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Post image for CCL Podcast #261 – Jack Kirby’s The Demon Omnibus HC (DC Comics)

Collected Comics Library Podcast #261
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I have to admit something that may get me banned and shunned from C2E2 later this year, but I’m not that big a fan of Jack Kirby. Don’t get me wrong, I respect and appreciate all the work that he has done in comics over the years and he [...]

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Post image for CCL Podcast #260 – Jack Kirby’s The Losers HC (DC Comics)

Collected Comics Library Podcast #260
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There’s a buzz in the comic book community about the upcoming movie The Losers (April 23rd). This team of oddballs is a live action version of the Vertigo comic book series created by Andy Diggle. But did you know that it is loosely based on another group of military [...]

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Collected Comics Library Podcast #259
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This is my Fifth Anniverasry of the Collected Comics Library Podcast! Thanks to everyone who as supported me over the years!
In the fourth installment of the Steve Ditko career retrospective, I chat with comic book historian, Craig Yoe about his new collected edition, Art of Ditko (Yoe Books and [...]

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Post image for CCL Podcast #258 – Steve Ditko Part 3 – Back To Marvel and Independent Work 1979-2010

Collected Comics Library Podcast #258
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In the third installment of the Steve Ditko career retrospective, Ditko goes back to Marvel Comics to work on Machine Man and The Micronauts. He also works with Pacific Comics, Eclipse Comics, Dark Horse and Fantagraphics. all for a very limited time.
In the late 1990’s and up until today, [...]

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Post image for CCL Podcast #257 – Steve Ditko Part 2 – Charlton and DC 1966-1984

Collected Comics Library Podcast #257
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This week on the Steve Ditko career retrospective, I take a look at his return to Charlton (although some would argue he never left), his limited time at Warren and his entire time at DC Comics. This includes the great characters he created: Captain Atom, Blue Beetle, The Question, [...]

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Post image for CCL Podcast #256 – Steve Ditko Part 1 – Marvel Comics 1956-1966

Collected Comics Library Podcast #256
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Regular readers of this blog and listeners of the podcast are aware that every year I adopt a character (or creator). This entails me researching and reading a superhero from many different incarnations throughout the entire lifespan. For 2010 I chose Spider-Man with a special focus on the work [...]

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Post image for CCL Podcast #255 – Logicomix: An Epic Search For Truth (Bloomsbury)

Collected Comics Library Podcast #255
24,521Kb; 26m 05s
I admit I’ve never been one for biographical comics. No, I’m not talking about Art books or Retrospectives, but actual comic books about famous people. You see more and more pop up every month. Abrams recently has published Johnny Cash: I See a Darkness by Reinhard Kleist, Bluewater [...]

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Post image for CCL Podcast #254 – Irredeemable TPB Vols. 1-2 (Boom! Studios)

Collected Comics Library Podcast #254
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It’s not often that a new series gets my attention, in fact, as a “Trade Waiter” it’s 99% never. I like to joke that because I hold out for the collected edition, I’m always preverbal guy at the party talking about last years summer blockbuster movies in December (Star [...]

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Post image for CCL Podcast #253 – Kim Thompson, Vice President of Fantagraphics

Collected Comics Library Podcast #253
51,445Kb; 54m 48s
I’m excited to move out of 2009 and in to 2010 and what a better way to kick it off then an interview with a true journeyman, Kim Thompson the Vice President and Publisher of Fantagraphics Books. Kim has been in the industry for over 30 years specializing in [...]

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Post image for CCL Podcast #252 – Adopt a Character (or Creator) for 2010

Collected Comics Library Podcast #252
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It’s time once again for my annual Adopt a Character show. You are welcome to play along, it very easy and fun to do. Simply pick a character that you have always wanted to know more about and go out and do it! You have a full year to [...]

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