The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 73: “A Daydream”
Count on Hiromu Arakawa in Fullmetal Alchemist to make all her characters complex. As we see again in chapter 73,
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Deconstructing Comics #305 (Flashback): ‘Love & Rockets’ — Gilbert Hernandez
FLASHBACK! In episode #300, we took a look at the sometimes wacky and cartoony Love & Rockets work of Jaime Hernandez.
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 72: “A Chain Of Negativity, A Pebble Of Goodness”
Amid action-packed pages, Fullmetal Alchemist chapter 72 gives us several very moving scenes that remind us of one reasons we
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Critiquing Comics #233: ‘The World of Tomorrow’ And ‘Prism Stalker’
In this edition, we rejoin The World of Tomorrow, a comic we discussed the first issue of five years ago! This
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 71: “In The Grip Of the Red Lotus”
What did Kimblee mean about “carving a crest of blood” at Briggs, and how does Kimblee try to get Ed
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The Law of Equivalent Exchange Ch 70: “The First Homunculus”
Ed feels the noose tighten as he’s ordered to do horrible things. Winry makes an amazing admission, at least to
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 69: “The Foundation Of Briggs”
After Raven undoes a setback to the military’s plans at Briggs in Fullmetal Alchemist chapter 69, Olivier Armstrong does something
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 68: “Portrait Of A Family”
Remember that photo of toddlers Ed and Al with their parents? We’ve seen most of it, but in chapter 68
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 67: “Burgeoning Borders”
Many things are revealed in Fullmetal Alchemist chapter 67 about the corrupt military’s plan, and Tim is pleased to find
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 66: “The Snow Queen”
At the Briggs military base, Ed and Al face a previously unknown homunculus, and face the dilemma of showing they
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 65: “The Ironclad Rule”
This time we get an inside look at the Briggs base, including a rather cute, headbanded doctor, a soldier with
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 64: “The Northern Wall Of Briggs”
As Kimblee tracks Scar, Ed, and Al head for the north and run into a blizzard — and a lot
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Deconstructing Comics #767: Jack Kirby’s ‘Kamandi’ #1-10 — It’s A Knockout!
If you can’t get the rights to Planet of the Apes, do the next best thing: get Jack Kirby to come
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 63: “The Promise Made For 520 Cenz”
In Fullmetal Alchemist chapter 63, we’ve fully digested the flashback to the Ishvalan war and things are moving forward, as
Read moreCritiquing 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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Deconstructing Comics #765: ‘The Re-Up’ #2 and ‘Megillah Sunday Funnies’
This podcast continues to be a booster of Chad Bilyeu (“Chad in Amsterdam“), and he’s been busy lately! In addition to
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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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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 62: “Beyond the Dream”
Chapter 62 of Fullmetal Alchemist brings us back to the present day, as Ed and Al mull over what they’ve
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Deconstructing Comics #763: Graffiti And Comics
This time Tim finds some intersections of comics and the world of graffiti. First, Argentine graffiti artist and animator Cof talks
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 61: “The Hero Of Ishval”
The Ishval War volume of Fullmetal Alchemist concludes with chapter 61. What it lacks in comic moments, it makes up
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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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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 60: “In The Absence Of God”
The story of the Ishbal (Ishval?) war continues, without a single joke — so we make a few of our
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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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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 59: “The Immoral Alchemist”
The flashback to the Ishbalan war gets darker in Fullmetal Alchemist chapter 59, as we see what Ed and Al’s
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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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 58: “The Footsteps Of Ruin”
What really happened in Ishbal? Ed tells Hawkeye “My ignorance is astounding,” and we feel the same way. Chapter 58
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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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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 57: ‘Scars Of Ishbal’
Fullmetal Alchemist chapter 57 leads us (not unusually) to question the translation: Is there a difference between a soldier “deserting”
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