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 189: My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea (2016)
4d ago00:58:12Tap 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)
2w ago03:35:54Tap 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)
3w ago01:52:56Tap 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
4w ago02:07:29Tap 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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Episode 185: Jungle Jim (1948) & Mark of the Gorilla (1950)
May 2301:31:52Tap to summarizeIn the left corner... "Jungle Jim" the comic strip (1934-1954) by Alex Raymond and Don W. Moore! And in the right corner... "Jungle Jim" (1948) and "Mark of the Gorilla" (1950) the movies, both directed by William Berke and written by Caroll Young; and starring Johnny Weissmuller and George Reeves! --- 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 #grotesquecannibals
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Episode 184: Man-Thing (2005)
May 1601:39:48Tap to summarizeIn the left corner... "Man-Thing" the comic book character (1971) created by Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway, and Gray Morrow! And in the right corner... "Man-Thing" the movie (2005), directed by Brett Leonard; written by Hans Rodionoff; and starring Matthew Le Nevez, Rachael Taylor, Jack Thompson, Rawiri Paratene, Ian Bliss, and Conan Stevens!! --- 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 183: Swamp Thing (1982)
May 901:54:52Tap to summarizeIn the left corner... "Swamp Thing" the comic book series (1972-1974), by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson! And in the right corner... "Swamp Thing" the movie (1982), directed and written by Wes Craven; and starring Ray Wise, Dick Durock, Adrienne Barbeau, Louis Jourdan, David Hess, Nicholas Worth, and Mimi Craven! --- 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 182: Nejishiki (1998) [aka "Screwed", aka "Wind-Up Type", aka "Neji-shiki"]
May 201:15:15Tap to summarizeIn the left corner... "Nejishiki" (1968), "The Mokkiriya Tavern Girl" (1968), and "Master of the Willow Inn" (1970), the manga stories by Yoshiharu Tsuge! And in the right corner... "Nejishiki" the movie (1998), directed and written by Teruo Ishii; and starring Tadanobu Asano, and Tetsuro Tanba! --- Nejishiki the video game! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqbOorSFfd9J6GVOrRd3_p1ZXNrDZNczO Nejishiki the anime! https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm18528414 --- 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 181: Spawn (1997)
Apr 2502:02:05Tap to summarizeIn the left corner... "Spawn" the comic book series (1992-present), by Todd McFarlane! And in the right corner... "Spawn" the movie (1997), directed by Mark A.Z. Dippé; written by Alan B. McElroy; and starring Michael Jai White, Nicol Williamson, John Leguizamo, Martin Sheen, Melinda Clarke, Miko Hughes, Michael Papajohn, Frank Welker, and Laura Interval! --- 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 180: F--- My Son! (2025), including an interview with director Todd Rohal!
Apr 1802:20:42Tap to summarizeIn the left corner... "F--- My Son: A Tale of Terror, Issue One" the graphic novel (2023) by Johnny Ryan! And in the right corner... "F--- My Son!" the movie (2025), directed and written by Todd Rohal; and starring Tipper Newton, Steve Little, Robert Longstreet, Macon Blair, Daemon Pedroza, Ron Ford, George Sample III, and Elizabeth Maxwell! --- Todd Rohal's Vimeo page: https://vimeo.com/rohal FMS Instagram page with upcoming dates: https://www.instagram.com/fckmyson/?hl=en --- 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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