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JJ and Angus review the seminal graphic novel masterpiece V For Vendetta. Written by one of the greatest scribes in the history of the medium, Alan Moore, V For Vendetta is considered not only one of the most important graphic novel works ever, but also one of the great works in fiction.

V for Vendetta

https://www.amazon.com/V-Vendetta-Alan-Moore-ebook/dp/B08LW524ZD/

A powerful story about loss of freedom and individuality, V For Vendetta takes place in a totalitarian England following a devastating war that changed the face of the planet. In a world without political freedom, personal freedom and precious little faith in anything comes a mysterious man in a white porcelain mask who fights political oppressors through terrorism and seemingly absurd acts. It's a gripping tale of the blurred lines between ideological good and evil.

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! Angus gives thanks for all our community members, listeners, and fellow kids. He also announces the 2025 Kirby's Kids Graphic Novel Reading List selections so community members can take advantage of those Black Friday deals.

KIRBY’S KIDS GRAPHIC NOVEL READING LIST FOR 2025

January - VERTIGO MONTH - The Filth

https://www.amazon.com/Filth-New-Grant-Morrison-ebook/dp/B06XXSDY6Y/

February - The Wake

https://www.amazon.com/Wake-Scott-Snyder-ebook/dp/B00MV1O0NY/

March - APPENDIX N MONTH - Conan The Barbarian

Barbarian Life: A Literary Biography of Conan the Barbarian (Volume Two)

https://www.amazon.com/Barbarian-Life-Literary-Biography-Conan-ebook/dp/B08379KF9M/

Conan The Barbarian: The Original Comics Omnibus Vol.2

https://www.amazon.com/Conan-Barbarian-Original-Comics-Omnibus/dp/1787740846/

April - God is Dead Volume 1

https://www.amazon.com/God-Dead-1-Jonathan-Hickman/dp/159291229X/

May - IMAGE COMICS MONTH - Sex Criminals: Complete Edition

https://www.amazon.com/Sex-Criminals-Complete-Matt-Fraction-ebook/dp/B0CW1KSZ3V/

June - All Star Superman: The Deluxe Edition (All-Star Superman)

https://www.amazon.com/All-Star-Superman-Deluxe-All-Star-ebook/dp/B09NS29HTD/

July - DARK HORSE COMICS MONTH - Frank Miller's Sin City Volume 1: The Hard Goodbye (Fourth Edition)

https://www.amazon.com/Frank-Millers-Sin-City-Goodbye-ebook/dp/B0986XCCTB/

August - JACK ‘KING’ KIRBY MONTH - Kamandi

Kamandi by Jack Kirby Vol. 1 Vol. 1

https://www.amazon.com/Kamandi-Jack-Kirby-Vol-1971-1978-ebook/dp/B0B69P4S56/

Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth (1971-1978) Vol. 2: by Jack Kirby

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CKM8BKLH/

The Kamandi Challenge (2017)

https://www.amazon.com/Kamandi-Challenge-2017-ebook/dp/B07BW1K4J3/

September - MANGA MONTH - Vinland Saga Vol 1

https://www.amazon.com/Vinland-Saga-Vol-Makoto-Yukimura-ebook/dp/B00CCOO6RK/

October - HALLOWEEN HORROR MONTH - Memetic: The Apocalyptic Trilogy Deluxe Edition

https://www.amazon.com/Memetic-Apocalyptic-James-Tynion-IV/dp/1608861325

November - ALAN MOORE MONTH - The Ballad of Halo Jones: Full Colour Omnibus Edition

https://www.amazon.com/Ballad-Halo-Jones-Colour-Omnibus-ebook/dp/B0BS4GYVH5/

December - A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story

https://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Carol-Ghost-Story-ebook/dp/B0C1HT5K4B

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KUDOS KIRBY - Jack Kirby's Black Panther

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Panther-Epic-Collection-1977-1979-ebook/dp/B07M8YN6LH/

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Doc and Angus return to the holiday table to present a cornucopia of comics goodness in celebration of Thanksgiving.

Harley Quinn Black + White + Red (2020-)

https://www.amazon.com/Harley-Quinn-Black-White-2020-ebook/dp/B09446SZRY/

Deadpool (2012-2015) #37

https://www.amazon.com/Deadpool-2012-2015-37-Gerry-Duggan-ebook/dp/B00ZO1906U/

A Year Of Marvels: November Infinite Comic #1

https://www.amazon.com/Year-Marvels-November-Infinite-Comic-ebook/dp/B09FFTCC8Y/

From Our Table To Yours, A Family Holiday Recipe:

Charlotte’s Pumpkin Pie

2 to 2 1/2 Cups of Pumpkin Puree or Canned Pumpkin

3/4 tsp Salt

2 Tbsp Butter

2 Cups Sugar

2 Tbsp Cornstarch

3 Eggs slightly beaten

1 Cup Milk

1/4 to 1/2 tsp Nutmeg 

1/4 to 1/2 tsp Cinnamon

1/4 to 1/2 tsp Mace

1/4 to 1/2 tsp Cloves

1/4 to 1/2 tsp All Spice

3 Tbsp Bourbon

Use a ready made pie crust, dough, or follow a simple pie crust recipe:

⁠https://www.mccormick.com/recipes/dessert/homemade-vanilla-pie-crust⁠

Grease pie plate and place pie crust in plate. Preheat oven to 450 degrees and once up to temperature place pie crust in for 10 minutes. Remove pie crust and then reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees.

While pie crust is baking for 10 minutes at 450 degrees assemble your pie filling.

To Pumpkin add sugar, butter, spices, and salt. Cook for 5 minutes in pot over medium low heat on stovetop. Remove from heat and add eggs and mix with milk and bourbon. Pour into pie crust and bake at 350 degrees for 45 to 55 minutes.

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Doc and Angus present a cornucopia of comics goodness in celebration of Thanksgiving.

Atlas' Uncanny Tales #9 (1953) - The Executioner

https://atocom.blogspot.com/2023/11/holiday-reading-room-uncanny-tales.html

Franklin Richards: Happy Franksgiving! (2006) #1

https://www.amazon.com/Franklin-Richards-Happy-Franksgiving-2006-2009-ebook/dp/B01LP4P4FU/

From Our Table To Yours, A Family Holiday Recipe:

Charlotte’s Pumpkin Pie

2 to 2 1/2 Cups of Pumpkin Puree or Canned Pumpkin

3/4 tsp Salt

2 Tbsp Butter

2 Cups Sugar

2 Tbsp Cornstarch

3 Eggs slightly beaten

1 Cup Milk

1/4 to 1/2 tsp Nutmeg 

1/4 to 1/2 tsp Cinnamon

1/4 to 1/2 tsp Mace

1/4 to 1/2 tsp Cloves

1/4 to 1/2 tsp All Spice

3 Tbsp Bourbon

Use a ready made pie crust, dough, or follow a simple pie crust recipe:

https://www.mccormick.com/recipes/dessert/homemade-vanilla-pie-crust

Grease pie plate and place pie crust in plate. Preheat oven to 450 degrees and once up to temperature place pie crust in for 10 minutes. Remove pie crust and then reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees.

While pie crust is baking for 10 minutes at 450 degrees assemble your pie filling.

To Pumpkin add sugar, butter, spices, and salt. Cook for 5 minutes in pot over medium low heat on stovetop. Remove from heat and add eggs and mix with milk and bourbon. Pour into pie crust and bake at 350 degrees for 45 to 55 minutes.

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JJ and Angus drift into Neo-Tokyo to discuss Katsuhiro Otomo’s stunning science fiction masterpiece Akira which is considered by many to be the finest work of graphic fiction ever produced. They also reflect on Otomo’s brilliant animated film version which is also regarded worldwide as a classic.

Akira, Vol. 1

https://www.amazon.com/Akira-Vol-1-Katsuhiro-Otomo/dp/1935429000/

Welcome to Neo-Tokyo, built on the ashes of a Tokyo annihilated by a blast of unknown origin that triggered World War III. The lives of two streetwise teenage friends, Tetsuo and Kaneda, change forever when paranormal abilities begin to waken in Tetsuo, making him a target for a shadowy agency that will stop at nothing to prevent another catastrophe like the one that leveled Tokyo. At the core of the agency’s motivation is a raw, all-consuming fear of an unthinkable, monstrous power known only as Akira.

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Welcome to Kudos Kirby, a comics journey into Jack Kirby’s lesser known works. Angus will be your guide through this monthly expedition to uncover those hidden gems from “The King of Comics” over 20,000 comic book pages! We hope you enjoy this latest adventure in the journey!

Angus continues our journey with a review of "The Scavengers!" from The Forever People Volume 1 Issue 10.

The Forever People by Jack Kirby

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Forever-People-Jack-Kirby-1971-1972-ebook/dp/B08L9R66QV/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

This book introduces a group of young, otherworldly adventurers: Big Bear, Mark Moonrider, Serifan, Beautiful Dreamer, and Vykin, five young heroes who, with the help of their mother box, have the ability to summon the mighty Infinity Man. Included in this volume are major battles with Darkseid, Desaad, and Glorious Godfrey, as well as memorable team-ups with Superman and Deadman. Collects The Forever People #1-11.

We will review, in issue order, one issue each month in 2024.

Background on The Forever People:

Day 32: The Forever People! by Jon B. Cooke

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/365fourth/2010/11/02/day-32-the-forever-people/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Modern appearance in animation:

Young Justice S1 E17 - Disordered

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2039303/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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JJ and Angus talk Wonder Woman War Of The Gods, legendary comics author George Pérez's epic Wonder Woman saga!

Wonder Woman: War of the Gods

https://www.amazon.com/Wonder-Woman-War-Gods-1987-2006-ebook/dp/B01BLZX1P8/

On Wonder Woman's island home of Themyscira, angry voices are rising. Following a massacre in man's world, Queen Hippolyta is presumed dead, and the Amazons' thirst for revenge is strong. But even as her people teeter on the brink of war, Princess Diana is forcibly summoned to Olympus, where Zeus and the Greek gods are being attacked by their Roman counterparts-in defiance of all heavenly order. The realms of the gods are being turned upside down and inside out, and if left unchecked the chaos will quickly engulf the earth.

Beneath it all lies a tangled web of magic and deceit that ensnares everyone from Superman and Captain Marvel to Lobo and the Suicide Squad. But even as the world's greatest heroes unite to stop the warring pantheons, mortals and immortals alike remain pawns in a single mastermind's twisted game.

The evil sorceress Circe will stop at nothing to have her revenge on Wonder Woman-even if it means destroying the universe itself!

Collects WAR OF THE GODS #1-4 and WONDER WOMAN #58-62.

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Welcome to Long Time Ago, a journey into the Marvel Star Wars Legends Comics. Our host Angus first made the jump to hyperspace and a galaxy far far away by reading Marvel Star Wars Vol 1 Issue #9 and never looked back! Travel back to 1977 into the origins of the series and discover how comics has supported fandom and in some ways shaped the Star Wars universe. This fifty-fourth episode reviews issue 39. Kicking off the first part of The Empire Strikes Back adaptation! We hope you enjoy this latest adventure in the journey! Please drop us a message, send us an mp3 or email to [email protected].

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Star Wars (1977-1986) #39

⁠https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-1977-1986-Archie-Goodwin-ebook/dp/B014RPO9DM/

Long Time Ago Reading List And Schedule For 2024

Star Wars (1977-1986)

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07JJNF8JT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

January - Issue #29

February - Issue #30

March - Issue #31

April - Issue #32

May - Issue #33

June - Issue #34

July - Issue #35

August - Issue #36

September - Issue #37

October - Issue #38

November - Issue #39 - The Empire Strikes Back Part 1

December - Issue #40 - The Empire Strikes Back Part 2

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This series is dedicated in loving memory of Charley Lippincott, who George Lucas hired in late 1975 to join the first Star Wars production as Vice President of Advertising, Publicity, Promotion & Merchandising. He is responsible for Star Wars comics becoming a reality with Marvel! The Force will be with him, always.

You're on the Crisis Hotline With Doc, a series that focuses on all the Crisis events in the DC Universe. It is not a review program but rather a reader's guide and introduction to those events that highlights the importance of them to the DC Universe. In this thirteenth installment, Doc and Angus confront a darkness greater than anything they’ve ever faced in the pages of a Crisis event. This also marks the suspension of the series until DC publishes more Crisis events. Once that happens we will return to review them. We hope you enjoy this episode and thank you for taking this journey with us.

Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths

⁠https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Crisis-Infinite-Earths-2022-ebook/dp/B0C6MYNBLB/⁠

Crisis on Infinite Earths. Infinite Crisis. Final Crisis. And now…Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths! The epic event years in the making is finally here. Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the rest of the Justice League are dead. The remaining heroes are left to protect the world from an onslaught of violent attacks by DC’s greatest villains! Can the legacy heroes step out of the shadows of the classic heroes to form a new Justice League? And will that be enough to stop a darkness greater than anything they’ve ever faced from destroying everything? Don’t miss out on the blockbuster event of the year, now collected in a hardcover edition! Collects Justice League #75 and Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #0-7.

2023-24 Crisis Hotline Schedule

2023

Q1 - Final Crisis

Q2 - Flashpoint

Q3 - Convergence

Q4 - Dark Nights: Metal

2024

Q1 - Dark Nights: Death Metal

Q2 - Heroes In Crisis

Q3 - Dark Crisis

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Welcome to Long Time Ago, a journey into the Marvel Star Wars Legends Comics. Our host Angus first made the jump to hyperspace and a galaxy far far away by reading Marvel Star Wars Vol 1 Issue #9 and never looked back! Travel back to 1977 into the origins of the series and discover how comics has supported fandom and in some ways shaped the Star Wars universe. This fifty-third episode reviews issue 38. Luke and Leia encounter a living organic ship…can they solve the mystery in time? We hope you enjoy this latest adventure in the journey! Please drop us a message, send us an mp3 or email to [email protected].

Please share your impressions once you have read:

Star Wars (1977-1986) #38

https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-1977-1986-Archie-Goodwin-ebook/dp/B014RPO9E6/

Long Time Ago Reading List And Schedule For 2024

Star Wars (1977-1986)

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January - Issue #29

February - Issue #30

March - Issue #31

April - Issue #32

May - Issue #33

June - Issue #34

July - Issue #35

August - Issue #36

September - Issue #37

October - Issue #38

November - Issue #39 - The Empire Strikes Back Part 1

December - Issue #40 - The Empire Strikes Back Part 2

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This series is dedicated in loving memory of Charley Lippincott, who George Lucas hired in late 1975 to join the first Star Wars production as Vice President of Advertising, Publicity, Promotion & Merchandising. He is responsible for Star Wars comics becoming a reality with Marvel! The Force will be with him, always.