Podcast appearances and mentions of John Arcudi

Den Film mit Jim Carrey kennt wohl jeder. Dass dieser auf einem Comic basiert, wissen die meisten. Doch wer hat die Vorlage wirklich gelesen? Erdacht von Dark Horse Gründer Mike Richardson und als Auftragsarbeit vergeben an John Arcudi an Doug Mahnke erfüllt die Reihe alle Voraussetzungen einer Verlags-IP. Warum sich The Mask trotzdem anfühlt wie ein Creator Owned Comic versuchen Björn und Thorsten zu ergründen. Gelesen wurde The Mask Omnibus Vol. 1. Erschienen bei Dark Horse Besuche uns auf Instagram, Bluesky oder schau in Thorstens Blog Intromusik von Markus Schneider

Den Film mit Jim Carrey kennt wohl jeder. Dass dieser auf einem Comic basiert, wissen die meisten. Doch wer hat die Vorlage wirklich gelesen? Erdacht von Dark Horse Gründer Mike Richardson und als Auftragsarbeit vergeben an John Arcudi an Doug Mahnke erfüllt die Reihe alle Voraussetzungen einer Verlags-IP. Warum sich The Mask trotzdem anfühlt wie ein Creator Owned Comic versuchen Björn und Thorsten zu ergründen. Gelesen wurde The Mask Omnibus Vol. 1. Erschienen bei Dark Horse Besuche uns auf Instagram, Bluesky oder schau in Thorstens Blog Intromusik von Markus Schneider

Dark Horse-O-Rama: Lobster Johnson Omnibus Volume 1 by Mike Mignola, John Arcudi, Tonci Zonjic, Kevin Knowlan, Sebastian Fiumara, Joe Querio, Wilfredo Torres, and Dave Stewart, Let This One Be a Devil #2 by James Tynion IV, Steve Foxe, Piotr Kowalski, and Brad Simpson, Amazing Spider-Man #1 by Joe Kelly, Pepe Larraz, John Romita Jr., and Marte Gracia, Nice House By the Lake, Green Lantern Corps #3 by Morgan Hampton, Jeremy Adams, Fernando Pasarin, and company, Transformers #19, The Complete The Killer, Absolute Batman #7, Savage Sword of Conan #7 from Titan, Black Canary: Best of the Best, The Adventure Time Compendium Volume 2, plus a whole mess more!

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THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTED PODCAST HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR APPROPRIATE AUDIENCES BY THE COMIC BOOK ADAPTATION ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC.Rated R for sci-fi violence, bloody images, language and some sexuality/nudity. Crew Log: Illegal Machine The Thing from Another World (1951) 00:00:55 Starstream #1 (1976) by John W. Campbell Jr., Arnold Drake, & Jack Abel 00:08:00 The Thing: The Northman Nightmare (2011) by Steve Niles & Patric Reynolds 00:14:48 The Thing (2011) 00:19:20 John Carpenter's The Thing (1982) 00:24:10 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 00:42:58 The Thing from Another World #1 (1991) written by Chuck Pfarrer 00:47:37 The Thing from Another World #2 (1992) painted by John Higgins 00:54:15 Climate of Fear #1 (1992) by Arcudi, Somerville, & Garvey 00:58:11 Climate of Fear #2 (1992) written by John Arcudi 01:01:36 Climate of Fear #3 (1992) penciled by Jim Somerville 01:03:07 Climate of Fear #4 (1992) inked by Brian Garvey 01:04:01 The Thing from Another World and Climate of Fear TPB (1993) 01:06:30 “Questionable Research Part 1” (1993) by Martin, Naifeh, & Baumann 01:07:16 “Questionable Research Part 2” (1993) written by Edward Martin III 01:08:54 “Questionable Research Part 3” (1993) penciled Ted Naifeh 01:10:27 “Questionable Research Part 4” (1993) inked by Moose Baumann 01:12:14 Eternal Vows #1 (1993) by de Vries, Gulacy, & Davis 01:16:04 Eternal Vows #2 (1994) written by David de Vries 01:21:00 Eternal Vows #3 (1994) penciled by Paul Gulacy 01:25:47 Eternal Vows #4 (1994) inked by Dan Davis 01:27:38 MU/TH/UR 4400 00:47:39 episode art gallery blog post Universal Pictures, The Thing (2011), The Thing (1982), John Carpenter, Aliens Podcast, Comic Books, Dark Horse Presents,

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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  

THE FOLLOWING PODCAST HAS BEEN APPROVED FORGENERAL AUDIENCESBY THE COMIC BOOK ADAPTATION ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC.Rated PG-13 for sci-fi violence and mild language. TARGETS:              Billy Hynes                             Illegal Machine The Enemy Within #1 by Ian Edginton & Vince Giarrano 00:00:36 Billy & Arnie 00:09:56 The Terminator: The Enemy Within #2 00:14:23 Billy & The Terminator 00:19:08 The Terminator: The Enemy Within #3 00:29:01 The Terminator: The Enemy Within #4 00:33:04 The Terminator: The Enemy Within TPB (1992) 00:39:55 Terminal Cases 00:48:43 San Diego Comic-Con Comics #1-3 00:53:30 Dark Horse Comics #1-3 (1992) 00:55:55 Prime Suspect #1 by John Arcudi & John Paul Leon 00:57:49 Robocop: Prime Suspect #2 / Ill Mac on Robocop 00:59:59 Robocop: Prime Suspect #3 01:07:01 Robocop: Prime Suspect #4 01:08:53 Robocop: Prime Suspect TPB (1993) 01:11:00 episode art gallery blog post

THE FOLLOWING PODCAST HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR GENERAL AUDIENCES BY THE COMIC BOOK ADAPTATION ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC.Rated PG for sci-fi violence. Amazing Heroes Preview Special #11 (1990) 00:00:21 Dark Horse Insider Vol. 1, #13 00:01:21 The Terminator #1 (1990) 00:04:29 Comics Scene #15 (2nd Series) 00:14:36 The Terminator #2 (1990) 00:21:42 Dark Horse Insider Vol. 2, #36: Chris Warner 00:27:14 The Terminator #3 (1990) 00:28:31 The Original Comics Series HC introduction by John Arcudi 00:35:14 The Terminator #4 (1990) 00:38:25 Terminator: Tempest TPB (1991) / Slings & Arrows 00:44:45 Terminal Cases 00:49:38 episode art gallery blog post Comic Books, Dark Horse Comics, Dark Horse Presents, The Terminator (1984), Terminator NOW, Terminator Podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/diabolu-frank/message

sssssSOMEbody STOP me!!! Before being adapted into the hit 1994 Jim Carrey film, THE MASK was a comic series from Dark Horse Comics in which creators Doug Mahnke & John Arcudi masterfully blended hyperexaggerated cartoon zaniness with brutal ultraviolence. Covered in this episode are the first 13 issues / 3 miniseries by the original creative team, as collected in THE MASK OMNIBUS VOLUME 1! --- Join our Patreon for weekly bonus episodes! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/theveryfinecomicbookpodcast/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on Instagram at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/theveryfinecomicbookpodcast/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and send us questions to potentially read on-air via IG DM or via email at theveryfinecomicbookpodcast@gmail.com If you're enjoying The Very Fine Comic Book Podcast, please take the time to Rate it [on Spotify], Rate+Review it [on Apple Podcasts], Follow/Subscribe, and tell a friend! New episodes forthcoming weekly! Mail us things c/o Justin Decloux, Unit 1010, 3230 Yonge St, Toronto, ON, M4N 3P6, Canada Thanks for listening! Keep reading comics! ---

THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTED PODCAST HAS BEEN APPROVED FORAPPROPRIATE AUDIENCESBY THE COMIC BOOK ADAPTATION ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC.Rated R for sci-fi violence, bloody images, language and some sexuality/nudity.Crew Log: Billy Hynes By Richard Corben… 00:01:35 … and John Arcudi 00:14:04 Aliens: Alchemy #1 00:22:00 Aliens: Alchemy #2 00:23:40 Aliens: Alchemy #3 00:25:31 MU/TH/UR 3700 00:42:49 episode art gallery blog post 20th Century Fox, Aliens (1986), Aliens Podcast, Comic Books, Dark Horse Comics, Dark Horse Presents,

Comic Reviews: Marvel Giant-Size Fantastic Four 1 by Fabian Nicieza, Creees Lee, Arif Prianto Spider-Punk: Arms Race 1 by Cody Ziglar, Justin Mason, Morry Hollowell What If…? Venom 1 by Jeremy Holt, Jesus Hervas, Cici De La Cruz Women of Marvel by Gail Simone, Lydia Rasero, Triona Farrell; Sarah Rees Brennan, Arielle Jovellanos, Brittany Peer; Erica Schultz, Giada Belviso, Giado Marchisio; Nao Fuji; Celeste Bronfman, Leila Leiz; Ceci de la Cruz Marvel Unlimited It's Jeff 32 by Kelly Thompson, GuriHiru Dark Horse Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - So'lek's Journey 1 by Ray Fawkes, Gabriel Guzman, Michael Atiyeh Dynamite Fire and Ice: Teegra 1 by Bill Willingham, Gabriele Di Carlo Titan Savage Sword of Conan 1 by John Arcudi, Max Von Fafner; Patrick Zircher ComiXology Wishful Thinking by Glenn Dion OGNs Whistleblowers: Four Who Fought to Expose the Holocaust to America by Rafael Medoff, Dean Motter DnDoggos: Get the Party Started by Scout Underhill, Liana Sposto Hound by Sam Romesburg, Sam Freeman, Rodrigo Vazquez Cold Ever After by Jeremy Whitley, Megan Huang Additional Reviews: Inside Man, Avatar: The Last Airbender (Live Action), Great British Bump-Off, Lisa Frankenstein, Dune 2, surprise comic review, worst novel Glenn has ever read News: Scout allegedly not paying talent, Superman: Legacy retitled to “Superman” and casting updates, new Gillen Image book, Michael Walsh Frankenstein from Skybound Trailers: I Saw the TV Glow Comics Countdown (28 Feb 2024): 1.     Radiant Black 28 and 28.5 by Kyle Higgins, Joe Clark, Eduardo Ferigato, Raul Angulo, Marcelo Costa, Rod Fernandes 2.     Ice Cream Man 38 by W. Maxwell Prince, Martin Morazzo, Chris O'Halloran 3.     Batman: Brave and the Bold 10 by Karl Kerschl, Michele SassyK; Delilah Dawson, George Kambadais, Serg Acuna, Matt Herms; Matt Harding, Mike Henderson, Adam Guzowski; Torunn Gronbekk, Tom Derenick, Lee Loughridge; Dan Watters, Ricardo Lopez Ortiz 4.     Deep Cuts 5 by Kyle Higgins, Joe Clark, Juni Ba, Igor Monti 5.     Rare Flavours 4 by Ram V, Filipe Andrade 6.     w0rldtr33 8 by James Tynion IV, Fernando Blanco, Jordie Bellaire 7.     Penguin 7 by Tom King, Stevan Subic, Marcelo Maiolo 8.     Resurrection of Magneto 2 by Al Ewing, Luciano Vecchio, David Curiel 9.     Undiscovered Country 28 by Scott Snyder, Charles Soule, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Leonardo Marcello Grassi 10.  Immortal Thor 7 by Al Ewing, Martin Coccolo  

We finally get back to reading the Invincible series. We also review The Savage Sword of Conan #1 from Titan Comics and Zorro: Man of the Dead #2 from Massive Publishing. And we ask the all-important question, "Do The Youngs know who Zorro is?" 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) REVIEWS STEPHEN THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #1 Writers: John Arcudi, Patch Zircher, Jim Zub Artists: Max Von Fafner, Patch Zircher Publisher: Titan Comics Cover Price: $6.99 Release Date: February 28, 2024 Featuring a new CONAN epic from John Arcudi and Max Von Fafner, the rousing return of SOLOMON KANE written and drawn by Patch Zircher, an electric prose story from Jim Zub, spectacular art pin-ups, and more, THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN Issue #1 heralds a new era of adrenaline-fueled adventure! [rating:4.5/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/49HYUQG MATTHEW ZORRO: MAN OF THE DEAD #2 Writer: Sean Gordon Murphy Artist: Sean Gordon Murphy Publisher: Massive Publishing Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: February 21, 2024 Zorro has returned! Well, kind of. Diego has shown that the spirit of Zorro flows through him and has left a trail of ne'er-do wells in his wake. But now Rosa must try to save her brother who believes he is the protector of La Vega, as El Rojo will certainly be hunting for the legendary Zorro now. But Diego isn't going anywhere without Bandido. Hop in Rosa's El Camino, and prepare for the next swashbuckling chapter in Sean Murphy's electric story of the man in black. [rating:4.5/5] DISCUSSION INVINCIBLE Volume 3: Perfect Strangers Writer: Robert Kirkman Artist: Ryan Ottley Publisher: Image Comics Mark Grayson is just like everyone else his age, except that his father is the most powerful super-hero on the planet. And now he's begun to inherit his father's powers. It all sounds okay at first, but how do you follow in your father's footsteps when you know you will never live up to his standards? Now the Guardians of the Globe are dead. The super-hero community is abuzz with the who, what, when, where, why, and how. Unbeknownst to him, Invincible is at the center of the most dramatic event to hit the super-hero community in decades. You can purchase this volume via our Amazon affiliate link- https://amzn.to/3Tfptav 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 finally get back to reading the Invincible series. We also review The Savage Sword of Conan #1 from Titan Comics and Zorro: Man of the Dead #2 from Massive Publishing. And we ask the all-important question, "Do The Youngs know who Zorro is?" 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) REVIEWS STEPHEN THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #1 Writers: John Arcudi, Patch Zircher, Jim Zub Artists: Max Von Fafner, Patch Zircher Publisher: Titan Comics Cover Price: $6.99 Release Date: February 28, 2024 Featuring a new CONAN epic from John Arcudi and Max Von Fafner, the rousing return of SOLOMON KANE written and drawn by Patch Zircher, an electric prose story from Jim Zub, spectacular art pin-ups, and more, THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN Issue #1 heralds a new era of adrenaline-fueled adventure! [rating:4.5/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/49HYUQG MATTHEW ZORRO: MAN OF THE DEAD #2 Writer: Sean Gordon Murphy Artist: Sean Gordon Murphy Publisher: Massive Publishing Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: February 21, 2024 Zorro has returned! Well, kind of. Diego has shown that the spirit of Zorro flows through him and has left a trail of ne'er-do wells in his wake. But now Rosa must try to save her brother who believes he is the protector of La Vega, as El Rojo will certainly be hunting for the legendary Zorro now. But Diego isn't going anywhere without Bandido. Hop in Rosa's El Camino, and prepare for the next swashbuckling chapter in Sean Murphy's electric story of the man in black. [rating:4.5/5] DISCUSSION INVINCIBLE Volume 3: Perfect Strangers Writer: Robert Kirkman Artist: Ryan Ottley Publisher: Image Comics Mark Grayson is just like everyone else his age, except that his father is the most powerful super-hero on the planet. And now he's begun to inherit his father's powers. It all sounds okay at first, but how do you follow in your father's footsteps when you know you will never live up to his standards? Now the Guardians of the Globe are dead. The super-hero community is abuzz with the who, what, when, where, why, and how. Unbeknownst to him, Invincible is at the center of the most dramatic event to hit the super-hero community in decades. You can purchase this volume via our Amazon affiliate link- https://amzn.to/3Tfptav 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!

Tras un difícil arranque, el sexto volúmen de Aquaman repunta fuerte con Will Pfeifer y una premisa jugada: hundir al oceano la ciudad de San Diego, un cambio de statu-quo radical que abandonó al toque para ser continuado por otro favorito del staff, John Arcudi.

Comic Reviews: DC Batman 138 by Chip Zdarsky, Jorge Jimenez, Tomeu Morey DC's Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun by Ellen Tremiti, Tyler Crook, Kenny Porter, Riley Rossmo, Ivan Plascencia, Michael Conrad, Christopher Mitten, Christopher Sean, Laneya, Dexter Soy, Veronica Gandini, Gregory Burnham, Javier Rodriguez, Alex Galer, Fabio Veras, Adam Goldberg, Hans Rodinoff, Danny Earls, Patricio Delpeche, John Arcudi, Shawn McManus, Dave Stewart Superman: The Harvests of Youth by Sina Grace Marvel Alien Annual 1 by Declain Shalvey, Danny Earls, Ruth Redmond G.O.D.S. 1 by Jonathan Hickman, Valerio Schiti, Marte Gracia Ghost Rider Annual 1 by Benjamin Percy, Danny Kim, Jim Campbell Star Wars: The High Republic – Shadows of Starlight 1 by Charles Soule, Abraim Roberson, Fernando Sifuentes Strange Academy: The Amazing Spider-Man by Carlos Hernandez, Vasco Georgiev, Edgar Delgado Shang Chi and the Quest for Immortality OGN by Victoria Ying Marvel Unlimited I Am Groot 5 by Chiya Image Transformers 1 by Daniel Warren Johnson, Mike Spicer IDW Star Trek: Holo-Ween 1 by Christopher Sequeira, Joe Eisma Dark Horse Midnite Show 1 by Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt, Bill Crabtree Boom Abbott 1979 1 by Saladin Ahmed, Sami Kivela Ranger Academy 1 by Maria Ingrande Mora, Jo Mi-Gyeong Mad Cave Devil That Wears My Face 1 by David Pepose, Alex Cormack Dynamite Alice Cooper Volume Two 1 by Rodney Barnes, Edu Menna Vampirella: Dead Flowers 1 by Sara Frazetta, Bob Freeman, Alberto Locatelli, Brewing Factory Dead Sky  Left Hand Path by Scott Bryan Wilson, Ken Knudtsen OGNs Clementine Vol 2 by Tillie Walden Parasocial by Alex de Campi, Erica Henderson Cosmic Detective by Jeff Lemire, Matt Kindt, David Rubin, Kike Diaz Night Eaters Vol 2: Her Little Reapers by Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda Breathers by Justin Madson Let Me Out by Emmett Nahil, George Williams Lost Time by Tas Mukanik Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy by Faith Erin Hicks Additional Reviews: Ahsoka finale, Loki s2 premiere, Theater Camp, Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, American Vampire News: NYCC preview, Sean Murphy rebooting Zorro, Trinity getting her own one-shot, new Red Hood book in 2024, Grendel adaptation scrapped Trailers: Horizon: An America Saga Longbox of Horror Part 1: Avengers – The Crossing Comics Countdown (03 Oct 2023): 1.     Cosmic Detective by Jeff Lemire, Matt Kindt, David Rubin, Kike Diaz 2.     Birds of Prey 2 by Kelly Thompson, Leonardo Romero, Jordie Bellaire 3.     Superman: Harvests of Youth GN by Sina Grace 4.     Enfield Gang Massacre 3 by Chris Condon, Jacob Phillips 5.     Fantastic Four 12 by Ryan North, Iban Coello, Jesus Aburtov 6.     Batman 138 by Chip Zdarsky, Jorge Jimenez, Tomeu Morey 7.     Doctor Strange 8 by Jed MacKay, Pasqual Ferry, Heather Moore 8.     Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy GN by Faith Erin Hicks 9.     Lost Time GN by Tas Mukanik 10.  Transformers 1 by Daniel Warren Johnson, Mike Spicer

Continuing our month of movies that you didn't know were comic adaptations we read The Mask by John Arcudi and Doug Mahnke.  The series tells the story of a supernatural mask that grants its wearers nearly limitless power, often at the cost of their sanity. News 02:11 The Mask 10:27 Back Matter Matters 36:34 The Pull-List 47:22 Linktr.ee/tradewaiters Follow Us!

With only 3 years between the comic and the film adaptation, The Mask represents perhaps the fastest comic-to-movie turnaround. John Arcudi and Doug Mahnke may not have created the character, but they popularized the tone and many of the scenes we associate with Big Head today! Join us for a discussion that takes us from the blood-splattered violence of the 90s to 1950s jazz crooners, all with our signature wit and comic-book-know-how. Ssssmokin!

This week on Giant Sized Violence, we're joined by Charlotte Fierro of My Marvelous Year and Extra Issues as we review Rumble from Image Comics! Join us as we take a look at James Harren and Dave Stewarts' creator owned precursor to UltraMega, written by John Arcudi with later issues drawn by Dave Rubin.

Issue 42! The Mask is back! And boy, do we have more zany murderous gags to talk about! And it's not just the Mask that returns... Max returns to the show as a host! It's almost been a full year(?!) since we did our initial episode on the first Mask series by John Arcudi and Doug Mahnke. Does this one hold up to the original? Grab your cursed artifact with cartoon logic powers and find out with us! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/noneofmyfriendslikecomics/support

We discuss The Mask. Not the nineties Jim Carrey vehicle, but the source material created by John Arcudi and Doug Mahnke. It's a bit different from the movie. Also The Mandalorian, the best threequels, and Blue Beetle.

In this episode of “Masters of the Craft,” Brian is joined by comic book writer John Arcudi, who's written for DC Comics and Dark Horse Comics and is currently working on Two Moons, a series from Image Comics. John shares why stories that focus on the smallest possible conflict are often the most interesting, and how truth and complexity are key to creating captivating stories.

Bienvenidos a la nave de Mundo Skrull. - Autores: Mike Mignola · John Arcudi · Dave Stewart · Guy Davis · Laurence Campbell · Tyler Crook · James Harren · Peter Snejbjerg - ¿Qué es la AIDP? - Personajes: Hellboy · Abe Sapien · Liz Sherman · Johann Kraus · Fenix Espejo · Dr. Izar Hoffman · Sidney Leach · Ben Daimio · Roger · Panya · Ashley Strode · Ted Howards · Tomas Manning · Katherine Corrigan · James Henry · Pauline Raskin · Andrew Devon · Carla Giarocco · Joseph Vaughn y Trevor Bruttenholm - Historias de AIDP: - Las tierras huecas - El alma de Venecia y otras historias - Una plaga de ranas - Los muertos - La llama negra - La máquina universal - Zona de caza - La advertencia - La diosa negra - La guerra contra las ranas - El rey del miedo - Ser humano - Vampiro - 1946 - 1947 - 1948 - AIDP El infierno en la tierra. Un nuevo mundo - AIDP El infierno en la tierra. Dioses y monstruos - AIDP El infierno en la tierra. Rusia - AIDP El infierno en la tierra. El motor del diablo y la larga muerte - AIDP El infierno en la tierra. El horror de Pickens County y otras historias - AIDP El infierno en la tierra. El regreso del maestro - AIDP El infierno en la tierra. Un día gélido en el infierno - AIDP El infierno en la tierra. Lago de fuego - AIDP El infierno en la tierra. El reino de la llama negra - AIDP El infierno en la tierra. Las alas del diablo - AIDP El infierno en la tierra. Carne y piedra - AIDP El infierno en la tierra. Metamorfosis - AIDP El infierno en la tierra. El fin de los días - AIDP El infierno en la tierra. La exorcista - AIDP El infierno en la tierra. Llega la hora - AIDP Demonio conocido. Mesías - AIDP Demonio conocido. Pandemónium - AIDP Demonio conocido. Ragna Rok - The sword of Hyperborea - El origen de la llama negra - Abe Sapien. Oscuro y terrible y la nueva raza del hombre - El loto Carmesí - Sledgehammer 44 Mundo Skrull, ¡la Invasión Secreta ha comenzado! Nuestra misión es analizar y probar todas las formas de ocio y entretenimiento de vuestro planeta y tratar de entender vuestra sociedad y vuestra cultura. El cómic, la literatura, el cine, los videojuegos… tendrán su análisis y su crítica, siempre desde el cariño, humor y el corazón de los numerosos miembros de nuestra tripulación. Abrimos los canales de comunicación con vosotros. Ahora podéis hacer llegar a esta nave vuestras opiniones, consejos y recomendaciones. Esperamos que disfrutéis de este viaje, más cercano y más personal con todos vosotros e invitaros a participar en los siguientes directos. Muchas gracias por estar ahí y por todo el apoyo recibido Skrulazos!!!! Puedes seguirnos en: ✅ Twitter ➜ @MundoSkrull ✅ Instagram ➜ https://www.instagram.com/mundoskrull/ ✅ Facebook ➜ https://www.facebook.com/MundoSkrull ✅ Youtube ➜ youtube.com/c/MundoSkrull ✅ Twitch ➜ twitch.tv/mundoskrull ✅ Contacto ➜ mundoskrull@gmail.com ¡Que se oigan nuestras voces! Y tú… ¿En quién confías?

THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTED PODCAST HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR APPROPRIATE AUDIENCES BY THE COMIC BOOK ADAPTATION ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. Rated R for sci-fi violence, bloody images, language and some sexuality/nudity. Crew Log: Angela WW:WfP PFC Ryan Daly “Old Dude” “Horror Show” by Sarah Byam & David Roach 00:00:40 “Taste” by Edward Martin III & Mark A. Nelson 00:04:00 Aliens/Predator Customizable Card Game 00:06:46 “Cargo” by Dan Jolley & John Nadeau 00:17:22 “Alien” by John Arcudi & Paul Mendoza 00:19:05 Long Shots / Dark Horse Comments 00:40:55 MU/TH/UR 1700 00:42:28 episode art gallery blog post 20th Century Fox, Aliens (1986), Aliens Podcast, Comic Books, Dark Horse Presents, Ellen Ripley, Predator Podcast, Dark Horse Comics

Comic Reviews: DC Batman 125 by Chip Zdarsky, Jorge Jimenez, Belen Ortega, Tomeu Morey, Luis Gurrero Black Adam: The Justice Society Files – Hawkman 1 by Bryan Q. Miller, Cavan Scott, Scot Eaton, Marco Santucci, Norm Rapmund, Andrew Dalhouse Dark Crisis 2 by Joshua Williamson, Daniel Sampere, Alejandro Sanchez Marvel Strange Tales: Thor and Jane Foster Infinity Comic 1 by Tim Seeley, Ramon Bachs, Javier Tartaglia Marvel Meow 10 by Nao Fuji Image Prodigy: The Icarus Society 1 by Mark Millar, Matteo Buffagni, Laura Martin Starhenge Book 1: The Dragon and the Boar 1 by Liam Sharp Creep GN by John Arcudi, Jonathan Case Dark Horse Mind MGMT: Bootleg 1 by Matt Kindt, Farel Dalrymple Stranger Things Summer Special by Keith Champagne, Caio Filipe, Dan Jackson Dynamite Savage Tales 1 by David Avallone, Scott Brian Wilson, Al Barrionuevo, Hamish Steele, Will Rio, Mariano Benitez Chapo AfterShock There's Something Wrong With Patrick Todd 1 by Ed Brisson, Gavin Guidry, Chris O'Halloran Ablaze Promethee 13:13 1 by Andy Diggle, Shawn Martinbrough, Dave Stewart AWA Absolution 1 by Peter Milligan, Mike Deodato Jr., Lee Loughridge Ray's OGN Corner: M is for Monster by Talia Dutton Additional Reviews: iZombie TV show, Thor: Love and Thunder, the Sea Beast, Wayne Family Adventures s1, Ms. Marvel ep5, A Talent For Murder, The Ghost and Molly McGee s1 News: Snyder releasing three new ComiXology books this month, Duffer brothers launch a production studio, Wakanda mini coming in October, Hood is reportedly the main villain of the Ironheart Disney+ series, Candice Patton tells all, Ram V may be taking over Ms. Marvel, Captain America 4 director, Disney chibiverse Trailers: Clerks III Comics Countdown: Batman 125 by Chip Zdarsky, Jorge Jimenez, Belen Ortega, Tomeu Morey, Luis Gurrero King Conan 6 by Jason Aaron, Mahmud Asrar, Matt Wilson Avengers Forever 7 by Jason Aaron, Aaron Kuder, Cam Smith, Guru eFX Time Before Time 14 by Rory McConville, Ron Salas, Chris O'Halloran Batman: Killing Time 5 by Tom King, David Marquez, Alejandro Sanchez Little Monsters 5 by Jeff Lemire, Dustin Nguyen Twig 3 by Skottie Young, Kyle Strahm, Jean-Francois Beaulieu Batman '89 6 by Sam Hamm, Joe Quinones, Leonardo Ito There's Something Wrong With Patrick Todd 1 by Ed Brisson, Gavin Guidry, Chris O'Halloran That Texas Blood 15 by Chris Condon, Jacob Phillips, Pip Martin

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THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTED PODCAST HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR APPROPRIATE AUDIENCES BY THE COMIC BOOK ADAPTATION ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. Rated R for sci-fi violence, bloody images, language and some sexuality/nudity. Crew Log: PFC Ryan Daly 00:00:37 Ryan's Story 00:08:01 Introduction to Genocide 00:15:42 Giant Dark Horse Presents Annual Report 1991 00:22:06 “The Alien” by John Arcudi, Paul Guinan, Tony Akins, & Willie Schubert 00:32:42 “Genocide” by Mike Richardson, John Arcudi, Damon Willis, Karl C. Story, Jim Massara & Arthur Suydam 01:14:57 MU-TH-UR episode art gallery blog post

Description Producer Andrew joins Joe to discuss the Sledgehammer 44 comic book mini-series that are set in the Hellboy universe. These were written by Mike Mignola and John Arcudi, with art by Jason Later and Lawrence Campbell. Support  Patreon Show … Continue reading →

Vi pratar både Augustnomineringar, Seriefrämjandets nya antologi Portal och en massa kommande rörliga serier (och en serieteveserie som gick snabbt i graven). Anton har läst del tre av Hoppets tid, skriven och tecknad av Émile Bravo , Deep Beyond av David Goy, Andrea Broccardo och Mirka Andolfo samt Two Moons av John Arcudi och Valerio...

Cette semaine, entre des appels manqués de Julien Bernatchez de « Des si et des rais », Marie-Lune nous parle du roman jeune adulte « In Every Generation », des séries « Clickbait » et « Disparu à jamais », Laurent nous apprend le décès de l'auteur de BD Henriette Valium et nous suggère le podcast «  Kaiju and the Kid », Jeik revient sur la télésérie québécoise « M'entends-tu? » et ainsi que le 4e volume de « Batman Black & White », tandis que Benoit s'attriste de retard de «Ghostbusters: Afterlife ». En dernière partie d'émission, un nouveau coin de l'univers de Mike Mignola nous est révélé avec « Sledgehammer 44 » de John Arcudi et Jason Latour. Depuis 15 ans, les Mystérieux étonnants c'est votre balado (podcast) québécois dédié à la culture populaire. Diffusion originale : 6 septembre 2021 Site web : MysterieuxEtonnants.com © Les Mystérieux Étonnants. Tous droits réservés.

Sep 2021 Solicits Comic Reviews: Wonder Woman: Black and Gold 1 by AJ Mendez, Ming Doyle, Nadia Shammas, Morgan Beem, John Arcudi, Ryan Sook, Amy Reeder, Becky Cloonan Batman: Reptilian 1 by Garth Ennis, Liam Sharp Checkmate 1 by Brian Michael Bendis, Alex Maleev, Dave Stewart Infinite Frontier 1 by Joshua Williamson, Xermanico, Romulo Fajardo Jr Gamma Flight 1 by Al Ewing, Crystal Frasier, Lan Medina, Antonio Fabela Heroes Return 1 by Jason Aaron, Ed McGuinness, Mark Morales, Matt Wilson Marvel's Voices: Pride by Kieron Gillen, Allan Heinberg, Terry Blas, Steve Orlando, Tini Howard, Mariko Tamaki, Vita Ayala, Leah Williams, Lilah Sturges, Anthony Oliveira, Crystal Frasier, J.J. Kirby, Jan Bazaldua, Jim Cheung, Kris Anka, Olivier Coipel, Jethro Morales, Derek Charm, Joanna Estep, Javier Garron, Claudia Aguirre, Jen Hickman, Brittney Williams, Samantha Dodge, Luciano Vecchio, Marcelo Maiolo, David Curiel, Erick Arciniega, Tamra Bonvillain, Paulina Ganucheau, Brittany Peer, Kendall Goode Vinyl 1 by Doug Wagner, Daniel Hillyard, Dave Stewart Spawn's Universe 1 by Todd McFarlane, Stephen Segovia, Marcio Takara, Jim Cheung, Brett Booth, Adelso Corona, FCO Plascencia, Peter Steigerwald, Andrew Dalhouse Black Hammer Reborn 1 by Jeff Lemire, Caitlin Yarsky, Dave Stewart Imogen of the Wyrding Way by Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden, Peter Bergting, Michelle Madsen Good Luck 1 by Matthew Erman, Stefano Simeone Snow Angels vol 2 1 by Jeff Lemire, Jock Sonic 30th Anniversary Special Carmen Sandiego: Need For Speed Caper Aggretsuko: Little Rei of Sunshine by Brenda Hickey Keeper of the Little Folks: Fairy Balm by Carbone, Veronique Barrau, Charline Forns Claire and the Dragons 1 by Wander Antunes ExtraOrdinary 1 by V.E. Schwab, Enid Balam, Ana Godis 99 Cent Lounger 1 by Nick Mullins Homerville 1 & 2 by Justin Young Wandering Koala 1 by Jeff Thomason After the Storm by Stefano Petris Deadgods 1 by Juan Ramon Lapaix Jupiter Invincible 1 by Yusef Komunyakaa, Ashley Woods Loveland by Timothy Pitoniak Tales From the Dispatch Vol 2 by Maxwell Bristol, Catherine Broxton, Shaun Evans, Edward Ficklin, Matthew Sotello, Eric Young Tales of the Scarlet Order Vampires by David Lee Summers, Michael Ellis The Black Car by Michael Kaz, Josh Maikis, Gregory Ramos The Walk by Michael Moreci, Jesus Hervas Additional Reviews: Shazam!, Loki ep3, Owl House 2.3 News: Batwoman stupidity, hope for Gwen Stacy, ScarJo returning to Disney for Tower of Terror, Spider-Man Beyond (from Saladin Ahmed, Cody Zigler, Zeb Wells, Patrick Gleason, Kelly Thompson), Joker manga where he raises deaged Batman, return of Warren Ellis, Skybound YA graphic novel line, delays to Batman/Catwoman, Cates/Stegman series Vanish, Savage Land-based movie, Marvel NFTs, Avatar new live-action series makes all the old mistakes Trailers: Jurassic World Dominion, Sexy Beasts, Karen, Shang-Chi Am it Glenn? Comics Countdown: Ascender 16 by Jeff Lemire, Dustin Nguyen Stray Dogs 5 by Tony Fleecs, Trish Forstner Undiscovered Country 13 by Scott Snyder, Charles Soule, Leonardo Marcello Grassi, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Matt Wilson Something is Killing the Children 17 by James Tynion IV, Wether Dell'Edera, Miquel Muerto Black Hammer Reborn 1 by Jeff Lemire, Caitlin Yarsky, Dave Stewart Snow Angels Season Two 1 by Jeff Lemire, Jock Batman/Superman 19 by Gene Luen Yang, Emanuela Lupacchino, Darick Robertson, Kyle Hotz, Steve Lieber, Matt Santorelli, Sabine Rich Robin 3 by Joshua Williamson, Gleb Melnikov, Luis Guerrero Shadecraft 4 by Joe Henderson, Lee Garbett, Antonio Fabela Guardians of the Galaxy 15 and SWORD 6 by Al Ewing, Juan Frigeri, Guru eFX, Adelso Corona, David Curiel, Federico Blee, Valerio Schiti, Marte Gracia

Wonder Woman Black and Gold is another compilation of short stories that seems to be popular with the big two publishers lately. These vignettes focus different aspects of Wonder Woman. Publisher Description (W) Various (A) Various (CA) Joshua Middleton written by JOHN ARCUDI, AMY REEDER, BECKY CLOONAN, A.J. MENDEZ, AND NADIA SHAMMAS art by RYAN SOOK, AMY REEDER, BECKY CLOONAN,MING DOYLE, AND MORGAN BEEM Just in time for Wonder Woman's 80th anniversary, DC Comics proudly presents a new anthology series starring the Amazon Princess embellished in the the color of her famous lasso. You won't want to miss this thrilling series celebrating the woman who inspires us all…and that's the truth! Kicking things off, John Arcudi (B.P.R.D.) and Ryan Sook (Legion of Super-Heroes) reunite to show us the grace immortality grants a hero. Becky Cloonan (Wonder Woman) weaves a spine-tingling tale of Diana's most precious weapon against the darkness. Then Amy Reeder (Amethyst) takes us back to the Golden Age for a fun romp co-starring Etta Candy. AJ Mendez and Ming Doyle (Constantine: The Hellblazer) travel to Themyscira for a tense family reunion. And finally, Nadia Shammas and Morgan Beem (Swamp Thing: Twin Branches) show us a story of Diana's past failures coming back to haunt her. SUBSCRIBE to watch more videos like this one! LET'S CONNECT! -- Talk Nerdy to Me Facebook -- Zia Comics Facebook -- Zia Comics Twitter -- Zia Comics Instagram -- Talk Nerdy to Me website -- Zia Comics website LISTEN TO OUR PODCAST! - iTunes - RSS Feed - Stitcher - Google Play - Podbean - Spotify - Tune In/Alexa - Pandora #ziacomics #dccomics #wonderwoman #themyscira #dianaprince #blackandgold #joshuamiddleton #JOHNARCUDI #AMYREEDER #BECKYCLOONAN #AJMENDEZ #NADIASHAMMAS #RYANSOOK #AMYREEDER #BECKYCLOONAN #MINGDOYLE #MORGANBEEM

DC August solicitations Comic Reviews: Mister Miracle: The Source of Freedom 1 by Brandon Easton, Fico Ossio, Rico Renzi Stargirl Spring Break Special 1 by Geoff Johns, Bryan Hitch, Todd Nauck, Alex Sinclair, Hi-Fi Batman: Black and White 6 by Scott Snyder, John Arcudi, Brandon Thomas, Pierrick Colinet, Nick Derington, Elsa Charretier, Khary Randolph, James Harren, Klaus Janson, John Romita Jr Heroes Reborn: Magneto and the Mutant Force by Steve Orlando, Bernard Chang, David Curiel Heroes Reborn: Siege Society by Cody Zigler, Paco Medina, Pete Pantazis Heroes Reborn: Young Squadron by Jim Zub, Steve Cummings, Erick Arciniega Heroes Reborn 4 by Jason Aaron, James Stokoe, Ed McGuinness, Mark Morales, Matt Wilson Reptil 1 by Terry Blas, Enid Balam, Victor Olazaba, Carlos Lopez Made in Korea 1 by Jeremy Holt, George Schall Star Wars Adventures: The Weapon of a Jedi 1 by Alec Worley, Jason Fry, Ruairi Coleman Witcher: Witch's Lament 1 by Bartosz Sztybor, Vanesa Del Rey, Jordie Bellaire Down River People by Adam Smith, Matthew Fox Onion Skin by Edgar Camacho Nook by Caleb Thusat, Marcelo Biott Redshift 1 by H.S> Tak, Brent David McKee, Sebastian Cheng Misadventurers 1 by Joseph Michael, Nicolas Touris Monstrous: Heartbreak and Blood Loss 1 by Gregory Wright, Rachel Young, Sharpe Blue Flame 1 by Christopher Cantwell, Adam Gorham, Kurt Michael Russell 99 Cent Theatre CHC One Shot: Will Aliens Do My Homework? by David Whalen Into the Wilderness 0 by Gabe Cheng, Elisa Menghel Mister Johnson 1 by Adrian Jules Tales From the Dispatch Vol 1 by  Orphan King 1 by Tyler Chin-Tanner, James Boyle Kickstarter: The Game Additional Reviews: Hannibal, Calls s1, Kominsky Method s3, Big Little Lies s2, Men in Black 4, God of War News: McFarlane TV deals, Naomi greenlit as series, next Arrow-verse crossover, Amazon buys MGM, Sandman casting, final round of Round Robin, Inferno event coming soon, Aaron Taylor-Johnson is Young Kraven, sequel to GL: Legacy coming soon, Flash ending with season 8, Joker sequel, Okoye series in development for Disney+, ultimate movie crossover Trailers: Eternals, Last Night in Soho, Gunpowder Milkshake Am It Glenn?  Comics Countdown: Ascender 15 by Jeff Lemire, Dustin Nguyen Strange Adventures 10 by Tom King, Mitch Gerads, Evan Shaner Department of Truth 9 by James Tynion IV, Martin Simmonds, Aditya Bidikar Batman: Black and White 6 by Scott Snyder, John Arcudi, Brandon Thomas, Pierrick Colinet, Nick Derington, Elsa Charretier, Khary Randolph, James Harren, Klaus Janson, John Romita Jr Something is Killing the Children 16 by James Tynion IV, Werther Dell'edera, Miquel Muerto Down River People by Adam Smith, Matthew Fox Beta Ray Bill 3 by Daniel Warren Johnson, Mike Spicer Money Shot 11 by Tim Seeley, Sarah Beattie, Caroline Leigh Layne, Kurt Michael Russell TMNT: The Last Ronin 3 by Peter Laird, Kevin Eastman, Tom Waltz, Ben Bishop, Esau Escorza, Isaac Escorza, Luis Antonio Delgado HaHa 5 by W. Maxwell Prince, Gabriel Walta

In this episode, Greg and Leon discuss the following comics: THE SILVER COIN #1 (https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/the-silver-coin-1) review begins at 40m20s TWO MOONS #1-2 (https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/two-moons) review begins at 1h00m8s There's also some light discussion at the beginning of the episode concerning: -TRUTH: RED, WHITE AND BLACK (https://www.marvel.com/comics/series/2577/truth_red_white_and_black_2003) and it's connection to THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER (https://disneyplusoriginals.disney.com/show/the-falcon-and-the-winter-soldier) with spoilers for Episode 2 - THE RECENT RELEASES FROM TKO COMICS (https://tkopresents.com/collections/titles) including news concerning the return of SCALES & SCOUNDRELS (https://twitter.com/TKOpresents/status/1381299674896736257)! 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!#

On this week's comic book review podcast, we've got: Beta Ray Bill #1 Marvel Written and art by Daniel Warren Johnson Shadecraft #1 Image Comics Written by Joe Henderson Art by Lee Garbett The Other History of the DC Universe #3 DC Comics Written by John Ridley Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli Silk #1 Marvel Written by Maurene Goo Art by Takeshi Miyazawa Crossover #5 Image Comics Written by Donny Cates Art by Geoff Shaw Strange Adventures #9 DC Comics Written by Tom King Art by Mitch Gerards and Evan Shaner Avengers: Curse of the Man-Thing #1 Marvel Written by Steve Orlando Art by Francesco Mobili The Department of Truth #7 Image Comics Written by James Tynion IV Art by Tyler Boss The Flash #768 DC Comics Written by Jeremy Adams Art by Brandon Peterson, Marco Santucci, David Lafuente Ghost Rider: King in Black #1 Marvel Written by Ed Brisson Art by Juan Frigeri Two Moons #2 Image Comics Written by John Arcudi Art by Valerio Giangiordano Future State: Superman vs Imperious Lex #3 DC Comics Written by Mark Russell Art by Steve Pugh Decorum #7 Image Comics Written by Jonathan Hickman Art by Mike Huddleston Batman/Catwoman #4 DC Comics Written by Tom King Art by Clay Mann 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 y'all? Welcome to The Stack. I'm Alex. Pete:                I'm Pete. Alex:                 And on The Stack we talk about a bunch of books that have come out this week. Kicking it off with one I know that Pete is very excited about. Beta Ray Bill number one from Marvel comics, written and art by Daniel Warren Johnson. Now, D.W.J., As I like to call him, he is the creator of Murder Falcon, which is one of your favorite books ever. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 I don't know how you feel about Beta Ray Bill though. So how'd you feel about this book? Pete:                Well, yeah. I'm not the hugest Beta Ray Bill fan, but this was a lot of fun. This was really awesome. Art style [google 00:00:54] gave Beta Ray Bill a grittiness that was nice. Yeah, I very much enjoyed this. This was sad. This was not just badass Beta Ray Bill. Alex:                 You okay? Did you die there for a second? Pete:                Yeah. There's some real pain going on. And yeah. Also, Fin Fang Foom, one of my huge favorites in this as well. So, this was a real treat, this book. And the back matter is magical. Alex:                 This very briefly and tangentially ties into the King in Black storyline, which has symbiotes attacking the Marvel universe here. They attack Asgard, Beta Ray Bill fights them off, kind of. And sparks up, or re-sparks up a little bit of a romance with Lady Sif. But I agree with you, as he did in Murder Falcon, he brings big action with big monsters, but also a deep well of emotion here. It's very sad for Beta Ray Bill. Art is great, the writing is great, the emotion is great. I'm all in on this book. I am a sucker for Beta Ray Bill, and I think D.W.J. does right by him. So, I'm very excited to see this going forward. And like you said, there's a great interview that he does with Walter Simonson in the back of the book, which is super cool as well. Pete:                Yeah. It's nice to see him geek out about this and hear about New York in the seventies and the different kinds of people working on stuff. It was a pretty awesome interview that they put in the back and yeah. I mean, the art, the storytelling is really unbelievable, but Beta Ray Bill… Kind of a cursed character and they're really tugging on that and playing with that. And he's not cool with Thor. It's not a fun relationship right now. So I'm glad they're getting to air that out a little bit. I'm very interested to see how that all unfolds. Alex:                 I agree. Next up, Shadecraft number one from Image comics written by Joe Henderson, art by Lee Garbett. In this new comic book, a girl finds out that shadows aren't quite what they're cracked up to be. It ties into an emotional thing from her past that you find out towards the end of the issue. I really liked the setup. I thought this was a good, fun horror book. The art from Lee Garbett was particularly good. The shadow creatures were interesting. I'm curious to see where this goes going forward, because it feels like it really gets to the setup by the end. But I'm in, what was your take Pete? Pete:                Yeah, I agree. I think the art and the storytelling is fantastic. Setting this up in a very interesting way. I really love the last page reveal twist. Very cool. And yeah, as this kid, I was scared shitless of… if you saw a shadow move by the… or a branch at the window or something. This really plays on that fear of moving shadows and how it's hard, especially at night, to get away from shadows. I mean, that's just… That's tough. Alex:                 I got to be honest, Pete, it sounds like that wasn't just a problem when you were a kid. Pete:                I don't think we have time to get into this, but- Alex:                 No, Pete- Pete:                It's a great book. Alex:                 That's been the long game on this podcast this whole time, is to finally get you to confront this fear that you have. Shadecraft number one, check it out. Next up, The Other History of the DC universe number three from DC comics. Written by John Ridley, art by Giuseppe Camuncoli. The first two issues have dealt with the black American experience in the background of the DC universe. Here, we're dealing with the Asian American experience through the lens of Katana and her whole history. What did you think about this one, Pete? Pete:                This is very powerful, really amazing. I was very moved by it. I thought it was really done well. The storytelling is so powerful. The art… Yeah, just kind of the balance of these stanzas, these powerful stanzas, that really hit you versus the comic book art. Really creates this moving, powerful stuff that DC is doing with these books. I've been really enjoying this series. The Other History of the DC universe stuff has just been really impressive. Alex:                 Giuseppe Camuncoli's layouts in particular, are really excellent. John Ridley's writing is great. It's super, unfortunately, timely, given that we are discussing the Asian American experience and violence towards it, in particular, right now. But it's a necessary- Pete:                Stop Asian hate. Alex:                 Yeah, it's a necessary read, like the other two issues of this book, but also very entertaining and weird in a certain way. I don't know much about Katana's history, necessarily. There are little bits here and there. I was like, “Oh yeah, I guess I do that kind of thing”. But what John Ridley is doing here is, like with X-Men: Grand Design, I think was the name of the book, he's taking the entire history of the character and trying to make narrative sense out of it. Which is nearly impossible, but he does it here in a very emotional way. And that's nice to see. Pete:                Yeah, Katana is one of my favorite characters. Always a big fan of Katana. So it was nice to see, all the different stories paid homage to, with this interesting narrative running throughout all of it. It was really well done. Alex:                 Moving from one timely book to another, in a very different way. Silk number one from Marvel, written by Maureen Goo, art by Takeshi Miyazawa. This is a all-Asian team working on a Korean American superhero, which is something that I don't think we've seen before for Silk, necessarily. I could be wrong. Nobody jump into my mentions if I got that incorrect. But at the very least, it's great to see that, as Silk is in a new status quo here. Working for J. Jonah Jameson, at whatever his latest rag is. But I thought this was really fun. I don't have too much affection, necessarily, for Silk as a character. I'm fine with her. She's been fun before. There's been some good storylines, but I thought this was a really nice, very clear setup with a good supporting cast. And I'm interested to see where it goes in issue two. Pete:                I completely agree. I feel like this is a great use of Silk, the character. I feel like they really do a great job of giving her a lot of fun action splash pages, as well as setting up a very cool, interesting story arc. And the fashion stuff is fun and pulled off well, and what's not to like about sitting down to have tea with a giant cat like creature? I think this is a very interesting, cool book, and I'm excited to see where it goes Alex:                 Next up: Crossover number five from image comics written by Donny Cates, art by Geoff Shaw. In this book, we're getting towards the end of the first arc here, as Madman and Power… house. I don't remember the name of the other team. Basically. It's Donny Cates taking all of his books, mashing them up together with tangentially other books. They're all heading towards this big dome where the crossover event has happened and it's all coming down. What did you think about this issue? Pete:                Well, first off you got- bless you. You got Madman with a giant sword. So what's not to love. This is- Alex:                 A sword. Pete:                It's a lot of action, it's a lot of over-the-top stuff, but also, a lot of intense shit goes on here. Oh man, I don't want to spoil anything, but man, it gets, it gets real dark, but- Alex:                 I want to hear it. Spoiler warning. What was the thing that, you thought in particular, got really dark? Pete:                Where the guy shot the girl? Alex:                 Oh, that hasn't happened yet. That's the cliff hanger at the end of the book. He hasn't necessarily shot her. Pete:                Well… He's crying. It says, “I can”. And it looks like it's seconds before the bullet is released out of the chamber. Alex:                 Yeah. Well, we'll see what happens next issue, I guess. Pete:                Oh my God. Alex:                 I guess we'll see what happens. One thing that I really… that I thought was super fun in the book, is Donny has come up with this concept, where all of these different superheroes have been cut apart and mashed back together by scientists on Earth, quote-unquote. And they're called amalgams, which is very funny to anybody who knows about the Amalgam universe. He's having a blast here and it's so creative and so fun. There's a great splash page laid out that mashes up panels from God Country and Madman comics. Very neat. I liked it quite a bit. Alex:                 Next up, Strange Adventures number nine, from DC comics written by Tom King, art by Mitch Gerads and Evan Shaner. Here, a report has come out about Adam Strange from the Justice League. Not exactly indicating that he is a villain, but certainly not precluding that fact. That's what we're dealing with here. As the Pykkt invasion of Earth continues and lots of questions swirl in the background. I'll tell you what, I think we talked about this with an earlier issue. It's interesting this is coming out now, but it seemed very clear to me that, at least tangentially, King is writing about the Mueller report in this issue. Did you get that sense as well? Pete:                I have no idea what's going on and when it comes to King, ever. But it was crazy to see Superman and Batman in this issue. Alex:                 So, this report comes out and it's the vague sort of indictment that Mueller did in the heavily anticipated Mueller report. Where there were a lot of crimes mentioned, but ultimately there said, “Well, it's up to the people who prosecute to do it”. Right. And that's exactly what happens with Adam Strange here. It's very interesting, particularly given now we're past the Trump presidency, though, obviously not the aftereffects of it. To see him take Adam Strange and put him in that place. To the point… there's a panel late in the issue where they zoom in on Adam Strange's face on a TV screen and it looks almost exactly like Trump on the television. So that was kind of fascinating to me. I think it's sort of part of the publishing schedule that has gotten pushed back so far. But I am curious to see where this hits on, given that it is skirting those ideas. You're looking at me like I'm a crazy person right now. Pete:                I am looking at you like a crazy person, because we're on issue number 9 of 12 and we still don't know what the fuck is going on. Alex:                 Well- Pete:                Nine issues deep. Alex:                 I mean, that's how a mystery works Pete. Pete:                Yeah, but let's talk- Alex:                 Unless it's Columbo, in which case they reveal it first and then he figures out how it happens. Pete:                Okay. But, regardless, just thinking about how great of a writer you have to be that, for nine issues of a story, you have no fucking idea what's going on. That is very impressive. Alex:                 Well, I just got one more question for you, Pete. Pete:                Oh my God. Alex:                 All right. Next up, Avengers: Curse of the Man-Thing number one from Marvel. Written by Steve Orlando, art by Francesco Mobili. In this, we are getting a new threat to Man-Thing who, spoiler, beats Man-Thing right at the beginning and the Avengers have to take him down. This is one of these new formats, limited series that Marvel has been doing, where a new hero is going to interact with Man-Thing or this story in a different way. Here we get the Avengers. Next issue is going to be Spiderman, presumably the X-Men after that and other things. But this is also Steve Orlando moving over to the Marvel universe. What was your take Pete? Pete:                Well, Orlando is always a fun, crazy creative person. So this book, I thought did a great job of representing himself here. Man-Thing, getting ripped apart here was so over-the-top and very interesting. Especially because you realize, these chapter things are like parts of his skin that maybe was ripped off. But I think this is a very interesting, unique kind of cool event that's happening and I'm digging it. Alex:                 I like it too. I thought it was super fun. And it's Orlando doing his regular weird ideas, but infusing them into the Marvel universe. He brings in some fun stuff from Jonathan Hickman's run on X-Men and mixes it in here in a fun way. This is good. I like this. Pete:                I agree. Alex:                 And he seems to be redefining what Man-Thing is in the Marvel universe. That should be interesting to see going forward. Next up, The Department of Truth number seven from Image comics, written by James Tynion IV, art by Tyler Boss. In this- Pete:                You think we should even talk about this, because Justin's not here? You know what I mean, maybe we should- Alex:                 Justin does love this book. Pete:                Maybe we should skip it. Alex:                 So we're getting another flashback this issue as Lee Harvey Oswald continues to find out more about the Department of Truth. Here, we find out about the foil guy, the doc who wears foil on his head. We find out about the men and black and the little gray men and their play into the history of the secret history of America. As usual, great stuff in this book. I am loving it. Pete- Pete:                Yeah, I agree. Alex:                 You took off your headphones, what is going on right now? Pete:                Hey man, sometimes you wear headphones for too long. It can start to get like… Feel like you're [crosstalk 00:14:37] Alex:                 Are you listening to me through your forehead. What is going on here? Pete:                Dude, it's a podcast. Take it easy, all right. I can hear you just fine. Alex:                 All right. Pete:                All right. So I really am like… This is such a kind of thing we've heard about the men in black, we're familiar with this kind of tinfoil thing, but this is done in a way that makes sense. I really appreciate all the details and all this stuff going on in this book. I think it's done in such a kind of way with the stylized flashbacks, with the shading and the info. I think this is really a great mix of genres and telling the story. I'm continued to be impressed with this. It's too bad Justin's not here to get his thoughts on it. I'm having a blast and I might just start wearing a tinfoil hat. Alex:                 Hey, speaking of which, this is more of a note for Pete's forehead than his ears. And Pete's forehead, you're looking great. Don't tell his ears, okay? Because they're looking a little busted, to be honest. Pete:                Don't you say shit about my ears. Alex:                 You couldn't hear that. That was through your forehead man. All right. Moving on to the Flash 768 from DC comics. Written by Jeremy Adams, art by Brandon Peterson- Pete:                Here we go. Alex:                 Marco Santucci… What does that mean, “Here we go”? Pete:                Here we go. The fucking Flash. Alex:                 Well… So we've been talking about these books that have come out of DC Future State. A lot of the teams from Future State were giving previews of what's going on in their main books of their return. So I think it has been interesting to talk about them as they have come back. This one is weird. Pete:                Yeah. Yeah. We're still talking about it. Flash and that tricky Speed Force, man. [crosstalk 00:16:28] Sometimes you run so fast, you run out of your clothes and then that's a whole thing and- Alex:                 It happens. So here's the deal with this book. So the thing that confused me for the first half of this book, is we have the setup of Barry Allen is giving up being the Flash. So we could work with the new multi-verse people and explore what's going on with there, after the fallout from Dark Nights: Death Metal. All makes sense. Now, Wally West is the new Flash, he's been promoted. The first half of this book, reverses on that in a very weird way, where Wally says, “Nope, actually… Forget about that tease. I don't want to be the Flash. Barry Allen. You're the Flash”. Barry's like, “Sounds good. Let's have a race. I'll take all of your speed”. Alex:                 So that's fine, but very confusing, given everything that's happened previously. It isn't until the second half of the book that we get to the real concept. That's where things, in my mind, start to get really fun, where Wally West is lost in time. We basically get this quantum leap thing, where he's jumping to major points in the Speed Force, he's inside of their bodies. Pete:                How are they- Alex:                 And Barry Allen is the Iggy. Is it Iggy from Quantum Leap? Pete? Pete:                I don't know. Alex:                 Ziggy. Ziggy. The Ziggy, Dan Hedaya. Who's like, “Oh man, you've got to turn back, Wally. What are you doing? Ah, if you change this, that'll change everything”. And then Wally says, “Oh boy”. Pete:                That show came out in the fifties, I think, bro. Alex:                 It's a great show, with a perfect finale, and you watch your mouth Pete. Pete:                I'll have to take a time machine back. It was just insane to me that these, all these fucking Flashes and there's the Speed Force, but nobody can figure it out. And it's so tricky yet. They're running the whole time and you got a fucking treadmill, but… I don't know, man. Alex:                 I enjoyed the second half of the issue because I am a sucker for Quantum Leap and I want to see more of that. So we'll see how it goes. Next up, Ghost Rider: King in Black number one, from Marvel. Written by Ed Brisson, art by Juan Frigeri. This is also a very weird, interesting issue because, technically, it's a King in Black tie-in, but really it's tying up everything that's been happening in Ghost Rider for the past couple of years and wrapping a bow on that. It's much more about that to the point that, the Ghost Rider characters, at certain points, are standing in the middle of symbiote-stricken Manhattan being like, “Eh, let's figure out this other stuff instead”. Pete:                Yeah. There's still a crazy amount of standing around talking for all the demons that are trashing the place. Alex:                 But still, pretty fun, I thought. What did you think about this one, Pete? Pete:                Yeah, it was fun. I mean, they're having fun discussions about their names. Mephisto blows, but still, some fun stuff in there with that. Yeah. It was nice to see Ghost Rider up in this… the Penance Stare, with the old damnation stare. That was cool. Fun little twist on trusting, not trusting the devil. It's just fun. It's a good book. You know what you're going to get into with it. And it's over-the-top in all the right ways. Alex:                 Next up, Two Moons number two from Image comics written by John Arcudi, art by Valerio Giangiordino. This book, we love the first issue of. I might be getting this wrong, but I believe it's basically taking indigenous myths and mixing them with the Civil War for a very horrific, supernatural tale. How do you think the second issue held up to the first one? Pete:                It's really tripped out in all the right ways. It's very magical. Spooky, cool. The Native American stuff is amazing. It's very, very well done. Some interesting storytelling stuff. And I really loved where it ended too. Alex:                 This is a absolutely gorgeous book. Absolutely gorgeous. I like the writing, but really, the art in particular and the designs of the… I don't even want to call them monsters. They're more mythical creatures, is stunning throughout. Highly recommend picking this up. This is one that, it feels a little bit like, I don't know. It's very Vertigo to me, I think. And it's the sort of thing that I think would be good to jump in on in the early issues to really get a sense of it because it's that good. Alex:                 Next up, Future State: Superman VS. Imperious Lex, number three from DC comics written by Mark Russell, art by Steve Pugh, not Florence Pugh, like I initially thought. It's Steve Pugh. This is the very last, I believe, of the Future State books. Probably cutting in a little late here, but so fun and such a good story. Love Mark Russell. This is a future Superman, as you could tell, from the title. Battling Lex, who has taken over a planet, as usual. It's very satirical as you'd expect from this team. If you read the first two issues, you know exactly what to expect here, but I loved it. This is one of my favorite Future State books. I'm so glad they got to finish it off, even if it was a late. Pete, you're nodding your head. What's going on? Pete:                I mean, this is just like, what if Lex Luther was stuck in the Wall-E movie? It's a little too crazy for me, but I appreciate what they're doing. Alex:                 It's so funny. The characters are so funny. Louis Lane is so funny. Lex is so funny. It's great. He just sets up these Rube Goldberg machines of ridiculous satire and pays them off in such a fun way. I like it quite a bit. Next up, Decorum number seven, from Image comics. Written by Jonathan Hickman and art by Mike Huddleston. Alex:                 This is really bringing together everything that's been going out in the book in a big way that these weird crystalline creatures that showed up that seemed, at first, unconnected from the Assassin's Academy that was going on in the other side of the book. Last issue, that finally came together, where the crystalline creatures gave a mission to the assassins to find this egg that was being hidden, which I believe was the third element, that was just thrown in there. Here, our main character stumbles on that egg, opens up the egg, finds a hot dude with no head. Very funny. This is great. I can't believe how well this has come together. And Mike Huddleston's art is stunning across the board. The way that he's bringing all of these different art styles together, often on the same page, is ridiculously impressive. Pete:                I agree with you, Alex. It's worth it alone for the art. It's really unbelievable. Sometimes… Just a dude with part of your face. But I think this is really tripped out, weird, in all the right ways. And it's really telling a very interesting story, but the real hero here is the artist. The pages and everything are just amaze balls. Alex:                 And in classic Pete fashion, I got to bring up a book that we didn't throw into the stack, because I didn't want to get into a fight about it. But, X-Men number 19. Also by Jonathan Hickman, it is a master work. It is so good. It's one of the best issues of the series ever, it's amazing. You get the X-Men trapped in this vault, traveling through time. This incredible X-23 Laura story throughout. So good. Read it. Just pick it up right now. Don't listen to whatever Pete has to say. And moving on to our last book- Pete:                Wait, that's so unfair that you didn't even put it out there. Like it was something we could read- Alex:                 Here's the thing, Pete. [crosstalk 00:24:25] I've got to be honest. I'll pull back the curtain here. I got to be honest. I read the book because I was like, “Ah, I want to read it anyway because I liked the X-Men books, but I'm not going to send it out to Pete because Pete's just going to be like, ‘Fuck X-Men. These islands are having sex. Stupid. What's going on? I don't like it'”. That I would just set it out. It would just be a big argument. So I was like, “I won't send it out”, but then I read it. I was like, “This is legitimately one of the best issues of the series ever. Would Pete like this, because it's about Laura X-23, who he loves”. And I was like, “I don't know. I got to weigh that against Pete just yelling because it's X-Men. What do we do here?” Pete:                Why wouldn't you trust me to appreciate a good X-23 story? Alex:                 Trust you? I've known you for 15 years, Pete. Pete:                Oh my God. You're the worst. You didn't believe in it enough to put it out there for us to review. You were like [crosstalk 00:25:20] yeah, you didn't believe in it. So it's hard to take your recommendation after you didn't believe in something enough to send it to me and just- Alex:                 I'll tell you what. I will send it to you. You could read it, and then you can tell me off-air what's going on. Pete:                Okay, great. That'll be great for everybody. Alex:                 I think so. Tell you what, check out our podcast off-air, where you visit me and Pete in person and ask us comic book recommendations. Last but not least, Batman/Catwoman number four from DC comics. Written by Tom King, art by Clay Mann. Pete, sounds like you're loving this. You got to explain to me what's going on. I feel like the Pete of this particular book, because I'm lost. Pete:                Okay. First off, love the bat and cat double page, spread title page, mansion, advent calendar thing, that just sets up the mood for this creepy, fun world that we're in. And then starting off with Batwoman beating up Penguin and wanting to know where mom and the Joker are. What an interesting start, just grabs the reader all the right ways. But bat and cat are fighting. You know, cat's been doing some things without bat's knowledge, she knew he was going to get mad, but she didn't tell him until last minute. Now bat's mad. So how are we going to move forward? I also really loved how the Penguin is drawn like Danny DeVito. That makes me very happy. What do you want to know? I think it's great. Alex:                 Listening to you talk about it is my experience reading it, because I just cannot keep track of the timelines. Pete:                There's like three different timelines happening at once. Alex:                 No, and I know that. You've got the Mask of the Phantasm timeline. You've got the very early bad cat stuff going on. Pete:                Right. Alex:                 And then you've got the future cat stuff where she's killed the Joker and is dealing with it, with Penguin. And there was their kid, who was the new Batman. So I get all that. Pete:                Batwoman. Alex:                 There's the transitions between them that just throw me, and I'm sure there's a point to it. Maybe they're doing something about memory and how memories are very fluid and go from one time period to another- Pete:                Yeah, because it's also like cat and bat always have this thing about a disagreement about when they first met. Alex:                 Yes. So I get all that, but you look at a book like Strange Adventures, also from Tom King, where you have- Pete:                Also confusing. Alex:                 But, even if it jumps between timelines of the same page, you've got Evan “Doc” Shaner and Mitch Gerads. So there's a delineation between the timelines. So you're able to follow, okay. Here's where we are at any given point. It is disorienting for me to read this book, and I still, and I know I'm harping on this. I don't know what the Phantasm has to do with this. Pete:                That's going to be the fun, but also it is going to make sense. And I think it's going to be one of those things where it will be very interesting to get the trade, because there could be… it could make that much more sense, reading it all together. Alex:                 Absolutely. And I'm more than willing to follow it until the end. It's just- Pete:                And you should follow it, because it's amazing art and writing and like such a fun, interesting story with these two characters we know and we've heard stories… for all time about them. Alex:                 I trust these creators. So I'm going to follow it until the end. I'm just having a hard time comprehending it as of now, that's what I'm saying. Alex:                 And that's it for The Stack. If you'd like to support our podcast and other podcasts we do, patrion.com/comic book club. Also, we do a live show every Tuesday night to Crowdcast at YouTube. Pete:                Sure do. Alex:                 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. Comic book club live.com for this podcast and more. Until next time, we'll see you at the virtual comic book shop. But I'm saying that just to Pete's forehead, not to his ears. The post The Stack: Beta Ray Bill, Shadecraft And More appeared first on Comic Book Club. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookclub See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Los Bros Flentallo are joined by Comedian/Podcaster/Filmaker/Musician Brodie Reed to talk about John Arcudi and Doug Mahnke's deranged late 80's comic that inspired the slightly less deranged early 90s Jim Carrey movie The Mask. They also talk about the world of comedy and growing up different.

Comic Reviews: Future State: Superman - House of El by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Scott Godlewski Generations Forged by Dan Jurgens, Robert Venditti, Andy Schmidt, Mike Perkins, Marco Santucci, Paul Pelletier, Norm Rapmund, Bernard Chang, Joe Prado, Colleen Doran, Bryan Hitch, Andrew Currie, Kevin Nowlan, Hi-Fi Nubia: The Real One by L.L. McKinney, Robyn Smith Next Batman: Second Son 1 by John Ridley, Tony Akins, Ryan Benjamin, Mark Morales, Rex Lokus Batman: Black and White 3 by John Ridley, Olivier Coipel, Bilquis Evely, Bengal, Tim Seeley, Kelley Jones, Nick Dragotta Marvels Snapshots: Captain Marvel by Mark Waid, Claire Roe, Mike Spicer Marvel's Voices: Legacy 1 by John Ridley, Olivier Coipel, Laura Martin, Mohale Mashigo, Chris Allen, Rachelle Rosenberg, Tochi Onyebuchi, Ken Lashley, Juan Fernandez, Stephanie Williams, Natacha Bustos, Danny Lore, Valentine De Landro, Dan Brown, Nnedi Okorafor, Chriscross Stray Dogs 1 by Tony Fleecs, Trish Forstner, Brad Simpson Two Moons 1 by John Arcudi, Valerio Giangiordano, Dave Stewart Write it in Blood GN by Rory McConville, Joe Palmer, Chris O'Halloran November GN Vol 4 by Matt Fraction, Elsa Charretier Buffy: The Vampire Slayer - Faith by Jeremy Lambert, Eleonora Carlini, Mattia Iacono Nuclear Family 1 by Stephanie Phillips, Tony Shasteen, JD Mettler 99 Cent Theatre Keep Staring 1 by Larime Taylor, Sylv Taylor, Jenny Odio Don't Eat Meat 1 by Nicholas Adam Thompson, Heoh Kim Heist on Alpha 1 by Michael Yee, Crizam Zamora, Arthur Hesli The Mugwump Corporation 1 by Patrick King, Yeshua Jadon Makkonnen Secret Admirer 1 by Alberto Veloso, Kezia Jiranek Additional Reviews: WandaVision ep8 Batman by Azzarello and Risso, Flora & Ulysses, Myth: A Frozen Tale, Get in Trouble novel, Servant s1, Superman and Lois pilot News: Ronald D. Moore developing Magic Kingdom shows, Big Hero 6 rumors, Blue Beetle film gets a director, Monster High reboot by Shea Fontana, Spidey 3 title, Avatar Studios, Black Cat steals the Infinity Gauntlet, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, Deadpool: Black, White and Red, Oblivion Song ending, Milestone creative teams, Ta-Nehesi Coates, Amber Heard fired?  Trailers: Jupiter's Legacy, Army of the Dead, Luca, MODOK Comics Countdown: Crossover 4 by Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw, Dee Cunniffe Something is Killing the Children 15 by James Tynion IV, Werther Dell'Edera, Miquel Muerto Department of Truth 6 by James Tynion IV, Elsa Charretier, Matt Hollingsworth Oblivion Song 30 by Robert Kirkman, Lorenzo De Felici, Annalisa Leoni Nailbiter Returns 10 by Joshua Williamson, Mike Henderson, Adam Guzowski Skulldigger & Skeleton Boy 6 by Jeff Lemire, Tonci Zonjic Future State: Superman - House of El by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Scott Godlewski Nubia: Real One by L.L. McKinney, Robyn Smith Future State: Aquaman 2 by Brandon Thomas, Daniel Sampere, Adriano Lucas Future State: Dark Detective 4 by Mariko Tamaki, Dan Mora, Jordie Bellaire, Joshua Williamson, Giannis Milonigiannis

On this week's Stack podcast, we've got reviews for: BRZRKR #1 Boom! Studios Written by Keanu Reeves and Matt Kindt Illustrated by Ron Garney Stray Dogs #1 Image Comics Written by Tony Fleecs Art by Trish Forstner The Amazing Spider-Man #60 Marvel Written by Nick Spencer Pencils by Mark Bagley Two Moons #1 Image Comics Written by John Arcudi Art by Valerie Giangiordano Future State: House of El #1 DC Comics Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson Art by Scott Godlewski Future State: Aquaman #2 DC Comics Written by Brandon Thomas Art by Daniel Sampere Future State: Legion of Super-Heroes #2 DC Comics Written by Brian Michael Bendis Art by Riley Rossmo Future State: Superman vs. Imperious Lex #2 DC Comics Written by Mark Russell Art by Steve Pugh Future State: Suicide Squad #2 DC Comics Written by Robbie Thompson, Jeremy Adams Art by Javier Fernandez, Fernando Pasarin Future State: Dark Detective #4 DC Comics Written by Mariko Tamaki, Joshua Williamson Art by Dan Mora, Giannis Milonogiannis Future State: Batman/Superman #2 DC Comics Written by Gene Luen Yang Art by Scott McDaniel, Ben Oliver & Steven Segovia The Department of Truth #6 Image Comics Written by James Tynion IV Art by Elsa Charretier Faith #1 BOOM! Studios Written by Jeremy Lambert Illustrated by Eleonora Carlini X-Men #18 Marvel Written by Jonathan Hickman Art by Mahmud Asrar Something is Killing the Children #15 BOOM! Studios Written by James Tynion IV Art by Werther Dell'edera Nailbiter Returns #10 Image Comics Written by Joshua Williamson Art by Mike Henderson Firefly #26 BOOM! Studios Written by Greg Pak Art by Pius Bak Crossover #4 Image Comics Written by Donny Cates Art by Geoff Shaw Skulldigger: Skeleton Boy #6 Dark Horse Comics Written by Jeff Lemire Art by Tonci Zonjic Ice Cream Man #23 Image Comics Written by W. Maxwell Prince Art by Martín Morazzo Crimson Flower #2 Dark Horse Comics Written by Matt Kindt Art by Matt Lesniewski Post Americana #3 Image Comics Story and Art by Steve Skroce You Look Like Death #6 Dark Horse Comics Written by Gerard Way Art by Shaun Simon The Scumbag #5 Image Comics Written by Rick Remender Art by Wes Craig Rain Like Hammers #2 Image Comics Written and art by Brandon Graham 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. 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, or do we? Or do we? Justin:              Way to create some intrigue. That's right. Alex:                 Because the first book that we're going to talk about is a book that doesn't come out until next week, but we're going to do a spoiler-free review of it. It is- Justin:              A preview review. Alex:                 Preview review. It is Berserker #1 from BOOM! Studios, written by none other than Keanu Reeves and Matt Kindt, illustrated by Ron Garney. Pete:                Oh, no wonder. Justin:              I've been following Keanu Reeves's comic book work for a long time, and it's great to see just a brand-new book with his name on it. Alex:                 Yeah. It was great. Pete:                That was driving me fucking crazy. I did not notice that he wrote this. Alex:                 Wait. Really? Pete:                That's hilarious. Yeah. I was like- Alex:                 You were like “Oh, it looks like Keanu Reeves in this book?” Pete:                … “Why does the guy look so much like fucking Keanu Reeves?” Oh, that's hilarious. Alex:                 Well, I mean, I got to say, I mean, who knows how much he was sitting down at his typewriter being like “Scene one. Berserker. Open on me”? But a lot of times, I feel like there are these insert-style comics that just don't work. They're star vehicles. They're trying to set up a movie, and they just … They're not comics. They're pitch sheets, and that's pretty much it. That's not what this is at all. Not only do you have Ron Garney's phenomenal art throughout- Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              I love Ron Garney, and I feel like he hasn't been doing enough stuff lately. So it's great to see his work here. Alex:                 So that's great, but also you got Matt Kindt, who knows his way around an intrigue storyline, a sci-fi storyline. Again, we're going to skirt spoilers but not get into any here. But even though the main character is clearly Keanu Reeves, this is a really interesting sci-fi story. It's a great action story. A lot of times, they just step back and let Ron Garney do his thing. I was very surprised and very impressed by this book. Justin:              Yeah. It's one of those books that when you're reading the first bit of it, it's like “I see what this is,” and then by the end you're like “I was completely wrong. It's totally different, and I am excited by where it landed.” Alex:                 Pete? Pete:                Yeah. I mean, I've been reminded numerous times not to give away anything, but man, that ending. Am I right? Oh, shit. No, but yeah. The art and action is phenomenal. This is definitely in my wheelhouse, less dialogue, more action. Come on. Alex:                 It's really good stuff. I mean, this is already a huge selling comic book. I think they sold 600,000 copies, making it the best-selling original property comic book in like five years or a decade or something like that. I'm forgetting what the exact stat is. Pete:                Wait. It hasn't come out yet. What are you even talking about? Alex:                 Well, the way comics book work, Pete, is that people pre-order them through their comic book shops in order to guarantee that they're going to be there. So that's what they've been doing. So they sold that many copies to comic book shops. So obviously, big deal. People are really excited. The thing that I think is not a happy accident, but happy surprise about it, is that they're going to get what they paid for. They're going to get a good, very cool comic book. So I'm excited for everybody to check it out when it hits stands next week. Justin:              Exactly. Next week. If you love The Lake House, you're going to love Berserker. Alex:                 I'm sending that directly to BOOM! Studios. That's their pull quote. Justin:              Two great Keanu [crosstalk 00:03:36]. Pete:                I don't know if I've seen that, but okay. Justin:              It's not a spoiler when I say the mail is in the mailbox with this comic. Alex:                 Hold on. Hold on. Let me try this. Pete:                Oh, my god. Alex:                 If you love Always Be My Maybe, check out Berserker #1 from BOOM! Studios. Pete:                Wow. Wow. Justin:              The comic book club bump is coming for Berserker right now. Alex:                 Has he done any other movies, Keanu Reeves? Justin:              Keanu Reeves? I can't think of any. Pete:                A ton. A ton of movies. Justin:              Well, there was Bill and Ted's Excellent Lake House. Pete:                Right. Alex:                 Bill and Ted's Excellent Always Be My Maybe. Justin:              Yep. There's that. I think that's the whole thing. Alex:                 I think that's it. Anyway, this book is great. Definitely pick it up if you haven't, or pre-order it if you haven't already. Next up, here's a book that's actually out this week, Stray Dogs #1 from Image Comics, written by Tony Fleecs, art by Trish Forstner. So this is about, as you can tell from the title, it's not like stray … I honestly thought, because it was an Image book and it was called Stray Dogs, and it's like “What's up? We're a bunch of criminals called the Stray Dogs.” No. It's literally stray dogs. There's still a crime element. There's still a mystery element, but I was surprised about this. I'm curious to hear what Pete thought in particular. Justin:              Yes. Pete:                All right. So first- Justin:              Because he's a cat guy. He's a cat guy. So- Pete:                Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Thank you. But I saw that cover, and I was like “Oh, this is going to fucking break my heart,” and it did. It's got some feels in this thing, and I was really impressed with the story. I thought maybe it was just going to be cute dogs, which would have been fine, but yeah. I thought it really ended well. It sets up this whole arc. I'm impressed with this, and I can't wait for more. I'm really on board here. Justin:              This book also surprised me, and I did … The last third of it is so good. They assemble like an Avengers: Endgame level group of mid-period Disney dogs here. This is like your Fox and the Hounds, your 101 Dalmatians, your Lady and the Tramps. They're all here, and I don't think we want to spoil it, maybe, but I think there's going to be some bad dogs in here. There's going to be some good girls and some bad dogs. Pete:                Oh, my god. Love it. Alex:                 Yeah. Good stuff. Again, a nice surprise. Let's move on with our next book, and I'm going to tell you what it is, and then I'm going to give you a little peek behind the curtain here. Okay? So our next book, before the shouting begins, is The Amazing Spider-Man #60. Pete:                Oh, fuck you. Justin:              Oh, no. Alex:                 Hold up. Written by Nick Spencer, pencils by Mark Bagley. Now, we've been talking a lot about Amazing Spider-Man, the Last Remains storyline, this whole thing about Kindred, this villain that turns out to be Harry Osborn, who's been [inaudible 00:06:18] Spider-Man in the background. Pete:                But- Alex:                 Hold on. Let me just finish what I'm saying, and then I'm going to allow you to shout, Pete. But I think we kind of agreed that it sort of started to fizzle at a certain point. They're dragging out the Kindred reveal for too long. I've still been reading it. I've been reading each issue because I like Spider-Man and I enjoy reading it, but I haven't felt like … We don't need to talk about the same story [inaudible 00:06:43] again and again. So before I set down the stack for this week with the choices of issues, particularly Marvel, I was like “Well, let me just read and see what happens in Spider-Man,” because the cover of this is Mary Jane and Peter surrounded by the centipedes from Kindred, and I read this book, and I was like “Oh, we got to talk about this.” Justin:              Yes. Alex:                 We have to talk about this, because I want to hear Pete shout. Go ahead, Pete. Pete:                Okay. So first off, to kind of peek behind the curtain a little bit, Zalben has been pushing the envelope for how many fucking comics we talk about, and he sends out this ridiculous list that we have to read all these comics. Alex:                 Nobody is forcing you to do that. Pete:                Hey. I love reading comics, but I got a full-time job. We got other stuff going on, and he keeps pushing the number. He said “Oh, we'll cap it at 20.” Alex:                 I never said that. Pete:                Hasn't been capped at 20 in a long time. Alex:                 I never said that. Pete:                So then he gives us this giant fucking list, and then goes “Oh, two more,” and guess what one of the fucking two is. Amazing Spider-Man, and I was like “You motherfucker. Always pushing.” Justin:              This is not the shout I expected to hear, just FYI. Alex:                 Not at all. Justin:              Imagine tiny- Alex:                 [crosstalk 00:07:50]. Justin:              Imagine- Pete:                I was saying that “Oh, there has to be a reason he pushed this,” like “Oh, just these two Marvel. No big deal. We're just going to just do two Marvel because we got so many other comics,” and I knew. I knew Spider-Man had to be a fucking doozy. Otherwise, he wouldn't have fucking pushed it through, and yeah, and here we go again. Here we fucking go again. You want to open a fucking wound and fucking relive some nightmares? Well, guess what. We got fucking Mephisto, and it's going to fucking relive some god damn nightmares. Justin:              Here's the thing though, Pete. First off, let me say, imagine little Pete LePage, Petey, as we call him- Pete:                No. Justin:              … dreaming of his future as an adult, and your biggest complaint right now is that your friend is making you read too many comics? Little Petey LePage would drive his little big wheel right into a brick wall if he heard that. Alex:                 “You're telling me this is my job?” I mean, well, let's not go that far. Justin:              Well, not technically a job, but it's like- Pete:                You get paid to do a job, asshole. All right? Alex:                 That's what I'm saying. Pete:                We're not … Yeah. So I do have a job where I work and get paid, and then we go this out of the love of our hearts, and then one person keeps fucking pushing the envelope by overloading us. Justin:              I love comics. I would read more. Give me more. Alex:                 I agree, and to clarify, we said we would cap it at 50 to 75 books a week, tops. Justin:              Let's talk about this Spider-Man book, because let me see- Alex:                 No. I don't think so. Can you also give us a peek behind the curtain, Justin? Justin:              Yeah. Pete:                Yeah. Give us a peek behind the curtain, Justin. Justin:              Sorry. The only curtain I'm behind is a shower curtain, and it's sheer. It's invisible. I'm nude in front of you all, all the time. I'm [crosstalk 00:09:33]. Pete:                Gross. Justin:              Just a little imagery to preface this review. So this book though, Pete … It's got Peter and Mary Jane being as close as they've been in a decade. Pete:                Yeah, and then it does the classic bullshit where Peter leaves and then Mary Jane's got some weird shit going on with the villain. Justin:              Well, here's the thing. To your point, Alex, I actually didn't really like a lot of the lead up to the reveals here. I feel like Nick Spencer used to have a really good Spider-Man and a really good Peter Parker. It felt like it was back to the very core of the character, struggling to get by, has a bunch of roommates that he shouldn't be hanging out with, messing up all the time, and now it's like it's so sentimental. It's this sort of sanctimonious Peter Parker that we see a lot over the course of the years, but it's not the fun Peter Parker, and it's too melodramatic for me, and then by the end of it, I was excited about the reveal at the end of the book and even the stuff that Pete's talking about with the villain. At least that's interesting, because this Peter Parker's not a person I'm loving right now. Alex:                 Well, and that's the point of the book, right? I think they're taking a really long time to get around to it, but what is nice about this issue is it feels like one of those classic Ultimate Spider-Man issues that Brian Michael Bendis would do, where it's just a conversation, and in this case, it's Peter talking to Mary Jane. She's trying to help him through the stuff he's going through, and he says exactly what you're talking about, where he's like “Why is my life like this? Why am I still in this place that I'm in? What is going on here?” and by the end … Spoiler, but we've already spoiled it. The revelation is it's probably Mephisto all over again fucking with Peter Parker's life. Probably, there's no way around. If they don't loop back to One More Day at this point, I don't know what he's doing in this storyline, but that's fascinating to me, what direction they're going in. It's nerveracking, but it's fascinating. Pete:                Yeah. Well, I'm not fascinated, but I did really like the part of MJ talking about this exercise that helps you kind of work through shit, and I thought that was very cool to have a superhero kind of do a therapy exercise and be like “Hey. Therapy's okay. It's okay to talk about your feelings in a safe space and get it out and see what it feels like to say these things out loud.” I thought that was very powerful and very cool, but then you got to fucking ruin it with Mephisto shit, and it's like, either we're moving on and that bullshit happened and somehow we have to live with it and move forward, or you better fucking undo that bullshit and then we can get back to our lives. Fucking make a choice, man, because I'm sick of this shit. Alex:                 All right. Well, let's move on to Two Moons #1 from Image Comics, written by John Arcudi, art by Valerio Giangiordano. This is set in the Civil War following a soldier who starts seeing some demons or something. We're not 100 percent sure what's going on, but the art in here is terrifying and scary. Pete:                He sees the monster from Critters is what it looks like. Alex:                 But it's just somebody's head, to be clear. Justin:              Yeah. He's got a critter on his head. Pete:                Yeah. It's a critter head. Alex:                 Classic critter head. Yeah. Yeah. Justin:              You guys both sort of felt like you were saying something that you shouldn't be saying, for a second. Alex:                 I mean, in my family, when I grew up, we were never supposed to say critter head. Justin:              Yeah. Say it three times, and then you have yourself a critter head. I like this book as well. This was a good sort of scary story in a time we don't see very much, especially from this perspective. Pete:                Yeah. I mean, the art's really unbelievable. This is a very interesting story. It's also the take about the nurse getting upset about the fact that when you run out of ammunition, they'll use whatever scraps of metals they can, and then kind of her reaction is very interesting and very intense. So I think this is a really kind of interesting, original idea set in a shitty time period. Alex:                 Sure. There you go. Couldn't disagree with that. Let's move on to our Future State block, as we've been doing all the past couple of weeks, talking about everything that's come out from Future State. I'll list the books, and then we'll talk about some of our highlights. We've got House of El #1, Aquaman #2, Legion of Superheroes #2, Superman vs. Imperious Lex #2, Suicide Squad #2, Dark Detective #4, and Batman/Superman #2, and to give you a little peek behind the curtain here, it's interesting that Pete was complaining about too many titles being in our stack, because at least the past two weeks we've talked about the Future State block, Pete has read extra titles from DC and then talked about them on the show. Justin:              Yeah, and dropped them in. Alex:                 There you go. So Pete, any extra titles you want to talk about here? Pete:                No. No, but if we would like to peek behind the curtain, I think you're a piece of shit. Alex:                 All right. That's fine. Justin:              Again, here's me, nude behind a very crystal-clear sheer curtain. Alex:                 Pete, what jumped out at you? What did you like this week? Pete:                All right. Well, I liked a lot of things, but the one book I didn't want to like, but then the sappy ending kind of got me in the feels, was the House of El #1. Sometimes we get in the house of stuff. I don't know. Justin:              Yeah. You don't like houses. Pete:                Yeah. I don't like houses. I don't like the kind of historical Superman shit where everybody is talking about their logos and all the weird shit. It doesn't get me excited, but I was really impressed with this book because I read it like “Harumph. I don't want to like you,” and then it won me over. I would say one of my favorites was Batman/Superman- Justin:              Here. Wait. Can we talk about that real quick? Pete:                Sure. Sure. Justin:              Sorry. Sorry, but I loved this book. I know I feel like I've been on a Phillip Kennedy Johnson love fest, but man, this is another great book by him that is just a hundred percent fun. It's mixing a lot of the stuff he does in The Last God with a Superman-focused version of the Legion, and it reads like just a great Legion book with all these different version of Superman kin that are out there trying to just save the world and maintain their household and mix in with these sort of light fantasy elements. It's just a great book. Alex:                 Pete, what about you? You were about to call out Dark Detective, I believe. Pete:                Well, I have been enjoying that, and yes, I did love Dark Detective #4. Very intense. I love this no more shadows, like “Oh, shit. What does that mean?” Also, great backup story. I thought this was a very intense, cool Batman book. I'm very excited to see where this goes. Anybody else want to jump in on this one? Alex:                 Yeah. Sure. Was that not the one you were going to call out? I thought that's what you started saying. Pete:                No. It was Batman/Superman #2. Alex:                 Oh, okay. Sorry to put you on the spot there, but I do really like the backup. We talked about this last time, this Joshua Williamson and Giannis Milonogiannis, and they're doing basically Red Hood, but Akira, and it's super fun. I had a blast reading that. But you want to talk about Future State Batman/Superman #2? Justin:              Real quick. Alex:                 Oh, yeah. Justin:              It's very funny seeing the Red Hood hood on him, where it just goes right to the … It's just such a weird looking thing, but this has been one of the best version of Bruce Wayne that I feel like we've seen in Batman comics in a long time, this Dark Detective series. Pete:                Yeah. Yeah. It's really cool. But Batman/Superman #2, really unbelievable action. I really am loving the kind of mystery and the kind of who-done-it with this team up. I love it when Batman and Superman get along, but I also like it when they fight, and I feel like this was a really cool, great kind of fight between Superman and Batman, and I thought this was really cool. Alex:                 Yeah. It's a good book as well. For me, man, it's tough. Again, a very good week for books from Future State. All of this stuff has been really good. It's a little bit of a tie. There's one that eked it out a little bit more. Future State Superman vs. Imperious Lex #2 is kind of my number two here, written by Mark Russell, art by Steve Pugh. Super fun. Great Lois Lane in this book. As usual, just hilarious and pointed satire from Mark Russell. So really enjoyed that book, but the one for me that killed it was Aquaman #2. Justin:              A hundred percent. That was mine. Pete:                Yeah. That's what I was going to … Yeah. Alex:                 Everybody was leading up to that, written by Brandon Thomas, art by Daniel Sampere. Again, like I said with the first issue, I am not an Aquaman fan. I don't usually like an Aquaman story. This is god damn amazing, and if you didn't tune in to the first book, the first issue of the book, it was all about this confluence of oceans from the universe that former Aqualad, now Aquaman, and Aqualass, who by the end of the book, spoiler, is Aquawoman, have gotten trapped in. They get separated. Aquaman is imprisoned most of the last book and then finally finds out that Aqualass is alive at the end, and then we loop back and find out what happened with her. The action is so big. Everything that happens is so emotional and creative. I was blown away. Justin:              I agree. This book was so good. Of all the books in Future State that I would want to replace the main title going forward, it's this. I want to see these characters going forward and seeing where they go next, because it's so good. Pete:                The let go moment was so nice. Justin:              Yeah. Pete:                Yeah. I mean, I don't know how cool a water leg would be, but man, they really sold it in this book. Alex:                 It's a fish leg. It's not a water leg. It's a fish leg. Pete:                Oh, okay. My bad. Justin:              I mean, a fish leg would be much worse, because that shit … You've only got like two days max on that things. Pete:                Before it starts smelling? Alex:                 Yeah. Justin:              Yeah. Alex:                 Don't microwave it. Not in the office. That's all I'm saying. Justin:              Oh, definitely. Alex:                 That would be gross. Justin:              [crosstalk 00:19:49] case of scallop- Alex:                 All right. Let's move on and talk about some other books. Justin:              One last thing I want to shout out. Alex:                 Oh, yeah. Please. Justin:              We didn't talk about Legion of Superheroes #2. Want to shout out Riley Rossmo's art on this. I'd love to see a Legion book with Riley drawing it. Alex:                 Absolutely. Moving on, one of your favorites, Justin, The Department of Truth #6 from Image Comics, written by James Tynion IV, art by Elsa Charretier. Justin:              Oh, what an accent. Alex:                 This is a switch up of artists for the book- Pete:                Yeah. I was going to say. Alex:                 … and also a switch up of time periods, as we jump back in time and find out the origins of The Department of Truth. This is a awesome issue that continues, personally, to remind me of a vintage Vertigo book, where it'd be like five issues, take a break, show us some times passed thing, and then go forward with the ongoing story. So good. Justin:              So good. This book is doing just such a great job of fleshing out the world of the series sort of slowly and really easing into it, and this book does a great job of sort of bringing into focus in the sort of micro with the flashback story. It's sort of a double flashback. We flashback to right after the Kennedy assassination, and then flashback to Doubting Thomas and sort of the origin of rewriting the world with a new truth, and this book is one of my favorites on the stand right now. If this were a religion, I would believe in it. Alex:                 Wow. Pete:                Oh, shit. Wow. Justin:              I'm not a religious guy, but this is the closest. I'm like “I could buy this. I could buy this fully across the board.” Pete:                Wow. That is crazy. I think it's really impressive that this book can look so different from kind of book to book and still feel like a part of the same story. It's really impressive what they're pulling off here creatively, artistically. They're taking some big swings at some big ideas, and they are killing it. It's really impressive. Yeah. The paneling, the art, the way this story flows. This is a really, really impressive book that is tripping me the fuck out. Alex:                 This employs a technique that I usually hate in storytelling, but it completely works here, where they have a story in a story in a story. In this book, Lee Harvey Oswald, who in our current time is the head of The Department of Truth goes to his first day there, finds out the origin, so you have one … I think this is the reason it works is the art style changes with each level of the story, where it goes back in time, he's reading the origin of the story of The Department of Truth, and then one of the characters in the story starts telling the story to the other character, and then the art style changes again. It's just these multiple layers that feel very purposeful versus the usual accidental employment of that technique. Fantastic book. Definitely pick it up. Alex:                 Let's move on and talk about Faith #1 from BOOM! Studios, written by Jeremy Lambert, illustrated by Eleonora Carlini. This is a weird book that I was no expecting- Justin:              This is a weird book. Alex:                 … that follows Faith as she's trapped in a movie theater, and there's some Watchers watching her, strange stuff going on. What'd you guys think of this one? Pete:                Yeah. It's fantastic art. It was a little confusing because we kind of had this shadowy figure behind the main character. So I was having a hard time follow what's happening, because I was so worried about her present, in-the-movie-theater self. So it was hard to kind of let go of that and follow the story, but yeah. This is interesting. Unbelievable art. Some great action. I'm not quite sure what's happening though. Justin:              Yeah. I mean, I agree. Really expressive art, I thought was … There were so many good little horror moments, and Faith's reactions throughout are great. I don't know much about Faith in the background. I don't have faith. Alex:                 You got to have faith. Justin:              Yeah. That's the thing. Pete:                The faith, the faith, the faith. Justin:              But I believe in the comic book we just talked about before this one. So yeah. I didn't know much about the character, but it was a good read. Alex:                 Yeah. Moving on, X-Men #18 from Marvel, written by Johnathan Hickman, art by Mahmud Asrar. Give you a little peek behind the curtain. I felt like Pete would be pretty mad about Amazing Spider-Man. This one involves Laura, Wolverine, which Pete likes a lot. So I thought this would be kind of like a gimme, like balance the scales a little bit. So this is as three of the X-Men characters wander into a weird future place, as they usually do in this run of X-Men. What'd you think about this one? Justin:              The Vault. Pete:                Well, I'm curious about something. So why is she called Wolverine now? You know what I mean? I know Wolverine died for a little bit, and I know she was X-23, and that's cool, but then when they were referring to her as Wolverine, I was like “Why? What's-“ Justin:              Well, because Wolverine doesn't … He's on the moon popping something else besides claws. So he's not really … Pete:                You don't have to be an asshole when I ask a question. You could just answer it. Justin:              I mean, I think there's some truth to that. Alex:                 There's more than on person named Pete. Justin:              Wow. Pete:                Yeah. Yeah. Justin:              That's true. Pete:                Got that, and there's also more than one person named Pete LePage, but what's your fucking point? Alex:                 My point is, when I search for Pete LePage, the other one comes up. Pete:                Okay. So it's okay that she's called Wolverine is what you're saying? Alex:                 Yeah. It's fine. It's not a problem. Justin:              I like it. I like her as a character. I like her as the Wolverine. I think Logan can just be Logan now, and he can go do all of his Logan stuff. Pete:                That's cool. I just didn't know. I was like “Maybe I missed something,” like the passing of the Wolverine mantle or whatever. I love X-23. I have no problem with her being Wolverine. I was just like “Oh, they're straight just calling her Wolverine now.” Justin:              Well, I think they're both called Wolverine. I think it's just like they're both Wolverines. There's no reason to differentiate. Pete:                Then I was like “Is Wolverine a title of the fucking muscle when you going on …” I don't know. I was just wondering if maybe I'd missed something that you guys knew about, but usually, as usual, I ask you something and you just make fun of me. So all right. Alex:                 Oh, Pete. Justin:              I'm not making fun of you. We're explaining an important plot point in the X-Men universe right now that Wolverine fucks in the moon. Pete:                Cool. Cool. Alex:                 It did stand out to me too, to be totally- Justin:              The gravity's only one-sixth. So he's floating a little bit. You know what I'm talking about? Alex:                 To be totally fair, it stood out to me too as son as they called her Wolverine, and then I was like “All right. They're calling her Wolverine,” and I kind of moved on from there rather than sticking with it. This is a good story. It's crazy that they introduce this whole villain team to eliminate them in one issue, but that's classic Johnathan Hickman at this point. Justin:              Well, these guys have been around. The Vault was introduced a while ago. In fact, I feel like Hickman is oddly … He keeps sort of edging on the Vault. He's like “Look. The Vault. Watch out for them,” and then in this issue, they go in there and wreck shit. So it's weird what's happening here. I thought this issue was great. This issue reads like an annual standalone issue where they're just like “Let's have a fun mission,” and it's a great tactical mission. I love Darwin and Synch. Great. It's all so smartly done, but I think, in general, I'm like “What's the next move here with the X-Men?” and there are no clues. It's hard to read the tea leaves. Alex:                 No. It's definitely the sort of thing that I think we're going to look back at it in 15 to 30 years when Johnathan Hickman is done with this run and be like “Okay.” Pete:                Yeah. “Oh.” Alex:                 “I get it it.” Pete:                “I see now.” Yeah. Yeah, but- Justin:              “Oh, The Vault.” Pete:                The art's amazing, and the kind of thinking-man Sentinel thing was really awesome to kind of see as well. Yeah. I think it was really cool to kind of like “Oh, we're going to send you on this mission. You guys sweep the Vault,” and you're like “Okay. No big deal. How long will that take?” and then they realize a Vault is a whole fucking city. Pretty cool kind of “How are we going to do this?” moment. I don't know how any of this makes sense, but I thought it was a cool issue. Alex:                 I agree. I'm glad to hear that too, Pete, because you've been very down on the X-Men. Let's move on and talk about another James Tynion book, Something is Killing the Children #15 from BOOM! Studios, written by James Tynion IV, art by Werther Dell'Edera. Justin, I'm curious to hear from you because this is the end of the story that they've been telling for 15 issues at this point. They wrap things up. They leave things open for the next story, but that's kind of where we are, and you've been very back and forth about it. So how do you feel about this as a whole? Justin:              James Tynion's a great storyteller, but I guess I still have the same feeling where I'm like “Oh, that was the whole story.” I thought there was going to be, I guess, more of a crescendo in here. I like all of the storytelling. The art in this book is fantastic. The eating of gummy worms has never been so gross. Pete:                Oh, man. Yeah. Alex:                 Maybe you want some gummy worms, I'll tell you what. Pete:                Yeah. You're so creepy, dude. Justin:              Yeah, but you see regular worms, you're like “Yum, yum, gummy.” Alex:                 Put those in my mouth. Give me some of those sweet dirt dudes. That's what I call them. Justin:              But yeah. That's my- Pete:                I don't know. This felt like a ending that wasn't an ending. It felt like an ending that's like there is a bigger story to tell here- Justin:              For sure. Pete:                … and hopefully they will get to tell it, because this is a really great world. I've loved every single issue of this. Art's unbelievable. Love the character designs, and this cool … I feel like this is what our life is going to be like eventually. Since we're all going to be wearing masks, it's going to be just down to what does your mask say, and that's your gang affiliation or your kind of tribe, if you will. So I feel like this is a book of the future before we even know it. Alex:                 It's surprising to me because a lot of this specific issue was them talking about houses, which you've already got on record as not liking in this very podcast. Justin:              Yeah. This guy hates houses. You want to see the apartment of El, the condo of El. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Nailbiter Returns #10 from Image Comics, written by Joshua Williamson, art by Mike Henderson, another surprising ending for a series here as we wrap up Nailbiter returning with some big revelations for the series. How'd you feel about this one? Pete:                I loved it. I thought this was a cool kind of end but also tease to the to-be-continued thing at the end. That was pretty neat, but I mean, you guys have kids. So you tell me. When you guys sit around the fire to tell stories, do their faces go blank like that? Is that a normal thing that happens? Justin:              Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Pete:                Oh, man. That's got to be tough. Alex:                 Every parent knows that. When you're about to have the kid in the hospital, they talk you through the birthing process. They also talk you through the fact that, hey, when you sit around a fire, kids are going to have no faces. Pete:                Oh, wow. Well, I'm glad that you had the heads up on that, because as somebody who didn't know that, that was pretty scary. Justin:              Well, that's because they're listening so hard, and so the rest of their features just fade away because the ears are really the focus. It's just using your resources. Alex:                 This book was fun. I had a blast reading it. It's definitely a big action movie versus the overall dark mystery that the first one was. Super fun, and I'm glad that they kept it to 10 issues and pretty much done, kept the story really focused. I had a good time. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              I agree, and it really got into some dream logic dreaminess that I really appreciated throughout this whole series and in this issue as well. Pete:                Also, it's great for people who collect eyeballs, you know? Alex:                 Mm-hmm (affirmative). Justin:              Yes, which I think we all do, and great nail biting. We got some biting of nails. Alex:                 Good stuff. Pete:                Finally got some nail biting in this one. Yeah. Alex:                 Next up, Firefly #26 from BOOM! Studios, written by Greg Pak, art by Pius Bak. The last issue we called a fresh new start for Firefly. It was taking us after Serenity, the movie, moving us forward here. The cliffhanger at the end of the last issue was it looked like Wash was alive. Here, spoiler, not exactly. There's a good twist on it. I loved the twist with Wash, actually, and I think this is a great … Without spoiling exactly what happens, this is a great way of pushing the story forward, and it feels like a tried-and-true sci-fi idea that's going to pay really good dividends with the characters. I think it's neat. Justin:              It's so- Pete:                I'm going to go out … Oh, go ahead. Justin:              You go. Pete:                I was just going to say I'm going to out on a limb and just say Greg Pak is a fucking phenomenal writer. He makes great choices. I've just not yet read something from him and not been impressed by it. Even though we knew what kind of happened, the whole thing needed to be explained to us. I was really impressed. I thought this was a fun book. Amazing art. Really cool. Justin:              How is it on that limb, Pete? Because I feel like you've been out on the Pak limb for years. Pete:                Yeah. Yeah. It's just me out here. Loving the Pak. Justin:              I think your parents conceived you out on the Pak limb, and you've just been birthed there. Your parents heard about the facelessness around the fire, out on the limb, and now here you are, still living on the limb. Pete:                Nothing like limb living. Justin:              Limb living. I think it's so smart that they did a long story in the past. It was great. Greg Pak really understands the characters and really put them out there, and then to jump forward in time where we get to sort of collect them again is super fun. Well done. Alex:                 Yeah. I agree. Next up, Crossover #4 from Image Comics, written by Donny Cates, art by Geoff Shaw. In this issue, we're picking up with our adventurers who met Madman, the character, from Mike Allred and Laura Allred, last issue. He is going to help them get inside the dome that has covered Denver, I believe, if I remember correctly, and locked in a bunch of comics characters. We again get a bunch of cameos and fun stuff in this issue. We also get some shout outs to Donny Cates and, I believe, Geoff Shaw's own work as well. This is great. This is a blast to read, and even Donny Cates self inserting himself here is super fun. Justin:              I mean, it's great to see Madman in action. That guy can yo. Alex:                 Yeah. Yo, yo. Pete, you got to be happy. There is a Stay Puft Marshmallow Man in this issue. Pete:                Oh, yeah. You got to love that. I also impressed with the art here, because it has the kind of dot, kind of old-timey kind of comic book style, which is really interesting with Madman, with kind of more vibrant characters as well. It's just really cool to see them all standing in a room. So I'm glad we got that moment. The kind of torture shit freaked me out a little bit, but man, really great story. Fun stuff. Alex:                 Good stuff. Next up, Skulldigger Skeleton Boy #6 from Dark Horse Comics, written by Jeff Lemire, art by Tonci Zonjic. We've been talking about a lot of the Black Hammer books. We kind of missed this one in terms of reviewing. So I figured it was worth catching up with the last issue here. I'll tell you what. I … This is all me … forgot about Tonci Zonjic. Amazing artist. Justin:              Yeah. Great art. Alex:                 I was so happy to read this again. I was like “Oh, my god. I'm sorry I forgot you. You're so good.” Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              Yeah. It's so dynamic. It almost has a little Darwyn Cooke to it, but a little bit of just great, I don't know, Greg Capullo style action. Really good, and the story was great. I feel like the Black Hammer universe is just prime time right now. Pete:                Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I agree. The panels, the layout, the way the action flows. Really, really fun and impressive, but also some really touching moments, like the look on the kid's face. They just keep just showing the kid's face, so different in each panel in the way that it's just kind of colored. Really impressive, the way they can kind of show emotion through this still panel here. Yeah. I was just really kind of moved by this. I thought it was a really solid issue. Justin:              The last page, which is almost like an epilogue to the book, just a standalone splash page, was so emotional and great. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 We're not really talking about the plot here, because we didn't read the previous five. This is the last issue, but the fact that they can get across enough of the emotion and story in one issue that is the last one to people who have not read the previous five is very impressive. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Next up, let's talk about it, Ice Cream Man #23- Pete:                Oh, here we go. Alex:                 … from Image Comics, written by W. Maxwell Prince, art by Martín Morazzo. I know Pete is scared of this one. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Yeah? Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 So another standalone issue of Ice Cream Man, as a lot of them are, mind you, but in this one, it's text pages interspersed with splash pages of essentially our main character, the Ice Cream Man, going on a talk show with a bunch of animals, until a snake bites the shit out of the talk show host's face. The thing that is so terrifying about this is the text pages takes place after it. So you're reading the story of the horrific things that happen to him, and you're like “Oh, we're going to see this. We're going to see this at some point. It's coming. It's coming. It's coming-“ Pete:                I was like “Don't show me. Don't. You wrote about-“ Alex:                 “… It's coming. It's going to happen,” and the entire issue, and finally they pulled the lid off, and it's great. Another incredible one-shot issue of Ice Cream Man. Not enough good things to say about this book. Justin:              I feel like W. Maxwell Prince is just sitting at home tactically trying to break down how to engineer scares in the paper and the printed medium. It's wild that he is able to continue to find new ways to stress us the fuck out. Pete:                That's what's so impressive about this is each comic is so different but has that same tension, and they've done so many different creative ways to scare the shit out of us, and you think “All right. Well, how's this going to stack up? It can't be as great as the last issue.” It continues to deliver. Unbelievable, and I don't know. It seems like shots fired at Jimmy Fallon in these, but this is a crazy book that made me read, and I don't want to read, and it's still so well done I read and didn't hate it. Alex:                 It's good stuff. Moving on to Crimson Flower #2 from Dark Horse Comics, written by Matt Kindt, art by Matt Lesniewski. Pete, you seem to like this book. Pete:                Oh, my god. Alex:                 This is about a bounty hunter, I guess, who is going crazy, something like that? Pete:                Well, yeah. It's about a lot of things, but it's mainly about this person trying to get revenge, trying to find out who killed their father, I believe is what she's freaking out about, and just the fact of she's just driving angry, just chomping pills and half seeing reality, half seeing this tripped-out evil shit is really crazy but also very impressive what goes down, and then the whole fact of she's not going to do well but keeps kind of playing this trickery and then kind of reveals, throughout, she's telling a story within the story … I was just really impressed with this. Very creative. Very fun. Amazing art. Just really fun story. Justin:              Yeah. I really liked this as well. It feels like fairy tale stories. She's like a Little Red Riding Hood but who grew up to become an- Pete:                A badass. Justin:              … assassin out for revenge, who crosses over with some other dudes who are sort of giants, maybe, but also just shit-head other assassins. It's really fun. Pete:                What's awesome is it starts off and it kind of reminds me a little bit of Locke & Key, the paneling and just the different kind of character designs, but then just kind of goes off into its own completely different thing, and yeah. I just think it really worked on a lot of levels. Alex:                 Next- Justin:              That art's sort of reminiscent of … Sorry … of Black Hole. Alex:                 Oh, yeah. I can see that. Justin:              In a good way. Alex:                 Next up, Post Americana #3 from Image Comics, story and art by Steve Steve Skroce. As we've been talking about with the last couple of issues of this book, this is a satirical, post-apocalyptic tale about a guy who's kind of trying to save the world but mostly messing it up. Continues to be gross and funny in exactly the right way. I'm enjoying this book. I'm having a fun time reading it. How about you guys? Justin:              I agree. The art, I feel like, really took a step up in this issue. We get a lot of close-ups on the characters, and it really … I think the earlier issues were a little wild, and it's like cannibals fucking around. So it was a little loose. Everything really tightens up in this issue. We get a lot of back story, and I think the art mirrors that in a way that I thought was just very smart. Pete:                Yeah. I agree. I think the art is great. There's amazing action, and the story does tighten up, and things start to kind of make more sense, and we're able to kind of follow things a little bit easier, which is great, but the classic … When somebody comes to visit unannounced, you almost kill them. So you really got to be careful when you go to somebody's house, guys. Justin:              Yeah. By the way, Pete, we're coming to your house at 4:04. So put your ax down when we stop by. Pete:                Yeah. You might want to text me, because I just want to not accidentally ax you. Justin:              Ax-identally. Alex:                 Ax-identally. Thanks for [crosstalk 00:42:27] audio podcast. Justin:              It'll work in court. Pete:                Yeah. No problem. Alex:                 You Look Like Death- Justin:              Joke heard and acknowledged. Alex:                 You Look Like Death #6 from Dark Horse Comics, written by Garard Way- Pete:                You look like death. Alex:                 … art by Shaun Simon. This is a tale from the Umbrella Academy. We are wrapping it up of Klaus's time in Hollywood. It wraps back to the beginning. You had to love this, Pete, another mention of relish, your favorite topping. Pete:                Well, I don't know about that, but I do love the characters in this. Klaus is one of our favorites. So it's just very kind of interesting to kind of see it in this kind of art style, and I'm just so used to the show. It's almost weird to read the comic, but yeah. This is a really cool story, really fucked up. Spiders scare the fuck out of me. So this is kind of a nightmare, but yeah. This is just great Umbrella Academy fun. Justin:              I love relish. I love- Pete:                Really? Justin:              Yeah. Relish is one of my favs. Pete:                Have to have it on a hot dog? Or what's up? Justin:              A hundo percent. Pete:                Really? Justin:              Yeah. I'm a mustard- Pete:                Get that shit away from my dog, bro. Justin:              Mustard, relish. I'll do sweet. I'll do dill. Pete:                Oh, wow. Justin:              If you pickle anything, JT's there. If you want me to pop by, pickle something, and this book is fun too. Alex:                 Yes. It's like the pickles of comic books. Moving on to the The Scumbag #5 from Image Comics, written by Rick Remender, art by Wes Craig. Get the old … Oh, my god … Deadly Class team back together again for this issue, so a switch up of the artist, but we're still following the same old Scumbag as maybe he finally grows a little bit of a heart this issue. This is super fun. I really liked seeing Wes Craig's take on this book in particular. I enjoyed that quite a bit. Yeah. This book is a blast. It's fun to read. Justin:              It's very fun. The characters, our main characters … I love watching their relationship between the Scumbag, his handler, and the sex android who drives them around and refuses to have sex with him no matter how many times he asks. It's all very fun stuff in that sort of reverent Remender tone. Pete:                Yeah. I think what's nice is I was getting a little tired of Scumbag being a scumbag. So it's nice to see the Scumbag evolve a little bit so we can have somebody to root for in this, but man, Remender, dude. Holy shit. You think you're like “Okay. I know what this is about.” Nah. He loves the twists and turns. He loves to keep you guessing, and then when you're not ready, he'll break your heart if you're not careful, but man, guys, don't listen to magical Christmas trees that smile way too much. All right? Alex:                 Very fun bit though. Justin:              Good advice. Alex:                 Last but not least, Rain Like Hammers #2 from Image Comics, written and art by Brandon Graham. I'll tell you what. I was very surprised to find out this was an anthology with this issue. That's not what I was expecting. Justin:              Well, I feel like a lot of Brandon Graham's stuff are loose anthologies where there's some connection, there's a lot of tonal overlap and everything. I definitely like sort of the rules of the world are the same. Man, I love this book. Of any issue this week, this was the most just transporting book that I read. It's so funny. It's beautifully drawn. It's so interesting. There's just a ton of ideas at play here all the time. Great, great book. Can't recommend this highly enough. Alex:                 That's it. If you can't recommend us highly enough, then hey, support us on patreon.com/comicbookclub. Also, we do a live show every Tuesday night at 7:00 PM to Crowdcast and YouTube. iTunes, Android, Spotify, Stitcher, or the app of your choice to subscribe and listen to the show. @comicbooklive on Twitter. Comicbooklive.com for this podcast and many more. Alex:                 Until next time, we'll see you at the virtual comic book shop. Justin:              Just pull back the curtain, and we'll be right there, fully nude, as usual. The post The Stack: BRZRKR, Stray Dogs And More appeared first on Comic Book Club. 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El Equipo de AIDP, formado por John Arcudi, James Harren y Dave Stewart lanzaron hace unos años una cabecera que se salía de lo que veíamos en las páginas del Mignolaverso. Un extraño espantapájaros entraba en la vida de un joven zagal para luchar contra miles de monstruos y que escondía una vieja leyenda como pasado. A través de Rumble hemos tenido dos ciclos, un segundo con el genial David Rubín y que ahora, una vez finalizada, toca repasar y ser comentada en nuestra mesa.

CAPÍTULO #255… Esta semana ponemos la vista hacia el indie para hablaros de espantapájaros y monstruitos con Rumble. Una muy divertida serie de John Arcudi, James Harren y Davis Rubín que sobretodo sorprende por su apartado artístico para una serie que es puro heavy metal. Además hablamos con El Torres que tiene muchísimo que contarnos sobre sus últimos cómics y los que están por venir y que son una bomba. Y como siempre repasamos la actualidad con novedades editoriales noticias interesantes y os recomendaremos buenas lecturas como Thor Diosa del trueno, Transcrepuscular, Iron Man o La Saga del Fénix Oscura Gracias por estar al otro lado agentes ¡Nos oímos! NOTICIAS [00:08:35] Desvelada Heroes Reborn, la nueva serie de Jason Aaron y Ed Mcguiness Se denuncian saldos ilegales en Dibbuks Panini anuncia nuevos títulos y continuación para el formato Marvel Premiere Plan Editorial USA de Astiberri Primer Semestre 2021 NOVEDADES Y RELECTURAS [00:28:19] Transcrepuscular Sácalo todo Imperio Iron Man Doctor Extraño Marvel Premiere Yondu No lo abras jamás La Saga del Fénix oscura Madriguera Thor Diosa del trueno Yo soy Gotham Patrulla X Renovacion Las nuevas aventuras de las Tortugas Ninja La venganza del motorista fantasma cósmico ANÁLISIS: RUMBLE [02:17:14] El Equipo de AIDP, formado por John Arcudi, James Harren y Dave Stewart lanzaron hace unos años una cabecera que se salía de lo que veíamos en las páginas del Mignolaverso. Un extraño espantapájaros entraba en la vida de un joven zagal para luchar contra miles de monstruos y que escondía una vieja leyenda como pasado. A través de Rumble hemos tenido dos ciclos, un segundo con el genial David Rubín y que ahora, una vez finalizada, toca repasar y ser comentada en nuestra mesa. ENTREVISTA: EL TORRES, KARRAS, GALDÓS, PHANTASMAGORIA Y LO QUE SE VIENE [03:28:02] Teníamos muchas ganas de volver de las navidades principalmente para poder ponernos al día con El Torres, uno de nuestros mejores, y más productivos guionistas de nuestras tierras. Entre otras muchas cosas interesantes, charlaremos de sus trabajos como Bribones, Phamtasmagoria o Galdós y la miseria, además nos avanza bastante de sus nuevos proyectos, uno especialmente bárbaro en el sentido literal y es que tendremos algo del Cimmerio y de Robert E.Howard en Karras muy muy pronto, nos lo cuenta aquí. CORREO DEL AGENTE [04:49:10] Leemos todos vuestros mensajes dejados en las redes y nuestra sección de la voz de los Agentes de Hydra, ¡Habla pueblo Habla! ¡Muchas gracias por escucharnos y todo vuestro apoyo y participación! Tomos y Grapas es un medio de comunicación donde hablamos de todo lo referente sobre el mundo del cómic, novela gráfica e ilustración.

Pegue as maracas e aperte o play para descobrir se "O Máskara" resistiu ao teste do tempo e ainda é um filme tão divertido quanto na época em que o vimos pela 1ª vez! Neste episódio do podcast De Volta Para o Sofá, nós rebobinamos a fita até o ano de 1994 e revisitamos "O Máskara" (The Mask, EUA), um dos grandes sucessos da carreira de Jim Carrey. Dirigida por Chuck Russell, a comédia também é estrelada por Cameron Diaz, em seu primeiro papel no cinema, e o roteiro de Mike Werb é baseado nos quadrinhos criados por Doug Mahnke e John Arcudi. Carrey interpreta Stanley Ipkiss, um funcionário de banco que sonha em ser um cartunista. Certo dia, ele encontra uma máscara misteriosa que o transforma numa figura para lá de excêntrica e cheia de superpoderes. No podcast, nós relembramos as cenas mais engraçadas e surpreendentes de "O Máskara" graças aos impressionantes efeitos visuais e de maquiagem. O De Volta Para o Sofá é produzido e apresentado por Renato Silveira e Kel Gomes. Quer mandar um recado? Escreva para contato@cinematorio.com.br - Visite a página do podcast no site e confira material extra sobre o tema do episódio! - Junte-se ao Cineclube Cinematório e tenha acesso a conteúdo exclusivo de cinema!

Pegue as maracas e aperte o play para descobrir se "O Máskara" resistiu ao teste do tempo e ainda é um filme tão divertido quanto na época em que o vimos pela 1ª vez! Neste episódio do podcast De Volta Para o Sofá, nós rebobinamos a fita até o ano de 1994 e revisitamos "O Máskara" (The Mask, EUA), um dos grandes sucessos da carreira de Jim Carrey. Dirigida por Chuck Russell, a comédia também é estrelada por Cameron Diaz, em seu primeiro papel no cinema, e o roteiro de Mike Werb é baseado nos quadrinhos criados por Doug Mahnke e John Arcudi. Carrey interpreta Stanley Ipkiss, um funcionário de banco que sonha em ser um cartunista. Certo dia, ele encontra uma máscara misteriosa que o transforma numa figura para lá de excêntrica e cheia de superpoderes. No podcast, nós relembramos as cenas mais engraçadas e surpreendentes de "O Máskara" graças aos impressionantes efeitos visuais e de maquiagem. O De Volta Para o Sofá é produzido e apresentado por Renato Silveira e Kel Gomes. Quer mandar um recado? Escreva para contato@cinematorio.com.br - Visite a página do podcast no site e confira material extra sobre o tema do episódio! - Junte-se ao Cineclube Cinematório e tenha acesso a conteúdo exclusivo de cinema!

Bienvenidos a Tebeísmos, un podcast de cómics hecho por un grupo de chicos nada expertos pero con muchas ganas de aprender. Por razones de seguridad seguimos grabando cada uno desde nuestra casa, pero poniéndole mucha ilusión. Hoy os traemos un clásico programa de recomendaciones variadas. En este programa hablamos de: ˋNo te vayas sin mi´, de Rosemary Valero O’Conell ˋSensor´, de Junji Ito ˋNo te serviré´, de Irra ˋRaven´, de Kami García y Gabriel Picolo ˋGrima´, de John Arcudi y Jonathan Case ˋImbatible´, de Pascal Jousselin Esta vez nos ha salido un programa más cortito que el anterior, pero muy fresquito y lleno de tebeos top. Esperamos que disfrutéis de este programa y que nos acompañéis en los próximos que vendrán, y donde queremos seguir descubriendo cómics junto a vosotros. Muchas gracias por descargarlo.

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. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookclub See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mind MGMT by Matt Kindt is an exceptional comic in many ways. We discuss those many ways in this episode. We take a pit stop at the Mignolaverse on the way, with some Hellboy and BPRD discussion.- Do you remember the first time you started following a comics creator, rather than a comic title? Sean and Paul's experiences are drastically different, because of the decade they each started reading- Hellboy vs B.P.R.D., which is which? We talk about which stories are great, and the best way to read it.- Rumble is a great John Arcudi book you may have never heard of- How best to read a book like Mind MGMT, and take in all the extra bits- Sometimes burning books is awesome- Deadly Class is pretty crazy, and a good read- Shout out to Brave New World!- Matt Kindt delivers the map, which is a symbol- We remember when Valiant was the Bruce Lee of Comics 

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