Overthinking Comics

We discuss Tomie, since Paul has now read some of that work by Junji Ito. Paul played Nier: Automata, and so he tells us about the virtues of that video game. Last, Sean has been watching Wandavision, and we have a non-spoiler discussion of that show.

We read the metaphoriest of Junji Ito’s stories, and discuss how we read meaning into an author’s work, understanding a writer’s intention, and how that informs our understanding of the stories we read. Also: Bruce Lee movies!

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.