Author Archives: Kevin Moreau

Episode 230: Pride of Baghdad

Posted on April 9, 2025 by Kevin Moreau

Content warning: Sexual assault, cruelty to animals In this episode, We’re With the Banned, our miniseries on banned or challenged comics and graphic novels, continues with a discussion of Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughan and Niko Henrichon, published … Continue reading →

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Episode 229: This One Summer

Posted on March 26, 2025 by Kevin Moreau

In this episode, we kick off We’re With the Banned – a miniseries on banned or challenged comics and graphic novels – with a discussion of This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki, published by First Second Books! … Continue reading →

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Episode 228: Daredevil – The Devil in Cell Block D

Posted on March 12, 2025 by Kevin Moreau

In this episode, blind lawyer Matt Murdock, aka Daredevil, is behind bars – but so are Hammerhead, the Kingpin, and a host of other hardened criminals in 2006’s The Devil in Cell Block D, by Ed Brubaker and Michael Lark, … Continue reading →

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Episode 227: Daredevil – Out

Posted on February 26, 2025 by Kevin Moreau

A mere 16 years after the Kingpin learns Daredevil’s secret identity in Frank Miller’s Born Again, that secret becomes front page news in 2002’s Out, by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev, published by Marvel Comics! Returning to his indie … Continue reading →

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Captain America: Brave New World, Same Old Slop

Posted on February 16, 2025 by Kevin Moreau

Review by Curt Holman When is a spoiler not a spoiler? Captain America: Brave New World builds to a revelation that would have been a delightful surprise had not the film been entirely sold on it in trailers and posters. … Continue reading →

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Episode 226: Thunderbolts – The Great Escape and Like Lightning

Posted on February 12, 2025 by Kevin Moreau

Our six-episode, six-decade overview of the Thunderbolts and the Masters of Evil comes to a close (for now, at least) as we discuss two time-hopping tales from 2011 and 2012: The Great Escape from Thunderbolts #163-165 and Like Lightning from … Continue reading →

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Episode 225: Thunderbolts – Burning Down the House

Posted on January 29, 2025 by Kevin Moreau

Our decade-by-decade series on Marvel Comics’ Thunderbolts rolls into the 21st century as we discuss Burning Down the House, collecting Thunderbolts #126-129 and #132 by Andy Diggle and Roberto de la Torre, published by Marvel Comics! After saving the Earth … Continue reading →

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Episode 224: Final Cut

Posted on January 15, 2025 by Kevin Moreau

In this episode, we look back at one of the best-reviewed graphic novels of 2024: Final Cut by Charles Burns! When Brian, a shy, socially awkward artist, meets Laurie, the soon-to-be star of his new amateur sci-fi horror movie, she … Continue reading →

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Quizzical Canonical 6: Bring on the Good/Bad Guys!

Posted on January 1, 2025 by Kevin Moreau

You read that right – it’s time for another installment of our recurring comics-themed quiz! As we briefly pause our miniseries on Marvel Comics’ Thunderbolts, Kevin grills Curt with a series of questions loosely related to the theme of comics … Continue reading →

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Episode 223: Thunderbolts – Justice, Like Lightning …

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Kevin Moreau

THE WAIT IS OVER! Our decade-by-decade series on Marvel Comics’ Thunderbolts continues as we finally discuss Thunderbolts (1997) issues #1-4 and the Thunderbolts 97 Annual, by Kurt Busiek, Mark Bagley, Vince Russell and a host of others! In the aftermath … Continue reading →

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