Weekly Update 02/25/20

I read this long interview with Frank Miller and Klaus Janson this week about Daredevil. One of the things that struck me is how they had such similar philosophies about how they wanted to create comics and for their vision of Daredevil. Now, their partnership was mostly an accident. Miller did some good pencil work on a couple issues of Spider-Man (issues that featured Daredevil) and he got moved onto pencilling Daredevil, which already had Klaus Janson doing inking. By 1982, Miller was doing writing and pencils and Janson was inking and coloring, and anyone who has read Daredevil in 1982 can tell you how beautifully meshed their sensibilities are.

It just makes me wonder how often great comics spring from talents recognizing who they best work with and making a point to collaborate, and how much of the time it's just a happy coincidence. In a more modern era, especially in creator owned series where collaborations are dictated by the creators and not editors, it's obviously much more common.

What are some of you favorite collaborations? Off the top of my head, Ditko/Lee, Kirby/Lee, McGregor/ Graham, and Claremont/Byrne are the real standouts for me so far in the club.

I've got a couple small Patreon tweaks to mention.
- The $3 tier dropped panel of the year choice (a lot of work for something people weren't that interested in) and replaced by access to all bonus episodes of the show we do besides My Ultimate Year (The MCU movie reviews, bad comics podcasts, the Q&A audio, etc).
- The $15 tier has now become "Make Zack your personal dancing monkey every three months" Tier. Dictate something specific for Zack to stream on Twitch, whether that be a read-along/ commentary on specific issues, reviewing a trade paperback of your choice, or just streaming a game.

The first scheduled stream will be on Sunday, March 8 at 3PM EST. I'll be streaming issues #1 & #12 of Tom King's Mister Miracle. If you want to read the series ahead of time, it's available on DC Universe or Hoopla.

If you're a $5+ Patron, make sure to check out My Ultimate Year: Episode Three, out now! 

This week's episode is Marvel Year Twenty-One: 1982 Pt. 1! Please send any feedback about 1982 to us by March 11 for the 1982 Variant Cover to mymarvelousyear@gmail.com

1982 PART 1:
The Death of Captain Marvel Graphic Novel
The New Mutants Graphic Novel
X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills Graphic Novel Special Edition

1982 PART 2:
The Contest #1 to #3
Daredevil #178 to #189
Amazing Spider-Man #229 to #230
Moon Knight #22 to 25

1982 PART 3:
Wolverine #1 to #4
Uncanny X-Men #160 to #164
Fantastic Four #240, #242 to #247

My Ultimate Year Episode Three:
Ultimate Spider-Man #8-13
Ultimate X-Men #7-14
Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #10-16

My Ultimate Year Episode Four:
Ultimate Spider-Man #14-21
Ultimate X-Men #15-20
Ultimates #1-6

UPCOMING PODCAST SCHEDULE:
February 24: Marvel Year Twenty-One 1982 Pt. 1
March 1: My Ultimate Year: Episode Four
March 2: Marvel Year Twenty-One 1982 Pt. 2
March 9:  Marvel Year Twenty-One 1982 Pt. 3
March 16:  Marvel Year Twenty-One 1982 Variant Cover
March 23:  Marvel Year Twenty-Two 1983 Pt. 1 

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