Comic Books, Drag Race, & Life in New Zealand
by krisis
Today I start out musing on the concept of a “beginner’s mind,” and how for as much as we see the trope in fiction we have a trouble replicating it in our every day lives. Then, I unwrap the latter half of Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 8 and discuss how the unlimited budget of the comic page subtly changed Buffy into something less personal than the TV show we remember.
Want to start from the beginning of this season of videos? Here’s the complete Season 1 playlist of Crushing Comics.
by krisis
Do you remember how thrilling it used to be to spot a new comic shop out in the wild, back before there was internet shopping and endless databases of physical and digital back issues?
Then you, too, are old. No matter your age, join me for a few minutes of reminiscing before I open my final package of Bendis New Avengers and Mighty Avengers and dig in to why these books don’t stand alone well without Secret Invasion.
Want to start from the beginning of this season of videos? Here’s the complete Season 1 playlist of Crushing Comics.
Episode 45 features New Avengers Vol. 5, Vol 6, & Vol 7, Mighty Avengers: Assemble (Vol. 1), and Mighty Avengers: Secret Invasion (Vol. 2). See the guides to New Avengers and Mighty Avengers for more information.
by krisis
Have you ever driven on the opposite side of the road? I open this episode with tales of my challenges navigating Wellington’s left-side driving, then open one of the best self-contained X-Men epics of all time (and one of my most re-read stories of all-time) – Age of Apocalypse!
Want to start from the beginning of this season of videos? Here’s the complete Season 1 playlist of Crushing Comics.
Episode 44 features the X-Men: Age of Apocalypse omnibus. Learn more in the Marvel Events Guide.
by krisis
Today I start out by wondering how I – or, anyone, for that matter – learns basic survival skills like how to balance their checkbooks and what flowers not to eat in the wild.
After that, I unwrap quite a large brick of oversized hardcovers, and give some rapid fire thoughts on Dan Slott’s Mighty Avengers, Brian Bendis’s Dark Avengers, a brief history of Thunderbolts, Iron Man: Iron Age, Fear Itself, and more!
Want to start from the beginning of this season of videos? Here’s the complete Season 1 playlist of Crushing Comics.
Episode 43 features Dan Slott’s Mighty Avengers: Dark Reign, Brian Bendis’s Dark Avengers, Invaders Now, Iron Man: Iron Age, Onslaught Unleashed, and Fear Itself: Shattered Heroes.
by krisis
In this episode my Clue t-shirt sends me on a brief trip down memory lane about all the macabre stuff I liked as a kid. What was your totally peculiar interest as a child?
Afterwards I unwrap one of the most mainstream comics of my childhood: the initial run of Rob Liefeld’s X-Force! It’s at once the perfect metaphor from mutants moving on from an eternal high school and a bit of a let down when it comes to the big ideas behind the guns and pouches.
Want to start from the beginning of this season of videos? Here’s the complete Season 1 playlist of Crushing Comics.
Episode 42 features the X-Force Omnibus, Vol. 1. For more information, head to the Guide to X-Force.