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The Professor Frenzy Show Episode 337 Crush Depth #1 from Mad Cave Comics | Writer: DB Andry | w/Tim Daniel Artist: Alex Sanchez - Release date 3/19/2025 Conan The Barbarian Vol 5 #17 from Titan Comics | Writer(s): Jim Zub | Artist(s): Danica Brine Joao Canola | $3.99 Epitaphs From The Abyss #6 (EC Comics) from Oni Press | Writer(s): J.Holtham Tim Seeley Matthew Rosenberg | Artist(s): Charlie Adlard | $4.99 The Moon Is Following Us #4 from Image | Writer(s): Daniel Warren Johnson | Artist(s): Riley Rossmo Daniel Warren Johnson | $3.99 Hard Case Crime Minky Woodcock The Girl Called Cthulhu #3 from Titan Comics | Writer(s): Cynthia von Buhler | Artist(s): Cynthia von Buhler | $3.99 G.I. Joe #2 from Image Comics (W) Joshua Williamson (A) Tom Reilly, Jordie Bellaire $3.99 City Beneath Her Feet #1 from DSTLRY Media | Writer(s): Anwita Citriya | Artist(s): Elsa Charretier | $8.99 Minor Arcana #4 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): Jeff Lemire | Artist(s): Jeff Lemire | $4.99 Lilith #2 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Corin Howell | Artist(s): Corin Howell | $4.99 Dread The Halls #1 (One Shot) from Image | Writer(s): Jordan Hart Chris Ryall | Artist(s): Walter Pax Jimmy Kucaj Fabio Veras Lee Ferguson | $5.99 Warm Fusion #1 from DSTLRY Media | Writer(s): Scott Hoffman | Artist(s):Alberto Ponticelli | $8.99 Motherf'ing Monsters #1 from Image Comics (W) J Holtham (A) Michael Lee Harris $3.99 Cursed Library #3 Unbound from Archie Comics | Writer(s): Eliot Rahal Magdalene Visaggio | Artist(s): Craig Cermak | $4.99 Missing On The Moon #1 from Mad Cave Studios | Writer(s): Cory Crater | Artist(s): Damian Couceiro | $4.99 Savage Sword Of Conan Vol 2 #6 from Titan Comics | Writer(s): Jason Aaron | Artist(s): Geof Isherwood | $6.99 Wrong Earth Dead Ringers #5 from Ahoy Comics | Writer(s): Tom Peyer | Artist(s): Jamal Igle | $3.99 This Week's Best Comic Books Uncanny Valley #7 from BOOM! Studios (W) Tony Fleecs (A) Dave Wachter $4.99 Creepshow Vol 3 #4 from Image | Writer(s): Mike Carey Acky Bright | Artist(s):Mark Torres Acky Bright | $3.99 Dust To Dust #1 from Image | Writer(s): JG Jones Phil Bram | Artist(s): JG Jones | $3.99 Autumn Kingdom #4 from Oni Press | Writer(s): Cullen Bunn | Artist(s):Christopher Mitten | $4.99 Hello Darkness #6 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): Garth Ennis | Artist(s):Becky Cloonan | $5.99 Spider-Man, Firestar and Iceman at the Dallas Ballet Nutcracker - an advertising supplement to the Dallas Times Herald - published by Marvel Comics copyright 1983 (W) Jim Salicrup (A) Jim Mooney pencils John Tartag inks
The Professor Frenzy Show Episode 328 Epitaphs From The Abyss #4 (EC Comics) from Oni Press | Writer(s): J Holtham | Artist(s): David Lapham Claire Roe Leomacs | $4.99 Prodigy Slaves of Mars #3 from Dark Horse Comics (W) Mark Millar (A) Stefano Landini $4.99 Hard Case Crime Minky Woodcock The Girl Called Cthulhu #1 from Titan Comics | Writer(s): Cynthia von Buhler | Artist(s): Cynthia von Buhler | $3.99 Hate Revisited #4 from Fantagraphics Books (W/A) Peter Bagge $4.99 Witchblade #4 from Image Comics (W) Marguerite Bennett (A) Giuseppe Cafaro $3.99 Godfather Of Hell #1 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Cavan Scott | Artist(s):Pius Bak | $4.99 Black Cloak #9 from Image Comics (W) Kelly Thompson (A) Meredith McClaren $3.99 Where Monsters Lie Cull-De-Sac #1 from Dark Horse | Writer(s): Kyle Starks | Artist(s): Piotr Kowalski | $3.99 Ice Cream Man Presents Decompression In A Wreck Deluxe Special #1 (One Shot) from Image | Writer(s): W. Maxwell Prince | Artist(s): Martín Morazzo Chris O'Halloran | $7.99 House Of Slaughter #26 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): Sam Johns | Artist(s): Letizia Cadonici | $3.99 Vicarious #1 from BOOM! Studios (W) Ryan Parrott (A) Eleonora Carlini $4.99 Best New Comic Books Gatchaman #4 from MadCave Studios (W) Cullen Bunn (A) Chris Batista $4.99 Tin Can Society #2 from Image Comics (W) Peter Warren (A) Francesco Mobili $3.99 Voices in my Head #1 from Image Comics (W) Joe Pruett (A) Juan Doe, Phil Hester, Andrew Robinson, Michael Gaydos $5.99 (cover Brian Bolland) Void Rivals #13 from Image Comics (W) Robert Kirkman (A) Lorenzo De Felici, Patricio Delpeche $3.99 Headless Horseman Halloween Annual 2024 #1 (One Shot) from Dark Horse | Writer(s): David Dastmalchian | Artist(s): Lukas Ketner | $7.99 Creepshow Vol 3 #2 from Image | Writer(s): Eugenio Mira John Ridley | Artist(s): Stefano Raffaele Jorge Fornes | $3.99 The Feeding #1 (One Shot) from Image | Writer(s): David M. Booher | Artist(s): Drew Zucker | $4.99 The Moon Is Following Us #2 from Image | Writer(s): Daniel Warren Johnson | Artist(s): Riley Rossmo Daniel Warren Johnson | $3.99 Universal Monsters Frankenstein #3 from Image | Writer(s): Michael Walsh | Artist(s): Michael Walsh Toni Marie Griffin | $4.99 Babs #3 from Ahoy Comics | Writer(s): Garth Ennis | Artist(s): Jacen Burrows | $3.99 Conan The Barbarian Vol 5 #16 from Titan Comics | Writer(s): Jim Zub | Artist(s): Doug Braithwaite | $3.99 Cursed Library #2 Omega from Archie Comics | Writer(s): Eliot Rahal | Artist(s): Craig Cermak | $4.99 Hello Darkness #4 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): Garth Ennis | Artist(s):Becky Cloonan | $5.99 Vampiress Carmilla Magazine #24 from Warrant Publishing Company | Writer(s): Don Glut | Artist(s): Various | $6.99 MORE FUN Monsters on the Prowl #29; cover dated August 1975; cover priced 25 cents. This week's that guy that was in that show is Ken Berry Today our Frenzy Faves is a favorite Twilight Zone episode The Brain Center at Whipple's, Season 5 Episode 33, Original air date May 15, 1964
Comic Reviews: DC o Absolute Power: Task Force VII 5 by Alex Paknadel, Pete Woods o Zero Hour 30th Anniversary Special by Dan Jurgens, Ron Marz, Jerry Ordway, Howard Porter, Kelley Jones, Darryl Banks, Paul Pelletier, Tom Grummett, Norm Rapmund, Brett Breeding, Alex Sinclair Marvel o Aliens vs. Avengers 1 by Jonathan Hickman, Esad Ribic, Ive Svorcina o Amazing 56/950 by Zeb Wells, John Romita Jr., Scott Hanna, Marcio Menyz; Zeb Wells, Andres Genolet, Rachelle Rosenberg; Zeb Wells, Ramon Rosanas, Rachelle Rosenberg; Lee Gatlin o Chasm: Curse of Kaine 1 by Steve Foxe, Andrea Broccardo, Brian Reber o Incredible Hulk Annual by Derek Landy, Geoff Shaw, Frank Martin; Derek Landy, Sara Pichelli, Mattia Iacono o Marvel 85th Anniversary Special by Ryan North, Joshua Cassara, Dean White; Iman Vellani, Sabir Pirzada, Stephen Byrne; Alan Davis, Rachelle Rosenberg; Christopher Priest, Carlo Pagulayan, Jason Paz, Morry Hollowell; Yuji Kaku, Ken Kunita; Steve Skroce, Bryan Valenza o Phases of the Moon Knight 1 by Erica Schultz, Manuel Garcia, Sean Parsons, Ceci De La Cruz; Benjamin Percy, Rod Reis o Spidey and His Amazing Friends by Steve Behling, Antonello Dalena, Giovanni Rigano, Cristina Giorgilli, Cristina Stella, Dario Calabria, Lucio De Giuseppe, Fabio Franchi o Venom War: Zombiotes 1 by Cavan Scott, Juan Jose Ryp, Ceci De La Cruz o Venomverse Reborn 3 by Al Ewing, Danilo Beyruth, Ceci de la Cruz; Steve Foxe, Kei Zama, Antonio Fabela; Ryan North, Matthew Waite; Gerry Duggan, Brent Peeples, Romulo Fajardo Jr. o Marvel Unlimited § Dogpool 6 by Mackenzie Cadenhead, Enid Blalam, Fer Sifuentes § House of Harkness 1 by Preeti Chhibber, Jodi Nishijima, Ian Herring DSTLRY o Life 1 by Stephanie Phillips, Brian Azzarello, Danijel Zezelj Image o Convert 1 by John Arcudi, Savannah Finley, Miguel Co o Universal Monsters: Frankenstein 1 by Michael Walsh, Toni Marie Griffin Archie o Archie: The Decision 1 by Tom King, Dan Parent, Rob Smith, Rosario Pena o Cursed Library Alpha 1 by Eliot Rahal, Magdalene Visaggio, Craig Cermak, Matt Herms Oni o Sesame Street 1 by Joey Esposito, Austin Baechle OGN Countdown o Mia and Friends: Mia Hamm and the Soccer Sisterhood that Changed History by Karlin Gray, Micheline Hess o Buckle Up by Lawrence Lindell o I Was The Cat 10th Anniversary Special by Paul Tobin, Benjamin Dewey o Tunis to Sydney by Christian Carnouche, Meriam Carnouche, Sam Rapley o Full Shift by Jennifer Dugan, Kit Seaton Additional Reviews: Grim HC Vol 1, Terminator Zero News: Vince McMahon Netflix documentary, details on next Jurassic World movie, Dead Boy Detectives cancelled, casting for 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank, IDW oddness Trailers: Sonic 3, Nightbitch, Alien: Earth Comics Countdown (28 August 2024): 1. White Boat 2 by Scott Snyder, Francesco Francavilla 2. Nice House By the Sea 2 by James Tynion IV, Alvaro Martinez Bueno, Jordie Bellaire 3. Batman: Dark Age 5 by Mark Russell, Mike Allred, Laura Allred 4. Life 1 by Stephanie Phillips, Brian Azzarello, Danijel Zezelj 5. Aliens vs. Avengers 1 by Jonathan Hickman, Esad Ribic, Ive Svorcina 6. William of Newbury 4 by Michael Avon Oeming 7. Archie: The Decision 1 by Tom King, Dan Parent, Rob Smith, Rosario Pena 8. Universal Monsters: Frankenstein 1 by Michael Walsh, Toni Marie Griffin 9. Zatanna: Bring Down the House 3 by Mariko Tamaki, Javier Rodriguez 10. Drawing Blood 5 by David Avallone, Kevin Eastman, Troy Little, Ben Bishop, Simon Gough
Josh and Brandon meet at Pop's to review the new Archie Horror one-shot Madam Satan: Hell on Earth created by Eliot Rahal, Vincenzo Federici, Ellie Wright, and Jack Morelli.Show notes: Beware spoilers in this episode! Follow Archie and Me on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.If you enjoy this podcast, please consider leaving a review.
Creepshow Vol 2 #1 from Image | Writer(s): Garth Ennis Phil Hester | Artist(s): Becky Cloonan Phil Hester | $3.99 The Cull #2 from Image | Writer(s): Kelly Thompson | Artist(s): Mattia De Iulis | $3.99 House Of Slaughter #17 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): Sam Johns | Artist(s): Letizia Cadonici | $3.99 Saint John #1 from Dark Horse Comics (W) Dan Schkade, Brennan Wagner (A) Dan Schkade I Hate Fairyland Vol 2 #9 from Image | Writer(s): Skottie Young | Artist(s): Brett Bean | $3.99 Kill More #1 from IDW Publishing | Writer(s): Scott Wilson | Artist(s): Max Fuchs | $3.99 Coda Vol 2 #1 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): Simon Spurrier | Artist(s): Matias Bergara | $4.99 Bloodborne: The Bleak Dominion #1 from Titan Comics (W) Cullen Bunn (A) Piotr Kowalski $3.99 Today's Books Lonesome Hunters The Wolf Child #3 from Dark Horse | Writer(s): Tyler Crook | Artist(s): Tyler Crook | $3.99 Bone Orchard Mythos Tenement #4 from Image | Writer(s): Jeff Lemire | Artist(s): Andrea Sorrentino Dave Stewart | $3.99 Fishflies #2 from Image | Writer(s): Jeff Lemire | Artist(s): Jeff Lemire | $5.99 Haunt You To The End #4 from Image/Top Cow | Writer(s): Ryan Cady | Artist(s): Andrea Mutti | $3.99 Hexagon Bridge #1 from Image | Writer(s): Richard Blake | Artist(s): Richard Blake | $3.99 KLIK KLIK BOOM #4 from Image | Writer(s): Doug Wagner | Artist(s): Douglas Dabbs Matt Wilson | $3.99 Saga #66 from Image | Writer(s): Brian K. Vaughan | Artist(s): Fiona Staples | $3.99 Blacks Myth Key To His Heart #4 from Ahoy Comics | Writer(s): Eric Palicki | Artist(s): Wendell Cavalcanti | $3.99 Chilling Adventures Presents Madam Satan Hell On Earth #1 (One Shot) from Archie Comics | Writer(s): Eliot Rahal | Artist(s): Riccardo Federici | $3.99 Grim #13 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): Stephanie Phillips | Artist(s): Flaviano| $3.99 Money Shot Comes Again #4 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Tim Seeley | Artist(s): Gisele Lagace | $4.99 Queen Of Swords A Barbaric Tale #3 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Michael Moreci | Artist(s): Corin Howell | $4.99 Rare Flavours #1 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): Ram V. | Artist(s): Filipe Andrade | $4.99 Something Is Killing The Children #33 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): James Tynion IV | Artist(s): Werther Dell'Edera | $3.99 Big Game #3 from Image Comics (W) Mark Millar (A) Pepe Larraz $3.99 The Madness #2 of 6 from AWA (W) J. Michael Straczynski (A) ACO, David Lorenzo $3.99 Monarch #6 from Image Comics (W) Rodney Barnes (A) Alex Lins $3.99 Nocterra #16 from Image Comics (W) Scott Snyder (A) Tony S. Daniel, Marcelo Maiolo $3.99 Scrapper #3 from Image Comics (W) Alex de Campi, Cliff Bleszinksi (A) Ryan Kelly, Jordie Bellaire $3.99 This week's that guy that was in that show is Lynne Thigpen Today our Frenzy Faves are: Favorite heroic Women in Horror.
Comic Reviews: DC Knight Terrors: First Blood 1 by Joshua Williamson, Howard Porter, Brad Anderson Knight Terrors: Batman 1 by Joshua Williamson, Guillem March, Tomeu Morey Knight Terrors: Black Adam 1 by Jeremy Haun, Nick Filardi Knight Terrors: Poison Ivy 1 by G. Willow Wilson, Atagun Ilhan, Mark Morales, Arif Prianto Knight Terrors: Ravager 1 by Ed Brisson, Dexter Soy, Veronica Gandini Knight Terrors: The Joker 1 by Matthew Rosenberg, Clark and Lex OGN by Brendan Reichs, Jerry Gaylord Marvel Captain America 750 by Tochi Onyebuchi, RB Silva, Jesus Aburtov, Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Carmen Carnero, Nolan Woodard Captain Marvel: Dark Tempest 1 by Ann Nocenti, Paolo Villanelli, Java Tartaglia Edge of Spider-Verse 4 by B. Earl, Taboo, Juan Ferreyra, Daniel Kibblesmith, Chriscross, Andrew Dalhouse, Alex Segura, Enid Balam, Elisabetta D'Amico, Craig Yeung, Brian Reber Extreme Venomverse 4 by Peach Momoko, DJ Bryant, Alvaro Lopez, Alex Guimares, Alyssa Wong, Ken Niimura Thor Annual by Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, Ibraim Roberson, Dan Brown X-Men: Before the Fall – Sinister Four by Kieron Gillen, Paco Medina, Edgar Delgado, Fer Sifuentes-Sujo Marvel Unlimited Li'L Rocket 5 by Stephanie Williams, Jay Fosgitt Brute Force by Paul Scheer, Nick Giovannetti, Geoffo, Dee Cunniffe Image Swan Songs 1 by W. Maxwell Prince, Martin Simmonds Untold Tales of I Hate Fairyland 1 by Skottie Young, Aaron Conley, Sarah Stern, Dean Rankine, Weird Work 1 by Jordan Thomas, Shaky Kane Mad Cave Under the Influence 1 by Eliot Rahal, Stefano Simeone Scout Puc the Artist and the Myth of Color 1 by Miles Greg, Garrett Richert Titan Heat Seeker: A Gun Honey Series 1 by Charles Ardai, Ace Continuado, Jose Zapata, Asifur Rahman Doctor Who: Doom's Day 1 by Jody Houser, Roberta Ingranata ComiXology Pop Culture Presents by Brock Parks OGNs Rock Gods of Jackson, Tennessee by Rafer Roberts, Mike Norton, Allen Passalaqua Merry-Go-Round by Sergio Rossi, Agnese Innocente Trackers Presents Captain Nick and the Explorer Society: Compass of Mems by Michelle McCann, Tony Deis, Grey Allison, Thomas Pitilli, Lukas Ketner, Liezi Buenaventura Additional Reviews: Secret Invasion ep3, Over My Dead Body, Remina, Colonel Weird and Little Andromeda, Ghost and Molly McGee, Danger and Other Unknown Risks, Shadow of the Batgirl, My Adventure With Superman premiere News: Strange Planet coming to Apple TV, MJ officially becomes Jackpot, new Snyder/Albuquerque series coming from ComiXology, Jennifer Garner returning as Elektra for Deadpool 3, Black Panther video game in development Comics Countdown (04 Jul 2023): 1. Daredevil 13 by Chip Zdarsky, Marco Checchetto, Matt Wilson 2. Rock Gods of Jackson Tennessee OGN by Rafer Roberts, Mike Norton, Allen Passalaqua 3. Love Everlasting 9 by Tom King, Elsa Charretier, Matt Hollingsworth 4. Swan Songs 1 by W. Maxwell Prince, Martin Simmonds 5. Hairball 4 by Matt Kindt, Tyler Jenkins, Hilary Jenkins 6. I Hate This Place 10 by Kyle Starks, Artyom Topilin, Lee Loughridge 7. Phantom Road 5 by Jeff Lemire, Gabriel Walta, Jordie Bellaire 8. TMNT: Armageddon Game 8 by Tom Waltz, Vincenzo Federici 9. Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent 5 by Tom Taylor, Clayton Henry, Jordie Bellaire 10. No/One 4 by Kyle Higgins, Brian Buccellato, Geraldo Borges, Mark Englert
It's a very special July 4th episode of the Cryptid Creator Corner today. Why's it so special you ask? Because Jimmy got to chat with Eliot Rahal about the newest Mad Cave Studios comic UNDER THE INFLUENCE out July 5th. Under the Influence is about a kid made famous by a meme that grows up to become a social media influencer cult leader. So the FBI sends in an undercover agent who may already be in over her head. It's a phenomenal first issue with art by Stefano Simeone and lettered by Frank Cvetkovic. Eliot talks about the development of the series and what inspired it. Jimmy also gets to chat about Knock 'em Dead and Eliot's experience as a stand-up comic. It's a thought-provoking and open conversation that you aren't going to want to miss. As we mentioned in the podcast, use the coupon code YETI5 to get 5% off your order at CraftiComics.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
My guest this week is comedian Pavel Zborik, direct from Switzerland! What moment in the Spider-Man PS4 game really shows off the kind of guy Peter Parker is? Why does Pavel love John Constantine? Do you follow writers or artists? What is Infinite Vacation about? What did Warren Ellis do with Moon Knight? What is Spectators about? What can you get in Brian K. Vaughn's substack? Is Alan Moore right to not want his work adapted for the screen? What is Mister Miracle's deal? How were those early X-Men movies? Who played Captain America in the 1980s awful Cap movie? Where do you start with Hellboy? What makes the Hellboy comics good? What characters show up in the Injustice video games? Which popular characters does Pavel not like? What is the series Die about? Reading list: Ultimate X-Men https://amzn.to/3Xpuqhw Hellblazer https://amzn.to/44fxtuV Hawkeye by Matt Fraction and David Aja (free on Comixology Unlimited) https://amzn.to/3PpINjN Sex Criminals by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky (free on Comixology Unlimited) https://amzn.to/3qTURzz Infinite Vacation by Nick Spencer and Christian Ward https://amzn.to/3JrJ0PC Morning Glories https://amzn.to/3Nng6S3 Superior Foes of Spider-Man (free on Comixology Unlimited) https://amzn.to/3XphsQH Dying is Easy by Joe Hill and Martin Simmonds (free on Comixology Unlimited) https://amzn.to/3Poany1 Snelson: Comedy is Dying by Paul Constant and Fred Harper https://amzn.to/42Zl4dv Knock 'Em Dead by Eliot Rahal https://amzn.to/3XpuPR4 Bleed Them Dry by Eliot Rahal and Dike Ruan https://amzn.to/3Xq09iL Hot Lunch Special by Eliot Rahal https://amzn.to/42VlEJg Moon Knight by Warren Ellis and Declan Shalvey (free on Comixology Unlimited) https://amzn.to/46nFno2 Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis and Darrick Robertson (free on Comixology Unlimited) https://amzn.to/3PoaQAh Brian K. Vaughan books: Ex Machina with Tony Harris (free on Comixology Unlimited) https://amzn.to/3XkXsPj Spectators (free on his substack) https://explodinggiraffe.substack.com/ Saga with Fiona Staples https://amzn.to/3CLoQN6 Paper Girls with Cliff Chiang https://amzn.to/3CID1Cf Y The Last Man with Pia Guerra https://amzn.to/3CHRDlu Sandman by Neil Gaiman https://amzn.to/43YQEtk League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore https://amzn.to/46onqFB Scott Pilgrim vs. The World by Bryan Lee O'Malley (free with Kindle Unlimited) https://amzn.to/3NrrWL1 Mister Miracle by Tom King and Mitch Gerads https://amzn.to/3Nr0qx2 Supergirl Woman of Tomorrow by Tom King and Bilquis Evely (free on Comixology Unlimited) Hellboy by Mike Mignola (free on Comixology Unlimited) https://amzn.to/3JwhjoZ Keiron Gillen books: Die With Stephanie Hans https://amzn.to/44aXRXn Loki: Journey into Mystery https://amzn.to/3XnnvFr The Wicked and The Divine with Jamie Mckelvie (free with Kindle Unlimited) https://amzn.to/44dx5gv Young Avengers (free on Comixology Unlimited) https://amzn.to/44hRuAO Phonogram with Jamie McKelvie https://amzn.to/3NrtZyN Uber with Daniel Gete https://amzn.to/4416TWD Books by James Tynion IV: Something is Killing the Children with Werther Dell'Edera (free on Comixology Unlimited) https://amzn.to/3NoKJGT The Nice House on the Lake https://amzn.to/42REZLf Loki: Agent of Asgard by Al Ewing and more https://amzn.to/46lW9nh Watch list: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World https://amzn.to/3pbh2kA X-Men https://amzn.to/3CGydxv Superman: The Movie https://amzn.to/3PuDwrs Superman II https://amzn.to/3pl9PhH Batman (Tim Burton) https://amzn.to/3XrqzAG Batman Returns https://amzn.to/3qRHWhA Hellboy https://amzn.to/3NKZHs0 Hellboy II: The Golden Army https://amzn.to/3NKhD63 Video games: Spider-Man PS4 https://amzn.to/3Nmxl68 Injustice 2 https://amzn.to/3psyCQS Recorded 6-11-23 via Zencastr
We have more comics than you can shake a stick at this episode. "Gunhild" by Fred Tornager (Saturday AM) "The Nasty" by John Lees and George Kambadais (Vault) "The Mare" by Seth Martel (Graphic Mundi) "Barbaric: Hell to Pay" by Michael Moreci and Nathan Gooden (Vault) "Amelia Aierwood: Basic Witch" by Emily Hampshire, Eliot Rahal and Kristen Gudsnuk (Z2) "Monarch" by Rodney Barnes and Alex Lins (Image Comics) "End After End" by Tim Daniel, David Andry and Sunando C (Vault) "My Coworker has a Secret" by Mushiro (Tokyopop) Follow us!
Comic Reviews: DC Batman: Gotham Knights – Gilded City 1 by Evan Narcisse, Abel Punchline: Gotham Game 1 by Tini Howard, Blake Howard, Gleb Melnikov, Luis Guerrero Riddler: Year One 1 by Paul Dano, Stevan Subic Marvel AXE: Judgment Day 6 by Kieron Gillen, Valerio Schiti, Ivan Piorelli, Marte Gracia Moon Knight Annual by Jed MacKay, Federico Sabbatini Strange Academy: Finals 1 by Skottie Young, Humberto Ramos, Edgar Delgado Infinity Comics Spider-Verse Unlimited 21 by Gustavo Duarte Strange Tales: Ghost Rider by Rich Douek, Ramon Bachs, Javier Tartaglia Who Is: Ironheart by Eve Ewing, David Cutler, Roberto Poggi, Paris Alleyne Who Is: Namor by Ralph Macchio, Matt Horak, Brian Reber Dark Horse Criminal Macabre/Count Crowley: From the Pit They Came 1 by Steve Niles, David Dastmalchian, Lukas Ketner, Lauren Affe Dead Mall 1 by Adam Cesare, David Stoll Image American Jesus: Revelation 1 by Mark Millar, Peter Gross, Tomm Coker Lovesick 1 by Luana Vecchio IDW Star Trek 1 by Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Ramon Rosanas, Lee Loughridge Boom Damn Them All by Simon Spurrier, Charlie Adlard, Sofie Dodgson Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 101 by Melissa Flores, Simona Di Gianfelice, Raul Angulo Vault Nightfall Double Feature 1 by Tim Daniel, David Andry, Daniel Kraus, Maan House, Chris Shehan Archie The Return of Chilling Adventures of Sorcery by Sina Grace, Eliot Rahal, Casey Gilly, Vincenzo Federici, Corin Howell, Liana Kangas Red 5 Lead City 1 by Eric Gorden, Kyle Brummond OGN Going Green: Giving it (Almost) My All for the Planet by Maite Robert Ray's OGN Corner: Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things by Ted Naifeh Additional Reviews: Midnight Club, Oblivion Song HC 1, Superman and Lois, Andor, House of Dragons s1, Deathstroke by Priest, Tales of the Jedi, Nightwing by Taylor vol 1 Longbox of Horror 2022 part 5: horror movie crossover pitches News: Star Wars post ep9, Doctor Who and Disney+, James Gunn co-head of DC Studios, Ty Templeton cancer-free, Simpsons Death Note, Green Lantern show re-tooled, Omninews, Emilia Clarke playing Abigail Brand in Secret Invasion, Primer sequel, Witcher: Henry Cavill out and Liam Hemsworth in, Gargoyles sells 100k for Dynamite, AWA announces early 2023 slate Trailers: Quantumania, Guardians Holiday Special Comics Countdown: Human Target 8 by Tom King, Greg Smallwood Superman: Action Comics 1048 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Mike Perkins, David Lapham, Lee Loughridge, Trish Mulvihill Catwoman: Lonely City 4 by Cliff Chiang Strange 7 by Jed MacKay, Marcelo Ferreira, Roberto Poggi, Javier Tartaglia MMPR 101 by Melissa Flores, Simona Di Gianfelice, Raul Angulo TMNT: Armageddon Game 2 by Tom Waltz, Vincenzo Federici, Matt Herms Sins of the Black Flamingo 5 by Andrew Wheeler, Travis Moore, Tamra Bonvillain Venom 12 by Ram V, Bryan Hitch, Andrew Currie, Alex Sinclair Strange Academy: Finals 1 by Skottie Young, Humberto Ramos, Edgar Delgado Variants 4 by Gail Simone, Phil Noto
Josh and Brandon meet at Pop's to talk about the "Month of Mayhem" comic one-shots that were released this month.Show notes:Chilling Adventures of Salem #1 was created by Cullen Bunn, Dan Schoening, Ben Galvan, Matt Herms, and Jack Morelli.Fear the Funhouse #1:"Snack Attack" was created by Micol Ostow, Lissette Carrera, Matt Herms, and Jack Morelli."Suburban Legend" was created by Michael Northrop, Diana Camero, Matt Herms, and Jack Morelli."Whatever Happened to Dilton?" was created by Magdalene Vissagio, Ryan Caskey, Matt Herms, and Jack Morelli.Return to Chilling Adventures in Sorcery #1:"Blood Moon Lilith" was created by Eliot Rahal, Vincenzo Federici, Matt Herms, and Jack Morelli."Thirst Trap" was created by Casey Gilly, Liana Kangas, Glenn Whitmore, and Jack Morelli."Dressed to Kill" was created by Sina Grace, Corin Howell, Glenn Whitmore, and Jack Morelli."Demonic Dipsy Doodle" was created by Craig Boldman, Pat & Tim Kennedy, Bob Smith, Matt Herms, and Jack Morelli.Follow Archie and Me on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.If you enjoy this podcast, please consider leaving a review.
Jace chats with writer Eliot Rahal about his new graphic novel form Z2 Comics, Cheech and Chong Chronicles: A Brief History of Weed. Eliot gets a chance to tell and epic stoner adventure story with the legendary comedy duo that explores many of the tropes about weed through the years. A must-read for fans of Cheech and Chong and anyone who loves a good toke!
Episode 18 - March 12, 202218 episodes, 20 interviews, and a roundtable- What have we learned?News of NoteEmily Hampshire (Schitt's Creek) teams with Eliot Rahal, Kristin Gudsnuk and Ames Liu for YA Graphic Novel Amelia Aierwood: Basic Witch https://www.comicsbeat.com/emily-hampshire-amelia-aierwood-basic-witch-z2-comics/?ampHBO Max orders Penguin Spin-off Series https://www.comicsbeat.com/hbo-max-colin-farrell-penguin-spinofff-series-announced/?ampGail Simone and Phil Noto. The Variants. Jessica Jones in the Multiverse. 3 Amazing New BooksTylerPunisher #1 Jason Aaron, Jesus Saiz & Paul Azaceta, Dave Stewart, MarvelLittle Monsters #1, Jeff Lemire, Dustin Nguyen, Image Sabretooth #2, Victor LaValle, Leonard Kirk, MarvelTadLove Everlasting #2 Tom King, Elsa Charretier, Everlasting ProductionsThe Good Asian #9 Pornsak Pichetshote, Alexandre Tefenkgi, Image Hit Me #1 Christa Faust, Priscilla Petraites, AWAHonorable Mentions: Great ResponsibilityThere are more people that are willing to talk to us than I expectedThey're all really AWESOMEApparently, we're kind of cool too3 Books We Hope Will Be SpectacularTadThe Crimson Cage #4 John Lees, Alex Cormack, AWA The Blue Flame #8 Christopher Cantwell, Adam Gorham, VaultWhat's The Furthest Place From Here #5, Matthew Rosenberg, Tyler Boss, Image Honorable Mentions: Batman: The Knight #3, Regarding the Matter of Oswald's Body #5, Time Before Time #11, Usagi Yojimbo #27 Tyler Masters of the Universe, TP, Kevin Smith, Mindy Lee, Dark Horse Clay People Colossus #1, Matt Hawkins, Christian Dibari, Image Slumber #1, Tyler Burton Smith, Vanessa Cardinali, ImageClosing,Consider becoming a patron!
Let's travel back to the early days of yesteryear as we explore the world of Steve Canyon! No, Really! We also discuss some movie news, and review Chilling Adventures in Sorcery #1 from Archie Comics, The Magic Order 2 #1, and Purgatori #2, just for you! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! a href="https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF">Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) NEWS https://variety.com/2021/film/box-office/marvel-eternals-box-office-globally-no-time-to-die-1235106898/ https://variety.com/2021/film/news/no-time-to-die-on-demand-streaming-digital-james-bond-1235106439/ https://variety.com/2021/film/news/black-panther-wakanda-forever-shuts-down-production-letitia-wright-1235106126/ https://deadline.com/2021/11/stranger-things-season-4-premiere-update-episode-titles-1234869361/ REVIEWS STEPHEN CHILLING ADVENTURES IN SORCERY #1 Writer: Amy Chu, Eliot Rahal, Evan Stanley Artist: Derek Charm, Vincenzo Federici, Matt Herms, Pat Kennedy, Tim Kennedy Publisher: Archie Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: November 3, 2021 THE FUTURE OF ARCHIE COMICS STARTS HERE IN AN ALL-NEW ANTHOLOGY-STYLE ONE-SHOT! Madam Satan is our tour guide into this horrific world exploring the underbelly of Riverdale and its surrounding areas! Madam Satan is trying to escape Hell. She goes through the circles of Hell in reverse. Along the way she meets lost/tortured souls who tell their stories—like that of Archie Andrews, who accepted a seemingly normal job as the nighttime security shift at Riverdale's local pizzeria and children's mascot entertainment venue. Only to learn that the venue harbors a deep, dark, robotic, monstrous secret! And then there's Jughead Jones, a teen who never met a food he didn't like. Until now. What is that eerie noise coming from the kitchen…? All that plus more bonus frightful content sure to delight all Archie horror fans! [rating:4/5] You can purchase this issue via the comiXology/Amazon affiliate link (https://amzn.to/2Yobzt4) MATTHEW THE MAGIC ORDER 2 #1 Writer: Mark Miller Artist: Stuart Immonen Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: November 3, 2021 A magical turf war like you've never seen before! The London chapter of the Magic Order has entered the scene, and these tough Guy Ritchie-style gangsters have a problem with the Eastern European Warlocks moving into their territory. Can new leader Cordelia Moonstone keep the peace? [rating:3/5] You can purchase this issue via the comiXology/Amazon affiliate link (https://amzn.to/3D5C7P4) RODRIGO PURGATORI #2 Writer: Ray Fawkes Artist: Alvaro Sarraseca Publisher: DYNAMITE Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: November 17, 2021 Purgatori! She's the girl with the great horns and the biggest body count. Now she's fighting battles inside and out -- monsters trying to kill her in the trackless forests of Europe, and witches trying to take control of her one-track mind. And through it all, one central question nags her over and over - How the hell did she end up in Norway?! She'd better figure things out, or someone's gonna get gored in the fjord. [rating: 3/5] You can purchase this issue via the comiXology affiliate link (comixology.sjv.io/0Jydx3) DISCUSSION STEVE CANYON VOLUME 4: 1953 - 1954 Writer: Milton Caniff Artist: Milton Canniff Publisher: IDW Publishing Cover Price: $75.00 Release Date: April 1, 2014 The fourth volume of The Complete Steve Canyon opens with Steve as the newly-minted Light Colonel bringing the jet age to the town of Indian Cape — and the natives are after an old friend's scalp! Can Steve and new sidekick Pipper the Piper find a way to still an entire town's wrath? Canyon encounters old friends throughout 1953 and into 1954: Princess Snowflower, the irascible Dogie Hogan, and the leader of a band of Hooligans on horseback. Of course, there are girls, girls, girls — Herself Muldoon, Summer Olson, plus Miss Mizzou, still wearing that trenchcoat! Then Steve looks up the Indexes, and the sparks really start to fly near the top of the world! CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends!
Let's travel back to the early days of yesteryear as we explore the world of Steve Canyon! No, Really! We also discuss some movie news, and review Chilling Adventures in Sorcery #1 from Archie Comics, The Magic Order 2 #1, and Purgatori #2, just for you! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! a href="https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF">Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) NEWS https://variety.com/2021/film/box-office/marvel-eternals-box-office-globally-no-time-to-die-1235106898/ https://variety.com/2021/film/news/no-time-to-die-on-demand-streaming-digital-james-bond-1235106439/ https://variety.com/2021/film/news/black-panther-wakanda-forever-shuts-down-production-letitia-wright-1235106126/ https://deadline.com/2021/11/stranger-things-season-4-premiere-update-episode-titles-1234869361/ REVIEWS STEPHEN CHILLING ADVENTURES IN SORCERY #1 Writer: Amy Chu, Eliot Rahal, Evan Stanley Artist: Derek Charm, Vincenzo Federici, Matt Herms, Pat Kennedy, Tim Kennedy Publisher: Archie Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: November 3, 2021 THE FUTURE OF ARCHIE COMICS STARTS HERE IN AN ALL-NEW ANTHOLOGY-STYLE ONE-SHOT! Madam Satan is our tour guide into this horrific world exploring the underbelly of Riverdale and its surrounding areas! Madam Satan is trying to escape Hell. She goes through the circles of Hell in reverse. Along the way she meets lost/tortured souls who tell their stories—like that of Archie Andrews, who accepted a seemingly normal job as the nighttime security shift at Riverdale's local pizzeria and children's mascot entertainment venue. Only to learn that the venue harbors a deep, dark, robotic, monstrous secret! And then there's Jughead Jones, a teen who never met a food he didn't like. Until now. What is that eerie noise coming from the kitchen…? All that plus more bonus frightful content sure to delight all Archie horror fans! [rating:4/5] You can purchase this issue via the comiXology/Amazon affiliate link (https://amzn.to/2Yobzt4) MATTHEW THE MAGIC ORDER 2 #1 Writer: Mark Miller Artist: Stuart Immonen Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: November 3, 2021 A magical turf war like you've never seen before! The London chapter of the Magic Order has entered the scene, and these tough Guy Ritchie-style gangsters have a problem with the Eastern European Warlocks moving into their territory. Can new leader Cordelia Moonstone keep the peace? [rating:3/5] You can purchase this issue via the comiXology/Amazon affiliate link (https://amzn.to/3D5C7P4) RODRIGO PURGATORI #2 Writer: Ray Fawkes Artist: Alvaro Sarraseca Publisher: DYNAMITE Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: November 17, 2021 Purgatori! She's the girl with the great horns and the biggest body count. Now she's fighting battles inside and out -- monsters trying to kill her in the trackless forests of Europe, and witches trying to take control of her one-track mind. And through it all, one central question nags her over and over - How the hell did she end up in Norway?! She'd better figure things out, or someone's gonna get gored in the fjord. [rating: 3/5] You can purchase this issue via the comiXology affiliate link (comixology.sjv.io/0Jydx3) DISCUSSION STEVE CANYON VOLUME 4: 1953 - 1954 Writer: Milton Caniff Artist: Milton Canniff Publisher: IDW Publishing Cover Price: $75.00 Release Date: April 1, 2014 The fourth volume of The Complete Steve Canyon opens with Steve as the newly-minted Light Colonel bringing the jet age to the town of Indian Cape — and the natives are after an old friend's scalp! Can Steve and new sidekick Pipper the Piper find a way to still an entire town's wrath? Canyon encounters old friends throughout 1953 and into 1954: Princess Snowflower, the irascible Dogie Hogan, and the leader of a band of Hooligans on horseback. Of course, there are girls, girls, girls — Herself Muldoon, Summer Olson, plus Miss Mizzou, still wearing that trenchcoat! Then Steve looks up the Indexes, and the sparks really start to fly near the top of the world! CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends!
Comic Reviews: Batman/Superman: Authority Special by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Trevor Hairsine, Ben Templesmith, Jonathan Glapion, Rain Beredo, Scott Hanna Dark Knights of Steel 1 by Tom Taylor, Yasmine Putri Human Target 1 by Tom King, Greg Smallwood Wiccan/Hulking Infinity Comic by Josh Trujillo, Jodi Nishijima, Matt Milla Death of Doctor Strange: The Avengers by Alex Paknadel, Ryan Bodenheim, Rachelle Rosenberg Strange Academy Presents The Death of Doctor Strange by Skottie Young, Mike del Mundo .Self 1 by Christopher Sebela, Cara McGee, Rebecca Nalty Manu GN by Kelly Fernandez Newburn 1 by Chip Zdarsky, Jacob Phillips, Nadia Shammas, Ziyed Yusuf Ayoub Magic Order II 1 by Mark Millar, Stuart Immonen A Thing Called Truth 1 by Iolanda Zanfardino, Elisa Romboli Stranger Things Winter Special by Chris Roberson, ABEL Hellboy: The Bones of Giants 1 by Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden, Matt Smith, Chris O'Halloran Chilling Adventures in Sorcery by Eliot Rahal, Amy Chu, Tim Kennedy, Evan Stanley, Pat Kennedy, Vincenzo Federici, Derek Charm, Bob Smith, Matt Herms AfterDark: A Horror Anthology by Cullen Bunn, Jim Starlin, Frank Tieri, Joe Pruett, Szymon Kudranski, Cliff Richards, Joe Eisma, Nikkol Kelenic The Heathens 1 by Cullen Bunn, Heath Amodio, Sami Kivela, Jason Wordie Knighted 1 by Gregg Hurwitz, Mark Texeira, Brian Reber Laura and Other Stories 1 by Guillem March Aggretsuko: Out of Office by Brenda Hickey Sheena Queen of the Jungle 1 by Stephen Mooney, Jethro Morales, Dinei Ribeiro Swamp Dogs 1 by JM Brandt, Theo Prasidis, Kewber Baal Epic Tavern's Tales From the Fantastical Crimes Unit by Shawn French, Steve Mardo, Steve Lavigne Impure 1 by Ralph Singh, Hannes Radke No Ghosts in Hiroshima by Jim Krueger, J. Luigi Borrillo, Alberto Rios Additional Reviews: Dune, Eternals, thoughts on the second PAD Hulk Omni News: Marioverse spin-offs, Swamp Thing returns for final six issues in March, Daniel Dae Kim cast as Fire Lord Ozai, Action Lab mess, new MCU Halloween special starring Werewolf by Night, two leads cast for Wicked, Lemire/Sorrentino Bone Orchard, Supergirl finale and Supercorp, new Spider-Man middle-grade graphic novel series, Dreamer comic by Nicole Maines Trailers: Morbius, Stranger Things A Special Announcement. Comics Countdown: Radiant Black 9 by Kyle Higgins, Marcelo Costa, Natalia Marques, Becca Carey Primordial 2 by Jeff Lemire, Andrea Sorrentino, Dave Stewart The Me You Love In The Dark 4 by Skottie Young, Jorge Corona, Jean-Francois Beaulieu Batman/Superman Authority Special by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Trevor Hairsine, Ben Templesmith, Jonathan Glapion, Rain Beredo, Scott Hanna Manu GN by Kelly Fernandez Crossover 9 by Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw, Dee Cunniffe Human Target 1 by Tom King, Greg Smallwood Dark Knights of Steel 1 by Tom Taylor, Yasmine Putri Batman 116 by James Tynion IV, Jorge Jimenez, Becky Cloonan, Michael Conrad, Jorge Corona, Sarah Stern, Tomeu Morey Good Asian 6 by Pornsak Pichetshote, Alexandre Tefenkgi, Lee Loughridge, Jeff Powell
On this week's Stack podcast: The Human Target #1 DC Comics Written by Tom King Art by Greg Smallwood Newburn #1 Image Comics Written by Chip Zdarsky, Nadia Shammas Art by Jacob Phillips, Ziyed Yusuf Ayounb My Bad #1 Ahoy Comics Written by Mark Russell, Bryce Ingman, Scott Morse Art by Peter Krause Dark Knights of Steel #1 DC Comics Written by Tom Taylor Art by Yasmine Putri Chilling Adventures in Sorcery #1 Archie Comics Written by Eliot Rahal, Evan Stanley, Amy Chu, Pat & Tim Kennedy Art by Vincenzo Federici, Evan Stanley, Derek Charm, Pat & Tim Kennedy The Magic Order 2 #1 Image Comics Written by Mark Millar Art by Stuart Immonen The Swamp Thing #9 DC Comics Written by Ram V Art by Mike Perkins A Thing Called Truth #1 Image Comics Written by Iolanda Zanfardino Art by Elisa Romboli Arkham City: The Order of the World #2 DC Comics Written by Dan Watters Art by Dani Crossover #9 Image Comics Written by Donny Cates Art by Geoff Shaw Batman #116 DC Comics Written by James Tynion IV, Becky Cloonan & Michael W. Conrad Art by Jorge Jimenez, Jorge Corona Radiant Black #9 Image Comics Written by Kyle Higgins Art by Eduardo Ferigato Dirtbag Rapture #2 Dark Horse Comics Written by Christopher Sebela Art by Kendall Goode Frontiersman #2 Image Comics Written by Patrick Kindlon Art by Marco Ferrari Amazing Fantasy #4 Marvel By Kaare Kyle Andrews The Silver Coin #6 Image Comics Written by Joshua Williamson, Chris Hampton Art by Michael Walsh, Gavin Fullerton Last Flight Out #3 Dark Horse Comics Written by Marc Guggenheim Art by Eduardo Ferrigato Primordial #2 Image Comics Written by Jeff Lemire Art by Andrea Sorrentino Lucky Devil #4 Dark Horse Comics Written by Cullen Bunn Art by Fran Galán The Me You Love In The Dark #4 Image Comics Written by Skottie Young Art by Jorge Corona Orphan and the Five Beasts #3 Dark Horse Comics By James Stokoe SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. This episode is sponsored by BATMAN THE AUDIO ADVENTURES, now on HBO Max. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookclub See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this week's Stack podcast: The Human Target #1 DC Comics Written by Tom King Art by Greg Smallwood Newburn #1 Image Comics Written by Chip Zdarsky, Nadia Shammas Art by Jacob Phillips, Ziyed Yusuf Ayounb My Bad #1 Ahoy Comics Written by Mark Russell, Bryce Ingman, Scott Morse Art by Peter Krause Dark Knights of Steel #1 DC Comics Written by Tom Taylor Art by Yasmine Putri Chilling Adventures in Sorcery #1 Archie Comics Written by Eliot Rahal, Evan Stanley, Amy Chu, Pat & Tim Kennedy Art by Vincenzo Federici, Evan Stanley, Derek Charm, Pat & Tim Kennedy The Magic Order 2 #1 Image Comics Written by Mark Millar Art by Stuart Immonen The Swamp Thing #9 DC Comics Written by Ram V Art by Mike Perkins A Thing Called Truth #1 Image Comics Written by Iolanda Zanfardino Art by Elisa Romboli Arkham City: The Order of the World #2 DC Comics Written by Dan Watters Art by Dani Crossover #9 Image Comics Written by Donny Cates Art by Geoff Shaw Batman #116 DC Comics Written by James Tynion IV, Becky Cloonan & Michael W. Conrad Art by Jorge Jimenez, Jorge Corona Radiant Black #9 Image Comics Written by Kyle Higgins Art by Eduardo Ferigato Dirtbag Rapture #2 Dark Horse Comics Written by Christopher Sebela Art by Kendall Goode Frontiersman #2 Image Comics Written by Patrick Kindlon Art by Marco Ferrari Amazing Fantasy #4 Marvel By Kaare Kyle Andrews The Silver Coin #6 Image Comics Written by Joshua Williamson, Chris Hampton Art by Michael Walsh, Gavin Fullerton Last Flight Out #3 Dark Horse Comics Written by Marc Guggenheim Art by Eduardo Ferrigato Primordial #2 Image Comics Written by Jeff Lemire Art by Andrea Sorrentino Lucky Devil #4 Dark Horse Comics Written by Cullen Bunn Art by Fran Galán The Me You Love In The Dark #4 Image Comics Written by Skottie Young Art by Jorge Corona Orphan and the Five Beasts #3 Dark Horse Comics By James Stokoe SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. This episode is sponsored by BATMAN THE AUDIO ADVENTURES, now on HBO Max. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookclub See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this episode, Greg, Leon and Rahul discuss the following comics: SENSOR (https://www.viz.com/read/manga/junji-ito-volume-1/product/6775)(Review begins at: 50m) SOUR PICKLES (https://averyhillpublishing.bigcartel.com/product/pre-order-sour-pickles-by-clio-isadora)this book is currently available for pre-order here! (https://averyhillpublishing.bigcartel.com/product/pre-order-sour-pickles-by-clio-isadora) and set for release 21st October (UK) / 26th October (USA) (Review begins at: 23m40s) Preview gallery: We also discuss the return of CHILLING ADVENTURES IN SORCERY (https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/SEP211256) as well as the imminent return of CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA (https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/AUG211498) HAPPY OCTOBER FROM THE LOFT DWELLER... A SPECIAL PLAYLIST FOR THE SEASON OF DECAY. (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2XcaQvumgpF4Phw3nwvYD8) PERFECT FOR ALL YOUR HALLOWEEN RITUALS... Send any questions or feedback to (mailto:acecomicals@gmail.com) acecomicals@gmail.com. And also please subscribe (http://www.acecomicals.com/subscribe) and leave us a review! If you like what we do please consider donating to us (https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals) at https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals. All contributions will be used to defray the cost of hosting the website. Ace Comicals, over and out!#
After the success of Oreo teaming up with Pokemon, we all know what's next. The Pull List: "Machine Gun Kelly's Hotel Diablo" (Z2) by Eliot Rahal, Ryan Cady and Machine Gun Kelly "Human Remains" (Vault) by Peter Milligan and Sally Cantirino Follow us: Facebook Twitter Instagram
This week the boys hang out in their green room before a show at The Pantages Theatre in Minneapolis and talk about snacks that belong in the hall of fame and find out that some of their childhood favorites were not real in other places! Plus good buddy Eliot Rahal surpasses the guys with a pop in visit! Sponsors: Lucy.co Promo Code RED
This week the boys hang out in their green room before a show at The Pantages Theatre in Minneapolis and talk about snacks that belong in the hall of fame and find out that some of their childhood favorites were not real in other places! Plus good buddy Eliot Rahal surpasses the guys with a pop in visit! Sponsors: Lucy.co Promo Code RED Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nous voici à nouveau réuni pour débuter ensemble une nouvelle saison, rempli de découvertes avec ComicsDiscovery, votre podcast comics préféré. Pour la débuter ,nous avons choisi de vous parler de suceurs de sang avec Bleed them dry de Eliot Rahal et Dike Ruant, disponible chez Hi Comics. Avant de vous en parler plus en détail quelques news:-La fameuse Sardou news-les comics Star Wars Legende-Une nouvelle date de sortie pour Venom-La Check List des sorties comics de la semaine par Léna et Vincent. Le comics de la semaine: Bleed them dry:En 3333 dans la megalopole d'Azylum, humain et vampire semble cohabiter de façon pacifique. Pourtant l'inspecteur Harper Holloway et son coéquipier à dent longue vont se lancer dans la recherche d'un tueur en série, s'attaquant à des vampires. Très vite Harper va découvrir que derrière cette affaire se cache des choses plus compliquée. Vampire vous avez dit Vampire!Si vous chercher une histoire de vampire qui soit différente de celui qui brille au soleil, remplie d'action et divertissante, ce comics est fait pour vous!Bleed them dry est un titre sans temps mort, avec des allures d'animé. Le côté futuriste ainsi que l'origine des vampires apportent un peu de fraîcheur à ce genre.Pour finir les couleurs acidulées et pop finiront de vous rendre le titre attirant et fun. Encore une fois un bon choix de la part de Hi comics. On vous dit tout ce que l'on en a pensé dans l'émission. Le mot de la fin Comme toujours nous vous invitons à venir partager votre avis avec nous que vous soyez d'accord ou non, ça nous fait toujours plaisir d'échanger avec vous. Si vous avez envie de nous écouter en live, c'est le mardi soir à 20h sur notre chaîne Twitch. Vous pouvez nous retrouver sur nos réseaux sociaux :Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/ComicsDiscovery/Twitter : https://twitter.com/comicsdiscoveryInstagram : https://www.instagram.com/comicsdiscovery/ Vous pouvez nous écouter sur :Spotify : https://spoti.fi/2Qb8ffDAusha : https://podcast.ausha.co/comicsdiscoveryItunes : https://apple.co/2zw9H1QDeezer : https://www.deezer.com/fr/show/55279 Sans oublier le replay en vidéo sur :Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/c/ComicsDiscoveryTwitch : https://www.twitch.tv/jamesetfaye Si vous voulez nous soutenir vous pouvez le faire sur :Tipeee:https://fr.tipeee.com/james-et-faye Vous pouvez venir discuter avec nous sur notre serveur discord :Discord : http://discordapp.com/invite/GsBTkDS Et pour retrouver tout notre contenu vous avez notre site web :Le site de James & Faye : https://jamesetfaye.fr/
On this week's live broadcast, we're welcoming guests Curt Pires ("Youth") + Eliot Rahal and Emily Pearson ("The Vain")! SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. For up to 15% off, please visit https://earthechofoods.com/minutemedia and use code MINUTE15. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookclub See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In his youth, Eliot Rahal liked two things a lot: Comedy (stand-up in particular) and comic books. His latest work, the Aftershock Comics release Knock Em Dead, shows how he's been able to combine them into quite the entertaining experience. Growing in the Chicago area and now Minnesota-based New York Times-acclaimed writer and creator, Rahal is best known for his work in comics, including the titles Cult Classic , Ninjak Vs. The Valiant Universe, The Doorman and The Paybacks! In addition, Rahal has done collaborative books with international top charting musicians Machine Gun Kelly, Dance Gavin Dance & Rae Sremmurd. On this episode (dropping Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021), Rahal talks to Tabari about how he got started in the comic book business, the role comedy played in his youth, working with musicians and what the future holds among other subjects.Check out this episode and others you may have missed at https://atight45.buzzsprout.com/or wherever you get your podcasts today! For more on Tabari or ask a question, be sure to visit www.tabarimccoy.com or email tabari@tabarimccoy.com.
What's this? Another surprise midweek episode?! You're damn right it is! Zach's been talking with writer Eliot Rahal about his upcoming graphic novel Machine Gun Kelly's Hotel Diablo, his current series' Knock 'Em Dead, The Vain and Bleed Them Dry as well as some of Eliot's previous work! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Comic book writer Eliot Rahal (Robot’s Tale, The Paybacks, Knock ‘Em Dead) joins Host Mike O’Keefe and Headmaster Ken Hamlett to talk about angst, anger and the Hinsdale Oasis. This week’s pop quiz benefits the Bridge For Youth. Follow their link below to support them. Match our donation and tweet us the receipt (@themikeokeefe, @edschmedpod) and we’ll shout you out on the show. https://bridgeforyouth.org/ Follow Mike O’Keefe www.twitter.com/themikeokeefe www.twitter.com/edschmedpod www.instagram.com/themikeokeefe
Comics in Motion is proud to partner with Lenovations Press! Check out their high quality independent comics here. This Week, Tony is joined by Seth Singleton. They spend time talking about Oni Press' new book The Vain. To hear the second part of the show where Tony and Seth are joined by the writer, Eliot Rahal, go over to Storytelling with Seth. Writer: Eliot Rahal Artist: Emily Pearson with Fred C. Stresing and Macy Kahn Cover A: Emily Pearson Cover B: Jenna Cha Chicago, 1941. A blood bank is held up in a robbery, but no cash is taken—only blood. It's the latest in a string of similar crimes and FBI Agent Felix Franklin is certain it's part of a wider plot. But the truth is much more sinister than he could imagine. The four robbers—who call themselves The Vain—are vampires: immortal, physically powerful, and after decades of honing their skills, practically untraceable. But in a world that is rapidly changing, stealing blood is harder every day and with each decade that passes, Agent Franklin inches closer to the truth. Eliot Rahal, Emily Pearson, and Fred C. Stressing kick off a series that spans nearly a century of wild eternal youth and reckless abandon across history. If you want to talk with Tony about comics or to suggest any future shows, please connect with him on Twitter @Tricycleboombox. You can read his reviews of multiple Independent and DC comics at DC Comics News or at Fantastic Universes,You can find him online and send him an email at https://www.arfarina.com/. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/comics-in-motion-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/comics-in-motion-podcast/support
Author Interview Part 2 With "The Vain" Writer Eliot Rahal And Tony Farina — Episode 82 Whoa! Have you listened to Part 1 of this conversation on Indie Comics Spotlight? That's right it is time for another collaboration episode. This is Part 2 of the conversation between Eliot Rahal, Tony Farina, and yours truly. In Part 1, Tony and I missed the opportunity to talk directly with Eliot Rahal and spent our time discussing his amazing book The Vain from Oni Press. To our pleasure, in the waning moments of that conversation Eliott arrived on our call and we had the chance to talk with him and reschedule for an extended chat with the author of this amazing new comic. You will want to listen to Part 1 of the conversation here: https://anchor.fm/comics-in-motion-podcast/episodes/Indie-Comics-Spotlight-The-Vain-eoi4mu before you attempt to hear the rest of the story on Episode #82 of Storytelling With Seth. You can find that Part 1 on Tony Farina's show Indie Comics Spotlight on the Comics In Motion Podcast Network streaming now on the Anchor platform and many others. And then when you're done come on back here listen to all of Part 2 and a really great conversation with an amazing writer who is thoughtful, conscientious, and confidently questioning the world we live in, and creating new worlds where we can lose ourselves. Find The Vain from Oni Press The Vain: https://onipress.com/products/the-vain Find Eliot Rahal Online Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/eliotrahal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eliotrahal/?hl=en To Contact Seth Singleton On Social Media Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seththewriter/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/1MoreSingleton Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SethSingletonStoryteller/ Website: https://sethsingletonstoryteller.com #ElliottRahal #The Vain #Audible #Amazon #OniPress #writer #podcast #podcasting #podcasts #spotify #podcastlife #podcaster #radio #music #youtube #itunes #podcasters #love #entrepreneur #applepodcasts #podcastshow #interview #motivation #repost #spotify #art #radioshow #newpodcast # #StorytellingWithSeth #story #Storytelling #podernfamily #entertainment #inspiration #newepisode #spotifypodcast #podcastlove #follow #podcastinglife #podcastaddict #marketing #stitcher #episode #listen --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/seth-the-storyteller/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/seth-the-storyteller/support
Eliot Rahal and Emliy Pearson, the writer/artist team behind Oni Press’ The Vain join Jeff today to chat about this
Jace takes a look at the first issue of a great series from one of our favorite writers Eliot Rahal. How would you react if you had been abducted by aliens for 17 years and returned suddenly? What if you remembered every moment of that abduction and how the aliens experimented on you? Now imagine how your family feels when they had likely assumed you were dead. Let's throw in one more wrinkle, the world itself sees you as the Milk Carton Kid and are about to find out all about your crazy stories of returning from the stars having been kidnapped by extra-terrestrials almost 2 decades ago. Yeah it's about to get real!
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On this week's Stack podcast, we're reviewing: Home Sick Pilots #1 Image Comics Written by Dan Watters Art by Casar Wijngaard Venom #31 Marvel Written by Donny Cates Art by Iban Coello The Comic Book History of Animation #1 IDW Written by Fred Van Lente Art & Letters by Ryan Dunlavey Sweet Tooth: The Return #2 DC Comics By Jeff Lemire Scarenthood #2 IDW Story & Art by Nicke Roche Colors by Chris O'Halloran Vampirella: The Dark Powers #1 Dynamite Written by Dan Sbnett Art by Paul Davidson Seven Secrets #5 BOOM! Studios Written by Tom Taylor Illustrated by Daniele Di Nicuolo Crossover #2 Image Comics Written by Donny Cates Art by Geoff Shaw Spider-Man #5 Marvel Written by J.J. Abrams & Henry Abrams Art by Sara Pichelli American Vampire 1976 #3 DC Comics Written by Scott Snyder Art by Rafael Albuquerque Getting It Together #3 Written by Sina Grace & Omar Spahi Art by Jenny D. Fine & Sina Grace Origins #2 BOOM! Studios Creat by Arash Amel, Lee Krieger and Joseph Oxford Script by Clay McLeod Chapman Art by Jakub Rebelka King In Black: Namor #1 Marvel Written by Kurt Busiek Art by Benjamin Dewey The Vain #3 Oni Press Written by Eliot Rahal Illustrated by Emily Pearson Red Sonja: The Price of Blood #1 Dynamite Written by Luke Lieberman Art by Walter Geovani SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. Full Episode Transcript: Alex: What is up, everybody? Welcome to The Stack. I'm Alex. Justin: I'm Justin. Pete: I'm Pete. Alex: And on The Stack we talk about a bunch of new comic books that have come out this very week. We review them, we give our unfiltered [crosstalk 00:00:23]. Pete: Just try to filter us. Good luck. Alex: It's never going to happen. And we're going to come out raw and hard on this first one. Pete: What? Well, don't say things like that. Alex: Yeah, but no, I'll say whatever I want. Home Sick Pilots number one from Image Comics, written by Dan Watters, art by Caesar Wijngaard. I don't know, I probably should check that before we got on the air or anything like that. Justin: I think Caspar, is Caspar Wijngaard. Alex: Yeah. This is a new title obviously from Image Comics from two creators that frankly I don't think I've ever heard of, but this is … I wanted to put this up front because there's been a lot of hype on this. And there is a very big, in my opinion, bold debut that is well worth that hype. This focuses on an indie band, one member who ends up in a haunted house, disappears, weird things go on, crazy things go on. And it almost feels like to me a spiritual descendant of like, I don't know, so many different things at the same time that it feels original. But the first things that came to mind are like Locke and Key a little bit, Paper Girls a little bit. Pete: Paper girls. Yeah. Alex: And it's great. I was so happy with this book and I'm so excited to see where it goes next. Did you guys feel the same way? Justin: Yeah, I agree completely. I thought this book was great. The art's really nice and it really makes you really feel along with the characters, especially in the first third, that when you're young and you're like, “Let's go fuck around. Let's go mess something up. Let's go … ” That rebellious vibe. They do a good job of expressing that in a fun way. And then it does a nice job also of being a horror story that also edges into comic book world. It's not just a horror story. And I really appreciated that. Pete: Yeah. I think this is really a fantastic first issue. Does a great job of getting us set up with who's who and what's going on, and then tells a really crazy story. I also really love the use of the all black panels are really great. Just some really fantastic storytelling [inaudible 00:02:39] perspective. They really did a great, great job. I can't recommend this comic enough. It's really interesting. And I cannot wait to see how this unfolds, really, really impressive. Alex: There's a double page spread in the middle of the book that was laid out in a way that honestly as a comic book reader was kind of confusing for me, but once I realized what they were going for, I really appreciated and liked, where two different groups are coming to a haunted house at the same time, but coming from opposite ends of the house. So the way you read it is you follow one group and then they meet in the middle and then you follow the other group from the other side of the page. Alex: One is going the way that we read in America, the other is going the way that you read anime. But it took me a second for my brain to adjust to that. But I thought it was such a smart, fascinating way of laying out the page. And that's what plays throughout the book is just these top of mind choices that they're going for. Justin: Yeah. It's just a book that feels very cool. They're all musicians, they seem like they're in cool bands. It feels like it's just a good- Alex: You want to hang out with them, wondering what they're doing. Will they give you a call? Pete: Justin, it's okay, you're cool, man. You don't have to just want to hang out with the cool kids all the time. Justin: No, I'm just saying like, “Hey nerds, I'm going to hang out with these cool musicians. I'm out of here.” Pete: Watch you become a nerd. Alex: Let's move on and talk about the opposite of a nerd, which as we know is jock with Venom number 31 from Marvel, written by Donny Cates, art by Iban Coello. This is picking right up off of the cliff hanger from King in Black number one, where Eddie Brock was thrown off the top. Love the sounds of coke being poured to the background. Pete: Sorry. Making the last of my rum and coke here, so apologies. Justin: Pete. Alex: It's okay. You got to listen. Justin: Pete, it's 10:00 AM. What are you doing? Alex: Cook breakfast for your kids. Venom number 31, Eddie Brock has been thrown off of a building. And this takes place during 32 seconds, 31 seconds. Justin: 32 seconds, yeah. Alex: 32 seconds, could have been 31 seconds, could match the number of the book, where he is falling to the ground and various things are going on. And he's thinking back on his life and the mistakes you've made. What'd you think about this issue as a follow-up to King in Black number one in particular? Pete: Well, I thought it was really very interesting, this kind of using this kind of free for all to tell the story that's kind of insane and kind of, I think fits what's going on. This is a very over the top kind of insane thing that's happening in this book. I thought this was kind of an interesting way to kind of tell this story. The arts phenomenal, the action's very intense. Yeah, it's impressive how much store we get in as a person is falling to maybe their death. But the art I cannot say is just how creepy and weird and disgusting it is. It's really impressive the way they're doing it. Justin: Yeah. I mean, especially after how big the first issue of this crossover was with so much happening, I really like this issue despite the fact that it takes place in 32 seconds really slows the action down. And it's sort of like setting the table, we're meeting a lot of the players that feel like they are going to be the core characters in this crossover. Eddie Brock, obviously his son, Dylan know. And we really get in their heads as we are moving forward. I appreciate this. And it's like one of those issues that sort of just like a show piece, it all takes place as this one quick thing is happening and the art's amazing. Pete: Yeah. It seems like the son's going to be a part of this somehow. Alex: Yeah, I think so maybe, maybe a little bit. To what you're saying Justin- Justin: Well, let me just say from the last issue was a huge broad strokes, you saw as much of Dylan as you did of Captain America. I do think this issue is important to be like, “Yes, Dylan is the linchpin of this crossover.” Alex: Yeah. Well, to your point Justin, I think what's really nice about this is creating different tones. It could feel since you're coming from the same writer, you could be getting big bombastic King in Black and then big bombastic Venom, but instead he's using them to hit two different storytelling modes to continue the same story. And it's very smart decision. Alex: Let's move on to talk about The Comic Book History of Animation number one from IDW written by Fred Van Lente, art and letters by Ryan Dunlavey. We have talked to Fred and Ryan about many, many series that they have done, Comic Book History of Comics, Action Philosophers, other things like that. They have been diving into specific histories forever, and this is no different, just a reliable duo. And I say that in the best sense that when you see Comic Book History of Animation at the front, you see who's doing it. You know what you're getting, it's smart, it's funny, it's informative, but it's a good story at the same time. I just had a blast reading this and it's so packed with information, is a good value for readers as well. Pete: Yeah. I loved the kind of like, you've heard stories over the years, but this is really informative. The fact that there's a spinning house that rotates with the sun, that was really cool to find out. Yeah, this is really cool, very nerdy in all the right ways. The art does such a great job of keeping things action oriented and fun. It's not just like facts, facts, facts, they do a good way using the storytelling to kind of keep things fun and light. It's really impressive what they can accomplish. Justin: Yeah. To your point, Pete, they really do a great job of just selecting the facts, details and just story points that they tell about these historical figures. What I got really excited about is the animation studio that was like basically the first Hollywood studio in Midwood, Brooklyn. I want to go drive out there and look around and be like, “This is the first Hollywood style studio, is right sort of 20 minutes away from me.” That's awesome. Pete: Wow. Alex: Well, to that point, I think it's interesting the different things you can pick out. The thing that really drew me in was the story of Winsor McCay, who created Little Nemo in Slumberland, and how crucial he was to the development of animation as an art form, which I feel like was one of those facts that maybe I had heard at some point and kind of ignored or not really gotten stuck in my brain. And to hear it again in this way, and as part of the story that eventually leads up to Walt Disney while not necessarily getting into Disney Studios. It's good, it just really draws a narrative line between these things, which is what the best history stories do or the best history lessons do, and this is one of them. Justin: There's another great panel where Walt Disney, who was sort of a dick, all of his animators that he had crossed are flipping him off wearing Mickey ears, that will really resonate. Pete: I was a huge fan of Felix the Cat as a kid. And so that part where Felix is pissing on exec's desk really made me laugh. Alex: Good times. Justin: Yeah, you'll laugh so hard your heart will ache, your sides will ache and your heart will go pitter pat. Alex: Sweet Tooth: The Return number two from DC Comics by Jeff Lemire. This is, as you could figure out for the title, the continuation, reverberation, whatever you want to call it, the original title. Pete: The Return. Alex: Well, I think there's a lot of things going on here. With Sweet Tooth we don't necessarily know the full story or exactly what is going on with this new sweet tooth. But we find out a lot more about the world that he is in this issue, as well as potentially what's going on and how it maybe ties to the first series, or maybe not. It feels like there's more swerves going on. This is just great to revisit again in this new way. It's eerie. It's weird. It's dark. I am loving this series. Pete: Yeah. This is a crazy issue. We're slowly kind of learning more of what's going on. And I really liked this kind of new friend that we meet. I think this is a very interesting character. I'm excited to learn more. This is very exciting to be back in this world kind of in a fresh way. And I really hate the creepy old church guy, but I'm excited to read more. This does a great job of getting you pumped for the next issue. Justin: Yeah, I agree. I'm curious how this is sort of going to roll out because it does feel like they're telling the same story in some ways, but in just a total different mashed up iteration. So I'm curious sort of what the point of that is. Why are we hitting these same characters again in the same way, very much in the like, it's happening again, that sort of TB trope. I'm curious what that will mean. And I just got to say nobody draws crusty old villainist dudes better than Jeff Lemire. Pete: Yeah. Alex: Yeah. Next up, Scarenthood number two from IDW Story, and art by Nick Roche, colors by Chris O'Halloran. We had Nick Roche on the story, on a live podcast a couple of weeks back, really enjoyed the first issue of this one. I think in particular, Justin, you were probably the biggest fan of the first issue, which found a bunch of parents dealing with some weird going on at their kids' school. How do you think the second issue held up? Justin: I really enjoyed it again as well. I think what I said last time is this comic does such a great job of simultaneously really being about the horrors of everyday parenthood, as well as touching on this supernatural horror that is really just boiling underneath this town and these characters. And this issue does the same thing. We get a lot of great scenes, their main character and his kid that he's raising on his own, and sort of the little mistakes you make when you're a parent, when you're distracted and you apologize. And it just felt, the detail work here is so good. And so I got to give it up for Nick for putting that together. Pete: Yeah. I think this really continues to be a very interesting book. I love the kind of like almost scary things that kind of happen in this. We're getting a little bit more story and a little bit less of the kind of ghost, kind of stuff and more like, okay, this is the team that we're going to be kind of leading this expedition as we move on. I think this is a really great issue. The art is fantastic. It's kind of a cool world and I'm excited to see where it goes in the art. Again, I really like it. Alex: Like we talked about with the first issue, I think this does a phenomenal job of capturing the frustration and terror of being a parent, and then funneling that into actual horror things and ghosts. There are moments in here as Pete pointed out, there's less of the supernatural activity, but the moments that were really just made my heart beat faster were the things about being, thinking you're a bad parent, being a bad parent, acting like a bad parent. All of those things are very true to life in the best way. And on top of that, you do have this really nice art and this spooky story talk into at the same time. It was good stuff. Next up- Justin: One thing that really resonated with me is multiple times in this issue he's doing something and his kid is like, “Hey,” and he looks at the clock, he's like, “Oh shit, I got to go do this thing.” That was very real. Alex: Yes. Vampirella: The Dark Powers number one from Dynamite, written by Dan Abnett and art by Paul Davidson. In this issue Vampirella is now teaming up with a super team made up of people from project superpowers, I think is what's going on here. And she's just got her crazy vampire methods and they don't like them. Justin: They don't like them. [crosstalk 00:15:03]. Pete: Oh, go ahead. Alex: Go ahead, Pete. Pete: I was just going to say that that's a cool idea, right? It's like put the person who doesn't do well on a team, on a team. You know what I mean? Because there is this thing of like, oh, this is my arch enemy, and they keep coming back to haunt me. And it's like, well, if you took care of business the first time, it wouldn't keep going. So having Vampirella unleashed on these bad guys is very fun. She likes her work. She's very good at it. And so yeah, it's kind of fun to see her not trying to fit in, but being on this team and how they're going to kind of deal with her. Justin: Let me ask you, what is the team that you would be put on that would be the biggest mismatch, and it can be like a Cub scout trip leader. What's the team that would be the biggest? Alex: Maybe a podcast or something like that. Pete: Yeah. I'd say a podcast with two assholes is what my answer is. Justin: And so you'd be the mismatch by being an asshole? Pete: Touché or douche as I should say. Alex: Let's move on and talk about Seven Secrets number five from Boom! Studios, written by Tom Taylor, illustrated by Daniele Di Nicuolo. In this we're dealing with the fallout of the attack on all the secrets they go to hide from their enemy, and things go very, very badly leading up potentially to finally finding out what these secrets are. This series is as usual very well-crafted by Tom Taylor. I like the anime inspired art [inaudible 00:16:39], I guess inspired art by Daniele Di Nicuolo. Just a good series through and through. Pete: Yeah. Tom Taylor is a great writer and this is a very interesting, cool idea. In this issue though we kind of get this like … there's someone on the inside because they keep doing the wrong thing. And it's a little obvious where it's like, attacking us all at once, oh no, it's got … what should we do? Oh, let's all go to the same spot. And it's like, “Oh no, that's a horrible idea. But here we go.” But all that said, I'm really impressed with the art and the storytelling, I can't wait to see what happens next. Justin: Yeah, I think the [inaudible 00:17:22] influenced art, I think it's really working. And I think the story really plays into that in a nice way. It feels like that was the intention throughout, which is great. And I just want to know a couple of the secrets. I don't want to be greedy. I just want to know two secrets. Alex: Yeah. Right. Justin: Or maybe three. In general I don't know secrets. I keep secrets. I'm great at secrets. Pete: Whoa, I don't believe that. Justin: I've kept all of your secrets, Pete. Pete: Whoa. Alex: Let's move on to talk about Crossover number two from Image Comics written by Donny Cates, art by Geoff Shaw. The first issue we found out that in Denver, I believe in Colorado, a big superhero crossover from every possible super year universe broke out, a dome appeared over Denver, locking it off. Some comic book characters were left outside, some were not. We found out different pieces of the story as we've followed a comic book shop worker has got embroiled with one of those rogue comic book characters. Find out a lot more about the state of the world in this issue, as well as having many, many teases for other things going on in this world, as well as the real world. What'd you think about this issue and how it picked up on the first one? Justin: I mean, it's fucked up that there's all these dead actual comic book writers in the beginning. Alex: Yeah, they kill Scott Snyder, Brian Kayvon, Robert Kirkman, and somebody else. Justin: Chip Zdarsky. And do you think CNN would be leading with these names, all these comic book writers? Chip Zdarsky, Scott Snyder, I don't think so. Alex: I did like the joke where they're like Brian Kayvon, Marvel comics writer. And I read that first page I was like, “Marvel comics writer,” and then the next page is the comic show crowder being like, “Marvel comics writer.” So well played. Justin: That was very funny. And you could tell that this is all sort of, the winks here are strong and good. Pete: Strong links for sure. Justin: Strong links. And the story, it's such a good concept that it's one of those premises that almost feels like it's going to break under the weight of the story. But Donny Cates does such a great job of really straddling that line and keeping us just on the good side of like, “No, this is working, these people are going to enter the dome and encounter all of your favorite superheroes or maybe not.” We get the scene in the superhero prison where you see the arms of some of your characters you recognize. Pete: Yeah, that's really cool. Justin: Yeah, it's cool. Alex: It's like Batman's there, Spawn's there, Spiderman, bunch of others like that. It's definitely- Justin: The Thing. Alex: … Easter egg heavy. The Thing, yeah. Pete: I really thought the way that they intertwined different styles of art in this book is really impressive. A lot of the shading and shadowing and coloring really is impressive. And it fits well in this story, which is really cool. And then we got a really creepy reveal at the end. I think this is very interesting. Unfortunately, they lean a little hard on the comic book shop person is a lot of their god. It's like, I would just like one normal comic book shop owner, just one time, just one person- Alex: Doesn't exist. Pete: … that's got their shit. But I really like the story. The Cates does good work. I'm excited to see how this unrails, unreveals itself. Alex: Yeah. Good stuff across the board as you mentioned, Geoff Shaw's art is really gorgeous as well. Let's move on, talk about Spider-Man number five from Marvel, written by J.J Abrams and Henry Abrams, art by Sara Pichelli. This was a huge launch I want to say a year ago at this point, something like that. Justin: Ages ago. Alex: Yeah, ages ago, because of course, J.J Abrams and his son behind it, unclear how it fit into Spider-Man mythology, but it was very much its own thing. And of course, circumstances worked against it with COVID and delayed things. Seems like maybe it would have been delayed a little bit anyway, but who knows? But how do you think this wrapped up? Justin: Sad. Sadly. I mean, we talked about this I think back when the first issue came out that seeing Peter Parker be a distant parent and a jerk or an absent parent replicating the mistakes that he suffered from where his parents died obviously and then uncle Ben died, seemed very out of character to me. So that was a hard pill to swallow. And then to have the way this issue ends up, I was like, “Ah.” I appreciate the sacrifice Peter makes. And I liked the reveal that we get at the end here, but I was just such a … it just bummed me out the way it ended. Pete: Yeah. It's really kind of crazy and over the top. And it's got a little kind of like aliens meets Spiderman kind of vibe to it. But I feel like the heart of Spider-Man is still in this story, which is nice. At the end of the day still trying to do what he can, trying to do the best that he can. Alex: Whatever a spider can. Pete: Yeah. Bu it's very gross and it's kind of scary, but there's some heartwarming stuff in it. Alex: This was kind of a bummer for me. I think Sara Pichelli's art is always great. And there's some phenomenal action sequences in here. But this is quippy even for a Spiderman book, everybody is joking all the time even in the middle of dire circumstances to the point where everybody kind of sounds the same. It wrapped up very quickly. I don't know if it was a victim of pacing necessarily, it certainly felt like that could be part of it. But after an intriguing start, I felt like this fizzled a bit at the end for me, even if it is worth picking up for Pichelli's art, who is only as good on Spider-Man personally. Justin: Yeah. Alex: I thought you were going to say more. American Vampire number 1976, a lot of issues on that one. American Vampire 1976, number three, DC Comics written by Scott Snyder, art by Raphael Albuquerque. I just continue the storyline where Skinner Sweet and his pals are robbing an old train, great train robbery, a little bit of a twist on that as they fight the edge of the world and some other dark things go on as some of other characters track down Dracula. Man I love how much they're blowing out the mythology of this book. And just as always, Scott Snyder loves his details in a very good way, and Raphael Albuquerque- Justin: Guy loves details. Alex: Loves details. Raphael Albuquerque just draws the hell out of a book. Pete: Yeah, the Querque just kills it. One of my favorite artists on a book called- Justin: Never heard him call the Querque. Pete: But yeah, this was my kind of favorite. Alex: Hey, who's your favorite Star Trek captain, Pete? Pete: Kirk. Alex: James Kirky. Pete: Yeah. Alex: Which favorite thing to eat on Thanksgiving, Pete? Pete: Jerky. Justin: Beef turkey. Pete: Stuffing. No, but a really fun bit at the start. I really liked that. And then they had kind of … What I like about this is they're having fun, but there's also some crazy kind of ideas poke around here. I wrote this down, the world becomes a greenhouse and all the buried secrets will come poking up. I thought that was a very kind of cool line in there. I mean, the arts phenomenal, the action in this issue, this issue really moves. It's got a great kind of pace to it. Amazing last panel. Yeah, this is great issue. Justin: I think this book is one of the most consistently successful comic books on the stand. Scott Snyder and the Querque know how to really just deliver the great action, great character moves, while at the same time pushing the story forward. The reveals at the end of the issue are super exciting. This book is just so good. Alex: Next step, Getting it Together number three, written from Image Comics, written by Sina Grace and Omar Spahi, art by Jenny D. Fine and Sina Grace. Continuing our story of a bunch of friends if you will in San Francisco, mixing it up romantically. We get some big band stuff goes down in London. Justin: A lot of big band music, classic 1950s big band stuff. Alex: I like this story. I'm into these characters. I like how they relate to each other. I do think the band drama is really good at particular and well done. There's a lot of nuance there in terms of how the characters react to the fact that their band might be falling apart, that I thought was very nicely drawn in terms of the characters. How'd you guys feel? Pete: Yeah, it's weird, but I agree with you, Alex. I really love the band stuff. Justin: Huh, it is weird. Pete: And I feel like that's really kind of- Alex: Look at us, quirky in the turkey. That's what they always call us. Pete: I don't know about that, but I think the art does a great with the paneling and the pacing to kind of really give it this tone. And I think this is kind of cool. You see texting and when it's done not so well in comics, but this is kind of a fun way to kind of have these texts conversations. And they did a good job of trying to be creative about it, which I think is impressive. But overall, I think this story really continues to move forward in an interesting way that does a great job of getting the reader excited for more information. Justin: Pete, I thought you're going to say, “You see texting,” and I honestly hate these textings. Why can't you just give a call or just say hello, I don't want to get a bunch of words from you. Alex: Send a letter through the mail. Justin: That's the way we used to do it in my hometown, letters. Alex: Back in the civil war, which I fought in. Pete: Oh my God. Alex: Anyway, good stuff. Next up … Oh, go ahead. Justin: I really like this as well. It's funny we have so many band based comics today, they approach it in a very different way. I said this back when we had the team on our show. But to me, this has some Scott Pilgrim fives in a very good way. If you like Scott Pilgrim, this feels like a updated version of that, where we get to explore those same worlds in a fun and reverent and visually interesting way. I love the way the issue ends with the music performance and into the drug stuff, really great. Alex: All right. Origins number two from Boom! Studios, created by Arash Amel, Lee Krieger and Joseph Oxford, script by Clay McLeod Chapman, and art by Jakub Rebelka. This is continuing a weird future story of a virus that's mostly wiped everybody out seemingly there- Pete: Oh, no. Alex: Yeah. Justin: Yeah, it happens. Alex: There is a guy who, as we find out, spoiler, but right at the top of the issue, has been cloned, who has been resurrected, potentially a bunch of times we find out a lot more about his past here. I think our general impression of the first issue was gorgeous, but confusing. Do you feel like it's more straightforward an issue too? Justin: I do. Pete: Well, I think for parts of it, yeah. We get the main characters kind of deal, which is interesting. But then it gets kind of really tripped out with what the main character is going through. But man, the art is fantastic. It really feels like this other worldly, which is very impressive. There's also some sweet small moments. Yeah, it's a little like, I got a little confused by the end of what's happening, but man, the art and storytelling are fantastic. This does feel very original and cool as far as the story goes, so I'm into it. Justin: I feel like of all the books we've talked about and maybe in a while, this feels very much tailor made to become a feature film. And maybe that's the intention of this book. Because I do think this issue lays out some of the factors and sort of the places where the characters are a little bit better, and we get sort of locked in on our trio who begin this journey. So yeah, I like this, I think the second issue really pushes it forward in a good way. Alex: Next up, King in Black: Namor, number one from Marvel written by, Kurt Busiek, art by Benjamin Dewey. Right off the bat, I will say, I thought this was a great Namor story, it's Namor dealing with some issues in the present while he's flashing back to his past. So we get fun, young, shirtless Namor, kind of like a little skinnier, a little smaller, deal with [crosstalk 00:30:27]. Justin: Tiny. Alex: Yeah. Justin: Shirtless. Alex: Yeah, he is, it's cute. [crosstalk 00:30:29]. Pete: Don't make it weird. Alex: He's like a cute teen Namor. Justin: Now as you were saying his nipples are a little smaller. Pete: what the fuck man? Alex: They're very hard because he's under the water. Justin: Yes, cold. Pete: Oh my God, what? Justin: It's cold down there. Alex: Nothing's going on, you know what I mean? Pete: Oh my God. Justin: It's like from that song from The Little Mermaid like, it's always colder and your nipples are harder under the sea. Pete: What the fuck. Alex: You got those [inaudible 00:30:53], doubt where [inaudible 00:30:54], under the sea. Pete: All right. Stop. Stop. Alex: It's a good Namor book. I don't understand how it could actually King in Black. And this is a problem, I mean, I do want to talk about this book in a second, but I love the King in Black number one. As we talked about in this very Stack, I liked the Venom issue. Pete: Oh, in this very Stack? Alex: In this very Stack. The other issues they've released so far have been weird. I don't know what this has to do with King in Black yet, this issue, the [crosstalk 00:31:27] which we reviewed last week also was like, here's this new concept? There's a wet dragon in here somewhere, don't worry about it too much. And then I don't know if you guys read the Atlantis Attacks issue that Greg Pak wrote, which was real good, but ended with the most red skies of red skies possible things where they're like, I wonder what's next for us. In the background there were some dragons and that was it. And it's just like, don't label it as an event if it doesn't actually have anything to do with the event. Pete: Yet, they could be leading up to it. I appreciate the fact that Marvel was like, “Hey, listen, we need you to tie it in.” And they were like, “You go fuck yourself, I'm telling the story I want to tell. We'll put a fucking banner on the top, so everybody will be happy.” I think this is a good issue, Namor is usually a complete douche bag. So it's nice to see younger, less douchey version a little bit. I think there's a lot of cool characters [crosstalk 00:32:25]. I'm not going to fucking answer that bullshit. Justin: Honestly I'm a larger nippled Namor guy. From the beginning I appreciate sort of Namor. Alex: Well, how he's grown into his nipples, right? Justin: I mean, it's a thing that as he gets older, it's part of his history, that his nipples- Pete: You two are the fucking worst. Alex: I always like to call them, I'd like to call him Namor the [inaudible 00:32:48]. Justin: That's the way they originally created the character. Pete: Don't laugh at that. Justin: He was the nazi man. He wasn't even under- Alex: Stan Lee watches the [inaudible 00:32:57] days like, “I want a character with rock on nipples.” Justin: I mean, that's probably a 100% accurate. Alex: Probably. And Steve Ditko was like, “I don't know, I'll draw some fucking bigger rounds nipples, we'll see what happens.” Justin: In the far future Namor is mostly nipple. I think I agree with you. It is weird that these stories exist under this banner, but I also think this is a good way to launch new titles, new character, directions, everything, so I'm here for it. And I do think, well, there was Nereus [inaudible 00:33:32] in this issue. They do one of the characters that King talks about how there's some black rocks hidden underwater somewhere that probably are like, “Oh, a bunch of symbionts or something.” Eventually we'll get there. Pete: Yeah, there you go. Zalbs, what are you talking about? Alex: I know. And again- Justin: And also apparently this will tie into King in Black number two, which will then spin back into the Namor number two book. Because Namor apparently has something to do, because here's the thing, symbionts, very gloopy underwater. It's a weakness. Alex: There's a point to this book where somebody offers somebody piece of food. They're like, you've got to try this, this is really crispy. And that didn't track for me, because there's not a lot of things that are very crispy underwater. Justin: That's fair. That is a 100%. I will say if you were to eat a lobster whole, it would be crispy. Alex: That's true. Or some coral, crunched down some coral, that might be crispy. Justin: Depends on how good your teeth are. Alex: Points retracted. This is a good book. Let's move on, The Vein number three from ODI press written by Eliot Rahal and illustrated by Emily Pearson. We checked it on the first issue of this book, which is kind of turning into its own sort of American vampire story following a group of the empire criminals throughout history, throughout important moments in American history or world history I guess actually. Here we get them through several decades as they try to get blood, as they try to hide out. I think we're big fans of the first issue. Do you think this concept is still holding up three issues in? Justin: I like this book. I do think this is like an American vampire that's coming at it from a totally different way. It's much more focused on the passing of time, the passage of time for vampires, which I think is fun. I like these characters. I like the action here. It's very funny that the back half of the issue focuses on the most gabagool, goofy ass gangster character. He's like, “Hey, I'm Johnny Boneno.” [inaudible 00:35:40]. That part was crazy. And then he's just like, “Yeah, I'm going to be a fun guy, okay, [Don Gambilino 00:35:47], I sell blood to vampires and I didn't mention that before. Pete: No one killed old bananas yet. Justin: No, just call me bananas, classic gangster name. Pete: Johnny bananas. Alex: Good stuff. What'd you think about this issue, Pete? Pete: I mean, it's interesting. It's great artwork. The subway stuff really made me miss New York. Because when you're living in New York, you can just wrap a body and a carpet and walk down the subway tunnels, no one will say shit to you. Alex: Yeah. Philly they're like, “Hey, what's that, a she steak? Give me a bite.” Pete: They're like, “Guys, give me, you're going to eat that whole hoagie yourself?” But- Justin: But in Philly- Alex: And they're halfway through and they're like, “Yo, is that a body? You got a body here?” Justin: You seem to be painting New York as some sort of like Thunderdome. When in Philadelphia you can murder anyone at a sporting event and everyone be like, “Yep. It's the purge basically because our sports teams are playing.” Pete: Hey, take it easy, all right, with that, like you're fucking all saints over there. All Right? Justin: Okay. What are you, Mr. Philly now? You've lived there for four months, not even. Pete: That's true. Justin: We've got the Philadelphia Philly over here. Alex: [crosstalk 00:37:01] with Gritty, what's going on with that? Are you friends with Gritty? Pete: Gritty, yeah. Our next door neighbor made his own Gritty costume, It's a lot of fun. Alex: No further questions. Pete: Great. Justin: Well, everyone in Philadelphia has to have a Gritty costume, right. They come by and check. Alex: Last but not least, Red Sonja: The Price of Blood number one from Dynamite written by Luke Lieberman and art by Walter Giovanni. This started off with Red Sonja captured in a dungeon. She flashes back, tells the story of how she got there. Typical, crazy Red Sonja adventures, getting drunk, killing people, you know how it is. But how do you think this held up, was this a new fresh take on Red Sonja? Is this a story you want to read more of? What are your thoughts? Justin: It's interesting. I haven't read a ton of Red Sonja, and I didn't know she was this sort of partying fun, loving. I thought she was sort of grim. When she cuts, she goes to the literal fire festival. I don't know if that was meant to be the same one that we've seen so many documentaries about, but definitely had that vibe. So yeah, it's hard to pin down exactly what the character is from this issue anyway. Pete: Yeah. I mean, this is more of Red Sonja who likes to murder and party. But I think this is, I am excited for more in this story just because I like her the way she fights and just straight up attacks anyone who kind of tries to wrong her. I think that's one of my favorite things about Red Sonja. And I'm glad that like, yes, there was kind of crazy shit happening in the party, but they didn't focus too hard on that, it was in the background, which is good. I want Red Sonja to be more about action and story and less about like TNA. I think that this comic does a good job with that. Alex: I liked Walter Giovanni's art in particular in this book, there's a part in the middle where Sonja kicks a guy out a window that I thought was really active and nicely staged just in terms of the angles of everything. It was very cool. And just across the board, the action and the characters are very clear, which is good. The settings are very clear. I know that sounds like faint praise, but I thought this was a solid first issue of a Red Sonja book, if not necessarily a radical reinvention, say like the Vampirella book that we talked about earlier. Justin: Yes, good comparison. Alex: Thank you very much. And that is it for The Stack. If you'd like to support our show, patreon.com/comicbookclub, also do a live show every Tuesday nights at 7:00 PM, Crowdcast and YouTube, come hang out. We would love to chat with you about comic books. ITunes, Android, Spotify, Stitcher, or the app of your choice to subscribe and listen to the show at Comic Book Live on Twitter, comicbookclublive.com for this podcast and more. We've been Comic Book Club, this is The Stack. We'll see you next time. Justin: Yeah, that's the facts. The post The Stack: Home Sick Pilots, Venom And More appeared first on Comic Book Club. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookclub See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
After a months long hiatus, Travis and Martin return to the Aftershock Central to discuss the latest batch of releases from Aftershock Comics, and what a week to return to! First up, we dive deep into Steve Orlando's incredible original graphic novel "Kill A Man," before going monster hunting with "Kaiju Score" #1. Then, things heat up as we're blown away by Eliot Rahal's new book "Knock 'Em Dead" #1 and finally wrap things up with a discussion of the first two issues of Stephanie Philips' "Red Atlantis" which may send Martin down the conspiracy rabbit hole. You can support this show by visiting our merch store, or by leaving us an Apple Podcasts review.
After a months long hiatus, Travis and Martin return to the Aftershock Central to discuss the latest batch of releases from Aftershock Comics, and what a week to return to! First up, we dive deep into Steve Orlando's incredible original graphic novel "Kill A Man," before going monster hunting with "Kaiju Score" #1. Then, things heat up as we're blown away by Eliot Rahal's new book "Knock 'Em Dead" #1 and finally wrap things up with a discussion of the first two issues of Stephanie Philips' "Red Atlantis" which may send Martin down the conspiracy rabbit hole. You can support this show by visiting our merch store, or by leaving us an Apple Podcasts review.
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On this week's Stack podcast, we've got reviews for: The Scumbag #1 Image Comics Written by Rick Remender Art by Lewis Larosa Fantastic Four #25 Marvel Written by Dan Slott Art by R.B. Silva, Paco Medina and Will Robson Madam Satan #1 Archie Comics Story by Eliot Rahal Art by Julius Ohta Iron Man #2 Marvel Written by Christopher Cantwell Art by Cafu Stillwater #2 Image Comics Written by Chip Zdarsky Art by Ramón K. Perez Batman #101 DC Comics Written by James Tynion IV Art by Guillem March Black Magick #15 Image Comics Written by Greg Rucka Art by Nicola Scott Werewolf By Night #1 Marvel Written by Taboo & B. Earl Art by Scot Eaton Big Girls #3 Image Comics Story and art by Jason Howard Batman: White Knight Presents: Harley Quinn #1 DC Comics Story by Katana Collins and Sean Murphy Dune: House Atreides #1 BOOM! Studios Written by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson Illustrated by Dev Pramanik Dark Nights: Death Metal Robin King 1 DC Comics Written by Peter J. Tomasi, Tony Patrick Art by Riley Rossmo, Daniel Sampere Something is Killing the Children #11 BOOM! Studios Written by James Tynion IV Illustrated by Werther Dell'edera Excalibur #13 Marvel Written by Tini Howard Art by R.B. Silva X-Men #13 Marvel Written by Jonathan Hickman Art by Mahmud Asrar Faithless II #5 BOOM! Studios Written by Brian Azzarello Art by Maria Llovet Nightwing #75 DC Comics Written by Dan Jurgens Art by Travis Moore and Ronan Cliquet SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. This episode is sponsored by Helstrom, now on Hulu. Full Episode Transcript: Alex: What's up y'all? Welcome to The Stack. I'm Alex. Justin: I'm Justin. Pete: I'm Pete. Alex: And on The Stack, we talk about a bunch of books that have come out this week. Pete: Do we? Alex: And we're going to kick it off … I think this is a big deal. This isn't normally the sort of thing that we would kick off the show with. Usually it's some Marvel or DC book or whatever, I mean, who even cares? Justin: Okay, weird voice. Alex: Weird way to put it. But we're going to talk about The Scumbag number one from Image Comics written by Rick Remender, art by Lewis LaRosa. The reason I think that should go first is a new Rick Remender book is a big deal. We've been following his writing pretty much since the beginning and every book out is an event, so it's worth putting this right upfront at the top of the show. Reading this book I know this is something that Pete just loves a ton. He's very into, he's very excited about. The concept of the book though, before we get into Pete's feelings about it, I can see his head already nodding, yes, yes, give me more. Justin: Yes, yes, I love this. Alex: Is what if the worst person in the world was responsible for the fate of the world. That's essentially what it is to the point where they essentially say that line at the end of the book. And in fact we do meet the worst person in the world who ends up in the situation. Pete: That's the thing, they say the worst person in the world, it's just like kind of a slacker druggie guy. It's not like he's a fucking head of the KKK or fucking, you know what I mean? A murderer. He's like- Justin: Yeah. I guess it's more, to say the worst, I understand what you're saying, but definitely the most down and out. Pete: Right. But what- Justin: He has full on diarrhea. Pete: Sure. Yeah. Who doesn't? The thing is it's like brand new Rick Remender book. You ready to get your fucking heartbroken. This guy writes in such a way that pulls you in, gets you sucked into this amazing world, and then always breaks your fucking heart. I'm scared. I'm scared about this book. Justin: But that's what I love, what I love about Rick Remender books. And it has been a long time since he launched a new one. We've been reading Low. We've been reading Black Science for a long time. And those books are- Alex: Deadly Class. Justin: Deadly Class of course ongoing. Pete: Yeah, Deadly Class. Justin: But these other books are sort of wrapping up. Deadly Class feels like it's going to keep going for a bit longer. And to have a new book is sort of precious. And what I love about it is he takes extreme premises and pushes them. And what he always does is on the art side brings in truly evocative artists. And in this case, it is the same thing. When he says it's the worst person in the world, we see it in like, I would call this hyper realistic color and line. And it's great. It's great. It's really smart of him to not shy away from these truly disgusting things, if the point of the book is this person is at his lowest and he has to become a world changing person. Alex: Or maybe it won't, I don't know. Justin: Yeah. Pete: Starting a book with a Charles Bukowski quote is just a fantastic way to start something that's this kind of mayhem, or it's just about a drunken dude who does a lot of drugs and shit, that's the perfect thing. But man, just seeing a guy doing drugs and shitting on the streets really makes me miss New York city, you know what I mean? Like back in the eighties and nineties, the real New York, you know what I'm talking about? Justin: Yeah, you were the mayor of New York in the mid eighties. Pete: Oh yeah, man. Just love doing drugs in the street, shitting anywhere you wanted, those were the days. Justin: You were a very controversial mayor [crosstalk 00:03:59]. Alex: Yeah. Before Giuliani took it all away. I mean, come on. Where's that guy now? What's he doing? Justin: Yeah, it is great. It is truly crazy to think of a time when everyone was like Giuliani, what a hero. And now truly, and not to get … it's not at all political, but he is looked upon as a legit Nosferatu style monster. There are so many Twitter memes of him being like, “Look, his hands dead.” Or look, here's [crosstalk 00:04:28]. Alex: He's such a sad sack. That's the thing that's such a bummer about it, is he went from I'm the guy that's going to clean up New York, this is very controversial too. He did some sort of figures like, I'm going to reveal information and he taped a video, and he opens up this folder and there's nothing in the folder. And he's just like, “Well, there's evidence that I have here,” and there's nothing in there, it's just sad. That's not the point of this book, let's get back to The Scumbag thing. The thing about- Justin: Wait, let me just say one more thing on that. I do think this book spins out of the era we're in. I think it's about a person who is not ready to be elevated to a position of power who is in that position of power, which I feel like is it common on our time both Trump in and everything around our current political situation where it's like, oh, these people shouldn't be in charge of stuff like this. This book feels very timely to me. Alex: I agree. The thing that I wanted to get back to you though, that Pete was saying about the worst person in the world is it's not racist, murderer or anything like that. It's nails on chalkboard worst, which I think they make pretty clear through the writing, where it's the sort of guy who within seconds of meeting him you're like, “Oh God, fuck this guy. This is the worst. Oh God, no.” Pete: The guy at the party's looking to steal beers that aren't being looked at. You know what I mean, like oh. Alex: That's great. The specificity going on there is so clear to the point where it builds to very graphicallY as we were talking about him shitting himself on the street, which is horrifying and gross. And mind you, not the first time Rick Remender has written a person on drugs diarrhea scene, that was way back in Deadly Class. Classic scene in deadly class. Pete: Classic, he loves a good shitting story, you know what I mean? Alex: Yeah. Justin: Let me throw this out as well to go back into early Remender, this book sort of reminds me a little bit of Fear Agent, and then it is a person who is super down and out having to maybe elevate themselves. Alex: What I'm really interested in is reading the second issue of this book, because if Rick Remender has showed us anything, it's he always has a very clear concept in the first issue that he blows it and save the out of proportion by the second issue. And I don't know how they're going to do that yet, but I'm excited to find out. Justin: A 100% true. Alex: Yeah. But great to view. Justin: Great to view. Pete: It's fun to see a new book that he's working on. I'm very excited to see where this goes. Yeah, crazy first issue, fantastic art, definitely check it out. Alex: Moving on to Fantastic Four number 25 from Marvel written by Dan Slott with art by R.B. Silver, Paco Medina and Will Robson. This I believe is the beginning of the status quo change that Dan teased back when he was on the live show with us chatting about this book. This is kind of a big deal. There's a lot of stuff that goes down in this book as we celebrate this mini anniversary of the Fantastic Four. What'd you think about the issue? Pete: 46 pages. This to me is a great Fantastic Four story. You get this kind of shit goes down, only the Fantastic Four can save the day. Then what's nice about it is you've got Reed and Sue talking a little bit about the holes in their marriage about how they lied to each other a little bit. I'm hoping that moving forward, their relationship can get a little bit better because I'm sick of the classic, Sue Storm does so much more for the family than Reed does, and he's just constantly busy and can't be bothered. I think this was a really cool story, great use to the whole family. I'm very excited, even cool Watcher stuff, which you don't normally kind of get. Alex: Oh, no, people are always like, “That Watcher is very cool.” Pete: No, but like also, just this whole thing of like, we're the Watcher and we've watched all these amazing events happen in Marvel whether it's through comics or TV or movies, but just these splash pages like, oh yeah, I remember that. Oh, that was cool. Hey, cosmic Ghost Rider got a shout out. Justin: Well, see, I would take some issue with your statement Pete, because I think what Dan Slott is so great at and why he's such a great match for the Fantastic Four, is his whole thing is everything old is new again, or everything new is old again, either way [crosstalk 00:09:10]. Pete: Which one us it? Justin: It's sort of both, because what he does here is he's like, “Yes, Reed and Sue aren't getting along because Reed has a secret from Sue.” But what's great about this issue is Sue also has a secret from Reed, and she has her own life and she's doing her own thing. And so they get to meet on equal ground. Pete: Great. Justin: The thing is it's [inaudible 00:09:30] time. I'm going to be a wreck and shit, but then he's like, “Oh, I have actually a family at home I have to get back to at the same time.” Doctor Doom is still a villain, but he's actually the Doctor Doom, is the Doctor Doom read Richard's relationship from the very beginning of the comic where they're contemporaries. And even though they are wildly super-powered and they're meeting here as like, “Oh, you were keeping a little secret from me.” He's like, “Oh, well, yeah I was, figure it out.” And they're like, “Well, let's figure it out together.” It's just Dan Slott is just a tactician when it comes to picking a part with a fine tweezers, these Marvel legends and finding a new way to reconfigure the stories by just slightly tweaking little bits and pieces. Pete: I did want to, while we're talking about Doom, Doom is one of my favorite villains and Dan Slott did a great job of the way Doom just acknowledges the fact that Sue Storm was in the room before she revealed herself was such a bad-ass Doom moment. Dan Slott is just killing it on this book. Alex: Yeah. This is a really fun issue, like you're talking about, bunch of fun teases for the future, a new setup of new status quo for the team, as well as certain members of the team, as well as the Watcher and other things, just a great package. I had a blast reading this issue. Moving on to Chilling- Justin: Justin loves good packages. Alex: Moving onto Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Presents Madam Satan number one from Archie Comics story by Eliot Rahal, art by Julius Ohta. We talked about this on the live show a little bit, but this exists in a weird mix of continuity between the comic books and the TV show, not necessarily contradicting either, but not existing like this is between season one and season two of Sabrina, or part one and part two or part three and part four or anything like that. It just kind of is an about Madam Satan. The real standout of this issue to me is Julius Ohta's art, which does a great job of channeling Robert Hack from the original series, but finding a different way around it. What'd you think Pete? Pete: Yeah. I mean, because when you think about it, the only person who would want to be a principal at a high school is somebody who is in hell, you know what I mean? Someone who wants to bring hell to the people. So to me, this made a lot of sense like, “Oh yeah, the queen of hell would love to be a principal at a high school. That's the perfect job for them.” And this is a real fun kind of set up. Madam Satan is glorious in the Sabrina TV show. And it's nice to see this character kind of thrive in this comic as well. Justin: This does a good job of being sort of the TV show, but hearkening back to the comics, it originally inspired what went on to become the Sabrina TV show, like the afterlife with Archie and the Sabrina comic that Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa then developed into the show. It's great. And to your point, Alex, the art is just amazing throughout. Alex: Good stuff. Very impressive. Next step, Iron Man number two from Marvel written by Christopher Cantwell, art by Cafu. When we talked about the first issue of this book, I think we were pleasantly surprised by the change in direction here as Iron Man is going back to basics. Here we get a little bit more on that, veering on the side of he cut us a death wish a little bit, or at least injure himself, which as he's trying to move back to be a hero. But I got to say, I'm loving this take. I just think it's so refreshing to see a Tony Stark who is just being a hero and going on fights and fighting people and being a human being for a change. It's great. Justin: I agree. This felt like a comic that I would have read back when I was in high school. It is just iron man dealing with shit. Of course he's fighting Absorbing Man. The ultimate early run of a series villain is Absorbing Man. And I love the guest stars throughout and Ironman just sacrificing himself, like Cardiac shows up, another, it's a Spider-Man villain technically who is just sort of Iron Manny in a lot of ways. And this felt like just some good classic fun. Pete: Yeah. It was fun to see Hellcat. Yeah, it's all right, it's okay. Justin: Pete, you do not like in Iron Man? Pete: No. I mean, this comic has gone through so much stuff and it's just crazy. Like, okay, great, it's back to Tony Stark, but I don't know, cool. Alex: Well, what do you want it to be then? Pete: I want, it was just weird because it's like, oh, Tony Stark's not Iron Man anymore. Okay, cool. And there was this really cool character who's trying to take on the mantle, but then was like, “No, we're going to go back to Tony Stark.” And then it's like, “Okay, but why?” And then it's just like, “Oh, it's back to basic Tony Stark.” Alex: So you're upset that it's not Riri is what you're saying. Pete: I liked Riri. I liked the possibility of new stories. I just think that Iron Man has done a lot of amazing things, so let's see something amazing. You know what I mean? Let's see why we're seeing Iron Man again instead of something new. Alex: All right. Fair enough. Next up, Stillwater number two from Image Comics written by Chip Zdarsky, art by Ramon K. Perez. We talked about the first issue of this as well, liked it quite a bit. A guy goes on a road trip, ends up in a town where nobody ever dies. His friend gets killed outside the town, and it turns out at the end of the first issue that he may actually be a natural born resident of the village. We find out many more F'd up things about the town in this issue. What did you think about this? And also given that it drew some comparisons to Revival- Pete: Controversial. Alex: Controversial comparisons to Revival the Tim Seeley series that had kind of a similar premise, at least at the start. Do you feel like it's veering off enough at this point? Justin: It's totally quite different, I would say. I don't want to get into like, is it wrong to have a book this close premise wise? Because I enjoyed reading this, the first and second issue. It feels like at the end of this issue, we're setting up sort of what the deal is going to be. This guy is the third person who's been invited into the town. Clearly we're going to meet these other two people and what that means, his relationship to his mother and how the town works. All of that is fun. I'm excited to get into that. Revival felt like very different tonally. It was about people who with established relationships and how they were sort of dealing with this new status quo. I think to me it's different enough to exist separately. Alex: Also they feel like different types of horror, right? As Tim Seeley is very good at, it's a little more slasher horror, it's a little more graphic horror, a little more fun horror. This is more aligned with The Wicker Man I think that sort of, or mid summer, that sort of thing. Justin: Oh, that's a good comparison, yes. Alex: So yeah, I agree. I do think they're different. There's certainly a danger there that they're going to weave together too much. But right now I think they can both exist and that's okay. Pete: I would just like to say, as someone who's lived in a big city for a really long time, this is why I don't like the small towns, they scare the shit out of me. I love this thing of playing with the creepiness of a small town and all these people know each other and you're the outsider kind of coming in. I think that's a great idea to start a story. And I think sometimes when writers are … we're all pulling from the same pool. Sometimes ideas might overlap. You'd like to give somebody the benefit of the doubt. Hopefully it's not a rip off. But I do not know. Pete: But as far as this is concerned, the little kid in the beginning was so fucking creepy with that wolf, I was scared shitless, and I'm interested to see where this goes. And it's really fun this idea of if people can die, then yeah, people would just kind of like loosey goosey shoot each other because there's going to be no damage. Justin: Loosey goosey. Pete: But it is kind of crazy right now to see a cop fucking just shooting first, and then talking later, it's kind of a hits and not fun chord right now. Justin: Yeah. It's not crazy to see that, it happens a lot in this world. Pete, real quick, when you said you're scared shitless, could you give us just a sort of scale, a power ranking on the different types of scared you are, just so I know what you mean when you say that. Pete: Well, they're scared like, oh, my stomach hurts a little bit, you know what I mean? And then there's like- Justin: Your stomach hurts a little. Pete: Yeah. And then there's like- Justin: Like I ate too much candy. Pete: Yeah. You got like- Justin: So like you're scared candy. Let's call it that. Pete: Okay. Yeah. And then scared shitless is like you're in real trouble. Alex: Oh, so there's two parts to the scale? Pete: Yeah. Justin: Interesting. Alex: [crosstalk 00:18:58] and then I have no shit in me whatsoever. Pete: Yeah, let's skip the [crosstalk 00:19:03]. Justin: Let me just also ask, quick follow-Up on that. When you say you're scared shitless, that means you've shit everything out. You're fully [crosstalk 00:19:09]. Pete: Yeah, empty on the streets side. Justin: You're on the streets comeback style diarrhea. Pete: Right. Justin: Or is it, are you full of shit and you just can't get it out? Pete: No, no. Yeah, you're the scumbag of the street who's empty [crosstalk 00:19:23]. Alex: But you're 100% clean at this point. You're just- Pete: Yeah. I'm an empty vessel. Alex: You're an empty vessel. Justin: So you read this comic and you fully just rooster tailed yourself. Pete: Yeah, exactly. Justin: While you're reading it. I got you. Okay, great. Alex: [crosstalk 00:19:39]. I've been going back to doing the transcripts of the episodes and I- Justin: Don't do that- Alex: [crosstalk 00:19:44], so I'll try to pull our quotes from each of the episodes and put it out there. The hope of getting maybe some pull quotes or something like that on a book. I think we could say Stillwater, it'll clear the shit out of you. Justin: Yeah, you'll go full rooster tail. Pete: Pull your own quotes Zalbs. Justin: You go full rooster tail for this book. Alex: Batman 101 from DC Comics written by James Tynion IV, art by Guillem March. This is following right up on the Joker war as Batman grapples with the knowledge that Joker might've been right. And he has to in fact change, he's got to up his game. Justin: Game. Pete: Game. Alex: As he talks to Catwoman about it. Pete, I'm sure you have some feelings about this because spoiler, Catwoman and Batman decide to be on a break for a year. What'd you think about that? Pete: Yeah. I mean, I liked the kiss. I thought the kiss gave us hope. But the old taking a break is just, it's a heartbreaking, don't a break guys, say yes to love. Justin: Don't take a break. Pete: Don't take a break from love. Justin: Friends, in the TV show Friends, famous romantic comedy. Alex: We were on a break. Pete: Yeah. Justin: Alex, let me ask you, are you hyping up that phrase or are you doing a Ross impression? Alex: I think I'm doing- Pete: Ross, it was Ross. Alex: No. Yeah, I mean I'm doing Ross, but I think it's one of the characters from Seinfeld being like Jerry. Justin: You mean Jerry Seinfeld. Alex: Yeah. No, I think Jerry [crosstalk 00:21:19]. Jerry Seinfeld says like, “Jerry.” He's like a poker bot. Jerry. Justin: It's hard for me to tell what you're talking about. I love Guillem March's art. Alex: Yes. Justin: And especially in issues focusing on not just Batman, but the bat family, always great to see. I will say, and this is being picky, but Grifter still doesn't sit with me. Alex: What's deal is that? Pete: You don't like a billowy mask? Justin: I'm fine with the billowy mask. I mean I wear a cloth mask for when I go out and it does hang a little low in a Grifter. Alex: Can I, not to interrupt your flow here, but when you're wearing that mask out, do you take it and then pull it up to your forehead? Justin: Yes, a 100%. Alex: Okay. Justin: And it really, it blows with little wrinkles in it just like Grifters does. No, it's just something like I still, the Wildstorm universe of it all. I'm just like, “This guy doesn't quite fit with these characters to me.” Alex: I do, I agree with you on Grifter, never quite got him, don't like the mask. But I do like what James Tynion is setting up here with Batman vs Grifter, and this greater mystery of who Grifter works for. That seems like that's something that potentially is going to tie in going further forward, and that's a fun place for it to go. Batman versus the Wildstorm universe, great, all in on that. Justin: Also wildcats. Pete: Old school, that Clownhunter got a shout out in this book. Alex: You love that guy. [crosstalk 00:23:02]. Justin: Alex, we talked about this on the live show, but as someone who's married to a clown, are you worried? Alex: Definitely. We added an extra lock to the door, because my wife has been doing that thing where she pulls the bed sheets up to her neck and says, “Oh, I'm scare, scare, scare, scared.” Justin: Yes. Because as you know, your wife is modeled on Charlie's grandparents and [inaudible 00:23:27]. Alex: Yes, exactly. We sleep with another couple in our bed. All right. Black Magick number 15 from Image Comics written by Greg Rucka and art by Nicholas Scott. Oh, it's a great issue every single time. Here we're getting the fallout of the last couple of the issues as our main character deals with her new burgeoning relationship with a fellow cop. While in the background, I think for the first time we see hell or something like that. Justin: Yeah. She's getting crazy in the background. Alex: Yes. Justin: This comic was very sort of austere for so long about the witchyness of this of it. And now we're fully in witch world, which I love. Pete: A lot of pointy kind of pyramid looking things in that aisle. Alex: Great. Thank you, Pete. We'll use that one for the pull quote for this issue. Nicholas Scott art as usual is the hero here. It's just absolutely gorgeous. But I love the sort of almost taking a break issue in a way, there's been so much harrowing, terrifying stuff. Every issue to take some time here and really deal with the relationships, the characters, if I was really nice. Justin: Yeah, I agree. And the art, it feels like it gets better. There's just something about, it's so detailed, but it keeps getting, I guess maybe cleaner is the right word. It's great. How do you feel about the French computer? You don't see French computers very often- Alex: No, not usually. Justin: … except in France. Alex: No. Even in France, they still use English. Everybody's like, “I can not read this.” Pete: I mean, I'm a little disappointed that she's not listening to her cat more. If you have a magical cat, I feel like you should pay attention and listen to it, especially when it knows more things than you. And that's always frustrating when a character isn't listening to people they should be listening to. Justin: As a new cat owner, Pete, is your cat magical? And if so, what is that cat saying to you? Pete: Well, I'll tell you what, she does have one of those mystical eye things like the Prince album over her left eye, which kind of freaks me out. And I do think that cats can see into different realms and stuff. So yeah, the cat freaks me the fuck out. Justin: Nice. That sounds like a nightmare to deal with every day. Every day you wake up and you're like, you look at your cat and you're rooster tailing, because you're scared shitless. Pete: That's right. That's how I start my day. Justin: Wow. Alex: God. From day to night, let's talk about Werewolf by Night, number one for Marvel Comics written by Taboo and B. Earl, art by Scot Eaton. Pete: Oh, king of the transition. Alex: Here is another character that I'd never quite gotten just based on the name. And they try very hard to explain it to this book, by the idea of like, I'm a werewolf, but by night. It's like, “Well, most werewolves are by night, I think.” Justin: But I take it the other way, I think the name is sort of saying, “Not just a werewolf where it's once a month, that's a werewolf by all nights.” Because if the character was named like werewolf normal, werewolf monthly, that's less fun. Alex: It does come out monthly, so there is that. But on the other hand, he turns back into a human in this very first issue where he's like, “I'm a werewolf by night.” Well, I'm a human, it's still nighttime.” Justin: I say a lot I'm a human by night. And they're like, “What do you mean?” Alex: I thought this book was okay. It was honestly frustrating to be that the part that was fun and exciting was the last page of the book, that to me without getting spoilers unless we want to, that to me felt like, okay, this is the part you needed to put at the front of the book instead of all the setup that I didn't necessarily care about personally. Justin: Well, let me say, I like this I guess more than you it seems, because it feels like it's a Marvel Comics book, but it feels like this could be an Image Comics book. It establishes a world around this character that isn't relying on other superhero, other Marvel universe things. And I like the characters a lot. And we talked about this on the show with Colin Bond and whatnot, the horror infiltration into superhero comics I've been really enjoying. Pete: Yeah. I mean, I thought the reveal was fun, but I thought the more fun was with the granny pressuring those two to start a family, I thought that was really fun. Justin: Your favorite part of this comic was the grandmother pressing them to have children? Pete: Yeah. Come on, mommy's a werewolf, fuck it. But I think that also this was like- Alex: How's your relationship going, Pete? Pete: Good man. It's going good. Thanks for asking. Alex: Welcome. Pete: But I think that this book is kind of over the top, whatever. I just thought the kind of the real down to earth moments were kind of nice. And also you never know, man, the guy who cleans the toilets could be a werewolf, the person who collects the recycling, it could be a mummy. You got to be nice to people, because you don't know what their superpower is. Justin: I think that every day. I'm like this- Alex: It would make sense if they switch jobs, honestly. Because I feel like the mummy could just take some of that wrapping and refill the toilet paper rolls. Pete: Oh, wow. Alex: Yeah. Justin: Honestly, every time I … whenever I go out in New York city, I'm always like, “Are you a mummy?” Alex: Let's move on and talk about Big Girls number three from Image Comic story, and art by Jason Howard. I think we've got back and forth a little bit about these issues. Generally, Jason Howard's art is great. This takes place in a world where large women and large men are fighting. The men are monsters, are they? And the women are not monsters, or are they? And they're fighting and the ruins left to the world. Find out a lot more about it, this issue that really mixes things up. I thought an interesting way, definitely confuses the metaphor perhaps a little bit, but certainly makes the story that we're following more fascinating. What did you guys take away from it? Pete: Oh, go ahead. Justin: You go. Pete: I completely agree. I'm very happy with this kind of new development in this issue where the men aren't just total D bags. I kind of like the reveal in this issue, gives things a little bit more complication. I'm very excited to see how this moves forward and what the kind of reveals are going to be. Yeah, the art's the real hero of this book, this is becoming a very interesting book and I'm getting into it more and more with each issue. Justin: Yeah. This book feels like an episode of The Outer Limits. Did you guys ever watch that when you were younger? Where it was like, it took a premise, a sci-fi premise and it just played it up and then there's a twist and then you landed the ending. And so I definitely liked this progression. I think the art is really nice. It reminds me of Ryan Ollie in a lot of ways. Alex: Jason Howard did … what was the wolf thing that Robert Kirkman did? Right, I think. Justin: Oh, yes. Alex: Science Wolf. Science Dog. Justin: Science Wolf. Science Dog. Alex: I think Jason Howard did Science Dog. I've got to look that up while you're talking. Pete: You should look that up. Alex: Yeah. Justin: Okay, great. So all we have to do while Alex is looking this up is talk. Pete: Yeah. Let's just do a little soft shoe and kill some time. Justin: It's not killing time, it's bringing more of our personal lives into the fall. Alex: How's your family, Justin? Justin: Family, good, very good. They're right upstairs. Alex: Yeah. Justin: Yes. Several members of my family were doing laundry over the course of our tapings this evening. And every time washer and dryer finish, they each make a little celebration song. Alex: No, I'm sorry. They did Super Dinosaur together, there it is. Pete: Okay. I thought maybe it was the shark one. Alex: How did everything go while I was looking that up? Justin: Great. We had a totally normal friend conversation. Pete: Yeah, turns out Justin's washer and dryer, because he's such a fucking big time rich guy, they play celebration songs. He probably had to pay extra for that. Justin: No, it's definitely not. Pete: Every time his washer and dryer finishes it's like [inaudible 00:32:15] bright, clean clothes, come out now. Justin: That's great, that would be great. Alex: Man, you should sell that to Whirlpool. Pete: Yes. Alex: Let's move on and talk about Batman: White Knight Presents Harley Quinn, number one from DC Comic story by Katana Collins and Sean Murphy. This is of course spinning off of the White Knight Universe of stories that Sean Murphy has been building up. It's a very different Harley Quinn who is out of the game. Batman is in jail. The Joker is dead. She's on her own. But she gets sucked back into it by a Joker want to be, or is it the Joker himself? What'd you guys think about this book? Pete: Well, I mean, first off the art's amazeballs. This kind of a newer take, a fresh take on the old [inaudible 00:33:06]. You get a flashback to her and Jack meeting and I think it's interesting. I'm not upset at the changes. I think it's a fun last page. I kind of want to work alone and by alone, I mean, me and my two hyenas. I'm on board, I'm interested to see where this goes. I think we need more Harley Quinn. I don't think there's enough of Harley Quinn, we got to get more. Alex: I will say, before you get into anything, Justin, I think we already have our pull quote for this, it's I'm not upset at the changes. Justin: Pete, when you say you need more Harley Quinn, what are you, in life, or in this [crosstalk 00:33:52] features a lot of Harley Quinn. Pete: Harley Quinn is a very popular character. I don't think DC has caught on yet. They haven't put enough Harley Quinn in books yet. I barely see her, so it'd be nice if they started using her more. Justin: Well, let me say the White Knights sub universe is interesting to me, because it's a little … I like this book and I like the Harley Quinn in this book. But I'm like, “Oh, we're so far away from the normal, the reality of the DC universe right now.” I'm like, that to me is … it takes me out of it because the book is so far removed from sort of the normal storytelling, the normal continuity I guess. But I have enjoyed these White Knight books, the art is truly amazing. Pete: That's a real hero there. Justin: Yeah. I'm curious how much longevity this pocket universe has in the DC universe. Alex: Yeah, I agree. Let's move on. Dune: House Atreides, number one written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, illustrated by Dev Pramanik. Oh, this is from Boom Studios, I believe, right? This is- Pete: Yeah, it's Boom. Alex: Thank you. I forgot to write that down. Interestingly, I mean, as we were talking about with the Wonder Woman, 1984 book, a couple of weeks back. This is again a book that was clearly there to tee up the movie that was supposed to come out this year, instead is coming out a full year later. But at the same time, it is riffing off of the book, it's teeing up the movie, it's telling you a little bit more about Dune and the world. What did you think about this? Does this stand on its own, given that the movie is now not coming out for basically a full calendar year? Justin: Well, I'm curious if some of the scenes here are from the movie. Is this bull fighting scene or space ball or whatever it's called. Is that a scene that we're going to see in this movie, because this made me want to see the movie? Pete: Really? Justin: Yes. It made me want to see sort of the more streamlined visually dynamic version of this comic. What this reminded me of though, as I was reading it, is like X of Swords, or 10 of Swords. It reminded me of a version of that where I'm like, “Wait, who are any of these characters?” Alex: It definitely, it's a very, it kept jumping around. I mean, granted the books are very expensive. There's a lot of stuff going on. There's a lot of mythology. I thought this looked very nice for what it is to have [inaudible 00:36:29] art is very pretty. And like you were mentioning the gladiator scenes or the bullfighting scenes were very nicely laid out. But I couldn't help but wish while I was reading this, that this was almost more in the European style, that this felt like the sort of thing, if you're going to going to do dune, get like a Mobius to do it, or Mobius light or something like that to give it that says, because it should be weird and off-putting not consistent with current comic books at all. Justin: Right. Yeah. Especially when the movie is … I mean, we don't know this I guess. But is probably going to be visually stunning and purposefully so. The comic should reflect that a little bit. Alex: I agree. Let's move on to another one, Dark Nights: Death Metal, Robin King, number one from DC Comics written by Peter J. Tomasi and Tony Patrick, art by Riley Rossmo and Daniel Sampere. You cannot go wrong with Peter J. Tomasi and Riley Rossmo at all. I mean- Justin: Great team. Alex: … I'm not the hugest fan of the idea of Robin King, who is basically a Bruce Wayne, who's an evil teen who's Robin, but man, this book is killer, just so good. What'd you guys think? Pete: I mean, just this kind of like universe is just kind of cranking things up to 11 here. It seems like everybody's kind of having fun with the overtopness of it. And again, we get kind of a funeral thing here, but an interesting take where he hears Robin at the funeral that kind of draws him. I think it's … Robin King messing with Animal Man was really intense. Then the blue beetle getting eaten by beetles. I mean, this is just kind of crazy fun over the top shit. I think this kind of event is like a fun, like, “Hey, let's just crank this up and see what happens.” And every book has been kind of art-wise really funnily kind of driven towards these monsters and over the top villain, so why not? Justin: Why not? I mean, to your point, Alex, this team is so good, and especially in a book where it's just all about hitting different aspects of the DC Universe, like Animal Man, Red Tornado, Blue Beetle, great to see all these characters, just like riding firestorm down and defeating him. Alex: Oh yeah, that was messed up. Justin: It's all great. And I don't know, Robin King isn't someone who I'm like, “God, I can't wait to keep seeing more of this guy.” But I think he is one of the more memorable characters from this event. See of Bruce Wayne's, the Robin King definitely sticks out as one that is more threatening and more interesting. Alex: Yeah. I agree. Now from Children Who Are Killing Something to Something is Killing The Children number 11. Pete: Oh, come on. [crosstalk 00:39:47]. He's been working on this for a week. Alex: Written by James Tynion IV, illustrated by Werther Dell'Edera. We're really- Justin: And just for you guys listening, the way we work is I actually hold up a cue card and Alex reads that down because we workshopped it. Alex: I hold it up a cue and Alex … Oh, I'm sorry, that's your line. Justin: No, that's mine. We work in a classic SML model where it's all handwritten cue cards. Alex: Yeah. Fun fact, Justin really great at writing cue cards. Justin: A 100% right. That's why I'm a line producer. Pete: Yeah. One of the things that line producers do. Alex: In this issue we're continuing, like we talked about almost every issue, there's little bits of information that are eked out every issue, but it still feels so present and so terrifying as our main characters are trying to get away from these monsters who are attacking the town, who are killing the children. But at the same time, the organization she works for is mustering forces of their own, and it seems like we're heading towards a climactic showdown in the next issue, which is all very exciting. Every issue of this is great. Pete: Yeah. Justin: And the amount of information we get is very controlled. Every issue of this feels like a scene or two scenes from a movie, as opposed to so many comics where it's so much happening. This feels very just like controlled pacing wise in a way that is very different from other comics. And visually it lets us really just chew these horror images up as we get to see them. Pete: Yeah. This was intense. I was very happy with the kind of information we finally get about our kind of main character and her kind of relationship a little bit to this organization. Love the kind of dragon guy overseeing things. But it's also crazy in this comic how people are wearing masks, like how we're wearing masks. And so that's kind of freaking me the fuck out a little bit. But man, nothing creepier than a one eyed fucking Teddy bear, man. This book continues to be amazeballs. The art, the story- Justin: Nothing creepier. Pete: Nothing creepier. Alex: I'll tell you what, maybe they've already done this, but they should make masks based on something that's killing the children. I'd wear one of those, those would be fun. Justin: That's a great idea. Pete, would you, now if a one eyed teddy bear is scary, what about a two eyed teddy bear? Alex: Oh, man. Pete: One eyed is more scary, man. Alex: What about a no eyed teddy bear. Terror. Justin: I mean a terror bear does sound scary. Alex: Let's move onto our X of Swords block Excalibur number 13, written by Tini Howard [crosstalk 00:42:40]. What? Pete: I was hoping we would save that black for last, but all right, you've got this all- Justin: No, I like the book we're saving for last, I think we made the right choice. Alex: Okay. Written by Tini Howard and art by R.B. Silva. And then we got an X-Men number 13 from Marvel written by Jonathan Hickman, and art by Mahmud Asrar. Unlike the previous months, we're only getting two … Previous weeks, excuse me, we're only getting two issues this week, they're not tied together, they're each their own stories. In Excalibur we find out what's going on with Captain Britain who is now Betsy Braddock, and her siblings as they go to other worlds and tango with other world. And in X-Men number 13, we find out the fate and backstory of apocalypse, two very different stories, but we're really starting to get to the halfway point of this event. What did you think about these, and what do you think about this event so far? Pete: I really love the ways events started, but I just feel like we're taking too much time with the [inaudible 00:43:37] or getting the sword so they can join the battle. It's like, “Yeah, get your fucking sword so we can get this goddamn fight started.” I'm excited to see how this unfolds. I'm still very much on board, but I feel like they're taking their sweet ass fucking time with each person joining the goddamn fight. Justin: I mean we got three swords in two issues, that's pretty … the ratio is right there. Alex: I will say I love the slow anticipation of building the swords, but every time they get to that scene where everybody is standing in the circle with their swords, it's cool. But I'm also like, how long have they been standing there? Have they been standing there not talking and staring at each other? Pete: The first person was like, “Jeez, guys, cool sword.” Justin: I do think, I mean, them all arriving there could have happened over the course of five minutes. It's just the way that comic pacings everyone is doing their own shit on the- Alex: No, this has taken weeks. I mean, weeks between comics. Justin: Now, that's how you're reading it. But I do think everyone could have arrived there one after the other. Alex: Otherwise how … This is probably a good thing for our podcast to tackle. But how does the linear progression of time work? Justin: Well, here's the thing, it moves forward second by second, minute by minute, unless you go timeout, and then time stops and you can do whatever you want for a brief amount of time. Alex: You can say what's going on. Pete: I'm glad you're talking about timeouts. Justin: And then time in and everything continues on. Pete: No, but I think in comics Wednesdays are like our Mondays, you know what I mean? That's the start of the week. Justin: Oh, interesting. Alex: I like [crosstalk 00:45:28]. Justin: You have a calendar in your house is just Wednesday to Wednesdays just like- Pete: Wednesday to Wednesday [crosstalk 00:45:33]. Justin: Mondays and Tuesdays are just lost days for you. Alex: It's always Wednesday somewhere, you know what I'm talking about? Pete: Oh yeah. Justin: Timeout. Pete doesn't know what he's talking about. Timing. Pete: Timing. Alex: I like these books quite a bit. I thought the other world stuff was really interesting- Pete: What a surprise. Alex: … I really liked the Braddock family. I thought they're really fun in the way that Tini Howard wrote them, delineated them in an interesting way. It also throws in interesting power dynamic into everything that's going to other world, which if they're trying to defend to other world, but they hate other world, what's up with that? I guess we'll find out how that plays out. But the big one was X-Men 13 which gives completely red cons apocalypse, gives a entirely new motivation for everything that he has ever done, which is very, very classic, Jonathan Hickman, Marvel at this point. But I think it works. Justin: I think it does work as well. And it is weird because it's like apocalypse who is like, he's been alive for millennia. But then you're like, “Wait, that dude was married?” Pete: Yeah, right. Justin: Like, oh, okay, he had a little life. Cool. Alex: Well, and then the other part of it for those who haven't read the book, this is a spoiler, but we find out the reason he's always been looking for the fittest and the strongest to survive is to master the forces to fight back the beings that are invading [inaudible 00:47:01] and therefore [inaudible 00:47:02] and eventually the earth. It's actually been this [inaudible 00:47:05] heroic motivation the entire time, which is kind of an amazing retcon to throw in there. Pete: Yeah. Oh yeah. By the way, apocalypse has been not evil this whole time. Justin: I don't know, I bought it like, as far as a cut scene to just drop in for us. I think that works. And despite the fact that he has been a villain this whole time, if he's trying to find the fittest so he can get back to be with the people he loves, that's enough of a motivation for me to be like, “Okay, maybe this person can now stand with our heroes.” Pete: I agree. Alex: Pete, you disagree. Pete: I would rather watch panels of him trying to put that sword together than to hear about his bullshit family. Alex: Man. Justin: Wait, why would you rather watch see him put the sword together? Pete: Because at least that's moving the fucking thing forward. Alex: All right. Well, we're getting to it. Pete: I want to see a sword fight. I want to see a giant fucking sword fight. Alex: You're going to get it, you're going to get a big all sword fight. Pete: And they're giving me all these goddamn backstory before what's going to hopefully be the greatest sword fight of all time. Justin: What if instead of a sword fight they just talk it out. Pete: If this is going to be a fucking kill bill situation, I'm going to lose my goddamn mind. Alex: What if it's like the sexual sword fight, Pete, what would you think about that? Pete: That would also suck. Justin: Speaking of that- Alex: It would in fact. Justin: … let's jump into our next book. Alex: All right. Let's move from saying that you were a little conflicted about Pete, a title I know you love, Faithless Two, number five [inaudible 00:48:50]. Pete: You can't even [inaudible 00:48:51], you're cracking yourself up. Oh yeah, I love it, ooh, what the fuck. Alex: Well, I was kind of cracking up because you couldn't stop yawning while I was introducing this. You made the biggest, most adorable lion yawn while I was doing that. Justin: Yeah. You are just a little bit, you're a little baby by just waking up from a nap. Alex: I thought this was great- Justin: And Alex is like scar, Alex's scar being like, “Hey kid, you want to see some porno?” That's what we're doing right now. Alex: Oh, Justin. I thought this issue Justin actually got to the heart of what you've been talking about for the past couple of the issues with this book, where we'd be like, “Okay, what's going on with this art? They're visiting many wonderful European countries. There's some fucked up shit going on. There's weird sex stuff going on. What are we getting through this title?” And this issue did it. This issue pulled the lid off, revealed what the title at least this part is about, and I like that quite a bit. How'd you feel about it? Justin: Same way. This felt like, I mean, if we can talk about how, this book is very sexual, and mixing that with sort of the demonic and we find out like heaven and hell in this universe they're creating. Pete: Heaven fucks too bro, you know what I mean, come on. Justin: No doubt. Yeah, no, I know. Alex: Oh, that's a pull quote [crosstalk 00:50:15], thanks Pete, you're [crosstalk 00:50:16]. Justin: Heaven fucks too. And this, I feel like it has been a lot of buildup, and finally this is sort of the release issue where the orgasm issue, where there's a ton of sex in this issue, and it's about coming to conclusion. Pete: You don't have to say it like that. Justin: But that's truly what I think- Alex: No, he's commenting on coming to conclusions. Justin: Exactly. I think this is truly what it was written to be, and I respect that. Pete: We can be honest on this podcast, right? There's a thing that happens in this issue where they're having a threesome, and I've never had a threesome, but I have to assume when it happens it's like in the book, where you start to meld into each other and turn into each other's sexual organs until you become one sort of like human centipede, centrifugal force type thing. Is that correct? You guys [crosstalk 00:51:14]. Justin: That's been my experience. Alex: Yeah. Okay. Pete: Especially when you do weird drugs and then have sex in the woods. Alex: Nice. I thought this issue was very good. Last one, we're going to talk about Night- Pete: Wait. Alex: Yes. Pete: While we're being honest, I just wanted to say, Justin, the next time we're stuck on a boat and drinking with Brian Azzarello, I'm going to have a lot of questions for him. Alex: First of all, how dare you? Justin: The real question is, don't do those drugs, those weird drugs that we didn't like last time. Because we should say a lot of this book is based on our time on the comic book carnival cruise that we did. Alex: Yeah. The boat was called the USS Faithless, right? Justin: That's a 100% right. The Faithless Two. Alex: Last but not least, Nightwing number 75 from DC Comics written by Dan Jurgens, art by Travis Moore and Ronan Cliquet. Finally, Nightwing is back to himself. He has his memory again. In this issue, KGBs is coming for him. He's trying to figure out what's going on with himself, both with his ex-girlfriend Barbara Gordon, as well as his new girlfriend. We haven't really been following this title, and I got to tell you, I like Nightwing stuff, but I really got off when he lost his memory. Jumping back into this, this was a pleasant surprise. Justin: Yeah. Rick Grayson was the sort of like devil may care, like I'm bad character, that filled in after he lost his memory, and it just didn't work I feel like. It didn't feel at all organic to Nightwing. And so it is good to finally see him back, especially since Nightwing has had so many iterations that have worked in a surprising way, a lot of the Tom King stuff where he was a super spy. [crosstalk 00:53:09]. Yeah, with Tim Seeley working for checkmate and all of that, it was great and it was not Nightwing, but it still worked because he was still inherently himself. And the recreation stuff felt like such a departure that it didn't … it felt like a one-off issue thing where it was like a bummer, but let's get our guy back, and it just lasted for longer. To see him back here being in themself is exciting. Pete: Yeah. I also liked the Alfred stuff, I thought that was very touching. I'm glad somebody is really dealing with the lost here. Alex: And I like the idea also of bringing back KGBs, the person who shot him originally where he lost his memory and building it up as this big, bad villain, foreign Nightwing. I think that's fun, it gives it emotional stakes, ties it into the previous art, but moves it forward in a very nice way. I enjoyed this book. I was very surprised, I'm glad we checked it out. And I think that's it for The Stack, if you'd like to support us, patreon.com/comicbookclub, also do a live show every Tuesday night at 7:00 PM to Crowdcast and YouTube. Come hang out, we would love to chat with you about comics at comic book live on Twitter, iTunes, Android, Spotify, Stitcher, or the app of your choice to subscribe and listen to the show. 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Top 20 September sales, DC Solicits Comics Reviews: Rorschach 1 by Tom King, Jorge Fornes, Dave Stewart DC: The Doomed and the Damned by John Arcudi, Brandon Thomas, Kenny Porter, Amanda Deibert, Garth Ennis, Marv Wolfman, Amedeo Turturro, Saladin Ahmed, Travis Moore, Riley Rossmo, PJ Holden, Tom Mandra, Mike Perkins, Daniel Sampere, Leonardo Manco, Max Fiumara, Dominike Stanton, Baldemar Rivas, John Kalisz, Andy Troy, Adriano Lucas, Ivan Plascencia, Marissa Louise, Sian Mandrake, Mike Spicer, Alejandro Sanchez Swamp Thing: Twin Branches by Maggie Stiefvater, Morgan Beem Amazing Spider-Man 50 by Matthew Rosenberg, Nick Spencer, Federico Vicentini Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar 1 by Kieron Gillen, Jacen Burrows, Java Tartaglia Commanders in Crisis 1 by Steve Orlando, Davide Tinto Die!Namite 1 by Declan Shalvey, Fred Van Lente, Justin Mason, Vincenzo Carratu True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys: National Anthem 1 by Shaun Simon, Gerard Way, Leonardo Romero, Jordie Bellaire We Live 1 by Roy Miranda, Inaki Miranda Vain 1 by Eliot Rahal, Emily Pearson, Stresing Devil's Red Bride 1 by Sebastian Girner, John Bivens, Monahan, Powell Villainous 1 by Stonie Williams, Jeferson Sadzinski, Lafuente, Birch Dracula Mother Fucker by Alex de Campi, Erica Henderson Concrete Jungle 1 by Sheldon Allen, Karl Mostert Dragon Prince: Through the Moon by Peter Wartman, Xanthe Bouma Lumberjanes: True Colors by Lilah Sturges, polterink Avatar: Katara and the Pirate's Silver by Faith Erin Hicks, Peter Wartman, Adele Matera Additional Reviews: Bly Manor, Breeders s1, Kipo final season, Last Kids on Earth s3, Discovery s3 ep1, Manapul Detective, Politician s2 News: Future State, Jason Aaron writing Valkyrie King in Black tie-in, Gwenom returns, Thunderbolts King in Black mini, Crossover #1 image book since 1998, Sarah Shahi playing Isis in Black Adam, return of Dexter, new series from creative team behind Ice Cream Man, Batman: Adventures Continue renewed, Xochitl Gomez cast in Doctor Strange 2, Michael B. Jordan producing Static Shock film, DC minimum order decree, Ms. Marvel ending in January, Willow sequel coming to Disney+, Larry Hama Iron Fist, Marvel Unlimited changes, new Lemire and Jock series coming soon Trailers: Mank, Stand, Invincible, Empty Man, Soul Comics Countdown: Seven Secrets 3 by Tom Taylor, Daniele Di Nicuolo, Walter Baiamonte Redneck 28 by Donny Cates, Dee Cunniffe, Lisandro Estherren Usagi Yojimbo 13 by Stan Sakai Strange Adventures 6 by Tom King, Mitch Gerads, Evan Shaner Immortal Hulk 38 by Al Ewing, Joe Bennett, Ruy Jose, Paul Mounts, Brabo Rorschach 1 by Tom King, Jorge Fornes, Dave Stewart Avengers 37 by Jason Aaron, Javier Garron, Jason Keith Wonder Woman 764 by Mariko Tamaki, Steve Pugh, Romulo Fajardo Jr Once & Future 12 by Kieron Gillen, Dan Mora, Tamra Bonvillain Dark Nights: Death Metal 4 by Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, Jonathan Glapion, Ivan Plascencia
On this week's comic book review podcast: Rorschach #1 DC Comics Written by Tom King Art by Jorge Fornés Commanders in Crisis #1 Image Comics Written by Steve Orlando Art by Davids Tinto The Immortal Hulk #38 Marvel Written by Al Ewing Art by Joe Bennett The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys: National Anthem #1 Dark Horse Comics Story by Gerard Way & Shaun Simon Art by Leonardo Romero Dark Nights: Death Metal #4 DC Comics Written by Scott Snyder Art by Greg Capullo Stealth #6 Image Comics Written by Mike Costa Art by Nate Bellegarde The Vain #1 Oni Press Written by Eliot Rahal Illustrated by Emily Pearson The Avengers #37 Marvel Written by Jason Aaron Art by Javier Garrón Once & Future #12 BOOM! Studios Written by Kieron Gillen Art by Dan Mora DC The Doomed and the Damned #1 DC Comics Written by John Arcudi, Saladin Ahmed, Kenny Porter, Amanda Deibert, Marc Wolfman, Amedeo Turturro, Alyssa Wong, Brandon Thomas, Travis Moore and Garth Ennis Art by Mike Perkins, Leonardo Manco, Riley Rossmo, Daniel Sampere, Tom Mandrake, Max Fiumara, Dominike “Domo” Stanton, Baldemar Rivas, Travis Moore and PJ Holden Redneck #28 Image Comics Written by Donny Cates Art by Lisandro Estherren Amazing Spider-Man #50 Marvel Written by Nick Spencer Art by Patrick Gleason Strange Adventures #6 DC Comics Written by Tom King Art by Mitch Gerards and Evan “Doc” Shaner Marvel Zombies: Resurrection #3 Marvel Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson Art by Leonard Kirk Seven Secrets #3 BOOM! Studios Written by Tom Taylor Illustrated by Daniele Di Nicuolo Hellions #5 Marvel Written by Zeb Wells Art by Carmen Carnero New Mutants #13 Marvel Written by Ed Brisson Art by Rod Reis Cable #5 Marvel Written by Gerry Duggan Art by Phil Noto SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. Full Episode Transcript: Alex: What's up, everybody? Welcome to The Stack. I'm Alex. Pete: What's up? I'm Pete. Alex: And we are talking about comics. What? What? Pete: It just sounds like you're barely making it, man, you're like “What's up everybody, this is the fucking Stack?” Alex: “Oh, God, week 52 of our comic book review.” We actually have a ton of titles queued up for you today, kicking it off with a big one from DC Comics. Rorschach #1 written by Tom King and art by Jorge Fornes. This is a highly anticipated slash, highly dreaded, I think, comic book because it is- Pete: Highly dreaded? Alex: Highly dreaded, it's following up on Watchmen which is always a dicey proposition. Pete: Okay, I see what you're saying now. Alex: In this book we get introduced to a very Manchurian Candidate type scenario. As a Rorschach, I don't want to say the Rorschach, but a Rorschach and somebody else try to assassinate a presidential candidate, maybe. There's an investigator who's looking into it. And by the end, spoiler, three, two, one, but it seems like this assassin may be none other than Walter Kovacs, AKA Rorschach himself. That out of the way, what do you think about this book, Pete? What was your takeaway? What were your thoughts? Pete: Well, I think it did a great job of grabbing the reader. It starts off with Rorschach kind of getting murdered, which is interesting jumping on point. And then you kind of… It's the classic kind of Tom King storytelling where you're getting little pieces of information as you go along. But he does it so well. And yeah, I mean, I think it's… It's weird to say I'm a fan of Rorschach. But there are aspects of Rorschach that I like, and I love the “Where's your gun moment?” I thought that was really awesome. I mean, it's great art, interesting story. I think it's just kind of the election balloons and the stuff with everything that's happening right now. I think it's a very well timed book. And I'm on board. But I was going to be on board when you had a Rorschach #1, so I'm not upset about it. I'm very much enjoying it. I'm looking forward to more. Alex: Jorge Fornes's art, and I believe it's Steve Stewart's colors are great throughout the book. Just very, very good across the board. Clearly delineate what's happening in the past versus what happens in the present. There are a couple of things that I think are kind of fascinating about this book. The biggest one is that Tom King has so clearly been influenced by Watchmen and Alan Moore, down to his panel grids. The way that he lays them out. But he purposefully avoids the nine panel grid here in this book, to the point where there's one page that I think is like a 12 panel grid, or maybe a 15 panel grid or something like that. Alex: But he never goes into that basic Watchmen breakdown of the page at any point, which almost seems like a no brainer for somebody who has built a lot of their career on building his work off of what Alan Moore did. So that's curious to me, the other thing that's curious to me, is the choice of setting. Because it very purposely feels like The Manchurian Candidate meets All the Presidents bad down to the feathered hair that everybody has, and the fashion they're wearing. It seems like it said in the 70s. But Watchmen itself was set in the 1980s. So, when is it set is my question. This is supposed to be now, but have fashions come around to the 70s? Again, what's going on? Are they only doing it because it's supposed to feel like a 70s conspiracy thriller? There's something about that and the lack of clarity there in the world, though I'm sure King, because he's meticulous writer, has thought through it. And we'll find out eventually. I'm just not quite sure with this first issue, there's a wall there for me in terms of where it's at. Pete: Okay, well, it's a weird thing to get hung up on, but I understand what you're saying. But it's just weird to me, because Tom King is kind of famous for, “You're going to have to keep reading to figure out the story.” Alex: Sure. But I think that's important because we're dealing with Watchmen and we're dealing with an ongoing world and we know this is continuing. There are things that are teased here and thrown into the background, whether it's through billboards or advertisements or other things that let us know, “Okay, this is kind of where the world got to from 1985 to here.” And interestingly, some of the things whether it's quite sensitive Not dovetail with Watchmen the TV series. Alex: So that only raises further questions in my mind of is this in continuity with the comic book? Is it going to continue with the TV show? Is it in continuity with the both? Is it's own continuity? And I know that's not the only thing I should be thinking about, I know I should be concentrating on the story which taken on its own, totally divorced from Watchmen is a good conspiracy thriller story. But those are the sort of things that I do think are important to understand, in some sense, when you're saying here, “This is a continuation of Watchmen.” Pete: Yeah, just you kind of sound like me when we were talking about Tom King's Vision. I was hung up on one little thing, and you guys were like, “Hey, get over it.” Alex: I think this is a big thing, though. I think this is a big important thing. It is a big thing. Pete: That will be explained. Sure, but it will be explained. Tom King is piecemealing- Alex: It's a gorgeous comic book, like the best of Before Watchmen, which was a dicey project to begin with, but still had some good comics come out of it. Yeah, this is a dicey project that still seems like a good comic. So I'm happy to follow it along. But I have questions. Pete: My question is, do you know if this is monthly or weekly? Because the election's coming up? And I need to know. Alex: I assume it's monthly. Pete: Oh man, we're in trouble. Alex: All right, let's move on then to the second comic, we're going to talk about, Commanders in Crisis #1 from Image Comics written by Steve Orlando. Art by David Tinto. We talked to Steve about this on the live show a couple of weeks back. And it is basically him doing a Crisis comic book, but with totally original characters. What do you think? Did it pay off on the premise that he sold us on, on the pitch, Pete? Pete: I think it did. I think, I'm in. This is very interesting. This is a cool team. It's fun to kind of see his take on a big crossover event like this. It's fantastic art. I like the team that is kind of in this thing. And there's like a cool kind of like superhero moment where we had the kiss. That was great. Yeah, I'm on board. I think these characters are interesting enough that even if I don't… It's not like a Avengers crossover event where I know every single person, I got enough here to go by. And yeah, I'm excited to see where this goes, it seems like he did a good job of selling it and I'm in. Alex: What's really fascinating about this, to me, is that it avoids any of the archetypes. I expected going in with it, we'd get a Superman, a Wonder Woman, a Batman etc. We don't get any of that these are completely as far as I can tell original characters. There's no analogues from any particular universe. And that only makes Steve Orlando's job harder going into this. But it does make it more interesting to read because their powers are so weird and so interesting. And the hook of it, which he talked about on the show, this is the reveal at the end of the issue. So if you don't want to know turned away, but I still think it's fair to talk about because he mentioned to us is the death of Empathy, which is going to be an interesting thing to see going forward. The other detail that is so weird, but such an interesting specific thing is all the members of the team in the book are from different parallel universes where they were all presidents. Pete: President. Alex: Which is very weird. Pete: Commander in Crisis. Yeah. Alex: Commanders in crisis, they are commanders. They were all like the first Latinx president, the first woman president, the first, etc. resident. But it's a bunch of presidents with superpowers fighting a crisis, which is such a bizarre detail, but it makes so much sense for the title. And yeah, I'm definitely on board. I think like he's set up a weird, interesting, very different world here. Pete: Yeah. And it's even like when you get the kind of splash page introduction of the superheroes it's like “Prizefighter, as strong as the crowd hopes he is.” I was like, “What?” And then it's like “Sawbones, Action Surgeon.” I've never seen those two words next to each other, action surgeon. What is that? Yeah so it's very interesting. Alex: It's intriguing. Pete: Yeah, it really does a good job of like, kind of sucking you in. And then there's the fun kind of like, oh these minions aren't very smart. They have their brains in a backpack. Okay, this is crazy. It's doing a great job. And I think this really ought to be interesting to see how this unfolds. Alex: I agree. Let's move on. Talking about the Immortal Hulk # 38 from Marvel written by Al Ewing art by Joey Bennett. In this issue, the Leader is dominating the Hulk and all of his allies. He is in the Hulk's mind-scape and controlling things from outside when a rogue element comes in and turns around the balance of power. Pete, I know you've been down on this book, but this issue by the end like in the right way, personally, I was like, “What the fuck is happening here?” Oh my God. Pete: Yeah, this is great. This is really great. You got a lot of the kind of horror aspects that's been happening, but this like really gets into kind of the story and action. I'm very happy with this issue. It's really impressive. Very cool. It's got a lot of twists and reveals but man, it's glorious. It really is a great issue of comic book. Alex: Yeah, it's still horrifying, everything that's going on and the visuals that Joe Bennett draws. But everything that Al Ewing has been building up over the past 38 issues is really finally coming to crest here. It feels like the Leader is probably the sub-villain that we need to deal with in this run. But it's still such a good Leader story. And it's such a good Hulk family story that it feels dangerous in the right way. Just great. Gross. Pete: It's really impressive how this book has grown and changed and done so many different things. It's really… I can't imagine the pitch meeting for this fucking thing. Alex: “Okay, so get this. Rick is very long.” Pete: It's a horror hulk. Alex: Yeah, Rick is long, and he kind of bends in a weird way. And that's the pitch. Pete: Has the grossest neck you've ever seen. Alex: Just it's horrible. It's absolutely horrible. Yeah, a great book. Moving on to the True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, National Anthem #1, from Dark Horse comic, story by Gerard Way and Shaun Simon, art by Leonardo Romero. If you've never read this book, this is basically about a bunch of folks. It's sort of like an extrapolation of, what was the movie? Them. The Kurt Russell movie where he puts on this… No, Rowdy Roddy Piper, puts on the sun glasses, and could see the truth about the world. It's essentially that, but in comic book form, and here, they've beaten the bad guys, they have one as far as they know. And then things start to go horribly wrong from there. Really good book. I like this, it's esoteric and strange, as most of Gerard Way stuff is. If you read Doom Patrol, if you read Umbrella Academy, but it still feels very prescient and timely in terms of the storytelling, which I like quite a bit. Pete: Yeah, it's really impressive. The art and the storytelling is gorgeous and fantastic, and really moves the story very… It moves through this kind of crazy world. And you're kind of really piecing it together. But it's very unique. And just when you think you've got a handle on it just kind of surprises you again. And I love all the different groups that they kind of break down in the middle of it. Yeah, I think this is a great issue that really kind of gets you excited for more in this world, it really sets things up and gets you wanting more. I think it's a great first issue. Alex: And I think you could understand it even if you haven't read the first series, you could jump right in here and go ahead with it. Obviously you're going to have a richer experience, but it's good stuff regardless. Next up, this is what we talked about in the live show a little bit, Dark Knights Death Metal #4 from DC Comics. Written by Scott Snyder art by Greg Capullo, wild stuff happening in this issue. This is bringing together a bunch of the one shots and miniseries that have been running along. We find out what's been going out with the Flash Team, we find out what's been going on with Wonder Woman, Batman and Superman as they sink deeper into the Crisis Dark multi verses, and things- Pete: And- Alex: Yeah, Pete. Pete: It still starts with Uncle Rock in this one. But, you know. Alex: Sergeant Rock. Pete: Sarge Rock. Alex: You call him Uncle Rock. Pete: [crosstalk 00:14:48]. Yeah, I call him uncle Rock. That's what he calls himself in this, which is a funny moment. Alex: He married your aunt. Pete: Yeah that's how that technically works. You're right. But yeah, I mean, this is just amazing art, over the top fun. Darkseid in that chair is unbelievable. It's like Green Lantern's ring chair. So that means the Green Lantern has to sit there and keep thinking about the size and weight of that chair. That's a very intense little thing that doesn't get much attention. It's just they're killing this. This is just so much fun. Each one of these books is really fun to see what mashups of characters they're going to use, and how crazy it's going to look, and it hasn't disappointed yet. Alex: This entire book feels like the dialogue break in a metal song. When somebody's like, “And then Superman is sunk into a pit of fire as Darkseid watched.” The whole thing. Just it's absolutely, really ludicrous. The whole thing is crazy. We talked about it on the show, but it ends with the Darkest Knight aka Batman who laughs winning, turning the universe into the Last 52, a bunch of dark multiverses, it's only going to go from there. Who knows how they're going to win. But it's funny for the insanely highest stakes, that is, honestly just fun the entire time. Pete: It really is. Alex: Let's move on to something that's a little bit grimmer but in the right way, Stealth #6 from Image Comics, written by Mike Costa and art by Nate Bellegarde. We've been loving this series on the show. Pete: It's too bad Justin didn't want to talk about this book. Alex: He got out of here, was like “No thanks. Don't want to talk about Stealth.” Pete: Yeah, he was like, “Listen, guys, I love Stealth. I said it was my pick. But I'd rather watch a football game right now. So fuck all, y'all.” Alex: I don't think that's what's happening. But the other Stealth, if you haven't been reading the book, it's about a guy who's in sort of a all powerful armor [inaudible 00:17:01], who also may or may not have dementia. He's been fighting against a guy called the Dead Hand who can kill people by touching them with his hand. Everything is revealed in this issue. They loop everything back. We finish it up. This is the end of the miniseries. What did you think about the conclusion, Pete? Pete: I was really impressed with this. Like this kind of started and it was like, “Wait, what's happening?” I love the story. I love the action, the art's unbelievable. But I was kind of like, “But man, does this all come together in such an amazing way.” It's one of those books where you read it. And at the end, you're like “God, I want to go back and read it all over again.” It's really great. Really impressive. And I can't compliment the art enough. Alex: In a surprising way too, it's nothing that I think you could have predicted from the first five issues, but it makes total sense at the same time when it's explained, which is a difficult feat to go through. Pass off, whatever the word is. Pete: Yeah, especially us, we've read so many comics, it's hard to surprise us. And this really did a great job of that. Alex: This is a great miniseries, definitely pick it up when it's in trade or individual issues. Next up The Vain, #1 from Oni Press, written by Eliot Rahal, illustrated by Emily Pearson. This is about a bunch of vampires around the turn of World War II who are robbing blood banks. Get it? Pete: You see what they're doing? Alex: And when war breaks out with the Nazis, and then everything changes. I was very surprised and impressed by this book. I thought this is a really fun concept. The characters were good. I liked how the world was laid out. And there's a good nice twist at the end. How'd you feel Pete? Pete: Yeah, I really liked it. I thought it was very cool. Kind of like bank heist, but they're robbing a blood bank. And also like, fun kind of like, the way the vampires kind of handled the crowd and fuck with them a little bit, very enjoyable. And what's also nice is even the undead are like “You know what's really fucked up? Nazis, man. Racism is awful. I'm a fucking undead vampire. But I know this is wrong. So let's go end this.” That was great. Alex: It's a little shaggy in terms of that because it feels like okay, the concept is bank robbing vampires. I get it. And then next issue it's going to be like, okay, it's vampires fighting Nazis, I get it. So I'm wondering if it's going to change every single issue and that's going to be the rhythm of the book. Or if it is something else. Whatever it is, I'm definitely onboard. I had a fun time reading this. I think it's a fun take on vampires. Like I said the characters are good. So definitely willing to follow it. And Emily Pearson's character designs are very good as well. Pete: Yeah. Alex: Next up the Avengers #37 from Marvel written by Jason Aaron, art by Javier Garron. This is kicking off the end of the Age of Khonshu. Pete: Yes, the Age of Khonshu. And this is the finale. Alex: This is the finale. So Khonshu, who is the God of Moon Knight has taken the powers of the rest of the Avengers. This issue they're fighting back as well as Moon Knight who now the Phoenix Power is fighting back. This is playing with toys in the best sense of the phrase. Pete: Well yeah, and that's a great way to put it. Because you do have like a super baby here who is like, “Yo, give me back my toys.” So that was kind of well put there. But yeah, this is a fantastic art. And it kind of reminds me of Snyder's just over the top fun, where a lot of different characters are getting to play with different powers and stuff like that. And I think this is a great kind of finale. And it's cool to kind of see somebody get powered up like this, and then kind of like spoiler, but de-powered, and where those powers go. So it's, again, a writer and artist, having a lot of fun with the different kind of powers and different perspectives. So yeah, I really enjoyed this. I thought it wasn't a huge kind of event. It was just kind of big enough. And I thought it was great. Alex: Yeah, it's playground rules. It feels like every page, and I say this in the best sense, because it's fun to read. But it's the sort of thing where somebody is like, “Oh you're going to attack my pyramid. Well, my wolf men and my mummies are going to attack you.” And they're like, “Fine. Well, now I have the Iron Fist…” That's great. Like, there's not enough of that in comics, where it just feels like people playing and having fun. It all has to mean something. It all has to lead to the next thing. This is the sort of thing where it's like, and I'm probably mis-remembering this, where She Hulk can very briefly get the Iron Fist, and it has no bearing on anything whatsoever, other than a fun splash page that they draw. And that's fine. It's refreshing to read something like that. Alex: Here's another thing that is almost the opposite, where it's fun, but everything means something. Once and Future #12 from Boom Studios by Kieron Gillen, art by Dan Mora. Pete I know you love this series. This is wrapping up the Beowulf arc. Listen, I think textually pretty big revelations for the mythology of the book, as teased to us by Kieron Gillen when we chatted with him a couple of weeks back. How'd you feel about this one? Pete: This just continues to be one of my favorite things on the stands. Art is unbelievable. You have these unbelievable monsters these great kind of stories and fables intertwined here, and then you just got one badass grandma who's not going to take shit from nobody. And this is just such a glorious comic book that is worth your time and money. And it's entertaining, it's smart, it's touching. It's stories that you've kind of know, that kind of are told in this new kind of messed up way and it's very, very enjoyable. Alex: Yeah, Dan Mora's art and character designs and monster designs in particular are so good across the board. But this issue is Kieron Gillen doing his Kieron Gillen thing and wrapping stories together, figuring out how they fit together, figuring out how the mythology of England as an entity fits together. And it's fascinating to read, but it's nowhere near as dense as say Die, for example, but just good, good stuff and so much fun to read. Alex: Let's move on to an anthology DC the Doomed and the Damned #1 from DC Comics, written by John Arcudi, Saladin Ahmed, Kenny Porter, Amanda Deibert, Marv Wolfman, Amedeo Turturro, Alyssa Wong, Brandon Thomas, Travis Moore and Garth Ennis. Art by Mike Perkins, Leonardo Manco, Riley Rossmo, Daniel Sampere, Tom Mandrake, Max Fiumara, Dominike “Domo” Stanton, Baldemar Rivas, Travis Moore and PJ Holden. As you can probably guess, from how I introduced it, as well as the lineup this is a series of short stories teaming up DC Comics characters in spooky situations. As usual, how'd you feel about this one, Pete? And were there any stories that jumped out to you? Pete: Yeah, this was a really nice collection. I had a lot of fun with this. I mean, the Batman versus the kind of monster in the mirrors is great. This is what I want Halloween comics to be like. I want to see heroes taking on the kind of monsters. And this is the classic like if you say a name in the mirror three times, so it was cool to see that. The Raven Wonder Woman story was great. I'm a sucker for a Grundy story. I love the look of Superman in that one store. I thought like he really looked fantastic with the Swamp Thing. It was just super fun. I think there was a lot of cool stuff and even the Green Lantern team up I enjoyed. Alex: Yeah, I like this as well. I mean, if you can't tell from the title this is riff on Brave and the Bold but Doom and [inaudible 00:25:31] instead. So it's a team up book- Pete: Oh, I just put it together. Alex: Which it gives it a very different flavor from other anthologies. I think it gives it more focus, particularly because you usually get a non-supernatural character teaming up with a supernatural character. The best one for me, which you mentioned, is Saladin Ahmed's story, which I just… I love Batman dealing with the supernatural because he does it all the time. But he never believes it. He's always like, “Scientific explanation for this. I got to figure this one out.” And it's great here. He deals with essentially like a Candyman, Beetlejuice type figure, except in Gotham City. And it's a lot of fun. But this is a good collection if you want to pick it up. Next up Redneck #28 from Image Comics written by Donny Cates, art by Lisandro Estherren. This is a title we have not checked out that much, I think, right, Pete? Pete: Well, so this is weird because I saw Redneck and I thought it was Jason Aaron's book called Redneck and it's not. This is a different kind of redneck, not what you think because it's about vampires. Alex: No, Jason Aaron wrote another book. I don't remember what it's called. But it's not Redneck. Pete: Okay. Alex: No, he's, what is it? Southern Bastards. That's what he wrote. Pete: Oh. Right, right, right. Yeah. I thought… But anyways, so this is a very kind of… The art is really fantastic. I love the way they kind of draw the action. And a very interesting, kind of like tale throughout time here that we're dealing with. And I love the way it kind of ended on this cliffhanger for more. I think this is very interesting book, very kind of unique and creative. And I didn't know what I was getting into. And I was pleasantly surprised. Alex: So Donny talks about this in the end matter a little bit, but it is wild reading the first couple of issues of this books, which I think I read the first couple and I just got away from it for no particular reason. But it was what the title said, it was about a bunch of swamp folks dealing with vampires. I was like, “Okay, I get it. Rednecks cool. I'm on it, I get the concepts of this book.” To here where we're like Dracula war, which is a very different sort of thing. Alex: But Lisandro's art in particular is epic throughout the book. As you mentioned, it spans through different time periods. I enjoyed this quite a bit. And it's certainly the sort of thing that makes me want to be like, “Okay, I read the first collection, I read this issue. Now I actually need to read what happened in between, because clearly, I missed a lot.” Alex: Next up Amazing Spider-Man #50 from Marvel, written by Nick Spencer, art by Patrick Gleason. This is picking up right on the last issue, but kicking off a new storyline, where we finally learn the identity of Kindred as well as why he has it out for Spider-Man. Why he has it out for Norman Osborn, what happens to the Sin Eater? Big things happened in this issue. Spider Man is a very dire straits. We're definitely going to get into spoilers here. So Pete, as you feel about this reveal, what do you think about this? Pete: Cool. I mean, when I saw the tombstone reveal, I was like, “All right.” Alex: But so let's walk through this and this is spoiler time. But Kindred pulls up the tombstone, you're supposed to think as a reader, “Oh, okay is he Captain Stacy?” Gwen Stacy's dad. But he's not. Instead, what Kindred has done is he's pulled up the corpses of Captain Stacy and Gwen Stacy, and put them at a dinner table for Spider-Man, classic villain behavior. But it turns out the Kindred is none other than Harry Osborn. Pete: Yeah, at the end there's another twist, where you think, “Okay, we don't know, here's the reveal of the tombstone. That's who he is.” But then at the end, it's like, “He's my son.” And then you're like twist again. Alex: I don't love that. I feel like we're going to have to do a lot of explanation to get why Harry Osborn is this. Pete: Especially when Spider-Man sits down to that dinner and he sees the two dead people. And then he's like, “Wait, but what's this got to do with Harry Osborn?” You know what I mean? Alex: Yeah, I mean, first of all, indoor dining very dangerous right now. Second of all, if you ever get in that situation, just be like, “Check, please.” Pete: Yeah, also, you got to put masks on those corpses, you know what I mean? You can't just [crosstalk 00:30:16]. Alex: I mean come on. Absolutely. They could spread disease. Pete: They're inside. Alex: Yes. Think of the servers. Pete: Yeah, exactly. Alex: This is a good issue. Nick Spencer is doing an intriguing job of the storyline. But like I said, I think though this fills in a lot of holes in what's been going on I need to get to how this happened, which I assume is going to happen soon. This seems to be a big storyline. But why is Harry Osborn Kindred? What does that mean? How did he become Kindred? Are all big open questions here but we're just at the beginning of this storyline right now. Alex: Next up, another Tom King book Strange Adventures #6 from DC Comics written by surprise Tom King art by Mitch Garads and Evan ‘Doc' Shaner. In this issue, as usual, we're jumping back and forth between the planet Ron and what's happening on Earth, as Mr. Terrific investigates the death of Adam Strange and Alanna's daughter. In this issue Mr. Terrific Alanna kind of go on a date a little bit, and parry and check each other out and sort of probe each other's weaknesses. Ends in a very different, very interesting place. I like this issue quite a bit, particularly, because it made me doubt Alanna being the bad guy of this series. How'd you feel about it Pete? Pete: Yeah, yeah. Also, we had a little Seth Meyers sighting. Little talk show clip here. And as we all know, Seth Meyers came on Comic Book Club, big fan of the show. So it's nice to see that. Alex: It was nice to see it finally pay off for him. Pete: Yeah, yeah. Really nice to see Seth Meyers get his due, poor guy, he works really hard. But yeah, I mean, this is just waiting, each Tom King book, you get a little bit more information, a little bit more information. You're trying to piece together this whole story. So it's unbelievable, Tom King, kills it as a writer. And I'm excited to see how this unfolds, and we get a little bit more. And I love the Terrific stuff in this. So yeah, I can't wait until the final kind of domino falls, I can kind of look back and see what we've done here. Alex: I agree. This is definitely a mystery book. It's going to make you reevaluate everything when we finally get to the end there. But every issue just gorgeous to read and gut wrenching and heartbreaking across the board. Another one, very sad Marvel Zombies Resurrection #3 from Marvel written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson art by Leonard Kirk. Spider-Man is taking Franklin and Valeria to the Galactus hive to try to find a cure for the zombie virus that has afflicted the Marvel Universe. Things go predictably, very, very wrong, including a favorite of Pete's, who gets caught in the struggle. I love the twist that Philip gives to the whole Marvel Zombies thing here. It's so smart. So well done. I'm a little hesitant to spoil it. But every issue of this is so dangerous, so harrowing. And it's amazing that he has found a totally different twist on the zombie mythology in the Marvel Universe. How'd you feel Pete? Pete: Yeah, this was really crazy and intense to kind of like, have these kind of reveals of kind of like how this all unfolded. Love the Galactus stuff. Magic stuff is really cool. The character that we're not talking about I was like… All right, but- Alex: We can talk about him. We can spoil it. Pete: I think it's- Alex: We spoiled so much this podcast. Pete: This continues to be a really fun book and if you would have said- Alex: It's Wolverine. Pete: Wolverines. Wolverine. But yeah, I mean, you would think like okay, Marvel Zombies all right, how long we doing this, but this really is a fresh take on it. And it's very enjoyable. Alex: I agree. I'm very nervous, concerned about what will happen at the last issue when we get to that. Moving on to Seven Secrets #3 from Boom Studios written by Tom Taylor illustrated by Daniela De Nicolo. This issue we're following who we still think is our main character but we're not 100% sure, as they go on a mission to become the new secret keeper for this organization. Still don't know what the secrets are, still don't know what's going on. Pete: Yeah. Alex: We just know somebody evil is gunning straight for them. Another great issue of this book as Tom and company continued to build out the mythology. How'd you feel Pete? Pete: Yeah, I liked this. Again, we kind of don't know. I mean, if I'm risking my life over a briefcase, I might take a peek. But I think that this is very creative in the way that it kind of tells his story as it unfolds and the touching like 15 gifts from the father for the 15 years he wasn't there. That got me, that got me a little bit. That was pretty awesome. I've been really impressed with the characters in the book and their story and kind of how this is all moving forward. A lot of great action. Yeah, this continues to impress. Alex: Yeah, great book and Daniela De Nicolo's art is also real good, it's very anime… Excuse me, manga inspired. Yeah, but it feels like the halfway point way point. Pete: The mustache guy reminds me of the guy from Voltron. The new Voltron [crosstalk 00:36:07]- Alex: Interesting. I don't know what you're talking about, but I appreciate it regardless. Before we wrap up here, let's do it. Let's get into the X/10 of Swords block. Three issues out this week. Hellions #5, written by Zeb wells and art by Carmen Carnero. New Mutants #13 written by Ed Price and art by Rob Price. Cable #5 written by Jerry Duggan and art by Phil Noto. Versus last week, where we got a little more of an overarching story each one of these is very much its own thing. Alex: In Hellions we get that team heading off into other world to basically cheat the whole sword contest that's going on by stealing Arakko's swords. In New Mutant's we find out how Cypher is dealing with fact that he's supposed to be a sword bearer. Answer is not very well. And in cable, he is dealing with a sword of his own. When the last we left him, he was with Cyclops and Jean Grey on Sword, the actual space station the people, we find out what happened to them, and what happens next. This is great. I was a little worried that this crossover was going to be just one thing after another just following up on it. But I love that each one of these individual interweaving stories, and I thought each of these issues was a ton of fun all on its own. Pete I know you liked last week's issues. How'd you feel about this one? Pete: I did. I really liked the break from the stacking insane idea on top of insane idea and like here we're just going to have like a showdown you bring your best, we'll bring our best, bring a sword, let's settle this. But this gets a little derailed by the Lollipop Guild where they sit around a table and makes insane decisions like “Hey, we're going to do this big battle to the death, but why don't we cheat? Right? Because we're on our own island by playing by the rules so fuck it let's just cheat, and just throw a wrench in the whole fucking thing.” Alex: So this is in Hellions by the way just to clarify what's going on here. I love this issue. Zeb Wells writes the crap out of these characters. His Empath is such a horrible asshole in a hilarious way. Mr. Sinister is great. Pete: The cape bit is just glorious. It's really fun. Alex: Oh my god. So funny. Just, it's a funny book. And I appreciate that in the middle of this like… Particularly coming off of, I think, the last issue was Storm being like, “I need to potentially destroy a relationship with my husband because it's the head of the world and I need to invade Wakanda.” And then this issue, Mr. Sinister's like wrestling with a horse most of the issue is great. That you could have these different tones of this world is so much fun. Pete: Yeah, it's all right. Alex: And then of course, there's New Mutants, which is I think one of the greatest issues of all time that really just really digs in on Cypher as a character. One of the greatest characters of all time. Gives him his due in the sun, shows up what was going on with Warlock, trains with Krakoa, plays on his insecurities, but in the right way, and fleshes out his relationship with Krakoa, just a great issue across the board. And I know I'm using a sarcastic voice, but I also actually think that. Pete: The art in this book is glorious. The Krakoa, trying to stop him and talk to them but like “If something happens to you I won't be able to…” I thought that was great. But at this point, I'm like, “Okay, guys, a lot of build up to the sword fight. Can we get to this goddamn sword fight.” Like, do I got to sit there and see everybody's origin story to how they got their sword. Alex: There's 10 swords. They're not even halfway through. They'll get halfway through, they'll have all the swords and then they'll have a bunch of fights. Pete: Yeah. Alex: Come on. Pete: Now hopefully I make a [crosstalk 00:40:12]- Alex: And Cable, also fun with like some terrifying weird alien enemies, that was super fun as well. Just a fun month across the board. Right Pete? Pete: Sure. Yeah. What a month. What a year. Everybody's having a blast. Good times. Alex: Yeah, I just ordered a shirt online, actually, they said “2020 having a blast.” Pete: Oh, man. Yeah, I mean, I'll look forward to hopefully getting to the fight. Just, I don't know, I think the last month with the three titles or last week, whatever it was, I thought was better, getting me hyped for this thing, but after this week, I'm kind of like, “All right, get me there already.” But hey, people like reading stuff in between their comic books pages, apparently, because man, they're doubling the fuck down on that. Alex: Oh my gosh. Pete: And at this point I'm just to do it. Alex: Well, I liked these quite a bit. I had a fun time this week. And I'm glad to read all three of them. Pete: Did you like reading about the sword instead of seeing it? Just reading about how much it weighs and that kind of stuff? Alex: You know what they say, do you bring an essay to a sword fight? Pete: Ah right, right. Alex: If you'd like to support this podcast, patreon.com/comicbookclub. Also we do a live show every Tuesday night at 7:00 PM. Pete: We sure do. 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Oh-Boy! Another comic book movie tie-in episode... or not. We also review Stranger Things: Science Camp #1, Batman #100, and The Vain #1. We also talk Cobra Kai, the top selling comics and more. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) NEWS https://ew.com/tv/cobra-kai-season-3-premiere-date-netflix/#:~:text=Cobra%20Kai%20season%203%20premieres%20Friday%2C%20Jan.%208%20on%20Netflix. https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/ms-marvel-disney-plus-series-cast-iman-vellani-1234788063/ https://www.comichron.com/monthlycomicssales/2020/2020-08.html https://deadline.com/2020/09/conan-the-barbarian-tv-series-netflix-rights-deal-conan-properties-international-1234586533/ REVIEWS STEPHEN STRANGER THINGS: SCIENCE CAMP #1 Writer: Jody Houser Penciller: Edgar Salazar Inker: Keith Champagne Colorist: Marissa Louise Publisher: Dark Horse comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: September 30, 2020 Dustin arrives at Camp Know Where to navigate the new social hierarchy without the support of his Hawkins adventuring party. While also faced with nerdy bullies, a new menace haunts the young scientists and camp counselors. A mysterious figure with sinister intent arrives to disrupt the serene woodland scene. The solution won't take rocket science, but Dustin will have to get on the same wavelength as the other campers before tensions reach a boiling point. [rating:4/5] MATTHEW BATMAN #100 Writer: James Tynion IV Artist: Jorge Jimenez/Carlos Pagulayan/Guillem March Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $6.99 Release Date: October 6, 2020 “The Joker War” comes to a city-shattering conclusion as Batman battles The Joker in a brutal, no-holds-barred duel! This is a fight 80 years in the making, and its outcome won't just change Batman's life-it will change Gotham City for years to come! Plus, catch the first glimpse of the new villain known as Ghost-Maker! And after the senses-shattering conclusion of “The Joker War” come a pair of short stories that will chart what's to come in Gotham City and Batman. Don't miss the first showdown between Batman and Clownhunter! [rating:3.5/5] RODRIGO THE VAIN #1 Writer: Eliot Rahal Artist: Emily Pearson Publisher: Oni Press Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: October 14, 2020 Chicago, 1941. A blood bank is held up in a robbery, but no cash is taken-only blood. It's the latest in a string of similar crimes and FBI Agent Felix Franklin is certain it's part of a wider plot. But the truth is much more sinister than he could imagine. The four robbers-who call themselves The Vain-are vampires: immortal, physically powerful, and after decades of honing their skills, practically untraceable. But in a world that is rapidly changing, stealing blood is harder every day and with each decade that passes, Agent Franklin inches closer to the truth. Eliot Rahal, Emily Pearson, and Fred C. Stressing kick off a series that spans nearly a century of wild eternal youth and reckless abandon across history. [rating: 3.5/5] DISCUSSION DEATH ON THE NILE Black Dog & Leventhal Publishe The tranquility of a luxury cruise along the Nile was shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway had been shot through the head. She was young, stylish, and beautiful. A girl who had everything . . . until she lost her life. Hercule Poirot recalled an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: “I'd like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger.” Yet under the searing heat of the Egyptian sun, nothing is ever quite what it seems. A sweeping mystery of love, jealousy, and betrayal, Death on the Nile is one of Christie's most legendary and timeless works. CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends!
Oh-Boy! Another comic book movie tie-in episode... or not. We also review Stranger Things: Science Camp #1, Batman #100, and The Vain #1. We also talk Cobra Kai, the top selling comics and more. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) NEWS https://ew.com/tv/cobra-kai-season-3-premiere-date-netflix/#:~:text=Cobra%20Kai%20season%203%20premieres%20Friday%2C%20Jan.%208%20on%20Netflix. https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/ms-marvel-disney-plus-series-cast-iman-vellani-1234788063/ https://www.comichron.com/monthlycomicssales/2020/2020-08.html https://deadline.com/2020/09/conan-the-barbarian-tv-series-netflix-rights-deal-conan-properties-international-1234586533/ REVIEWS STEPHEN STRANGER THINGS: SCIENCE CAMP #1 Writer: Jody Houser Penciller: Edgar Salazar Inker: Keith Champagne Colorist: Marissa Louise Publisher: Dark Horse comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: September 30, 2020 Dustin arrives at Camp Know Where to navigate the new social hierarchy without the support of his Hawkins adventuring party. While also faced with nerdy bullies, a new menace haunts the young scientists and camp counselors. A mysterious figure with sinister intent arrives to disrupt the serene woodland scene. The solution won't take rocket science, but Dustin will have to get on the same wavelength as the other campers before tensions reach a boiling point. [rating:4/5] MATTHEW BATMAN #100 Writer: James Tynion IV Artist: Jorge Jimenez/Carlos Pagulayan/Guillem March Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $6.99 Release Date: October 6, 2020 “The Joker War” comes to a city-shattering conclusion as Batman battles The Joker in a brutal, no-holds-barred duel! This is a fight 80 years in the making, and its outcome won’t just change Batman’s life-it will change Gotham City for years to come! Plus, catch the first glimpse of the new villain known as Ghost-Maker! And after the senses-shattering conclusion of “The Joker War” come a pair of short stories that will chart what’s to come in Gotham City and Batman. Don’t miss the first showdown between Batman and Clownhunter! [rating:3.5/5] RODRIGO THE VAIN #1 Writer: Eliot Rahal Artist: Emily Pearson Publisher: Oni Press Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: October 14, 2020 Chicago, 1941. A blood bank is held up in a robbery, but no cash is taken-only blood. It's the latest in a string of similar crimes and FBI Agent Felix Franklin is certain it's part of a wider plot. But the truth is much more sinister than he could imagine. The four robbers-who call themselves The Vain-are vampires: immortal, physically powerful, and after decades of honing their skills, practically untraceable. But in a world that is rapidly changing, stealing blood is harder every day and with each decade that passes, Agent Franklin inches closer to the truth. Eliot Rahal, Emily Pearson, and Fred C. Stressing kick off a series that spans nearly a century of wild eternal youth and reckless abandon across history. [rating: 3.5/5] DISCUSSION DEATH ON THE NILE Black Dog & Leventhal Publishe The tranquility of a luxury cruise along the Nile was shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway had been shot through the head. She was young, stylish, and beautiful. A girl who had everything . . . until she lost her life. Hercule Poirot recalled an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: “I’d like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger.” Yet under the searing heat of the Egyptian sun, nothing is ever quite what it seems. A sweeping mystery of love, jealousy, and betrayal, Death on the Nile is one of Christie’s most legendary and timeless works. CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends!
We post up with a pint of O negative to talk with Eliot Rahal ("Hot Lunch Special") and Emily Pearson ("The Wilds") about their upcoming Oni Press series "The Vain," debuting Oct. 14.
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(Rebekah's Pick) No One's Rose from VAULT PRODUCTIONS written by Emily Horn & Zac Thompson with art by Alberto Jimenez- Albuquerque "Centuries after the fall of the Anthropocene, the last vestiges of human civilization are housed in a massive domed city powered by renewable energy, known as The Green Zone. Inside lives teenager Tenn Gavrilo, a brilliant bio-engineer who could rebuild the planet. But there's one problem: her resentful brother Seren is eager to dismantle the precarious Utopia." (Brian's Pick) Transformers vs. The Terminator from IDW PUBLISHING written by David Mariotte with art by Alex Milne "It's Skynet vs. Cybertron in a crossover for the ages! 1984: When a deadly race of machines emerge from another time, will a robotic guardian be able to protect the Earth from a dire future... or will the T-800 fail in his mission to prevent the world from becoming a plaything to the Decepticons?" (Rod's Pick) Wynd from BOOM! STUDIOS written by James Tynion IV with art by Michael Dialynas Magical heritage is punishable by death in Pipetown, so a young boy named Wynd must keep his true identity - and pointy ears - a secret from everyone, even if it means he'll never have the normal life he wants.But when his secret is threatened, Wynd will be forced to leave his home behind to embark on a dangerous quest that will put him at the heart of a royal conspiracy beyond his imagination.Now on the run with Oakley (his best friend), Thorn (the boy of his dreams), and Yorick (a literal prince!), Wynd will have to embrace the magic within himself if he wants to save them from the shocking dangers that await!(Joe's Pick) Bleed Them Dry from VAULT PRODUCTIONS written by Hiroshi Koizumi & Eliot Rahal with art by Dike Ruan "The year is 3333. Earth is in a state of recovery. Vampires are real, and though far less populous, they thrive alongside humans in the Japanese-engineered mega-city known as Asylum. People have come to understand that some Immortals are good, some are bad, and most navigate the world without incident. There is peace. That is...until now. Someone is brutally murdering vampires. And Detective Harper Halloway has been assigned to the case. To solve it, she'll have to unearth a much deeper truth: The future of humanity has been edited."
New Comic Reviews: Green Lantern 80th Anniversary by James Tynion IV, Geoff Johns, Peter Tomasi, Robert Venditti, Mariko Tamaki, Ron Marz, Dennis O'Neil, Sina Grace, Charlotte Fullerton, Ivan Reis, Fernando Pasarin, Rafa Sandoval, Mike Grell, Darryl Banks, Chriscross, Cullen Bunn, Gary Frank, David Lafuente, Mirka Andolfo, Rico Renzi, Lovern Kindizerski, Jordie Bellaire, Arif Prianto, Gabe Eltaeb, Wade Von Grawbadger, Jordi Tarragona, Doug Mahnke, Oclair Albert, Dave Stewart, Steve Oliff, Ivan Plascencia Batman: The Smile Killer by Jeff Lemire, Andrea Sorrentino, Jordie Bellaire Primer GN by Thomas Krajewski, Jennifer Muro, Gretel Lusky Harley Quinn: Black and White and Red by Stjepan Sejic Marvels Snapshots: Captain America by Mark Russell, Kurt Busiek, Ramon K. Perez, Rico Renzi Empyre 0: Avengers by Al Ewing, Pepe Larraz, Marte Gracia That Texas Blood 1 by Chris Condon, Jacob Phillips Sleeping Beauties 1 by Stephen King, Owen King, Rio Youers, Alison Sampson, Triona Farrell Dead Body Road: Bad Blood 1 by Justin Jordan, Benjamin Tiesma, Mat Lopes Ash and Thorn 1 by Mariah McCourt, Soo Lee, Bowlan Bleed Them Dry 1 by Hiroshi Koizumi, Eliot Rahal, Dike Ruan, Miguel Muerto Additional Reviews: Lucifer Omnibus vol 1, Morrigan, final season of Legion, Oceans 8, Scoob! News: DC/Marvel skip-week, Joel Schumacher, Michael Keaton is Batman, new Remender series The Scumbag, Jason Latour, Scott Lobdell, JSA creative team discussion, Exorsisters goes digital only, new Angel+Spike creative team, Warhammer 40k comic, new Harley Quinn digital-first anthology, Marvel prose line, Leviathan: Checkmate delays, Harley Quinn: White Knight, Margot Robbie Pirates, voice actor exodus Trailers: Over the Moon Links Pixie Trix Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pixietrixcomix/pixie-trix-comix-volume-1-and-more Morrigan: https://gumroad.com/l/EzWWg?fbclid=IwAR06Gzll053gaxUSbpDUd1aVlGZ0sq-F4Uustqoa_cB6bs9i2KPMkDnjk3E Comics Countdown: Die 11 by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, Clayton Cowles Batman: The Smile Killer by Jeff Lemire, Andrea Sorrentino, Jordie Bellaire Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey 2 by Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner, Alex Sinclair Immortal Hulk 34 by Al Ewing, Butch Guice, Tom Palmer, Paul Mounts Thor 5 by Donny Cates, Nic Klein, Matt Wilson Middlewest 17 by Skottie Young, Jorge Corona, Jean-Francois Beaulieu Once and Future 8 by Kieron Gillen, Dan Mora, Tamra Bonvillain Redneck 27 by Donny Cates, Lisandro Estherren, Dee Cunniffe Justice League Dark 23 by James Tynion IV, Ram V, Kyle Hotz, June Chung Suicide Squad 6 by Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo, Adriano Lucas
We're back to reviewing some back issue classics with a Nextwave discussions, and a chat with writer Eliot Rahal on ComicCast #194.
In this episode Aaron and Ronnie are joined by Aftershock writer of Midnight Vista and Hot Lunch Special, Eliot Rahal. The guys ask some questions about Hot Lunch Special and they all dive into the story as well as the art and the behind the scenes Easter Eggs that was sprinkled into the series. Enjoy this conversation and we hope everyone is staying safe out there!You can support this show by visiting our merch store, or by leaving us an Apple Podcasts review.
Top 500, DC Solicits, Comics of the Week Additional Reviews: Being Ginger, Line of Duty s1, SHIELD s5, Maleficent II News: X-Corps, Bone animated series, Josie & the Pussycats in Space, Atlantis Attacks 30th anniversary mini, Bat casting, HBO Max gets the Ghibli, Green Arrow and the Canaries, Snyder leaving league, Jessica Jones in singles, Mulan disaster Trailers: The Outsider, Bloodshot Comics of the Week Details: Wonder Woman Giant 1 by Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, Inaki Miranda, et al Metal Men 1 by Dan DiDio, Shane Davis, Michelle Delecki, Jason Wright Superman Smashes the Klan 1 by Gene Luen Yang, GuriHiru Tales from the Dark Multiverse: Batman Knightfall by Scott Snyder, Kyle Higgins, Javi Fernandez, Alex Guim Absolute Carnage 4 by Donny Cates, Ryan Stegman Absolute Carnage: The Avengers by Leah Williams, Zac Thompson, Alberto Alburquerque, Guiu Vilanova, Rachelle Rosenberg Crazy 1 X-Men 1 by Jonathan Hickman, Leinil Francis Yu, Gerry Alanguilan, Sunny Gho Mask: I Pledge Allegiance to the Mask 1 by Christopher Cantwell, Patric Reynolds, Lee Loughridge Savage Tales: A Red Sonja Halloween Special by Mark Russell, Jacob Edgar The Marked 1 by David Hine, Brian Haberlin, Geirrod Van Dyke Cult Classic Creature Feature 1 by Eliot Rahal, John Bivens, Tim Daniel Killswitch 1 by Susan Bridge, Jeffrey Bridge, Walter Geovani, Peer, Bowland Robotech Remix 1 by Brenden Fletcher, Elmer Damaso, Marco Lesko Zinnober: More Fire by Ralf Singh, Thorsten Brochhaus, Docolomansky, Fella, Esposito Scare City GN by Paul Jenkins, Fred Pham Chuong Sparrow's Roar GN by CR Chua, Paolo Chikiamco Comics Countdown, 16 Oct 2019: Superman Smashes the Klan 1 by Gene Luen Yang, GuriHiru Gideon Falls 17 by Jeff Lemire, Andrea Sorrentino, Dave Stewart X-Men 1 by Jonathan Hickman, Leinil Francis Yu, Gerry Alanguilan, Sunny Gho Once & Future 3 by Kieron Gillen, Dan Mora, Tamra Bonvillain Steeple 2 by John Allison, Sarah Stern Scare City OGN by Paul Jenkins, Fred Pham Chuong Inferior Five 2 by Keith Giffen, Jeff Lemire, Michelle Delecki, Hi-Fi Justice League 34 by Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Howard Porter, Bruno Redondo, Hi-Fi Dark Red 7 by Tim Seeley, Corin Howell, Mark Englert Captain Marvel 11 by Kelly Thompson, Carmen Carnero, Tamra Bonvillain
Welcome to a very special episode of the Aftershock Central Podcast as Martin, Ronnie, and Travis sit down with Eliot Rahal to discuss his new titles, Midnight Vista from Aftershock, and Cult Classic: Creature Feature from Vault. Of course, we dive into his previous work, some questions on Hot Lunch Special, feeling like a fraud, and aliens! If you're listening on release day, today is FOC for both Midnight Vista and Cult Classic: Creature Feature so tell your shop to order them today!You can support this show by visiting our merch store, or by leaving us an Apple Podcasts review.
Eliot Rahal and Midnight Vista (Contest of Challengers) We start mid-pitch as Eliot is explaining the premise of his new Aftershock comic series Midnight Vista to a prospective buyer on the Challengers’ sales floor. The other voices on this episode are Customer Brian K. and Eliot’s friend (and birthday boy) Mike. There are other ambient voices in the background as this was recorded on a Saturday afternoon. The background music gets turned down 8 minutes in (sorry Fozzy). This is a very personal story for Eliot and after listening to it you’ll most certainly want to read MIDNIGHT VISTA!
Doomsday Clock, Legion of Super-Heroes, Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy, DCeased, Batman vs. Ra's al Ghul, Absolute Carnage: Symbiote Spider-Man, Alpha Flight: True North, Spider-Man: Going Big, Ghost Spider Annual, Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order - Dark Temple, Web of Black Widow, Spawn 300, Battlepug, Everything, Triage, Midnight Vista, Something is Killing the Children, Vampirella/Red Sonja Additional Reviews: IT Chapter 2, Daredevil s3, Insidious News: Scholastic and Marvel, Gage on Iron Man, Birds of Prey teaser, DC 100-pagers, Tom Taylor Suicide Squad, Patty Jenkins and Netflix, Incoming! Am It Glenn??? Comics Review Details: Doomsday Clock 11 by Geoff Johns, Gary Frank, Brad Anderson Legion of Super-Heroes: Millenium 1 by Brian Michael Bendis, Andre Lima Araujo, Jim Lee, Dustin Nguyen, Andrea Sorrentino, Scott Williams, Jordie Bellaire, John Kalisz, Alex Sinclair, Dave Stewart Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy 1 by Jody Houser, Adriano de Silva Melo, Mark Morales, Hi-Fi DCeased: A Good Day To Die by Tom Taylor, Laura Braga, Darick Robertson, Richard Friend, Trevor Scott, Rain Beredo Batman vs. Ra's al Ghul 1 by Neal Adams Absolute Carnage: Symbiote Spider-Man by Peter David, Francesco Mobili, Rain Beredo, Java Tartaglia Alpha Flight: True North by Jim Zub, Max Dunbar, Monkeyseed, Jed MacKay, Djibril Morissette-Phan, Ian Herring, Ed Brisson, Scott Hepburn Amazing Spider-Man: Going Big by Gerry Conway, Mark Bagley, Victor Olazaba, Andy Owens, Dexter Vines, Ralph Macchio, Todd Nauck, Rachelle Rosenberg, Erik Larsen, Laura Martin Ghost Spider Annual by Vita Ayala, Pere Perez, Rachelle Rosenberg Web of Black Widow 1 by Jody Houser, Stephen Mooney, Tree Farrell Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order - Dark Temple by Matthew Rosenberg, Paolo Villanelli, Arif Prianto Everything 1 by Christopher Cantwell, INJ Culbard Triage 1 by Phillip Sevy Vampirella/Red Sonja 1 by Jordie Bellaire, Drew Moss, Rebecca Nalty Midnight Vista 1 by Eliot Rahal, Clara Meath, Mark Englert Something Is Killing The Children 1 by James Tynion IV, Werther Dell-Edera, Miquel Muerto Battlepug 1 by Mike Norton, Alan Passalaqua Pretty Deadly: Rat 1 by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Emma Rios Spawn 300 by Todd McFarlane, Scott Snyder, Shawn Alexander, Greg Capullo, Jerome Opena, J. Scott Campell, Jonathan Glapion, Matt Hollingsworth, Brian Haberline, Fco Plascencia, Peter Steigerwald Comics Countdown, 04 Sep 2019: House of X 4 by Jonathan Hickman, Pepe Larraz, Marte Gracia Die 7 by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans Doomsday Clock 11 by Geoff Johns, Gary Frank, Brad Anderson Redneck 23 by Donny Cates, Lisandro Estherren, Dee Cunniffe Conan the Barbarian 9 by Jason Aaron, Mahmud Asrar, Matt Wilson Giant Days 54 by John Allison, Max Sarin, Whitney Cogar Berserker Unbound 2 by Jeff Lemire, Mike Deodato Jr, Frank Martin Jr Deathstroke 47 by Christopher Priest, Carlo Pagulayan, Fernando Pasarin, Jason Paz, Cam Smith, Wade von Grawbadger, Jeromy Cox Something is Killing the Children 1 by James Tynion IV, Werther Dell-Edera, Miquel Muerto Harley Quinn 65 by Sam Humphries, Sami Basri, Hi-Fi
The boys are joined by comic superstars, Eliot Rahal and Clara Meath. Be sure to listen as we talk about their new book from Aftershock Comics, Midnight Vista!
This week on the podcast, writer Eliot Rahal stops by to talk about his AfterShock series "Hot Lunch Special" and his work with Valiant, including "Quantum and Woody" and "Bloodshot's Day Off." We also take a minute to talk about the death of Stan Lee, the comics scene in Minneapolis, and Eliot's background as a standup comedian.
This week Tyler sits down with comic creator Eliot Rahal to talk about Hot Lunch Special. Out on Aftershock, this comic is a mob story set in the upper Midwest and includes obscure locations like Sioux Falls, SD as well as Ely, MN. If you listen carefully you can see the makings of a budding bromance between Tyler and Eliot. They are definitely kindred spirits! If you aren't intrigued then you are listening to the wrong podcast!
Top 10 July sales, Sandman Universe, Supergirl 21, Fantastic Four 1, Spider-Man Annual, Hey Kids Comics!, Hot Lunch Special, Black Badge, Blastosaurus, Dinosaucers, Riptide, Long Live Pro Wrestling 0, Norah, Oddwell Reviews: Ant-Man and Wasp, The Meg, Maniac, Gravity Falls episode 1 News: Dark Phoenix and New Mutants movies, Supergirl movie, Negan Techen, Black Mask is Birds of Prey villain, new Greg for s4 of Crazy Ex Girlfriend, Bautista and Guardians 3, Ruby Rose is Batwoman, Fury and Hill in Spider-Man: Far From Home, Oscar stuff, Jackpot movie, Silver Sable and Black Cat movies, Cyborg cast for Doom Patrol, Cassandra Cain casting, X-Men Disassembled, Lois Lane by Greg Rucka Comics Details: Sandman Universe 1 by Neil Gaiman, Nalo Hopkinson, Kat Howard, Si Spurrier, Dan Watters, Bilquis Evely, Max Fiumara, Sebastian Fiumara, Tom Fowler, Domo Stanton, Mat Lopes Supergirl 21 by Marc Andreyko, Kevin Maguire, Sean Parsons, Fco Plascencia Fantastic Four 1 by Dan Slott, Sara Pichelli, Elisabetta D’amico, Marte Gracia, Simone Bianchi, Marco Russo, Skottie Young, Jeremy Treece Spider-Man Annual by Bryan Hill, Mark Bagley, Nelson Blake, Alitha Martinez, Roberto Poggi, Carlos Lopez Hey Kids Comics! 1 by Howard Chaykin, Wil Quintana Hot Lunch Special 1 by Eliot Rahal, Jorge Fornes Black Badge 1 by Matt Kindt, Tyler Jenkins, Hilary Jenkins Dinosaucers 1 by Michael Uslan, Andrew Pepoy, Jason Millet Riptide 1 by Scott Chitwood, Danny Luckert Long Live Pro Wrestling 0 by James Haick, Branko Jovanovic Norah 1 by Kasey Pierce, Sean Seal Oddwell 1 by David Clark, Acacia Rodarte Comics Countdown, 08 Aug 2018: 10. Bloodshot Salvation 12 by Jeff Lemire, Doug Braithwaite, Jordie Bellaire9. Hawkman 3 by Robert Venditti, Bryan Hitch, Andrew Currie, Paul Neary, Alex Sinclair 8. Oblivion Song 6 by Robert Kirkman, Lorenzo De Felici, Annalisa Leoni7. Long Live Pro Wrestling 0 by James Haick, Branko Jovanovic6. Relay 2 by Zac Thompson, Andy Clarke, Donny Cates 5. Shadow Roads 2 by Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt, AC Zamudio 4. Eternal Empire 10 by Sarah Vaughn, Jonathan Luna 3. Farmhand 2 by Rob Guillory, Taylor Wells 2. Outpost Zero 2 by Sean McKeever, Alexandre Tefenkgi,Jean-Francois Beaulieu 1. Sandman Universe 1 by Neil Gaiman, Nalo Hopkinson, Kat Howard, Si Spurrier, Dan Watters, Bilquis Evely, Max Fiumara, Sebastian Fiumara, Tom Fowler, Domo Stanton, Mat Lopes
(Brian's Pick) Fantastic Four from MARVEL COMICS written by Dan Slott art by Simone Bianchi BECAUSE YOU DEMANDED IT – THE WORLD’S GREATEST COMIC MAGAZINE IS BACK! Since the end of SECRET WARS, there’s been a gap in the Marvel Universe. A void no other team can fill. And it’s time for the world to move on. But can it? A life-changing decision by the Thing! A momentous declaration by the Human Torch! A clarion call-to-arms that summons Doctor Doom! And a signal in the sky that heralds the return of hope to the Marvel Universe! All this, and Alicia Masters adopts kittens! So cute! Plus, the Impossible Man! AND BONUS STORIES ILLUSTRATED BY SIMONE BIANCHI AND SKOTTIE YOUNG! IF YOU READ ONLY ONE MARVEL COMIC THIS MONTH, THIS IS THE ONE! (Rod's Pick) Leviathan from IMAGE COMICS writtey by John Layman art by Nick Pitarra GEM OF THE MONTH SERIES PREMIERE Poor Ryan DeLuca didn’t buy enough beer for his party, and while he was out on a beer run his idiot buddies busted out some mystical arcana and performed a summoning ceremony—a ceremony that summoned a giant monster from hell! Join multiple Eisner-winning writer JOHN LAYMAN (CHEW) and Eisner-nominated artist NICK PITARRA (THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS), along with soon-to-be-nominated-for-best-colorist MICHAEL GARLAND (THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS) for an eye-popping, face-melting, reality-defying, nonstop rush of pure adrenaline. COMPARISON TITLES If you like fullscreen monster movies like Godzilla and you watch Game of Thrones just for those glorious dragons, you’ll love LEVIATHAN! (Rebekah's Pick) Hot Lunch Special from AFTERSHOCK COMICS written by Eliot Rahal art by Jorge Fornes From Eliot Rahal, the writer of Cult Classic, The Paybacks and Quantum & Woody comes HOT LUNCH SPECIAL, with art by Jorge Fornes (Amazing X-Men, Wolverine, Magnus)! A midwestern noir series set in the harsh landscape of the northern Minnesota Iron Range—Hot Lunch Special is all about family, food and the fight for survival.The Khourys are a classic immigrant success story: A fractious and quarrelsome Lebanese family who carved their slice of the American Dream by becoming the largest distributors of vending machine sandwiches in the upper northern Midwest.Unfortunately, the Khourys gains have been ill-gotten and a branch of the Chicago Irish Mob has come back to collect a past debt. Fealty is demanded, shots are fired, and long-hidden family secrets are fully revealed. Now, Dorothy Khoury, the daughter of the family patriarch is forced to unite her splintered bloodline and fight back.Only one question is worth asking...is blood thicker than sandwiches? (Joe's Pick) Justice League Dark from DC COMICS written by James T Tynion IV art by Raul Fernandez From the pages of JUSTICE LEAGUE: NO JUSTICE! Earth’s magic once belonged to them. Now they want the magic back. But who exactly are they? It’s up to the new Justice League Dark to find out and stop this nightmarish new threat at all costs! After the events of NO JUSTICE, team leader Wonder Woman guides the misfit magic mix of Zatanna, Swamp Thing, Man-Bat and Detective Chimp against enemies too fantastic even for the Justice League. Plus, what awful things are coming through the Tree of Wonder? Dark days ahead...
In this episode we discuss; The Comic Source Podcast Episode 402 Hot Lunch Special with Eliot Rahal Quick Intro History with Comics Previous Work Hot Lunch Special What's the story all about? Why did you choose the Midwest as … Continued The post The Comic Source Podcast Episode 402 – Hot Lunch Special Spotlight with Eliot Rahal appeared first on The Comic Source Blog.
This week we review Domino #1 and discuss other books including Super Sons, Mister Miracle, Tales of Suspense, Descender, Gideon Falls, Oblivion Song, Slots, Infinity Countdown Prime, Dr. Strange Damnation, Moon Knight: Legacy, and Eternity Girl.Elsewhere, we prepare for Infinity War, talk Brooks meeting Gail Simone, and gear up for new runs by show friends Matthew Rosenberg, Eliot Rahal, and Joe Eisma.Next week's Debut Review:Thanos Annual #1 - Thanos is likely the most evil being in the universe…and if anyone would know, it's the all-new Cosmic Ghost Rider. Let the spirit of vengeance be your guide on a tour through the worst of the worst, as he reveals the most heinous deeds ever perpetrated by the Mad Titan…or by anyone else!
Writer Eliot Rahal is the special guest on an episode that really jumps straight out of the gate with some speculation about alien life. He and Wendi discuss his current work on Valiant's "Quantum and Woody" and "Ninjak vs. the Valiant Universe", as well as the brand new shared horror universe, "Cult Classic" at Vault Comics. Rahal shares stories about his comedy days and cowriting with Donny Cates on "The Paybacks". Check out the full line of "Double Page Spread" merch including shirts, hoodies, mugs and more at www.threadless.doublepagespread.com This podcast is part of the Taylor Network, which is home to many great podcasts all available on the Taylor Network feed on iTunes, Stitcher and Google Play.
Writer Eliot Rahal is the special guest on an episode that really jumps straight out of the gate with some speculation about alien life. He and Wendi discuss his current work on Valiant's "Quantum and Woody" and "Ninjak vs. the Valiant Universe", as well as the brand new shared horror universe, "Cult Classic" at Vault Comics. Rahal shares stories about his comedy days and cowriting with Donny Cates on "The Paybacks". Check out the full line of "Double Page Spread" merch including shirts, hoodies, mugs and more at www.threadless.doublepagespread.com This podcast is part of the Taylor Network, which is home to many great podcasts all available on the Taylor Network feed on iTunes, Stitcher and Google Play. Brought to you by www.dcbservice.com, the Discount Comic Book Service. Check out their sister site @instocktrades on twitter for the deal of the week. and www.blackphoenixalchemylab.com, the site for decadent, romantic, gothic and fruity essential oil fragrances.
After a cataclysmic plague sweeps across America, survivors come together to form citystate-like communities for safety. Out beyond the settlement walls are innumerable dangers: feral animals, crumbling structures, and Abominations; those that were touched by the plague and became something other – something as beautiful as it is deadly. Welcome to The Wilds, a brand new comic series. We’re joined by the writer and the penciler of this hot series from Black Mask Studios. Vita Ayala spent years in comic and book retail, and night security at a one of the oldest museums in New York City before taking the plunge and entering the Thunderdome life-style that is pursuing a career in the arts. They have since written for DC Comics (Rebirth Wonder Woman Annual #1, Rebirth Supergirl #19), Dark Horse Comics (Secret Loves of Geeks), and Image Comics (Bitch Planet Triple Feature #4), as well as having a creator owned book, The Wilds, through Black Mask Studios. Before coming to Black Mask Studios to work on the Wilds, Emily Pearson attempted to studying art at her local Junior College. After deciding to drop out she took on commissions and learned how to draw comics. Since then she has illustrated : Vault Comic's "Cult Classic: Zero Short" written by Eliot Rahal, and "All Roads" for "Jacob" written by Jed McPherson.
Ninjak vs The Valiant Universe may not be out on screens, but it has already hit the pages of Valiant comics. This week we talk to writer Eliot Rahal about that and so much more! Hear him tease his the web series, what it was like to write so many different characters and he even teases his upcoming issues of Quantum and Woody. Plus hear about his work with Vault Comics as well! This week we're also giving our spoiler filled review of the new ABC series Deception, giving out thoughts about the new Image Comics series Infidel and a ton of nerd news. James also gives his thoughts on the passing of Stephen Hawking. For more on this week's show, and past shows, go to www.downandnerdypodcast.com
Terrifics 1, Mera: Queen of Atlantis 1, Lockjaw 1, Peter Parker: Spectacular Spider-Man 300, Giles 1, The Beef 1, The One 1, The Wilds 1, Labyrinth: Coronation 1, Alysic (sp?), Cult Classic: Return to Whisper 1, News (Marvel Fresh Start, Thor, Captain Marvel, Cosmic Ghost Rider, Immortal Hulk, Multiple Man, Ant-Man/Wasp, Doctor Strange, Captain America, Amazing Spider-Man, Sandman Universe, Jinxworld, Nancy Drew, Batgirl movie, Samnee, Dark Tower to Amazon, Captain Marvel villain casting, Oscar predictions), Review of Feud S1, Glenn’s Gears, Collector’s Corps Comics Details: Terrifics 1 by Jeff Lemire, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Marcelo Maiolo Mera: Queen of Atlantis 1 by Dan Abnett, Lan Medina, Richard Friend, Vero Gandini Lockjaw 1 by Daniel Kibblesmith, Carlos Villa, Roberto Poggi, Chris O’Halloran Peter Parker: Spectacular Spider-Man 300 by Chip Zdarsky, Adam Kubert, Juan Manuel Frigeri, Jason Keith, Goran Parlov Giles Season 11 1 by Joss Whedon, Erika Alexander, Jon Lam, Dan Jackson The Beef 1 by Richard Starkings, Shaky Kane, Tyler Shainline The One 1 by Rick Veitch, Kirby Veitch The Wilds 1 by Vita Ayala, Emily Pearson, Marissa Louise Labyrinth: Coronation 1 by Simon Spurrier, Daniel Bayliss, Dan Jackson Alisik 1 by Hubertus Rufledt, Helge Vogt Cult Classic: Return to Whisper 1 by Eliot Rahal, Felipe Cunha, Dee Cunniffe Comics Countdown 28 Feb 2018: All-New Wolverine 31 by Tom Taylor, Marco Failla, Nolan Woodard Thanos 16 by Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw, Antonio Fabela Detective Comics 975 by James Tynion IV, Alvaro Martinez, Raul Fernandez, Brad Anderson Jessica Jones 17 by Brian Michael Bendis, Michael Gaydos, Matt Hollingsworth Royal City 10 by Jeff Lemire Redneck 10 by Donny Cates, Lisandro Estherren, Dee Cunniffe Spider-Gwen 29 by Jason Latour, Robbi Rodriguez, Rico Renzi Terrifics 1 by Jeff Lemire, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Marcelo Maiolo Imaginary Fiends 4 by Tim Seeley, Stephen Molnar, Quinton Winter Void Trip 4 by Ryan O’Sullivan, Plaid Klaus
Top 10 Dec 2017, Harley Quinn: Be Careful What You Wish For, Superwoman 18, New Super-Man 19, Suicide Squad 33, Old Man Hawkeye 1, Avengers 675, Phoenix Resurrection 3, X-Men Gold Annual, Spider-Man/Deadpool 26, Dejah Thoris 0, Battlestar Galactica vs. Battlestar Galactica, Star Wars: Forces of Destiny - Rey, Ninjak vs. Valiant Universe 1, Stabbity Bunny 1, Gao 1, Atlas and Axis 1, Archie 27, Marvel buys Conan, Marvel movie news, Teen Titans Go movie trailer, Crosswind TV show, Neil Gaiman American Gods, Krypton trailer, TMNT cartoon, Sanctuary by Tom King, Secret History of the DC Universe, Exiles 5th member revealed, Joyride, 7 to Eternity, Spider-Man 2099, Miniaturist, Final Girls, Artemis, Chair, Defenders, Punisher, Greatest Showman, Best Superhero Performance Debate Comics details: Harley Quinn: Be Careful What You Wish For by Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, Ben Caldwell, Chad Hardin, Otto Schmidt, Paul Mounts, Alex Sinclair New Super-Man 19 by Mariko Tamaki, Brent Peeples, Richard Friend, Hi-Fi Suicide Squad 33 by Si Spurrier, Fernando Pasarin, Oclair Albert, Blond Old Man Hawkeye 1 by Ethan Sacks, Marco Checchetto, Andres Mossa Avengers 675 by Al Ewing, Mark Waid, Jim Zub, Pepe Larraz, David Curiel X-Men Gold Annual 1 by Marc Guggenheim, Leah Williams, Alitha Martinez, Craig Yeung Spider-Man/Deadpool 26 by Robbie Thompson, Scott Hepburn, Ian Herring Dejah Thoris 0 by Amy Chu, Pasquale Qualano, Valentina Pinto Battlestar Galactica vs. Battlestar Galactica 1 by Peter David, Johnny Desjardins, Kim Mohan Star Wars: Forces of Destiny - Rey by Jody Houser, Arianna Florean, Adele Matera Ninjak vs. Valiant Universe 1 by Eliot Rahal, Joe Bennett, Ulises Arreola Stabbity Bunny 1 by Richard Rivera, Dwayne Biddix, Liezl Buenaventura Atlas and Axis 1 by Pau Archie 27 by Mark Waid, Audrey Mok, Kelly Fitzpatrick Comics Countdown 10 January 2018: Mister Miracle 6 by Tom King, Mitch Gerads Eternal Empire 6 by Sarah Vaughn, Jonathan Luna Runaways 5 by Rainbow Rowell, Kris Anka, Matt Wilson Damned 7 by Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt Detective Comics 972 by James Tynion IV, Miguel Mendonca, Diana Egea, Jason Wright Royal City 9 by Jeff Lemire Flash 38 by Joshua Williamson, Scott Kolins, Hi-Fi Bloodshot Salvation 5 by Jeff Lemire, Mico Suayan, Diego Rodriguez Ms. Marvel 26 by G. Willow Wilson, Nico Leon, Ian Herring Spider-Man/Deadpool 26 by Robbie Thompson, Scott Hepburn, Ian Herring
This week I caught up with Eliot Rahal, the writer and originator of Cult Classic, coming soon from Vault Comics. This is a shared universe of horror stories. The first one, Return to Whisper debuts on February 28th. I’ve read the first issue and it is off to a great start. Eliot can be found online on Twitter @EliotRahal. CONTACT: Email | Twitter SUBSCRIBE: RSS | iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher Music by Eric Matyas (www.soundimage.org)
On this episode of the pod, Eliot talks about his new book from Vault Comics entitled Cult Classics: Return of[...]
Top 10 Sep 2017, Batman: Dawnbreaker, Batman: White Knight 1, Shadow/Batman 1, Harley & Ivy Meet Betty & Veronica 1, Batman 32, All-Star Batman 14, Marvel Legacy Week 1 (Iceman, Royals, Iron Fist, Avengers, Jessica Jones, X-Men Gold, Venom), Spirits of Vengeance 1, Punisher Platoon, Star Wars 37, Slots 1, Eugenic 1, Archies 1, Shadowman/Rae Sremmurd, Catalyst Prime: Astonisher, Voltron: Legendary Defender, Tick 1, Gerald’s Game movie review, Gifted pilot, Futureman, NYCC news Details: Batman: Dawnbreaker by Sam Humphries, Ethan Van Sciver, Jason Wright; Batman: White Knight 1 by Sean Murphy, Matt Hollingsworth; Shadow/Batman 1 by Steve Orlando, Giovanni Timpano, Flavio Dispenza; Harley & Ivy Meet Betty & Veronica 1 by Marc Andreyko, Paul Dini, Laura Braga, Tony Avina, Arif Prianto; Spirits of Vengeance 1 by Victor Gischler, David Baldeon, Andres Mossa; Punisher Max: The Platoon 1 by Garth Ennis, Goran Parlov, Jordie Bellaire; Slots 1 by Dan Panosian; Eugenic 1 by James Tynion IV, Eryk Donovan; Archies 1 by Matt Rosenberg, Alex Segura, Joe Eisma, Matt Herms; Shadowman/Rae Sremmurd by Eliot Rahal, Renato Guedes; Catalyst Prime: Astonisher 1 by Alex De Campi, Pop Mhan; Voltron: Legendary Defender 1 by Tim Hedrick, Jung Gwan, Andrew MacLean; Tick 1 by Cullen Bunn, Jimmy Johnston Comics Countdown 04 Oct 2017: 10. Jessica Jones 13 by Brian Michael Bendis, Michael Gaydos, Matt Hollingsworth 9. Punisher Man: The Platoon 1 by Garth Ennis, Goran Parlov, Jordie Bellaire 8. Motor Crush 7 by Brenden Fletcher, Cameron Stewart, Babs Tarr 7. Paper Girls 16 by Brian K Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, Dee Cunniffe, Matt Wilson 6. Deathstroke 24 by Christopher Priest, Diogenes Neves, Jason Paz, Trevor Scott, Jeromy Cox 5. All-Star Batman 14 by Scott Snyder, Rafael Albuquerque, Jordie Bellaire, Rafael Scavone, Sebastian Fiumara, Trish Mulvihill 4. Extremity 7 by Daniel Warren Johnson 3. Star Wars 37 by Jason Aaron, Salvador Larroca, Edgar Delgado, Dash Aaron, Andrea Sorrentino 2. Batman 32 by Tom King, Mikel Janin, June Chung 1. Eugenic 1 by James Tynion IV, Eryk Donovan
Robert McGinnis, Retcon #1 by Matt Nixon and Toby Cypress from Image, Ray Wegner and Kingdom of Skulls, Jason Gonzalez, Daniel White, Jane by Aline McKenna and Ramon Perez from Archaia, Valiant-O-Rama: Bloodshot's Day Off! by Eliot Rahal, Khari Evans, and Andrew Dalhouse and Faith and the Future Force by Jody Houser, Barry Kitson, Stephen Segovia, Diego Bernard, and Ulises Arreola, Superman #29-31 by Keith Champagne, Doug Mahnke, Jaime Mendoza, Scott Hanna, Rob Hunter, Wil Quintana and others, Lost in Space by David Campiti, George Broderick Jr., Bill Mumy, Matt Thompson, Eddy Newell, and Mark Jones from Innovation, Ether by Matt Kindt and David Rubin from Dark Horse, Doctor Strange #17-25, Haunted Horror #29 and Steve Ditko from Craig Yoe and IDW, Amazing Spider-Man #32 by Dan Slott and Greg Smallwood, Mister Miracle #2 by Tom King and Mitch Gerads, Mech Cadet Yu by Greg Pak and Takeshi Miyazawa from BOOM!, Aquaman and Stjephan Sejic, plus a whole mess more!
Comedian Eliot Rahal takes the light rail to The Magnodome to talk racing, comics, and Pokémon Go
We get comedian Grace Thomas into the Magnodome to talk comic books, pizza, and nudity
This episode we have Catstronauts artist Drew Brockington! Check out his work here: http://brockart.format.com Plus sets from Mike Lester, Rana May, and Robert Fones. We record live every Wednesday at 8 PM at Day Block Brewing Company in Minneapolis, MN. The show is free, local artists are there to sell and chat starting at 7, and we would love to see you there! Thank you putting us in your pull box, True Believers! Credits: Producers: Brian McDonough, Katy Rex, Eliot Rahal and Grace Thomas Music by Vietoris, find more here: https://soundcloud.com/user-848713054 Comics and promotional help provided by Source Comics and Games and Hot Comics.
On this week's episode, they boys are joined by Eliot Rahal as they talk upcoming movies, what's new in releases and you will never look at a grilled cheese sandwich the same way again.
On this week's episode, they boys are joined by Eliot Rahal as they talk upcoming movies, what's new in releases and you will never look at a grilled cheese sandwich the same way again.
On this week's episode, they boys are joined by Eliot Rahal as they talk upcoming movies, what's new in releases and you will never look at a grilled cheese sandwich the same way again.
This week on The Comics Alternative podcast, those funky PhDs, Andy and Derek, discuss three recent titles revolving around the mercenary side of crime fighting. They begin with Jules Feiffer's Cousin Joseph (Liveright Publishing), the second in a planned trilogy of noir-tinged graphic novels. It is the follow up to 2014's Kill My Mother, a text that Feiffer discussed with the Two Guys in a previous interview. The events in Cousin Joseph predate those of the earlier book, making it a sort of prequel. In fact, many of the major players in Kill My Mother make appearances in this new work. Most notable are the characters Elsie and Annie, whose husband/father Sam becomes the central figure in the current narrative. Derek and Andy note the fact that Cousin Joseph is a more tightly constructed, and even a more ambitious, work than its predecessor, especially in its engagements with the sociopolitical matters of its setting. Next, the guys look at the first issue of a new series by Kurtis Wiebe and Mindy Lee. Bounty (Dark Horse Comics) is a futuristic adventure focusing on the exploits of two anticorporate criminal sisters who eventually become bounty hunters. Almost from the beginning, the guys compare this title to Wiebe's Rat Queens, but both Andy and Derek feel that the first issue in this new series lacks the humor and cohesion of the earlier comic. Indeed, there were parts of the story that were unclear -- some of it due to writing, and some because of the its visual perspectives -- and the exposition at the very beginning unintentionally compounded this confusion. Nonetheless, the premise shows promise, and Mindy Lee's art went a long way in carrying the narrative forward. Finally, the Two Guys wrap up with another first issue...sort of. The Paybacks #1, written by Donny Cates and Eliot Rahal, with art by Geoff Shaw, is part of Heavy Metal's new initiative to produce monthly ongoing series, but this isn't the first time we've seen this title. Last year Dark Horse published the series' first narrative arc, four issues recently collected in a trade, and now this recent manifestation picks up where the earlier one left off. Derek and Andy set a context by discussing the Dark Horse series and then segue into the new issue. The transition between publishers is seamless, with Cates and Rahal sustaining the humor and action of their high concept. But what really gets the guys' attention is Shaw's art, with its detail of character expression and more realistic flourishes. Andy and Derek comment that if The Paybacks is the kind of story we can expect coming out from Heavy Metal Comics, then we might just have a publishing endeavor similar to AfterShock on the horizon.
We talk about some of our favorite DC Rebirth announcements! Plus, we review all these books: Another Castle #1 - Andrew Wheeler, Paulina Ganucheau The Baker Street Peculiars #1 - Roger Langridge, Andy Hirsch Black Widow #1 - Mark Waid, Chris Samnee The Doorman #1 - Eliot Rahal, Daniel Kibblesmith, Kendall Goode International Iron Man #1 - Brian Michael Bendis, Alex Maleev Mockingbird #1 - Chelsea Cain, Kate Niemczyk Patience - Daniel Clowes
The co-writers of the new Heavy Metal miniseries The Doorman, Eliot Rahal and Daniel Kibblesmith, drop by this week to chat about sci-fi influences, Heavy Metal (the movie), telling stories through action, background jokes, New Jack Swing, doing comedy in comics art and much more! Plus, we take a couple listener questions that ask us to do one of our favorite things: rank stuff!
We talk Mary Jane in Iron Man, and Ta-Nehisi Coates writing Black Panther! Plus, we review all these books: Captain America White #1 - Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale Exit Generation #1 - Sam Read, Caio Oliveira The Infinite Adventures of Jonas Quantum #1 - Marc Guggenheim, Freddie Williams II The New Deal - Jonathan Case The Paybacks #1 - Donny Cates, Eliot Rahal, Geoff Shaw Public Relations #1 - Matthew Sturges, Dave Justus, David Hahn Terror Assaulter: One Man War on Terror - Benjamin Marra Tokyo Ghost #1 - Rick Remender, Sean Murphy
We are joined this week by comic book writer and comedian Eliot Rahal. He has a new comic out for Dark Horse Comics called The Paybacks. If you enjoy comic books, listen to this episode. If you don't, you will now have a good knowledge base to pretend like you do. With: Sidney Oxborough, Eliot Rahal, Mike Rasmussen, Will Spottedbear
This week James and Nick sit down with Eliot Rahal and Donny Cates, writers of Dark Horse Comics' new series "The Paybacks"! The four of them discuss how the series came to be, conversion vans, the worst superpower ever, and MORE! Nick and James also pay homage to the late Wes Craven, hand out Nerdy Awards, as well as their usual puns and shenanigans. Got a question for the guys? Call 757 512 8229 anytime! Follow the Guys on Social Media Facebook: Facebook.com/downandnerdy Twitter: @mercwithonearm @jamesacewitham @downandnerdy757
Comedian and looker Eliot Rahal joins Hank on the podcast-- First sets, the lameness of grape jokes, uncomfortable eye contact, Jurassic Park 2 might be fake, Elliot was a wrestler!? A shot-putter!?, fencing, Eliot meets the iocane powder guy, World of Warcraft and addiction, Eliot's old OCD cat, penis evolution and other crazy animal talk, Bizarre Foods, Religion talk: Under the Banner of Heaven and the world's longest game of telephone, humblebrags. Not discussed: comic books. out of context quotes: "Dinosaurs love pipes." "You can work out when you're dead." LINKS: Eliot is a cast member at The Lincoln Lodge Follow Hank on Twitter. Or read his blog for some reason. HELP THE SHOW! Show us a little love on iTunes by clicking on five stars or write a positive review. Or join our Tell-a-Friend program in which you tell a friend about the show.
On this week's Stack podcast:The Riddler: Year One #1DC ComicsWritten by Paul DanoArt by Stevan SubicStar Trek #1 IDW PublishingWritten by Collin Kelly & Jackson LanzingArt by Ramon RosanasA.X.E.: Judgment Day #6MarvelWritten by Kieron GillenArt by Valerio Schiti with Ivan FiorelliPunchline: The Gotham Game #1DC ComicsWritten by Tini Howard and Blake HowardArt by Gleb MelnikovDead Mall #1 Dark Horse ComicsWritten by Adam CesareArt by David StollStrange Academy Finals #1 MarvelWritten by Skottie YoungArt by Humberto RamosThe Human Target #8DC ComicsWritten by Tom KingArt by Greg SmallwoodDamn Them All #1 BOOM! StudiosWritten by Simon SpurrierArt by Charlie AdlardThe Variants #4 MarvelWritten by Gail SimoneArt by Phil NotoDC vs. Vampires #10DC ComicsWritten by James Tynion IV and Matthew RosenbergArt by Otto SchmidtLovesick #1 Image ComicsBy Luana VecchioNew Mutants #31 MarvelWritten by Charlie Jane AndersArt by Alberto Alburquerque, with Ro Stein and Ted BrandtCatwoman: Lonely City #4DC ComicsBy Cliff ChiangThe Return of Chilling Adventures in Sorcery #1 Archie ComicsWritten by Eliot Rahal, Sina Grace, Casey Gilly, Craig BoldmanArt by Vincenzo Federici, Corin Howell, Liana Kangas, Pat & Tim KennedyWolverine #26MarvelWritten by Benjamin PercyArt by Juan José RypTim Drake: Robin #2DC ComicsWritten by Meghan FitzmartinArt by Riley RossmoVanish #2 Image ComicsWritten by Donny CatesArt by Ryan StegmanX-Terminators #2MarvelWritten by Leah WilliamsArt by Carlos GómezAction Comics #1048DC ComicsWritten by Phillip Kennedy JohnsonArt by Mike Perkins, David LaphamRogues' Gallery #4Image ComicsWritten by Hannah Rose MayArt by Justin MasonThe Roadie #2 Dark Horse ComicsWritten by Tim SeeleyArt by Fran GalánFlawed #2 Image ComicsWritten by Chuck BrownArt by PrenzyThe Vampire Slayer #7 BOOM! StudiosWritten by Sarah GaileyArt by Claudia BalboniSins of the Black Flamingo #5 Image ComicsWritten by Andrew WheelerArt by Travis MooreBloodshot Unleashed #2 ValiantWritten by Deniz CampArt by Jon Davis-HuntCreepshow #2 Image ComicsWritten by David Lapham and Maria Lapham, Steve FoxeArt by David Lapham, Erica HendersonSUBSCRIBE ON RSS, APPLE, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
On this week's Stack podcast:The Riddler: Year One #1DC ComicsWritten by Paul DanoArt by Stevan SubicStar Trek #1 IDW PublishingWritten by Collin Kelly & Jackson LanzingArt by Ramon RosanasA.X.E.: Judgment Day #6MarvelWritten by Kieron GillenArt by Valerio Schiti with Ivan FiorelliPunchline: The Gotham Game #1DC ComicsWritten by Tini Howard and Blake HowardArt by Gleb MelnikovDead Mall #1 Dark Horse ComicsWritten by Adam CesareArt by David StollStrange Academy Finals #1 MarvelWritten by Skottie YoungArt by Humberto RamosThe Human Target #8DC ComicsWritten by Tom KingArt by Greg SmallwoodDamn Them All #1 BOOM! StudiosWritten by Simon SpurrierArt by Charlie AdlardThe Variants #4 MarvelWritten by Gail SimoneArt by Phil NotoDC vs. Vampires #10DC ComicsWritten by James Tynion IV and Matthew RosenbergArt by Otto SchmidtLovesick #1 Image ComicsBy Luana VecchioNew Mutants #31 MarvelWritten by Charlie Jane AndersArt by Alberto Alburquerque, with Ro Stein and Ted BrandtCatwoman: Lonely City #4DC ComicsBy Cliff ChiangThe Return of Chilling Adventures in Sorcery #1 Archie ComicsWritten by Eliot Rahal, Sina Grace, Casey Gilly, Craig BoldmanArt by Vincenzo Federici, Corin Howell, Liana Kangas, Pat & Tim KennedyWolverine #26MarvelWritten by Benjamin PercyArt by Juan José RypTim Drake: Robin #2DC ComicsWritten by Meghan FitzmartinArt by Riley RossmoVanish #2 Image ComicsWritten by Donny CatesArt by Ryan StegmanX-Terminators #2MarvelWritten by Leah WilliamsArt by Carlos GómezAction Comics #1048DC ComicsWritten by Phillip Kennedy JohnsonArt by Mike Perkins, David LaphamRogues' Gallery #4Image ComicsWritten by Hannah Rose MayArt by Justin MasonThe Roadie #2 Dark Horse ComicsWritten by Tim SeeleyArt by Fran GalánFlawed #2 Image ComicsWritten by Chuck BrownArt by PrenzyThe Vampire Slayer #7 BOOM! StudiosWritten by Sarah GaileyArt by Claudia BalboniSins of the Black Flamingo #5 Image ComicsWritten by Andrew WheelerArt by Travis MooreBloodshot Unleashed #2 ValiantWritten by Deniz CampArt by Jon Davis-HuntCreepshow #2 Image ComicsWritten by David Lapham and Maria Lapham, Steve FoxeArt by David Lapham, Erica HendersonSUBSCRIBE ON RSS, APPLE, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Hang out with Brian, Richard, and Carrie and listen to them discuss Richard's choice: Not All Robots vol 1 by Mark Russell, Mike Deodato Jr, Lee Loughridge, and Steve Wands (AWA Upshot) as well as podcast recommendations from Carrie (!), the end of the world, and of course, indie comics.Other books discussed in the episode:Golden Rage #1 by Chrissy Williams, Lauren Knight, Sofie Dodgson, Shayne Hannah Cui, Becca Carey, and Joamette Gil (Image); Elle(s) #1 by Kid Toussaint and Aveline Stockart (Ablaze), Last Comic Book on the Left by Henry Zebrowski, Marcus Parks, Ben Kissel, Ryan Cady, Eliot Rahal and Rick Veitch (Z2), and MiND MGMT: Bootleg #1 by Matt Kindt and Farel Dalrymple (Dark Horse).Comics Deserve Better is a weekly podcast hosted by Brian, Carrie, and Richard which covers the world of Independent Comics. For a list of episodes, socials and emails, and to request a topic for a future episode please visit comicsdeservebetter.wordpress.com.(Episode Art by Mike Deodato Jr. and Lee Loughridge; Intro Music provided by https://www.bensound.com/)
The CDB Crew is back with the penultimate episode of the season! This week Brian brought the neo-noir supernatural book Black's Myth by Eric Palicki, Wendell Cavalcanti, and Rob Steen (Ahoy) to the group to read and review. The group has a fun time talking about angler fish demons, Grims, The Clash, and of course, Werewolves. The group also talks about Vault Comics new investors a bit.Warning: For the first three minutes, Brian's mic is peaking, but it's fine after that.Other books talked about on this episode: Usagi Yojimbo #27 by Stan Sakai and Hi-Fi Design (IDW); Amelia Aierwood: Basic Witch by Emily Hampshire, Eliot Rahal, Kristen Gudsnuk, and Ames Liu (Z2); My Aunt Is A Monster by Reimena Yee (Random House Graphic), and Chicken Devil #4 by Brian Buccellato, Hayden Sherman and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (AfterShock).Carrie's Non-Profit of the Week: End the Backlog: https://www.endthebacklog.org/Comics Deserve Better is a weekly podcast hosted by Brian, Carrie, Darci and Richard which covers the world of Independent Comics. For a list of episodes, socials and emails, and to request a topic for a future episode please visit comicsdeservebetter.wordpress.com.(Episode Art by Liana Kangas and Intro Music provided by https://www.bensound.com/)
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