GIVE ME COMICS OR GIVE ME DEATH!: November 2024

30 November 2024

Podcast: The Best Comic You Might Not Have Read

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Mike and Lee go into the archives to find comics they loved that aren't the usual suspects, Lee brings the The Junction by Norm Konyu and Alpha Flight by John Byrne. Mike suggests Kane by Paul Grist, Conspiracy writtten by Dan Abnett art by Igor Kordey, and Picnoleptic Inertia by Stathis Tsemberlidis.

Plus what Mike and Lee have read this week and another addition to the Comics or Death Museum.

What Have We Been Reading Lately?

Gotham Central, published by DC (2002-2006)

Written by Greg Rucka and Ed Brubaker, art by Michael Lark (below) and various others on later issues

Bloodhunt - a crossover in multiple titles - published by Marvel

The main series is written by Jed MacKaywith art by Pepe Larraz

Absolute Power - a crossover in multiple titles - published by DC Comics

The main series was written by Mark Waid and art by Dan Mora

The Best Comic You Might Not Have Read

Kane by Paul Grist, originally published by Dancing Elephant Press and then by Image Comics (1993 - 2001)

The Junction by Norm Konyu, published by Titan Books (2022)

Conspiracy #1-2 published by Marvel Comic (1998)

Written by Dan Abnett and art by Igor Kordey

Alpha Flight #1-28, published by Marvel Comics (1983-1985)

Writing and pencils by John Byrne

Picnoleptic Inertia by Stathis Tsemberlidis, published by Breakdown Press (2016)

24 November 2024

Podcast: Finding the Plot

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Mike and Lee unpack The Plot by award-naming superstar Will Eisner. The non-fiction comic debunking the global conspiracies born around a plagiarized Russian text…now known as The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. We hear how this two decades old work from Eisner is more relevant than ever…

Plus what Mike and Lee have read this week and another addition to the Comics or Death Museum.

What Have We Been Reading Recently?

Ultimate X-Men from Marvel

Written and drawn by Peach Momoko

Ultimate Spider-Man published by Marvel

Written by Jonathan Hickman with art by Marco Chechetto

Ultimate Black Panther published by Marvel

Written by Bryan Hill with art by Stefano Caselli

The Ultimates published by Marvel

Written by Deniz Camp with art by Juan Frigeri

Comics 1964-2024

Published by Thames & Hudson

As discussed on the podcast, this is the book to accompany the exhibition at the Pompidou Centre in Paris. More information on that can be found here - including a download of the audio guide (or a transcription of the guide if you prefer).

The Plot: The Secret Story of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

If you're interested in the the story of the Protocols and their forgery, we recommend the following reading:

Protocols of the Elders of Zion: Key Dates

The History of a Lie: "The Protocols of the Wise Men of Zion" by Herman Bernstein

The Hitler Conspiracies: The Third Reich and the Paranoid Imagination by Richard Evans

10 November 2024

In the Beginning: Boys Find Comics - A True Story

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It's all well and good talking about comics, but they are obviously a visual medium. Therefore, to accompany each episode, we'll also do a little blog post with some images and other extras to give you some context as to what on earth we're talking about!

Mike and Lee revisit the comics that got them hooked… from when they were seven to Odyssey 7. Covering everything newspaper strips, Marvel UK and the goldmine of 2000AD

Plus what Mike and Lee have read this week and another addition to the Comics or Death Museum.

What Have We Been Reading Recently?

Catwoman (2024) published by DC Comics

Written by Tini Howard, with art by Carmine Dr Giandomenico

The Other Side (2006) originally published by Vertigo, now available from Image Comics

Written by Jason Aaron, with art by Cameron Stewart

Boys Find Comics

So we discuss so many comics in this episode that this would be the longest blog in the world to cover them all, so there's a selection below. If you are particularly interested in the British comics we discuss then we were going recommend the British Comics Wordpress site which has a database of almost every Brit comic you could think of - but between recording this episode and publishing it, the site has been deleted! A crying shame, it was a real treasure trove. However, we can recommend the following websites for the Brit curious:

British Comics

Comics UK

2000ADopedia

The Beano - June 1982