Deconstructing Comics Podcast
1) #859 Jason Shiga: Choosing his own path
Jason Shiga is creator of the four-volume series Demon as well as many interactive comics. This week, Koom interviews Jason about his page layout strategy, his connections to Adrian Tomine, the pros a...Show More
2) #858 Celebrating 20 years by reviewing a 20-year-old film (“Superman Returns”)
Our first episode was released on December 5, 2005. After 20 years of changes in focus, format, and personnel, as well as Tim self-teaching audio editing, this time we look back at some of what’...Show More
3) #857 Carol Tyler’s “The Ephemerata”: Making sense of the worst of all possible stretches
Longtime comics creator Carol Tyler went through a horrific stretch in her life where she lost numerous loved ones, from her parents, to a neighbor, to her dog, in just a six-year stretch. Many other ...Show More
4) #856 Jim Keefe interview
Jim Keefe is a longtime comics creator who has worked on the Flash Gordon (art and story) and Sally Forth (art) newspaper strips as well as being King Features’ staff colorist. He has also done ...Show More
5) #855 Jack Kirby’s “Captain America” 214 & Annual 3: Cap vs the Space Vampire!
Jack Kirby wraps up his run on Captain America and the Falcon with issue 214, the rather underwhelming conclusion of the Night Flyer story. But wait! Kirby also did a couple of annuals, so we dig into...Show More
6) #410 Marvel Comics: Telling the Untold Story
FLASHBACK! If you’re into American comics at all, you undoubtedly know how Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko and others changed the industry with their work in the 1960s, and set the template for kind...Show More
7) Critiquing Comics #246: “Roy Beckwith and the Cursed Continent” and “A French Expat in the U.K.”
Roy Beckwith and the Cursed Continent is a western series by Nick Patch, Jarret Katz, and Fabi Marques. It looks great but it runs at a breakneck pace and seems to be introducing a few too many elemen...Show More
8) #854 “Superman” (2025): Its commentary on other supermen
Last summer’s Superman movie was a welcome improvement over many recent films featuring the character, and over much of the recent superhero film entries in general. Kumar and Emmet this week di...Show More
9) #853 The strange history of “Robotech”
What if your first Star Wars movie were Return of the Jedi? You’d have questions! That’s how Tim felt once he got started reading Robotech II: The Sentinels volume 1, a comics continuation...Show More
10) #369 “Krazy Kat”: Show me the bricks
One of the most highly-regarded English-language strips of all time is George Herriman’s Krazy Kat, featuring the odd love/hate triangle of Krazy, Ignatz, and Officer Pupp. Why was Krazy so gender-amb...Show More