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Welcome to Long STRANGE Trip, a journey into the publication history of Marvel’s Master of the Mystic Arts. Let's place the Eye of Agamotto on The Sorcerer Supreme himself, Doctor Stephen Strange. Broadcasting from his own Sanctum Sanctorum is our host Angus who will be your guide through this monthly expedition to uncover Doctor Strange's comics legacy. We hope you enjoy this latest adventure in...

Happy 250TH Birthday America! Angus concludes our Star Spangled Banner Spectacular Celebration with Give Me Liberty! A Revised History of the American Revolution by Gilbert Shelton and Ted Richards. PART TWO: Give Me Liberty! A Revised History of the American Revolution ⁠https://www.amazon.com/Liberty-Revised-History-American-Revolution-ebook/dp/B0DPJCQTB3/⁠ Fifty years ago, underground cartoonist...

Happy Sestercentennial America! Angus kicks off Dark Horse Comics Month with a Star Spangled Banner Spectacular Celebration of Give Me Liberty by Frank Miller and Dave Gibbons. In PART TWO on July 4th, Angus will review Give Me Liberty! A Revised History of the American Revolution by Gilbert Shelton and Ted Richards. PART ONE: Give Me Liberty https://www.darkhorse.com/books/44-329/give-me-liberty-...

Happy 800th Episode and Big Thank You to our listeners!!! JJ and Angus sit down to discuss our Comic Book Character Of The Month selection Supergirl: Woman Of Tomorrow. This graphic novel was the primary source of inspiration for the Supergirl movie in theaters today! Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow https://www.amazon.com/Supergirl-Woman-Tomorrow-Tom-King-ebook/dp/B0B6B1K23W/ It’s Supergirl like you’...

Welcome to Kudos Kirby, a comics journey into Jack Kirby’s lesser known works. Angus will be your guide through this monthly expedition to uncover those hidden gems from “The King of Comics” over 20,000 comic book pages! We hope you enjoy this latest adventure in the journey! In this episode Angus discusses Jack Kirby SUPER POWERS Vol 1 Issue 5 and conducts the review within the context of the his...

Earlier this year we lost Sal Buscema. 20+ years earlier we had lost his brother John. This is a long overdue tribute to The Brothers Buscema where Doc and Angus highlight the works that meant the most to these brothers and left a massive legacy on comic book history! First up are selections from Sal Buscema's run on The Incredible Hulk! Incredible Hulk (1962-1999) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0...

Angus brings into the screening room 2 micro-documentaries on ROM The Space Knight. The Story of ROM Spaceknight: From Failed Toy to Important Comic Character https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zQTaP8x-c4 The History of ROM Spaceknight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HI3WCtkuGo Please join us for our June Reads: Graphic Novel Of The Month > Rom: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus Vol. 1 ⁠⁠https:/...

Angus takes a trip back to 1990 and reviews Alan Grant, Keith Giffen, and Simon Bisley's limited series LOBO The Last Czarnian! This series would be foundational in inspiring how future series of the character would be portrayed not only in comics but also in DC films. All of this is in celebration of Supergirl coming to movie screens on June 26th! Lobo by Keith Giffen & Alan Grant Vol. 1...

Welcome to Long STRANGE Trip, a journey into the publication history of Marvel’s Master of the Mystic Arts. Let's place the Eye of Agamotto on The Sorcerer Supreme himself, Doctor Stephen Strange. Broadcasting from his own Sanctum Sanctorum is our host Angus who will be your guide through this monthly expedition to uncover Doctor Strange's comics legacy. We hope you enjoy this latest adven...

Welcome to Long Time Ago, a journey into the Marvel Star Wars Legends Comics. Our host Angus first made the jump to hyperspace and a galaxy far far away by reading Marvel Star Wars Vol 1 Issue #9 and never looked back! Travel back to 1977 into the origins of the series and discover how comics has supported fandom and in some ways shaped the Star Wars universe. This seventy-second episode reviews i...

Angus adventures back to 1982 and discovers Paul Kupperberg and Carmine Infantino's run on The Daring New Adventures of Supergirl. This Pre-Crisis portrayal of the character would lay the foundation for further modern stories to be told of Kara Zor-El. All of this is in celebration of Supergirl coming to movie screens on June 26th! The Daring New Adventures of Supergirl (1982-1984) Vol. 1 http...

In celebration of Image Comics Month, Angus takes a trip to Portsmouth to meet Detective Rowan Black in this modern Gothic Noir gem by Greg Rucka and Nicola Scott! Black Magick Vol. 1 https://www.amazon.com/Black-Magick-Vol-Greg-Rucka-ebook/dp/B01EIG4HYG/ Black Magick https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/black-magick Detective Rowan Black works robbery/homicide for the Portsmouth PD, but her grea...

Doc and Angus discover the ethereal, cosmic RADIANT and review how Nathan Burnett manages his new power! Radiant Black Vol. 1 https://www.amazon.com/Radiant-Black-Vol-Kyle-Higgins-ebook/dp/B096GCNKX3/ Nathan Burnett has just turned 30, and things aren’t great—he’s working (and failing) at two jobs, his credit card debt is piling up, and his only move…is moving back home with his parents... he'...

Angus journeys back in time in search of Charley Bourne on the Western front in 1916! Charley's War Book 1 https://www.amazon.com/Charleys-War-Book-Pat-Mills-ebook/dp/B07CLM3QBX/ Considered by many as the most important war story to appear in comics, Charley’s War follows the working class Charley Bourne who eagerly signs up to fight on the Western front in 1916. The idealistic sixteen-year-ol...

In celebration of Image Comics Month, Angus takes a trip to the kingdom of Zhal! Seven To Eternity Vol. 1 https://www.amazon.com/Seven-Eternity-Vol-Rick-Remender-ebook/dp/B01MZZF795/ The God of Whispers has spread an omnipresent paranoia to every corner of the kingdom of Zhal; his spies hide in every hall spreading mistrust and fear. Adam Osidis, a dying knight from a disgraced house, must choose...

Welcome to Kudos Kirby, a comics journey into Jack Kirby’s lesser known works. Angus will be your guide through this monthly expedition to uncover those hidden gems from “The King of Comics” over 20,000 comic book pages! We hope you enjoy this latest adventure in the journey! In this episode Angus discusses Jack Kirby SUPER POWERS Vol 1 Issue 4 and conducts the review within the context of the his...

In celebration of Image Comics Month, Doc & Angus visit Oak Valley, Maine and witness the mayhem that is Exquisite Corpses! Exquisite Corpses Vol. 1 https://www.amazon.com/Exquisite-Corpses-Vol-James-Tynion-ebook/dp/B0FJGM3VXD/ Every five years on Halloween, the wealthiest families in America play a game. Twelve of the deadliest people in the world are dropped into a small town with just one g...

In celebration of Image Comics Month, Angus goes on a quest to Palisade to find the Rat Queens! Rat Queens Vol. 1: Sass & Sorcery https://www.amazon.com/Rat-Queens-Vol-Sass-Sorcery-ebook/dp/B00J9O0QC0/ Who are the Rat Queens? A pack of booze-guzzling, death-dealing battle maidens-for-hire, and they're in the business of killing all god's creatures for profit. It's also a darkly comedic sass-an...

JJ and Angus take a long journey with Elijah Snow as he conducts an excavation of the 20th Century’s imagination! Comic Book Character Of The Month For April 2026: Elijah Snow > Planetary Book One https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0734FMPTD This book collects the adventures of Elijah Snow, a powerful, hundred- year-old- man, Jakita Wagner, an extremely powerful but bored woman, and The Drummer, a man...

Welcome to Long Time Ago, a journey into the Marvel Star Wars Legends Comics. Our host Angus first made the jump to hyperspace and a galaxy far far away by reading Marvel Star Wars Vol 1 Issue #9 and never looked back! Travel back to 1977 into the origins of the series and discover how comics has supported fandom and in some ways shaped the Star Wars universe. This seventy-first episode reviews is...

Angus reviews Crumb: A Cartoonist's Life. Written with Crumb’s cooperation, this fascinating, rollicking book takes in seven decades of Crumb’s iconic works, including Fritz the Cat, Weirdo, and his adaptation of The Book of Genesis. Crumb: A Cartoonist's Life https://www.amazon.com/Crumb-Cartoonists-Life-Dan-Nadel/dp/1982144009/ Robert Crumb is often credited with single-handedly transfor...

Angus reviews R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country , a tribute by an underground icon to the musical innovators who helped inspire him. R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country https://www.amazon.com/dp/0810930862 Anyone who knows R. Crumb’s work as an illustrator knows of his passion for music. And all those who collect his work prize the Heroes of the Blues, Early Jazz Gr...

Angus reviews in the screening room Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts . This insightful documentary dives into the warped mind of the writer/futurist/philosopher behind groundbreaking comics "Transmetropolitan," "Iron Man: Extremis," and "RED." Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts - Official Full Film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtnkhgDn8A8 Warren Ellis sees the future. He i...

Welcome to Kudos Kirby, a comics journey into Jack Kirby’s lesser known works. Angus will be your guide through this monthly expedition to uncover those hidden gems from “The King of Comics” over 20,000 comic book pages! We hope you enjoy this latest adventure in the journey! In this episode Angus discusses Jack Kirby SUPER POWERS Vol 1 Issue 3 and conducts the review within the context of the his...

JJ and Angus discuss a hidden gem of a series Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld our Comic Book Character Of The Month for March / Appendix N Month! Reaching 13 years old is a milestone in life, especially in the case of Amy Winston. Amy discovers many hidden truths about her past, foremost that she is actually Princess Amethyst, who comes from a world much different from her own, the Gemworld, far re...