The Macroverse Dispatch

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We think comics should be taken seriously. Spectacularly so. so each week I dive into a piece of the comics universe, be that history, upcoming books, artists or something completely random like quantum physics (which was my degree, weirdly enough...).

Episodios

  1. Episode 15 - What gets Lost When Comics Become Films

    24 jun

    Episode 15 - What gets Lost When Comics Become Films

    Hello and welcome to Episode 14 of the Macroverse Dispatch! With Supergirl coming this week, Spider-Man spinning his way back into cinemas in late July, and the upcoming animated Rogue Trooper (from UK weekly stalwart 2000AD and a personal favourite of mine), it felt like an appropriate time to do a dive into adaptations of comics into movies, and specifically what gets lost when comics become films. If you want to check out Body Bags: Father's Day, you can do so HERE!

    7 min
  2. The 300 Year Old Comic

    17 jun

    The 300 Year Old Comic

    This week we’re running the clock back a good long way to look at one of the great, great grandfather’s of modern comics, a series of engravings published in 1735. The series had Dickensian character names, social satire, morality… oh, and the creator also accidentally invented copyright law. Follow us on Substack for more: https://substack.com/@themacroversedispatch

    8 min
  3. Pride and Prejudice in Comics

    10 jun

    Pride and Prejudice in Comics

    It’s Pride month, so this week I'm tracking the long, strange, frequently embarrassing but ultimately rather heartening story of how comics dealt - and continue to deal - with LGBTQ+ characters, creators, and readers. If you prefer reading, then please join us on Substack, and if you like the idea of some cool pre-code horror merch, then check out our Threadless store: https://macroverseprecode.threadless.com/ Enjoy and Keep Buggering On!

    11 min
  4. Blood, Guts and Pre-Code War Comics

    3 jun

    Blood, Guts and Pre-Code War Comics

    War comics evolved - some of them at least - from being exclusively jingoistic military adventures during WWII to anti-war re-tellings of events during the Korean War... until restrictions on both the portrayal of violence and criticism of authority  in the mid ' 50s essentially shuttered them.

    5 min
  5. Episode 10 - Manga and Anime

    22 may

    Episode 10 - Manga and Anime

    Welcome to Episode 10! This week we dive into the wonderful world of Manga, and its dwarfing of the US comics market.  This is something that I wasn't familiar with up until a couple of years ago, but my gateway drug was the anime of Attack On Titan, and I am now properly hooked.  I encourage you to do the same! If you prefer a reading experience to an audio one, then we just moved our newsletter to Substack... Please follow this link for more. https://substack.com/@themacroversedispatch/note/p-196897366?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=3nvtor Have a great weekend!

    8 min
  6. Diamond: One Company To Rule Them All

    14 may

    Diamond: One Company To Rule Them All

    Small publishers - including ourselves - are still waiting to be paid, and some of us always will be. The rise and spectacular collapse of Diamond Distributors over the last 30 years has been quite the greek tragedy, and we will be feeling the effects of it for years to come...

    7 min
  7. The European Non-Invasion of Comics

    6 may

    The European Non-Invasion of Comics

    Ridley Scott, George Lucas, and Hayao Miyazaki were all inspired by the same French comic that you've probably never read, so this week we’re looking at the non-invasion of European comics in the seventies that nonetheless influenced a generation of filmmakers. If you'd prefer to read this, you can find it on our Substack page: https://open.substack.com/pub/themacroversedispatch/p/european-comics-non-invasion?r=3nvtor&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true And can access this week's free read (Spectral from Chris Anderson and Dave Accampo) here: https://embed.macroverse.com/portal/019d9d8b-7d9d-707b-b22d-868adf253f37 Enjoy!

    8 min
  8. Jimmy Palmiotti, 30 Years, and What We're Building

    1 may

    Jimmy Palmiotti, 30 Years, and What We're Building

    Harley Quinn. Jonah Hex. Painkiller Jane. The Pro. And that's just the start. Jimmy Palmiotti's entire library is coming to Macroverse — and we're kicking it off with two free titles. We're doing things a little differently this episode, and moving away from comics history to dive into an industry legend, and the books that he is bringing to our platform. We're also previewing a couple of books, and giving listeners a way to start reading them for free! For The Pro, please read it on this link: https://embed.macroverse.com/portal/a0e2b599-633d-4b83-a2cd-6162c17fc9fa And for Back to Brooklyn: https://www.macroverse.com/producers/paperfilms/series/back-to-brooklyn Enjoy, and Keep buggering On Adam

    7 min
  9. Superman Sold for $130

    22 abr

    Superman Sold for $130

    In March 1938, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster signed a contract transferring the rights of their character Superman to Detective Comics, Inc. In return, they received $130 - split between them, so $65 each. Superman went on to become one of the most lucrative fictional characters in history, and Siegel, by the mid-1970s, was working as a typist in the mailroom of the Los Angeles Public Utilities Commission and living in a 1-room flat. This is not an edge case. This is a foundational story of how American comics worked for the first four decades of its existence.. and, in some cases, considerably longer than that.

    6 min
  10. How a video game company saved the greatest comic you've never read

    16 abr

    How a video game company saved the greatest comic you've never read

    Last week we established that 2000AD was one of the most important talent factories in comics history. This week we need to talk about what happened after the talent left. The short version: the 1990s were rough, a Sylvester Stallone film did not help, and the comic spent a decade trying to figure out who it was without the generation of writers who had defined it. The longer version is more interesting - because the longer version ends with 2000AD in 2026     being, by any reasonable measure, genuinely excellent.

    5 min
  11. 2000AD - The Comic that Shouldn't Exist

    9 abr

    2000AD - The Comic that Shouldn't Exist

    Today we look at the greatest talent factory the world has ever seen, and the strange fact that most American comics fans haven't ever read it...

    6 min
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We think comics should be taken seriously. Spectacularly so. so each week I dive into a piece of the comics universe, be that history, upcoming books, artists or something completely random like quantum physics (which was my degree, weirdly enough...).

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