Deconstructing Comics #745: Noah Van Sciver And ‘Joseph Smith And The Mormons’
Joseph Smith and the Mormons is an objective look at the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
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Deconstructing Comics #744: ‘Fist Of The North Star’
If you’re looking for over-the-top — way, way over — action and violence, then Fist of the North Star, by
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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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Deconstructing Comics #743: ‘Stray Bullets’
David Lapham‘s Stray Bullets “humanist crime” series began in 1995 and shows a number of characters interacting between the 1970s
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Deconstructing Comics #742: ‘Crisis On Infinite Earths’
Crisis on Infinite Earths was an attempt by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez to clean up DC Comics continuity and
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Deconstructing Comics Special: ‘Ant-Man’
It’s another episode of Tim Catches Up With The MCU, in which we wrap up Phase Two with Ant-Man. When
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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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Deconstructing Comics #741: Anneli Furmark
Anneli Furmark is a Swedish illustrator and comics creator whose latest book is Walk Me to the Corner, in which
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Deconstructing Comics #740: Gary Spencer Millidge (‘Strangehaven’) Interview
Strangehaven is a series started by Gary Spencer Millidge in 1995. As he does everything himself (including publishing, for 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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Deconstructing Comics #738: ‘The Re-Up’
One of our favorite indie creators has long been Amsterdam-based Chad Bilyeu, who’s back with the start of a new
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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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Deconstructing Comics #737: Kirby’s Fourth World — ‘Even Gods Must Die’
In 1984, ten years after the last of Jack Kirby‘s Fourth World books was canceled, Kirby was brought back to
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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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Deconstructing Comics #736: ‘Batman and the Outsiders’ Vol. 1
One of DC’s most fondly remembered ’80s series is Mike W. Barr and Jim Aparo‘s Batman and the Outsiders. Tim,
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Deconstructing Comics #735 — Kirby’s Fourth World: ‘Mister Miracle’ #13-18
Jack Kirby‘s Mister Miracle continued on for a year or so after his other Fourth World books had been canceled.
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Deconstructing Comics #734: Ron Randall, ‘Trekker,’ And Decompressed Storytelling
What’s creator Ron Randall been up to since we talked with him last? He’s continuing his comic, Trekker, now 35
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Deconstructing Comics #733: Kirby’s Fourth World — ‘Mister Miracle’ #7-12
Tim and Emmet continue their read through Jack Kirby’s Fourth World comics with Mister Miracle issues 7 through 12. Is
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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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Deconstructing Comics #732: ‘The Immortal Hulk’
The Immortal Hulk won a fair amount of praise, including for Al Ewing‘s writing (although also censure for the hate
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Deconstructing Comics #731: ‘Judge Dredd’
Judge Dredd, created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra, first appeared in 1977 and is as mainstream in
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Deconstructing Comics #730 — Kirby’s Fourth World: ‘Forever People’ And ‘New Gods’ End
Jack Kirby‘s big plans for his four Fourth World books were cut short when DC abruptly cancelled all but one
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Deconstructing Comics #729: Nancy Collins’ ‘Swamp Thing’
While Kumar read Swamp Thing by Alan Moore and other ’70s and ’80s versions of the character well after they
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Deconstructing Comics #728 — Kirby’s Fourth World: ‘Mister Miracle’ #1-#6
Our journey through Jack Kirby‘s Fourth World books now takes us to the first six issues of Mister Miracle, a
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Deconstructing Comics #727 — Jack Kirby’s Fourth World: ‘New Gods’ #1-#6
While the Forever People are (mistakenly, in our view) seen by many as “cheesy,” Jack Kirby’s New Gods has been
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Deconstructing Comics #726 — Kirby’s Fourth World: ‘The Forever People’ #2-#8
After reading Jack Kirby‘s wacky Jimmy Olsen run, Tim and Emmet weren’t sure what to expect from the first seven
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Deconstructing Comics #725: Jim Rugg On ‘Street Angel,’ ‘Hulk: Grand Design,’ And More!
Jim Rugg is known for his indy hit Street Angel, for being half of the duo hosting the super-prolific Cartoonist
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Something For The Weekend: Your Weekly Dose Of Popular Posts
More popular posts from another week of comic book news, reviews and other tidbits from the popular culture landscape: It’s
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Deconstructing Comics #724: ‘Young Shadow’
Superheroes are the stuff of kids’ fantasies. Who among us hasn’t fantasized about having powers, putting on a costume and
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Deconstructing Comics #723: ‘EC Comics: Race, Shock, And Social Protest’
EC Comics are most commonly associated with the horror stories that shocked parents and U.S. Senators in 1954. But EC
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Deconstructing Comics #722 — Kirby’s Fourth World: ‘Jimmy Olsen’ Pt 2
The second half of Jack Kirby‘s run on Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen continues to throw out idea after mind-blowing idea.
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