Doctor Strange: The Way of the Weird

02/07/21 • -1 min

Welcome back to Waiting on the Trade, a monthly comics book club for people who don’t have time for monthly comics!

In this episode, guest host Tyler Marifke practices some everyday magic, as we discuss Jason Aaron, Chris Bachalo, and co.’s Doctor Strange: The Way of the Weird.

This episode’s explanations, observations, and links of note include:

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Doctor Strange is the best Doctor Strange. #Boxes4Life.
To learn more about those Ghost Rider books Tyler mentioned, be sure to listen to our Ghost Rider: The Last Stand episode.
If you haven’t, it’s worth checking out Jack Kirby’s Marvel photo collage pages, most of which featured in Fantastic Four. Chris Bachalo definitely pulled some Kirby collage energy for Doctor Strange.
Jason Aaron talks a bit about laying down rules for Doctor Strange’s magic in this interview he did at the start of his run.
Contrary to what 2/3rds of this episode’s hosts might tell you, this podcast does not advocate killing unicorns.

Follow-Up Recommendations

If you liked Doctor Strange, we think you might also like:

Moon Knight: From the Dead. (Keeping in mind that YMMV on whether you’re willing to read Warren Ellis books.)
Locke & Key. (Which I’m conducting a running re-read review of.)
Silver Surfer: New Dawn.

If you enjoyed Tyler’s time on the podcast and want to let him know, you can find him on Twitch, Twitter, and Facebook.

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Welcome back to Waiting on the Trade, a monthly comics book club for people who don’t have time for monthly comics!

In this episode, guest host Tyler Marifke practices some everyday magic, as we discuss Jason Aaron, Chris Bachalo, and co.’s Doctor Strange: The Way of the Weird.

This episode’s explanations, observations, and links of note include:

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Doctor Strange is the best Doctor Strange. #Boxes4Life.
To learn more about those Ghost Rider books Tyler mentioned, be sure to listen to our Ghost Rider: The Last Stand episode.
If you haven’t, it’s worth checking out Jack Kirby’s Marvel photo collage pages, most of which featured in Fantastic Four. Chris Bachalo definitely pulled some Kirby collage energy for Doctor Strange.
Jason Aaron talks a bit about laying down rules for Doctor Strange’s magic in this interview he did at the start of his run.
Contrary to what 2/3rds of this episode’s hosts might tell you, this podcast does not advocate killing unicorns.

Follow-Up Recommendations

If you liked Doctor Strange, we think you might also like:

Moon Knight: From the Dead. (Keeping in mind that YMMV on whether you’re willing to read Warren Ellis books.)
Locke & Key. (Which I’m conducting a running re-read review of.)
Silver Surfer: New Dawn.

If you enjoyed Tyler’s time on the podcast and want to let him know, you can find him on Twitch, Twitter, and Facebook.

You can also find us on:

As always, thanks for listening!

Previous Episode

The Sandman: Endless Nights

Welcome back to Waiting on the Trade, a monthly comics book club for people who don’t have time for monthly comics!

In this episode, Pat indulges my proclivity for power ranking, as we discuss Neil Gaiman and his many, many artistic collaborators’ The Sandman: Endless Nights.

This episode’s explanations, observations, and links of note include:

I’m still not a huge fan of this book being positioned as “The Sandman: Vol. 11,” rather than its own thing. Next thing you know, The Sandman: Overture will be “The Sandman: Vol. 0.”
If you’re into process (like I am), I really do recommend watching the “Neil Gaiman makes a comic book” MasterClass. It offers some great insight into what went into the start of each Sandman story.
As you know if you read this book’s introduction, the Destruction story is a take on a concept from writer R.A. Lafferty.
According to this book’s Wikipedia entry, Moebius was originally slated to do the Destiny chapter. Those pages would have been great, but Frank Quitely’s are also near-perfect.

Follow-Up Recommendations

If you liked The Sandman: Endless Nights, we think you might also like:

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Next Episode

Pulp

Welcome back to Waiting on the Trade, a monthly comics book club for people who don’t have time for monthly comics!

In this episode, guest host Simon Payne considers creators, capitalism, courage, and cowardice, as we discuss Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, and co.’s Pulp.

This episode’s explanations, observations, and links of note include:

Because we’re legally obligated to provide one, here’s a minor history of “pulps.”
Here’s a link to The Comics Journal’s Pulp review, which I couldn’t help but discuss in this episode.
There are so many discussions of creator ownership and IP factories that I could reference here ... instead, I’ll tell you to throw a few dollars to The Hero Initiative if you have them to spare.
NPR has a very informative article and audio segment on the Nazi rally that took place at Madison Square Garden in 1939, if you are looking for more info on that historic (and still stupidly relevant) event.
I found that John Mulaney bit Simon and Pat referenced, and I laughed at it, and I thought you might want to laugh, too.
I tend not to link creators’ other works as follow-up recs, but I do think it’s interesting that Brubaker and Phillips are continuing their done-in-one trend with the Reckless series. If you liked this book, you will probably like that one.