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Deconstructing Comics

Tim Young and friends

Deconstructing Comics is a podcast by and for comics creators — especially those who haven"t hit their creative stride yet. Whether you"ve got a comic going and you"re trying to promote it, or you haven"t even started yet and need some help getting rolling, we hope you"ll come here for inspiration and tips. And there"s plenty of interest for non-creators, as well!

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All Episodes

50:34

"Thor: Ragnarok" (2017)

Deconstructing Comics ·

2023/07/05

"Tim Catches Up with the MCU" continues to roll as Tim and Mulele reach Thor: Ragnarok. It has perhaps the most humor of any MCU movie up to this point; is that a good thing? Also, Tim experiences the benefits of never paying attention to the marketing. (Originally published on Patreon November 23, 2019.) Brought to you by: Our supporters on Patreon

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#777 Jack Kirby's "Kamandi" #29-31: "Up, up, and away!"

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2023/06/28

As we continue through Jack Kirby's 1970s issues of Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth, Tim and Emmet keep slowing down! In this episode, nearly 30 minutes go into discussing Kamandi's encounter with Superman's (inexplicably undamaged) costume, and so only three issues, 29 through 31, are examined, but what issues they are! Kirby also references Gulliver's Travels here, and... wait, didn't we see this on a Queen album cover? Well, it's not quite that simple.... Brought to you by: Our supporters on

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#776 Emily Carrington reveals "Our Little Secret"

Deconstructing Comics ·

2023/06/21

Openly discussing being sexually abused, particularly if it was during childhood, is not easy. Emily Carrington has stepped forward with her memoir of being abused as a teenager, Our Little Secret, in the hope that others in her position will be moved to get help. The book recently won the Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize. This week, she talks with Koom about her struggle, making the book and getting it published, and what's next. (This episode does contain references to childhood trauma and childhood

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#775 Rina Ayuyang draws (on) her Filipino heritage

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2023/06/14

Rina Ayuyang has called on her Filipino heritage in her graphic novels Blame This On the Boogie and, just out, The Man in the McIntosh Suit. This time, Adam talks with her about using historical photo reference, doing comics digitally vs paper, Lynda Barry's influence on her work, and more. Brought to you by: Checkered Past podcast Our supporters on Patreon

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Critiquing Comics #232: "Sons of Thunder" and "The Lamb"

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2023/06/07

Critiquing Comics is back, with discussions of two interesting comics from listeners. Stephen Grow sent us Sons of Thunder, a one-panel cartoon aimed at Christians and reflecting life in a small-town church, but likely with wider appeal. Then, Kristin Tipping (now going by "Tin Tipping) returns with a creepy barnyard tale, The Lamb. Brought to you by: SP Filmviewers Our supporters on Patreon

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01:06:40

#774 Jack Kirby's "Kamandi" #24-28: Havin' a look-see...

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2023/05/31

While Kamandi's exorcism story in issue 24 leaves something to be desired, never mind that: the subsequent four issues, as discussed in this episode, deliver the kinds of interesting concepts we've come to expect, as Kamandi and Ben visit the Dominion of Devils, fight Sacker's Co. and their environment-destroying activities, and find out what the intelligent animals of Europe have been up to. Oh, and there are flying sharks! Brought to you by: To the Batpoles! podcast Our supporters on

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01:17:04

#773 Jack Kirby's "Kamandi" #19-23: On to Monster Lake!

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2023/05/24

In this segment of Jack Kirby's Kamandi series, we visit a version of 1920s Chicago that seems to be drawing on, or prefiguring, various other pop culture stories, and then move on to Monster Lake, home of intelligent, talking -- and sometimes romantically inclined! -- dolphins and killer whales. Kirby's war experience again figures in a story, perhaps a fantasy about what he'd have liked to say to a warmongering general. Tim and Emmet try to get their sea legs for some very wet stories. Jack

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#772 Evan McGorray and a translation about being trans

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2023/05/17

Translation is a topic seldom covered on this show (Kumar has talked about it several times, most notably here). This time Emmet talks with French-to-English comics translator Evan McGorray about translating Catherine Castro and Quentin Zuttion's Call Me Nathan, about a trans teen. Brought to you by: The Batgirl to Oracle podcast Our supporters on Patreon

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01:07:38

"Spider-Man: Homecoming" (2017)

Deconstructing Comics ·

2023/05/10

Spider-man is a longtime favorite of Tim's, in terms of comics reading, but how does he feel about Spider-Man: Homecoming? Particularly in light of the fact that it's the first live-action Spider-Man he's watched since 1979... Mulele joins Tim to review the 2017 film. (Originally published on Patreon November 4, 2019.) Brought to you by: The Batgirl to Oracle podcast Our supporters on Patreon

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#771 Jose Villarrubia on restoring Richard Corben

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2023/05/03

Colorist Jose Villarrubia had trouble getting work from Marvel because his style was "too artistic" --- but then other creators started asking for him, and he's colored many Marvel titles since then. He's also done photo art for Alan Moore's Voice of the Fire and The Mirror of Love. This August, a new edition of Richard Corben's Den, with color corrections by Villarrubia, will be released by Dark Horse. What can Corben fans look forward to in this new edition? And, why do recolored comics sometimes

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59:42

#770 Jack Kirby's "Kamandi" #11-18: Kliklak forever

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2023/04/26

This week we continue our look at Jack Kirby's run on Kamandi, another of the DC properties he created. Tim and Emmet find that issues 11 through 18 include a giant insect, a violent horse race, another standout issue in the mode of issue 7's King Kong story, a clue as to how the animals became intelligent, and more. Brought to you by: Checkered Past podcast Our supporters on Patreon

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#769 Tracy Butler on "Lackadaisy" - the animated...

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2023/04/19

Back in 2009, Tim talked with web cartoonist Tracy Butler about her beautiful, sepia-toned 1920s-with-cats strip Lackadaisy, and whether she'd ever quit her day job to focus on the strip. Since then, she has gone full-time on the comic, and recently embraced her first love, animation! The Lackadaisy 27-minute animated "pilot" has attracted a lot of attention the past few weeks, and the quality of the production had Tim thinking, "How was this even possible??" So this week, Tracy returns to the

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Tim interviews "Lackadaisy" creator Tracy Butler

Deconstructing Comics ·

2023/04/16

Here's a video preview of this week's show!

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53:29

#768 "Berserk" v. 1-4

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2023/04/12

Berserk abruptly ended when creator Kentaro Miura died two years ago, later resurrected by Miura's assistants and his friend Kouji Mori. Neither Tim nor Kumar had read this violent, complex manga, but it lingered on our to-do list the past two years until a gag news story about who was going to wrap up Berserk (which Tim didn't immediately recognize as a gag!) inspired us to take the plunge. What we found is an addictive manga that answers the question "What if Fist of the North Star were a fantasy

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#767 Jack Kirby's "Kamandi" #1-10: It's a knockout!

Deconstructing Comics ·

2023/04/05

If you can't get the rights to Planet of the Apes, do the next best thing: get Jack Kirby to come up with a concept that's Apes-adjacent! That was DC Comics' strategy in the early '70s. What resulted was Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth, a series with multiple intelligent animals lording over caveman-level humans, and plenty of sci-fi elements and references to the Apollo program and other features of real life in that era. Join Tim and Emmet exploring the significance of the multiple intelligent

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#766 "Time Breakers"

Deconstructing Comics ·

2023/03/29

In most time travel stories, there's an imperative to fix any paradoxes created by the time travel. But in Rachel Pollack and Chris Weston’s Time Breakers, paradoxes are embraced rather than explained away or repaired. This week, Kumar and Emmet discuss this five-issue 1997 miniseries, the most popular series of DC’s canceled imprint Helix. Brought to you by: To the Batpoles! podcast Our supporters on Patreon

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Critiquing Comics #231: "Pimp Killer"

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2023/03/25

When it comes to truth in advertising, the title of this comic is an award winner: Ghezal Omar's Pimp Killer (with art by Ayhan Hayrula and lettering by Phillip Ginn) is about a woman named L.A. Jones who... kills pimps. Or at least tries to. She also does nasty things to guys who abuse their girlfriends, and, in general, lives large, and the comic doesn't hold back on any of it. Jason joins Tim to talk about the latest from Ghezal (whose work we looked at once before).

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#765 "The Re-Up" #2 and "Megillah Sunday Funnies"

Deconstructing Comics ·

2023/03/22

This podcast continues to be a booster of Chad Bilyeu ("Chad in Amsterdam"), and he's been busy lately! In addition to releasing the second issue of The Re-Up, his recollection of that time when he was a pot dealer, he's also curated an anthology, called Megillah Sunday Funnies, that is also a museum show (through May 26, 2023) and auction of the original work in the publication, by 35 different indy creators. This time, Tim and Kumar dig into both. Brought to you by: The Law of Equivalent

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Critiquing Comics #230: "Thready" #2 and "Tales from...

Deconstructing Comics ·

2023/03/15

Sometimes the topics of Critiquing Comics episodes come back for seconds - or thirds! We look at a couple of these repeat submitters this week: Thready #2, "Tuesday," by Brandon Hayes with art by James the Stanton, highlights the problem many bipolar people have with hypersexuality. Tim and Jason discuss Tales from the Interface, Emmanuel Filteau's look at a future world dominated by a computer system, is back with its 4th issue, discussed by Tim and Adam. Brought to you by: The Batgirl to

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#764 "Past Tense", Tough Translation, and Audio Drama

Deconstructing Comics ·

2023/03/08

In the year 2038, invisible drones are sent to the past to pick up any event you want to see, if you have the money to pay for it. One woman using the service discovers a secret that puts her in danger in the present. Our friend Jason McNamara, author of such graphic novels as The Rattler and The Martian Confederacy, is back with the forthcoming Past Tense, his first work from Dark Horse, with art by Alberto Massaggia. Jason joins Tim to talk about the book, and then Kumar and Tim review it. Kumar

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