Archives - History of Crime Comics, Part Two
And a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief history of the crime comic book genre.
Jun 27, 2025•25 min
History of Comic Books Podcast
A rambling and too brief history podcast on the people, companies and events that make up the great comic book medium.
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Archives - History of Crime Comics, Part One
And now a resposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief history of the crime comic book genre.
Jun 19, 2025•32 min
Archives - History of War Comics, Part Five
And now a reposting of the final part of this rambling and too brief history of the war comics genre.
Jun 13, 2025•11 min
Archives - History of War Comics, Part Four
And now a reposting of the fourth part of this rambling and too brief history of the war comics genre.
Jun 06, 2025•32 min
Archives - History of War Comics, Part Three
And now a reposting of part three of this rambling and too brief history of the war comic genre.
May 30, 2025•33 min
Archives - History of War Comics, Part Two
And now a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief history of the war comics genre.
May 23, 2025•32 min
Archives: History of War Comics, Part One
And now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief history of the war comic genre.
May 15, 2025•33 min
Archives - The History of Kitchen Sink Press, Part Two
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of Kitchen Sink Press, as the independent publisher continues to make its mark in the comic book industry before sadly declining.
May 09, 2025•32 min
Archives - The History of Kitchen Sink Press, Part One
And now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief history of Kitchen Sink Press, one of the great independent publishers in comic book history.
May 02, 2025•34 min
Archives - The Life of Stan 'The Man' Lee, Part 2
And now a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief biography of Stan 'The Man' Lee, the man who made Marvel Comics what it is today.
Apr 25, 2025•23 min
Archives - The Life of Stan 'The Man' Lee
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Stan 'The Man' Lee, the man who made Marvel Comics what it is today.
Apr 18, 2025•33 min
Archives-Crisis of Infinite Earths
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of "Crisis of Infinite Earths", the standard for all comic book events.
Apr 11, 2025•26 min
Bill Finger, the Other Creator of Batman
And now a rambling and too brief biography of Bill Finger, the other creator of Batman.
Apr 04, 2025•21 min
The Mad Life of Harvey Kurtzman, Part Six
And now the conclusion of this rambling and too brief biography of Harvey Kurtzman, as he starts to receive some long deserved accolades towards the end of his life, including having an award named after him.
Mar 28, 2025•21 min
The Mad Life of Harvey Kurtzman, Part Five
And now the fifth part of this rambling and too brief biography of Harvey Kurtzman, as he returns to "Playboy" with a new comic strip while also embarking onto a new career path: teacher.
Mar 21, 2025•19 min
The Mad Life of Harvey Kurtzman, Part Four
And now the fourth part of this rambling and too brief biography of Harvey Kurtzman, as he leaves EC Comics and Mad Magazine to set out on his own, for better and worse.
Mar 14, 2025•21 min
The Mad Life of Harvey Kurtzman, Part Three
And now the third part of this rambling and too brief biography of the great Harvey Kurtzman, as it sets out creating his own comics at EC, one of which would change the landscape of humor in America.
Mar 07, 2025•26 min
The Mad Life of Harvey Kurtzman, Part Two
And the second part of this rambling and too brief biography of the great Harvey Kurtzman, as he reenters civilian life after his military service to become a full-time comic book artist, leading him to the company that would reshape his life and comic book history.
Feb 28, 2025•27 min
The Mad LIfe of Harvey Kurtzman, Part One
And now the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of the great Harvey Kurtzman, one of the greatest artists of the comic book medium.
Feb 20, 2025•24 min
The Life of Don Heck
And now a rambling and too brief biography of Don Heck, one of the great journeyman of the comic book medium who also managed to create some classic characters, including my all-time favorite, Iron Man.
Feb 14, 2025•19 min
The Life of Mike Grell, Part Two
And now the conluding part of this rambling and too brief biography of the legendary writer/artist, Mike Grell.
Feb 07, 2025•17 min
The Life of Mike Grell, Part One
And now the first part of a rambling and too brief biography of the legendary writer/artists, Mike Grell.
Jan 31, 2025•17 min
Archies-Charles Schultz-The Father of Charlie Brown and His Friends, Part Four
And now a reposting of this last part of the this rambling and too brief biography of Charles Schultz, the creator of Charlie Brown and the Peanuts comic strip.
Jan 24, 2025•13 min
Archives - Charles Schultz: The Father of Charlie Brown and his Friends, Part Three
And now a reposting of the third part of this rambling and too brief biography of Charles Schultz, the creator of Charlie Brown and the "Peanuts" comic strip.
Jan 17, 2025•34 min
Archives-Charles Schultz-The Father of Charlie Brown and Peanuts, Part Two
And now a reposting of part two of this rambling and too brief biography of Charles Schultz, the creator of Charlie Brown and the Peanuts comics strip.
Jan 09, 2025•32 min
Archives-Charles Schultz the Father of Charlie Brown and Peanuts, Part One
And now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of Charles Schultz, the creator of Charlie Brown and the Peanuts comic strip.
Jan 03, 2025•34 min
Archives- The Christmas Classics -Christmas with the Joker
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of this classic episode of "Batman: The Animated Series", which is not only a great Christmas episode but the first appearance of Mark Hammil's the Joker.
Dec 27, 2024•4 min
Archives: Christmas Classics - "Iron Man 3"
And now a reposting of this rambling and to brief review of "Iron Man 3", the MCU Christmas film.
Dec 20, 2024•6 min
Archives: The Christmas Classics: "Batman Returns"
And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of "Batman Returns", not a perfect film but makes for nice Christmas viewing.
Dec 13, 2024•5 min
Archives: The Christmas Classics - "Sin City: Silent Night" by Frank Miller
And now a reposting of this too brief review of "Sin City: Silent Night" by Frank Miller, in which he tells a Christmas story but in the Sin City way.
Dec 06, 2024•5 min
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