Comic Books
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #310: Never Blunders
Last year, I wrote about the first issue of Juni Ba, Chris O’Halloran, and Aditya Bidikar’s The Boy Wonder. This was a first issue that brought us back into the perspective of Damian Wayne and his first bit of time as Robin. While things didn’t go well for him, they were going even less well for the child Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #309: The Big Picture
The image of New York City is something ingrained in the DNA of comics. DC’s initial office on Broadway, the main hub of activity in the Marvel universe, and countless other creators can all trace their origins to the city. And in that urbanist center, stories swell. The throngs of people, the iconic skyscrapers and Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #308: Confronting the Pile, Pt. 23
In the process of going through the endless vastness of my pile, I’ve discovered things that I haven’t thought about in years. Specifically, I’ve pulled from the pile two 80th anniversary issues that DC had put out in 2020 and 2021. I had forgotten that these even existed, but the memory of going to the closest Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #307: Confronting the Pile, Pt. 22
I feel nostalgia for stories about transforming heroes. Not simply people who put on a costume and play the role, but the ones who have the costume within and perform a little ritual and sequence each time the costume comes out. These series with their henshins, magical girls, and motorcycle fighters captures a specific wonder that’s Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #306: Confronting the Pile, Pt. 21
In comics, it’s been a week. Between the Neil Gaiman situation, Diamond Distributors (my nemesis) filing for bankruptcy, and the looming threat of tariffs potentially supremely fucking up the publishing industry, a lot’s going on. So, let’s talk about Batman. I’ve still got a pile of comics to work on—and this one dates back to 2021—and the best way to Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #305: Confronting the Pile, Pt. 20
The pile expands and contracts like a bellows—always adding, always subtracting, but somehow staying the same no matter how many times I chip away at it. Eventually it will diminish. For now, though, it remains ever present as I make my weekly attempts to get my shit together and simply read. But at least I’m not Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #304: Confronting the Pile, Pt. 19
Jazz is one of the oldest American art forms and the one with some of the deepest roots in our cultural landscape. It’s also an art form with fervent adherents that can endlessly debate subgenres, artists, labels, eras, and nearly anything else within the medium. What better way to talk about the history of jazz Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #303: Oh God, Not Again
We once again return to the opening of the year and stare down the barrel of a future none of us wanted. And yet, comics will continue, despite the various policies that may make paper tantamount to a fucking luxury soon enough. But, until that point, here’s some of the most interesting works coming out Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #302: That Time of Year
Somehow we’ve made it to the end of the year despite its efforts. It’s been a lot—so much so that I don’t want to write about it in the hopes that the looming shadow of dread that’s cast its shadow over the land will go away. But at least, as always, the comics have been Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #300: Brian Michael Bendis Interview
This week drew talks to Brian Michael Bendis about his and Andre Lima Araujo’s new graphic novel Phenomena Book 2: Matilde’s Quest, world building, and the function of stories and legacies. Drew Barth (Episode 331, 485, & 510) resides in Winter Park, FL. He received his MFA from the University of Central Florida. Continue reading
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