The Indie Comic that Dominated the Eisners in ‘88 & ‘89 | CONCRETE (Dark Horse Comics, 1987)

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Steven & Chris explore the rocky emotional terrain winding through the first four issues of Paul Chadwick’s imposingly granite-bodied softie, the brooding giant who is CONCRETE (Dark Horse Comics, 1987).

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The Indie Comic that Dominated the Eisners in ‘88 & ‘89 | CONCRETE (Dark Horse Comics, 1987)

🎙️ Show Notes ✨

00:00 - Theme song
01:00 - First encounters with CONCRETE
04:57 - What is CONCRETE about?
13:47 - The historic impact of CONCRETE in the ‘80s comics scene
25:31 - The masterful cartooning of Paul Chadwick
31:07 - CONCRETE in the Image Comics era; a fish out of water
47:49 - CONCRETE blazes the trail for SIN CITY & HELLBOY
01:01:30 - Great cartoonists draw great hands!
01:11:58 - Issue #1
01:26:08 - Mike Richardson’s “Note From the Publisher”
01:31:49 - Paul Chadwick’s curious request
01:40:30 - Issue #2
01:56:11 - Letterhack supreme, T.M. Maple!
02:03:27 - Chadwick’s use of color & design
02:09:34 - Issue #3 & Issue #4
02:11:05 - Chadwick’s conflicted feelings on aliens
02:26:47 - Alien beauty and alien horror
02:39:51 - A hiccup in the origin story
02:42:54 - Harlan Ellison writes in!
03:09:31 - A very human monster
03:26:25 - Concrete spars with his PR guy
03:37:44 - Chadwick slingin’ brush like a boss
03:40:34 - More letters to CONCRETE
03:47:55 - Why don’t more people today know about CONCRETE?
04:00:32 - Alan Moore & Frank Miller, monthly workhorses
04:03:45 - A final letter & a heartfelt salute to CONCRETE

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