Crushing Krisis

Comic Books, Drag Race, & Life in New Zealand

Collected Editions

Crushing Comics S01E042 – My Macabre Childhood Favs + X-Force Omnibus by Rob Liefeld

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In this episode my Clue t-shirt sends me on a brief trip down memory lane about all the macabre stuff I liked as a kid. What was your totally peculiar interest as a child?

Afterwards I unwrap one of the most mainstream comics of my childhood: the initial run of Rob Liefeld’s X-Force! It’s at once the perfect metaphor from mutants moving on from an eternal high school and a bit of a let down when it comes to the big ideas behind the guns and pouches.

Want to start from the beginning of this season of videos? Here’s the complete Season 1 playlist of Crushing Comics.

Episode 42 features the X-Force Omnibus, Vol. 1. For more information, head to the Guide to X-Force.

Crushing Comics S01E041 – The little things that keep you alive + War of Kings & Realm of Kings

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Today I muse over our self-image, how I used to be called “Spockchild,” and how my first haircut in Wellington made me think of how we sometimes take for granted all of the little aspects of life that keep us alive.

Then, I unwrap a massive hunk of Cosmic Marvel and get to talk about Nova, War of Kings, and Realm of Kings … plus throw a little shade about how Abnett & Lanning ran a better X-Men and Inhumans event than Marvels actual Inhumans vs. X-Men even in early 2017.

Want to start from the beginning of this season of videos? Here’s the complete Season 1 playlist of Crushing Comics.

Episode 41 features Nova: Annihilation, War of Kings, Realm of Kings, Annihilators, and The Thanos Imperative. See Marvel Universe Events for more information.

Crushing Comics S01E40 – X-Men: Inferno Prologue & X-Men: Inferno Crossovers

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Today I clear another shelf in my quest to unwrap my entire collection. This time I pull out the two pieces of bread in Marvel’s X-Men Inferno sandwich – Inferno Prologue and Inferno Crossovers – which gives me the chance to explain the X-Men’s status quo as they came out of the Fall of the Mutants era.

Want to start from the beginning of this season of videos? Here’s the complete Season 1 playlist of Crushing Comics.

Episode 40 features X-Men: Inferno Prologue and X-Men: Inferno Crossovers. For more information, see Marvel Universe Events.

Crushing Comics S01E039 – Greg Rucka’s Lady Sabre & Alex Alice’s Siegfried (+ a sidebar on feminism)

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After some more musing on how getting physically fit can improve your life I open a very indie brick of books.

First, I unwrap Greg Rucka’s Lady Sabre & the Pirates of the Ineffable Aether, and I spend a lot more time enthusing about Kickstarter (and feminism in comics writing) than I do explaining the book (perhaps some other time!).

Then, I pull out the three gorgeous volumes of Alex Alice’s Siegfried (plus P. Craig Russel’s The Ring of the Nibelung) – some of my favorite books out of my entire collection!

Want to start from the beginning of this season of videos? Here’s the complete Season 1 playlist of Crushing Comics.

Episode 39 features Greg Rucka and Rick Burchett’s Lady Sabre & The Pirates of the Ineffable Aether Kickstarter Edition (which you can read for free online) and Alex Alice’s Siegfried Volumes 1, 2, and 3.

Crushing Comics S01E038 – The dangers of loving canon + Avengers West Coast (& Mockingbird)

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After I deliver a rousing monologue on the utter meaninglessness of canon in comics I unwrap a pair of books that helped the Avengers franchise branch out – the Avengers West Coast omnibuses (which brings me back to the flexibility of canon when it comes to Mockingbird)!

Want to start from the beginning of this season of videos? Here’s the complete Season 1 playlist of Crushing Comics.

Episode 38 features Avengers West Coast Omnibus Volumes 1 and 2, covered in the Guide to Avengers West Coast.