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"The Department of Truth" by James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds

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Today, the panelists discuss The Department of Truth Vol. 1: The End of the World. Join us for a discussion on suggestibility in art, what even makes art "comic book art" at all, and depicting conspiracy in 2025

Content Warnings: General horror, violence, conspiracies, the satanic panic, far-right white nationalism, child peril, and gun violence.

  • (00:00) - “The Department of Truth” by James Tyrion and Martin Simmonds
  • (02:24) - Front matter
  • (02:46) - Content Warnings
  • (03:08) - Synopsis
  • (04:06) - What we thought about the book
  • (08:46) - Suggestibility in the art
  • (10:17) - The first issue
  • (11:01) - Scout has critiques on Simmonds’ vomit art
  • (11:46) - The art we love
  • (13:53) - Scout loves pathetic men
  • (18:45) - There’s a television adaptation coming
  • (21:17) - The color work
  • (22:11) - X-Files
  • (25:46) - The other puking scene
  • (26:13) - This art doesn’t feel like a comic book
  • (29:37) - J. C. Leyendecker
  • (31:48) - Using space just to set mood
  • (34:47) - Some layout gripes
  • (39:34) - Angela: Asgard’s Assassin
  • (41:09) - Fashion corner
  • (42:22) - Bad faith caricatures
  • (46:26) - James Tynion, the queer edgelord
  • (50:55) - This book is still ongoing!
  • (51:37) - Further Reading
  • (55:38) - “I know what a fucking tulpa is, Cole.”
  • (56:07) - Back matter

    • Further Reading:
    • Universal Monsters: Dracula by James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds
    • Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV, Werther Dell’Edera, and Miquel Muerto 
    • Talon by James Tynion IV, Christy Marx, Scott Snyder, Guillem March, Miguel Sepulveda, Juan Jose Ryp, and Romano Molenaar
    • Exquisite Corpses by James Tynion IV, Michael Walsh, Pornsak Pichetshote, Marianna Ignazzi, and Valentine De Landro 
    • “You’re Wrong About” episode on “Michelle Remembers”


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