“Hawkeye” by Matt Fraction and David Aja

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 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” A comics podcast for everyone, proud to be a part of The Worst Garbage network. Find us on Bluesky or Tumblr. This week’s panelists can be found at: Scout Matt Robin Jillian Editing this week by AJ Fillari. Cover art by Scout Wilkinson. Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.