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017 Untold Legend of Batman by Len Wein Jim Aparo John Byrne plus Pull Call
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) where Paul tackles listener Mike McQuillian's question of how he learns to talk about comics art! He makes reference to a Multiversity piece by Mike Romeo: http://www.multiversitycomics.com/longform/a-guide-to-discussing-comic-art/ as well as to various sources where this amateur critic has learned to be a fraction less amateurish in discussing art in comics.
) in a new segment called "The Pull Call," Paul runs through comics he's read recently and discusses how the visual work in each contributes to their thematic and narrative potency. He tackles the following titles with reference to some of their visuals:
) For the Close Read, Paul takes us into "The Untold Legend of the Batman," a 1980 3-issue mini-series written by Len Wein with art by Jim Aparo and John Byrne, colored by Glynis Wein, and lettered by John Costanza. Part-nostalgia trip, part-dialogue with listener Johnny, part-examination of Batman's psychology, Paul walks through this re-telling of Batman's origin story by a legendary creative team at the height of their powers. Images from that discussion are at the show page at http://wp.me/p42KN3-Gxn
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Classic Batman origin re-telling by Len Wein and Jim Aparo, a rundown of recent reads from DC, Valiant, Boom, and Kelly Bastow, and how Paul learns to talk about comics art!
Images are at http://wp.me/p42KN3-Gxn starting 9am EST on 10/3/2017
On this week's Comics Syllabus podcast, an ultra-long-solo-droning of Paul talking comics! First, in a General Ed segment change-up, we start with the "Discussion Section," (at
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"Aquaman" #28 (DC, preview pages at http://graphicpolicy.com/2017/09/21/preview-aquaman-28/#jp-carousel-393043 )
"Year Long Summer" (Ignatz-nominated creator Kelly Bastow sells at https://www.etsy.com/listing/480148749/year-long-summer?ref=shop_home_feat_1)
"Secret Weapons" #4 (Valiant, preview pages at http://www.multiversitycomics.com/previews/secret-weapons-4/ )
"HiFi Fight Club" #2 (Boom! Studios, preview pages at http://graphicpolicy.com/2017/09/23/preview-hi-fi-fight-club-2-4/#jp-carousel-393604 )
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(Note: Apologies that we recorded and prepared this episode before tragic and grievous violence in Las Vegas, so it goes unmentioned. Our deepest condolences to victims, family, and friends.)
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