28, 2022May 28, 2022 Erik Amaya 940 Views Critiquing Comics, Deconstructing Comics, Keith Rommel, podcasts, Samir Simao, Usher of the Dead
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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 1335 Views Critiquing Comics, Deconstructing Comics, Jaimie Engle, Kool as Heck, Kristal Sayers, podcasts, The 9 Circles
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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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February 1, 2022January 31, 2022 Erik Amaya 1274 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 962 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 1367 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 1168 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 1001 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 1278 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 1391 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 1322 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 1173 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 1289 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 1146 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 1461 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 1207 Views Critiquing Comics, Deconstructing Comics, podcasts, Winston Gambro
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