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Deconstructing Comics #735 — Kirby’s Fourth World: ‘Mister Miracle’ #13-18

Jack Kirby‘s Mister Miracle continued on for a year or so after his other Fourth World books had been canceled.

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May 18, 2022May 18, 2022 Erik Amaya 152 Views DC Comics, Deconstructing Comics, Jack Kirby, Jack Kirby's Fourth World, Mister Miracle
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Deconstructing Comics #734: Ron Randall, ‘Trekker,’ And Decompressed Storytelling

What’s creator Ron Randall been up to since we talked with him last? He’s continuing his comic, Trekker, now 35

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May 10, 2022May 10, 2022 Erik Amaya 242 Views Deconstructing Comics, Kickstarter, Ron Randall, Trekker
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Deconstructing Comics #733: Kirby’s Fourth World — ‘Mister Miracle’ #7-12

Tim and Emmet continue their read through Jack Kirby’s Fourth World comics with Mister Miracle issues 7 through 12. Is

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May 3, 2022May 3, 2022 Erik Amaya 266 Views Deconstructing Comics, Jack Kirby, Jack Kirby's Fourth World, Mister Miracle, podcasts, R. Crumb
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Deconstructing Comics #732: ‘The Immortal Hulk’

The Immortal Hulk won a fair amount of praise, including for Al Ewing‘s writing (although also censure for the hate

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April 26, 2022April 26, 2022 Erik Amaya 296 Views Al Ewing, Deconstructing Comics, Greg Pak, podcasts, The Immortal Hulk
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Deconstructing Comics #731: ‘Judge Dredd’

Judge Dredd, created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra, first appeared in 1977 and is as mainstream in

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April 19, 2022April 19, 2022 Erik Amaya 291 Views Carlos Ezquerra, Deconstructing Comics, John Wagner, Judge Dredd, podcasts
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Deconstructing Comics #730 — Kirby’s Fourth World: ‘Forever People’ And ‘New Gods’ End

Jack Kirby‘s big plans for his four Fourth World books were cut short when DC abruptly cancelled all but one

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April 12, 2022April 11, 2022 Erik Amaya 228 Views DC Comics, Deconstructing Comics, Jack Kirby, New Gods, The Forever People
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Deconstructing Comics #729: Nancy Collins’ ‘Swamp Thing’

While Kumar read Swamp Thing by Alan Moore and other ’70s and ’80s versions of the character well after they

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March 29, 2022March 28, 2022 Erik Amaya 445 Views Deconstructing Comics, Kim DeMulder, Nancy Collins, Swamp Thing, Tatjana Wood, Tom Mandrake
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Deconstructing Comics #728 — Kirby’s Fourth World: ‘Mister Miracle’ #1-#6

Our journey through Jack Kirby‘s Fourth World books now takes us to the first six issues of Mister Miracle, a

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March 22, 2022March 21, 2022 Erik Amaya 407 Views DC Comics, Deconstructing Comics, Jack Kirby, Jack Kirby's Fourth World, Mister Miracle, podcasts
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Deconstructing Comics #727 — Jack Kirby’s Fourth World: ‘New Gods’ #1-#6

While the Forever People are (mistakenly, in our view) seen by many as “cheesy,” Jack Kirby’s New Gods has been

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March 15, 2022March 12, 2022 Erik Amaya 678 Views Deconstructing Comics, Jack Kirby, Jack Kirby's Fourth World, New Gods, podcasts
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Deconstructing Comics #726 — Kirby’s Fourth World: ‘The Forever People’ #2-#8

After reading Jack Kirby‘s wacky Jimmy Olsen run, Tim and Emmet weren’t sure what to expect from the first seven

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March 8, 2022March 12, 2022 Erik Amaya 597 Views Deconstructing Comics, Jack Kirby, Jack Kirby's Fourth World, The Forever People
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Deconstructing Comics #725: Jim Rugg On ‘Street Angel,’ ‘Hulk: Grand Design,’ And More!

Jim Rugg is known for his indy hit Street Angel, for being half of the duo hosting the super-prolific Cartoonist

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March 1, 2022February 28, 2022 Erik Amaya 676 Views Cecil Castellucci, Deconstructing Comics, Hulk: Grand Design, Jim Rugg, Street Angel, The Plain Janes
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Deconstructing Comics #724: ‘Young Shadow’

Superheroes are the stuff of kids’ fantasies. Who among us hasn’t fantasized about having powers, putting on a costume and

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February 22, 2022February 21, 2022 Erik Amaya 861 Views Ben Sears, Deconstructing Comics, Young Shadow
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Deconstructing Comics #723: ‘EC Comics: Race, Shock, And Social Protest’

EC Comics are most commonly associated with the horror stories that shocked parents and U.S. Senators in 1954. But EC

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February 15, 2022February 14, 2022 Erik Amaya 549 Views Al Feldstein, Deconstructing Comics, EC Comics, EC Comics: Race Shock and Social Protest, Harvey Kurtzman, Qiana Whitted
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Deconstructing Comics #722 — Kirby’s Fourth World: ‘Jimmy Olsen’ Pt 2

The second half of Jack Kirby‘s run on Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen continues to throw out idea after mind-blowing idea.

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February 8, 2022February 7, 2022 Erik Amaya 500 Views DC Comics, Deconstructing Comics, Jack Kirby, Jack Kirby's Fourth World, Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen
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Deconstructing Comics #721 — Kirby’s Fourth World: ‘Jimmy Olsen’ Pt 1

By the end of the 1960s, Jack Kirby had had enough of Marvel. He felt that the company had not

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January 25, 2022February 7, 2022 Erik Amaya 603 Views DC Comics, Deconstructing Comics, Don Rickles, Jack Kirby, Jack Kirby's Fourth World, Marvel, podcasts, Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen
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Deconstructing Comics #720: ‘The Other 1980s’

There were several landmark comics titles in the 1980s (do we really need to name them?), but unfortunately they tend

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January 11, 2022January 11, 2022 Erik Amaya 497 Views Brannon Costello, Brian Cremins, Deconstructing Comics, Doug Moench, podcasts, The Other 1980s, Trina Robbins
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Deconstructing Comics #719: ‘Demon Slayer’

The latest manga sensation is Koyoharu Gotouge‘s Demon Slayer. Both the manga and the anime have broken records (including in

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January 4, 2022January 2, 2022 Erik Amaya 717 Views Deconstructing Comics, Demon Slayer, Koyoharu Gotouge, podcasts
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Deconstructing Comics Special: ‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’

“Tim Catches Up with the MCU” moves on to the second Avengers movie, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Tim reveals

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December 28, 2021December 27, 2021 Erik Amaya 575 Views Avengers: Age of Ultron, Deconstructing Comics, podcasts
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Deconstructing Comics #718: ‘No One Else’

After years of putting her life on hold to care for her father, he passes on. How does she react?

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December 21, 2021December 20, 2021 Erik Amaya 590 Views Alice Jaggers, Deconstructing Comics, No One Else, R. Kikuo Johnson
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Deconstructing Comics #717: ‘Chad in Amsterdam’ #6

Chad Bilyeu, an American living in Amsterdam, has been a favorite of ours over on Critiquing Comics for the past

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December 14, 2021December 13, 2021 Erik Amaya 498 Views Chad Bilyeu, Chad in Amsterdam, Deconstructing Comics
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Deconstructing Comics #716: 1950s ‘World’s Finest’ Might Be “World’s Goofiest”

If you’re not into the drama of the past few decades of DC Comics, come with us back to the

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December 7, 2021December 7, 2021 Erik Amaya 694 Views Batman, DC Comics, Deconstructing Comics, Superman, World's Finest Comics
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Deconstructing Comics #715: Comics Adaptations — ‘Dune’ (1984) And ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’ (1992)

Sometimes comics adaptations of movies can have as much, or more, significance than the films themselves. Marvel’s 1984 adaptation of

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November 30, 2021November 29, 2021 Erik Amaya 903 Views Bill Sienkiewicz, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Dune, Mike Mignola, podcasts, Ralph Macchio, Roy Thomas
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Deconstructing Comics #714: Debbie Jacobson

Ghosting is about a bus driver in a budding relationship with a woman who suddenly disappears from his life. Has

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November 23, 2021November 23, 2021 Erik Amaya 590 Views Debbie Jacobson, Deconstructing Comics, Ghosting
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Deconstructing Comics #713: ‘Second Coming’ Comes Back

Mark Russell & Richard Pace‘s Second Coming stirred up controversy before it even came out, because it was a comic

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November 9, 2021November 9, 2021 Erik Amaya 671 Views Deconstructing Comics, Mark Russell, podcasts, Richard Pace, Second Coming, Second Coming: Only Begotten Son
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Deconstructing Comics #712: San Diego Comic-Con Begins

San Diego Comic-Con has always been about more than comics! That’s the contention of producer and journalist Mathew Klickstein, who

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October 26, 2021October 25, 2021 Erik Amaya 671 Views Comic-Con Begins, Comic-Con International: San Diego, Deconstructing Comics, Mathew Klickstein
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Deconstructing Comics Special: ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’

“Tim Catches Up with the MCU” continues with our look at Guardians of the Galaxy. How does it rank in

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October 19, 2021October 19, 2021 Erik Amaya 716 Views Deconstructing Comics, Guaridans of the Galaxy, podcast
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Deconstructing Comics #711: Tom Scioli’s ‘Kirby’

Tom Scioli’s Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics is a bio in comics form and written

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October 12, 2021October 11, 2021 Erik Amaya 761 Views Deconstructing Comics, Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics, podcasts, Tom Scioli
Comics Film 

Deconstructing Comics Special: ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’

In this episode of “Tim Catches Up with the MCU”, Tim and Mulele discuss the political thriller Captain America: The

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September 28, 2021September 27, 2021 Erik Amaya 783 Views Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Deconstructing Comics, podcasts
Comics 

Deconstructing Comics #710: Naoki Urasawa’s ‘Pluto’

You’re probably aware of the Osamu Tezuka character Astro Boy (called Tetsuwon Atom in Japan). Starting in 2003, Naoki Urasawa

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September 21, 2021September 21, 2021 Erik Amaya 874 Views Deconstructing Comics, Naoki Urasawa, Pluto, podcasts
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Deconstructing Comics #709: ‘Air Gear’

Shonen manga are known for putting their protagonists in systems that they must work their way up through in a

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September 14, 2021September 13, 2021 Erik Amaya 804 Views Air Gear, Deconstructing Comics, Ito Ougure, Oh! Great, podcasts
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Deconstructing Comics #708: Aaack! ‘Cathy’ Is Still Relevant!

Cathy Guisewite‘s longrunning comic strip Cathy is still a topic of discussion eleven years after it ended. While it may

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September 7, 2021September 7, 2021 Erik Amaya 974 Views Cathy, Cathy Guisewite, Deconstructing Comics, Jamie Loftus, podcasts
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