We lost one of the kings of pop culture, a much beloved creative force, and one of the people who was responsible for making comic books what they are today. He made us believe in characters who were larger than life, but somehow still down to earth, and shone a […]
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4-Panel Vol. 2, Issue 10 – Some Spooky Horror Comics
It’s Halloween, so we’re using that as an excuse to talk about some spooky scary comics and manga. There are plenty of suggestions for the discerning horror and supernatural fan including little known Eric Powell’s Hillbilly from Albatross Comics (which Producer Rob covered many moons ago), Mike Mignola’s Hellboy and […]
Keyframe 123 – A Natural Born Lever-Puller
Keyframe 122 – The Power of Friendship Compels You!
Kicking things off this week is the news that Disney and Pixar are facing another copyright lawsuit involving Inside Out. Aside from that it’s time for us to recommend some titles from the Spring 2018 season of anime, which include Golden Kamuy, Megalobox, Uma Musume: Pretty Derby, Wotakoi: Love is […]
4-Panel 147 – The Creeper in my Sock Drawer
4-Panel 146 – Captain Harlock’s Synth Pop Album
After a week off it’s time for the phoenix-like return of Andrew and Producer Rob as 4-Panel rides again! So, after a collective and half-hearted “Yeehaa” our the dastardly dashing dynamic duo dissect Kevin Feige’s news dump during the Ant-Man press tour before they find out what the DC universe […]
Keyframe 120 – Fujoshi, And Proud!
In his ongoing quest to have everyone eat healthy, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has declared war on … cartoon characters? It actually makes more sense when you know the facts so moving swiftly on, Grr Martin’s 1980 children’s book The Ice Dragon is getting an animated feature film, Disney Princesses […]
Keyframe 118 – A Psychedelic Night In
So aside from Producer Rob confusing his Sarahs (it should be Sarah Michelle Gellar and not Sarah Jessica Parker), Peter Rabbit gets a sequel, Netflix and Viz Media announce an original martial arts anime series set in Mexico, and Christiano Ronaldo gets animated. After that we’ve got kids versus cats […]
4-Panel 138 – He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Lens Flare
After some Thanos-based finger-snapping shenanigans only two-thirds of us are available for this episode, so join Mick and Producer Rob as they discuss J.J. Abrams’ new and “subversive” superhero movie, DC’s plans for another TV adaptation Swamp Thing, and a strange case involving Superman, Lois Lane, the Church of Scientology […]