New UNDERTOW PODCAST As The End Nears for KILL OR BE KILLED!
We've just released the latest episode of The Undertow Podcast: we're approaching our 25th episode as Kill Or Be Killed is hurtling toward its grand finale.
In episode 24, we review KOBK's penultimate issue #19, an action-packed chapter with the series' most shocking cliffhanger ending.
We also cover the latest news from the world of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips' crime comics. An interviewer asks about that ending, and we talk about the upcoming graphic novella, My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys.
And we end the issue with my strong and unequivocal recommendation for another graphic-novel crime comic, John K. Snyder III's hardcover adaptation of Eight Million Ways to Die, published by IDW. The 1982 novel by Lawrence Block is the fifth in his detective series starring the alcoholic ex-cop Matthew Scudder, but this adaptation stands very well on its own, perfectly capturing the story's melancholy mood and the seedy setting of New York City in the early Eighties.
The book was released just last week, and late last month, CBR posted a very unusual preview, featuring work in-progress with fascinating commentary from the artist.
In the crime writer's own newsletter, Lawrence Block writes, "I flat-out love what JKS3 has done," something he hasn't been able to say for most of his work's big-screen adaptations. And, he links to a comics review by J.C. Vaughn saying that the book "may well be Snyder’s magnum opus, and it is unquestionably the best work of his career."
In their main characters and art styles, the two adaptations are very different indeed, but we find ourselves shocked to say that we think the book is as astounding as Darwyn Cooke's four books adapting Richard Stark's master thief Parker.
As always, you can find the podcast on iTunes and at Podbean: we greatly appreciate listeners' feedback, and if you like our work, tell someone else who you think should give it a listen.
We'll be back very soon indeed to review the final issue of Kill Or Be Killed: issue 20 reaches stores tomorrow, with two different covers.
In episode 24, we review KOBK's penultimate issue #19, an action-packed chapter with the series' most shocking cliffhanger ending.
We also cover the latest news from the world of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips' crime comics. An interviewer asks about that ending, and we talk about the upcoming graphic novella, My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys.
And we end the issue with my strong and unequivocal recommendation for another graphic-novel crime comic, John K. Snyder III's hardcover adaptation of Eight Million Ways to Die, published by IDW. The 1982 novel by Lawrence Block is the fifth in his detective series starring the alcoholic ex-cop Matthew Scudder, but this adaptation stands very well on its own, perfectly capturing the story's melancholy mood and the seedy setting of New York City in the early Eighties.
The book was released just last week, and late last month, CBR posted a very unusual preview, featuring work in-progress with fascinating commentary from the artist.
In the crime writer's own newsletter, Lawrence Block writes, "I flat-out love what JKS3 has done," something he hasn't been able to say for most of his work's big-screen adaptations. And, he links to a comics review by J.C. Vaughn saying that the book "may well be Snyder’s magnum opus, and it is unquestionably the best work of his career."
In their main characters and art styles, the two adaptations are very different indeed, but we find ourselves shocked to say that we think the book is as astounding as Darwyn Cooke's four books adapting Richard Stark's master thief Parker.
As always, you can find the podcast on iTunes and at Podbean: we greatly appreciate listeners' feedback, and if you like our work, tell someone else who you think should give it a listen.
We'll be back very soon indeed to review the final issue of Kill Or Be Killed: issue 20 reaches stores tomorrow, with two different covers.
Labels: Darwyn Cooke, Kill Or Be Killed, My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies, previews, reviews, Undertow Podcast
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