We’re joined by artist and illustrator Elinore Edge to talk about the first two volumes of ElfQuest: Fire and Flight and Forbidden Grove. We talk about the epic series’ themes of home and belonging, Wendy Pini’s incredible art and how it stood out against a sea of “house style” art from the big two, and … Read more
Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi passed away earlier this month, so we recorded an emergency episode to discuss her work. Subscribe to the podcast feed or find it on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or your favorite podcast app. Credits: Hosts: Klint Finley and John Ekleberry Music: krudler.bandcamp.com Comics Journal article on her work and legacy Mentioned … Read more
In our second installment on Matt Wagner’s Grendel, we dive into issues 1-20 of the ongoing series from Comico, as well as the Grendel: Devil’s Vagary one shot. We begin with the second Grendel Christine Spar, continue to Brian Li Sung, and wrap-up with Captain Wiggins. We talk about the Pander Brothers, how 1986 is … Read more
We couldn’t help it. We weren’t going to read Grendel so soon, but irresistibly drawn to Matt Wagner’s masterpiece. Once he started reading, he couldn’t stop. Klint was soon sucked back into the world of Grendel too. In this episode, we look at: The first appearance of Grendel in Comico Primer issue 2 The original … Read more
This episode we dive into Manhunter by Archie Goodwin and Walt Simonson. This was essentially a Dark Age comic that happened to come out in the early Bronze Age (1973). This comic was ahead of its time in many ways, including: – Simonson’s cinematic art technique that pre-dated Frank Miller’s similar work on Daredevil. – … Read more
In this episode we dive into Marvel’s first graphic novel: The Death of Captain Marvel by Jim Starlin. We discuss: – How this kicked off the character death trend during the Dark Age of Comics – The birth of the direct market – The roots of Cosmic Marvel – Why Michigan punches above its weight … Read more
This is an emergency episode where we pay tribute to the Maxx creator, Sam Kieth, who passed away on March 15th of complications with Lewy body dementia. He was only 63 years old. In this episode we discuss three major Kieth works: I Before E, a collection of his early black-and-white work. Blood Hungry, a … Read more
We dive into the remainder of Warrior magazine and discuss: The lasting legacy of Alan Moore’s Marvelman and V for Vendetta Warrior‘s successors (including… Boom! Studios?) A surprising influence from Warrior on Watchmen that WASN’T by Alan Moore. Find Warrior Magazine part I here. Subscribe to the podcast feed or find it on Spotify, Apple … Read more
We can’t talk about the Dark Age of Comics without talking about Alan Moore, so today we’re diving into Warrior Magazine, the anthology that first published Alan Moore’s groundbreaking V for Vendetta and Marvelman comics. Previously, Moore had worked mostly on humor strips comics and short sci-fi stories. Warrior gave Moore his first shot at … Read more
Sewer Mutant Podcast, Season 2, Episode 2: Alack Sinner Sewer Mutant is back and we’re delving into the pre-history of the Dark Age of Comic Books with a look at Alack Sinner by Carlos Sampayo and José Muñoz. First published in Europe in 1975, this private detective/noir series laid the groundwork for Frank Miller’s Sin … Read more