Category: Episodes
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Absolute(ly Not) Superman
Hello all! Welcome to our fifth episode in The Comic Panel’s coverage of Superman! If you haven’t been keeping track, we’ve read Superman vs Meshi, Superman and the Authority, Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow, the four part mini series: Phantom Zone, and now we are covering the…
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Phantom Zoning with Collective Action Comics
Hello all! Welcome to this special installment of The Comic Panel’s coverage of Superman! If you haven’t been keeping track, we’ve read Superman vs Meshi, Superman and the Authority, and Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow. Now we are reviewing the four part mini series: Phantom…
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Maybe it was good that Krypton was destroyed (Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow)
Hello all! Welcome to the next installment of The Comic Panel’s jaunt into the world of Superman! If you haven’t been keeping track, we’ve read Superman vs Meshi and Superman and the Authority. Now we are reviewing Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow written by Alan Moore. This collection…
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Superman’s Secret Black-Ops Team (Superman and the Authority)
We are continuing our theme of Superman! The original Superhero who fights for Truth, Justice, and a Better Tomorrow. In our second book we are reviewing Superman and the Authority. The writer for this book is none other than Grant Morrison along with Mikel Janin on art, as well as Travel Forman,…
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Superman becomes a Japanese food fiend! (Superman vs Meshi)
Dun da dun dun! Who’s faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and can leap tall buildings in a single bound. Is it a bird or a plane, no it’s Superman! We are starting a new theme focused on Superman, inspired by the wildly successful Superman movie that released last…
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So are we just not going to delve into it? (Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot)
Welcome all! Today we are reviewing Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot by Frank Miller and Geof Darrow as our third book in the theme focusing on Geof Darrow. The Big Boy and Rusty the Boy Robot is two-issue comic about an attack on Tokyo by a giant 4-armed, 4-legged, Iguana with atomic breath……
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An ex-monk and a talking mule walk into the desert…
Welcome all! This is our review of Shaolin Cowboy by Geof Darrow! Shaolin Cowboy: Start Trek is a story about the Shaolin Cowboy, a former Shaolin monk who wanders the land with a talking mule named Lord Evelyn Dunkirk Winniferd Esq. the Third. Having been “asked” to leave the Shaolin temple, he…
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Is is Geof or Gee-off? No, it’s Lieutenant Blueberry – A review of Lieutenant Blueberry first issue
Hello all, and welcome to our new theme where we focus on the comic book artist Geof Darrow. For our first book we are reviewing Lieutenant Blueberry by Jean Giraud aka Moebius, a book that greatly inspired Geof Darrow. Lieutenant Blueberry follows two military members in post-Civil War America….
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Our Western comics retrospective but there’s really only one book
Welcome all! If you read the title, you may be confused, but when you listen to the episode you’ll get it. (hint: it’s Elfquest). We are so glad you are taking the time to listen to our episode. There are many podcasts you could listen to and so the fact that you are listening to…
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The story of resilience, in comics and out of comics (Elfquest)
Welcome all! This is our fourth and final review for the theme of Western Comics Classics before our Retrospective. We hope you’ve been enjoying these episodes as they have been fun to record!Elfquest is a classic by Wendy and Richard Pini. The story focuses on the Wolfriders, a tribe of elves…
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