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A weekly podcast series hosted by three bald indie comic artists. Join us as we discuss, analyze and obsess over comic books and all things pop culture over a few beers.

Bry Kotyk, Kyle Lees and Merk


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    478: I'm Gonna Say Longer Dick

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2025


     How many comic characters have been replaced? Whether temporarily, for a good stint, or permanently? Quite a few apparently, when the boys delve into the topic and start uncovering a slew of them. From Blue Beetle to Dr Fate,… Continue Reading →

    477: Return of the Revenge of the News!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025


    This week it’s ALL NEWS, with endless comic and pop culture developments to dig through! Including: The Buffy revival and Sarah Michelle Gellar reveal the new Vampire Slayer! Amazon Prime absolutely isn’t making a Judge Dredd series with Karl Urban,… Continue Reading →

    476: A Limo Full of Losers

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2025


     Thunderbolts* is not only out, it’s so out that that isn’t even the name of the movie anymore! This week, we talk about what we liked about the movie, and even what we didn’t, but there isn’t as much… Continue Reading →

    475: Daredevil is Dating Dr Katz

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025


     DAREDEVIL BORN AGAIN! Was it good? Was it bad? Why was Jason Mewes/Muse in it? The boys dig deep into the Disney+ show and the gloves are off! SPOILER ALERT … obviously. All that and a warm up speculating… Continue Reading →

    474: From Mayo to Meek in Less Than a Week!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2025 30:02


    This week it’s a Power Records double-feature! We’ve got two Hulk stories to listen to and riff over, but not just any Hulk, the 1978 live-action television Hulk! (But don’t call him Bruce, you wouldn’t like him when you call… Continue Reading →

    473: I Still Haven't Seen Prey, But I've Seen Venom 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2025


     Get out of this world, get into my space ship! This week, we’re talking about aliens, both in comics, and in the greater pop culture sphere. Who’s better, the xenomoprhs of the Brood, and what is the Kirby connection… Continue Reading → The post 473: I Still Haven’t Seen Prey, But I’ve Seen Venom 3 appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    472: He Can Act But Just Chooses Not To.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025


     It’s an all games episode! Superdedouper defight! Hulk Out/Fake Out! MFK! Battleholes card game! A Bry Quiz! And stunt casting with bad actors! We usually come up with the title from some random phrase that was said during the… Continue Reading → The post 472: He Can Act But Just Chooses Not To. appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    471: Beyond the Purple Portal!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2025


    Once again it’s time for adventure! One that a very dynamic duo chooses the outcome of! A real “Chooses the Doozes”, as it were. Kyle and Merk commiserate over the Bad Present we find ourselves in — when a cyborg… Continue Reading → The post 471: Beyond the Purple Portal! appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    470: That's the Way the Cookie Crumbles

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025


     Here comes Daredevil! Again! He’s being born! Again! This week, we’re talking about the first four episodes of the new really-really-in-the-MCU-this-time Daredevil show. What we liked, what we really didn’t like, and why every part of a story matters… Continue Reading → The post 470: That's the Way the Cookie Crumbles appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    469: The Age of Peak Garcia Lopez

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2025


     JOSE LUIS GARCIA LOPEZ!! This week the boys celebrate this amazing artist for all that he’s given to comics. From his early days in Argentina starting out in comics, to the iconic work creating the DC Style Guide, to… Continue Reading → The post 469: The Age of Peak Garcia Lopez appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    468: It's Square (the Wrong Way)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2025


    Fight on! It’s March, which means that it’s time for another March Madness episode, where we pick a bunch of comic book characters and make them fight for our, and hopefully your, amusement. This time, we’re pitting Nature versus Future… Continue Reading → The post 468: It’s Square (the Wrong Way) appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    467: Cloak and Dagger and Alan Moore's Horny Cthulhu

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2025


    It’s been a bit since we had a “Fix This Character” episode, in which we reimagine underperforming characters in wildly different ways! This time: CLOAK and DAGGER! And to be honest, Ty and Tandy are great and don’t really need… Continue Reading → The post 467: Cloak and Dagger and Alan Moore’s Horny Cthulhu appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    Constant2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2025


     John Constantine! This month he celebrates not once, not twice but… no… well, yea, twice. It’s been 40 years since his first appearance in Swamp Thing and 20 years since the Keanu Reeves helmed film was released! Wow. So… Continue Reading → The post Constant2 appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    465: You Name Another Thing That's Green and Orange, and Then You Can Stop Shaking Your Head

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2025


     This week, to coincide with the release of Captain America: Brave New World, we’re covering Steve Rogers and Sam Wilson, partners in… well, not crime, but mostly the opposite? Captain America and The Falcon, partners since the ’60s. How… Continue Reading → The post 465: You Name Another Thing That’s Green and Orange, and Then You Can Stop Shaking Your Head appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    464: We Should All Stop Dating Quicksilver

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025


    In honour of Valentine's Day, as well as cynicism, we're discussing each others' picks for WORST COMIC BOOK COUPLES! Some couples just don't work, even beyond the usual ups and downs of decades-long continuity. Maybe you root for them, but… Continue Reading → The post 464: We Should All Stop Dating Quicksilver appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    463: A ‘What the F was I supposed to do about this' Clause

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2025


     It’s a Lava Lamp Episode! In that we are just bringing up whatever topics and chatting about everything! What does that have to do with lava lamps? These three knuckleheads have no idea. Tariffs are first up! How do… Continue Reading → The post 463: A ‘What the F was I supposed to do about this’ Clause appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    462: Repatriate Superman's Legs to Canada

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2025


     This week/month/news cycle, a lot of us north of the US/Canada border are feeling a little worried. Maybe you are, too, regardless of where you live? From a Canadian perspective, we talk about the relationship between Canada and “The… Continue Reading → The post 462: Repatriate Superman’s Legs to Canada appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    461: Doctor Solar vs. Ol' Iceberg-Shoes Larry

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2025


    It's time for another electrifying Dramatic Reading, as we travel back to 1966 for Doctor Solar: Man of the Atom #17! Reacting to a volcanic plot from his arch-nemesis, NURO, the good DOCTOR SOLAR must recharge his waning atomic powers… Continue Reading → The post 461: Doctor Solar vs. Ol’ Iceberg-Shoes Larry appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    460: A Couple of Bucks Short

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2025


     Do you have a mentor? Someone who helped guide you through the weirdness of life? Helped you with picking your first cape to go on patrol in? Or how to take down a sleezeball mugging an old lady at… Continue Reading → The post 460: A Couple of Bucks Short appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    459: Yadda Yadda Dumb Place

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2025


     2024 sure was a year that happened, huh? It really, really happened. Such an important, vital year. *Sigh* But hey! Some good stuff happened that year, and we’re gonna focus on it this week. What’s the GOOD stuff that… Continue Reading → The post 459: Yadda Yadda Dumb Place appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    258: The Gunn Show (and other news)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2025


    We haven’t done a news episode for a while, and there’s a whole bunch of somewhat-new and new-new stuff we want to talk about, so here we are! The Superman teaser dropped… Continue Reading → The post 258: The Gunn Show (and other news) appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    457: Godzilla and the Lake Michigan Jacuzzi

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2024


     It’s CHRISTMAS, baby!! And the boys have a special Christmas episode for you! GODZILLA!! What’s says Holiday Love like a giant radioactive lizard? It’s record time to listen to a Godzilla story from 1977. Godzilla, String beans, nachos, aliens,… Continue Reading → The post 457: Godzilla and the Lake Michigan Jacuzzi appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    456 – A Yuletide Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2024


    As the days grow shorter and the nights grow colder, it’s time once again for Bry, Merk, and Kyle to celebrate the season, and to get a little silly about comic books and the holidays. This year, it’s a Lightning… Continue Reading → The post 456 – A Yuletide Special appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    455: The Birthday Bunch

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2024


    Today is Bry’s birthday, and to celebrate he’s taking the reins for a birthday-themed variety show! First up, the boys perform a Dramatic Reading of the “Jughead” classic where Ms. Grundy is going to celebrate her birthday — whether she… Continue Reading → The post 455: The Birthday Bunch appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    454: Don't Buy Presents for a Dead Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2024


     It’s halfway between Halloween & Christmas and that can mean only one thing….. CELERY DAY STALK SLAM!!! The 4th episode in our annual event, we pit Christmas & Holiday Season characters against horror & Halloween related characters to the… Continue Reading → The post 454: Don’t Buy Presents for a Dead Man appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    453: It's Like a Lava Lamp

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2024


    This week, we’ve decided to take it easy. Notes? Plans? Preparation? Bah! We’re just goin’ with the flow, talking about: -the new Absolute DC stuff -The Penguin and Agatha All Along -all of the new Marvel movie and TV stuff… Continue Reading → The post 453: It’s Like a Lava Lamp appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    452: A Dell Comics Werewolf in Iqaluit

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2024


    It's time to choose an adventure of our own (no trademark)! Kyle guides Merk and Bry as they are suddenly contacted by one Al U. Card and one Frank Stone, also known as the infamous Dell Comics Dracula and Frankenstein!… Continue Reading → The post 452: A Dell Comics Werewolf in Iqaluit appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    451: Secret Ghost Town Hullabaloo

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2024


     We’re BACK!!! The archive site we used got hacked & attacked but we’re back! And yes, we know it’s November but we missed being able to post a lot of spooky stuff! So first up… SPOOKY LIGHTNING ROUND…  A… Continue Reading → The post 451: Secret Ghost Town Hullabaloo appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    450: Now I'm Whirlwind Crandall

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2024


     Boff! Pow! Sock! Sock again, even! This week, in a dramatic reading, we’re covering a few of Fletcher Hanks’s lesser-known protagonists: Buzz Crandall and Whirlwind Carter! They are definitely two different guys, they aren’t the same guy with a… Continue Reading → The post 450: Now I’m Whirlwind Crandall appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    449: Does Turbo Teen Pray to Car Jesus?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024


    Let's race into a new episode all about cars in comics! Vroom vroom, and so on! Which of the ever-iconic Batmobiles is the most iconic? Do the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles drive the Turtle Van or the Party Wagon? Which… Continue Reading → The post 449: Does Turbo Teen Pray to Car Jesus? appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    448: Adolph Lundgren for Slap Chop

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2024


     OH MAN! Where to start! Bry is off this week and Kyle & Merk go bonkers! What happens you ask? What do they talk about? Well…. Rock bottom finishing moves. Dazzler: Marvel’s Salute to walking sticks. Baby characters. X-book… Continue Reading → The post 448: Adolph Lundgren for Slap Chop appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    447: Get Me Jensen Ackles

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2024


     “Which production logo are we using this time, fellas?” This week, we’re covering the DC Animated Universe of Films, or I guess it’s more of a multiverse, or DCAUFOIGIMOAM. What are the good ones? What are the duds? Is… Continue Reading → The post 447: Get Me Jensen Ackles appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    446: The September Spat

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2024


    In the ongoing spirit of March Madness, and August Audness, it's time to make eight comic characters battle in a tournament we're calling… The September Spat! Eight contestants enter, but only one can win! And this time, it's “back to… Continue Reading → The post 446: The September Spat appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    445: Inglorious Adam West

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2024


     Be our guest, be our guest, Brandon Ingram is our guest! Indie comic creator/writer Brandon is on the show once again, discussing his awesome new kickstarter for his indie creation, THE GALLOWS MAN! He describes it as Adam West… Continue Reading → The post 445: Inglorious Adam West appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    444: It's the Dude from the Card!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2024


    This week, we’re spending most of the episode playing Battle Holes, the card game that uses comic book trading cards from the ’90s. You could always play it yourself using, oh, some cards that are readily being given away from… Continue Reading → The post 444: It’s the Dude from the Card! appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    443: We Stan a Fat Alfred

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2024


    Batman: Caped Crusader is here, we’ve all seen it, so we’re gonna talk all about it, see? And just upfront, we really liked it! We dig into the 1939-ish time period and all the trappings that come with it, share… Continue Reading → The post 443: We Stan a Fat Alfred appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    442: Knull – Player 2 Marvel Dracula and other Symbiote Stuff

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2024


     The Trailer for Venom 3 has come out and 5 minutes have gone by since we’ve seen a symbiote centered comic event, so let’s talk SYMBIOTES! What do we think of them? How have they evolved? What are some… Continue Reading → The post 442: Knull – Player 2 Marvel Dracula and other Symbiote Stuff appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    441: Taped to a Mace

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2024


     Beeeeest friiiieeeeeends! That’s what we’re talkin’ ’bout this week. We’re answering such age-old questions as: -who actually IS Spider-Man’s best friend? -Is Hank Pym a jerk because no one wants to hang out with him, because he is a… Continue Reading → The post 441: Taped to a Mace appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    Newsflash for July 29, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2024


    The news flashes once more as San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC if you’re nasty) strikes, and we’ve gotta talk all about it! Kang’s dynasty is over before it began! Doctor Doom conquers Avengers 5 and renames it: DOOMSDAY! The Russos are… Continue Reading → The post Newsflash for July 29, 2024 appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    440: It's a Bit Like Herding Xenomorphs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2024


    Class warfare! In this time of inequality and ever-rising costs of living, it’s time to take a look at superheroes living on very different sides of the class divide! The working class heroes with day jobs and the upper iron… Continue Reading → The post 440: It’s a Bit Like Herding Xenomorphs appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    439: Equal Opportunity Stink

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2024


     It’s alternate ending week on Zero Issues as the boys take well known comic storylines and do a little ‘tweaking’ of the story…. sometimes for good…. sometimes for evil. Onslaught! Hush! Superman vs the Flash! And more! Plus Merk… Continue Reading → The post 439: Equal Opportunity Stink appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    438: Frank Miller's Love Chunks

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2024


    This week, our city screams (not unlike a certain Robot Cop screaming for Oreos) that it wants us to talk about Frank Miller, and we, our city’s, uh, lover, are honour-bound to oblige it! What was our first exposure to… Continue Reading → The post 438: Frank Miller’s Love Chunks appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    437: No Ice Cream Until You Join The Defenders

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2024


    The question all comic fans have wrestled with their whole lives! Which member of The Defenders is the best Defender!? We take five, uh, famous Defenders — The Silver Surfer! Hellcat! Nighthawk! Moondragon! Valkyrie! — and pit them against each… Continue Reading → The post 437: No Ice Cream Until You Join The Defenders appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    436: King Bee of a World Hive

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2024


     It’s POWER RECORDS week on Zero Issues, where we listen to not one, but TWO ridiculously amazing DC Power Records from decades ago. Comics on vinyl! First up is Superman- PO Box 65 …. a riveting tale of a… Continue Reading → The post 436: King Bee of a World Hive appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    435: The One with the Balls

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2024


     This episode has some serious balls, and I don't mean the eyeballs that Nightcrawler popped out of Apocalypse's head in the most recent issue of X-Men! This week, we tackle some current topics: the Venom 3 trailer, the Wolverine,… Continue Reading →

    434: John Lith-Go @#$% Yourself

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024


    A week late, but worth the wait! As we enter a weird summer movie season in a year with few superhero movies, at least by 21st century standards, we feel compelled to discuss the untapped cinematic potential of comic series… Continue Reading → The post 434: John Lith-Go @#$% Yourself appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    433: Righty Tighty, Lefty Gone

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2024


     The first season of Xmen 97 is OVER!!! And WOW, was it sumpin, huh?! So the boys plunge into it’s depths and ask all the big questions…. Was that Polaris or Greeny Mcgoozle? Does Silver Samurai wish he was… Continue Reading → The post 433: Righty Tighty, Lefty Gone appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    432: Remy LeBeau, Your Mama's a Pot of Gumbo!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2024


     This Week, for our annual We Put Up a Mother’s Day Episode a Week or More Late spectacular, we’re thinking about some moms that haven’t really gotten the spotlight. What’s The Question’s relationship with his mother? What about Doctor… Continue Reading → The post 432: Remy LeBeau, Your Mama’s a Pot of Gumbo! appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    431: The Hulk is Full of Tinier Men

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2024


    Hey, let's put all that structure aside for an episode, and just relax by the fire and have a friendly chat about comics. Doesn't that sound nice? We discuss comic runs that just didn't do right by their character or… Continue Reading → The post 431: The Hulk is Full of Tinier Men appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    430: Some Variance to her Sugahs

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2024


     OH MAN!! X-Men 97 continues and we talk episodes 5-7. OH THAT EPISODE 5….. Spoilers of course. Lifedeath! Genosha! Gambit! Rogue! Magneto! And Leech?!? What about Leech!?!? Charlie in space! Werner Herzog as Angel! Let my Cameron Hodge go!… Continue Reading → The post 430: Some Variance to her Sugahs appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

    429: Q*Bert Has a Filthy Mouth

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2024


     Meanwhile, at a different while! This week, we’re talking about our favourite comics that take places with familiar characters in unfamiliar times. Just what happens when super heroes start showing up hundreds of years ahead of schedule? What else… Continue Reading → The post 429: Q*Bert Has a Filthy Mouth appeared first on Zero Issues Comic Podcast.

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