History of Comic Books Podcast

A brief rambling history of comic books and the people who made them.

All-Negro Comics: The First Black Comic Book By Black Creators 06/11/2021

All-Negro Comics: The First Black Comic Book By Black Creators And now a rambling and too brief history of "All-Negro Comics", the first black comic book by black creators. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/19437344

Eugene Bilbrew 06/03/2021

Eugene Bilbrew And now a rambling and too brief biography of Eugene Bilbrew, a black entertainer whose career ranged from singing to comic books to fetish art. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/19341578

Alfonso Greene 05/28/2021

Alfonso Greene And now a rambling and too brief biography of Alfonso Greene, a talented black artist of the Golden Age who, due to racism and his own poor choices, was nearly forgotten if not for the memory of the legendary Alex Toth. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/19270373

Ezra Clyde Jackson 05/21/2021

Ezra Clyde Jackson And now a rambling and too brief biography of Ezra Clyde Jackson, a talented comic book artist who is also the father of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/19185419

Alvin Carl Hollingsworth 05/14/2021

Alvin Carl Hollingsworth And now a rambling and too brief biography of Alvin Carl Hollingsworth, a comic book artist who morphed into fine arts and teaching. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/19100699

Elton Clay Fax & George P. Lipscomb: The Artist & the Writer 05/06/2021

Elton Clay Fax & George P. Lipscomb: The Artist & the Writer And now some rambling and too brief biographies of Elton Clay Fax and George P. Lipscomb, probably the only black artist/writer pairing of the Golden Age of Comic Books. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/19012238

Owen Charles Middleton 04/29/2021

Owen Charles Middleton And now a rambling and too brief biography of Owen Charles Middleton, a talented artist whose career was tragically cut short by racism and his own personal choices. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/18916796

Jay Paul Jackson 04/23/2021

Jay Paul Jackson And now a rambling and too brief biography of Jay Paul Jackson, a black artist of the Golden Age who managed to attack racism through the medium of comic books. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/18830078

Robert Savon Pious 04/16/2021

Robert Savon Pious And now a rambling and too brief biography of Robert Savon Pious, a comic book artist and black historian of the Golden Age. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/18744140

Elmer Cecil Stoner 04/09/2021

Elmer Cecil Stoner And now a rambling and too brief biography of Elmer Cecil Stoner, the first black artist to openly work in comic books. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/18658943

Adolphe Leslie Barreaux: The Invisible Black Pioneer of American Comic Books 04/02/2021

Adolphe Leslie Barreaux: The Invisible Black Pioneer of American Comic Books And now a rambling and too brief biography of Adolphe Leslie Barreaux, the first black artist in American comic books, though he never let the world know. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/18575939

Chester Gould: The Father of Dick Tracy and the American Crime Comic Genre, Part Two 03/26/2021

Chester Gould: The Father of Dick Tracy and the American Crime Comic Genre, Part Two And now the conclusion to the rambling and too brief biography of Chester Gould, the creator of "Dick Tracy" and, by default, the American crime comic genre. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/18473945

Chester Gould: The Father of Dick Tracy and the American Crime Comic Genre 03/18/2021

Chester Gould: The Father of Dick Tracy and the American Crime Comic Genre And now the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of Chester Gould, the creator of Dick Tracy and, by default, the American crime comic genre. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/18384125

The Classics: "It's a Bird..." by Steven T. Seagle and Teddy Kristiansen 03/12/2021

The Classics: "It's a Bird..." by Steven T. Seagle and Teddy Kristiansen And now a rambling and too brief review of "It's a Bird..." by Steven T. Seagle & Teddy Kristiansen, an autobiographical tale about how Seagle nearly turned down writing "Superman" due to his own personal problems. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/18290960

The Classics: "Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft" by Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguez 03/05/2021

The Classics: "Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft" by Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguez And now a rambling and too brief review of "Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft", the now classic horror story by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/18196445

The Classics: Jack Kirby's "The Fourth World" 02/26/2021

The Classics: Jack Kirby's "The Fourth World" And now a rambling and too brief review of Jack Kirby's "The Fourth World", in which Kirby made his jump to DC in the 1970's to create such classic characters like Orion, Mister Miracle and Darkseid. Artistically, this is Kirby at his best but it also shows he need Stan Lee's writing for it to make some kind of sense. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/18099389

The Classics: "Xenozoic" by Mark Schultz 02/19/2021

The Classics: "Xenozoic" by Mark Schultz And now a rambling and too brief review of "Xenozoic" by Mark Schultz, the classic post-apocalyptic series that finds humans living among dinosaurs while trying to rebuild the wreckage of the past. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/18007328

The Classics: "Fax From Sarajevo" by Joe Kubert 02/12/2021

The Classics: "Fax From Sarajevo" by Joe Kubert And now a rambling and too brief review of "Fax From Sarajevo" by Joe Kubert, a harrowing true story of survival during the Bosnian War that is quite possibly the comic book masters greatest work. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/17919911

The Classics: "Cerebus: High Society" by Dave Sim 02/05/2021

The Classics: "Cerebus: High Society" by Dave Sim And now a rambling and too brief review of "Cerebus: High Society" by Dave Sim, which collects #26-50 of the comic book series that finds Cerebus ditching his sword for politics, only to find it much more cutthroat. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/17829506

The Classics: "Camelot 3000" 01/29/2021

The Classics: "Camelot 3000" And now a rambling and too brief review of "Camelot 3000" by Mike W. Barr & Brian Bolland, the classic science fiction/fantasy story that is also one of the first maxi-series ever produced. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/17734043

The Classics: "Calvin & Hobbes" by Bill Waterson 01/22/2021

The Classics: "Calvin & Hobbes" by Bill Waterson And now a rambling and too brief review of "Calvin & Hobbes" by Bill Waterson, one of the greatest comic strips of all time. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/17643635

The Classics: "The Books of Magic" 01/15/2021

The Classics: "The Books of Magic" And now a rambling and too short review of the classic mini-series, "The Books of Magic" from DC/Vertigo and written by Neil Gaiman. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/17555753

The Classics: "Bone" by Jeff Smith 01/08/2021

The Classics: "Bone" by Jeff Smith And now a rambling and too brief review of "Bone" by Jeff Smith, one of my all time favorite comic books. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/17466185

Rube Goldberg: The Dean of Cartoonists 12/31/2020

Rube Goldberg: The Dean of Cartoonists And now a rambling and too brief biography on Rube Goldberg, the dean of cartoonists. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/17386658

Carl Barks, The Good Duck Artist: Part Two 12/25/2020

Carl Barks, The Good Duck Artist: Part Two And now the conclusion to this rambling and too brief biography of the 'Good Duck Artist', Carl Barks. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/17325488

Carl Barks, The Good Duck Artist: Part One 12/18/2020

Carl Barks, The Good Duck Artist: Part One And now the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of Carl Barks, the 'Good Duck Artist' of Disney comic books. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/17240846

Julie Schwartz: DC's Greatest Editor 12/11/2020

Julie Schwartz: DC's Greatest Editor And now a rambling and too brief biography of Julie Schwartz, one of the greatest editors in DC's history. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/17151032

The Life of Gene Colan, Part Two 12/03/2020

The Life of Gene Colan, Part Two And now the conclusion to this rambling and too brief biography of Gene Colan, one of the greatest artists of the Silver Age and beyond. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/17057588

The Life of Gene Colan, Part One 11/26/2020

The Life of Gene Colan, Part One And now the first part one this rambling and too brief biography of Gene Colan, one of the most talented artists of the Silver Age of Comic Books. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/16882397

The Troubled Genius of Mort Meskin 11/20/2020

The Troubled Genius of Mort Meskin And now a rambling and too brief biography of Mort Meskin, a Golden Age artist who rivaled no less than Jack Kirby in the beginning, only for his personal demons to derail his career. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/16882202

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