This week we cover the heavy hitters of web comics, our “best of the best” favorites: Perry Bible Fellowship, Hark! A Vagrant, and Penny Arcade. We talk about what makes these web comics stick out for us, and how they’ve worked to shape the stage of comics on the web today. For more information on past or upcoming shows, please visit www.AtomicPoweredSuperCast.com.
Web comics invasion! Refuge of office drones, periodic web comic strips have gained a huge following. We start our discussion of this new comic medium by mulling over a number of titles, including Captain Stupendous, Snowflakes, Romantically Apocalyptic, Hipster Hitler, and Get Your War On. We discus webcomic art style, political cartoons, and what separates the web stuff from the print stuff. For information on past and upcoming shows, visit www.AtomicPoweredSuperCast.com.
Our AMERICA!!! Patriotism arc wraps up with a small review of Haunted Tank by Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert along with a lengthy discussion of patriotism in comics. We discuss its evolution, good and bad embodiments, and how it affects is as comic book readers. For more information on past or upcoming shows, check out www.AtomicPoweredSuperCast.com.
