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Critiquing Comics #245: “Joe Mallard” 4-6 and “Dream...

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2025/09/10

Joe Mallard, a favorite of Tim and Jason’s from a year ago, is back! Creator Asante Amani has sent us issues 4-6 of this crime series. Did it go over with us as well as the first two issues did? Ky Lawrence has created a trippy graphic novel about survivor’s guilt. In Dream Machine, our … Continue reading Critiquing Comics #245: “Joe Mallard” 4-6 and “Dream Machine”

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#850 “Fantastic Four: First Steps” (2025): Did it...

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2025/09/03

We’ve been building up to it for months with our reviews of previous Fantastic Four movies. Now it’s here, the FF’s debut in the MCU, Fantastic Four: First Steps. How well did it scratch that FF itch? Kumar and Jordan once again join Tim to review the film, and discuss how it stacks up against the … Continue reading #850 “Fantastic Four: First Steps” (2025): Did it live up to the hype?

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#849 “Almost Sunset”: Wahab Algarmi on growing up...

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2025/08/27

This week, Koom interviews Wahab Algarmi, author of Almost Sunset, a graphic novel about a Muslim American boy’s search for balance between his family traditions and the demands of life in Middle School. Koom and Wahab discuss their international family backgrounds as well as the merits or demerits of 1990s Image comics! Almost Sunset on … Continue reading #849 “Almost Sunset”: Wahab Algarmi on growing up Muslim in America

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1:27:35

#848 “More Weight”: Ben Wickey talks Salem witch trials

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2025/08/20

Ben Wickey has created a graphic novel, More Weight: A Salem Story, that gives us a very deep dive into the Salem witch trials: why they happened, who was to blame, and how the city has dealt with their legacy. This week Koom gets the scoop on what inspired Ben, why his art style seems … Continue reading #848 “More Weight”: Ben Wickey talks Salem witch trials

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46:44

“Spider-Man 3” (2007)

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2025/08/13

The film is bloated, it’s busy, it showcases numerous failures at human communication, and doesn’t hit some points it needs to. And yet, Spider-Man 3 screenwriter Alvin Sargent managed to weave together the many plotlines thrust on him to make a script with a message – although not necessarily the one director Sam Raimi had … Continue reading “Spider-Man 3” (2007)

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46:53

“Spider-Man 2” (2004)

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2025/08/06

To this day, Spider-man 2 is considered one of the best superhero movies. How does it stand up to Tim’s first viewing, after watching all the MCU movies that came after? What does Mulele notice about the look of the film that’s a little annoying? How is Spider-fan Tim feeling about the portrayal of Peter … Continue reading “Spider-Man 2” (2004)

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51:46

“Spider-Man” (2002)

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2025/07/30

Tim and Mulele begin reviewing the Sony (pre-MCU) Spider-man movies with a look at 2002’s Spider-man, directed by Sam Raimi and starring Tobey Maguire. After watching all the MCU movies, how does this film feel different? How was it affected by 9/11? And more. (Originally published on Patreon April 11, 2020) Brought to you by: … Continue reading “Spider-Man” (2002)

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Critiquing Comics #244: “God Summoner” and “The...

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2025/07/23

This week, a look at two great new comics submitted by their creators: God Summoner, by Dio Zogaris and Manos Laouvardos, is a story in the fantasy genre. Tim and Jason thought “Meh” until they actually read it! This is a well-written story with beautiful black and white art. The Keluarga Cable Ship Company, by … Continue reading Critiquing Comics #244: “God Summoner” and “The Keluarga Cable Ship Company”

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#780 Jim Shooter interview

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2025/07/16

FLASHBACK! Jim Shooter, who was Marvel Editor-in-Chief from 1978 to 1987, passed away on June 30. He wrote a number of comics published by Marvel (including the original Secret Wars series) and by a number of other companies. Two years ago, Koom interviewed Shooter to find out what he thought about Marvel in its current … Continue reading #780 Jim Shooter interview

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#847 “Angel and the Ape”: Forgotten, but not gone

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2025/07/09

In the 1960s, both Marvel and DC tried publishing humor books, often in a style reminiscent of MAD Magazine. One of these was DC’s Angel and the Ape, about a beautiful young woman and a comics-artist gorilla who run a detective agency. While it only survived for 7 issues (with two title changes!) in 1968-69, somehow … Continue reading #847 “Angel and the Ape”: Forgotten, but not gone

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#846 Pow! Crack! Breaking down comics sound effects

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2025/07/02

POW! ZAP! Comics may not be for kids anymore, but they still have sound effects! Our own Patrick Ijima-Washburn noticed that Japanese editions of American comics left the sound effects untranslated, and decided to put together a book on how common English sound effects should be translated. Life being what it is, it took well … Continue reading #846 Pow! Crack! Breaking down comics sound effects

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#845 Jack Kirby’s “Cap and Falcon” 209-211: An Uncle...

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2025/06/25

While the last three issues of Captain America and the Falcon we looked at were rather underwhelming, issues 209 to 211 give us all the kooky science fiction and Kirby Crackle we could want! The appearance of Arnim Zola, in his first face-off with Cap, has revitalized the story. But Falcon seems shunted off to … Continue reading #845 Jack Kirby’s “Cap and Falcon” 209-211: An Uncle Sam Person

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#844 The Fantastic Four on Film: “Fant4stic” (2015)...

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2025/06/18

We conclude our look at 2015’s Fant4stic, directed by Josh Trank. Trank’s behavior on the set (and on Twitter) have been nothing but bad for his career, and studio meddling was nothing but bad for a film that wasn’t a good take on the FF, but might have at least been a better film if … Continue reading #844 The Fantastic Four on Film: “Fant4stic” (2015) pt 2: WTF does Doom want??

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1:18:03

#843 The Fantastic Four on Film: “Fant4stic” (2015) pt 1

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2025/06/11

Should a director re-interpret a property when nobody wanted it re-interpreted? 2015’s Fant4stic, directed by Josh Trank, turns getting superpowers into an exercise in body horror. Much of its inspiration comes from Bendis and Millar’s very straightfaced Ultimate Fantastic Four comics, Trank threw in a liberal helping of The Fly and Scanners. Tim, Kumar, and Jordan (in another … Continue reading #843 The Fantastic Four on Film: “Fant4stic” (2015) pt 1

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1:23:12

#842 Struggling with Kit Anderson’s “Second Shift”

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2025/06/04

After the (connected) short stories of Safer Places, Kit Anderson‘s new book is a full-on graphic novel called Second Shift (again from Avery Hill) which has gotten some breathlessly positive reviews from writers who give the impression they totally understand it. At Deconstructing Comics, our reviews tend to be more nuanced. What did we think … Continue reading #842 Struggling with Kit Anderson’s “Second Shift”

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#633 “Eileen Gray: A House Under the Sun”

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2025/05/28

FLASHBACK! Eileen Gray: A House Under the Sun is a slim graphic novel by Charlotte Malterre-Barthes and Zosia Dzierzawska, about the titular famous Irish architect that most people have never heard of. Kumar and Emmet found it beautiful and intriguing; here’s their review. (Originally published August 28, 2019.) This episode includes a new intro from … Continue reading #633 “Eileen Gray: A House Under the Sun”

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#841 Ken Krimstein on Einstein, Kafka, and comics in...

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2025/05/21

Ken Krimstein‘s Einstein in Kafkaland: How Albert Fell Down the Rabbit Hole and Came up with the Universe builds on the fact that these two stars of the early 20th century were part of the same friend group at one point and builds it up into what NPR described as “Alice in Wonderland meets The … Continue reading #841 Ken Krimstein on Einstein, Kafka, and comics in general

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#840 Joe Sacco’s books on the Middle East

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2025/05/14

Joe Sacco has been covering the Israel-Palestine conflict in varying forms since 1991: first in Palestine, then in Footnotes in Gaza, and most recently in War on Gaza. It’s too much for Kumar and Dana to contain in their heads all at once, both in terms of information and emotion, especially for poor Kumar, who … Continue reading #840 Joe Sacco’s books on the Middle East

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#385 The Legacy of “Starman”

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2025/05/07

FLASHBACK! The 1990s DC series Starman is one of comicdom’s most fondly remembered series. Interestingly, says series author James Robinson, it seems to be more popular now than it was when it was actually in production! James joins Tim and Ryan Haupt this week to look back on various aspects of this iconic series, including … Continue reading #385 The Legacy of “Starman”

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Critiquing Comics #243: “Fables of Fear” and “Black...

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2025/04/30

Fables of Fear is an anthology horror title by Karl Brandt and David Parsons. Tim and Adam discuss; there are some good short stories here, but maybe they’re a bit … TOO short? Black Plastic, by Josh Tierney and Nicci Busse is, as its writer says, a “karaoke cyber-thriller” graphic novel. That’s his description; Tim … Continue reading Critiquing Comics #243: “Fables of Fear” and “Black Plastic”

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