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Join Brendan, Ryan, Kyle and Zac on an issue-by-issue review and deconstruction of Grant Morrison's The Invisibles. (Warning: This podcast may or may not be a hypersigil.)

The King Mobcast


    • Dec 7, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 25m AVG DURATION
    • 40 EPISODES


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    EP 39: ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2021 99:29


    On a very steamy episode of the King Mobcast, the Invisibles do some...easy riding, if you know what I mean. Emotional trauma can only be relieved by physical indulgence in The Invisibles #14, Only Lovers Left Alive!

    EP 38: AMERICAN DEATH CAMP PART III: COUNTING TO TEN

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2021 99:21


    In this thrilling conclusion to King Mob: Homecoming ft. Boy from The Invisibles, consequences will never be the same. It's The Invisibles #13, American Death Camp Part III: Counting to Ten! P.S. Listen 'til the end for the first of our contest winners!

    EP 37: AMERICAN DEATH CAMP PART II: COUNTING TO FIVE

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2021 77:23


    In this inglorious return to form, the Mobcats weigh in on Boy's bugly transformation and what should and should not be f'd into your car's backseat. It's The Invisibles #12, American Death Camp Part II: Counting to Five!

    EP 36: AMERICAN DEATH CAMP PART I: COUNTING TO NONE

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2021 96:08


    Long ago, there was a podcast where four jackoffs talked about The Invisibles. But when the world needed them most...they vanished. And now that the world has shown they never really needed them in the first place, they're back! To talk about issue #36 of The Invisibles! It's American Death Camp Part 1: Counting to None! Go to 33:47 to skip the yearly recap!

    EP 35: SENSITIVE CRIMINALS PART III: PARISIAN PIERROT

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2021 82:28


    This month on the Mobcast, we bid a fond farewell to the Edie and the Invisibles of yesteryear in the sequel to Arcadia we never knew we needed. Oh! And Brendan makes a Dunston Checks In joke! All this and "more" in The Invisibles #10: Parisian Pierrot!

    EP 34: SENSITIVE CRIMINALS PART II: MAD DOGS AND ENGLISHMEN

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2020 86:53


    This month on the Mobcast, we bid farewell to a harlequin turd of a year by kicking ass and taking names with our new cool 1924 Invisibles. It's The Invisibles #9, Mad Dogs and Englishmen!

    EP 33: SENSITIVE CRIMINALS PART I: POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2020 80:56


    This month on the Mobcast, just listen to those 20s roar! It's time to find out how the world's most bada$$ grandma got her start in the Invisibles in The Invisibles #8, Poor Little Rich Girl! **This episode was recorded prior to several key real world events, including the results of the 2020 American presidential election and the recent Mondo2000 interview with Grant Morrison.**

    EP 32: THE SOUND OF THE ATOM SPLITTING

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2020 76:43


    The Mobcast Mobcats put on their red shoes and dance the blues in this oh-so-critical and formative issue. Tailor-made to aid in your morning constitutional, it's The Invisibles #7, The Sound of the Atom Splitting!

    EP 31: THE GIRL MOST LIKELY TO

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2020 109:42


    This month on the show, elements of the past and future are coming together to make something twice as good as either! Oh, and also HUGE secrets are revealed about existence and the nature of the universe. It's The Invisibles #31, The Girl Most Likely To! Check out Glam Metal Monster Hunter, now up on Kickstarter! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tpkzine/glam-metal-monster-hunter

    EP 30: TIME MACHINE GO

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2020 94:27


    King Mobcast: NOW. With their experiences at Dulce now safely in the "past," the King Mob cell looks to the "future." Whatever the hell those words mean. It's The Invisibles #30: Time Machine GO!

    EP 29: BLACK SCIENCE PART IV: SAFE

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2020 85:32


    This month on the show, we learn the secret Truth, the Answer to Everything, the Key to the Mysteries of the Universe. Not clickbait! It's The Invisibles #29: Safe!

    EP 28: BLACK SCIENCE PART III: SORTED

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2020 73:29


    This month on the Mobcast, your sequestered Mobcats delve deep into Dulce...and as it turns out, there's plenty of deep to delve. It's The Invisibles #28, "Sorted"!

    EP 27: BLACK SCIENCE PART II: KICKIN'

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2020 91:32


    Bikkieless and beset by boikies, the Mobcast Mobcats nevertheless soldier on, exploring the mysteries of mind control, time travel, the holographic nature of the universe and...well, bats, y'know? It's The Invisibles #27, Kickin'!

    026 - BLACK SCIENCE PART I: BANGIN'

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2020 109:32


    This month on the Mobcast, the Mobcats have finally reached Volume 2 and are rarin' to go! Sex! Violence! Scandal! Conspiracies, alien abductions, Batman references and AIDs! It's all here in The Invisibles #26: Bangin'! [The Mobcast Season 2 recap wraps up at 22:46.]

    025 - AND A HALF DOZEN OF THE OTHER

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2020 93:07


    After 10,000 years of waiting, the Mobcats have finally conquered their illnesses and sat down to record an episode about a giant in-joke they weren't privy to because they're American millennials. Ryan reveals that he is actually from the mirror universe, where Sean Philips was never born and Ardal O'Hanlon is famous for his turn as "Father Dougan MacGuire" on Father Tedd. It's the "end" of "Volume 1" of "The Invisibles": it's And a Half Dozen of the Other!

    EP 24: GOOD-BYE BABY RABBITS

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2019 112:45


    This month on the Mobcast, it's the grand finale of House of Fun and the end of the first volume of The Invisibles! Kinda!  It's The Invisibles #24: Good-bye Baby Rabbits!

    EP 23: THE LAST TEMPTATION OF JACK

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2019 102:55


    This month on the Mobcast, the boys achieve true enlightenment and use their newfound insights into the ways of the world to break down and discuss a comic from the mid-90s.  It's The Invisibles #23, The Last Temptation of Jack!

    EP 22: HOUSE OF FUN

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2019 82:44


    This month on the Mobcast, the boys get their jookeys proper spooked in the House of Fun, which is anything but. They also creep on King Mob, but who could blame them? It's the beginning of the end of the beginning in The Invisibles #22: House of Fun!

    EP 21: LIVERPOOL

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2019 95:30


    This month on the Mobcast, boys become men and men become messiahs! It's Nush to the max and bad accents galore in Invisibles #21, Liverpool!

    EP 20: HOW I BECAME INVISIBLE

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2019 70:49


    This month on the Mobcast, it's back down to Earth, where everything is terrible for real, instead of just for fun. Straight outta comics, it's The Invisibles #20: How I Became Invisible!

    EP 19: ENTROPY IN THE U.K. PART III: ASSASSIN

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2019 93:55


    This month on the Mobcast, Entropy in the U.K. draws to a close in the only way it ever could: nice and smooth. It's all about making friends with your gut scorpions in The Invisibles #19, Assassin!

    EP 18: ENTROPY IN THE U.K. PART II: MESSIAH

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2019 97:18


    This month on the Mobcast, the boys discuss Morrison's revolutionary marketing methodology, do bad Australian accents, and wholly embrace the idea of viral nanite breast milk. If you'd like to help out the show, please consider recommending us to friends, relatives or strangers who fall into the following categories: comics fans; Grant Morrison fans; X-Men fans; true doom murderheads; true believers; non-believers; un-believers; daydream believers; homecoming queens; cryptozoologists; butchers; bakers; candlestick makers; neo-Malthusians; warlocks; Ron Paul supporters; weeaboos; teaboos; treeaboos; lapsed Confucians; and the lonely. 

    EP 17: ENTROPY IN THE U.K. PART I: DANDY

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2019 90:23


    This month on the Mobcast, the boys discuss the literary stylings of Michael Moorcock, the cult classic British television serial The Prisoner, British fashion trends of the 60s and 70s, and occasionally—very occasionally—King Mob. It's Issue #17, Gideon Stargrave in Entropy in the U.K. Part I: Dandy!

    EP 016: LONDON

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2019 81:49


    Having finally gotten everything Mobcast-related back on track, it's time to do the same with The Invisibles. Find out what Dane's been up to in this week's passionate, successful episode on Issue#16, London!

    EP 15: DOOM FORCE

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2019 78:29


    In this special edition of the King Mobcast, which is nonetheless officially numbered, the boys explore the deep lore of Grant Morrison's proto-Invisibles comic, DOOM FORCE #1! Which one of these podcasters will lie?

    EP 14: SHEMAN PART III: APOCALIPSTICK

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2019 89:40


    In this month's Mobcast, the boys wrap up the literary landmine that is Sheman, in which something truly horrifying is discovered, and many bickies are eaten. It's #BickieWatch in Sheman Part III: Apocalipstick!

    EP 13: SHEMAN PART II: DAY OF NINE DOGS

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2019 81:03


    The Mobcast crew discovers that they're all dying, a little bit each day. The adventures of Sheman vs the Masters of the Universe continue with Day of Nine Dogs!

    EP 12: SHEMAN PART I: VENUS AS A BOY

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2019 105:45


    On this month's Mobcast, the boys get into the "New Year, New You" spirit with an issue that's all about personal transformation, self-acceptance, and Björk. It's Sheman Part I: Venus as a Boy!

    EP 11: BEST MAN FALL

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2018 80:13


    This month on the Mobcast, it's time to close out the triptych with arguably the best so far. Time to learn once again that every human is a tapestry of sin, in Best Man Fall!

    EP 10: ROYAL MONSTERS

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2018 89:12


    This week on the Mobcast, it's time to see how the other half lives! Turns out, it's with a callous disregard for the value of human life and a near-endless supply of human corpses. Hope everyone voted! P.S. Grant Morrison is a time traveler.

    EP 09: SEASON OF GHOULS

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2018 79:54


    This week on the King Mobcast, the boys gather their ojas radiation and take a trip down the Skeleton Stairway to find the kind of mysterious sh*t they like best. It's The Invisibles #10, "Season of Ghouls"!

    EP 08: 23: THINGS FALL APART

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2018 52:05


    On this week's Mobcast, things fall utterly apart. But at least it happens fast and loud. Plus a special time-shifted edition of the Mobcast Mailbag!

    EP 07: H.E.A.D.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2018 71:11


    This week on the King Mobcast, the end is in sight! The boys close out one of the most troubled arcs in The Invisibles with H.E.A.D. But will it truly be what everybody wants?

    EP 06: 120 DAYS OF SOD ALL

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2018 57:56


    This week on the King Mobcast, stuff's icky! It's icky and not as all chill, as we tackle the comic's most controversial issue to date. It's The Invisibles #7, "120 Days of Sod All"!

    EP 05: MYSTERIES OF THE GUILLOTINE

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2018 67:26


    This week on the King Mobcast: Vive la Revolution! Bad French accents! Byronic backdowns! And the introduction of everyone's favorite irredeemable degenerate, the Marquis de Sade! It's The Invisibles #6, "Mysteries of the Guillotine!"

    EP 04: BLOODY POETRY

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2018 84:54


    This week on The King Mobcast: English Romanticism! Byronic heroes! Pastoral impressionism! And the underlying philosophy of self-determination vs. structured society. Sound intriguing? No? Well, stick around, we'll *eventually* get back to the punk sex-splosions and whatnot.

    EP 03: DOWN AND OUT IN HEAVEN AND HELL PART 3 & KING MOB IN HEXY

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2018 96:36


    This week on The King Mobcast: What is that big red circle? Will Dane join the Invisibles? Why has Zac been disappeared? It's The Invisibles #4, "Down and Out in Heaven and Hell Part 3!" And, as a special bonus, it's "King Mob in Hexy" for all you fetish fans out there!

    EP 02: DOWN AND OUT IN HEAVEN AND HELL PARTS 1 & 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2018 102:24


    This week on The King Mobcast, the boys check in to see just how well Dane McGowan's been doing! (Spoiler: not that great.) It's The Invisibles #2 and #3, "Down and Out in Heaven and Hell" Parts 1 & 2!

    EP 01: DEAD BEATLES

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2018 97:23


    It's the inaugural episode of The King Mobcast! Join fictionauts Ryan, Brendan, Kyle and Zac as they dive headfirst into the The Invisibles #1: Dead Beatles!

    KING MOBCAST - Trailer (Season 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2018 1:23


    The first episode of our new podcast, King Mobcast, airs January 31, 2018 at 12:00 pm.

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