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Harold Buchholz interview: Kids love comics!

At some point, the idea that some comics should be for adults took over to the extent that it became hard to find good comics for kids. Cartoonist Harold Buchholz was involved in starting an organization called Kids Love Comics that encourages making comics for kids and does events to hook the kids up with … Continue reading #865 Harold Buchholz interview: Kids love comics!

1 h 38 min
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Black Panther Debuts

Sixty years ago, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby presided over the debut of the Black Panther in Fantastic Four #52. The story presents the expectations of the average American for stories about Africa (Jungles! Natives! Africa is a country, right?) and defies those expectations by showing a rich, technologically advanced African nation. This time, Tim … Continue reading #864 Black Panther Debuts

48 min
28. SIJ

Jimmy Gownley interview

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

48 min
21. SIJ

Walt Simonson's "Thor"

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”

59 min
14. SIJ

Critiquing Comics : "Lovers Quarrel" and "Digital Bardos" #2

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

42 min
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"Poor Helpless Comics"

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”

51 min
31. 12. 2025.

Jack Kirby's Captain America: Cap vs Magneto!

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!

1 h 22 min
24. 12. 2025.

“Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary”: Painful Personal Memoir as Wacky Comedy!

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!

54 min

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2006. - 2026.
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