Deconstructing Comics Podcast
1) #358 Carl Barks, “The Good Duck Artist”
From 1942 to 1966, many of the Donald Duck comic books published by Dell Comics were written and drawn by Carl Barks. Like most comic book creators at the time, his name was unknown; the Duck comics w...Show More
2) #851 Jack Kirby’s “Cap and Falcon” 212-213: “I love you, baby!”
Captain America and the Falcon #212 concludes the Arnim Zola/Red Skull storyline in somewhat perfunctory fashion, and gives a living castle with big teeth much less P.R. than it deserved! In #213 we m...Show More
3) Critiquing Comics #245: “Joe Mallard” 4-6 and “Dream Machine”
Joe Mallard, a favorite of Tim and Jason’s from a year ago, is back! Creator Asante Amani has sent us issues 4-6 of this crime series. Did it go over with us as well as the first two issues did?...Show More
4) #850 “Fantastic Four: First Steps” (2025): Did it live up to the hype?
We’ve been building up to it for months with our reviews of previous Fantastic Four movies. Now it’s here, the FF’s debut in the MCU, Fantastic Four: First Steps. How well did it scr...Show More
5) #849 “Almost Sunset”: Wahab Algarmi on growing up Muslim in America
This week, Koom interviews Wahab Algarmi, author of Almost Sunset, a graphic novel about a Muslim American boy’s search for balance between his family traditions and the demands of life in Middle Scho...Show More
6) #848 “More Weight”: Ben Wickey talks Salem witch trials
Ben Wickey has created a graphic novel, More Weight: A Salem Story, that gives us a very deep dive into the Salem witch trials: why they happened, who was to blame, and how the city has dealt with the...Show More
7) “Spider-Man 3” (2007)
The film is bloated, it’s busy, it showcases numerous failures at human communication, and doesn’t hit some points it needs to. And yet, Spider-Man 3 screenwriter Alvin Sargent managed to ...Show More
8) “Spider-Man 2” (2004)
To this day, Spider-man 2 is considered one of the best superhero movies. How does it stand up to Tim’s first viewing, after watching all the MCU movies that came after? What does Mulele notice ...Show More
9) “Spider-Man” (2002)
Tim and Mulele begin reviewing the Sony (pre-MCU) Spider-man movies with a look at 2002’s Spider-man, directed by Sam Raimi and starring Tobey Maguire. After watching all the MCU movies, how doe...Show More
10) Critiquing Comics #244: “God Summoner” and “The Keluarga Cable Ship Company”
This week, a look at two great new comics submitted by their creators: God Summoner, by Dio Zogaris and Manos Laouvardos, is a story in the fantasy genre. Tim and Jason thought “Meh” until...Show More