Candid, non-conventional, non-professional discussions about old, new, mainstream and independent comic books.
The Comic Book Podcast With No Direction
Christopher Michael from HomeBrewed Comics joins us again to discuss the continuing work of C.R.I.T. and the many changes that have occurred since we last spoke. There is a lot! DOWNLOAD C.R.I.T.: He Who Would Be King By Chris Sahloff.Cover By Robert … Continue reading →
Andrew Perry and Lyndon White have created an immersive journey into Lovecraftian Hell and come on to talk about the now and the afterlife. DOWNLOAD Reanimator Incorporated 3 By Andrew Perry and Lyndon White. Reanimator Incorporated 3 By Andrew Perry and … Continue reading →
All New Heroes: Watcher was a germ of an idea that began while Mr. InsaneGenes was in 7th grade. It has grown into a series about a mysterious superhero that has settled in modern day Atlanta, Ga. that is now … Continue reading →
We go over what makes a hero, then discuss the one who started it all and finished with a fairly new one. Enjoy! MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Greymarket DOWNLOAD Are Black Adam And Guy Gardner Heroes, Or Are They Mistakes And Embarrassments? … Continue reading →
Returned began life as a 24 Hour Comic and Jason Strutz comes on to talk about it. Creation, development and promoting are discussed along with other topics. DOWNLOAD Returned By Jason Strutz. Returned By Jason Strutz. Returned By Jason Strutz. … Continue reading →
Wurst & Mayhem co-creator Ryan Kroboth joins us to talk about the upcoming issue 3! DOWNLOAD Wurst & Mayhem 3 By John Edingfield II, Ryan Kroboth And Dave Lentz. Wurst & Mayhem 2 By John Edingfield II, Ryan Kroboth And Dave Lentz. Wurst & Mayhem … Continue reading →
Angel Hunter is the Upcoming manga by Rich Davis who comes on to talk about it. Really interesting human being that you may enjoy listening to. DOWNLOAD Angel Hunter By Rich Davis And Les Garner. Angel Hunter By Rich Davis … Continue reading →
The manga Citizen Evil Vol. 1 is reviewed, then we go into work that was found by chance. MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: hitomi DOWNLOAD Citizen Evil Vol. 1 By M.A.S. Citizen Evil Vol. 1 By M.A.S. Citizen Evil Vol. 1 By M.A.S. … Continue reading →
Laurie Calcaterra has put out issue 5 and is underway with 6! Endless possibilities are discussed as always, but the humanity of the characters are brought up as well. Enjoy! DOWNLOAD Path of the Pale Rider 6 By Laurie Calcaterra,Gilbert … Continue reading →
Even though it’s twenty fives years ago, we still think of the year 2000 as the far flung future. Rook talked about Under-Earth recently, but after getting a chance to read it, Don discusses it some more, along with some … Continue reading →
Rook talks about creator owned independent series he found through Kickstarter, while Don stays in the mainstream camp and finishes the episode discussing corporate logos. DOWNLOAD The Sitter By Adriean Koleric. The Sitter By Adriean Koleric. The Sitter By Adriean … Continue reading →
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Moscow Death Brigade We talk about books found in the wild that we were not aware of. Jay Thorhees was here, but wanted to be a fly on the wall. We made him talk anyway. Enjoy! DOWNLOAD Bramble … Continue reading →
Las Mielitas, the first volume of First Person Revocation is out and Peter Howarth comes on to discuss a story of shifting consciousness between individuals two hundred years in the future. You can learn more if you listen. DOWNLOAD First … Continue reading →
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Steve Robinson This episode begins with Batman: Gotham By Gaslight both the comic and animated movie, other comics adapted to television, the third issue of Blitmap, the LEGO X-Mansion and licensing fees. DOWNLOAD Gotham By Gaslight By Brian … Continue reading →
Alex M. Clark is in the process of putting out Lost In The Shuffle 2. We’ve had him on before, but still had a lot to talk about. DOWNLOAD Lost In The Shuffle 2 By Alex M. Clark, Robby Melendez And Sean Lamberger. Lost In … Continue reading →
What we are currently reading and sometimes don’t understand. Give it a listen. MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Deloris Telescope DOWNLOAD Casanova, Vol. 1: Luxuria By Matt Fraction And Gabriel Bá. Casanova, Vol. 1: Luxuria By Matt Fraction And Gabriel Bá. The Umbrella … Continue reading →
Tim Mulligan talked to us in the past about Witchland in the past, now he returns to discuss his current project Snitchland. DOWNLOAD Snitchland By Tim Mulligan And Pyrink. Snitchland By Tim Mulligan And Pyrink. Snitchland By Tim Mulligan And Pyrink. Snitchland By Tim Mulligan And Pyrink. Snitchland By Tim … Continue reading →
Future Tales is a reimagining of classic fairy tales told in a cyberpunk post apocalyptic world. Philip Tarl Denson comes on to discuss the project and collaborating with an international array of artists for each chapter. DOWNLOAD Future Tales By … Continue reading →
Film director/author and activist, Robbie Atkinson wears many hats, and she came on to tell us about her upcoming manga The 7th Kingdom. DOWNLOAD The 7th Kingdom By Robbie Atkinson And Tagline 9. The 7th Kingdom By Robbie Atkinson And … Continue reading →
Reading the series Invincible starts the conversation off, leading into Batman: Caped Crusader then back again. The excitement of waiting for the next issue (or trade) finishes the episode. MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Joyeater DOWNLOAD Invincible By Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker And Ryan Ottley. Invincible By Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker And Ryan Ottley. … Continue reading →
The discussion starts off with reprints from the golden and silver age, then moves on to a couple of bronze age characters. Giant monsters, animated series, artist’s work we didn’t care for at first and Xenorama bring up the second … Continue reading →
Danny Gorny comes on to discuss the fourth issue of Cygnus Imperium, creation, process and his other works. DOWNLOAD Cygnus Imperium 4 By Danny Gorny, Yarkin Sakarya And Alan Bay. Cygnus Imperium 4 By Danny Gorny, Yarkin Sakarya And Alan … Continue reading →
Phoebe Xavier returns to talk about the new volume of 13th Moon Volume Three. But as always, so much more is discussed. DOWNLOAD Bluetooth By Phoebe Xavier. Trouble Vs. Cthulhu. Fever Dreams. Never Draw Anything You Can Copy, Never Copy … Continue reading →
Aaron Wroblewski is here to discuss his latest work Enenra, but since Rook looked up his other projects online, we talked about those as well. But mostly Enenra. DOWNLOAD Enenra By Aaron Wroblewski And Ezequiel Rubio Lancho. Enenra By Aaron … Continue reading →
A book celebrating the creative process One Bite At A Time is out, and Ryan Claytor comes on to talk about it. All about the process. DOWNLOAD One Bite At A Time: A Hardcover Art Book Celebrating Process. One Bite … Continue reading →
It starts off with a biography trade, followed by two webcomics and the confusing world of public domain characters. After that it is a series of trades that have been read and the rabbit hole they lead into. Enjoy! MUSICAL … Continue reading →
Brandon Starocci joins us to discuss his series Avalon, which follows a family that navigate the dangers of a zombie infection while you learn of their struggles with anxiety, depression, and ongoing health. DOWNLOAD Avalon 3 By Brandon Starocci, Alan … Continue reading →
Wurst & Mayhem creators John Edingfield II And Ryan Kroboth come on to talk about their upcoming issue, the Wurst Unboxing Ever, along with the collaboration and creative process. Which is all done with exuberance and excessive energy, jut like the series. … Continue reading →
It starts out with the Wurst Unboxing, goes into Guy Gardner and the history of Earth’s Green Lanterns along with keeping up with mainstream characters as they continue over time. A new independent title and an early eighties publisher take … Continue reading →
Laurie Cunningham joins us to discuss her current series Sister Grim, but as always, a lot more is discussed. She’s pretty interesting. Enjoy! DOWNLOAD Sister Grim 1 By Laurie Cunningham And Nicolas Nieto. Sister Grim 1 By Laurie Cunningham And Nicolas Nieto. … Continue reading →
Peter Taylor joins us to talk about his comic book Pioneers: Blood & Stars. Commercial space travel and employment in the cosmos, while one participant carries a secret most find concerning. Storytelling, collaboration and working through distractions are covered as … Continue reading →
What if Harry Potter was a busted up 40 year old detective counting the days to his pension? Justin Coke comes on to discuss that in SWAT: Eldritch Blue 1. DOWNLOAD SWAT: Eldritch Blue 1 By Justin Coke And Rachel … Continue reading →
David Howard comes on to discuss his current project Blood World: Phoenix Throne. His other comic OPSEC and prose novel The Long Game were talked about, along with collaboration, research and deep thinking processes. Pretty interesting. DOWNLOAD Blood World: Phoenix … Continue reading →
Jonah Lobe worked as a character designer on both Fallout and Skyrim as well as creating Marvel Anatomy: A Scientific Study of the Superhuman. His current project is the series Quiet: Level One. Give it a listen if you would … Continue reading →
It is way past Free Comic Book Day, but here is a road show we did during that time. Give it a listen. MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Music By JC DOWNLOAD Invincible By Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker And Ryan Ottley. Invincible By Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker And Ryan … Continue reading →
Zeo Niu has created Monkey Vol. 1 – A Trippy Post-Apocalyptic Action Comedy and comes on to talk about it. We were surprised to learn Zeo does a lot of other things, but only wanted to talk about the comic. … Continue reading →
Path Of The Pale Rider issues 1-4 have been collected in a trade with full color, which includes the formerly black and white first issue. DOWNLOAD Path Of The Pale Rider Trade. Path Of The Pale Rider Trade. Path Of … Continue reading →
Chase Amyot comes on to discuss the Epic Adventures of dinoDames. DOWNLOAD Epic Adventures of dinoDames By Chase Amyot And Esteban Tuninetti. dinoDames World Map. Epic Adventures of dinoDames By Chase Amyot And Esteban Tuninetti. Epic Adventures of dinoDames By … Continue reading →
Jayel Draco And Lynsey G. of Oneshi Press join us to discuss the upcoming Mr. Guy Act III. We also cover superstitions and hygiene in the middle ages plus other fun topics. DOWNLOAD Mr. Guy Act III. Mr. Guy: Zombie Hunter. Mr. … Continue reading →
Alex M. Clark created the comic Lost In The Shuffle and comes on to talk with us. DOWNLOAD Lost In The Shuffle By Alex M. Clark, Mariya Juni And Sean Lamberger. Lost In The Shuffle By Alex M. Clark, Mariya … Continue reading →
The Mandalorian has been viewed and we discuss it for the first half of the show. Two Kickstarter books and a few dollar box finds fill up the rest. Enjoy! MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Deloris Telescope DOWNLOAD The Mandalorian. Solo. Andor. Clone … Continue reading →
Ben Perkins joins us to discuss Deathslinger. We talked about a lot of things actually, but mostly Deathslinger. DOWNLOAD Deathslinger By Shane Berryhill, Ben Perkins And Keith Finch. Deathslinger By Shane Berryhill, Ben Perkins And Keith Finch. Deathslinger By Shane … Continue reading →
We are joined by mOw, a man who doesn’t read the comics he buys, but founded the Bunch Of Dorks before podcasts were a thing. He does like Godzilla, so it all balances out. MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Lulu’s Marble DOWNLOAD 400 … Continue reading →
Bill Watterson’s new book starts the conversation off, then goes into the work of Fell Hound, Vault Comics, dollar box finds, kid’s comics from the past and the multiverse in mainstream comics. We talked so much we skipped the music … Continue reading →
The creators of Wurst & Mayhem come on to discuss their upcoming project Wurst & Mayhem. Creation, campains and guidance are covered as well. Enjoy! DOWNLOAD Wurst & Mayhem By John Edingfield II And Ryan Kroboth. Wurst & Mayhem By John … Continue reading →
Tim Mulligan not only wrote the play Witchland, he also turned it into a graphic novel as well. Creation, execution and collaboration are discussed, as well as history of the Pacific Northwest that we haven’t heard of, but should have. … Continue reading →
Dennis Robinson joins us again to discuss Lycan: Solomon’s Odyssey Chapter 2 and the the upcoming Chapter 3, but we covered so much more! DOWNLOAD Lycan: Solomon’s Odyssey Chapter 2 By Dennis Robinson,Sal Donaire, Ezequiel Dominguez And Joel Saavedra. Lycan: Solomon’s Odyssey Chapter 2 … Continue reading →
Laurie Calcaterra returns to discuss Path Of The Pale Rider 4 even further. Endless possibilities and rabbit holes ensue. How can one human being come up with this stuff? DOWNLOAD Path Of The Pale Rider 4 By Laurie Calcaterra,Marco Defillo … Continue reading →
This episode starts off with an unboxing of the C.R.I.T. Kickstarter campaign. Purging your collection, old cartoons you barely remember and recommendations that didn’t make our reading lists. And it finishes out with Previews Catalog. MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Dallas Busha DOWNLOAD … Continue reading →
Hroge joins us once again to discuss The Cancel Haus 2, and the campaign for issue 3. There were a lot of other topics covered as well, but The Cancel Haus was the most important. DOWNLOAD The Cancel Haus 2 … Continue reading →
Lynsey G and Jayel Draco come on to discuss their series PACK. Animal cruelty, gentrification and other complex and intertwined topics that are affecting our society. DOWNLOAD PACK 1 By Jayel Draco And Lynsey G. PACK 1 By Jayel Draco … Continue reading →