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One man tries to be productive about his comic-reading hobby.

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    • Jun 5, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    Comic Picks #446: Buried Mediocrity of Manga -- Billy Bat

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2025 22:36


    It's Naoki Urasawa's least good series, and you may never have a chance to read it legitimately.  Yay?

    Comic Picks #445: Venom by Al Ewing (and Friends)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 30:28


    Not a classic, but the writer's run is still interesting (up to this point).   Want more reviews, check out:  https://comicpicksbytheglick.com

    Comic Picks #444: Bloodborne

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 44:10


    On the 10th anniversary of the game, Steve and I see if the comics spun off from it are any good.

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    Comic Picks #443: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Part 6 -- Stone Ocean

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 30:23


    Still bizarre after all these years, or have we moved into nonsensical?   Want more reviews, check out:  https://comicpicksbytheglick.com

    Comic Picks #442: Nightwing by Tom Taylor

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 28:53


    Not just the best (only) "Nightwing" run I've read, but it's actually good too!   Want more reviews, check out:  https://comicpicksbytheglick.com

    Comic Picks #441: Absolute Power

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 33:46


    Corrupts absolutely?  Or rocks absolutely?!  Somewhere in the middle, actually.   Want more reviews, check out:  https://comicpicksbytheglick.com

    Comic Picks #440: Amazing Spider-Man by Zeb Wells

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 27:22


    Peter Parker and Norman Osborn:  Friends at last?  I couldn't believe it until I did.   Want more reviews, check out:  https://comicpicksbytheglick.com

    Comic Picks #439: Star Wars -- Darth Vader by Greg Pak

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 25:08


    Better than you'd expect from a "Vader" series that's twice as long as any other one at Marvel.

    Comic Picks #438: Best of 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2025 38:39


    Gillen!  Noda!  Hickman!  Spurrier!  Aka!  King!  Kui!  Cantwell!  AND MORE!

    Comic Picks #437: Orb -- On the Movements of the Earth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2025 28:31


    A series that asks questions about the price of knowledge and finds some interesting answers.   Want more reviews, check out:  https://comicpicksbytheglick.com

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    Comic Picks #436: Star Wars by Charles Soule

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2025 31:26


    Soule gets his shot at the brass ring of "Star Wars" comics and gives Lando the story he's been waiting for.

    Comic Picks #435: Innocent

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2024 29:04


    Worth reading for the art alone.  As for the story...

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    Comic Picks #434: Transformers by Daniel Warren Johnson vol. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2024 39:13


    New volume!  New artist!  Same great momentum, or has the shine already come off?

    Comic Picks #433: Local Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2024 25:44


    F*** Crossjack.  Maybe not this series, though.

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    Comic Picks #432: The DC vs. Marvel Omnibus

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2024 44:36


    It's a genuine piece of superhero comics history that I wish was better than it turned out being.

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    Comic Picks #431: Batman -- One Bad Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 56:57


    Do several prestige one-shots featuring Batman's most famous villains add up to one good time for the reader?

    Comic Picks #430: Blood on the Tracks

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024 22:10


    Shuzo Oshimi's latest is painful, but is it interesting in spite of that?   Want more reviews, check out:  https://comicpicksbytheglick.com

    Comic Picks #429: Void Rivals vol. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2024 41:13


    Is vol. 2 better than vol. 1, or is this series the lame duck of the Energon Universe?   Want more reviews, check out:  https://comicpicksbytheglick.com

    Comic Picks #428: Once Upon a Time at the End of the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024 23:57


    Jason Aaron gives us a love story in the above-mentioned place, and... it's certainly a thing.   Want more reviews, check out:  https://comicpicksbytheglick.com

    Comic Picks #427: Alien at Marvel

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2024 41:26


    Has Marvel done anything worthwhile with this iconic comics license since acquiring it?   Want more reviews, check out:  https://comicpicksbytheglick.com

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    Comic Picks #426: Star Trek -- Day of Blood

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2024 45:20


    Kelly, Lanzing, and Cantwell craft a pretty enjoyable "TNG"-era event -- for the fans.

    Comic Picks #425: Delicious in Dungeon

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2024 52:10


    Steve is back to help me properly articulate just how great this series is.

    Comic Picks #424: X-Men -- The Krakoan Era Finale

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2024 34:28


    The long walk back to the status quo reaches its (mostly) satisfying conclusion.

    Comic Picks #423: Hellsing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2024 20:41


    Nazi vampires must die?  Not quite the slam dunk you'd think it'd be.

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    Comic Picks #422: Miracleman -- The Silver Age

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2024 33:10


    We've been waiting decades for this.  Was it worth it?

    Comic Picks #421: Transformers by Daniel Warren Johnson vol. 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024 40:35


    Does the next title in the Energon Universe improve on its predecessor?

    Comic Picks #420: Buried Garbage of Manga -- Goldenboy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2024 23:48


    Watch the anime, DON'T read the manga.

    Comic Picks #419: Kaguya-sama -- Love is War

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2024 37:03


    Steve is back to help me properly articulate how good this series is.   Want more reviews, check out:  https://comicpicksbytheglick.com

    Comic Picks #418: Star Wars -- Dark Droids

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2024 36:04


    BEWARE!  Not the droids, but because the tie-ins are better than the main event!   Want more reviews, check out:  https://comicpicksbytheglick.com

    Comic Picks #417: Fire Power

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2024 23:08


    Martial arts action from Robert Kirkman and Chris Samnee that's good enough.   Want more reviews, check out:  https://comicpicksbytheglick.com

    Comic Picks #416: Void Rivals vol. 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2024 37:10


    It's the start of the Energon Universe!  Does vol. 1 make for a fantastic or false start to it?   Want more reviews, check out:  https://comicpicksbytheglick.com

    Comic Picks #414: The Metabaron

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2024 30:54


    Follows on from here.  The original is a classic, but this is better than you'd think... if you give it time.   Want more reviews, check out:  https://comicpicksbytheglick.com

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    Comic Picks #414: Joe Kelly & Ken Niimura

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2024 23:41


    They've done "I Kill Giants" and "Immortal Sergeant" together.  Are both graphic novels worth buying?  Just one?  None?   Want more reviews, check out:  https://comicpicksbytheglick.com

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    Comic Picks #413: Golden Kamuy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2024 29:06


    Its tone may be all over the place as a result, but this is one series that has it all!   Want more reviews, check out:  https://comicpicksbytheglick.com

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    Comic Picks #412: Best of 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2024 44:45


    Liu!  Spurrier!  Phillips!  North!  Hayashida!  LeHup!  Takeda!  All in ONE(!) single podcast!   Want more reviews, check out:  https://comicpicksbytheglick.com

    Comic Picks #411: The Ancient Magus' Bride -- College Arc

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2024 21:59


    Chise and Elias go to school as the series tries to retain its charms while going bigger in cast and scope.

    Comic Picks #410: Captain Marvel & Hawkeye by Kelly Thompson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2024 20:50


    It's a two-for-one special because one of these is a lot better than the other.   Want more reviews, check out:  https://comicpicksbytheglick.com/

    Comic Picks#409: Nocterra

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2023 29:23


    The sun goes down forever in this series.  Does the same happen to my opinion of its writer, Scott Snyder?   Want more reviews, check out:  https://comicpicksbytheglick.com/

    Comic Picks #408: The Night Eaters vol. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2023 29:36


    Follows on from this.  Christine is back again as we see if this is a superior or sad follow-up to the first volume.

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    Comic Picks #407: TMNT -- The Last Ronin: Lost Years

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2023 49:39


    Better than the original, or just more of the grimdark same?  Myron is here to help me find out.

    Comic Picks #406: BRZRKR

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2023 25:05


    Proof that Keanu shouldn't give up his day job.

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    Comic Picks #405: Star Trek -- Lower Decks

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2023 36:31


    There may be only one volume of this series out, but Christine and I both agree it's a good one!

    Comic Picks #404: DCeased

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2023 28:01


    DC's answer to "Marvel Zombies."  Is it better?  Maaaaaaaybe...

    Comic Picks #403: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Part 5 -- Golden Wind

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2023 27:10


    This series still has it!  Right up until...

    Comic Picks #402: Star Trek -- Year Five

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2023 59:43


    John and I see if the Enterprise's original five-year mission wraps up in a satisfying fashion.

    Comic Picks#401: Sins of Sinister

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2023 35:41


    Gillen, Ewing, and Spurrier deliver one of the best "X-Men" events in recent years.

    Comic Picks #400: Night Fever

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2023 19:13


    No anniversary shenanigans.  Just a look at whether or not the latest from Brubaker and Phillips is up to their own high standards.

    Comic Picks #399: Avengers by Jason Aaron

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2023 24:59


    Marvel's most extra writer gives this franchise its most extra run.

    Comic Picks #398: Batman -- Beyond the White Knight

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2023 32:57


    John and I tackle the latest installment in Sean Murphy's alternate-universe "Batman" saga.

    Comic Picks #397: Catching Up With Chainsaw Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2023 40:37


    Steve is back as we discuss whether or not this series has still been killing it since its restart last year.

    Comic Picks #396: Babyteeth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2023 21:29


    Get this series from Cates and Brown before its publisher is gone!

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