Longtime listener Jorge Muñoz sent us some comments on our Meta Episode, and also a link to his Web comic. Tim and Mulele discuss both.
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#168 Reading “Hieroglyph”
Tim and Mulele review Richard Delgado’s amazing “Hieroglyph”. Also, what is Comics Monkey, and why is it *not* a substitute for Diamond?
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#167 “City of Glass”: Adapting a Novel to Comics
Paul Karasik and David Mazzucchelli’s comics version of City of Glass, a 1985 novel by Paul Auster, is an amazing adaptation of an unfilmable novel. Tim and Kumar assess the herculean task of adapting it, in probably the only medium capable of doing so: comics!
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ERIC’S “THE WORLD HAS NOT BEEN SAVED. WHAT’S UP WITH THAT?!” COMICS NOW! NEWSLETTER VOL. 11 #4 – April 2009
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So, we’ve got a new President from the other side of the aisle, and, as I write this, nothing’s changed. What’s up with that? President Obama was supposed to be sworn in and then there would no longer be problems in society. Or war. Or poverty. Or sucky comics. Well, since none of that has come to be (at least, not yet), let’s see what kind of frightening new comics the industry has in store for us (at least until the economic collapse takes the comic industry down with it).
#166 The Martian Confederacy
Last year, writer Jason McNamara and artist Paige Braddock both appeared on the podcast. At last, Kumar and Tim have gotten ahold of their collaboration, “The Martian Confederacy,” and they’re here to give their unbiased opinions. PLUS: Win a copy of The Martian Confederacy, provided by ComicsNOW! Tim explains how to enter the drawing.
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#165 Mo Willems’ Dirty Little Secret
2/2/09 Mo Willems’ Dirty Little Secret
Children’s book writer Mo Willems has been found out: he’s actually a comics creator! He talks to Tim about the state of American comics for kids, the effect of his animation background on his approach to creating books, and… just why does that pigeon want to drive a bus, anyway?!
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#164 The Future of B.C.
In 2007, B.C. creator Johnny Hart passed on, and his grandson Mason Mastroianni (with the help of other family members and friends) picked up the torch. What’s it like to work on a “legacy strip”? Is there a future in the funny pages anymore, anyway?
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#163 Omega vs. Omega
Marvel’s 2007 “Omega the Unknown” series by Jonathan Lethem was a “paraphrasing” of a Steve Gerber series from the ’70s. How do the two stack up? What does Lethem’s version have to say about Gerber’s? Tim and Paul compare and contrast the two Omegas.
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#162 Mulele’s Kodansha Project
1/12/09 Mulele’s Kodansha Project
This week we’ll get the latest on Mulele’s project with the Japanese publisher Kodansha. This has been cooking for two years now. Will a published comic be the final result?
See more panels from The Mindgator
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ERIC’S “I LOOK GOOD IN GREEN, EVEN IF I’M NOT IRISH OR THE HULK” COMICS NOW! NEWSLETTER VOL. 11 #3 – March 2009
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It’s March and the comic industry shows no signs of slowing down (which is a darn good thing with the Watchmen movie looming on the horizon… here’s hoping it’s good).
Nobody’s letting their long-running storylines die as both DC and Marvel try to squeeze as much juice as possible out of Final Crisis and Secret Invasion respectively (with a little Dark Origin thrown in). On the bright side, however, there are a bunch of new and exciting little titles coming out this month, too. Good to go.