Critiquing Comics #158: “Bronze Age Boogie” and “Longdog”




Deconstructing Comics show

Summary: <br> In this episode, Tim and Mulele discuss:<br> <br> * <a href="https://comicsahoy.com/comics/bronze-age-boogie-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bronze Age Boogie</a>, by Stuart Moore and Alberto Ponticelli. An ambitious comic that tries to cram in too many ideas. The Bronze Age! ’70s pop culture! Time-traveling apes! Prose interludes! Meanwhile, <a href="https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/02/12/tyrone-finch-mauricet-major-ursa-bronze-age-boogie/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the book’s backup feature</a> is the bomb! Has Ahoy Comics gotten things backwards?<br> * <a href="https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/longdog/prog-1/viewer?title_no=291217&amp;episode_no=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Longdog</a>, by Josh Hechinger and Jorge Munoz. The authors of <a href="http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=61" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one of our very early critiques</a> are back together with a story of Sasquatch hunting. It looks good, but is the tone a bit inconsistent?<br> <br> Also, Mulele tells a story of recent tragic headlines here in Japan and how they intersect with comics and his life.<br>