Comic Book Movie Oblivion

In the left corner... "Barry McKenzie" the comic strip (mid-1960s - 1974) by Barry Humphries and Nicholas Garland! And in the right corner... "Barry McKenzie Holds His Own" the movie (1974), directed by Bruce Beresford; written by Bruce Beresford and Barry Humphries; and starring Barry Crocker, Barry Humphries, and Donald Pleasence! --- Please help us keep the lights on and support our Patreon at ...

In the left corner... "Barry McKenzie" the comic strip (mid-1960s - 1974) by Barry Humphries and Nicholas Garland! And in the right corner... "The Adventures of Barry McKenzie" the movie (1972), directed by Bruce Beresford; written by Bruce Beresford and Barry Humphries; and starring Barry Crocker, Barry Humphries, Spike Milligan, and Peter Cook! --- Please help us keep the lights on and support o...

In the left corner... "Judge Dredd" the comic book series, by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra! And in the right corner... "Dredd" the movie (2012), directed by Pete Travis; written by Alex Garland; and starring Karl Urban, Lena Headey, and Domhnall Gleeson!  --- Please help us keep the lights on and support our Patreon at  https://www.patreon.com/ComicBookMovieOblivion --- Kumar and Jordan can als...

In the left corner... "Judge Dredd" the comic book series, by John Wagner, Carlos Ezquerra, and others! And in the right corner... "Judge Dredd" the movie (1995), directed by Danny Cannon; written by William Wisher Jr. and Steven E. de Souza; and starring Sylvester Stallone, Armand Assante, Diane Lane, Rob Schneider, Joan Chen, Jürgen Prochnow, and Max von Sydow! --- Please help us keep the lights...

In the left corner... "Art School Confidential" the 4-page comic "story" (1991) by Daniel Clowes! And in the right corner... "Art School Confidential" the movie (2006), directed by Terry Zwigoff, written by Daniel Clowes; and starring Max Minghella, Sophia Myles, John Malkovich, Anjelica Huston, Jim Broadbent, Matt Keeslar, Ethan Suplee, Joel Moore, Nick Swardson, Ezra Buzzington, Steve Buscemi, M...

In the left corner... "The Coldest City" the graphic novel (2012), by Antony Johnston and Sam Hart! And in the right corner... "Atomic Blonde" the movie (2017), directed by David Leitch; written by Kurt Johnstad; and starring Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, John Goodman, Til Schweiger, Eddie Marsan, Sofia Boutella, Jóhannes Jóhannesson, Toby Jones, Sam Hargrave and Bill Skarsgård! --- Please help u...

This week, a very special crossover episode with the Deconstructing Comics podcast! In the left corner... "The Fantastic Four" the comic book series, issues 1-11 (1961-1962) by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee! And in the right corner... "The Fantastic Four" the (unreleased) movie (1994), directed by Oley Sassone; written by Craig J. Nevius and Kevin Rock; co-executive produced by Roger Corman; and starrin...

In the left corner... "The Drifting Classroom" the manga series (1972-1974) by Kazuo Umezz! And in the right corner... "Drifting School" the movie (1995), aka "Lost In Time" directed by Junichi "J.J." Mimura; and starring Caroline Williams, Hill Harper, Bubba Smith, Billy Drago, and Henry Silva! --- Show Notes: The "Drifting School" version  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZjluqYiO0A The "Lost In...

In the left corner... "The Drifting Classroom" the manga series (1972-1974) by Kazuo Umezz! And in the right corner... "The Drifting Classroom" the movie (1987) directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, and starring Troy Donahue! --- Please help us keep the lights on and support our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/ComicBookMovieOblivion --- Kumar and Jordan can also be found occasionally hosting the Decon...

In the left corner... "Here" the comic book short story (1989) and "Here" the graphic novel (2014) by Richard McGuire! And in the right corner... "Here" the movie (2024) directed by Robert Zemeckis; written by Eric Roth and Robert Zemeckis; and starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, and Paul Bettany! --- Show Notes: The original, 6-page version of "Here": https://from-dusk-till-drawn.com/2016/05/03/her...

In the left corner... "Modesty Blaise" the comic strip (1963-2001) by Peter O'Donnell and Jim Holdaway! And in the right corner... "My Name Is Modesty" the direct-to-video movie (2004) directed by Scott Spiegel; written by Lee Batchler and Janet Scott-Batchler; and starring Alexandra Staden, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and Raymond Cruz! --- Please help us keep the lights on and support our Patreon at ...

In the left corner... "Modesty Blaise" the comic strip (1963-2001) by Peter O'Donnell and Jim Holdaway! And in the right corner... "Modesty Blaise" the movie (1966) directed by Joseph Losey; written by Evan Jones and Harold Pinter; and starring Monica Vitti and Terence Stamp! --- Please help us keep the lights on and support our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/ComicBookMovieOblivion --- Kumar a...

In the left corner... "Batman #1" the comic book issue (1940) by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson; and "The Batman Adventures: Mad Love" the comic book one-shot (1993) by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm! And in the right corner... "The People's Joker" the movie (2022) directed, co-written, and starring Vera Drew! --- Please help us keep the lights on and support our Patreon at https://www.patreo...

In the left corner... "A Distant Neighborhood" the manga graphic novel (1998) by Jiro Taniguchi! And in the right corner... "Quartier Lointain" the movie (2010) directed by Sam Garbarski; and starring Pascal Greggory, Jonathan Zaccaï, Alexandra Maria Lara, and Léo Legrand! --- Please help us keep the lights on and support our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/ComicBookMovieOblivion --- Kumar and...

In the left corner... "Bulletproof Monk" the comic book series (1998) by Michael Avon Oeming and others! And in the right corner... "Bulletproof Monk" the movie (2003) directed by Paul Hunter; written by Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris; and starring Chow Yun-fat, Seann William Scott, Jaime King, Karel Roden, Victoria Smurfit, and Mako! --- Please help us keep the lights on and support our Patreon at h...

In the left corner... "Little Orphan Annie" the comic strip (1924-2010) by Harold Gray! And in the right corner... "Annie" the movie (2014); directed by Will Gluck; and starring Jamie Foxx, Quvenzhané Wallis, Rose Byrne, Cameron Diaz, Bobby Cannavale, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, and Stephanie Kurtzuba! --- Please help us keep the lights on and support our Patreon at  https://www.patreon.com/ComicBoo...

In the left corner... "Little Orphan Annie" the comic strip (1924-2010) by Harold Gray! And in the right corner... "Annie" the movie (1982); directed by John Huston; and starring      Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Bernadette Peters, Ann Reinking, Tim Curry, Geoffrey Holder, Aileen Quinn, and Larry Hankin! --- Please help us keep the lights on and support our Patreon at  https://www.patreon.com/Com...

In the left corner... "The Mask" the comic book series (1991-1994) by John Arcudi and Doug Mahnke! And in the right corner... "The Mask" the movie (1994) directed by Chuck Russell; story co-written by Mark Verheiden; and starring Jim Carrey, Cameron Diaz, Peter Greene, and Reg E. Cathey! --- Please help us keep the lights on and support our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/ComicBookMovieOblivion...

In the left corner... "Death Note" the manga series (2003-2006) by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata! And in the right corner... "Death Note" the movie (2017) directed by Adam Wingard; and starring Nat Wolff, LaKeith Stanfield, Shea Whigham, Margaret Qualley, and Willem Dafoe! --- Please help us keep the lights on and support our Patreon at  https://www.patreon.com/ComicBookMovieOblivion --- Kumar an...

In the left corner... "Death Note" the manga series (2003-2006) by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata! And in the right corner... "Death Note 2: The Last Name" the movie (2006) directed by Shusuke Kaneko; and starring Tatsuya Fujiwara and Kenichi Matsuyama! --- Please help us keep the lights on and support our Patreon at  https://www.patreon.com/ComicBookMovieOblivion --- Kumar and Jordan can also be...

In the left corner... "Death Note" the manga series (2003-2006) by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata! And in the right corner... "Death Note" the movie (2006) directed by Shusuke Kaneko; and starring Tatsuya Fujiwara, Kenichi Matsuyama, and Chairman Kaga! --- Please help us keep the lights on and support our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/ComicBookMovieOblivion --- Kumar and Jordan can also be fo...

In the left corner... "Steel" the comic book series (1993-1998) by Louise Simonson, Jon Bagdanove, Christopher Priest, Denys Cowan and others! And in the right corner... "Steel" the movie (1997) written & directed by Kenneth Johnson; and starring Shaquille O'Neal, Annabeth Gish, Richard Roundtree, Judd Nelson, Ray J, Hill Harper, Gary Graham, and Kevin Grevioux! --- Please help us keep the lights...

In the left corner... "Pogo" the comic strip (1948-1975) by Walt Kelly! And in the right corner... "I Go Pogo" the movie (1980); produced, written, and directed by Marc Paul Chinoy; and starring Skip Hinnant, Vincent Price, Jonathan Winters, Ruth Buzzi, Jimmy Breslin, and Arnold Stang! --- Please help us keep the lights on and support our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/ComicBookMovieOblivion -...

In the left corner... "Peanuts" the comic strip (1950-2000) by Charles M. Shulz! And in the right corner... "The Peanuts Movie" the movie (2015) directed by Steve Martino; written by Craig Schulz, Bryan Schulz & Cornelius Uliano; and starring Noah Schnapp, Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews, Kristin Chenoweth, and Bill Melendez! --- Please help us keep the lights on and support our Patreon at https://...

In the left corner... "American Splendor" the comic book series (1976-2010) written by Harvey Pekar and illustrated by various artists! And in the right corner... "American Splendor" the movie (2003), written and directed by Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini; and starring Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis, Judah Friedlander, James Urbaniak, and Harvey Pekar! --- Please help us keep the lights on and...