Comic Book Movie Oblivion

In the left corner... "Sad Sack" the comics (1942-1946) by Sgt. George Baker! And in the right corner... "The Sad Sack" the movie (1957) directed by George Marshall; and starring Jerry Lewis, David Wayne, and Peter Lorre!

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Kumar and Jordan can also be found occasionally hosting the Deconstructing Comics Podcast https://deconstructingcomics.com/

Our theme music is "A Trip to the Moon: Comic Descriptive Fantasia" composed by Ezra Read and performed by Vannie Ip-Winfield.

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Kumar's novel "Tanuja Ramachandran: Hunter-Seeker" can be ordered from wherever you get books. (ISBN: 099258311X)

In the left corner... "V For Vendetta" the graphic novel (1982-1989) by Alan Moore and David Lloyd! And in the right corner... "V For Vendetta" the movie (2006) directed by James McTeigue; written by The Wachowskis; produced by Joel Silver; and starring Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, Stephen Fry, John Hurt, Rupert Graves, and Roger Allam!

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Kumar and Jordan can also be found occasionally hosting the Deconstructing Comics Podcast https://deconstructingcomics.com/

This week's opening theme is "Ev'ry Time We say Goodbye" (1944), written and composed by Cole Porter, and performed by Ella Fitzgerald; and our closing theme is "This Vicious Cabaret" (1983), written and composed by Alan Moore and David J, and perfomed by David J.

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Kumar's novel "Tanuja Ramachandran: Hunter-Seeker" can be ordered from wherever you get books. (ISBN: 099258311X)

In the left corner... "Astro Boy" the manga series (1952-1968) by Osamu Tezuka! And in the right corner... "Astro Boy" the movie (2009) directed by David Bowers; written by David Bowers and Timothy Hyde Harris; and starring Freddie Highmore, Nicolas Cage, Kristen Bell, Matt Lucas, Eugene Levy, Bill Nighy, Donald Sutherland, Nathan Lane, Charlize Theron, Alan Tudyk, David Alan Grier, Ryan Stiles, and Samuel L. Jackson!

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Show Notes:

Your hosts discuss Naoki Urasawa's Pluto in detail:

https://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=7678

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Kumar and Jordan can also be found occasionally hosting the Deconstructing Comics Podcast https://deconstructingcomics.com/

Our theme music is "A Trip to the Moon: Comic Descriptive Fantasia" composed by Ezra Read and performed by Vannie Ip-Winfield.

Email us at [email protected], and reach us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/kumarprime. And join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1551035835334165

Kumar's novel "Tanuja Ramachandran: Hunter-Seeker" can be ordered from wherever you get books. (ISBN: 099258311X)

In the left corner... "Jiu Jitsu" the comic book (2017) by Dimitri Logothetis, Jim McGrath, and Greg McCrary! And in the right corner... "Jiu Jitsu" the movie (2020) directed by Dimitri Logothetis; written by Dimitri Logothetis & Jim McGrath; and starring Alain Moussi, JuJu Chan, Frank Grillo, Nicolas Cage, Tony Jaa, Rick Yune, and Eddie Steeples!

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Show Notes:

Greg McCrary's website: http://www.gregmcgraphics.com/comics

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Kumar and Jordan can also be found occasionally hosting the Deconstructing Comics Podcast https://deconstructingcomics.com/

Our theme music is "A Trip to the Moon: Comic Descriptive Fantasia" composed by Ezra Read and performed by Vannie Ip-Winfield.

Email us at [email protected], and reach us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/kumarprime. And join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1551035835334165

Kumar's novel "Tanuja Ramachandran: Hunter-Seeker" can be ordered from wherever you get books. (ISBN: 099258311X)

In the left corner... "Thimble Theatre" the comic strip (1929-1938) by E. C. Segar! And in the right corner... "Popeye" the movie (1980) directed by Robert Altman; written by Jules Feiffer; produced by Robert Evans; and starring Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Paul Smith, Paul Dooley, Ray Walston, and Linda Hunt!

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Kumar and Jordan can also be found occasionally hosting the Deconstructing Comics Podcast https://deconstructingcomics.com/

Our theme music is "A Trip to the Moon: Comic Descriptive Fantasia" composed by Ezra Read and performed by Vannie Ip-Winfield.

Email us at [email protected], and reach us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/kumarprime. And join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1551035835334165

Kumar's novel "Tanuja Ramachandran: Hunter-Seeker" can be ordered from wherever you get books. (ISBN: 099258311X)

In the left corner... "Harold Teen" the comic strip (1919-1959) by Carl Ed! And in the right corner... "Harold Teen" the movie (1934) directed by Murray Roth; and starring Hal Le Roy!

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Show Notes:

A wealth of information about the lost Harold Teen movie from 1928:

https://homesteadmuseum.blog/2023/06/27/sharing-the-history-of-the-1928-film-harold-teen-with-the-covina-valley-historical-society/

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Kumar and Jordan can also be found occasionally hosting the Deconstructing Comics Podcast https://deconstructingcomics.com/

Our theme music is "A Trip to the Moon: Comic Descriptive Fantasia" composed by Ezra Read and performed by Vannie Ip-Winfield.

Email us at [email protected], and reach us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/kumarprime. And join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1551035835334165

Kumar's novel "Tanuja Ramachandran: Hunter-Seeker" can be ordered from wherever you get books. (ISBN: 099258311X)

In the left corner... "The Adventures of Sweet Gwendoline" the comic strip (1947-1950?) by John Willie! And in the right corner... "The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak" aka "Gwendoline" the movie (1984) written and directed by Just Jaeckin; and starring Tawny Kitaen!

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Kumar and Jordan can also be found occasionally hosting the Deconstructing Comics Podcast https://deconstructingcomics.com/

Our theme music is "A Trip to the Moon: Comic Descriptive Fantasia" composed by Ezra Read and performed by Vannie Ip-Winfield.

Email us at [email protected], and reach us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/kumarprime. And join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1551035835334165

Kumar's novel "Tanuja Ramachandran: Hunter-Seeker" can be ordered from wherever you get books. (ISBN: 099258311X)

In the left corner... "Fist of the North Star" the manga series (1983-1988) by Buronson and Tetsuo Hara! And in the right corner... "Fist of the North Star" the movie (1995) directed Tony Randel; written by Peter Atkins; and starring Gary Daniels, Costas Mandylor, Chris Penn, Isako Washio, Melvin Van Peebles, Downtown Julie Brown, Dante Basco, Clint Howard, Malcolm McDowell, and Andre Rosey Brown!

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Our original recording on the Fist of the North Star manga:

https://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=7910

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Kumar and Jordan can also be found occasionally hosting the Deconstructing Comics Podcast https://deconstructingcomics.com/

Our theme music is "A Trip to the Moon: Comic Descriptive Fantasia" composed by Ezra Read and performed by Vannie Ip-Winfield.

Email us at [email protected], and reach us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/kumarprime. And join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1551035835334165

Kumar's novel "Tanuja Ramachandran: Hunter-Seeker" can be ordered from wherever you get books. (ISBN: 099258311X)

In the left corner... the comics "Tomb of Dracula" #45, 54, 59-61, and 68-70 by Marv Wolfman, Gene Colan, and Tom Palmer! And in the right corner... "Dracula: Sovereign of the Damned" the movie (1980) directed by Minoru Okazaki, and written by Tadaaki Yamazaki!

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Show Notes:

Full film, subbed, 16mm scan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWRo81I3TD4

VHS, dubbed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQElizAUXDM

Remastered video with English audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F0CqGOONrw

An interview with Gene Pelc: https://krewe-of-japan.simplecast.com/episodes/how-marvel-comics-changed-tokusatsu-japan-forever-ft-gene-ted-pelc-guest-host-matt-alt-xZRSJEB3

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Kumar and Jordan can also be found occasionally hosting the Deconstructing Comics Podcast https://deconstructingcomics.com/

Our theme music is "A Trip to the Moon: Comic Descriptive Fantasia" composed by Ezra Read and performed by Vannie Ip-Winfield.

Email us at [email protected], and reach us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/kumarprime. And join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1551035835334165

Kumar's novel "Tanuja Ramachandran: Hunter-Seeker" can be ordered from wherever you get books. (ISBN: 099258311X)

In the left corner... the comics "Tomb of Dracula" #10-13 (1973) by Marv Wolfman & Gene Colan; and "Marvel Preview" #3 (1975) by Chris Claremont, Tony DeZuniga, and Rico Rival! And in the right corner... "Blade" the movie (1998) directed by Stephen Norrington; written by David S. Goyer; and starring Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, N'Bushe Wright, Donal Logue, Sanaa Lathan, and Udo Kier!

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Kumar and Jordan can also be found occasionally hosting the Deconstructing Comics Podcast https://deconstructingcomics.com/

Our theme music is "A Trip to the Moon: Comic Descriptive Fantasia" composed by Ezra Read and performed by Vannie Ip-Winfield.

Email us at [email protected], and reach us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/kumarprime. And join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1551035835334165

Kumar's novel "Tanuja Ramachandran: Hunter-Seeker" can be ordered from wherever you get books. (ISBN: 099258311X)