New Wave Comics
New Wave Comics
Matthew England
A look into some of Britain's Greatest Comic Book Creators and their impact on the larger field of comics
Public Domain Superhero
Due to a book taking to long to arrive, I present to you an episode of Superhero in  the public domain Sources: The second volume of Fred van Lente and Ryan Dunvaleny's Comic Book History of Comics for providing a lot of information for my explanation on how US copyright law applies for comics. https://www.comixology.com/Comic-Book-History-of-Comics-Comics-For-All/digital-comic/665135?ref=c2VhcmNoL2luZGV4L2Rlc2t0b3Avc2xpZGVyTGlzdC9pdGVtU2xpZGVy The Conversation Article: "Hidden women of history: Tarpe Mills, 1940s comic writer, and her feisty superhero Miss Fury" which provided most of this episode's content of Miss Fury.  https://theconversation.com/hidden-women-of-history-tarpe-mills-1940s-comic-writer-and-her-feisty-superhero-miss-fury-110179  The Public Domain Super Heroes Wiki was a very helpful source:  https://pdsh.fandom.com/wiki/Public_Domain_Super_Heroes   And of course, Wikipedia, when I need information on a short time scale. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Nov 21, 2020
22 min
The Ages of Superhero Comics
Welcome to a reboot of New Wave Comics. This new podcast, Four Color History expands this podcast reach into the history of all comic books. In my first episode, I take a look into the various efforts to categorize the history of American comic books.  BTW. Grant Morrison came as non-binary during the recording and editing for this episode. So sorry if I used him instead of them. Sources: Alter Ego vol.3 no. 54  The Dark Age: Grim, Great, & Gimmicky Post-Modren Comics by Mark Voger (https://web.archive.org/web/20150905115607/http://www.comicartville.com/newages.htm)  "Re: birth" by Richard A. Lupoff  "The New Ages: Rethinking Comic Book History" by Ken Quatro Supergods by Grant Morrison --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Nov 7, 2020
21 min
Lost Among the Stars and Sounds
In this episode, I take a look at Alan Moore's strips for the fanzine Dark Star and the strip "Ten Little Liggers" for the music magazine Sounds. I would like to thanks the book "Alan Moore Out From The Underground " by Maggie Gray for providing some of the information for this episode. By the way the audio a little weird this episode due to me trying out some new recording software.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Oct 11, 2020
19 min
The Saga of Captain Clyde: The Easily Beatable
In this week's episode, we take a look at Grant Morrison's first superhero comic, the comic strip Captain Clyde.   Find Scan of the Strip here: https://globalvariables.net/2019/01/13/grant-morrison-captain-clyde-part-one/  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Oct 6, 2020
34 min
A Panda of Unfortunate Events
Sorry about the delay, there were some issues with the recording of this episode. but In this episode, we look at Alan Moore's alternative newspaper strip, St.Pancras Panda.   --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Sep 30, 2020
19 min
"Subtle" Foreshadowing
In this episode, we take a look at Grant Morrison's early years and the story that he wrote for the magazine Near Myths. \ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Sep 20, 2020
18 min
Alan Moore: Year One
In this episode we take a look at Moore's formative years and his early efforts in writing comics --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Sep 13, 2020
15 min
Teaser
Teaser for the world's only podcast (That I know of) that examines the careers of Britain's biggest comic book creators.   --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Sep 9, 2020
5 min