Southern Fried Geekery

*Spoilers for a book published in 1988* The SFG Crew sits down to discuss the 1st volume of Sandman by Neil Gaiman & Sam Keith. Geek out with us.

*Spoilers I Hate It Here #1; 1963 Mystery Incorporated #1; Superman: Son of Kal-El #11; She-Hulk Trailer; Short Stacks and More. NCBD Picks: Devil's Reign: Omega; Godzilla vs. MMPR #3

*Spoilers Death Dealer #1; Bunny Mask: The Hollow Inside #1; Youngblood (the OG series) #1; The Rocketeer: The Great Race #2 NCBD Picks--The Fox: Family Values #1; Wolverine #21; Shaolin Cowboy: Cruel to the Kin #1

*Spoilers  Free Comic Book Day Adventures, Twig #1, Obi-Wan #1, Ted Sitha #1, Superman by George Perez #1, Shortstacks, NCBD pics, and more!

Godzilla Rivals; The Taxadermist; Bloodstained Teeth

*Spoilers The SFG Crew is back with a little comics chat. This week they take a look at The Secret History of the War on Weed from Image Comics, and more...

*Comic Spoilers: Kaiju Score #1; Midnight Rose; Savage Dragon vs. Megaton Man; Project Superpowers: Fractured States #1

*Spoilers The Rocketeer; Flashpoint: Batman Knight of Vengeance; Hulk Grand Design-Monster; and more

**SPOILERS Immortal X-Men #1; Filler Bunny OGN; X-Men Unlimited: Latitude #1; Ghost Cage #1; Wrestlemania; and more Next Week: Annotated Sandman HC #1; X-Men Red #1; The Rocketeer: The Great Race #1

*Spoilers Wolverine: Patch Plus, we grab a few random questions

*Spoilers for World's Finest #1; The Light and Darkness War; Reckoning War: Trial of the Watcher #1 NCBD Picks: Beyond the Beyond #1; Wolverine: Patch #1

*HEAVY SPOILERS* We went to the movies! Sit back, relax, and listent to our conversation about The Batman. Plus, we chat up a little Punisher and a little Moon Knight. NCBD Picks: World's Finest #1; Heavy Metal Drummer #2

*Spoilers After briefly gushing about the Coffee that Matt made Caleb, the hosts dive into a lil comics chatter starting with a quick dive into the shortstacks, Behemoth's Follow Me Into Darkness, and then segwaying into Charley's War and Action Comics. Plus, a SPOILER FREE conversation about The Batman (go see it).  NCBD Pickups: Red Room Trigger Warnings; Cimmarian: Hour of the Dragon. #1

*Spoilers We check out Ghost Rider #1 this week before diving into a revisitation of Spawn 1-6 by the legend Todd McFarlane.  NCBD Picks: She-Hulk #2; Follow Me Into Darkness #1; War for Earth-3 #1

*Spoilers Until My Knuckles Bleed (Viktor Santos) #1; The Lion & The Eagle #1; Nightmare and Sleepy: The Complete Collection TPB. NCBD: Ghost Rider #1 (2022); Rock Star & Softboy Oneshot (Image).  

*spoilers Maestro: World War M #1; Punisher War Zone: River of Blood TPB; Static Season One #5 NCBD: Lion & the Eagle #1; Rad Wraith #1

*Spoilers We crawl down in the pit with Victor Creed to chat about Sabretooth #1, the latest in the growing catalogue of X-books from Marvel. Plus, celebrate Image's 30th anniversary by revisiting the Violator mini-series and see hear about the next chapter of Manor Black: Fire in the Blood #1.  NCBD picks: Maestro: World War M #1; Radio Apocalypse #2

Narrowing down a year's worth of books was a labor of love, but we got the job done! We look back at the voluminous amount of #Comics we read over the past year and narrowed them down to the books that had the larges impact on us. The SFG crew proudly presents their Top 10 favorite comics of 2021. 

Spoilers* We checkout She-Hulk #1 this week to see what Jen is up to these days. Plus, Batman the Knight #1, Arrowsmith: Behind Enemy Lines #1, Crimson Cage #2, Moon Knight #7, Defenders #5, Heartstopper vol.4, The Incal oversized artist edition. NCBD: Peacemaker One-Shot, Cocaine Coast OGN. 

*spoilers Matt and Caleb step into the Vault and check out We Ride Titans #1, plus Daredevil Woman Without Fear #1, The Adventures of the Rifle Brigade TPB and more. 

*Spoilers Celebrate the apparent bookend to Hickman's tenure on the X-Men with Matt & Caleb as they chat about the content and the emotions tethered to the most recent happenings in Inferno #4 (22:00). Plus, Fourth Man #1; Human Target #3; Red Sonja #5; Batman #119; Batman One Dark Night #1; Nita Hawes' Nightmare Blog #3; Not All Robots #5, & Sparring with Gil (interview collection.) NCBD Picks: Maniac of New York-Bronx Burning #2; King Conan #2

*Spoilers for Swamp Thing: Green Hell #1; The Maxx #1 (the original series, you've had time); Destroy All Monsters OGN; Trial of Magneto #5; Porcelain #5; Redneck #31; Devil's Reign #2; Robin & Batman #2; Conan the Destroyer #1 (1985). NCBD Pickups: The Fourth Man #1; Apache Delivery Service #1

*Spoilers There couldn't be a more Marvelous way to end 2021 than to chat about King Conan #1 and Spider-Man: No Way Home. Caleb and Matt chat about the great first issue of King Conan by Jason Aaron and Mahmud Asrar, with Matt Wilson on the colors and Travis Lanham doing the lettering duties. Then we whip out our ticket stubs and chat about the record breaking film Spider-Man: No Way Home Happy Holidays yall!

*Spoilers Wastelanders: Wolverine; Loveless TPB; The Amazing Spider-Man #39  NCBD Picks: King Conan #1; Wonder Woman Evolution #2

*Spoilers  Mother F Goose #1 (one-shot); Devil's Reign #1; Mechaton #1 and more! NCBD Picks: Hulk #2; We Ride Titan's #1

*Comic Spoilers King of Spies #1 (21:00); 007 James Bond Vargr #1 (37:30); Darkhold Alpha (50:00) NCBD picks: Mother F. Goose #1; Nita Hawes Nightmare Blog #2

*Spoilers Donny Cates, Ryan Ottley, and Company bring us Hulk #1, and we toss it up on the roundtable. Then, we literally pull questions from a hat as we randomly pick conversation starters blindly, and follow them down a number of conversational paths. NCBD Picks: Hotel vol. 2 #1; Daredevil #26; Trial of Magneto #4

*Spoilers The Thing #1 by Mosely, Reilly, & Bellaire; World of Tanks #1 by Ennis & Ezquerra; Radio Apocalypse #1 by Ram V, Anand RK, Anisha, Didikar.  NCBD Pics: Hulk #1; Grrl Scouts Stone Ghosts #1; Kull the Conqueror Omnibus. 

*Spoilers for: Disney drops new Marvel series first looks, Diamond gets hit with malware, Shortstack-o-comics; Robin & Batman #1 (35:00); Refrigerator Full of Heads #1(1:06:00); Frank Miller's RoboCop #1 (1:14:00); The Me You Loved in the Dark #4 (1:24:00) NCBD picks: Wonder Woman Evolution #1; Dracula of Transylvania OGN; Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters #8

*SPOILERS This week we look a a bevy of DC books. The Human Target gets put in the roundtable hotseat (23:00), followed by Soul Plumber from the DC Horror line, and chased by the Deluxe Edition of Plastic Man from the great Kyle Baker. Mix in a couple of Comic Shortstacks and a spoiler free review of The Eternals, and you've got quite the conversation. NCBD Picks: Batman The Imposter #2 & Action Comics #1036. 

Happy Halloween This week we talk about House of Slaughter #1, gleefully give our thoughts on DUNE now that Craig is home, run down what we like and don't like seeing in our trick or treat bag, and lastly, we each break a list of FIVE characters that serve up terrors.  NCDB Pics: Lure (Fantagraphics): Knighted #1 (AWA); Dark Knights of Steel #1

Thanks for hanging out with us for 200 episodes. Hopefully we'll continue to entertain you for 200 more and beyond. This Week: Spoiler Free endorsement of Dune, The Ant #1 (22:30), Slaine: Dragon Tamer (43:30), Superman and the Authority #4 (1:03:30), Legends of the Dark Knight, Trial of Magneto #3, Verotica: Revenge, Mazebook #2, Strange Adventures #12, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #9 Next Week: Cross to Bear #1;  Darkhold: Blade #1

Spoilers This week is all about celebrating the incredibly dynamic series that is the Immortal Hulk by Al Ewing, Joe Bennett, Ruy Jose, Belardino Brabo, Paul Mounts, Corey Petit, and--of course--Alex Ross on covers.  We chat about the finale and revisit some of our favorite issues throughout this incredible 50 issue run.  NCBD Pics: Nightwing #85, Ant #1, Trial of Magneto #3, and more. 

*Spoilers  The Amazing Spider-Man #75; Harley Quinn: Eat Bang Kill #1; Jennifer Blood #1; The Autumnal TPB. NCBD Picks: Harley Quinn: Eat Bang Kill #2; Slain: Dragon Tamer; James Bond: Himerose #1; The Immortal Hulk #50

*Spoilers We kick off the show with a handful of notable titles that were read over the last week, move into a roundtable about the new series DEATHSTROKE, INC., and then cap things off by answering the question, "I watched the Dune trailer and it reminded me of _____." NCBD Suggestions: Chicken Devil #1, I Righteous Thirst for Vengence #1, The Cimmerian: Beyond the Black River #1

*Spoilers The Death of Dr. Strange #1; Twig Preview-Review; Youngblood #2, Criminal-Coward TPB; Moon Knight #3; X-Men #3; Batman the World (Special Edition); Maw #1; Porcelain #2, The Me You Love in the Dark #2, Chu #8 NCBD: Deathstroke, Inc. #1, Jewish Brigade OGN, Human Remains #1

*Spoilers Primordial #1 (23:00); Prophet vol.1 #4-5 (44:30); Champions Vol.4 #9 (1:06:00); Red Room #3; Trial of Magneto #2; Second Coming Vol.2 # 4; Watersnakes OGN; Judas Priest (Rock & Roll Biographies); Basilisk #3 NCBD Picks: Barbaric #3 (4th Printing); Other Boys OGN

*SPOILERS  Deadbox #1(23:15) ; Mazebook #1(52:30), Satanica (Verotic Press) #1 (1:02:00); Death Plays a Mean Harmonica OGN (1:17:45) Next Week Pulls: Primordial #1; Trial of Magneto #2; Star Wars Darth Vader #16

*Spoilers We put Red Sonja #1 on the round table, and talk about this new chapter of the She-Devil written by Mirka Andolfo & Luca Blengino, Illustrated by Giuseppe Cafaro, colored by Chiara Di Farancia, with letters by Hassan Otmane-Elhaou. Then we chat up the new Spider-Man No Way Home trailer, and segway into a conversation about our own experiences with Marvels flagship hero.  NCBD Picks: Basket Full of Heads TPB, Conan the Barbarian #25; The Defenders #2

*Spoilers Spider-Man: No Way Home Trailer; Echolands: Hope's Crucible #1 (26:30); Lester of the Lesser Gods One-Shot (58:00); 1000 Storms (1:06:00) NCBD Pics: Red Sonja #1, Motorhead: Rise of the Loudest Band in the World OGN; Aquaman 80th Anniversary 100 Page Spectacular

*Spoilers Second Chances #1, Savage Hearts #1, Sensor by Junji Ito, Jim Lives NCBD Pics: Norse Mythology 2 #3, Cable Reloaded #1, The Invincible Red Sonia #4

*Spoilers Campisi the Dragon Incident; Suicide Squad: Get Joker, Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?, The Unbelievable Unteens NCBD: God of Tremors; Ascender #18; Killer Queens #1

*Spoilers This week is all about Not All Robots from Mark Russell and Mike Deodatto Jr. and Frank Miller's Sin City.  NCBD: Campisi #1, Red Sonia: Black White & Blood, The Defenders #1

We're joined by our friend and fellow podcaster Steve Mowry of the Comic Book Bears Podcast to rundown some comics that are our favorites at the midway point of 2021. What made the list? What didn't? Better yet, swing by our facebook group and tell us 5 of your favorite 2021 comics are so far this year.  NCBD Picks: We Don't Kill Spiders #1, Porcelain #1, The Good Asian #3, Not All Robots #1

Comic Spoilers.  Nick Helms swings by to tell us about his new comic Vengeance: Emergence which is LIVE on kickstarter right now. It's fully funded but there are stretch goals to be unlocked. After we chat it up, Nick Hangs out and roundtable's Moon Knight #1 with us.  NCBD Menu: Superman--Son of Kal El #1, Batman Retillian #2, Amazing Fantasy #1, The Last Book You'll Ever Read #1 

*Spoilers We roundtable Beyond the Breach by Ed Brisson, Damian Couceiro, Patricio Delpeche, & Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. Plus: Werewolf By Night #32 Facsimile Edition, Moonshine #26, Immortal Hulk #48, Something is Killing the Children #16-17, Ascender #16-17, The Old Guard: Tales Through Time; Invincible Red Sonja #3, Justice League Last Ride, Video Jack #1 (Epic Comics), Karmen #5, Post Americana #6, The Nice House on the Lake #2 NCBD: Proctory Valley Road $5, Moon Knight #1, Blue & Gold #1 

*SPOILERS Ordinary Gods #1 (25:00), Parasomnia (47:00), Barbaric (57:30), X-Men #1 (1:07:30) NCBD: No Ghosts in Hiroshima #1 (Scout Comics) Savage Hearts #1, The Cimmerian: Man Eaters of Zambola #1. 

*spoilers Happy 4th of July, yall! Put the fireworks down and dive into Shaky Kane and Krent Able's KANE & ABLE with us (23:00). Plus, Demon Days #2 (53:00), Gamma Flight #1 (1:10:15), Daredevil #31, Doctor Aphra #11, CPS #1, Giga #4, Stray Dogs #5, Wonder Woman Black & Gold #1, a chat on continuity, and more.  NCBD Picks: Middlewest HC, Skybound X #1

*SPOILERS This week we steep ourselves into Garth Ennis and Liam Sharp's Batman: Reptilian #1. You're absolutely going to want this in your hands. Then, Matt introduces us to the Eye of Argon Challenge. This barbarian tale is notorious for being one of the worst things every put onto paper. They guys time themselves to see how far they can read before breaking into laughter. It's so bad, its funny. The story, not the podcast... NCBD: Parasomnia #1, Red Room #2, Archie: The Shield #1

*Spoilers Static (31:30); Strongman (54:00); Norse Mythology (1:01:01) Poison Flowers & Pandemonium (1:10:30); Star Wars #14; Brzrkr #3; Planet Sized X-Men; Saga of Krystar #1; X-Force #1(Liefeld); Archangel othe Saga #1; Strange Academy #11; Wonder Woman #773; Parker Reef #2;  NCBD: Something is Killing the Children #17; Batman Reptillian #1; DC 50 Years of Jon Stewart

*Comic Spoilers The Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton #1 by Kyle Starks and Chris Schweizer; The Bunny Mask #1; Stray Bullets vol.1; DC Pride Anthology; Birthright #50, X-Men #20; The Adventures of Parker Reef: No Way Home, Batman the Detective #3; Maniac of New York #5; The Comet Man #1; Green Lantern #3; The Good Asian #2; Hellions #12 NCBD: Luna #5; Planet-Sized X-Men #1; The Seven Swords #1