Come along with the panelists as we venture back to the mythical, long-ago land of 2012. Cape comics are on the show once more with Marvel's Hawkeye, as written by Matt Fraction and illustrated by a large team of artists (David Aja chief among them). The story of oft-ignored Avenger Clint Barton and his protege Kate Bishop takes us coast-to-coast and through half a dozen different art styles, but at the heart of it lies the question...Just how far can the lone wolf archetype actually get you?

• (00:00) - “Hawkeye” by Matt Fraction & David Aja
• (00:20) - Front Matter
• (01:19) - Non-spoiler summary
• (01:46) - Impressions
• (04:49) - Structure & time
• (06:40) - Art!
• (14:08) - Do you need to know the characters?
• (20:44) - Understanding this comic
• (24:29) - Some soul-searching
• (31:58) - SPOILER ZONE
• (32:46) - Bro
• (34:18) - The humor
• (39:01) - The women in Clint’s life
• (42:58) - Some great paneling
• (46:55) - The LA stuff
• (52:29) - RIP Encounter Restaurant
• (52:58) - The gay couple
• (55:18) - Madame Masque’s design
• (56:43) - When Clint loses his hearing
• (59:26) - Pizza is my business
• (01:06:59) - Issue 10
• (01:08:26) - Kate’s shirt
• (01:09:23) - Kate’s car
• (01:10:22) - The color script
• (01:14:27) - The last 2 pages
• (01:19:10) - Further reading

- Matt Fraction’s “Batman”
- David Aja’s “Immortal Iron Fist”
- Mark Waid’s “Daredevil”
- Jimmy Corrigan the smartest kid on earth - Chris Ware
- Gillen and McKelvie’s “Young Avengers”

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Matt
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Editing this week by AJ Fillari.
Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.
Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.