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In this month's episode, the panel goes noir with a comparison of "Criminal: Last of the Innocent" by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips to "Astro City: The Tarnished Angel" by Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson. Topics include the juxtaposition of familiar comics genres with noir detective stories, the bounds of protagonist relatability, and the always tricky relationship between nostalgia and creative freedom.
In this episode we are joined by Jeremy Whitely writer of the Indie comic Princeless published by Action Lab.We also get into the Avengers and Amazing Spider-man trailer. We also share our thoughts on the creative teams for Before Watchmen. We also talk Animal Man #6,Alpha Girl # 1,Winter Soldier # 1,Criminal: Last of the Inocents,Ingnito,Spider -Man 677 "Devil and the Details part 1 of 2,Daredevil 8 " Devil and the Details part 2 of 2,Invincible #88, Batwing #6. This podcast is sponsored by http://friendlyneighborhoodcomics.com
In this episode we are joined by Jeremy Whitely writer of the Indie comic Princeless published by Action Lab.We also get into the Avengers and Amazing Spider-man trailer. We also share our thoughts on the creative teams for Before Watchmen. We also talk Animal Man #6,Alpha Girl # 1,Winter Soldier # 1,Criminal: Last of the Inocents,Ingnito,Spider -Man 677 "Devil and the Details part 1 of 2,Daredevil 8 " Devil and the Details part 2 of 2,Invincible #88, Batwing #6. This podcast is sponsored by http://friendlyneighborhoodcomics.com
Two hundred down and a lot more to come! This week, we cram a whole lot into our bicentennial episode, including Criminal: Last of the Innocent and Fatale by Brubaker and Phillips, Dennis Hopeless and Kevin Mellon's Lovestruck from Image, American Barbarian by Tom Scioli from AdHouse, the Gary Friedrich Marvel fallout, The Mask from John Arcudi and Doug Mahnke from Dark Horse, John Severin, Skinner: Every Man Is My Enemy from Gingko Press, Critical Hit, and ZeroFriends, Jonathan Ross and Tommy Lee Edwards' Turf from Image, Smoke Gignal #1 (Ben Marra, Michael DeForge, Bill Griffiths, Harvey Pekar, Tony Millionaire, Charles Burns, Sam Henderson, and more), Sleeper, Venom: Circle of Four, Peter Panzerfaust from Kurtis Wiebe and Tyler Jenkins, and a whole mess more!
The conclusion to Episode 57 is right around eighty minutes, but it is jam-packed with comic book discussion and reviews from Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester. We talk a ton of books including Batwoman #1, Mr. Terrific #1, Legion Lost #1, Superboy #1, Uncanny X-Force #15, PunisherMAX #17, Criminal: Last of the Innocent #4, Journey Into Mystery #627, Drifting Classroom, Bakuman, and, as youapos;d probably expect, Fear Itself #6. As always, thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy!
It's the not especially dramatic conclusion to episode 51, and Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester discuss X-Force #12, Captain America and Bucky #620, Witch Doctor #2, Walking Dead #87, Criminal: Last of the Innocent #2, Kirby Genesis #2, Dan Slott's Spider-Man and Paul Levitz's Legion of Super-Heroes, decompressed and recompressed storytelling, and more. We hope you enjoy and, as always, thanks for listening!
Hours after the Marvel press releases told readers about a new Captain America issue one coming to coincide with the film's release, Ed Brubaker returns to Word Balloon, to give us the low down on how the book will play off charcters and ideas explored in the film.Plus Ed's just wrapped up the latest Incognito arc. We discuss the story and the series future. Ed previews the return of Criminal with the new arc Last Of The Innocent, a genre mashup up of Crime, 50's teen comics, and Dr Fredrik Werthan's worst case scenarios of juvenal delenquency leading to adult deviance.