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Deconstructing Comics

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Critiquing Comics #246: “Roy Beckwith and the Cursed...

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2025/10/29

Roy Beckwith and the Cursed Continent is a western series by Nick Patch, Jarret Katz, and Fabi Marques. It looks great but it runs at a breakneck pace and seems to be introducing a few too many elements. Tim and Jason discuss. A French Expat in the U.K., by Agathe Montagnon, was sold through the … Continue reading Critiquing Comics #246: “Roy Beckwith and the Cursed Continent” and “A French Expat in the U.K.”

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#854 “Superman” (2025): Its commentary on other supermen

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2025/10/22

Last summer’s Superman movie was a welcome improvement over many recent films featuring the character, and over much of the recent superhero film entries in general. Kumar and Emmet this week discuss how it comments on Zach Snyder’s take, on internet culture, anti-immigrant sentiment, and more. They also address such topics as how the film … Continue reading #854 “Superman” (2025): Its commentary on other supermen

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#853 The strange history of “Robotech”

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2025/10/15

What if your first Star Wars movie were Return of the Jedi? You’d have questions! That’s how Tim felt once he got started reading Robotech II: The Sentinels volume 1, a comics continuation of the animated Robotech show that hit the U.S. in 1985. Robotech was a combination of three different anime — why?? And … Continue reading #853 The strange history of “Robotech”

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#369 “Krazy Kat”: Show me the bricks

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2025/10/08

One of the most highly-regarded English-language strips of all time is George Herriman’s Krazy Kat, featuring the odd love/hate triangle of Krazy, Ignatz, and Officer Pupp. Why was Krazy so gender-ambiguous? How did Herriman’s (somewhat mysterious) racial background influence the strip? Tim and Kumar discuss this and much more. (Originally published September 2, 2013.) Brought … Continue reading #369 “Krazy Kat”: Show me the bricks

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#852 Dan Schkade and “Flash Gordon”

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2025/10/01

In 2023, King Features Syndicate decided to bring Flash Gordon, originally created by Alex Raymond and first published in 1934, back from rerun purgatory with new strips, written and drawn by Dan Schkade. Dan was also the artist on Dynamite Entertainment’s Will Eisner’s the Spirit Returns in 2016, and is also known for his original … Continue reading #852 Dan Schkade and “Flash Gordon”

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#358 Carl Barks, “The Good Duck Artist”

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2025/09/24

From 1942 to 1966, many of the Donald Duck comic books published by Dell Comics were written and drawn by Carl Barks. Like most comic book creators at the time, his name was unknown; the Duck comics were all credited to Walt Disney. Fans only knew that his work was by the GOOD duck artist. … Continue reading #358 Carl Barks, “The Good Duck Artist”

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#851 Jack Kirby’s “Cap and Falcon” 212-213: “I love...

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2025/09/17

Captain America and the Falcon #212 concludes the Arnim Zola/Red Skull storyline in somewhat perfunctory fashion, and gives a living castle with big teeth much less P.R. than it deserved! In #213 we meet the strange and underutilized assassin the Night Flyer! (Underwhelming name? Must’ve been named by Jack Kirby!) Tim and Emmet discuss both … Continue reading #851 Jack Kirby’s “Cap and Falcon” 212-213: “I love you, baby!”

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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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#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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“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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“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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“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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