Alex M. Clark created the comic Lost In The Shuffle and comes on to talk with us.
Lost In The Shuffle By Alex M. Clark, Mariya Juni And Sean Lamberger.
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330 | Headless – Alex Banchitta
Headless is a comic working on a second season and Alex Banchitta comes on to talk about storytelling, publishing, printing, script writing, Salem Witch Trials and Knights Templar. Just try and keep up with him.
Headless By Alex Banchitta And Robert Ahmad.
Continue reading317 | Mel Cartagena
Mel Cartagena joins us to talk about his webcomic The Plot along with storytelling techniques, influences and films.
281 | Hedra, Storytelling & Movies
We start off with Hedra By Jesse Lonergan and go into a discussion of what is storytelling? Comic toy tie-ins are talked about after that, along with staying home, muck monsters and several movies that not everyone liked, but some did.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Dungeon Boss
Hedra By Jesse Lonergan.
Continue reading238 | Steve Ditko And Ross Andru
The reprint series from 1984 Doctor Strange Classics starts the conversation off, going over Steve Ditko’s drawing skill and his flexible imagination. Other artists who worked on Doctor Strange, and the many great series Ross Andru worked on as well. A few random books finish the conversation.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: New York Dolls
Doctor Strange Classics By Steve Ditko And Stan Lee.
Continue reading232 | Crime Comics And Pulp Heroes
We open with The Ten-Cent Plague By David Hajdu, which leads into crime comics, Jack Cole, Fredric Wertham, Creem Magazine, a few random comics and pulp heroes. Don Newton finished it out.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: French Maide
214 | Webcomics And Dollar Boxes
Vague talk of the new Star Wars movie and a discussion of the webcomic Blue starts the episode off. Page design, storytelling and website navigation come up, along with the new trailer for the upcoming Avengers movie. Dollar box diving, overinflated prices for back issues in the past and airline meals that no longer exist.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: The Blow
205 | Captain Confederacy, Color Theory And High Contrast Comics
The conversation begins with dollar box finds, then goes into color theory, high contrast and happy Batman. The world needs more happy Batman.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Steve Connelly And The Lesser Gods
199 | Adam West, Jerry Lewis And Squirrel Girl
We talk about the work and influence of Adam West along with the different incarnations of Batman. William Shatner, Adventures Of Jerry Lewis And The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl are discussed as well.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Geneva Wollett
175 | Rereading Comics, Binge Reading, Valerian And Pullapalooza
Rereading comics that sit in the box or on the shelf for long periods of time, binge reading, single issue stories, Valerian and Moebius being available in English start this one off. Pullapalooza finishes it out.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Thin Lizzy
Akira By Katsuhiro Otomo.
172 | Rebirth Overload, Organic Growth Comics, Fantastic Four Movies And James Robinson
The core four return with Baby Emily to talk shop about comics! Don gives the gang rose rocks from Oklahoma, Dallas considers his multiple attacks by animals this past week, and Rook *finally* swears off DC’s exhausting Rebirth series.
Big event books are compared to popular series that grew organically are discussed, along with the lackluster Fantastic Four movies, Ang Lee films, Lady Snowblood, and James Robinson.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Purity Ring
Rook Says Goodbye To DC Rebirth.
151 | Batman v Superman, Valerian Movie, Ambient Music, Dinosaurs And Howard Chaykin
Al starts it off talking about a movie he has no interest in seeing, and Don talks about comic books from previous episodes. We also discussed this Howard Chaykin interview.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Brian Eno featuring Snatch “R.A.F”
115 | Favorite Pages
Join Don, Al, Dallas, Rook, Hashbrowns and Des as they discuss their favorite comic book pages..
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Terez Montcalm
Al | Cover To The Adventures Of Bob Hope By Bob Oksner.
Written By Arnold Drake, Who Is One Of Al’s Favorite Writers.
97 | Influences, Sketchy LIne Style, Older Pulp Look, Creation And/Or Contribution
We start off with a discussion of influences, mention the difference between creation and contribution, and artists who work with a sketchy line style. Old Daredevil comics, the New Wonder Woman of the early seventies, Dial H For Hero and finish off with the Fantastic Four as always.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Ruby Sting
Conan By Gary Gianni.
77 | Binding Comics, Flash Gordon Atlas Comics And More
The gang talk about comic book binding, Mark Waid and Mike Weiringo’s Fantastic Four, Archie and Atlas comics, Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples,
a great documentary called Jack Kirby: Storyteller, lootcrate.com (check it out – trust us), The Walking Dead, Jupiter Legacy by Mark Millar and Frank Quitely,
and the lasting effects of Alan Moore and Frank Miller.
We also discuss subscribing to monthly books and stack reading etiquette, late monthly books vs. trades, and hidden gems at the flea market.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: XTC • Jimmy Eat World
Flash Gordon Was Published By Dell As A Reprint Title.
While Binding Comic Books Were Discussed, Al Mentioned
The Many Publishing Attempts For Flash Gordon.
72 | Will Comic Book Movies Wear Thin? Are There Any Genius Artists Pushing The Medium?
“Will comic book movies wear thin? Do we have any genius artists working in the field today?” Al asks both of these questions, and the entire episode is spent discussing it.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: PARADA
Dallas Can’t Stop Watching Man Of Steel.
71 | Christmas Comics And Living In An Archival Society
It’s the Christmas episode! Join Don, Al, and Dallas as they take a walk down memory lane and discuss their favorite Christmas-themed comics. Dallas chooses X-Men (of course), Al chooses Tales from the Crypt (of course) and Don is just a Scrooge.
After that, It’s gift time as the boys exchange presents on air and be merry to each other. The blissful times continue as we meet our once-per-episode quota of Walking Dead talk, before the show inexplicably becomes Two Dimension: The Music Podcast.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: BAD RELIGION!!!!!!!! (courtesy of Rook)
70 | Vinyl Records, French Comics, Strong Female Characters And Muck Monsters
Al and Don start off talking about John Severin, then go into humor magazines of the seventies, rising paper costs of the nineties, the evolution of brick and mortar bookstores and the return of vinyl records.
Comic book artists streamlining styles as they progress, color work and uninked pencils are discussed, as well as comic book heroines, French comics and muck monsters.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Steve Robinson
John Severin Cover For Cracked.
15 | Batman Artists
Don, Al and Dallas return to talk more comics!! Specifically Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Steve Robinson
