Comic Books
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The Curator of Schlock #256: Venom
The Curator of Schlock #256 by Jeff Shuster Venom The villain is the hero. In other news, 2 +2 = 3 because Sony says so! I think I have a movie pitch I’d like to send over to the brass over at Sony Pictures: Snickers: The Movie. I think there’s a lot of potential in this… Continue reading
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Episode 345: Chip Kidd!
Episode 345 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I share a conversation I had with author, editor, comic book fan, and book designer Chip Kidd, from about 40 feet away from Biscayne Bay. We spoke about the DC/Marvel… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #82: Flavor
Buzzed Books #82 by Drew Barth Joseph Keatinge and Wook Jin Clark’s Flavor Vol. 1 (Collects Issues 1-6) “Culinary consultant” may be my favorite thing I’ve seen in a comic credits page in a while. Seeing a culinary consultant, specifically Ali Bouzari, on a credits page in a comic that is about food in all… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #79: Spy Seal: The Corten-Steel Phoenix
Buzzed Books #79 by Drew Barth Rich Tommaso’s Spy Seal: The Corten-Steel Phoenix (Collects Issues 1-4) Let’s talk about adventure comics. While DC Comics published their own, titled Adventure Comics in kind with Action and Detective, the realm of adventure comics as a genre is uniquely European. Hugo Pratt’s Corto Maltese, the various works of Jacques… Continue reading
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Pensive Prowler #24: Justice League of Steppenwolf
Pensive Prowler #24 by Dmetri Kakmi Justice League of Steppenwolf The following does not constitute a film review of Justice League. More a running commentary as my befuddle mind tried to make sense of the movie through an alcoholic haze. As the movie begins (I can’t put my finger on what’s wrong with the title),… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #72: Prism Stalker Vol. 1
Buzzed Books #72 by Drew Barth Sloane Leong’s Prism Stalker Vol. 1 (Collects Issues 1-5) The best kind of science fiction is the kind that blends genres, forms, themes, social issues into a stew that heartily sits in a reader’s stomach. It’s this kind of blending that makes Sloane Leong’s solo Image Comics debut… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #243: Batman vs. Two-Face
The Curator of Schlock #243 by Jeff Shuster Batman vs. Two-Face West and Shatner, together again for the first time. There’s a new insult making its way throughout cyberspace. It’s all the rage right now to label people who may be the teensiest bit out of touch with modern culture and technology, boomers. If like… Continue reading
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