Hosts Hollis Thompson and Kelly Guentner unpack how American superhero comics have mirrored and shaped real US history, from wartime propaganda to the Comics Code crackdown.
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<p>Comic books have a deep history of Jewish creators and stories. In this episode, our regular comicstorians welcome Sasha Kaplan, an expert on Jewish representation in comics. Check out her Kickstar...
<p>Comicbook art often leans on over-sexualization and even graphically violent sexual imagery to tell the story. </p><p>ComicStorians Hollis Thompson and Kelly Guentner explore this topic.</p><p>Edit...
<p>ComicStorians Kelly Guentner and Hollis Thompson conclude the Comics Code Authority saga with this discussion of the CCA itself. Who actually decided the rules of the CCA, how was it implemented, a...
<p>After the 'Seduction of the Innocent' bombshell was dropped, the US Government decided to hold an exploratory hearing to determine just how much of an impact comic books really have on Amer...
<p>Frederic Wertham is often painted as the biggest villain in comics history, as his tome, Seduction of the Innocent, is responsible for the creation of the Comics Code Authority and the death of sev...
<p>Bonus Episode Time: This panel is from the Multiverse FunRaiser in 2023 and predates the creation of ComicStory, but certainly helped lay the groundwork for our podcast. </p><p>Comicstorians Kelly...
<p>Comicstorians Hollis Thompson and Kelly Guentner dive into the Women in Refrigerators trope and discuss where it started, theorize about why it got so popular and why we've seen less of it in t...
<p>Captain America joined WWII 9 months before the US did. If you don't think comics were political back in the Golden Age, ComicStorians Hollis Thompson and Kelly Guentner are about to change you...
<p>Hedy Lamarr was once known as 'the most beautiful woman in the world.' She was one of the greats of Hollywood's Golden Age, but most people didn't know that she also had a great sci...
<p>Special Guest Shannon Farnon drops in to talk about voicing Wonder Woman on Hanna Barbara's Super Friends, Wonder Woman becoming the face of new wave feminism in the 1970s, and why the characte...
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