Author Archives: Kevin Moreau

Episode 149 – Spider-Man: One More Day

Posted on November 10, 2021 by Kevin Moreau

In anticipation of the eagerly awaited Spider-Man: No Way Home, we look back at one of the most universally reviled stories in comics history: 2007’s Spider-Man: One More Day by J. Michael Straczynski and Joe Quesada, published by Marvel Comics! … Continue reading →

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Episode 148 – Tales From the Crypt

Posted on October 27, 2021 by Kevin Moreau

(Content warning: Lots of people get buried alive.) Greetings, boos and ghouls! Gather ’round the campfire as the Curtkeeper and Kevin From the Black Lagoon wrap up The Tomb of the Crypt, their miniseries on horror comics, with a handpicked … Continue reading →

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Episode 147 – Swamp Thing: Love and Death

Posted on October 13, 2021 by Kevin Moreau

(Content warning: This story contains references to rape by deception and incest.) Our horror-comics miniseries The Tomb of the Crypt continues with Swamp Thing: Love and Death—specifically, Swamp Thing Vol. 2 issues #29-31 and Swamp Thing Annual #2 by Alan … Continue reading →

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Episode 146 – Infidel

Posted on September 29, 2021 by Kevin Moreau

The Tomb of the Crypt, our miniseries on horror comics, continues with a look at 2018’s acclaimed Infidel by Pornsak Pichetshote and Aaron Campbell, published by Image Comics! Described as a haunted house story for the 21st century, this five-issue … Continue reading →

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Episode 145 – Uzumaki: Spiral Into Horror

Posted on September 15, 2021 by Kevin Moreau

(Content warning: Body horror and a couple of anatomical references) We kick off The Tomb of the Crypt, a miniseries on horror comics, with our very first manga title—Umuzaki: Spiral Into Horror by Junji Ito, published by Viz Media! In … Continue reading →

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Episode 144 – All-Star Superman

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Kevin Moreau

Because YOU (well, one of you, at least) asked for it, we finally get around to discussing All-Star Superman by Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely and Jamie Grant, published by DC Comics! Superman is dying, his cells flooded with solar radiation … Continue reading →

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Episode 143 – The Eternals (1976)

Posted on August 18, 2021 by Kevin Moreau

In anticipation of the Nov. 5 debut of the Eternals movie, we take a look at The Eternals issues 1-7, published by Marvel Comics! A few years after defecting to the Distinguished Competition to create the ambitious Fourth World saga, … Continue reading →

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Episode 142 – What If We Did a What If Episode? (With Alonso Duralde)

Posted on August 4, 2021 by Kevin Moreau

Alonso Duralde, the hardest working man in podcasting (Maximum Film, Breakfast All Day, the Linoleum Knife family of podcasts) returns as we prepare for the Aug. 11 launch of What If…? on Disney+ by gazing upon the alternate realities of … Continue reading →

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Episode 141 – The Golem’s Mighty Swing

Posted on July 21, 2021 by Kevin Moreau

In this episode, our Myth Takes miniseries concludes with a story that combines the mythic grandeur of America’s pastime with Jewish folklore—The Golem’s Mighty Swing by James Sturm, published by Drawn & Quarterly! In the early 1920s, money problems force … Continue reading →

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Episode 140 – The Sandman: Fables & Reflections

Posted on July 7, 2021 by Kevin Moreau

In this episode, an actual Greek myth gets retconned as Myth Takes, our miniseries on comics and mythology, rolls on with a discussion of three stories from the Sandman collection Fables & Reflections—specifically, Thermidor, The Song of Orpheus and Ramadan! … Continue reading →

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