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Comic book news and discussion from two friends who read just about every book every week. For Todd and Leonard it's like having a conversation in a comic shop.

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    • May 28, 2014 LATEST EPISODE
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    #131 “An Affinity for Infinity”

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2014


    The Mighty Marvel Marching Society leads the news with stealth cancellations, Ultimate characters joining the X-Men and some shake ups at Marvel Studios. All the sales and freebies in the digital world, everything that Todd & Leonard read from last week, what we're looking forward to this week, and some light X-Men Days of Future's Past movie talk at the very end. All this and so much more!

    #130 “Having Too Much Fun To Think of a Title”

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2014


    As summer begins like it does every May, we look forward to August and September which bring us a Superior return, no less that FOUR comic related TV shows on the fall schedule. But fear not, Todd & Leonard are in the here and now with con talk, comic talk, Godzilla talk and the old walkin' talk.

    #129 “The Episode with No Name”

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2014


    As summer begins like it does every May, we look forward to August and September which bring us a Superior return, no less that FOUR comic related TV shows on the fall schedule. But fear not, Todd & Leonard are in the here and now with con talk, comic talk, Godzilla talk and the old walkin' talk.

    #128 “Doctor Who's Next?”

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2014


    Much TV and movie talk. Will Gotham survive being shown out of order? What movie is your 'Maniac Cop'? What is going to happen with the future of digital comics? All this, what we read last week, what Todd & Leonard are looking forward to this, our Free Comic Book Day experiences and some spoiler talk about ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’, but we save it for the end of the show.

    #127 “A Slice of the Digital Pie”

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2014


    Lots of news from C2E2 and as Marvel has figured out how to get Leonard to get all the tie ins for big events: Make them good! Also, discussion about the recent changes to Comixology, a discussion of what we read last week, a preview of Jason Aaron's new book and some spoilery talk about The Walking Dead #126 we save for the end of the show.

    #126 “Cheeseburger Eating Superman”

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2014


    Was there news out of WonderCon last week? You betcha! Did Todd & Leonard talk about comics from last week? Boy howdy, did they! Were their strange, veiled references to pro wrestling? How would I know? You'll have to listen to this week's episode to find out!

    #125 “My Shoes Hurt”

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2014


    Todd and Leonard have serious discussions about the Eisners, Grant Morrison, and if Scalped can work on network TV. Don't worry, things get goofy towards the end even though this week's episode features the most least positive what we read last week and more!

    #124 “A Big Scoopy Doopie”

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2014


    Do comics get cancelled or do they just get replaced? Do comic characters die or do they just launch more titles? And when are we getting our pull quote! Todd and Leonard have a lot to discuss about comics past, present and future as well as a LENGTHY discussion about Captain America the Winter Soldier with a bucket of spoilers on the side! Enjoy!

    #123 “The Other Tall Guy With A Beard”

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2014


    A lack of announcements from Emerald City and all the fakeness of April Fool's brought about very little news but tons of things to lament. Some preview discussion of Captain America: the Winter Soldier, the Walking Dead finale and so much more!

    #122 “Best Viewed in a Coal Mine During an Eclipse”

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2014


    The Marvel and DC events are out of control! Delaying other books, sketchy solicits and so much more. Also, Spider-Man stories of the future, what we read this week, what we're looking forward next week, Twitter question, Art Attacks and heavy discussions of the second to last episode of AMC's the Walking Dead!

    #121 “The Most Anyone Has Ever Talked About Herman Schultz EVER!”

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2014


    Todd and Leonard talk about the drips and drabs of the books we have to look forward to in June, what do you have to do to get a new number one around here, a very lengthy discussion about the present and future of Superior Foes of Spider-Man and some heavy spoiler talk of both the Walking Dead TV show and comic book. It's all at the end of the show, so spoilers beware.

    #120 “I'm Flash Man”

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2014


    On this week's show, Todd and Leonard tackle the hard hitting questions:- Will the Flash's boots yellow on the TV show?- How many eyes does the Watcher have?- Will you be sticking with some Marvel books with new creative teams?- What was Jack Kirby's greatest contribution to DC?All this and more! What we read last week, what we're looking forward to this week, info about FOUR conventions this week, the latest episode of AMC's the Walking Dead and so much more!

    #119 “Gimmick Jenga”

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2014


    More summer news and more summer books. Leonard keeps the snide Doctor Who remarks to a few and Todd keeps the pipebombs to a minimum, be the boys do discuss the free and cheap being offered at SXSW this weekend and some deep discussion about Eric Stephenson's remarks from the ComicsPRO show last week. We do keep the Walking Dead TV talk at the end of the show, but it's not REALLY spoilery and you may want to check it out. The last ten minutes of the show, I mean.

    #118 “Is She Allergic to Babies?”

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2014


    It's Trailer Battle 2014 as Todd and Leonard compare and contrast the Guardians of the Galaxy and the Godzilla trailers. Has Marvel finally figured out how to make this NOW! stuff work? Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are going to be 30 years old and now we all feel old. All this, a huge outpouring from our Twitter question, a spoiler-ific AMC's the Walking Dead discussion and Leonard's shameless plea to get you to try Superior Foes of Spider-Man!

    #117 “Rowboat Cop”

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2014


    There is some news! And stuff you will have seen after this is live. Todd and Leonard talk about the coming (already here?) Guardians of the Galaxy trailer and it leads into a long talk about our spoiler culture. And surprisingly, we don't spoil any of the comics we talk about. We talk at length about AMC's the Walking Dead as well as the new Robocop and Lego movies and even those are relatively spoiler free! Enjoy!

    #116 “A Show By Dum Dums”

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2014


    AMC is going to series with Preacher which causes Todd and Leonard to wax poetic about their memories and history with the book. Crazy crossovers and a book that needs all our help are included in the news as well tons of books, a giveaway, a show email and the return of AMC's the Walking Dead! Don't worry, we save it for the end of the show!

    #115 “Untouchable Cash Cows”

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2014


    Todd and Leonard have a lengthy discussion of the importance of editors in comics as well more weekly comics from DC, more big name creators on Superman and why Marvel doesn't get the flack for gimmicks that DC does. Also, Todd and Leonard weigh the pro and cons of getting those VIP passes at conventions. All this and so much more!

    #114 “The Lazy Man's Way of Doing Work”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2014


    A light news week results in Leonard making fun of an old man's boots. Todd wonders if he can have his 12th Doctor cosplay ready by September and is it really worth getting bent out of shape over a variant cover? Also, lots of books discussed from last week, Todd's Art Attack, our Twitter question and so much more!

    #113 “A Very Specific Morgan Freeman”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2014


    Truly a golden age in which we live! Todd and Leonard discuss a major release to home video that is long over due. Also, where have the Doctor Who comics gone? And the April DC Solicits. OHHHH, those solicitations! And we welcome to the show our second guest ever, Jeremy Dale, the creator of Skyward from Action Lab comics.

    #112 “Ghost Virgil”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2014


    A monster of a news week with stuff that was spoilery on Sunday. Image had a conventions, announced 100 books but somehow Leonard was still not satisfied! Todd & Leonard have a lengthy discussion about the impact and the future of the Ultimate universe. Also, April is gonna be HUGE for returns and surprised and we've got the primer right here!

    #111 “Not His Usual Face”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2014


    All quiet on the news front? For the most part so leave it to marvel to come out guns a' blazin'! Todd and Leonard talk about titles being too difficult to spell, crazy weddings and omnipotent beings being killed. Also, the first convention of 2014 is upon us! Tons of books from last week, an advance review of Afterlife with Archie #3, what we and our listeners are looking forward to in 2014 all this and so much more!

    #110 “ Memes To an End”

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2013


    Our year end spectacular! Not, really, just business as usual as Todd & Leonard wax poetic about getting comics through subscriptions and news stands, is this really the end of Ultimate universe, our favorite book of 2013 and a discussion about "Doctor Who: the Time of the Doctor."

    #109 “POINT INH”

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2013


    Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to one and all. Leonard's voice sounds like hot garbage but he and Todd are still here to bring you the latest and greatest in comics in your travels this week. This week, we talk about editors, books being late or sales being low being contributing factors to reading and so much more. And stay tuned at the end for our first annual gift exchange!

    #108 “It was my Entire Platoon”

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2013


    Lots of news this week as DC announces another weekly series in 2014 and Todd and Leonard talk about DC's past track record in weekly series. How can one man write eight books a month? Come April, we'll find out! All this and everything you've come to love from the Weekly Longbox. Join us, it's bliss!

    #107 “A Show About Comics & Mispronunciation”

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2013


    Leonard and Todd are back on track with discussion of how and where Marvel should push the NOW books. why Todd loves books featuring bad guys in the lead, tons of books from last week and many promises for 2014 including the return of Sketch Party? Tune it and find out!

    #106 “Cardiac Kerfuffle”

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2013


    After a week absence, Todd and Leonard are back. We'll touch briefly on where we were but we're back with a vengeance. Also, we're going to talk about all the Marvel books that are back but also the ones that never left. We're going to discuss a few books from the last few weeks, what we're looking forward to this week. And the double main event, discussion of the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special and the mid-season finale of AMC's the Walking Dead!

    #105 “Sales is Everything!”

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2013


    It's the podcast of the future! All our news, whether be TV shows, comics, movies or otherwise, is all what 2014 has in store for us. Who gets their fifth new number one in less than ten years? DC has HOW many TV shows in the pipeline? Is too many options truly a golden age? All this, what we read last week, what we're looking forward to this week, AMC's the Walking Dead talk and so much more!

    #104 “All Doctors are Charlatans!”

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2013


    Another jammed packed episode. If only they would stop making awesome stuff! In addition to trying to figure out how to watch five new TV shows, Todd and Leonard discuss delays being nothing new for Sandman, worry for Nightwing's well being and so much more. Also, at the end of the show (we give you ample spoiler warning), we discuss at length both Thor: the Dark World and this week's episode of the Walking Dead.

    #103 “The Daddy Episode”

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2013


    Listen as two men have an argument about Hourman! Marvel (pun intended) as those same two men are confounded by X-Men Time Travel! Which books are ending and which ones are really ending? All this, tons of books we read last week, reviews from the FUTURE and possibly a shill for a book with a picture of my son in it!

    #102 “That Puddle Guy”

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2013


    A spirited and fun loving exchange between Todd and Leonard this week, in light of all the doom gloom brought about from people moving across the country, a sequel to the Video Game of 2012 and terrible customer service. But ther are spoilers ahoy, with discussion of ‘The Walking Dead’ on AMC at the end of the show, Tony Stark revelations and so much more!

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