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Episode 240
Most Americans know little about the Crimean War (1853-1856). Adam McGovern and Bruno Letizia’s The Night Brigade may go some way toward filling us …
1 year, 10 months ago
Jack Kirby's "Eternals", 1977 Annual + #13: Fun "Eternals" stories with few Eternals
Episode 817
We left the Eternals joined together in the Unimind. The 1977 Annual doesn’t clearly fit into continuity, but features only one Eternal, Thena, toge…
1 year, 10 months ago
Chester Brown interview: "Paying for It," the movie
Episode 816
Chester Brown’s work has come up on this show a number of times over the years. We’ve discussed Ed the Happy Clown, Louis Riel, and Paying for It. H…
1 year, 10 months ago
"Reading 'Nancy'”, plus “Cat and Mouse”!
Episode 593
FLASHBACK! A comic strip gag can be a deceptively simple thing. Once you take it apart — “deconstruct” it, one might say — you find that it actually…
1 year, 10 months ago
Critiquing Comics: "Let's Go, Coco" and "Digital Bardos"
Episode 239
What does an 11-year-old do when her “only friend” moves away? In Coco Fox’s “sorta” memoir Let’s Go, Coco, she joins the basketball team. But when …
1 year, 11 months ago
Everything’s Archie!
Episode 338
FLASHBACK! It’s been more than 70 years now since the debut of Archie comics, featuring (though not quite from the beginning) America’s favorite lov…
1 year, 11 months ago