Comic Book Movie Oblivion

In the left corner... Diabolik the comic book issues 1 and 2 (1962) by Angela and Luciana Giussani! And in the right corner... Danger: Diabolik the movie (1968) directed by Mario Bava, with music by Ennio Morricone, and starring John Philip Law, Marissa Mell, Adolfo Celi, and Terry-Thomas!

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Show Notes:

"Danger: Diabolik - From Fumetti to Film" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCHaY9ZKlac

How to pronounce Diabolik the Italian way, here at 0:31 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCHaY9ZKlac

How to pronounce Giussani, here right at the start - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr0mfUy5G4k

Diabolik the kids cartoon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM3d0TLI1Wk

Get Diabolik comics in English here - http://diabolik.syntigroep.nl/index.htm

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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 Death of Stalin the comic book (2010) by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin! And in the right corner... The Death of Stalin the movie (2017) directed by Armando Iannucci, and starring Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Paddy Considine, Rupert Friend, Jason Isaacs, Olga Kurylenko, Michael Palin, and Jeffrey Tambor!

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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... Dark Town the comic book (2005) by Kaja Blackley and Vanessa Chong! And in the right corner... Monkeybone the movie (2001) directed by Henry Selick, written by Sam Hamm, and starring Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda, John Turturro, Chris Kattan, Whoopi Goldberg, Rose McGowan, Giancarlo Esposito, John Turturro, Dave Foley, Megan Mullally, Thomas Haden Church, Doug Jones, and Lisa Zane!

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Show Notes:

An interview with Kaja Blackley: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2iAJjt5B2eQBE6hkbTYefg?si=uB-pLZNhQTyLiMxhBtarvQ

An interview with Henry Selick: https://youtu.be/_CC7akimsxs

Dark Town: https://archive.org/details/dark-town-kaja-blackley-vanessa-chong

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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... Kick-Ass the comic book series (2008) by Mark Millar, John Romita Jr, and Tom Palmer! And in the right corner... Kick-Ass the movie (2010), directed by Matthew Vaughn, and starring Aaron Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chloë Grace Moretz, Mark Strong, Nicolas Cage, Jason Flemying, and Xander Berkeley !

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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

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

In the left corner... Sandcastle the graphic novel (2010) by Pierre Oscar Levy and Frederik Peeters! And in the right corner... Old the movie (2021) written, directed, and produced by M. Night Shyamalan, and starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Rufus Sewell, and Alex Wolff!

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Show Notes:

"Everything Wrong With Old In 15 Minutes Or Less": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65l7GAlOT4g

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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

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

In the left corner... Space Pirate Captain Harlock the manga series (1977-1979) by Leiji Matsumoto! And in the right corner... Harlock: Space Pirate the movie (2013) directed by Shinji Aramaki!

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Show Notes:

Kumar's previous discussion on Queen Emeraldas: https://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=5489

On Harlock and Romanticism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LPX-0K217s

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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

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

In the left corner... A History of Violence the graphic novel (1997) by John Wagner and Vince Locke! And in the right corner... A History of Violence the movie (2005) directed by David Cronenberg, and starring Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris, William Hurt, and Ashton Holmes!

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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

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

In the left corner... Action Comics #500 (1979) by Marty Pasko, Curt Swan, and Frank Chiaramonte! And in the right corner... Superman the movie (1987) directed, written, and produced by B. Gupta, and starring Puneet Issar and Dharmendra!

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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

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

In the left corner... "The Story of Superman's Life!" from Superman #146 (1961) by Otto Binder and Al Plastino! And in the right corner... Superman the movie (1980) directed by V. Madhusudhana Rao, written by Acharya Aatreya, and starring N. T. Rama Rao, Jaya Prada, and Jayamalini!

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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

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

In the left corner... Mystery Men, characters appearing in the "Flaming Carrot" comic book series by Bob Burden (1987)! And in the right corner... Mystery Men the movie (1999) directed by Kinka Usher and written by Neil Cuthbert, and starring Ben Stiller, Hank Azaria, William H. Macy, Greg Kinnear, Janeane Garofalo, Paul Reubens, Geoffrey Rush, Lena Olin, Eddie Izzard, Claire Forlani, Tom Waits, Ricky Jay, Kel Mitchell, Wes Studi, Michael Bay, Doug Jones, Sung Kang, and Jenifer Lewis!

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

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