Quarantined Comics
a comic-book book-club discussing (some of) the medium's great works.
We found 10 episodes of Quarantined Comics with the tag “comics”.
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PERRAMUS ...crying - and laughing - for Argentina
May 17th, 2021 | Season 2 | 37 mins 4 secs
comic books, comics, graphic novels
When the writer Juan Sasturain and legendary cartoonist Alberto Breccia teamed up for the seven-year project Perramus: The City And Oblivion, they produced an odd and exhilarating mix of political satire, social commentary, and genre fiction.
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AYAKO... family troubles in post WWII Japan
April 26th, 2021 | Season 2 | 34 mins 13 secs
comics, graphic novels, manga
Osamu Tezuka is known as the godfather of manga, particularly for his children's' comics like Astro Boy and Princess Knight. But his work for adults is among his most complicated and intriguing and in this week's episode, we'll look at Ayako, a complicated and politically-charged family epic set in post WWII Japan.
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FANTASTIC FOUR 1234 & ALL STAR SUPERMAN... reimagining the icons, for better or for worse
April 11th, 2021 | Season 2 | 39 mins 51 secs
comics, dc, fantastic four, frank quietly, grant morrison, jae lee, marvel, superman
In the early-2000s, Grant Morrison's aimed his mighty imagination at DC's Superman and Marvel's The Fantastic Four. In this episode, Raman and Ryan talk about the way Morrison brought out the very essence of these superheroes and argue over the extent to which it worked.
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WARREN ELLIS'S MOON KNIGHT & KARNAK
March 30th, 2021 | Season 2 | 46 mins 2 secs
comics, karnak, moon knight, warren ellis
Moon Knight and Karnak of the Inhumans have largely been D-list afterthoughts in Marvel's superhero universe. How could they possibly have a starring role in their own titles? Simple, just make them crazy.
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JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE SNYDER CUT ... everything is EPIC.
March 22nd, 2021 | Season 2 | 1 hr 4 mins
comics, jla, justice league, zack snyder
No longer propelled by mystique, Zack Snyder's official, four-hour long version of Justice League finally became an actual thing. This week, we welcome back author Chandler Klang Smith, who gives her unique spin on Snyder's "novelistic" filmmaking, and how it helps and hinders Justice League.
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THE ARAB OF THE FUTURE VOLS. 1-4 ...culture clashes everywhere
January 17th, 2021 | Season 2 | 35 mins 17 secs
comics, graphic novels, memoir
Charlie Hebdo cartoonist Riad Sattouf's graphic memoir about his childhood growing up in France and Syria. At turns funny and at turns disturbing, The Arab of the Future is about a boy's growing disillusionment with his father and not feeling completely at home, no matter where you are.
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WW84... two scoops of ice cream, two scoops of WarnerMedia's latest loss leader
December 29th, 2020 | Season 2 | 53 mins 23 secs
comics, wonder woman, ww84
WW84, the sequel to the 2017 hit Wonder Woman, hasn't gotten the critical or audience acclaim of its predecessor. No surprise, we didn't like it either - but in this episode, we'll examine what did and didn't work for us.
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TOMINE'S LONELINESS OF THE LONG-DISTANCE CARTOONIST ...mostly, we just talk about our lives
December 4th, 2020 | Season 2 | 30 mins 49 secs
adrian tomine, comics, graphic novels
You might know Adrian Tomine from what seems like his monthly New Yorker covers, but the guy is one of the most accomplished cartoonists out there. This week, we'll check out his newest book/memoir "The Loneliness Of The Long-Distance Cartoonist" which effectively charts Tomine's most salient moments of humiliation over the years.
Feel the cringe.
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HOW TO BE HAPPY and THE HARD TOMORROW ...solace out of reach
November 20th, 2020 | Season 2 | 35 mins 34 secs
comic books, comics, graphic novels
A collection of fables... and a devastating graphic novel about people trying to make a life in an increasingly hostile world. Yet these two very different books by cartoonist extraordinaire Eleanor Davis also feel very much like companion pieces.
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PAYING FOR IT... Chester Brown on prostitution
October 30th, 2020 | Season 1 | 31 mins 40 secs
comic books, comics, graphic novels
After a breakup, Chester Brown decides to see prostitutes rather than get emotionally involved with another woman. Paying For It is his memoir on how that all went.