History of Comic Books Podcast

And a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief history of the crime comic book genre.

And now a resposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief history of the crime comic book genre.

And now a reposting of the final part of this rambling and too brief history of the war comics genre.

And now a reposting of the fourth part of this rambling and too brief history of the war comics genre.

And now a reposting of part three of this rambling and too brief history of the war comic genre.

And now a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief history of the war comics genre.

And now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief history of the war comic genre.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of Kitchen Sink Press, as the independent publisher continues to make its mark in the comic book industry before sadly declining.  

And now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief history of Kitchen Sink Press, one of the great independent publishers in comic book history.

And now a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief biography of Stan 'The Man' Lee, the man who made Marvel Comics what it is today.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Stan 'The Man' Lee, the man who made Marvel Comics what it is today.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of "Crisis of Infinite Earths", the standard for all comic book events.

And now a rambling and too brief biography of Bill Finger, the other creator of Batman.

And now the conclusion of this rambling and too brief biography of Harvey Kurtzman, as he starts to receive some long deserved accolades towards the end of his life, including having an award named after him.

And now the fifth part of this rambling and too brief biography of Harvey Kurtzman, as he returns to "Playboy" with a new comic strip while also embarking onto a new career path: teacher.

And now the fourth part of this rambling and too brief biography of Harvey Kurtzman, as he leaves EC Comics and Mad Magazine to set out on his own, for better and worse.

And now the third part of this rambling and too brief biography of the great Harvey Kurtzman, as it sets out creating his own comics at EC, one of which would change the landscape of humor in America.

And the second part of this rambling and too brief biography of the great Harvey Kurtzman, as he reenters civilian life after his military service to become a full-time comic book artist, leading him to the company that would reshape his life and comic book history.

And now the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of the great Harvey Kurtzman, one of the greatest artists of the comic book medium.

And now a rambling and too brief biography of Don Heck, one of the great journeyman of the comic book medium who also managed to create some classic characters, including my all-time favorite, Iron Man.

And now the conluding part of this rambling and too brief biography of the legendary writer/artist, Mike Grell.

And now the first part of a rambling and too brief biography of the legendary writer/artists, Mike Grell.

And now a reposting of this last part of the this rambling and too brief biography of Charles Schultz, the creator of Charlie Brown and the Peanuts comic strip.

And now a reposting of the third part of this rambling and too brief biography of Charles Schultz, the creator of Charlie Brown and the "Peanuts" comic strip.

And now a reposting of part two of this rambling and too brief biography of Charles Schultz, the creator of Charlie Brown and the Peanuts comics strip.

And now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of Charles Schultz, the creator of Charlie Brown and the Peanuts comic strip.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of this classic episode of "Batman: The Animated Series", which is not only a great Christmas episode but the first appearance of Mark Hammil's the Joker.

And now a reposting of this rambling and to brief review of "Iron Man 3", the MCU Christmas film.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of "Batman Returns", not a perfect film but makes for nice Christmas viewing.

And now a reposting of this too brief review of "Sin City: Silent Night" by Frank Miller, in which he tells a Christmas story but in the Sin City way.

And now a reposting of the last part of this rambling and too brief history on the war against comics in the 1950's.

And a reposting of part three of the "War Against Comics" series, this time focusing on the actual Comics Code itself.

And now a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief history of the war against comics in the 1950's.  

And now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief history of the war against comic books in the 1950's.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of "Batman: The Long Halloween", one of the best Batman stories ever.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of "Gyo" by Junji Ito, one of his scariest mangas by the horror master him.

And now a reposting of this concluding chapter of this too brief and rambling history of Batman.

And now a reposting of this second part of a rambling and too brief history of Batman.

Now in keeping with the recent Batman Day, a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief history of the Dark Knight.

And now a reposting of this final part of this rambling and too brief history of Marvel Comics.

And now a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief history of Marvel Comics.

And now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief history of Marvel Comics.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Jack Kirby, the King of Comics.

And now a reposting of this last part of this rambling and too brief history of Spider-Man, Marvel Comcs's most iconic character.

And a reposting of the third part of this rambling and too brief history of Spider-Man, Marvel's most iconic hero.

And a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief history of Spider-Man, the flagship character of Marvel Comics.

And a reposting of this first part in a rambling and too brief history of Spider-Man, just in time for Spider-Man Day.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of "The Watchmen", the seminal work by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.

And now a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief biography of the great Steve Ditko.

And now a reposting of the first half of this rambling and too brief biography of Steve Ditko, one of the great artists of the Silver Age.

And now a reposting of this second part in a rambling and too brief biography of the great Will Eisner.