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Deconstructing Comics

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#863 Jimmy Gownley interview

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2026/01/28

Jimmy Gownley is the award-winning creator of Amelia Rules, Tanner Rocks, The Dumbest Idea Ever, and more, as well as a co-host of the Unpacking Peanuts podcast. This time, he talks with Tim about why the earliest stuff sells the best (never mind how much his art has improved since then), ergonomics, putting comics on … Continue reading #863 Jimmy Gownley interview

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#627 Walt Simonson’s “Thor”

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2026/01/21

FLASHBACK! One of the most acclaimed Marvel runs of the 1980s was by Walt Simonson on The Mighty Thor. He began writing and drawing it with #337, continued through to #367 (with a quick break in the middle), then gave up art duties but continued writing through #382. This run set aside Dr. Don Blake, … Continue reading #627 Walt Simonson’s “Thor”

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Critiquing Comics #247: “Lovers Quarrel” and “Digital...

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2026/01/14

A love triangle. One member feels jilted and goes off the deep end. A gun is involved. Tim and Adam talk about the thriller Lovers Quarrel by Rob Capili, Ikos Karimlan, and Joy Mateo. Lovers Quarrel Kickstarter Buy the book on Amazon.com Meanwhile, Digital Bardos has returned! Hippie “digital god” Darren is selling the people … Continue reading Critiquing Comics #247: “Lovers Quarrel” and “Digital Bardos” #2

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50:33

#862 “Poor Helpless Comics”

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2026/01/07

Ed Subitzky did a lot of cartooning for National Lampoon back in the ‘70s and ‘80s. Much of his work revolves around comics done under certain conditions or showing a certain situation (“Fortune-Telling Comics” “Dull Comics” “Poor Reception Comics”). Neither Kumar nor Tim were familiar with his work until picking up the collection Poor Helpless … Continue reading #862 “Poor Helpless Comics”

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1:21:43

#861 Jack Kirby’s Captain America: Cap vs Magneto!

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2025/12/31

While it seems a bit odd to see Captain America fighting Magneto, they do have something in common: Jack Kirby had a hand in creating both! The battle takes place in Captain America Annual #4, from 1977; the story is titled “The Great Mutant Massacre” — but no, not that one. It’s an X-men – adjacent … Continue reading #861 Jack Kirby’s Captain America: Cap vs Magneto!

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53:54

#372 “Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary”:...

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2025/12/24

FLASHBACK! Autobiographical comics are par for the course, but in 1972, Justin Green broke ground for the genre when he published Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary. Some of that broken ground hasn’t been trod since; how many autobiographical comics about a battle with mental illness have you seen done as wacky parody comics? … Continue reading #372 “Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary”: Painful Personal Memoir as Wacky Comedy!

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1:03:59

#860 Chris Ryall on “Daredevil: Born Again”

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2025/12/17

Daredevil: Born Again, by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli, is one of those comics stories that continues to attract attention decades after it was published. Chris Ryall, co-founder and current publisher at Image imprint Syzygy Publishing, is the author of a new book on that story. He talks with Koom in this episode about the … Continue reading #860 Chris Ryall on “Daredevil: Born Again”

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1:25:17

#859 Jason Shiga: Choosing his own path

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2025/12/10

Jason Shiga is creator of the four-volume series Demon as well as many interactive comics. This week, Koom interviews Jason about his page layout strategy, his connections to Adrian Tomine, the pros and cons of comics where the reader gets a choice of paths through the story, his intriguing new project, and more. Jason: Shigabooks.com … Continue reading #859 Jason Shiga: Choosing his own path

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1:10:26

#858 Celebrating 20 years by reviewing a 20-year-old...

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2025/12/03

Our first episode was released on December 5, 2005. After 20 years of changes in focus, format, and personnel, as well as Tim self-teaching audio editing, this time we look back at some of what’s changed. Also: In our first episode, Tim, Brandon, and Mulele discussed the teaser trailer for Superman Returns; this time, Tim, … Continue reading #858 Celebrating 20 years by reviewing a 20-year-old film (“Superman Returns”)

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54:13

#857 Carol Tyler’s “The Ephemerata”: Making sense of...

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2025/11/26

Longtime comics creator Carol Tyler went through a horrific stretch in her life where she lost numerous loved ones, from her parents, to a neighbor, to her dog, in just a six-year stretch. Many other things of varying levels of horribleness happened within that time, too. Her response is not so much to tell us … Continue reading #857 Carol Tyler’s “The Ephemerata”: Making sense of the worst of all possible stretches

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1:46:29

#856 Jim Keefe interview

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2025/11/19

Jim Keefe is a longtime comics creator who has worked on the Flash Gordon (art and story) and Sally Forth (art) newspaper strips as well as being King Features’ staff colorist. He has also done lettering and retouching for English editions of various manga, and more. This week he talks with Tim about all of … Continue reading #856 Jim Keefe interview

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1:11:45

#855 Jack Kirby’s “Captain America” 214 & Annual 3:...

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2025/11/12

Jack Kirby wraps up his run on Captain America and the Falcon with issue 214, the rather underwhelming conclusion of the Night Flyer story. But wait! Kirby also did a couple of annuals, so we dig into annual #3 from 1976. Yeaahhhh, that’s the stuff! If you haven’t been getting enough PULSE-POUNDING ACTION in your … Continue reading #855 Jack Kirby’s “Captain America” 214 & Annual 3: Cap vs the Space Vampire!

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1:29:32

#410 Marvel Comics: Telling the Untold Story

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2025/11/05

FLASHBACK! If you’re into American comics at all, you undoubtedly know how Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko and others changed the industry with their work in the 1960s, and set the template for kinds of stories Marvel still publishes today. That’s just part of the story that Sean Howe researched for his 2012 book … Continue reading #410 Marvel Comics: Telling the Untold Story

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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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1:04:48

#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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1:04:16

#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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1:03:54

#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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1:03:20

#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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