Category Archives: Episodes

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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Episode 116 – The Avengers: The Kree-Skrull War

Posted on August 5, 2020 by Kevin Moreau

On this episode, we launch a new miniseries on cosmic comics stories called (what else?) The Cosmic Canon! First up: the historic Kree-Skrull War, specifically Avengers issue #93-97, by Roy Thomas, Neal Adams and John Buscema, published by Marvel Comics! … Continue reading →

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Episode 115 – Marvels

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Kevin Moreau

Phil Sheldon is just your average man on the street—except that his career as a freelance photographer uniquely positions him to chronicle several key events in the history of the Marvel Universe, as depicted in the 1994 miniseries Marvels by … Continue reading →

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Episode 114 – The Sandman: Dream Country

Posted on July 8, 2020 by Kevin Moreau

Atlanta actress Jennifer Lee joins us for the conclusion of our Sandman two-parter to discuss The Sandman: Dream Country (issues 17-20), as well as Tales in the Sand (#9) and Men of Good Fortune (#13), by Neil Gaiman and a … Continue reading →

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Episode 113 – The Sandman: The Doll’s House

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Kevin Moreau

On July 15, Audible is releasing a star-studded audio production of the first three storylines of the beloved DC/Vertigo series The Sandman—giving us the perfect excuse to book a two-part return trip down the River of Dreams. First stop: The … Continue reading →

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