Podcast
Comic Book Movie Oblivion
Hosted by Kumar Sivasubramanian · EN
A podcast about feature films based on comic books and comic strips that people have stopped talking about.
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Episode 195: The Wandering Life of Sanmao (1949)
5d ago01:13:54Tap to summarizeIn the left corner... "Sanmao" the comic strip (1934-?) by Zhang Leping! And in the right corner... "The Wandering Life of Sanmao" the movie (1949) (aka "The Adventures of Sanmao the Waif" and "Wanderings of Three-Hairs the Orphan"), directed by Zhao Ming and Yan Gong; written by Yang Hansheng; and starring Wang Longji! --- The movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZDgfAY3b8A --- To listen to our sister podcast "Comic Book Movie Apocalypse", and to help us keep the lights on, please join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/ComicBookMovieOblivion --- Please contact us, comment, like, rate, review, subscribe, and share! Email CBMOblivion@gmail.com Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/kumarprime.bsky.social Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1551035835334165 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/comicbookmovieoblivion/ Threads https://www.threads.com/@kumarsivasubramanian74 YouTube audio-only podcasts https://www.youtube.com/@comicbookmovieoblivion YouTube movie channel https://www.youtube.com/@CBMOTheater Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/CBMOblivion/ --- Our theme music is "A Trip to the Moon: Comic Descriptive Fantasia" composed by Ezra Read and performed by Vannie Ip-Winfield. For more information on Kumar's writings and translations, please visit KumarBooks.com
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Episode 194: The Spirit (2008)
2w ago01:51:18Tap to summarizeIn the left corner... "The Spirit" the newspaper comic book insert (1940-1952) by Will Eisner! And in the right corner... "The Spirit" the movie (2008), written and directed by Frank Miller; and starring Gabriel Macht, Eva Mendes, Sarah Paulson, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Johnny Simmons, Seychelle Gabriel, Stana Katic, and Jaime King ! --- To listen to our sister podcast "Comic Book Movie Apocalypse", and to help us keep the lights on, please join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/ComicBookMovieOblivion --- Please contact us, comment, like, rate, review, subscribe, and share! Email CBMOblivion@gmail.com Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/kumarprime.bsky.social Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1551035835334165 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/comicbookmovieoblivion/ Threads https://www.threads.com/@kumarsivasubramanian74 YouTube audio-only podcasts https://www.youtube.com/@comicbookmovieoblivion YouTube movie channel https://www.youtube.com/@CBMOTheater Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/CBMOblivion/ --- Our theme music is "A Trip to the Moon: Comic Descriptive Fantasia" composed by Ezra Read and performed by Vannie Ip-Winfield. For more information on Kumar's writings and translations, please visit KumarBooks.com
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Episode 193: The Spirit (1987)
3w ago01:32:43Tap to summarizeIn the left corner... "The Spirit" the newspaper comic book insert (1940-1952) by Will Eisner! And in the right corner... "The Spirit" the TV movie (1987), directed by Michael Schultz; written by Steven E. de Souza; and starring Sam J. Jones, Nana Visitor, Bumper Robinson, Garry Walberg, Daniel Davis, Laura M. Robinson, and Philip Baker Hall! --- To listen to our sister podcast "Comic Book Movie Apocalypse", and to help us keep the lights on, please join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/ComicBookMovieOblivion --- Please contact us, comment, like, rate, review, subscribe, and share! Email CBMOblivion@gmail.com Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/kumarprime.bsky.social Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1551035835334165 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/comicbookmovieoblivion/ Threads https://www.threads.com/@kumarsivasubramanian74 YouTube audio-only podcasts https://www.youtube.com/@comicbookmovieoblivion YouTube movie channel https://www.youtube.com/@CBMOTheater Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/CBMOblivion/ --- Our theme music is "A Trip to the Moon: Comic Descriptive Fantasia" composed by Ezra Read and performed by Vannie Ip-Winfield. For more information on Kumar's writings and translations, please visit KumarBooks.com
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Episode 192: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II The Secret of the Ooze (1991)
4w ago01:29:26Tap to summarizeIn the left corner... "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" #7 the comic book (1986) by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird! And in the right corner... "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze" the movie (1991), directed by Michael Pressman; written by Todd W. Langen; and starring David Warner, Paige Turco, Ernie Reyes Jr., Kevin Clash, Frank Welker, and Vanilla Ice! --- To listen to our sister podcast "Comic Book Movie Apocalypse", and to help us keep the lights on, please join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/ComicBookMovieOblivion --- Please contact us, comment, like, rate, review, subscribe, and share! Email CBMOblivion@gmail.com Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/kumarprime.bsky.social Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1551035835334165 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/comicbookmovieoblivion/ Threads https://www.threads.com/@kumarsivasubramanian74 YouTube audio-only podcasts https://www.youtube.com/@comicbookmovieoblivion YouTube movie channel https://www.youtube.com/@CBMOTheater Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/CBMOblivion/ --- Our theme music is "A Trip to the Moon: Comic Descriptive Fantasia" composed by Ezra Read and performed by Vannie Ip-Winfield. For more information on Kumar's writings and translations, please visit KumarBooks.com
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Episode 191: Paul à Québec (2015)
Jul 401:24:30Tap to summarizeIn the left corner... "The Song of Roland" the graphic novel (2009) by Michel Rabagliati! And in the right corner... "Paul à Québec" the movie (2015), directed by François Bouvier; written by François Bouvier and Michel Rabagliati; and starring Gilbert Sicotte, François Létourneau, and Julie Le Breton! --- To listen to our sister podcast "Comic Book Movie Apocalypse", and to help us keep the lights on, please join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/ComicBookMovieOblivion --- Please contact us, comment, like, rate, review, subscribe, and share! Email CBMOblivion@gmail.com Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/kumarprime.bsky.social Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1551035835334165 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/comicbookmovieoblivion/ Threads https://www.threads.com/@kumarsivasubramanian74 YouTube audio-only podcasts https://www.youtube.com/@comicbookmovieoblivion YouTube movie channel https://www.youtube.com/@CBMOTheater Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/CBMOblivion/ --- Our theme music is "A Trip to the Moon: Comic Descriptive Fantasia" composed by Ezra Read and performed by Vannie Ip-Winfield. For more information on Kumar's writings and translations, please visit KumarBooks.com
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Episode 190: I Kill Giants (2017)
Jun 2701:17:48Tap to summarizeIn the left corner... "I Kill Giants" the graphic novel (2009) by Joe Kelly and Ken Niimura! And in the right corner... "I Kill Giants" the movie (2017), directed by Anders Walter; written by Joe Kelly; and starring Madison Wolfe, Zoe Saldaña, Sydney Wade, Imogen Poots, and Noel Clarke! --- To listen to our sister podcast "Comic Book Movie Apocalypse", and to help us keep the lights on, please join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/ComicBookMovieOblivion --- Please contact us, comment, like, rate, review, subscribe, and share! Email CBMOblivion@gmail.com Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/kumarprime.bsky.social Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1551035835334165 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/comicbookmovieoblivion/ Threads https://www.threads.com/@kumarsivasubramanian74 YouTube audio-only podcasts https://www.youtube.com/@comicbookmovieoblivion YouTube movie channel https://www.youtube.com/@CBMOTheater Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/CBMOblivion/ --- Our theme music is "A Trip to the Moon: Comic Descriptive Fantasia" composed by Ezra Read and performed by Vannie Ip-Winfield. For more information on Kumar's writings and translations, please visit KumarBooks.com
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Episode 189: My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea (2016)
Jun 2000:58:12Tap to summarizeIn the left corner... "MY ENTIRE HIGH SCHOOL... SINKING INTO THE SEA!" the comic book short story (2009) by Dash Shaw! And in the right corner... "My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea" the movie (2016), directed and written by Dash Shaw; lead animator Jane Samborski; and starring Jason Schwartzman, Lena Dunham, Reggie Watts, Maya Rudolph, Susan Sarandon, Alex Karpovsky, John Cameron Mitchell, Matthew Maher, and Margo Martindale! --- To listen to our sister podcast "Comic Book Movie Apocalypse", and to help us keep the lights on, please join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/ComicBookMovieOblivion --- Please contact us, comment, like, rate, review, subscribe, and share! Email CBMOblivion@gmail.com Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/kumarprime.bsky.social Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1551035835334165 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/comicbookmovieoblivion/ Threads https://www.threads.com/@kumarsivasubramanian74 YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@comicbookmovieoblivion Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/CBMOblivion/ --- Our theme music is "A Trip to the Moon: Comic Descriptive Fantasia" composed by Ezra Read and performed by Vannie Ip-Winfield. For more information on Kumar's writings and translations, please visit KumarBooks.com
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Episode 188: Watchmen (2009)
Jun 1303:35:54Tap to summarizeWarning: Spoilers! Warning: Bias! Warning: Three-and-a-half hours! In the left corner... "Watchmen" the graphic novel (1986-1987) by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, and John Higgins! And in the right corner... "Watchmen" the movie (2009), directed Zack Snyder; written by David Hayter and Alex Tse; and starring Malin Åkerman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Patrick Wilson, Billy Crudup, Jackie Earle Haley, Matthew Goode, Carla Gugino, and Matt Frewer! --- The 1988 Fantasy Advertiser issue 100 Watchmen Roundtable (1988), as it originally appeared: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Iqif8WYXAAtUi_lpYyl-AOzkl-zjaXt4/view The 1988 Fantasy Advertiser issue 100 Watchmen Roundtable (1988), transcript: https://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2006/06/24/watchmen/ --- To listen to our sister podcast "Comic Book Movie Apocalypse", and to help us keep the lights on, please join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/ComicBookMovieOblivion --- Please contact us, comment, like, rate, review, subscribe, and share! Email CBMOblivion@gmail.com Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/kumarprime.bsky.social Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1551035835334165 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/comicbookmovieoblivion/ Threads https://www.threads.com/@kumarsivasubramanian74 YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@comicbookmovieoblivion Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/CBMOblivion/ --- Our theme music is "A Trip to the Moon: Comic Descriptive Fantasia" composed by Ezra Read and performed by Vannie Ip-Winfield. For more information on Kumar's writings and translations, please visit KumarBooks.com
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Episode 187: Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013)
Jun 601:52:56Tap to summarizeIn the left corner... "Blue is the Warmest Color" the graphic novel (2010) by Jul Maroh! And in the right corner... "Blue Is the Warmest Colour" the movie (2013), directed by Abdellatif Kechiche; written by Abdellatif Kechiche and Ghalya Lacroix; cinematographed by Sofian El Fani; and starring Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos! --- To listen to our sister podcast "Comic Book Movie Apocalypse", and help us keep the lights on, please join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/ComicBookMovieOblivion --- Please contact us, comment, like, rate, review, subscribe, and share! Email CBMOblivion@gmail.com Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/kumarprime.bsky.social Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1551035835334165 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/comicbookmovieoblivion/ Threads https://www.threads.com/@kumarsivasubramanian74 YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@comicbookmovieoblivion Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/CBMOblivion/ --- Our theme music is "A Trip to the Moon: Comic Descriptive Fantasia" composed by Ezra Read and performed by Vannie Ip-Winfield. For more information on Kumar's writings and translations, please visit KumarBooks.com
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Episode 186: Fullmetal Alchemist The Revenge of Scar
May 3002:07:29Tap to summarizeThis week, a very special crossover episode with the Full Manga Alchemists podcast! In the left corner... the "Fullmetal Alchemist" manga series (2001-2010) by Hiromu Arakawa! And in the right corner... "Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar" the movie (2022), directed by Fumihiko Sori; and starring Ryosuke Yamada, Mackenyu, Misako Renbutsu, Yuina Kuroshima, Tsubasa Honda, Hiroshi Tachi, and Seiyo Uchino! --- Please help us keep the lights on and support our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/ComicBookMovieOblivion --- The Full Manga Alchemists / Law of Equivalent Exchange podcast: https://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=7256 --- Please contact us, comment, and like, rate, review, and subscribe! Email CBMOblivion@gmail.com Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/kumarprime.bsky.social Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1551035835334165 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/comicbookmovieoblivion/ Threads https://www.threads.com/@kumarsivasubramanian74 YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@comicbookmovieoblivion Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/CBMOblivion/ --- Our theme music is "A Trip to the Moon: Comic Descriptive Fantasia" composed by Ezra Read and performed by Vannie Ip-Winfield. For more information on Kumar's writings and translations, please visit KumarBooks.com
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