Collective Action Comics

Collective Action Comics episodes:

• 05.17.2024

  [Teaser] Vol.2 Interview #4 - Untimely Comics: A Marvelous History of Virulence w/ Shaun Corley

  Today in Bonus Feed Land, friend of the show Shaun Corley takes Nat on a historical jaunt through a catalog of Marvel's earliest anticommunist stories and characters all the way up to some of their more recent racist depictions of...

  
• 11.14.2023

  [Teaser] Vol.2 Interview #3 - Grist for the Millar w/ Elizabeth Sandifer

  Today in Bonus Feed Land, we laugh! We cry! The great critic and writer Elizabeth Sandifer walks Nat through Mark Millar from his earliest work (it might surprise you) to his most recent corporate gambit (it won't)! https://www.eruditorumpress.com/last-war-in-albion https://www.patreon.com/elizabethsandifer ---------- Email: [email protected] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collectiveactioncomics Twitter:...

  
• 10.20.2023

  Vol. 2 #13 - Classless Conflict: How the Ultimates Fails the World

  From oil fields to poppy fields to killing fields, the United States lays claim upon the world. Overwhelming force in service of the export of capital requires constant presence and insistent justification. There is no excuse too craven nor apologia...

  
• 09.08.2023

  [Teaser] Vol. 2 Interview #2 - Whedon's Avengers vs. Millar's Ultimates (w/ The Black Casebook)

  You asked, we delivered! We're finally doing it, folks! We're tackling the movies! In this sweeping interview, Walt from the Black Casebook breaks down what works and what doesn't about Whedon's two Avengers movies and how they compare politically and...

  
• 08.18.2023

  Vol. 2 #12 - Capital Under the Cowl: Disguising History for Work and War

  Sometimes, you have to break a few omelettes to get to the eggs inside. "Conventional wisdom" is a curious thing, and, in the United States, it's been deliberately constructed, shaped, and molded over the last 70+ years. Patriotic imagery and severely...

  
• 08.05.2023

  Tape - 8/4/23, Received and Catalogued

  Message delivered. The end of the mission draws near.

  
• 07.24.2023

  [Unlocked] Vol. 2 Interview #1 - A Prescription of Paper Medicine (w/ Ben Becker)

  In this special bonus interview for season two, we get to hear from writer/artist Ben Becker on the first issue of his new anthology series "Paper Medicine" and follow him on the journey that led him to write about some...

  
• 07.21.2023

  Vol. 2 #11 - Secret Identities: Guises, Spies-es, and Ruling Class Lies-es

  Good news: There's very little of The Ultimates in this episode. Bad news: That means we have to fill air time talking about ways in which the US government infiltrates and shuts down left wing movements, how the working class needs...

  
• 07.07.2023

  Vol. 2 #10 - Adventures in Data-Sifting: Everything Capital Cares to Know About Us

  Tony Stark knows you better than you know yourself. In this age of sensors, cameras, and speculative markets, everything we do is catalogued and sold to the highest bidder. Unlike the Earth in this issue, our privacy isn't being invaded. We're...

  
• 06.23.2023

  Vol. 2 #9 - Super Serums, Super Soldiers: The U.S. Military's Abuse of Minds, Bodies, and Drugs

  Old jokes and old terrors. New jokes and new meanings. Does the United States of America care about you? Of course not. As a project at large, the United States is a vehicle for consumption and destruction, and even its...

  
• 06.09.2023

  Vol. 2 #8 - The Mask Comes Off at Home: Exploitation and Superprofits in the Age of Borders

  Why does the United States of America keep children at its southern border? Why did Ronald Reagan give millions of dollars a day to fascists in El Salvador? Why does the Black Widow want a fake ID? It's all for Tony...

  
• 04.14.2023

  Vol. 2 #7 - Costumes and Uniforms: War Propaganda's Control Over Community

  CW: Violence and anti-Muslim racism You are not you. You are you plus others. You are you plus others plus your environment. When this you is split, the consequences are almost beyond imagining. Almost. Through the Ultimates' manipulation of the media and...

  
• 02.10.2023

  Vol.2 #6 - The Push and Pull of Power: How Capital and Empire Shape Relationship to Oppression

  CW: Discussions of assault Between commodifying relationships and driving the need for imperial expansion, capitalism sure has done a number on this world. While all workers are victims of it, there are those upon whom the blows fall more heavily. Concurrently,...

  
• 01.26.2023

  Contents of a Package Found at the Last Known Location of [REDACTED]

  Found on 1/25/23 Is this a message? A warning? Who left this for us? If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of the subject of the recording, please email [email protected]. Solidarity.

  
• 11.09.2022

  Vol.2 #5 - Hulk Smash the State: Breaking the Government to Take the People

  [Heads up for this one: The intro contains a real 911 call that some might find disturbing. I certainly did.] Do you have an adequate support structure in times of crisis? Beyond your family or your personal savings (if you've even...

  
• 09.30.2022

  Vol.2 #4 - Role of Thunder: Left-Wing Fury as Performance Politics

  In the corporate-funded presentation of politics, the actions of a "destined" few among the "everyday" many are highlighted and made to seem necessary and inevitable. This is reinforced by an entertainment industry that delivers these narratives in flashy and convincing...

  
• 09.16.2022

  Vol.2 #3 - Still Images: Heroic Progress or Stasis Amidst Decay?

  Things are being taken from us. Even many who have been systemically shielded from the violence of this decay are beginning to notice. What is there to do about this rot from the right? Who can save us from it? Don't...

  
• 09.01.2022

  Vol.2 #2 - Myths for the New Millennium: A Reimagining of Force and Influence

  People deserve heroes. People deserve aspirational stories. People also deserve the truth. All time and forever. In this episode, we discuss the modern myth making of the Bush administration and its complicit media and how this may have manifested itself in...

  
• 08.29.2022

  Report from [Redacted]: A Collective Action Comics Update

  Broke my dang microphone.

  
• 08.15.2022

  Vol. 2 #1 - The Super-State: An Ultimate Expansion of Violence

  It's a brand new season here at Collective Action Comics! Last time, we cringed as Ronald Reagan molded the world for a capitalistic and mean-spirited Justice League to thrive in. Now, we must stare horrified into the storm of war....

  
• 05.02.2022

  [Teaser] Bonus #4 - Drugs In The Gutters, A History Of Substances In Superhero Comics w/Shaun Corley

  Setup: What do cannabis and kryptonite have in common? Punchline: Comics publishers and US Presidents have no idea what they actually do to people. Today we sit down with senior staff writer for ScreenRant Shaun Corley( https://twitter.com/CorleyonthShore )as he hits...

  
• 04.13.2022

  [Teaser] Bonus #3 - Between the Ego and the Bat w/ The Black Casebook

  As an idea, Superheroes are inherently right wing - at least in some regards and with only a cursory investigation. Foremost recipient of this criticism is Batman, and generally rightly so. But is there more to him than the surface-level misuse of...

  
• 01.21.2022

  [UNLOCKED] Interview #2 - An Evening Around "That Distant Fire"

  In this bonus episode, we get to hear from J.R. Hughto and Curt Merlo, the creative team behind the fantastic dystopian sci-fi comic "That Distant Fire." We sit down to talk about comics, corporate crunch, and the crafting of a conscious...

  
• 11.16.2021

  Vol. 1 #7 - How the Villains Became Super: Ronald Reagan and Ultimate Corporate Power

  Are things really as bad as they seem? No. They're so much worse. In this season finale, we conclude our deep dive into power and influence. We see how the Reagan era truly marks the point of no return for the capitalist...

  
• 09.21.2021

  One-Off #1 - Radio Free Sin-Cong (Teaser)

  You filthy animals can get the rest if you subscribe to the Patreon!

  
• 09.02.2021

  Vol. 1 #6 - For Those Who Can't Fly: How to Control Humans when the Safety Net is on the Floor

  What makes a country "free?" Is it the right to do whatever you want all the time? Some of the time? Within reason? The United States fails to meet any of these arbitrary qualitative plateaus. Is it the right to...

  
• 08.17.2021

  Vol. 1 #5 - Seeing Red: An Exploration of the Ancient Superpower of Mass Anger

  Y'ever get the feeling you're just screaming into the void? Have you ever felt like you can only ever express your dissatisfaction by breaking something? Or possibly by performing an ancient ritual to give you an all-seeing eye and the...

  
• 07.27.2021

  Vol. 1 #4 - Accumulation Security: Why Your Secret Headquarters Is Being Attacked by Poor People

  So you want to be a billionaire. That's gonna cost you. But not really. In fact, you'll make money just for having money! And then you'll make even more money by stealing from the labor of everyone who works for you. But...

  
• 07.12.2021

  Vol. 1 #3 - Anti-Russian Propaganda: An Iron Curtain Call for the Justice League

  It's pretty convenient that all of the enemies of the United States happen to be very strong and also very weak at the same time, right? It's also pretty cool that they're definitely not normal people like we are, because...

  
• 06.27.2021

  Vol. 1 #2 - Nuclear War, Super-Survivors, and the Satin-Wrapped Violence Of Liberal Paternalism

  Long-term nuclear warnings substantially lose their sting when you consider that this Justice League series might be around for the rest of human history. Speaking of history...we do just that in this episode. We're trotting out the worst villains of...

  
• 06.14.2021

  Vol. 1 #1 - An Introduction to the Distorted View of Humanity in the Justice League of the 1980's

  On this first episode of the pod, your host gibbers and howls about how neoliberal alienation resulted in a very bad superhero team and some even worse jokes.