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The Comics Decoder
Panels Unravelled, Cartoons Exhumed
Issue 11, Winter 2018-19
Grant Snider: The Pattern Recognition Interview / R. W. Watkins
The editor converses with the man behind The Shape of Ideas and Incidental Comics.
But it doesn't stop there – Mr. Watkins also delves into Mr. Snider's first full-length volume...
Picturing the Creative Process:
A Brief Examination of Grant Snider’s The Shape of Ideas / R. W. Watkins
Contempt and Envy: Bill Maher on Stan Lee / Mark Jarret Chavous
Mr. Chavous weighs in on Bill Maher's contentious remarks in the wake of Stan Lee's recent passing.
Never one to shy away from controversy, the editor has thoughts of his own on Bill Maher's divisive remarks...
Ripping the Capes You’ve Sewn:
Bill Maher’s Scapegoating of Comics and Their Fans / R. W. Watkins
Challengers of the Unknown = The Fantastic Four / Chris Tolworthy
Our resident Kirby enthusiast contends that the first stars of the Marvel Age were actually Jolly Jack's Challengers reinvented.
Meanwhile, the creator of Nice Day Comix has been reconsidering '60s television in light of the Manhunter from Mars...
The Silver Age, J’onn J’onzz, and the Superhero Who Wasn’t / Randall Hugh Crawford
In light of Gerry Conway's growing complaints, Mr. Crawford has also been considering The Punisher.
He questions not only military and police usage of the anti-hero's logo, but also Conway's creator claims...
From Paperbacks to Iraq Attacks: Everybody’s Punisher / Randall Hugh Crawford
Downward Trajectory: Ruminations on the Iron Man Trilogy / Michael French
Our resident Retroblaster has been reflecting on Marvel's film adaptations as of late.
From Mr. French's hindsight, Downey's Iron Man soared and crashed like a model rocket.
About this issue’s contributors...
Brief bios with pics
ARCHIVES
The Funnies
Rick Friday's It's Friday!,
Steven Lewis's Murdercake (4 installments), Gordon Lindholm's Luna Lesser (2 installments),
Grant Snider's Incidental Comics (2 installments), Hannah Hillam's Verbal Vomit (4 installments),
Bill Harvey's The Odds (3 installments),
Jessica Tremblay’s Old Pond Comics (4 installments),
Dennis Hyer's Inhuman Relations (17 installments)
It's Friday! by Rick Friday
Verbal Vomit by Hannah Hillam
Luna Lesser by Gordon Lindholm
Incidental Comics by Grant Snider
Verbal Vomit by Hannah Hillam
The ODDs by Bill Harvey
Verbal Vomit by Hannah Hillam
Incidental Comics by Grant Snider
The ODDs by Bill Harvey
Verbal Vomit by Hannah Hillam
Inhuman Relations by Dennis Hyer
The ODDs by Bill Harvey
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