Jack Kirby's Omac with Dean Haspiel

 

For this podcast's Season Finale, Dean Haspiel (The Red Hook, American Splendor, Cuba: My Revolution) and I discuss Jack Kirby's O.M.A.C. One Man Army Corps.  A highlight of this podcast for me has been being prompted to read a bunch of DC comics that Kirby made in the 70's, and this is no exception.  We discuss the finer points of the series, the ten-million-ideas-per-page approach it takes, the unusual choice of inkers, how abruptly the whole thing ends upon cancelation, and the very direct influence this series had on Dean's work.  All this plus Dean tells us how to draw the Thing.  

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Junji Ito's Uzumaki with Joelle Jones

 

Superstar comics artist Joelle Jones (Batman, Catwoman, Lady Killer) comes by this week to talk about Junji Ito's celebrated horror Manga, Uzumaki.  Are spirals really scary, or just ridiculous?  Or are the ridiculous parts what makes this comic so scary?  Or would it all just be totally ridiculous if Junji Ito wasn't so good at drawing?  Find out as we examine lives lost to pottery, snake mating rituals and hairstyles. 

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