Deconstructing Comics #762 — MCU Phase 4: Why So Much Complaining?
Marvel Studios’s Phase Four block of movies and TV shows has wrapped up, and it’s occasioned a lot of annoyance
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Deconstructing Comics #761: A Disturbing Visit To ‘2120’
George Wylesol‘s 2120 is a choose-your-own-adventure horror graphic novel that blocks your progress and punishes the reader for cheating. Kumar and
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Deconstructing Comics #760: ‘The Third Person’
What’s it like to be trans and have Dissociative Identity Disorder? What’s it like to have a therapist who doesn’t
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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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Something For The Weekend: Your Regular Dose Of Popular Posts
Once again we bring you our weekly round up of the more popular post from this week’s missives. So, what
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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Deconstructing Comics #759: Kirby’s Fourth World(?) — ‘Captain Victory’ Graphite Edition
After he left DC Comics, but before he returned to produce Even Gods Must Die and The Hunger Dogs, Jack
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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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Deconstructing Comics #758 ‘Ducks: Two Years In The Oil Sands’
What happens when a group of people must work in the middle of nowhere, with virtually no supervision or accountability?
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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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Deconstructing Comics Special: ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’
Tim Catches Up With The MCU continues: Peter Quill (whose name we both blanked on while recording the show!) and
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Deconstructing Comics #757: ‘Nemesis The Warlock’
Kumar and Matt E celebrate the life and work of Kevin O’Neill with a look back at his breakout work
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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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Deconstructing Comics #756: ‘Tokyo Rose – Zero Hour’
If you’re at all aware of Tokyo Rose, it’s most likely simply as a woman heard over a radio in
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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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Deconstructing Comics: ‘Tim Catches Up With The MCU — Doctor Strange’
“Tim Catches Up with the MCU” discusses Doctor Strange — an enjoyable yet problematic movie, based on a 1963 origin story
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Deconstructing Comics #755: ‘Best Of EC Stories, Artisan Edition’
EC Comics, a name that brings to mind Fredric Wertham and the coming of the Comics Code, also brings to
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Deconstructing Comics Presents — ‘Tim Catches Up With The MCU: Captain America: Civil War’ (2016)
Tim Catches Up with the MCU continues as Tim and Mulele discuss Avengers 2.5, er, Captain America: Civil War! (Originally
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Deconstructing Comics #754: ‘Peanuts’ — Schulz’s Silent Sundays 1957-1961
Charles Schulz’s Peanuts is a master class in how to do a comic strip. This week, Kumar and Tim are
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Deconstructing Comics #753 — Kirby’s Fourth World: ‘Old Gods And New’
John Morrow is co-founder of Two Morrows Publishing, a company that owes its start to John’s interest in Jack Kirby.
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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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Deconstructing Comics #752: Shanti Rai’s ‘Sennen’
What are the people like on the other side of the mountain? Are there any there? Where does the stuff,
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Deconstructing Comics #751: Rachel Pollack’s ‘Doom Patrol’
In the mid-’90s, Grant Morrison‘s innovative run on Doom Patrol was followed by that of Rachel Pollack, who took advantage
Read moreDeconstructing Comics #750: Jack Kirby’s ‘The Demon’
After leaving DC’s Jimmy Olsen book, Jack Kirby needed something else to keep his monthly page count up to the
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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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Deconstructing Comics #749: Marta Chudolinska — “An Insider And An Outsider”
Marta Chudolinska (who-doh-lean-ska), the child of Polish immigrants to Canada, makes comics and other art in Toronto. Koom talks with
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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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Deconstructing Comics #748: Elizabeth Sandifer on Netflix’s ‘Sandman’
While Netflix’s The Sandman series has gone over well with many fans, not everyone is pleased. This week, Emmet talks
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Deconstructing Comics #747 — ‘Suzanne: The Jazz Age Goddess Of Tennis’
Suzanne Lenglen was a trendsetting tennis star in the 1920s, among the first to challenge the notion that tennis players
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Deconstructing Comics #746: Manga Mermaid Madness!
Patrick Ijima-Washburn (a.k.a. “Patrick W.”) has been doing some deep research on certain themes used in manga. Last year, he
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