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Deconstructing Comics

Tim

100 episodes

1 week ago

Deconstructing Comics is a podcast about the craft of comics. Tim, Kumar, Emmet, and guest reviewers discuss a variety of comics (both recent work and classics) and present interviews with a variety of comics creators -- mainstream, indy, and even international! And in our occasional "Critiquing Comics" episodes, We'll even critique YOUR comic!

Whether you’ve got a comic going and you’re trying to promote it, or you haven’t even started yet and need some help getting rolling, we hope you’ll come here for inspiration and tips. And there’s plenty of interest for the casual comic book or graphic novel fan, as well!

"Tim is probably the hardest working podcaster in the community. He's an insightful and articulate comic reviewer and somebody I always enjoy talking to." -- Jason McNamara, writer, "The Rattler"

“Some of the best interviews I’ve ever heard! You guys review the type of comics I love and that’s really hard to find. So thanks for unique and knowledgeable.” -- Jack Wallace, Disposable Fiction Comics

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Deconstructing Comics is a podcast about the craft of comics. Tim, Kumar, Emmet, and guest reviewers discuss a variety of comics (both recent work and classics) and present interviews with a variety of comics creators -- mainstream, indy, and even international! And in our occasional "Critiquing Comics" episodes, We'll even critique YOUR comic!

Whether you’ve got a comic going and you’re trying to promote it, or you haven’t even started yet and need some help getting rolling, we hope you’ll come here for inspiration and tips. And there’s plenty of interest for the casual comic book or graphic novel fan, as well!

"Tim is probably the hardest working podcaster in the community. He's an insightful and articulate comic reviewer and somebody I always enjoy talking to." -- Jason McNamara, writer, "The Rattler"

“Some of the best interviews I’ve ever heard! You guys review the type of comics I love and that’s really hard to find. So thanks for unique and knowledgeable.” -- Jack Wallace, Disposable Fiction Comics

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Deconstructing Comics

#210 Jillian Tamaki interview(s)

FLASHBACK! Skim is a coming-of-age graphic novel written by Mariko Tamaki, and drawn by her cousin Jillian Tamaki. Jillian works primarily in the field of illustration; how does she find that different from drawing a comic? Is it wrong to say that a comic is “illustrated”? She also discusses her perhaps unorthodox collaboration with Mariko on Skim, and reviews of the book that see meanings in it that were completely unintentional, in this interview. (Originally published December 14, 2009)
Also, Tim met Jillian at Kaigai Manga Festa in Tokyo in 2015. That interview, from episode 474, also appears in this episode. (Originally published November 23, 2015)
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* Full Manga Alchemists
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1 day ago

48 minutes 18 seconds

Deconstructing Comics

#839 The Fantastic Four on Film: “Rise of the Silver Surfer” (2007)

This week we look at the movie that was based on the “Galactus Trilogy” of Fantastic Four #48-50, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. How does it stand up against the comics, and against the 2005 film? How do we feel about Galactus being a cloud of smoke? Does Doom finally have a real plan in this one? Once again, Tim is joined by Kumar and Jordan of the Comic Book Movie Oblivion podcast to dig into this film, as we count down to the upcoming MCU debut of the FF.
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* Worst Collection Ever podcast
* Our supporters on Patreon

1 week ago

1 hour 37 minutes 11 seconds

Deconstructing Comics

#838 The Fantastic Four on Film: The Galactus Trilogy

One of the most famous Fantastic Four stories is the “Galactus Trilogy” from Fantastic Four 48-50 in 1966. This story has been adopted more than once, including in the 1990s FF cartoon, and in 2007’s Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. Leading into our discussion of that movie next week, this week Tim, Kumar, and Jordan, in another crossover with the Comic Book Movie Oblivion podcast, look at the original comics story. While it’s been quite lauded, and very influential, why can it also be considered flawed?
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* Who’s Who podcast
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2 weeks ago

51 minutes 53 seconds

Deconstructing Comics

#837 Jack Kirby’s Captain America 206-208: The Tiger, the Swine…and the Fish

When Steve and Sam foil an attempt by police from south of the border to arrest their friendly waiter, the cops decide to arrest Steve instead! Hey, beats heading home empty handed! What looks like it’s going to be a story about Cap (and maybe Falcon?) locked up in a Central American prison takes several odd turns: Cap is never locked up, Sam never even arrives there, and then a fish monster shows up! These three issues conclude with the coming of a then-new Cap villain who we all know and loathe. Tim and Emmet try to avoid saying “Ay caramba!”
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* Checkered Past podcast
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3 weeks ago

1 hour 16 minutes 26 seconds

Deconstructing Comics

#836 “Clyde Fans” reviewed by two fans

In Clyde Fans by Seth, two brothers run a fan company for fifty years. One might expect it to be prosaic, but instead it’s an immersive and epic exploration of the sense and meaning of life, every life, even when it’s not apparent on the surface. Kumar and Dana ask the big questions.
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* Full Manga Alchemists
* Our supporters on Patreon

4 weeks ago

1 hour 31 minutes 27 seconds

Deconstructing Comics

#835 “Raised by Ghosts”: A time capsule, but relevant to anyone who’s been a teen

Briana Loewinsohn, who got a lot of praise two years back for her graphic memoir Ephemera, is back with a new book, Raised by Ghosts. It’s a slightly fictionalized look at Briana’s teen years, acting as both a time capsule of late-20th-century teenager culture, and the struggles of being comfortable with oneself that ‘s almost synonymous with the word “teenager.” This week an interview with Briana about her new book, and then Tim and Jason review it.
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* The Quick and the Dad
* Our supporters on Patreon

1 month ago

47 minutes 5 seconds

Deconstructing Comics

#834 Jack Kirby’s “Cap and Falcon” vs a bodybuilding corpse

What’s that Kirby Crackle octopus chasing Cap and Falcon? And didn’t it used to be an oddly muscular, bald (naturally) corpse? It’s Agron, who gives our heroes some headaches in Captain America and the Falcon issues 204 and 205. Not the best Jack Kirby Cap adventure ever, but it produces at least one wildly T-shirt-worthy panel! Tim and Emmet discuss.
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1 month ago

49 minutes 8 seconds

Deconstructing Comics

#833 Jack Kirby’s “Cap and Falcon” 201-203: Who are “the Night People”?

The Night People are looking for a superhero. But who are the Night People? Where do they come from? And what does one have to sacrifice to become their superhero? Tim and Emmet discuss Captain America and the Falcon issues 201-203!
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* Worst Collection Ever podcast
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1 month ago

1 hour 16 minutes 44 seconds

Deconstructing Comics

#832 Michael Cohen: Comics price guides, “Peanuts”, and more

Michael Cohen has created comics such as Strange Attractors and Tangled River, and is credited with helping to create the first known comic book price guide. He’s also co-host of the Unpacking Peanuts podcast, and his talk with Tim includes discussion of Charles Schultz’s strip, including about the reason why Michael has no interest in Peanuts animation!
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* Who’s Who podcast
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1 month ago

1 hour 1 minute 42 seconds

Deconstructing Comics

#831 The Fantastic Four on Film: “Fantastic Four” (2005) pt 2: What does Doom want?!

While the 2005 film Fantastic Four gives us, debatably, a well-casted group of heroes, with plenty of comics-accurate details, the script does no favors to Dr. Doom. What are his goals, other than “taking everything back” from Reed? Why is he a CEO instead of a despot? Who the heck gives a frightening metal mask as a thank-you gift?? This time, Tim, Kumar, and Jordan (in a crossover with the Comic Book Movie Oblivion podcast) conclude their look at this film, and cap it off with a review of its endless development process.
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* Checkered Past podcast
* Our supporters on Patreon

2 months ago

1 hour 8 minutes 56 seconds

Deconstructing Comics

Critiquing Comics #242 “The Star Tide Shores” vol. 1

The Star Tide Shores is an action space adventure comic that isn’t afraid to get a little deeper emotionally than, say, Star Wars. Tim and Adam enjoyed reading the first volume, by Henry Goeldner and Illuminated, and are here to give you the scoop.

2 months ago

19 minutes 39 seconds

Deconstructing Comics

#830 The Fantastic Four on Film: “Fantastic Four” (2005) pt 1: “I am hot, and I’m not afraid to cry”

After the fiasco of the 1994 unreleased Fantastic Four movie, development proceeded on a big-budget FF film, which finally hit theaters in 2005 — a better film than the ’94 attempt in some ways, but frustratingly as bad or worse in others. This week, in another crossover with the Comic Book Movie Oblivion podcast, Tim is joined by Kumar and Jordan to begin a two-part look at this film (as well as a few 1980s FF comics).
Brought to you by:

* Full Manga Alchemists
* Our supporters on Patreon

2 months ago

1 hour 15 minutes 36 seconds

Deconstructing Comics

#829 Jack Kirby’s “Captain America’s Bicentennial Battles”

Captain America was the obvious choice of a character to help Marvel celebrate the USA’s bicentennial in 1976. The job of doing that went to Jack Kirby, co-creator of the character. Naturally, that meant a story full of hard-hitting moments, and one that gets a bit treacly at the end, but also doesn’t back away from difficult moments in US history. This week, Tim and Emmet discuss the treasury-size special Captain America’s Bicentennial Battles.
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* The Quick and the Dad
* Our supporters on Patreon

2 months ago

1 hour 19 minutes 54 seconds

Deconstructing Comics

#828 Japan’s mythical “oni” in manga

Oni are mythical monsters similar to the ogres of Western tradition. Like many of the legendary Japanese creatures, their characteristics are often adopted for manga characters, including series such as Lum, The Promised Neverland, and Demon Slayer. Our own Patrick has compiled a lot of data on them, and he’s here this time to fill us in. He also discusses the main points of monster theory.
Watch Patrick’s videos on oni and other Japanese creatures
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Our supporters on Patreon

2 months ago

1 hour 7 minutes 27 seconds

Deconstructing Comics

#827 “Cross Game” Omnibus 2: Subtle Shifts

The second omnibus volume of Mitsuru Adachi’s Cross Game focuses largely on a scrimmage between the varsity team and the “portables”, which doesn’t go how anyone expects it to. Things are shifting subtly under the surface; we’re pretty sure what the series is leading up to (it’s a baseball manga, after all), but it’s fun to watch it develop. And of course, it never lets us forget vol. 1’s tragedy, even as Adachi hits us with goofy jokes. Tim and Kumar brush up on their baseball terms as they go through this volume.
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* To the Batpoles! podcast

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3 months ago

44 minutes 38 seconds

Deconstructing Comics

#826 Hugh D’Andrade’s “The Murder Next Door”: Your trauma is your trauma

When Hugh D’Andrade was ten years old, his next door neighbor was mysteriously murdered, and he saw the body. In his forthcoming graphic memoir The Murder Next Door, he explores the trauma this caused him as the experience stuck with him over decades, and he explores the question: If someone else has had a worse experience than mine, does that mean my trauma is less important than theirs? In this episode, Tim interviews Hugh, and then Jason joins Tim to review the book.
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* Worst Collection Ever podcast
* Our supporters on Patreon

3 months ago

57 minutes 5 seconds

Deconstructing Comics

#825 Brad Guigar talks promoting your webcomic, even (especially?) if it’s NSFW!

Brad Guigar, creator of Evil Inc., has been putting his comics on the Web for over 20 years, and this week he’s here to talk about how he made that his day job, the challenges of promoting your work in a changing media environment, how making an erotic comic (his Patreon-only spinoff Evil Inc. After Dark) forced him to up his game, and his new project to help NSFW comics creators support each other and find new readers!
Waaay back in 2008, we reviewed How to Make Webcomics, co-authored by Brad
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* Who’s Who podcast
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3 months ago

1 hour 5 minutes 20 seconds

Deconstructing Comics

“Spider-Man: Far from Home” (2019)

Tim is now completely caught up with the MCU! Mulele joins him to discuss the most recently released (as of this episode’s recording) Marvel Cinematic Universe film, last summer’s Spider-Man: Far From Home! (Originally published on Patreon March 28, 2020)
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* The Law of Equivalent Exchange: A Fullmetal Alchemist manga podcast
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3 months ago

45 minutes 14 seconds

Deconstructing Comics

#824 “Eternals” (2021): Where it went wrong (and right!)

Now that we’ve become familiar with Jack Kirby‘s original Eternals comics, repeatedly referring to the 2021 MCU film along the way, it’s time to sit through all two hours and 37 minutes of it again and evaluate it anew. Unfortunately, as a movie, it still has just as many problems, but at least now Tim and Emmet can get a better idea of what those problems were. And also take note of the bright spots.
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* Checkered Past podcast
* Our supporters on Patreon

4 months ago

56 minutes 52 seconds

Deconstructing Comics

Critiquing Comics #241: “The Shapes” #4: El Puro

Samuel Edme’s comic The Shapes is… a bit hard to pin down. It looks like notebook scribblings, it has its faults, but it seems to have found an audience, which is all a comics creator can ask for. Bad? No. Not for us? Probably. Tim and Adam attempt to describe it anyway.

4 months ago

19 minutes 44 seconds