Deconstructing Comics

If you think you've read a book like As I Dream of You before, you're probably wrong. Yes, it's about a romance between two teenagers, and yes, it turns tragic, but it's the way the story is told that sets it apart...

Well, it was probably inevitable: we were sent a comic made with A.I. The human creator cops to using it for the art, but the story also as an A.I. feel. Is it any good? Is it ethical to present it as "art"? Tim and...

This time we're rejoined by Adam Tierney , writer of Romeo and Juliet and Godzilla, as well as Italian artist Saspy . From opposite sides of the planet, they've collaborated on a new comedy/horror/YA graphic novel from...

This week we finally return to Jack Kirby 's 1970s run on Black Panther , specifically issues 9 and 10. With Panther away during a crisis, his four relatives step up and become the Black Musketeers ! Will they be...

Consider the Incredible Hulk . He's often referred to as the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of the Marvel Universe. But is he really Jekyll and Hyde on a deep level? Paul has been studying the early Hulk comics, looking at the...

This summer's Supergirl movie, while not nearly as good as sliced bread, was compelling enough to make Tim curious as to how it compares with the comic it's based on, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow by Tom King and Bilquis...

Doomwar is a 2010 miniseries in which Dr. Doom sponsors a coup in Wakanda in order to get his hands on all the country's processed vibranium. As we continue to celebrate 60 years of the Black Panther , Tim is joined by...

Emil Wilson is the author of the new graphic novel The Nightingales , about a family in 1985 who take in an AIDS patient. The book shows us the panic and misinformation that prevailed about the disease then, and...

Superhero comics have been parodied for as long as they've existed. This time Tim and Kumar look at two books by comics insiders that satirized the predominant comics of their respective eras: Scott McCloud 's Destroy...

A number of interesting graphic novels have been brought to our attention recently -- works with laugh-out-loud moments and deeper meanings as well. We review three of them in this episode: Heaven by Katie Skelly is a...

FLASHBACK! In 1970, four students died when national guardsman inexplicably opened fire during an anti-war protest at Kent State University. The craziness of 2020 has hindered planned observances of the craziness of...

While the characterization of Spidey in Amazing Spider-Man 2 is still spot-on, not much else in the movie is. Tim and Mulele discuss the myriad problems, and occasional strong points, of this 2014 film. (Originally...

After Sam Raimi bailed on doing any more Spidey movies, Sony decided to reboot. So, ten years after Spider-man 1, viewers got a new version of Spider-man's origin story - a long, drawn out one with no catharsis (or did...

The adventure in the Samurai City comes to a close, and Panther attempts to get back to Wakanda . As a vibranium-related crisis unfolds in his homeland, various roadblocks appear in Panther's path to ratchet up the...

FLASHBACK! Weirdo was a magazine started by R. Crumb, which featured Crumb's work alongside that of a number of other underground-type comics creators. Crumb's work from Weirdo's 28 issues was collected in 2013 as R...