Episode 21: Silent Comics by Lewis Trondheim
Lewis Trondheim wrote a few silent comics that NBM published in the early 2000s. They’re really good.
Episode 20: Organizing Alphabetically
I really want to organize my comics collection in alphabetical order. Or do I?
Undertaker v4: “The Shadow of Hippocrates” – a Western with a Great Villain
The Undertaker meets his match in the Mad Doctor, fighting a desperate battle to save Rose from the only man who can help her. It’s complicated, but wonderful.
Episode 19: Asterix to America Via Papercutz
Papercutz picked up the license for Asterix and will start reprinting the entire series in the spring of 2020. But there are compromises…
Episode 18: My Comics Collection is a Mess
My comics collection is a mess. Before I organize it, I need to purge some of it. That’s not as easy as it sounds, though…
“Captainz”: When the French Do Superheroes, Things Get Weird
Famously, Franco-Belgian creators don’t do superhero comics. They do, literally, everything else. Whenever I see a picture of a French comic shop and there’s a Marvel hardcover in the midst of all the albums, it sticks out like a sore thumb. There are a couple of counter-examples to this, of course, because nothing in life…
Episode 17: Original Art: Why Splash Pages?
Why do collectors of comic book original art gravitate so much to the splash pages and covers? I don’t get it. I’m a panel pages kind of guy. Here’s why.
Papercutz Brings Asterix to America. Finally. Should I Worry?
Nobody is going to have as thorough a hot take on this as me: Papercutz has Asterix. Now what?
European Comics (BD) For J. Scott Campbell Fans
Do you like J. Scott Campbell’s art? Do you wish he drew more interiors? Here are three BD artists who remind me of Campbell that you might enjoy!
Episode 16: BD for J. Scott Campbell Fans
If you’re a J. Scott Campbell fans, I have some European artists whose work I think you might like.