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Hello, and welcome to First Issues Now, the weekly show
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posted daily ish about only the newest first issues released
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by insert comic company. Here this week, I'll be looking
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at the comics release for the week of October eighth,
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twenty twenty five. Now, I may just be a white
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boy who grew up in North Carolina and now lives
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in Central New York, and I somehow feel like I'm
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not going to be a good voice to talk about
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a comic about the racial tensions that led around the
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Zuus tou Riot. I'm only qualified to say that the
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cherry Pop and Daddy song is straight fire. Yo. Let's
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get into Death to Pachuco number one, written and lettered
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by Henry borejaz Y Rachel Merrill, with colors by Lee Lofridge.
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During the summer of nineteen forty three, Los Angeles became
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a hotbed of tension and conflict as a series of
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fierce clashes erupted between US Navy members and Mexican American
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youth stemming from the murderer of Carlos Urbano. Private eye
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Ricardo Ricky Tlez needs to find the Sleep Lagoon killer
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before the racist mob kills him. In the Zoos who riot.
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The clock is ticking, and it's a bad time to
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be a Mexican. Luckily, this also begins with the definition
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of Pachuco, which is a flashy dressing Mexican American that
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usually belongs to a gang. Cool. So, yes, this is
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a Chicano noir that I don't think I've ever really
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seen before. I've seen plenty of black lad noir focusing
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on the African American experience, especially during the jazz Age,
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so this is honestly a fresh and unique take on
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that is also pretty poignant given the very awkward repeat
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of history that we are currently in. But I told
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my producer that I would not make these reviews political
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discourse anymore. If you would like to hear me talk
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about rioting, well go check out Killing fifteen minutes, specifically
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the AJA Files, where we talk about for very prominent
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riots that may or may not have been race based
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to some extent. But let's take out the broken Spanish
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that I only kind of know. I think I only
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like this book. I don't love it. The art style
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is good, but at the same time it feels a
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bit too fragmented in section. I think it comes from
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the abstract art which works phenomenal for scenes like at
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the Jazz Nightclub, but it doesn't have the same flow
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to work for the action, and it's not static enough
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to give the dialogue scenes a sense of grounding to
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keep it engaging. I think that means that I respect
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this comic more than I enjoy it. But I do
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honestly enjoy it. My verdict for it is honestly going
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to be read it. Like I said, I think it's
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a good comic, but I also see a lot of
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differing opinions on the writing of the art, so any
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official statement I can say can easily be rebuffed in
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either way. So the natural answer is read it for yourself.
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It is not a bad comic by any means, so
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getting it and reading it for yourself is absolutely the
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way to go. I think I could see this being
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a lot of people's next favorite book, but maybe I'm wrong.
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Let me know what your thoughts of this issue are
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over on Facebook at the Comic Archivist, or on Twitter
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at First Issues Now or Blue Sky at AJC. Does
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it all without any underscore, don't forget to like, share, follow,
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and do all the stuff that I'm being told is
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important to continue doing these and while you're down there,
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check out the other podcast from carry On productions like
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Killing fifteen minutes, Mithing fifteen minutes, and Blanking fifteen minutes.
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They're all pretty sweet in their own way, and more
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than anything though, Stigold and Inklings
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Hello, and welcome to First Issues Now, the weekly show
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posted daily ish about only the newest first issues released
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00:00:08.080 --> 00:00:11.800
by insert comic company. Here this week, I'll be looking
4
00:00:11.800 --> 00:00:14.160
at the comics release for the week of October eighth,
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00:00:14.320 --> 00:00:17.800
twenty twenty five. Now, I may just be a white
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00:00:17.839 --> 00:00:20.239
boy who grew up in North Carolina and now lives
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00:00:20.280 --> 00:00:22.800
in Central New York, and I somehow feel like I'm
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not going to be a good voice to talk about
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a comic about the racial tensions that led around the
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00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:29.280
Zuus tou Riot. I'm only qualified to say that the
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00:00:29.359 --> 00:00:32.280
cherry Pop and Daddy song is straight fire. Yo. Let's
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00:00:32.320 --> 00:00:35.679
get into Death to Pachuco number one, written and lettered
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00:00:35.679 --> 00:00:40.920
by Henry borejaz Y Rachel Merrill, with colors by Lee Lofridge.
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During the summer of nineteen forty three, Los Angeles became
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a hotbed of tension and conflict as a series of
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00:00:46.240 --> 00:00:50.240
fierce clashes erupted between US Navy members and Mexican American
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youth stemming from the murderer of Carlos Urbano. Private eye
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Ricardo Ricky Tlez needs to find the Sleep Lagoon killer
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before the racist mob kills him. In the Zoos who riot.
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The clock is ticking, and it's a bad time to
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be a Mexican. Luckily, this also begins with the definition
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of Pachuco, which is a flashy dressing Mexican American that
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usually belongs to a gang. Cool. So, yes, this is
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a Chicano noir that I don't think I've ever really
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seen before. I've seen plenty of black lad noir focusing
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on the African American experience, especially during the jazz Age,
27
00:01:22.239 --> 00:01:24.640
so this is honestly a fresh and unique take on
28
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that is also pretty poignant given the very awkward repeat
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00:01:28.159 --> 00:01:30.640
of history that we are currently in. But I told
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my producer that I would not make these reviews political
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00:01:32.920 --> 00:01:35.120
discourse anymore. If you would like to hear me talk
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00:01:35.120 --> 00:01:40.359
about rioting, well go check out Killing fifteen minutes, specifically
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the AJA Files, where we talk about for very prominent
34
00:01:44.239 --> 00:01:46.879
riots that may or may not have been race based
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00:01:46.959 --> 00:01:49.640
to some extent. But let's take out the broken Spanish
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that I only kind of know. I think I only
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like this book. I don't love it. The art style
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is good, but at the same time it feels a
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00:01:58.359 --> 00:02:01.719
bit too fragmented in section. I think it comes from
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the abstract art which works phenomenal for scenes like at
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the Jazz Nightclub, but it doesn't have the same flow
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to work for the action, and it's not static enough
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to give the dialogue scenes a sense of grounding to
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00:02:14.639 --> 00:02:17.639
keep it engaging. I think that means that I respect
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this comic more than I enjoy it. But I do
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honestly enjoy it. My verdict for it is honestly going
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to be read it. Like I said, I think it's
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a good comic, but I also see a lot of
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00:02:29.840 --> 00:02:32.360
differing opinions on the writing of the art, so any
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00:02:32.360 --> 00:02:35.599
official statement I can say can easily be rebuffed in
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00:02:35.680 --> 00:02:39.120
either way. So the natural answer is read it for yourself.
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It is not a bad comic by any means, so
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00:02:41.840 --> 00:02:44.719
getting it and reading it for yourself is absolutely the
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way to go. I think I could see this being
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a lot of people's next favorite book, but maybe I'm wrong.
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Let me know what your thoughts of this issue are
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over on Facebook at the Comic Archivist, or on Twitter
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at First Issues Now or Blue Sky at AJC. Does
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it all without any underscore, don't forget to like, share, follow,
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00:03:05.080 --> 00:03:06.840
and do all the stuff that I'm being told is
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00:03:06.879 --> 00:03:10.080
important to continue doing these and while you're down there,
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00:03:10.319 --> 00:03:13.360
check out the other podcast from carry On productions like
63
00:03:13.520 --> 00:03:17.280
Killing fifteen minutes, Mithing fifteen minutes, and Blanking fifteen minutes.
64
00:03:17.560 --> 00:03:20.199
They're all pretty sweet in their own way, and more
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00:03:20.199 --> 00:03:22.479
than anything though, Stigold and Inklings
