Dec 24, 2019
This Christmas, James and James visit Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson, and Alex Ross in Astro City: Confession, where they are confronted with possibly the best Robin story that was ever put to paper. Then, in an effort to better understand Mark Waid, they head on over to Classics Corner, where Jim Shooter and Curt Swan...
Dec 19, 2019
The first installment of The History of Comics in 1980 discusses the birth of 'groundlevel' comics, focusing Mike Friedrich's sci-fi/fantasy anthology Star*Reach (1974-1979), which published its last issue forty years ago this month.
Dec 18, 2019
James and James talk Peter David in his political comedic mode, looking at X-Factor #71-75 (1991), and in his pastoral-sentimental mode in Star Trek Annual #3 (1988). Larry Stroman dazzles at the same time that he confuses, while Curt Swan shows what has been and always will be the G.O.A.T.
Let's go, Scotty. Now.
Dec 11, 2019
In this episode, James and James return to Peter Milligan and Mike and Laura Allred's X-Statix #1-5 (2002). It's pretty amazing. Then, just for fun, they read a story that James recommended to James: a three-part story entitled Red Glass that ran in Superman #56, Adventures of Superman #479, and Action Comics #666.
Our...
Dec 4, 2019
Triple feature: Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima's epic Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 1 - The Assassin's Road, followed by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli's Batman: Year One, topped off with James (Christopher Priest) Owsley and Mark Bright's Spider-Man vs. Wolverine: High Tide. Wall-to-wall classics. Many things to...