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Zackoko (lives in crate) and One-Eyed Charlo (locked Zack in crate) continue our six part series on the works of Osamu Tezuka.

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Comics covered in this episode:
– Ayako & Buddha

Topics discussed:
– Is Buddha the most representational of both of Tezuka’s styles in its balance of maturity and silliness?
– Do we really understand the allegory behind Ayoko?
– How does Buddha work as a historical text?

Next up, we’re continuing our six month series covering the work of Osumu Tezuka:

5. Black Jack
6. Message To Adolf & Phoenix

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Music for Extra Issues is credited to FM Skyline.

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HyZackimaru , who only has one real body part (wink), and his feisty sidekick DorCharlotte continue our six part series on the works of Osamu Tezuka.

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Comics covered in this episode:
– Kimba the White Lion, Princess Knight, & Dororo

Topics discussed:
– What new techniques do we see Tezuka employ as his career progressed?
– Is Princess Knight feminist? Sexist? Both? Neither?!
– Does Tezuka work well in a serialized style or would self-contained works suit him better?

Next up, we’re continuing our six month series covering the work of Osuma Tezuka:

3. Swallowing the Earth, Apollo’s Song, Ode to Kirihito, The Book of Human Insects & MW
4. Ayako & Buddha
5. Black Jack
6. Message To Adolf & Phoenix

You can our other Marvel Comics podcast on Comic Book Herald at mymarvelousyear.com

Music for Extra Issues is credited to FM Skyline.

You can support Extra Issues via Patreon for as little as $1 a month at patreon.com/mymarvelousyear

TeZacka, the godfather of comic book podcasts, and Astro Charlotte begin six two part series on the works of Osamu Tezuka.

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Comics covered in this episode:
– Metropolis & Astro Boy

Topics discussed:
– What formal aspects of Astro Boy do we see trickle into manga today, 60 years later?
– Is Astro the least interesting part of his own comic?
– Will Astro ever make a friend who won’t die a horrific death?

Next up, we’re doing a six month series covering the work of Osuma Tezuka:

2. Kimba the White Lion, Princess Knight, & Dororo
3. Swallowing the Earth, Apollo’s Song, Ode to Kirihito, The Book of Human Insects & MW
4. Ayako & Buddha
5. Black Jack
6. Message To Adolf & Phoenix

You can our other Marvel Comics podcast on Comic Book Herald at mymarvelousyear.com

Music for Extra Issues is credited to FM Skyline.

You can support Extra Issues via Patreon for as little as $1 a month at patreon.com/mymarvelousyear

Charlotte Funhomo and The Secret to Superhuman Zack conclude our two part series on the works of Alison Bechdel. On this episode we cover Bechdel’s three major memoirs.

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Comics covered in this episode:
– Fun Home
-Are You My Mother
-The Secret to Superhuman Strength

Topics discussed:
– How can we talk about a work that is so closely tied with its author without casting judgement on the human being?
– Would you smoke a blunt with Alison?
– How do these books examine (without explicitly doing so) the nature of truth in non-fiction?

Our next miniseries will be two episodes covering the work of Juni Ba:
-Djeliya: A West African Fantasy Epic & Monkey Meat
-Robin: Boy Wonder, The Unlikely Story of Felix and Macabber, & Mobilis

You can find Charlotte at twitter.com/mymarvelousyear

You can our other Marvel Comics podcast on Comic Book Herald at mymarvelousyear.com

Music for Extra Issues is credited to FM Skyline.

You can support Extra Issues via Patreon for as little as $1 a month at patreon.com/mymarvelousyear