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COMICS A-Z is the podcast that showcases the history of sequential art: comic books, comic strips, the characters, their creators, one letter at a time. Like an encyclopedia but it's a podcast.
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E is for E-Man - An Independent Hero for Many Publishers (opens the original)
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E is for E-Man - An Independent Hero for Many Publishers E-Man's history is inseparable from the history of independent comics. E-Man began at Charlton, returned through First Comics in the 1980s, was revived by Comico and Alpha Productions in the 1990s, appeared in later independent publications including Digital Webbing Press, and eventually returned to Charlton-related publishing. The character's ability to survive the collapse or transformation of one publisher after another is perhaps his g
D is for Doonesbury - The comic strip that changed everything (opens the original)
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D is for Doonesbury - The comic strip that changed everything Few American comic strips have changed as dramatically as their country changed around them. Peanuts transformed the newspaper strip into a vehicle for introspection; The Far Side expanded its possibilities for surreal humor; Calvin and Hobbes demonstrated the expressive range of the medium. But Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury accomplished something different. It turned the daily newspaper comic strip into a running chronicle of American p
C is for Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family - The World’s Mightiest Mortal (opens the original)
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C is for Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family - The World’s Mightiest Mortal There was a time, difficult to imagine today, when Superman was not unquestionably the most successful superhero in American popular culture. Batman was still a relatively young character. Wonder Woman had only recently arrived. Marvel Comics did not yet exist in its modern form. One of the most commercially successful comic-book characters in the world was a red-uniformed, lightning-bolt-chested hero whose greatest sec
B is for Blondie - America's First Family of the Comic Strip (opens the original)
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B is for Blondie - America's First Family of the Comic Strip Beginning life as the adventures of a carefree flapper during the Jazz Age, it evolved into perhaps the definitive portrait of the American suburban family. For nearly a century readers have watched Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead navigate marriage, parenthood, careers, neighbors, and the everyday absurdities of modern life. Recommended reading list for this episode: Blondie: The Bumstead Family History The Comics: Since 1945 by Brian Wal
A is for The Avengers - How The Avengers Assembled (opens the original)
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A is for The Avengers - How The Avengers Assembled What began in 1963 as a simple idea—bringing Marvel’s most popular heroes together into one team book—eventually became the centerpiece of Marvel Comics, the foundation of the most successful film franchise in history, and one of the defining myths of modern popular culture. The Avengers transformed from a comic-book experiment into a global brand recognized by billions of people. Yet the team's history is much richer than the blockbuster films
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