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Episode 471
(Concluding our review of past episodes featuring the work of R. Crumb.)
FLASHBACK! Tim and Kumar meet in person for the first time! This calls for …
2 months, 1 week ago
Crumb's Confounding "Genesis"
Episode 415
FLASHBACK! Perhaps one of the most puzzling comics releases in years was The Book of Genesis, Illustrated by R. Crumb. While it’s a virtuoso art per…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
R. Crumb's "Weirdo" Years Revisited
Episode 384
FLASHBACK! Weirdo was a magazine started by R. Crumb, which featured Crumb’s work alongside that of a number of other underground-type comics creato…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Critiquing Comics: "Westron"
Episode 249
Westron is about a private investigator who investigates crimes with supernatural elements. When a girl is murdered, he feels driven to solve the cr…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Swamp Thing in Spaaaaace
Episode 875
At last we complete our look at Alan Moore‘s Swamp Thing run, looking at Swampy’s battle with Gotham City, his seeming death, and his travels throug…
3 months ago
Jack Kirby's Black Panther #5-6: The City of Samurai
Episode 874
Typical of the Jack Kirby comics we’ve read from the 1970s, the 1977 Black Panther series is a wild ride. Issues 5 and 6 feature a city of samurai (…
3 months, 1 week ago
Adam Tierney: Godzilla comes to Verona
Episode 873
Adam Tierney, writer of the recent hit one-shot Romeo and Juliet and Godzilla, is a video game writer who dabbles in comics as a hobby — and it’s lo…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Steranko’s “Nick Fury,” pt 2: The argument in favor Stan Lee editing
Episode 872
Jim Steranko’s Nick Fury stories from the late 1960s are lauded for the artwork, especially in the stories after Fury got out of Strange Tales and i…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
“The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye”
Episode 546
FLASHBACK! Why read a biography of a fictional comics artist? What if it’s also a history of Singapore — done in a style that apes more than a dozen …
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Jack Kirby's Black Panther #3-4: A Time Machine, a Sweet Ride, and a Samurai
Episode 871
Black Panther continues his wild ride, courtesy of Jack Kirby — but filling a role that could have been played by virtually any character. With Abne…
4 months ago