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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #363: Confronting the Pile, Pt. 45
We return to the pile with another graphic novel. Well, less of a graphic novel and more of a graphic album as this is a collection of stories that have been published over the years. So it’s time we dove into some of the most famous works by mangaka Juni Ito and his collection: Shiver. Shiver is a… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #323: A Shopping Trip
My earliest memories of department stores were dragging my feet through a JCPenny while my family contemplated deals. The one thing I could think to do in order to alleviate the boredom was hiding inside the circular clothes racks until someone asked where I was and emerged like a hermit, unaware of how much time… Continue reading
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Episode 628: Kent Wascom!
On this week’s show, I talk to the novelist Kent Wascom about the continuation of the Woolsack legacy in his new novel, The Great State of West Florida. We discuss the vibrantly chaos of Florida, the postmodern pulp possibilities of the western genre, and the importance of a great book cover. BOOK DISCUSSED NOTES Check out our earlier… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #243: The Fear Between Your Heart
Liminality is a popular trope in modern horror. Look anywhere online and you’ll find pictures of abandoned malls, highway rest stops after midnight, or the current liminal du jour, the Backrooms. But what all of these have in common is their fleeting uncanniness—that these are meant to be areas we walk through without a second… Continue reading
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