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Dave and Douglas Wolk cover 1998, looking at the alternate realities of Mutant X and A-Next and the Strange Tales of ‘Blade’ and ‘Man-Thing.’

You can find more from Douglas Wolk here!

On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited):

Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1998 Pt. 4

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On my weekly livestream, Casual Krakoa Live, I review the week’s X-Men comics, and answer big questions about what’s going on with Marvel’s merry mutants! You can listen or watch below:

* Spoilers Follow *

This week’s Comics:

A.X.E. Judgment Day #2

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This week on Creannotators, I’m talking The High Desert: Black Punk Nowhere with creator James Spooner! We talk punk rock scenes, Afropunk, creating his first graphic novel, and much more.

This conversation includes mature language

On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics!

The High Desert: Black Punk Nowhere Is:

Writer/Artist: James Spooner

Publisher: Harper

About the Artist:

James Spooner is the director of Afropunk, a tattoo artist, and now a graphic novelist.

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Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com.

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Charlotte and Zack talk about villain’s turning, The Bear on Hulu, and the game of football. Maybe also comics? I don’t know, I wasn’t there!

Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1998 Pt. 3

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Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month.

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Dave, Charlotte and Zack cover 1998, with the post Onslaught / Heroes Reborn return of Marvel’s Avenging heroes. Includes the beginnings of Kurt Busiek and George Perez on Avengers!

On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited):

Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1998 Pt. 3

Play along with:

Comic Book Herald’s Marvel Reading Order

Downloadable Checklist!

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You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at:

mymarvelousyear.com

Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month.

Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Google Play, Pod Feed

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Charlotte and Zack continue their coverage of the Ultimate Marvel line of comics!

Topics discussed include:

– How much should the extratextual spoilers of an event matter when reading a comic?

Comics covered in this episode:

-Ultimate Comics Avengers vs. New Ultimates #1-2

Up Next for Episode Twenty-Eight:

-Ultimate Comics Hawkeye #1-4

You can find Charlotte at https://twitter.com/fierrocharlotte

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Music for My Ultimate Year is credited to By Divine Right. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month.

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Dave, Charlotte and Zack cover 1998, with the post Onslaught / Heroes Reborn return of Marvel’s Avenging heroes. Includes the beginnings of Kurt Busiek and George Perez on Avengers!

On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited):

Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1998 Pt. 2

Play along with:

Comic Book Herald’s Marvel Reading Order

Downloadable Checklist!

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You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at:

mymarvelousyear.com

Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month.

Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Google Play, Pod Feed

If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners!

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This week on Creannotators, I’m talking Black’s Myth with writer Eric Palicki! We talk werewolf monster lore, working in black-and-white, Black’s Myth season two, and Eric’s Krakoa X-Men hot takes!

On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics!

Black’s Myth Is:

Writer: Eric Palicki

Artist: Wendell Cavalcanti

Publisher: Ahoy Comics

About the Artist:

Eric Palicki is the writer of comics and graphic novels like Atlantis Wasn’t Built for Tourists, Dead Beats, and more.

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Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com.

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The perfect time to join My Marvelous Year, as we prepare to dive into the Modern Marvel era of 1998 to present day!!

If you’ve always wanted to read Marvel Comics but didn’t know where to start, or tried and fell off, or read them all the time but want to play along and revisit, this is the PERFECT jumping on point. There aren’t actually that many of those in Marvel history! So come join us on My Marvelous Year, listen via your podcast player of choice, rate/review on iTunes, and read along with us. Until then, we’ll see you next year!

Play along with:

Comic Book Herald’s Marvel Reading Order

Downloadable Checklist!

Up Next: My Marvelous Year – 1998 Pt. 1

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You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at:

mymarvelousyear.com

https://www.comicbookherald.com/the-complete-marvel-reading-order-guide/

Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month.

Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Google Play, Pod Feed

If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners!

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Hello and welcome to Comic Book Herald’s Hickmania, a series running through 2022 where we’ll be reading and analyzing the creator-owned works of writer Jonathan Hickman, from his debut The Nightly News through to his most recent output. We’ll be reading one creator-owned work a month through 2022, and each month I’ll release a new analysis with a new guest discussing the comic!

Today we’re talking Secret and I’m joined by Open Mike Eagle! We’ll analyze the work in depth, so expect spoilers! In its brief 7 issues, Secret is a tale of modern corporate espionage that balloons into full Cold War secrets known only to a select few intelligence operatives.

Previously: Past episodes of Hickmania

Hickmania on Youtube

Topics today include:

Secret is:

Writer: Jonathan Hickman

Artist: Ryan Bodenheim

Colors: Michael Garland

Letters: Rus Wooton

Publisher: Image

Referenced interviews / essays:

Schedule:

January 2022 – The Nightly News

February 2022 – Pax Romana

March 2022 – Transhuman / Ultimates

April 2022 – A Red Mass For Mars

May 2022 – The Red Wing

June 2022 – The Manhattan Projects

July 2022 – Secret

August 2022 – God is Dead

August/Sept 2022 – East of West

October 2022 – The Dying and the Dead

November 2022 – The Black Monday Murders

December 2022 – Decorum

December 2022 – 3W3M

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