History of Comic Books Podcast

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of pulp magazines, the precursor to American comic books, as we get into the introduction of the superhero genre.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of pulp magazines, the precursor to the American comic book.

And now a reposting of the final part of this too brief and rambling history of Marvel vs. DC, which catches up with comic books classic rivalry into modern day.

And  now a reposting of this second part of the history of Marvel vs. DC, as their rivalry would actually find themselves working together at times.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of the famous rivarly between Marvel and DC Comics.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of the Speculation Crash of the 1990's, one of the darkest times in comic book history.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "All You Need Is Kill", a superb manga adaptation of the now science fiction classic by Hiroshi Sakurazaka.

And a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief biography of Frank Miller, as he ventures into his most popular creator owned work before his career starts to deminish.

And now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of Frank Miller, one of the most important writer/artists of the 1980's and 90's.

Merry Christmas and a Happy Holidays    

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of the 2019 film, "Shazam", which besides being a great comic book movie, makes a great Christmas movie to boot.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of "Sin City: Silent Night" by Frank Miller, in which he tells a Christmas story in his classic crime noir universe.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of "Holiday Knights", the first episode of "The New Adventures of Batman & Robin" that delivered a fun Christmas anthology.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Jim Valentino, the Image founder who wasn't a superstar but helped lay the ground work for what the company would become.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Marc Silvestri, another of the original Image founders.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Whilce Portacio, the original seventh member of Image Comics who was never really a founder.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography Todd McFarlane, one of the founding members of Image Comics.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of "The Saga of the Swamp Thing", Alan Moore's brilliant revival of the classic DC character that set the standard for him there after.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief reivew of Mike Mignola's "Hellboy: Seed of Destruction", which launched his classic Hellboy character.

And now a reposting of this rambling and to brief review of "The Goon" by Eric Powell, his classic monster noir comic.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of Joe Hill's & Gabriel Rodriguez's "Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft", the first volume in their now classic horror series.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of "30 Days of Night", Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith's classic vampire tale.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Rob Liefeld, probably the most controversial of the Image founders.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Jim Lee, the Image founder who went off and took over DC Comics.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Erik Larsen, the Image Comics founder who just wanted to make funny books his own way.

And  now a reposting of this second part of this rambling and too brief history of Image Comics, as the upstart publisher goes through from trials and tribulations before settling into the third most successful publisher in American comic books.

And now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief history of Image Comics, the comic book company that challenged Marvel & DC's dominance in the American comic book marketplace.

And now a resposting of the last part of this rambling and too brief biography of Joe Kubert, who even in his twilight years, still managed to turn out a classic.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Joe Kubert, as he sets out to start his legendary school.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief second part of this biography of the great Joe Kubert, as he continues his comic book career, including working on his most iconic character.

And now a resposting of this first part of this rambling and too brief biography of Joe Kubert, one of the great innovators of the comic book genre.

And now a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief history of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, one of the most successful independent comics of all time.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Ozamu Tezuka, probably the greatest manga creator of all time.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of "Captain America: Rebirth" by Mark Waid and Ron Garney,  just in time for the 4th of July.

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.