Living Between Wednesdays

Holy smokes, you guys. Rachelle and Dave saw Endgame (in Dave's case, twice) and they loved it and have lots to say about it. This episode is full of spoilers, so don't listen if you haven't seen Endgame yet. But since the movie made over a billion dollars in the first weekend, most of you probably have. This will be the last episode for awhile as Rachelle and Dave both work on their own creative projects. The next episode will probably be when Spider-Man: Far From Home opens.

DC's latest superhero movie, Shazam!, hit theatres this week. Dave watched all of it, Rachelle had to leave about half an hour into it because her son was terrified. To make up for it, Rachelle and Dave watched the 1980 camp extravaganza, Flash Gordon. It was fun.

Last week Rachelle and Dave talked about some of the game changing ideas that comic book writers brought to the table. This week they are talking about the opposite of that: big ideas that did basically nothing. Also in this episode: a new (boring) comic book imprint is launched by Axel Alonso, Bill Jemas and some other dudes; very positive early reviews for SHAZAM, and Rachelle's new book is out!

This week Rachelle and Dave are talking about the game changing ideas that impacted and reshaped the DC and Marvel universes. Ideas like the multiverse and the Rainbow Lanterns. Stuff like that. Also in this episode: a new trailer for Avengers: Endgame dropped, James Gunn is back on Guardians of the Galaxy 3, and Frank Miller and John Romita Jr's Superman: Year One is apparently happening.

Dave and Rachelle saw Captain Marvel, and they have thoughts about it! Also in this episode: Rachelle celebrated Bucky Barnes' birthday by watching Civil War, Dave watched Grease 2 for no reason other than it rules, and Rachelle reviews the first book releases from DC Zoom and DC Ink.

Rachelle and Dave are getting really sick of winter in Nova Scotia, so they are talking about some of their favourite comic book fictional locations this week. Also in this episode: some Oscar talk, Copra moves to Image Comics, and Rachelle recommends the graphic novel Bloom by Kevin Panetta and Savanna Ganucheau.

This week Rachelle and Dave talk about their favourite teenage superheroes. Topics include: teams of teen superheroes, solo teen superheroes, who's good at writing superheroes, and what not to do when writing teen superheroes.

Rachelle is away this week but Dave more than makes up for it with an interview with Michel Fiffe! They discuss Copra, Zegas, Bloodstrike, and his new miniseries, G.I. Joe: Sierra Muerte!

Dave and Rachelle gave into peer pressure this week and watched Venom, which is an actual movie that came out last year. And you know what? It was not bad. Warning: this episode is full of Venom spoilers. Also in this episode: award attention for Black Panther, Liefeld leaves Netflix, and a look at the first releases from TKO Studios.

This week Rachelle and Dave are reminiscing about their first times meeting a real live comic book creator. Also in this episode: thoughts on the new Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer, George Perez's retirement, and Rob Liefeld's latest creation, Major X.

This week Rachelle and Dave are joined by the co-creators of Grandway Comics, a brand new line of classic superhero adventure comics, printed on newsprint in glorious full colour! The very talented Halifax-based team of Jeff Knott and Derek Jessome share the art and writing duties on all three of their current titles, and they talk about what inspired them to self-publish their own line of print comics.

It's 2019 and Rachelle and Dave are keeping it positive! This week they run down some comic books, and related movies and tv series, that they are looking forward to this year. They also finally get around to addressing the fact that Stan Lee is no longer with us.

Happy New Year! Rachelle and Dave come back after a couple of months off to talk about the Aquaman and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse movies, which are both in theatres now. Crazy! This episode kicks off a new "season" of the Living Between Wednesdays podcast, which will continue until the release of Avengers: Endgame. Then they will break again for a bit and come back with a bunch of exciting new episodes. Enjoy!

A combination of way too many time commitments, the comic book industry/fandom bumming them out, and having other creative projects that need attention, Rachelle and Dave are making this their last episode for a few months. But they will be back and better than ever! In this episode, they discuss why they need to take a break, their general feelings about comics right now, what comics they are excited about, and the future plans for this podcast. And also Chris Evans is talked about.

Rachelle and Dave are making good on their promise/threat from last week by talking about comic book annuals this episode! Also: farewell to Norm Breyfogle and Carlos Ezquerra; a first look at the new Hellboy movie (in poster form); Tom Hardy's favourite FORTY MINUTES of Venom were cut; Henry Cavill embarks on a spiritual Instagram journey, and Chris Evans reads Kanye West for filth.

Since we all got a look at Batman's dong this week in the first issue of Batman: Damned, this week Rachelle and Dave are talking about what this means for the future of mature content in superhero comics. And also about dongs. Also in this episode: the first Captain Marvel trailer, the announcement of an Eternals movie, the announcement of Marvel limited television series featuring Scarlet Witch and Loki, and a look ahead at this week's comics.

This week on the podcast Rachelle and Dave are looking back at all existing Superman and Batman movies, and are talking about what those movies got right and wrong about the characters. They also share what they would like to see in future Superman and Batman films. Also in this episode: a Winter Soldier comic series gets announced (finally), Chelsea Cain's Vision series gets abruptly cancelled, and a look ahead at this week's comic releases.

Rachelle and Dave are wrapping up their summer book club with Marvel's 1991 event, The Infinity Gauntlet. It was a bit of a slog, to be honest. Also in this episode, Gail Simone feuds with Rob Schneider (as you would expect), official photos of Captain Marvel and Doom Patrol, and the return of This Week in Winter Soldier!

This week Rachelle and Dave discuss the first book in Faith Erin Hicks' Nameless City trilogy (actually, to be honest, Rachelle went ahead and read the second book too). The third book is out from First Second on Sept 25! Also this week, the comics industry loses two legends, Rachelle gets a great birthday present, and Rachelle and Dave get excited for Border Town, the first release from DC's new era of Vertigo.

This week the summer book club continues with 1982's The Untold Legend of the Batman by Len Wein, Jim Aparo and John Byrne. Also in this episode: our pal Marsha leads the (long overdue) public attack on ComicsGate, Marvel announces the creative team for the new Conan series, Dave pays tribute to Russ Heath, and Robert Downey Jr buys Chris Evans a car.

A huge episode this week! Rachelle and Dave are joined by their friends Sean Jordan, aka Wordburglar, and Alex Kennedy to talk about John Byrne's West Coast Avengers story, VisionQuest, DCAF, the lates issue of Sean, Alex and Dave's comic, The Last Paper Route, and Sean's new album. PLUS: eleven years ago Dave bet Sean $5 that he would NEVER watch the Ghost Rider movie. Last week, we all watched it together. Was it worth it? Find out!

It's the 150th episode of Living Between Wednesdays!!!! The celebration is...subdued. But there is an action-packed episode planned for next week, so stay tuned! This week Rachelle and Dave continue the summer book club with Supergirl: Being Super by Mariko Tamaki and Joelle Jones.

The summer book club continues with Thor: The God Butcher / Godbomb by Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic. Also in this episode: Patrick Stewart returns to Star Trek, Dave's thoughts on Mission Impossible: Fallout, and...there's gonna be a Gobots comic!

The Living Between Wednesdays summer book club continues with Bob Haney and Dick Dillen's Saga of the Super Sons. This is one of Rachelle's favourite things in the world. It's very dumb. Also in this episode: Rachelle's spoiler-free thoughts on Mission Impossible: Fallout and Teen Titans Go. And Dave is still super into Spawn for some reason.

The Living Between Wednesdays summer book club continues with the first Hellboy omnibus. Also in this episode, Rachelle and Dave discuss the news and trailers that came out of SDCC last week, look ahead to this Wednesday's comics, and talk about Disney's firing of James Gunn. This episode also features improved sound quality!

The third and final Marvel Studios movie of 2018, Ant-Man and The Wasp, came out last week and Rachelle and Dave have some thoughts on it! Warning for spoilers, as always. Also in this episode: RIP Steve Ditko, thoughts on last week's comics, and, in a new segment, Dave and Rachelle highlight some of the comics that will be coming out this week! Today! The day this episode drops!

Week two of the Living Between Wednesdays summer book club and Rachelle and Dave are discussing The Punisher: Welcome Back Frank by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon. It seems like a good time to revisit this 2000 series that offered a layered critique of gun fetishization and American righteousness. Also in this episode: yet another major comic book event gets spoiled in mainstream media; Firefly is back! (in comic book form); plus thoughts on last week's comics.

It's week one of the 2018 Living Between Wednesdays Summer Book Club and Dave and Rachelle are kicking things off with Marvel's 2006 Agents of Atlas miniseries, by Jeff Parker and Leonard Kirk. Also in this episode: Wal-Mart enters the comic book retailer ring; a very surprising X-Men wedding; Dan Slott's final issue of Spider-Man, and thoughts on the past week's comics.

This week Dave and Rachelle are launching the 2018 Living Between Wednesdays Summer Book Club! The full list of ten books gets revealed, so get ready to read along! Also in this episode: neither Dave nor Rachelle saw Incredibles 2, but Dave did re-watch Blade.

This week Rachelle and Dave are talking about comics that aren't bad, per se, but aren't good either. But they still love them. Comics like Batman and the Outsiders, Haywire, and Batman: Hush. Also this week: Geoff Johns gets a new job, Mark Millar talks some noise about his new comic being the hottest seller ever or something, Marvel Studios releases a bunch of uninspired promo posters, plus thoughts on last week's comics.

Dave and Rachelle are back after a week off and they both saw Solo and are ready to talk about it. This episode is full of spoilers and rave reviews! Also in this episode: Amazon gets into the self-published comic book game; Benedict Cumberbatch is a real life superhero; a Boba Fett movie is happening; Dave's thoughts on Deadpool 2; and From Hell is getting reprinted in serial format.

Rachelle and Dave hit the road this past weekend for East Coast Comic Expo in Moncton, New Brunswick. They talk about that trip in this episode. Also in this episode: a new costume for Catwoman; new title announcements from DC; casting announcements for the next Spider-Man movie; Sebastian Stan's Spotify playlists as roadtrip music, and Dave's thoughts on a recent re-watch of Batman and Robin.

Rachelle and Dave are each sharing five more of their favourite single comic book issues this week. Also in this episode: DC raises their prices; a sad farewell to Margot Kidder; some wary and exhausted thoughts on ComicsGate; and more variant cover nonsense from Marvel.

This week Rachelle and Dave are listing superhero characters that they've never really gotten too familiar with. You know...those guys that make appearances in your favourite character's books, but you've never bothered to read their solo series stuff? Yes, that's right. We're talking about Moon Knight. Also, in this episode: thoughts on Free Comic Book Day, the Eisner nominations, Infinity War (again), and last week's comics.  

DO NOT listen to this episode until you have seen Avengers: Infinity War! Rachelle and Dave are here to spoil the whole thing! They both loved the movie and have lots of thoughts. It's a solid hour and twenty minutes of thoughts.

In the wake of Captain America #700 and Action Comics #1000, Rachelle and mostly Dave talk about their favourite milestone issues. They are also very excited about Avengers: Infinity War. Also in this episode: Dave revisits Batman Forever; Rachelle makes fun of Armie Hammers, and Smallville is back in the news for all the wrong reasons!

Rachelle is trying to cut down her comic book collection, and it's a lot harder than she thought it would be. She and Dave are talking about things to consider when you are trying to pare down. Also in this episode: in lieu of actual comic book news, Rachelle tries to explain the baffling sexuality of the cars in Pixar's Cars; more gushing about how great the Donny Cates/Geoff Shaw Thanos comics are, and thoughts on Captain America #700.

Like fascism, Russian spies, and the Great Depression (probably), comic book speculation is BACK, BABY! Rachelle and Dave share their thoughts on comic book speculation, and their first-hand encounters with speculators. It's...not the best part of the comic book world.  Also in this episode: a new Solo trailer; the theft of Stan Lee's blood; Rachelle's thoughts on Michael Kupperman's upcoming book, All the Answers, plus the return of This Week in Winter Soldier!

This week Rachelle and Dave are talking about comics that they wish were not out of print. Also in this episode: the return of the Fantastic Four; getting excited for Infinity War; and, randomly, Rachelle's thoughts on Jesus Christ Superstar Live.

This week Rachelle and Dave talk about some great comics that have never been collected into trade format. Also in this episode: Hillary shares her thoughts on the final X-Files episode; Black Panther breaks records, and some some exciting details about the Captain Marvel movie.

Rachelle and Dave both have colds this week. Dave spent his sick days creating a very thorough list of actors he would like to see cast in the newly announced New Gods movie. Hillary joins the podcast again to talk about the last two episodes of The X-Files. Also discussed in this episode: the new Infinity War trailer and poster; Rob Liefeld's Netflix deal; The Cutting Edge (for no relevant reason); and the hotness of Jorge Jimenez.

This week Rachelle and Dave are talking about those story arcs where a creator just completely changes a character and makes them their own. And then that character stays like that forever. Think Alan Moore's Swamp Thing run, or Frank Miller's Daredevil run, or Walt Simonson's Thor run. They are also joined once again by Hillary to talk about the latest episode of The X-Files. Also this week: a new release date for Avengers: Infinity War; a bunch of new creative team announcements over at Marvel; a new Sandman universe over at DC, and thoughts on this week's comics.

Black Panther came out this past week and it was SO. GOOD. Rachelle and Dave have lots of thoughts. Dave also sits down with Leslie Amegavie, a die-hard Black Panther fan who emigrated to Nova Scotia from Ghana. Leslie saw the movie four times during opening weekend, so he's pretty pumped about it. Also in this episode: another installment of This Week in Winter Soldier (for obvious reasons), and some very brief thoughts on this week's comics and comic book news. Wakanda Forever!

Happy Valentine's Day! And Happy Black Panther Eve! Rachelle and Dave loosely talk about some of their favourite romantic moments in comics, and suggest some possible superhero romantic pairings. They are once again joined by Hillary to talk about the final episode of The X-Files before that show goes on hiatus. Also in this episode: lots of trailers and casting rumours that aren't of interest to anyone who hosts this podcast; Rachelle loses her mind over The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang; and some thoughts on the Marvel Studios 10 Year Anniversary class photo.

This week Rachelle and Dave are considering the positive impact super heroes have had on who they are today. And also, why so many people who claim to love super heroes are total racist monsters. They are joined again by Hillary to talk about the latest episode of The X-Files. Also in this episode: lots of new trailers (which sparks a heated discussion); new imprints at DC; and a very special installment of This Week in Winter Soldier.

With major publishers moving titles to bi-weekly and even weekly schedules, Rachelle and Dave talk about the impact that has on their own buying behaviour, and on the industry as a whole.  They are joined once again by Hillary to talk about the latest episode of the X-Files. Also in this episode: the first images of Brie Larson as Captain Marvel; Black Panther breaks some ticket pre-sale records; Jon Malin takes himself out of the game; Logan gets nominated for an Oscar; and another installment of this Week in Winter Soldier.

Dave and Rachelle are joined by Hillary Titley and Denzel Noylander to talk about their most embarrassing comic book purchases. Rachelle and Hillary came straight from a screening of Call Me By Your Name to record this episode, so they are a little distracted. Also in this episode: all the latest comic book news, thoughts on last week's comics, and Hillary guides us through the latest episode of The X-Files.

Rachelle and Dave are once again joined by Hillary to talk about fandom. The ladies especially have a lot to say about their own experiences interacting with fandoms from the early days of the internet to now, when you can basically just DM Chris Evans on Twitter and tell him to grow his beard back. These are crazy times. Also in this episode: all the latest comic book news, thoughts on last week's comics, and Hillary's thoughts on the latest episode of The X-Files.

In this episode, Rachelle and Dave wonder if there has ever been a good comic book event sequel. The short answer is...sort of. Not really. Maybe a couple. They are joined this week by Dave's better half, Hillary Titley, who is excited about the return of the X-Files. She has some thoughts on the first episode of the new season. In a very loose installment of 'This Week in Winter Soldier', Dave and Hillary talk about I, Tonya, which they both saw earlier that day. Also in this episode: the latest comic news, thoughts on last week's comics, and a few comments about the Golden Globes.

Rachelle and Dave are back after a week off with some resolutions for the comic book industry. This week's episode also debuts the brand new theme song written, performed and recorded by their good friend, Wordburglar! Also in this episode: thoughts on the comics from two weeks ago because last week's comics were delayed due to the holidays; the return of This Week in Winter Soldier, and Marvel wants you to make comics for free for them or something?

Warning: this episode contains LOTS of spoilers for The Last Jedi! Rachelle and Dave are joined by their pal J.Bone to talk about the latest Star Wars movie. The conversation also includes thoughts on fan entitlement.