This week, a collection of cut paper comics, each one better than the last. We critique Monarch Monkey and Other Stories, by Brad DeRocher, Dan Mazur, and Hyun Supul.
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Category: Critiquing Comics Podcast
Critiquing Comics #036: “The Oswald Chronicles”
A lushly-drawn, colorful fantasy tale of a powerful mouse. What could possibly go wrong? Well, our recording software, for one thing! Tim and Mulele brave technical difficulties to critique J.D. Calderon’s The Oswald Chronicles.
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Critiquing Comics #035: “Fashionable Nonsense”
Benji Ratliffe sent us his four-year-old unpublished work Fashionable Nonsense for critique. It’s a somewhat supernatural tale with a Scott Pilgrim tone. He wrote the script and hired an artist. While it does indeed have some problems — with clarity of the story, as well as storytelling and inking — why not put it out anyway? Tim and Mulele extol the virtues of putting your work out, even if you’re not 100% satisfied with it.
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Critiquing Comics #034: “Peony Trivet”
Tim and Mulele check out the smooth, sexy Peony Trivet #1, by Ed Greene and Jeff Sims.
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Critiquing Comics #033: “Minimal Comics”
It’s very simply drawn; sometimes the topics are also simple, perhaps too simple. But other times, the simplicity of the art reveals more complex, nuanced takes on the world around us. We take a look at Minimal Comics and other work by Graeme McNee.
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Critiquing Comics #032: “Strange Things”
It’s kinda like The Twilight Zone, set in the ’80s! Tim and Mulele critique Strange Things by Bryan Christopher Moss.
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Critiquing Comics #031: “Elbis”
As regular listeners well know by now, our own Mulele’s graphic novel “Elbis” came out earlier this year (buy it here, or read online here). We’ve discussed the book’s genesis on several occasions, but not a detailed look of the book’s content. So this episode, Tim and Paul roll up their sleeves and give it a good ol’ fashioned (unbiased?!) critique!
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Critiquing Comics #030: The Critiqued Speak!
Tim and Mulele read mail from creators of comics recently critiqued on the show, as well as a couple of listener comments on Deconstructing Comics #328.
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Critiquing Comics #029: Brian Mitchell’s matchbook-sized comics
Back in April, Tim talked to Brian Mitchell about his matchbook-sized comics. Recently, he sent us some samples, so Tim and Mulele have read through them and are here with their thoughts.
Brian’s site, where you can order his comics
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Critiquing Comics #028: “Stymie”
Our listener submission this time: Stymie, by James Hohenstein.
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