Author Archives: Kevin Moreau

Episode 126 – Ye Gads! It’s … The Bradleys!

Posted on December 23, 2020 by Kevin Moreau

Explicit Warning! This episode contains strong language and is recommended for mature listeners. For the last episode of 2020, we segue seamlessly from Bucky Barnes to another iconic comics antihero, Buddy Bradley, with a discussion of five stories featuring the … Continue reading →

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Episode 125 – Captain America: Winter Soldier

Posted on December 9, 2020 by Kevin Moreau

For decades, Bucky Barnes sat cooling his heels with Ben Parker in the exclusive club of characters Marvel Comics would never bring back from the dead. But all that changed in 2006, as chronicled in Captain America: Winter Soldier—specifically, Captain … Continue reading →

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Episode 124: The Howard the Duck Episode

Posted on November 25, 2020 by Kevin Moreau

In this episode, we quack the case of everyone’s favorite talking waterfowl with a look at Steve Gerber’s Howard the Duck! Specifically, his appearances in Giant-Size Man-Thing issues 4-5 and Howard the Duck (Vol. 1), issues 1,2,3, and 5, published … Continue reading →

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Episode 123: The Hawkeye Episode

Posted on November 11, 2020 by Kevin Moreau

Bro! On this episode, comics writer and publisher Carlton Hargro (20th Place Media) returns as we take aim at “the breakout star of the blockbuster Avengers film” with a discussion of Hawkeye (2012), specifically issues 1-5 (as seen in Vol. … Continue reading →

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Episode 122 – Maus: A Survivor’s Tale II: And Here My Troubles Began

Posted on October 28, 2020 by Kevin Moreau

The second volume of Art Spiegelman’s award-winning graphic memoir finds the artist grappling with the success of the first, and questioning his ability to pull off such an ambitious project. In doing so, he adds another layer to the book’s … Continue reading →

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Episode 121 – Maus: A Survivor’s Tale I: My Father Bleeds History

Posted on October 14, 2020 by Kevin Moreau

Art Spiegelman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel Maus had a profound effect on the public perception of comics as an art form when its first volume, serializing installments that had first appeared in the alternative comics anthology Raw, appeared in 1986. … Continue reading →

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Episode 120 – The Nexus Episode

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Kevin Moreau

The Cosmic Canon, our miniseries on space-faring epics, concludes with a look at Mike Baron and Steve Rude’s Nexus, as seen in Nexus. Vol. 2, issues #13-16 and 18-19, published by First Comics! In the 25th century, Horatio Hellpop dreams … Continue reading →

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Episode 119 – Legion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga

Posted on September 16, 2020 by Kevin Moreau

In this episode, The Cosmic Canon, our series on space-faring epics, rockets all the way to the 30th century as we discuss The Great Darkness Saga from Legion of Super-Heroes #290-294, published by DC Comics! As chronicled by Paul Levitz … Continue reading →

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Episode 118 – New Gods

Posted on September 2, 2020 by Kevin Moreau

On this episode, The Cosmic Canon, our series on cosmic tales, soars from peaceful New Genesis to pockmarked Apokalips to Earth as we discuss Jack Kirby’s epic saga of space gods, galactic wars and skiing avatars of Death: New Gods … Continue reading →

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Episode 117 – Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War Vol. 1

Posted on August 19, 2020 by Kevin Moreau

On this episode, The Cosmic Canon, our series on cosmic comics stories, rockets from Coast City to the sentient planet Mogo to the anti-matter universe as we get embroiled in Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War Vol. 1, by Geoff … Continue reading →

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