Gutter Trash

Recorded on June 23, 2019. Episode 388: Bandette Vol. 1: Presto! The world’s greatest thief is a costumed teen burglar in swinging Paris by the nome d’arte of Bandette! Gleefully plying her skills on either side of the law, Bandette is a thorn in the sides of both police inspector Belgique and the criminal underworld. … Continue reading

Recorded on April 24, 2019. Episode 387: The Disappearance of Charley Butters While filming a music video, a black metal band stumbles upon an old cabin in the woods containing the archives of a disappeared artist. The discovery sets in motion a chain of events which eventually leads to one band member’s redemption. Music by … Continue reading

Recorded on February 28, 2019. Episode 386: Green Arrow Abby, a dear friend of Oliver Queen’s, has been killed, and he must find out why and by whom. Oliver tracks down the killer as Green Arrow, but every lead seems only to pose more questions. Music by The Melvins and Be-Bop Deluxe Check out Jason’s … Continue reading

Recorded on February 7, 2019. Episode 385: Gideon Falls Vol. 1 The lives of a reclusive young man obsessed with a conspiracy in the city’s trash and a washed-up Catholic priest arriving in a small town full of dark secrets become intertwined around the mysterious legend of The Black Barn — an otherworldly building alleged … Continue reading

Recorded on January 23, 2018. Episode 384: Prince of Cats Prince of Cats is the B side to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, played at an eighties block party in a NY where underground sword dueling blossomed alongside hip-hop, punk, disco and no wave. It’s the story of the minor players with Tybalt at the center. … Continue reading

Recorded on December 30, 2018. Episode 383: Oh, Killstrike Jared, a new father, fears parenthood. An old comics fan, he turns to them for comfort. But when he unwittingly lets loose his favorite character, Killstrike – a singleminded, vengeance loving anti-hero – onto the world, Jared must find a way to send him back before … Continue reading

Recorded on December 6, 2018. Episode 382: Batman: White Knight The Joker – now known as Jack Napier – embarks on a quest to heal the city he once terrorized. After reconciling with his long-suffering partner, Harley Quinn, he sets in motion a carefully plotted campaign to discredit the one person whom he views as … Continue reading

Recorded on November 11, 2018. Episode 381: Come Again As the sun sets on the 1970s, the spirit of the Love Generation still lingers in one “intentional community” high in the Ozarks. But what’s missing? Under impossibly close scrutiny, two families wrestle with long-repressed secrets… while deep within those Arkansas hills, something monstrous stirs, ready … Continue reading

Recorded on October 24, 2018. Episode 380: The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina On the eve of her sixteenth birthday, the young sorceress Sabrina Spellman finds herself at a crossroads, having to choose between an unearthly destiny and her mortal boyfriend, Harvey. But a foe from her family’s past has arrived in Greendale, Madame Satan, and … Continue reading

Recorded on August 16, 2018. Episode 3779: Shipwreck Dr. Jonathan Shipwright, sole survivor of a very unusual and very secret shipwreck, doesn’t know where he is. Seemingly trapped on an endless road, in pursuit of a saboteur who holds the key to his salvation – or doom. Music by The Melvins and Mr. Bungle Check … Continue reading

Recorded in August & September, 2018. 10th Anniversary Special We hang out with our longtime friends Matt Brassfield, Kathleen Coyle, and Joe Grunenwald to celebrate 10 years of idiocy and geek-stuff. We also take a trip down nostalgia lane in a way no one expected. Music by The Melvins, Legbone, Sepultura, and Man… or Astroman? … Continue reading

Recorded on August 12, 2018. Episode 378: Goodbye, Chunky Rice This here be the first ever “graphical novel book” by Craig Thompson. It was winnning a Harvey Award, no less. It documentates the once upon a time in our fishing village town and a short turtle lad name of Chunky, last name Rice. Mister Chunky … Continue reading

Recorded on July 11, 2018. Episode 377: Shadowman – Birth Rites As the forces of darkness prepare to claim New Orleans as their own, Jack Boniface must embrace the legacy he was born to uphold. As Shadowman, Jack is about to become the only thing that stands between his city and an army of unspeakable … Continue reading

Recorded on June 20, 2018. Episode 376: God Hates Astronauts Vol. 1 A group of incompetent, small-minded, super powered narcissists called “The Power Persons Five” are hired by NASA to stop all farmers from launching themselves into space in homemade rocket ships. Unfortunately for NASA, this goal is scarcely even addressed and the book focuses … Continue reading

Recorded on June 7, 2018. Episode 375: The Vision Vision wants to be human, and what’s more human than family? So he heads back to the beginning – to the laboratory where Ultron created him as a weapon. The place where he first rebelled against his given destiny and imagined that he could be more … Continue reading

Recorded on May 24, 2018. Episode 374: Bizarro Bizarro—Superman’s backward-speaking warped doppelgänger—only wants to be a superhero. But his “help” has left nothing but destruction all through Metropolis, and now the citizens want him out! Sounds like a job for Jimmy Olsen! He’ll lure Bizarro out of the city for good by escorting him on … Continue reading

Recorded on May 9, 2018. Episode 373: The Superman/Madman Hullabaloo! In each of their respective universes, Superman and Madman are involved in scientific experiments, the results of which propel the unsuspecting superbeings into one another’s world. The only thing is, each takes half of the other with him — creating two confused heroes and one … Continue reading

Recorded on April 23, 2018. Episode 372: GWAR Orgasmageddon From the depths of outer space to the frozen wasteland of Antarctica, punk rock and heavy metal’s most shocking and blasphemous band of intergalactic blood spewing alien monsters has returned to kill everything and respect nothing in the pages of GWAR: Orgasmageddon! Banished to the past … Continue reading

Recorded on April 9, 2018. Episode 371: Royal City Vol. 1 Patrick Pike, a fading literary star, reluctantly returns to the once-thriving factory town where he grew up. Patrick is quickly drawn back into the dramas of his two adult siblings, his overbearing Mother and his brow beaten Father, all of whom are still haunted … Continue reading

Recorded on March 22, 2018. Episode 370: Oblivion Song A decade ago, 300,000 citizens of Philadelphia were suddenly lost in Oblivion. The government made every attempt to recover them, but after many years, they gave up. Nathan Cole…won’t. He makes daily trips, risking his life to try and rescue those still living in the apocalyptic … Continue reading

Recorded on March 15, 2018. Episode 369: Animosty Vol. 1 One day, for no reason, the Animals woke up. They started thinking. They started talking. They started taking REVENGE. The world is plunged into chaos as the newly-intelligent Animals fight humanity, and simply fight each other, for their own life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. … Continue reading

Recorded on March 1, 2018. Episode 368: Genius Ted Marx works hard at his career as a quantum physicist. But lately the demands of his job have begun to overwhelm him. Then Ted makes a startling discovery: his wife’s father once knew Einstein and claims that Einstein entrusted to him a final, devastating secret?a secret … Continue reading

Recorded on February 23, 2018. Episode 367: Pencil Head Ted McKeever’s semi-autobiographical take on the whacked-out world of the comic book industry. Journey along as we witness protagonist Poodwaddle’s trials and tribulations of working, and sustaining, his place in the absurd world of comics, where what happens behind the scenes is far more twisted, and … Continue reading

Recorded on February 4, 2018. Episode 366: Tetris – The Games People Play It is, perhaps, the perfect video game. Simple yet addictive, Tetris delivers an irresistible, unending puzzle that has players hooked. Play it long enough and you’ll see those brightly colored geometric shapes everywhere. You’ll see them in your dreams. Alexey Pajitnov had … Continue reading

Recorded on January 21, 2018. Episode 365: Black Blizzard Susumu Yamaji, a twenty-four-year-old pianist, is arrested formurder and ends up handcuffed to a career criminal on the train that will take them to prison. An avalanche derails the train and the criminal takes the opportunity to escape, dragging a reluctant Susumu with him into the … Continue reading

Recorded on January 4, 2018. Episode 364: Thor – The Mighty Avenger Thrill as Thor battles robots the size of cities! Gasp as he tames the mightiest sea creatures! Swoon as he rescues damsels from the vilest villains! It’s Thor as you’ve never seen him, as the god of thunder tests his might against the … Continue reading

Recorded on December 21, 2017. Episode 363: Best Wishes When two strangers cast coins in a Central Park fountain, their dreams and desires become supernaturally intertwined. Cal wants fame and respect and Mary craves true love from her pro quarterback boyfriend, but destiny weaves a tangled fabric. Music by The Melvins and The Meat Puppets … Continue reading

Recorded on November 23, 2017. Episode 362: Sexcastle Shane Sexcastle, formerly the World’s Greatest Assassin, has paid his debt to society for killing the vice president. Leaving his violent past (also: prison) behind, he’s decided to settle down and sell flowers in a small, quiet town—but that doesn’t mean he’ll tolerate the fools who think … Continue reading

Recorded on November 8, 2017. Episode 361: The Bloody Cardinal a series of grisly murders echo the work of the master criminal, the Bloody Cardinal. But, he’s dead! Or is he? He was trapped by police in an abandoned asylum which burnt to the ground. The charred remains found in the ashes were presumed to … Continue reading

Recorded on October 19, 2017. Episode 360: My Favorite Thing is Monsters 10-year-old Karen Reyes tries to solve the murder of her enigmatic upstairs neighbor, Anka Silverberg, a holocaust survivor, while the interconnected stories of those around her unfold. When Karen’s investigation takes us back to Anka’s life in Nazi Germany, she discovers how the … Continue reading

Recorded on October 1, 2017. Episode 359: Trashed Every week we pile our garbage on the curb and it disappears—like magic! The reality is anything but, of course. Follow the raucous escapades of three 20-something friends as they clean the streets of pile after pile of stinking garbage, while battling annoying small-town bureaucrats, bizarre townfolk, … Continue reading

Recorded on September 17, 2017. Episode 358: Last Look The long strange trip of Doug in all its mind-bending, heartbreaking totality. The fragments of the past collide with the reality of the present, nightmarish dreams evolve into an even more dreadful reality. Music by The Melvins and Woody Guthrie Check out Jason’s site, Eric’s site, … Continue reading

Recorded on September 7th, 2017. Episode 357: Snow Day An outsider sheriff struggles to find his place in an isolated, snow-covered town populated by a hard people who are set in their ways and don’t take too kindly to strangers. It’s a place where folks mind their own business – however odd it may be … Continue reading

Recorded on August 26, 2017. Episode 356: The Eternals vol. 1 Jack Kirby reveals a secret history of heroes and horrors as humanity’s cousins, the Eternals and the Deviants, vie to inherit the Earth! It’s a time of titans, terror, and time travel as only The King could conceive! Music by The Melvins and Monster … Continue reading

Recorded on August 2nd, 2017. Episode 355: Smoke and Guns When Scarlett, an overly ambitious cigarette girl — quick to break the rules and even quicker to pull the trigger — starts selling cigarettes outside of her district, tensions rise and the seeds of an all-out cigarette girl gang war are sown. Music by The … Continue reading

Recorded on July 19, 2017. Episode 354: Dear Creature Deep beneath the waves, a creature named Grue defies his nature, no longer wanting to eat lusty beachgoers, no matter how their hormones call to him. Grue discovers love after finding Shakespeare’s plays in cola bottles. When his first attempt at companionship in the world above … Continue reading

Recorded on July 2nd, 2017. Episode 353: NFL Superpro It’s a comic that’s also a sales pitch for the NFL featuring a superhero dressed like a football player with no trace of irony. Do you need to know more? Music by The Melvins and Anthrax Check out Jason’s site, Eric’s site, and the entire Gutter … Continue reading

Recorded on June 8, 2017. Episode 352: Loose Ends No one seemed to notice Sonny Gibson as he stepped back into “The Hideaway,” a dusty little honky-tonk nestled off the Carolina highway. But before the night was over, Sonny would be on the run—from the law, from the criminals, even from himself. LOOSE ENDS is … Continue reading

Recorded on May 22nd, 2017. Episode 351: Shade the Changing Girl, Vol.1 Far away on the planet Meta, Loma’s going nowhere fast. That’s where her idol, the lunatic poet Rac Shade, and his infamous madness coat come in. Loma steals the garment and makes a break across galaxies to take up residence in a new … Continue reading

Recorded on May 10, 2017. Episode 350: The Comic Book History of Comics For the first time ever, the inspiring, infuriating, and utterly insane story of comics, graphic novels, and manga is presented in comic book form! Music by The Melvins and Ministry Check out Jason’s site, Eric’s site, and the entire Gutter Trash Podcasting … Continue reading

Recorded on April 20th, 2017. Episode 349: Sugar and Spike – Metahuman Investigations The problem with having a past is that it eventually catches up with you. Especially if you’re a superhero. And who do you call when a past indiscretion threatens to become a present-day debacle? Who do you call when yesterday’s questionable decision … Continue reading

Recorded on April 3, 2017. Episode 348: Snotgirl, Vol. 1 WHO IS LOTTIE PERSON? Is she a gorgeous, fun-loving social media star with a perfect life or a gross, allergy-ridden mess? Enter a world of snot, blood, and tears. Music by The Melvins and Minus the Bear Check out Jason’s site, Eric’s site, and the … Continue reading

Recorded on March 20, 2017. Episode 347: The Private Eye In 2076, an inevitable future – a time after “the cloud has burst”, revealing everyone’s secrets. As a result, there is no more Internet, and people are excessively guarded about their identity, to the point of appearing only masked in public. Everyone has a secret … Continue reading

Recorded on March 8, 2017. Episode 346: Goldtiger An obscure Italian artist and a down-to-earth British writer, worlds apart in both taste and ideology, came together to create a rival to Modesty Blaise that has lived in infamy. The duo’s adventures of Lily Gold and Jack Tiger were ultimately deemed too sensational for the nation’s … Continue reading

Recorded on February 19, 2017. Episode 345: Renato Jones – The One % The One% own more than half the world’s wealth. They’ve crashed economies, bought governments and have amassed more power than any other group in history. Who will make them pay? Enter Renato Jones, a mysterious vigilante, out to even the score. When … Continue reading

Recorded on February 5, 2017. Episode 344: I Was the Cat Allison Breaking is a talented journalist with her own blog and a lot of bills to pay. So when she receives an offer from a mysterious stranger named Burma to write his memoirs, it’s an offer she can’t refuse, not even with all the … Continue reading

Recorded on January 22, 2016. Episode 343: Mooncop The lunar colony is slowly winding down, like a small town circumvented by a new super highway. As our hero, the Mooncop, makes his daily rounds, his beat grows ever smaller, the population dwindles. A young girl runs away, a dog breaks off his leash, an automaton … Continue reading

Recorded on January 9, 2017. Episode 342: Bebop & Rocksteady Destroy Everything The dull-witted henchmen Bebop and Rocksteady are feeling dejected and without purpose after their defeat to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. However, when they stumble across a time-travel scepter, they realize that their craziest, most destructive adventure awaits! Will the universe survive? Music … Continue reading

Recorded on December 25, 2016. Episode 341: Klaus He’s a myth. He’s a legend. He’s loved worldwide by children and adults alike . . . but does anyone truly know the origins of Santa Claus? Set in a dark fantastic past of myth and magic, Klaus tells the origin story of Santa Claus. It’s the … Continue reading

Recorded on December 11, 2016. Episode 340: Aleister & Adolf In a story spanning generations, and featuring some of the most notable and notorious idealists of the 20th century, legendary occultist Aleister Crowley develops a powerful and dangerous new weapon to defend the world against Adolf Hitler’s own war machine spawning an unconventional new form … Continue reading

Recorded on November 27, 2016. Episode 339: Black Science vol. 1 Anarchist scientist Grant McKay has done the impossible! Using the Pillar, he has punched a hole through the barriers between dimensions, allowing travel to all possible universes. But now Grant and his team are trapped in the folds of infinity, the Pillar sending them … Continue reading