Cozy Up With a Good Comic on The Corner Box S2Ep32

John and David return to talk about more of their Comfort Comics, diving into nostalgia, learning how to make comic books, and how creative teams have shaped the future of the industry. Also, David gets his own post-credits scene.

Timestamp Segments

• [01:00] John’s Comfort Comic #2: Lone Wolf and Cub.
• [03:59] Saving urban space collecting Lone Wolf and Cub.
• [07:10] What everyone gets wrong about Lone Wolf and Cub.
• [09:36] David’s Comfort Comic #3: Justice League International.
• [12:11] Keith Giffen’s famous pitch.
• [14:06] The Justice League lineup.
• [19:01] Join the FunTimeGo Campaign!
• [20:02] John’s Comfort Comic #3: Cerebus.
• [22:04] Dave Sim’s contribution to comics education.
• [29:43] The nostalgia of comfort comics.
• [30:44] Bloopers.

Notable Quotes

• “That’s the way to read it, because that’s the way it exists, but I wish it wasn’t.”
• “Very difficult to argue that he didn’t go mad during that.”
• “If you live long enough, you eventually have a heel turn or two.”

Relevant Links

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John is at PugW!
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Books Mentioned

• Ambush Bug, by Keith Giffen.
• Batman: Hush, Batman: Hush 2, by Jeph Loeb, Jim Lee, Scott Williams.
• Cerebus, Cerebus Guide to Self-Publishing, by Dave Sim.
• Conan The Barbarian.
• Crisis on Infinite Earths, By Marv Wolfman & George Perez.
• Daredevil, by Brian Michael Bendis, David Mack, & Alex Maleev.
• Innocent, by Shin’Ichi Sakamoto.
• Justice League International, by J.M DeMatteis, Keith Giffen, Adam Hughes, Bart Sears, Kevin Maguire, Mike McKone, Steve Leialoha, & Ty Templeton.
• Legion of Super-Heroes.
• Lone Wolf and Cub, by Kazuo Koike & Goseki Kojima.
• The Omega Men.
• Ronin, by Frank Miller.