A maligned magician steps up in a time of crisis to become a hero! Tim and Mulele discuss Jason Love’s Kickstarter-funded Madman of Magic. Deconstructing Comics site Follow Tim on Twitter | Facebook group
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A Japanese girl has an altercation with a panda cub at the zoo! That’s the setup for this Asia-themed, mangaesque comic. Fresh off its successful Indiegogo crowdfunding project, Yuki vs. Panda faces its next test: a critique by Tim and Mulele! Will it survive?! Deconstructing Comics site Follow Tim on Twitter | Facebook group
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Three kids, regarded as troublemakers who’ll never amount to anything, are the stars of Roland Harrison‘s Black Mountain Elementary. Will a zombie apocalypse in the lunchroom allow them to redeem themselves? Tim and Mulele critique. Deconstructing Comics site Follow Tim on Twitter | Facebook group
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If you’re into conspiracy-theory comics, “Order” sounds good on paper: a secret society covering up the existence of a gate to Hell near Denver. Unfortunately, Tim and Mulele find the Truthful Comics take on this concept comes up short. Listen and find out why. Deconstructing Comics site Follow Tim on Twitter | Facebook group
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The two main components of a comic are, of course, story and art. Your comic needs to be on point with both to work. This week’s comic totally brings one, and largely wings the other. We discuss Zombuu by Curtis “Artzuu” Hamilton. Deconstructing Comics site Follow Tim on Twitter | Facebook group
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A sexy, geeky female superhero? The concept has possibilities, but Tim and Mulele find some problems with Sam Johnson’s Geek Girl… Deconstructing Comics site Follow Tim on Twitter | Facebook group
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We start the year off right with a critique of Irish creator Mark Egan’s comics statement about call centers, Back Office Deconstructing Comics site Follow Tim on Twitter | Facebook group
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Two astronauts battle their own ship’s computer. Sound familiar? No, it’s not 2001: A Space Odyssey, it’s Lee Milewski’s”With the Earth Above Us“. Not unlike Kubrick’s movie, this one strikes Tim and Mulele as being a bit hard to follow… Deconstructing Comics site Follow Tim on Twitter | Facebook group
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This week, the work of Nick Dupree. At New York Comicon, Mulele had hoped to meet Nick but didn’t get the chance. Nonetheless, we took a look at his imaginative, unusual comic Bunnies in Space, and here’s our critique… Deconstructing Comics site Follow Tim on Twitter | Facebook group
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This week, a collection of cut paper comics, each one better than the last. We critique Monarch Monkey and Other Stories, by Brad DeRocher, Dan Mazur, and Hyun Supul. Deconstructing Comics site Follow Tim on Twitter | Facebook group
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A lushly-drawn, colorful fantasy tale of a powerful mouse. What could possibly go wrong? Well, our recording software, for one thing! Tim and Mulele brave technical difficulties to critique J.D. Calderon’s The Oswald Chronicles. Deconstructing Comics site Follow Tim on Twitter | Facebook group
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Benji Ratliffe sent us his four-year-old unpublished work Fashionable Nonsense for critique. It’s a somewhat supernatural tale with a Scott Pilgrim tone. He wrote the script and hired an artist. While it does indeed have some problems — with clarity of the story, as well as storytelling and inking — why not put it out [...]
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Tim and Mulele check out the smooth, sexy Peony Trivet #1, by Ed Greene and Jeff Sims. Deconstructing Comics site Follow Tim on Twitter | Facebook group
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It’s very simply drawn; sometimes the topics are also simple, perhaps too simple. But other times, the simplicity of the art reveals more complex, nuanced takes on the world around us. We take a look at Minimal Comics and other work by Graeme McNee. Deconstructing Comics site Follow Tim on Twitter | Facebook group
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It’s kinda light The Twilight Zone, set in the ’80s! Tim and Mulele critique Strange Things by Bryan Christopher Moss. Deconstructing Comics site Follow Tim on Twitter | Facebook group
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As regular listeners well know by now, our own Mulele’s graphic novel “Elbis” came out earlier this year (buy it here, or read online here). We’ve discussed the book’s genesis on several occasions, but not a detailed look of the book’s content. So this episode, Tim and Paul roll up their sleeves and give it [...]
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Tim and Mulele read mail from creators of comics recently critiqued on the show, as well as a couple of listener comments on Deconstructing Comics #328. Deconstructing Comics site Follow Tim on Twitter | Facebook group
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Back in April, Tim talked to Brian Mitchell about his matchbook-sized comics. Recently, he sent us some samples, so Tim and Mulele have read through them and are here with their thoughts. Brian’s site, where you can order his comics Deconstructing Comics site Follow Tim on Twitter | Facebook group
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Our listener submission this time: Stymie, by James Hohenstein. Deconstructing Comics site Follow Tim on Twitter | Facebook group
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This week Tim and Mulele puzzle over “Kuzimu” by Brett Uren. Deconstructing Comics site Follow Tim on Twitter | Facebook group
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