Part three of 2022 Eisner nominees discussion, with Phillip and Eric talking about the Image limited series The Good Asian by Pornsak Pichetshote and Alexandre Tefenkgi, the manga smash success Chainsaw Man by Tatsuki Fujimoto, the even bigger manga smash hit Spy x Family Tatsuya Endo, and the Image series Ultramega by James Harren.

Plus, Eric promotes Phillip to a new position within The Omnibus LLC!

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Phillip and Eric continue their 2022 Eisner nominee breakdowns with a spotlight on writer/artist Daniel Warren Johnson! We're talking his entry in the Eisner-nominated anthology, Superman: Red and Blue, his Eisner-nominated limited series, Beta Ray Bill: Argent Star, and his creator-owned Image series Extremity!

And much to Phillip's chagrin, Eric gives a quick talk on his Daniel Warren Johnson's art for Magic: the Gathering cards!

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In this episode, Phillip and Eric are kicking the first part of their multi-episode 2022 Eisner breakdowns! They give their predictions and picks for Eisner winners, and talk Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe and Batman: Wayne Family Adventures on WEBTOON, and the manga series Kaiju No. 8 by Naoya Matsumoto. Plus, they have some laughs at the synchronicity of shallow wokeness from the military industrial complex!

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In this episode. Phillip asks Eric about being a webtoon localization editor for Tapas! If you've curious about localization and getting into webtoons, this episode is a must-listen!

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The Omnibus is back! We're talking the Image Comics conspiracy thriller Eisner nominated series, The Department of Truth by James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds. Phillip and Eric debate the effectiveness of its moody, surreal art style, its dissection of far-right conspiracy theories as a storytelling device, and whether white people are a creation of Dr. Yacub.

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Eric and Phillip close out this season of the podcast with an interview from the writer of Unknown Soldier, Joshua Dysart himself! They have a great and insightful conversation about the origin and research process of Unknown Soldier, plus talk about his other comics, Living Level Three, Goodbye Paradise, and his new book Odin's Eye!

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In this episode, Phillip and Eric get woke, sell out to the algorithm, and just talk about a popular Marvel movie...or do they?

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2021/07/who-actually-gets-to-create-black-pop-culture

"How 'Crazy Rich' Asians Have Led to the Largest Income Gap in the U.S."

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/17/us/asian-income-inequality.html

"Everything You Think You Know About Identity Politics is Wrong"

mulan and boba liberalism

https://youtu.be/57KwaSzQWfg?t=130

Melissa Phruksachart; The Bourgeois Cinema of Boba Liberalism. Film Quarterly 1 March 2020; 73 (3): 59–65. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/fq.2020.73.3.59 

https://time.com/5653973/mulan-boycot...

woke CIA recruitment ad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X55JPbAMc9g&list=PLb9QRVXYyLdqCUl95ecfapl9dyxiqVvqV&index=8

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In this episode, Phillip and Eric are talking manga with the underrated and criminally ignored Me and the Devil Blues by Akira Hiramoto. They talk the blues legend Robert Johnson, their gateways into manga, and how Eric will finally get canceled this time!

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In this very special episode, Phillip and Eric welcome back their former grad professor, colorist Allen Passalaqua! They shoot the shit on Star Trek, Gundam, isekai anime, and eventually get around to talking about comics.

https://linktr.ee/angryf

Battlepug webcomic with Mike Norton  

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In this episode, Phillip and Eric are talking the original Jessica Jones series, Alias aka Alias: Jessica Jones by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Gaydos! Listen to their discussion of tackling a dialogue-heavy story with innovative layouts, the use of decompression, and Phillip educating people on the difference between a mutate and a mutant.

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