Overthinking Comics

Paul read Uzumaki, and Sean read Tomie, both by Japanese comics creator Junji Ito. It is horror in the strange, disturbing sense of the genre, so we rave about his work.

Before that, however, Sean talks about his Target adventure to find the new Cobra Island G.I. Joe Classified figures. It is an “old men being sad about toys” story, but with a happy ending. Also, Paul shares his love of the Technodrome with his son.

Also:

• Mushroom coffee vs smoothy
• Non-Licensed means more articulation
• A Saturday Night Live skit came to life
• Waiting in Target is something nobody ever wants to do
• Poor Roadblock gets to hang from the pegs
• Micro Machines return! Were you in that micro toy generation?
• Paul is a serious collector, but mostly out of laziness
• We’ve got a grocery list of recent comic pick ups
• What does horror have to do with professional wrestling? We know…
• How a slower pace is a better pace
• The horror of Junji Ito is like Concrete by Paul Chadwick in a particular way
• Age Of Apocalypse illustrates the danger of binging
• The build up to Avengers Vs. X-Men left a lot to be desired when the main event rolled around
• We have some gripes with Marvel, and we share them
• We also have a lot of good things to say about HoXPoX and the new X-Men line at Marvel
• Plus, one more positive thing to say at the end