#deconstructing comics

The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 10: “The Philosopher’s Stone”

Converted from WebP to JPG using ezgif.com Chapter 10 of Fullmetal Alchemist sees the brothers on their way to the library to retrieve Dr. Marcoh’s notes. But the notes have been destroyed… except for a very convenient plot twist! This episode, Tim and Patrick talk about the twists and turns of Ed and Al’s quest to find a way to get their bodies…

Deconstructing Comics #658: John Allison Talks “Giant Days” And More

John Allison has been a significant presence on the web comics radar for more than two decades. In 2013, he made the jump to traditional publishing with the fantastic Giant Days series from BOOM! Box, and also switched to only writing, while a selection of top-notch artists (for most of the series, Max Sarin) took over the visuals. Recently he put out the five-issue Steeplefrom Dark Horse, and…

Deconstructing Comics #707: Joe Dator And ‘Inked’

  After fifteen years of cartooning for The New Yorker, Joe Dator has a deep catalog of published work – and a pretty deep catalog of unpublished work as well (it’s a competitive business!). So in his new book Inked: Cartoons, Confessions, Rejected Ideas and Secret Sketches from the New Yorker’s Joe Dator, Joe includes not only some of his best New Yorker work, and why he seems to get stuck on…

Deconstructing Comics #706: ‘Ping Pong’

Prolific manga creator Taiyo Matsumoto‘s Ping Pong is, nominally, a sports manga, but it doesn’t stick to the tropes. It presents table tennis matches that take place in a small town, not at a major tournament in Tokyo; often it doesn’t even show the end of a match! In some ways it functions as a parody of the genre. Kumar and Dana discuss this fun and unpredictable…

Deconstructing Comics Special — ‘Thor: The Dark World’

This week, from our archive of Patreon podcasts, Tim and Mulele discuss the movie Thor: The Dark World in another edition of “Tim Catches Up with the MCU”! It’s one of the lowest-rated MCU movies on Rotten Tomatoes. How do our opinions track with the RT users? Wayne Manor Memoirs podcast Our supporters on Patreon https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/stingpin/210818.mp3 Comicon thanks…

Critiquing Comics #202: ‘Theatrics’

Neil Gibson is back! Tim and Mulele have discussed his Twisted Dark anthology series more than once, and Koom once interviewed him for DCP at a London con. His new two-part graphic novel, Theatrics, with art by Leonardo Gonzalez, is the best work we’ve seen from him to date. Tim and Adam critique. Buy Theatrics from Amazon. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/stingpin/210814.mp3   Comicon thanks…

Deconstructing Comics #704: ‘Excelsior! The Amazing Life of Stan Lee’

Continuing with “How Much Stan Can You Stand?”, this time, Tim and Emmet take on Stan Lee’s 2002 memoir (with George Mair), Excelsior! The Amazing Life of Stan Lee. How does it differ from his later memoir Amazing Fantastic Incredible? Have you had all the Stan you can stand? Or should we review more books on The Man? Let us know in the…

Deconstructing Comics #701: Barry Windsor-Smith’s ‘Monsters’

A story originally conceived as an Incredible Hulk tale in — really — the 1980s, Barry Windsor-Smith‘s Monsters has finally seen the light of day. How is it? Kumar and Dana find it a joy to look at, containing a number of astonishing scenes and mind-blowing plot points, but also to have some serious drawbacks. Does the good outweigh the bad? Here’s their review. Brought to you by: Wayne Manor…