Podcast appearances and mentions of johnnie christmas

On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Mary are discussing: Bookish Moments: local bookish get togethers and summer reading Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: why middle grade and YA are perfect reads for summer The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) .  .  .  .  1:54 - SEND IN YOUR LISTENER PRESSES!! *Send us a voice memo with your name, where you're from, the title and author of the book you are pressing, a little about it and why you love it! Send your press to our email address currentlyreadingpodcast @ gmail . com by June 20th 4:12 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week 4:35 - God of the Woods by Liz Moore 5:23 - Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver 6:31 - Literally A Bookshop 7:58 - Our Current Reads 8:03 - Greenteeth by Molly O'Neill (Mary) 10:36 - Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Imiyide (Kaytee) 11:41 - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson  12:10 - Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Abike-Imiyide 14:17 - Roland Rogers Isn't Dead Yet by Samantha Allen (Mary) 16:16 - Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha Allen 16:36 - Real Queer America by Samantha Allen 17:06 - Deaf Utopia by Nyle DiMarco (Kaytee)  22:34 - The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door by HG Parry (Mary) 25:03 - The Magician's Daughter by HG Parry  25:13 - Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross 25:43 - Twenty-Four Seconds From Now… by Jason Reynolds (Kaytee) 29:55 - Summer Is For The Youths 34:58 - The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan 39:07 - The Summer of Jordi Perez (and the Best Burger in Los Angeles) by Amy Spalding 39:12 - Fat Chance Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado 41:03 - A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat 41:30 - Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas 41:46 - Starfish by Lisa Fipps 43:12 - The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill  43:13 - The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill 44:56 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman 44:58 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer 47:24 - The Wretched Waterpark by Kiersten White (Sinister Summer #1) 47:28 - The Pumpkin Princess and the Forever Night by Steven Banbury 49:28 - The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton (young readers version) 49:39 - Stamped by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds 49:44 - Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi 50:15 - Punching the Air by Ibi Zaboi and Yusef Salaam 50:28 - The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta 51:04 - Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham 51:45 - The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science by Kate McKinnon 53:02 - Meet Us At The Fountain 53:12 - I wish that everyone would add a middle grade or YA read to their TBR this summer. (Mary) 54:21 - I wish for a bookish road map. (Kaytee) 55:05 - The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt 55:19 - After This by Claire Bidwell Smith (amazon link) 55:41 - Infused by Henrietta Lovell   Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Bookish Friends Receive: The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. June's IPL is brought to us by one of our anchor stores, Schuler Books in Michigan Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.  All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts Connect With Us: The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

Your Host Dave talks to comics creator Andrew Krahnke about his newest creation, GI Joe Silent Missions: Roadblock, the creative process, the evolution of pop culture, and so much more! Andrew Krahnke is an illustrator and comic book artist from northern Michigan currently living on Long Island. He's a 2002 graduate of The Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art and has been a full-time illustrator ever since. His work includes the motorcycle sci-fi webcomic The OUTRUNNERS. And the second story arc for the critically acclaimed Image Comics book TARTARUS created by Johnnie Christmas and Jack Cole. His most recent work is BLOODRIK, a tale of hunger and stupidity published by Image Comics. Find the video version on the Needless Things YouTube channel! "Procrastibate" by LeSexoflex.com Social Media: Needless Things on Instagram Needless Things on Bluesky

André catches up with a creator who has collaborated with some huge names and is now making a name for himself with some beautiful books all his own!Johnnie Christmas is a #1 New York Times Bestselling graphic novelist. Writer of the Image Comics sci-fi series TARTARUS and CREMA, a haunted romance published by Comixology Originals. His book FIREBUG, received a starred review from Publisher's Weekly and earned him a Joe Shuster Outstanding Cartoonist nomination. He's perhaps best known for co-creating the series ANGEL CATBIRD with celebrated writer Margaret Atwood and adapting William Gibson's lost screenplay for ALIEN 3 into a critically acclaimed graphic novel of the same name.Johnnie discusses Art School, the perceived divide between fine art and comic art, working with industry titans and having his art speak to the human condition no matter what age you are! Support the show

Johnnie Christmas chats with True North Country Comics Podcast about his new graphic novel 'Gamerville' and much more. The post Johnnie Christmas gets into ‘Gamerville’ appeared first on True North Country Comics.

Erum Shazia Hasan speaks with Ali Hassan about the inherent complexities of doing good, Award-winning musician Royal Wood reveals the book that helps him channel his creativity; unplugging and reconnecting with reality in Gamerville; and Don Gillmor explores midlife malaise on this episode of The Next Chapter: The Summer Edition with Christa Couture.

On this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, we've got lots and lots of reading suggestions. First, host Susan Maguire is joined by Rebecca Vnuk, Executive Director, LibraryReads, for a mini-Read ‘n' Rave, a version of the hit program that Booklist and LibraryReads host at ALA Annual. Then, Audio Editor Heather Booth talks to her daughter Julia about how libraries can help teens find good audiobooks. Finally, Susan and Sarah Hunter, Editor, Books for Youth and Graphic Novels, sat down to share a ton of great new graphic novels that you can use to celebrate the tail end of Graphic Novels in Libraries Month (and beyond). “They Just Need to Get a Job”: 15 Myths on Homelessness, by Mary Brosnahan The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern, by Lynda Cohen Loigman Break Every Rule, by Brian Freeman The Most Wonderful Time, by Jayne Allen Marigold Mind Laundry, by Jungeun Yun, tr. By Shanna Tan Swordcrossed, by Freya Marske Bury Your Gays, by Chuck Tingle Swan Song, by Elin Hilderbrand The Strange Tales of Oscar Zahn, v. 1, by Tri Vuong, art by the author The Puerto Rican War: A Graphic History, by John Vasquez Mejias, art by the author A Pillbug Story, by Alison Conway, art by the author Ash's Cabin, by Jen Wang, art by the author Plain Jane and the Mermaid, by Vera Brosgol, art by the author The Deep Dark, by Molly Knox Ostertag, art by the author The Worst Ronin, by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, art by Faith Shaffer The Jellyfish, by Boum, art by the author Navigating with You, by Jeremy Whitely, art by Cassio Riberio Anzu and the Realm of Darkness, by Mai K. Nguyen, art by the author Gamerville, by Johnnie Christmas, art by the author A New Car for Pickle, by Sylvie Kantorovitz, art by the author Hearing Things, by Ben Sears, art by the author

October 2024 Solicits (DC, Image, Mad Cave, Boom, Vault) Comic Reviews: DC o        Dark Knights of Steel: Allwinter 1 by Jay Kristoff, Tirso; Tom Taylor, Riccardo Federici, Arif Prianto Marvel o        Daredevil: Woman Without Fear 1 by Erica Schultz, Michael Dowling, Dee Cunniffe o        Deadpool Role Plays the Marvel Universe by Cullen Bunn, Michael Shelfer o        Immortal Thor Annual by Al Ewing, David Baldeon, Federico Blee; Derk Landy, Sara Pichelli, Mattia Iacono o        Namor 1 by Jason Aaron, Paul Davidson, Alex Lins, Neeraj Menon o        Phoenix 1 by Stephanie Phillips, Alessandro Miracolo, David Curiel o        X-Men: Blood Hunt – Laura Kinney the Wolverine by Stephanie Phillips, Robert Gill, Nolan Woodard o        Marvel Unlimited §  Marvel Mutts 12 by Mackenzie Cadenhead, Takeshi Miyazawa Dark Horse o        Paranoid Gardens 1 by Gerard Way, Shaun Simon, Chris Weston, Dave Stewart Image o        Witchblade 1 by Marguerite Bennett, Giuseppe Cafaro, Arif Prianto IDW o        Rocketeer Breaks Free 1 by Stephen Mooney, Staz Johnson, Len O'Grady, Marco Lesko o        Star Trek Annual 2024 by Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Rachael Stott Mad Cave o        Last Wardens 1 by Amit Tishler, Elliot Sperl, Rui Silveira, Francesco Segala, Angese Pozza Dynamite o        Powerpuff Girls 1 by Kelly Thompson, Paulina Ganucheau Oni o        Biker Mice From Mars 1 by Melissa Flores, Francis Portela Archie o        Chilling Adventures Presents: Truth or Dare 1 by Ron Robbins, Laura Braga, Ellie Wright Titan o        Michael Moorcock's Elric: The Necromancer 1 by Julien Blondel, Jean-Luc Cano OGN Countdown o        Old Willis Place by Mary Downing Hahn, Scott Peterson, Meredith Laxton, Sienna Haralson o        LastMan Vol 5 by Balak, Michael Sanlaville, Bastien Vives o        Tig and Lilly Vol 3: Up Late by Dan Thompson o        Spirited Vol 3: Greenhouse of Horror by Liv Livingston o        Warriors: Prophecies Begin by Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess, Sara Goetter o        Louder Than Words: Actions Speak by Sergio Aragones o        SCRAM by Rory Lucey o        Whodunnit by El Torres, Vicente Cifuentes o        Sparks Vol 1: Portals by Revel Guts o        Youth Group by Jordan Morris, Bowen McCurdy o        Gamerville by Johnnie Christmas o        Goblin Vol 2: The Wolf and the Well by Eric Grissom, Will Perkins Additional Reviews: Twisters, Thor by Jason Aaron, Acolyte finale, MAWS s2 News: Omnibus shutting down, Arcbound by Snyder and Tom Hardy moves to Dark Horse, return of the Russo brothers to MCU, DC All-In and Absolute DC, new OGN from Michael Conrad on ComiXology, more Conan from Jason Aaron, TMNT/Naruto crossover, Halo canceled, new Dark Horse book by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Tom Scioli Godzilla, DC graphic novel by Ben Hed Trailers: Terminator Zero, Alien: Romulus, Beetlejuice 2 Comics Countdown (17 July 2024): 1.     Fishflies 7 by Jeff Lemire 2.     Man's Best 5 by Pornsak Pichetshote, Jesse Lonergan 3.     Nightwing 116 by Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo, Adriano Lucas 4.     Dark Knights of Steel: Allwinter 1 by Jay Kristoff, Tirso; Tom Taylor, Riccardo Federici, Arif Prianto 5.     Usagi Yojimbo: Crow 4 by Stan Sakai 6.     Superman 16 by Joshua Williamson, Jamal Campbell 7.     Undiscovered Country 30 by Scott Snyder, Charles Soule, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Leonardo Marcello Grassi, Matt Wilson 8.     Wonder Woman 11 by Tom King, Tony Daniel, Jay David Ramos; Tom King, Belen Ortega, Tamra Bonvillain 9.     Redcoat 2 by Geoff Johns, Bryan Hitch, Andrew Currie, Brad Anderson 10.  Lawful 2 by Greg Pak, Diego Galindo, Irma Kniivila

In this Forecast episode, Chrissie shares the ten kidlit books releasing during July 2024 that she is most looking forward to.Resources for Discovering New Release Books:Week-by-week "Coming Soon" sliders on the Barnes & Noble websiteThe On-Sale Calendar from Publisher's WeeklyFEATURED BOOKSPicture BooksMillie Fleur's Poison Garden by Christy Mandin, out 7/2That Always Happens Sometimes by Kiley Frank and illustrated by K. Fai Steele, out 7/2Little Ghost Makes a Friend by Maggie Edkins Willis, out 7/16Sweet and Sour by Brian Yanish and illustrated by Stacy Ebert, out 7/30Short Chapter BooksFelix Powell, Boy Dog by Erin Entrada Kelly, out 7/16Welcome to Scare School  by Jarrett Lerner, out 7/16Graphic NovelsGamerville by Johnnie Christmas, out 7/16Wagnificent by Bethany Murguia, out 7/23Save Our Forest by Nora Dasnes, out 7/30The Night Librarian by Christopher Lincoln, out 7/30Be sure to subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts. You can follow the show on Instagram @bookdelightpod, follow Chrissie on Instagram @librarychrissie, and subscribe to Chrissie's kidlit newsletter at librarychrissie.substack.com.If you want to support the show, please consider becoming a paid subscriber on Substack. For $7/month, you are helping to pay the costs of the show and receive exclusive content like extra booklists, roundups of kidlit books that have received starred reviews, reviews of books Chrissie did not like, and more.

Christmas came early for all of our nice list listeners! Johnnie Putman and Steve King bring a big bag of great guests, award-winning gift ideas, an actual bag of gifts for the show crew and some delightfully merry morsels of music to get you in the spirit! Muriel Anderson returns once again to talk about […]

What comes first, the story or the characters? How do you become a graphic novelist? We get the answers from writer/illustrator Johnnie Christmas of Swim Team. Kitty Felde is host.

Everybody in the pool! We discuss swimming lessons and look back at the days when people of color were barred from public pools. The book is Swim Team. Writer Johnnie Christmas says a personal experience inspired the graphic novel. Readers from the Girlfriends Book Club Baltimore talk about their own swimming journey. Our special celebrity reader is Olympic medal winning swimmer Natalie Hinds. Kitty Felde is host. You can get an autographed copy of Kitty Felde's first book in The Fina Mendoza Mysteries series of books called Welcome to Washington Fina Mendoza by clicking here. It's available in English or Spanish.

The crew of the USCSS Podcast discuss the various drafts and adaptations of William Gibson's unproduced screenplay for Alien 3, including the Johnnie Christmas comic book adaptation, the Dirk Maggs directed audio drama, and the novelization by Pat Cadigan."You're not wearing a badge. White strip registers contamination. Turns red if you're accidentally exposed to podcasts. Got it?"The podcast is now on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/@crewexpendableFollow the show on twitter @crewexpendapodFollow the show on Instagram @crewexpendablepodSubscribe to the podcast at CrewExpendable.netFollow Kenny on twitter @cyhobbezFollow Neal on twitter @finalnealFollow Neal on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/finalneal to catch some Aliens: Fireteam Elite and Alien Trilogy actionCheck out Neal's Mortal Kombat podcast at MKpodquest.comUSCSS PODCAST Location: UPP Airspace near the Rodina Biolab

This year our panelists returned to their first convention in a very long time, VanCAF 2022, and walked away with some books worth sharing. We discuss "Prince of Cats" by Ronald Wimberly, "Mmm Syrup" and "Prayer of the Ninth House" by Tajliya Jamal, "Swim Team" by Johnnie Christmas, "Science Ghost" by Christian Haruki Lett, "You Can't Get There from Here" by Shannon Kao, "Where Have You Been?" by Ivana Filipovich, "Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong" by Prudence Shen and Faith Erin Hicks, "The Year 50 Project" by Jason Turner, and "Our Little Secret" by Emily Carrington. We also get into the past and future of comics conventions and comics infrastructure, cosplay, -bounding, and Comics Prom. There's a lot to talk about! Music by Sleuth. Our next episode will be on "Mare Internum" by Dershing Helmer

November 2022 Solicitations Comic Reviews: DC Batman: One Bad Day – Riddler by Tom King, Mitch Gerads Webtoons: Red Hood and the Outlaws Marvel A.X.E.: Death to the Mutants 1 by Kieron Gillen, Guiu Villanova, Dijjo Lima Avengers 1,000,000 BC by Jason Aaron, Kev Walker, Dean White Edge of Spider-Verse 2 by Dan Slott, Mallory Rosenthal, Ramzee, Chris Giarrusso, Ig Guara, Paco Medina, Ruairi Coleman, Walden Wong, Brian Reber, Rico Renzi Ultraman: Mystery of UltraSeven 1 by Kyle Higgins, Mat Groom, David Lopez, Gurihiru, Davide Tinto, Espen Grundetjern, H.J. Diaz Infinity Comics Marvel's Voices: America Chavez Strange Tales She-Hulk Ziggy Pig and Silly Seal Image 20th Century Men 1 by Deniz Camp, S. Morian Last Shadowhawk (30th Anniversary Special) by Brian Haberlin, Philip Tan, Daniel Henriques, Todd McFarlane Razorblades: Small Cuts Special by James Tynion IV, Fernando Blanco, Andy Belanger, Ricardo Lopez Ortiz, Martin Simmonds, Josh Hixson, Liana Kangas Shirtless Bear Fighter! 2 1 by Jody LeHeup, Nil Vendrell Silver Coin 13 by Johnnie Christmas, Michael Walsh Dark Horse Parasomnia: The Dreaming God 1 by Cullen Bunn, Andrea Mutti IDW Sonic the Hedgehog Annual 2022 by Ian Flynn, Daniel Barnes, India Swift, Ian Mutchler, Evan Stanley, Aaron Hammerstrom, Gigi Dutreix, Adam Bryce Thomas, Abigail Bulmer, Thomas Rothlisberger, Natalie Haines, Joana Lafuente, Priscilla Tramontano, Heather Breckel, Leonardo Ito, Valentina Pinto Trve Kvlt 1 by Scott Bryan Wilson, Liana Kangas, Gab Contreras Dynamite Lady Hel 1 by Erik Burnham, Zhengis Tasbolatov Vault Barbaric: Axe to Grind 1 by Michael Moreci, Nathan Gooden Heart Eyes 1 by Dennis Hopeless, Victor Ibanez, Addison Duke Heavy Metal Entropy 1 by Christopher Priest, Montos Archie Chilling Adventures Presents… Jinx's Grim Fairy Tales 1 by Mags Visaggio, Joe Corallo, James III, Craig Cermak, Eva Cabrera, Evan Stanley, Matt Herms AfterShock Jimmy's Little Bastards 1 by Garth Ennis, Russel Braun, John Kalisz Scout Life and Death of Brave Captain Suave 1 by Joseph Sieracki, Kelly Williams A Wave Blue World Crash and Troy 1 by Jarred Lujan, Kyler Clodfelter 99 Cent Theatre: Smart Girl 1 by Fernando Dagnino OGN Beastlands: The Keepers of the Kingdom by Curtis Clow, Jo Mi-Gyeong Into Radness by Kyle Strahm, Jake Smith Ray's OGN Corner: Stepping Stones and Apple Crush by Lucy Knisley Additional Reviews: She-Hulk, surprise movie review (New Mutants) News: Omni News, Doom Patrol and Teen Titans, Batman 2, RWBY/Justice League movie, animation news, Velma cancelled, Madame Web cast, Kung Fu Panda 4, Valiant reduces output, the return of Bob Phantom, new Jason Aaron creator-owned series from Boom, Ezra Miller, two new Cullen Bunn books, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad movie, Superman and Lois loses a main actor, Mad Cave acquisition, new FF creative team, new Black Label mini from Marc Silvestri, another spider confirmed for Spider-Verse 2, Young Justice cancelled, Frank Miller variants, HBO Max, WildStorm, three new DC books from Geoff Johns, LOTR rights have been sold, new Bendis from Dark Horse, new Iron Man creative team, Enola Holmes 2, Knives Out 2 Trailers: Wednesday Addams Comics Countdown: Batman: The Knight 8 by Chip Zdarsky, Carmine Di Giandomenico, Ivan Plascencia Dark Spaces: Wildfire 2 by Scott Snyder, Hayden Sherman, Ronda Pattison Do A Powerbomb 3 by Daniel Warren Johnson, Mike Spicer Nightwing 95 by Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo, Adriano Lucas Batman/Superman: World's Finest 6 by Mark Waid, Travis Moore, Tamra Bonvillain Undiscovered Country 20 by Scott Snyder, Charles Soule, Leonardo Marcello Grassi, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Matt Wilson Tales From Harrow County: Lost Ones 4 by Cullen Bunn, Emily Schnall Daredevil 2 by Chip Zdarsky, Marco Checchetto, Rafael de Latorre, Matt Wilson, Ann Nocenti, Chris Giarrusso, Klaus Janson, Chris Samnee, John Romita Jr, Alex Maleev, Paul Azaceta, Mike Hawthorne, Phil Noto Usagi Yojimbo 30 by Stan Sakai, Hi-Fi Shirtless Bear Fighter! 2 1 by Jody LeHeup, Nil Vendrell

Visit our Patreon page to see the various tiers you can sign up for today to get in on the ground floor of AIPT Patreon. We hope to see you chatting with us on our Discord soon!NEWSWatch ‘Batman vs. Robin' trailer for Mark Waid and Mahmud Asrar's upcoming seriesDC Comics reveals [REDACTED] returns from [REDACTED] in ‘Batman vs. Robin' previewMarc Silvestri gets DC Black Label series ‘Batman/The Joker: The Deadly Duo' #1New Geoff Johns projects announced: JSA, Stargirl, and ‘The Golden Age' one-shotDC Comics celebrates the 90s!Wildstorm 30th Anniversary SpecialWILDCATsWaller vs. WildstormBatman Spawn Complete CollectionMarvel releases November 2022 solicitationsMarvel teases big plans for Captain America titles in November​​Ryan North and Iban Coello to take over ‘Fantastic Four' in November 2022Frank Miller crafts ‘Fantastic Four' #1 variant cover for November launchMarvel goes ‘X-Treme' this November with series of variant coversGerry Duggan and Juan Frigeri launch ‘Invincible Iron Man' #1 this DecemberBOOM! and Jason Aaron team up for ‘Once Upon a Time at the End of the World' #1Vault Comics sets September for 'Wasted Space: The Cosmic Collection' Kickstarter launchVault Comics announces 'Door to Door, Night by Night' horror series‘Creepshow' #3 creative teams announced by Skybound EntertainmentIDW announces video game tie-in comic ‘Star Trek: Resurgence' #1 for November 2022Are the X-Men in trouble? Marvel teases an S.O.S. is coming January 2023F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby' gets comics adaptation 'Gatsby'Our Top Books of the WeekDave:The Silver Coin #13 (Johnnie Christmas, Michael Walsh)Batman: One Bad Day - The Riddler #1 (Tom King, Mitch Gerads)Nathan:Batman: One Bad Day - The Riddler #1 (Tom King, Mitch Gerads)Do A Powerbomb #3 (Daniel Warren Johnson)Standout KAPOW moment of the week:Nathan - Strange #5 (Jed Mackay, Marcelo Ferreira)Dave - Barbaric: Axe to Grind (Michael Moreci, Nathan Gooden) TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEKDave: Minor Threats #1 (Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum, Scott Hepburn)Nathan: Tales of the Human Target #1 (Tom King, Mikel Janin, Kevin Maguire, Rafael Albuquerque, Greg Smallwood)JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.Dave: Carnage #5 (Maria Wolf)Nathan: The Swamp Thing #16 (John McCrea variant)Interview: Curt Pires - New America #1--debuts August 23To start, New America is a political thriller, would you say it's a response to any specific moment in American history?You've crafted New America with artist Luca Casalanguida. How long has the project been in the works?Given the political underbelly of New America, do you hope the series could enact change in the real world?There's a lot of passion on the page, particularly a scene with a burning of something, when writing the first draft for this did you have to scale back your own passion, or lean into it?It's hard to shock me, but I honestly was taken aback by some of the violence. You see holes in people. What went into the choice to make the violence graphic?Set in the future, how futuristic does New America get?New America ends up on news channels come its release August 23, what's your response? Do you go on the 24 hour news talk shows?Curt you're a busy guy, do you have other projects you'd like to talk about today?

True North Country Comics Podcast chats with Johnnie Christmas about his new graphic novel 'Swim Team'

True North Country Comics Podcast chats with Johnnie Christmas about his new graphic novel 'Swim Team' The post Johnnie Christmas chats about his new graphic novel ‘Swim Team’ appeared first on True North Country Comics.

True North Country Comics Podcast chats with Johnnie Christmas about his new graphic novel 'Swim Team'

EP. 99 - On this episode, I speak with award-winning and bestselling Author and graphic novelist Johnnie Christmas to talk more about the Issue of Swimming in the Black Community. Learning to swim is a very serious issue in the Black community. Longstanding issues of race and class have meant that pools are either not present in Black communities or are poorly maintained. Parents who can't swim are less likely to have children who can swim or encourage their children to learn. Drawing from his personal experience of nearly drowning as a child, Johnnie thought it important to look at the role of swimming in the black community. Johnnie's inspiration for SWIM TEAM was to encourage young African American children to get in the pool and learn to swim.

Welcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by by HarperCollins Children's Books. In this episode of Shelf Care Interview, Sarah Hunter talks to Johnnie Christmas about his first middle-grade comic, SWIM TEAM. Johnnie Christmas is the number one New York Times best-selling and award-winning graphic novelist, who's perhaps best known for co-creating Margaret Atwood series Angel Catbird and for adapting William Gibson's lost screenplay for Alien 3 into a critically acclaimed graphic novel of the same name. After gaining plenty of acclaim in the world of sci-fi and speculative comics for adults, he's making the move into middle-grade comics with SWIM TEAM, the first of several projects for the age group. A graduate of the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, Johnnie makes Vancouver, British Columbia his home.

Learning to swim is a very serious issue in the Black community. Longstanding issues of race and class have meant that pools are either not present in Black communities or are poorly maintained. Parents who can't swim are less likely to have children who can swim or encourage their children to learn. Johnnie's inspiration for SWIM TEAM was to encourage young African American children to get in the pool and learn to swim.In SWIM TEAM, a splashy, contemporary middle grade graphic novel from bestselling comics creator Johnnie Christmas, we meet Bree, a smart yet anxious kid who comes face to face with one of her biggest fears.Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Manatees—until she's stuck with the only elective that fits her schedule, the dreaded Swim 101. The thought of swimming makes Bree more than a little queasy, yet she's forced to dive headfirst into one of her greatest fears. Lucky for her, Etta, an elderly occupant of her apartment building and former swim team captain, is willing to help.With Etta's training and a lot of hard work, Bree suddenly finds her swim-crazed community counting on her to turn the school's failing team around. But that's easier said than done, especially when their rival, the prestigious Holyoke Prep, has everything they need to leave the Mighty Manatees in their wake.Can Bree defy the odds and guide her team to a state championship, or have the Manatees swum their last lap—for good?

Learning to swim is a very serious issue in the Black community. Longstanding issues of race and class have meant that pools are either not present in Black communities or are poorly maintained. Parents who can't swim are less likely to have children who can swim or encourage their children to learn. Johnnie's inspiration for SWIM TEAM was to encourage young African American children to get in the pool and learn to swim. In SWIM TEAM, a splashy, contemporary middle grade graphic novel from bestselling comics creator Johnnie Christmas, we meet Bree, a smart yet anxious kid who comes face to face with one of her biggest fears. Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Manatees—until she's stuck with the only elective that fits her schedule, the dreaded Swim 101. The thought of swimming makes Bree more than a little queasy, yet she's forced to dive headfirst into one of her greatest fears. Lucky for her, Etta, an elderly occupant of her apartment building and former swim team captain, is willing to help. With Etta's training and a lot of hard work, Bree suddenly finds her swim-crazed community counting on her to turn the school's failing team around. But that's easier said than done, especially when their rival, the prestigious Holyoke Prep, has everything they need to leave the Mighty Manatees in their wake. Can Bree defy the odds and guide her team to a state championship, or have the Manatees swum their last lap—for good?

Learning to swim is a very serious issue in the Black community. Longstanding issues of race and class have meant that pools are either not present in Black communities or are poorly maintained. Parents who can't swim are less likely to have children who can swim or encourage their children to learn. Johnnie's inspiration for SWIM TEAM was to encourage young African American children to get in the pool and learn to swim. In SWIM TEAM, a splashy, contemporary middle grade graphic novel from bestselling comics creator Johnnie Christmas, we meet Bree, a smart yet anxious kid who comes face to face with one of her biggest fears. Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Manatees—until she's stuck with the only elective that fits her schedule, the dreaded Swim 101. The thought of swimming makes Bree more than a little queasy, yet she's forced to dive headfirst into one of her greatest fears. Lucky for her, Etta, an elderly occupant of her apartment building and former swim team captain, is willing to help. With Etta's training and a lot of hard work, Bree suddenly finds her swim-crazed community counting on her to turn the school's failing team around. But that's easier said than done, especially when their rival, the prestigious Holyoke Prep, has everything they need to leave the Mighty Manatees in their wake. Can Bree defy the odds and guide her team to a state championship, or have the Manatees swum their last lap—for good?

Johnnie Christmas talks Tartarus and his adventures with Jack T. Cole.

In this week's episode, we answer a listener question about Ghost Rider and what the best stories to read. We discuss Robbie Reyes, Danny Ketch, Johnny Blaze, and more, getting into Ghost Rider's powers, the strange way it all works, and just how cool he is. As a bonus we talk about a flaming Mammoth!The Comic of the Week is: Firebug. Story and art by Johnnie Christmas, Colors by Tamra Bonvillain, Letters by Ariana Maher"Firebug gives me chills." – S.E."A perfect creative team." – Sara 

Comic Reviews: Rorschach 7 by Tom King, Jorge Fornes, Dave Stewart Batman: The Detective 1 by Tom Taylor, Andy Kubert, Brad Anderson Infinite Frontier Secret Files 1 by Brandon Thomas, Joshua Williamson, Valentine De Landro Let Them Live 6 by Elliott Kalan, Mike Norton, Marissa Louise Darkhawk: Heart of the Hawk by Danny Fingeroth, Mike Manley, Tom DeFalco, Dan Abnett, Kyle Higgins, Andrea Di Vito, Juanan Ramirez, Lebeau Underwood, Chris Sotomayor, Erick Arciniega, Sebastian Cheng Spider-Man: Spider's Shadow 1 by Chip Zdarsky, Pasqual Ferry, Matt Hollingsworth Home 1 by Julia Anta, Anna Wieszczyk Jules Verne's Lighthouse 1 by Brian Haberline, David Hine Jenny Zero 1 by Dave Dwonch, Magenta King Canto and the City of Giants 1 by David Booher, Sebastian Piriz Locke & Key / The Sandman Universe: Hell and Gone 1 by Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez, Jay Fotos Black Hammer Visions 3 by Chip Zdarsky, Johnnie Christmas, Dave Stewart Phantom On the Scan 1 by Cullen Bunn, Mark Torres Unikorn 1 by Don Handfield, Joshua Malkin, Rafael Loureiro Man-Goat and the Bunny Man 1 by Ralph Tedesco, Joe Brusha, Dave Fanchini, Edgar Salazar Everything Vol 2 by Christopher Cantwell, INJ Culbard Riverdale: The Ties That Bind OGN by Micol Ostow, Thomas Pitilli Peanuts: Scotland Bound Charlie Brown by Charles Schulz 99 Cent Abducted by Zach Herring, Jay Red, Maja Opacic The Fools 1 by Gabe Harris Additional Reviews: Falcon/Winter Soldier, Infinity Train final season, more on Avatar, Arlo the Alligator Boy News: Skybound X, DC Round Robin 3, Joe Cornish directing Starlight movie, Zdarsky's Justice League gets prestige roll-out, Mike Flanagan's next project, JLQ creative team, new Amazing Fantasy mini by Kaare Andrews, Batman/Catwoman special, World War She-Hulk, Predator legal issues, X-Men creative team, new Avatar mini-series coming this week, Queen Crab gets a tv shows, Alfred Molina confirms MCU Spider role, Heather Antos to IDW Comics Countdown: Rorschach 7 by Tom King, Jorge Fornes, Dave Stewart Spider-Man: The Spider's Shadow 1 by Chip Zdarsky, Pasqual Ferry, Matt Hollingsworth Locke & Key/Sandman: Hell and Gone 1 by Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez, Jay Fotos Black Hammer Visions 3 by Chip Zdarsky, Johnnie Christmas, Dave Stewart Joker 2 by James Tynion IV, Sam Johns, Mirka Andolfo, Guillem March, Arif Prianto, Romulo Fajardo Jr. Daredevil 29 by Chip Zdarsky, Marco Checchetto, Marcio Menyz Usagi Yojimbo 18 by Stan Sakai, Hi-Fi American Vampire 1976 7 by Scott Snyder, Francesco Francavilla, Ricardo Lopez Ortiz, Tula Lotay, Dave McCaig Sweet Tooth: The Return 6 by Jeff Lemire, Jose Villarrubia Proctor Valley Road 2 by Alex Child, Grant Morrison, Naomi Franquiz, Tamra Bonvillain

On this week's Stack podcast: The Joker #1 DC Comics Written by James Tynion IV, Sam Johns Art by Guillem March, Mirka Andolfo Children of the Atom #1 Marvel Written by Vita Ayala Art by Bernard Chang Karmen #1 Image Comics By Guillem March Wonder Woman #770 DC Comics Written by Michael W. Conrad and Becky Cloonan, Jordie Bellaire Art by Travis Moore, Paulina Ganucheau Non-Stop Spider-Man #1 Marvel Written by Joe Kelly Art by Chris Bachalo Proctor Valley Road #1 BOOM! Studios Written by Grant Morrison & Alex Child Art by Naomi Franquiz American Vampire 1976 #6 DC Comics Written by Scott Snyder Art by Rafael Albuquerque Deadpool Nerdy Thirty #1 Marvel Written by Joe Kelly, Skottie Young, Kelly Thompson, Fabian Nicieza, Gail Simone, Daniel Way, Gerry Duggan & Brian Poeshn, Rob Liefeld & Chad Bowers Art by Cerardo Sandoval, Aaron Conley, Kevin Libranda with Bob Quinn, Patch Zircher, Michael Shelfer, Paco Medina, Scott Koblish, Rob Liefeld Home Sick Pilots #4 Image Comics Written by Dan Watters Art by Caspar Wijngaard Rorschach #6 DC Comics Written by Tom King Art by Jorge Fornés Thor & Loki: Double Trouble #1 Marvel Written by Mariko Tamaki Art by Gurihiru Black Hammer Visions #2 Dark Horse Comics Written by Geoff Johns Art by Scott Kolins Superman #29 DC Comics Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Sean Lewis Art by Phil Hester, Sami Basri Eternals #3 Marvel Written by Kieron Gillen Art by Esad Ribić Birthright #47 Image Comics Written by Joshua Williamson Art by Andrei Bressan Luna #2 BOOM! Studios By Maria Llovet Sweet Tooth: The Return #5 DC Comics By Jeff Lemire The Immortal Hulk #44 Marvel Written by Al Ewing Art by Joe Bennett Specter Inspectors #2 Boom! Box By Bowen McCurdy and Kaitlyn Musto The Amazing Spider-Man #61 Marvel Written by Nick Spencer Art by Patrick Gleason The Last Witch #3 BOOM! Box Written by Conor McCreery Illustrated by V.V. Glass 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:                 Hey. What's up, everybody. Welcome to The Stack. I'm Alex. Justin:              I'm Justin. Pete:                I'm Pete. Alex:                 On The Stack, we talk about a bunch of books that have come out this week, and let's kick it off with the clown prince of crime himself, The Joker #1 from DC Comics, written by James Tynion IV and Sam Johns, art by Guillem March and Mirka Andolfo. This is the first time ever the Joker has an ongoing series. So of course, it's mostly about Commissioner Gordon. I mean, this is reliably good. It's James Tynion, Guillem March. His art is gorgeous, as usually, even with the swerve here that it mostly is not about the Joker. It's still a really good story. I liked it quite a bit. What'd you guys think? Pete:                Yeah. I was really impressed. I thought it was very interesting because it's like “Okay. Joker #1. What are we going to get here?” and I was really impressed with the choices that they made with this comic. Also, we're still getting this kind of Punchline kind of backup story in this, which is great, and it's going to be really interesting to see how this Punchline thing unfolds, but yeah. As far as Joker #1, I thought they did an amazing job of getting you excited for this big kind of arc that they're telling. I think, as far as this first issue is concerned, it does its job really well. I am very excited for more. Justin:              Yeah. I really like this version of Commissioner Gordon, or ex-Commissioner Gordon. We get to see a nice flashback of when he was in the Chicago PD before he got busted down to Gotham, and it reminded me a lot of Scott Snyder's Detective Comics run, sort of where he was plucked from that. Pete:                Oh, yeah. With Jock. Jock was doing the art. Yeah. Justin:              Yeah. He was plucked, and Francavilla, Frencesco Francavilla, was doing the art on that for a little bit as well when he was dealing with his son and being suspicious of him becoming a murderer. Pete:                Yeah. That whole restaurant scene was just so- Justin:              A hundred percent. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              In this, we get a little … There's some reflections of that here in the story as well, and it's just a great story, and I really like the idea that it's not a story where we have to watch the Joker being a crazy person the whole time. It's this sort of- Pete:                Or there's three or four Jokers or … You know what I mean? Justin:              Yes. This sort of detective story where we're following Commissioner Gordon make some hard choices that I'm curious to see how plays out. Alex:                 It's good storytelling across the board. If you were hesitant at all, definitely pick it up. Next up, Children of the Atom #1 from Marvel, written by Vita Ayala, art by Bernard Chang. This is an interesting take on what's currently going on with X-Men to show us several characters that seemingly have decided not to go to Krakoa and instead be regular teenagers in high school while fighting crime as mutants. There's, of course, a little bit of a twist there, but what did you think about this first issue? Justin:              I'm curious what Pete thinks of it, because we get to see perhaps a Cyclops that he can really get on board with. Pete:                Yeah. It was an issue of a comic book. Had some X-Men in it, which is great. Justin:              True. Pete:                There's some fighting. Yeah. I liked a couple of the characters. Art was really good. Justin:              Interesting. Not sort of a non-take there, really. I like this story a lot, especially in the larger context of the X-Men universe right now. This feels like a simple, standalone series where we're going to follow these characters and whatever is up with them. They feel like sort of mutant wannabes, almost, trying to find their place by replicating the original X-Men in a fun way. It's drawn really nicely. It was cool. Great reveal at the end. Alex:                 Yeah. I like the fact that we're getting to see outside of Krakoa and what's going on there, because this is a part of the world that we need to find out more about of and their reaction to things. So I am curious, given the twist at the end in particular, where this is going to go, but Vita Ayala is always reliable as a writer, but Chang's art is good. These characters are interesting. I'm excited to read the second issue. Alex:                 Next up, Karmen #1 from Image Comics by and art by Guillem March. This is a very different take on an angel dressed in sort of a skeleton thing straight out of Karate Kid, right, Pete? You know what I'm talking about. Pete:                I do know what you're referencing, but I feel like this costume is a little bit more elaborate than that one. Alex:                 Slightly more elaborate because it actually is her skeleton, but she is visiting with somebody who … They don't come out and say it, but has recently died or is about to die and takes her around as a ghost to sort of show her the world. It's not quite clear to me what this book is going to be about going forward yet at this point. There's a tease of something a little bit more at the end here, but it's always a pleasure to see Guillem March's art. Justin:              Great art, and this feels like something that is like a labor of love, like something that the amount of time and focus put into this book is just palpable. It's beautiful, and it's sort of haunting in the way the story unfolds. I thought this was great, and yeah. Love the art. Pete:                Yeah. It's very sad and very powerful, and yeah. I mean, it's kind of a twisted tale about something that is just … Whoa. Everybody okay? I thought that was a fire alarm going off there. Alex:                 It's all right. Justin:              No. I didn't hear anything. Alex:                 I mean, I will say, to that point, not to interrupt you, Pete, but I do want to mention for anybody interested in picking this up, trigger warning for suicide in this book, potentially. They don't come out and say it, but it's pretty clear what's going on there. Also, there is a fair amount of nudity. So this is not a book that should go necessarily handing to kids, but go ahead, Pete, if there was anything else you wanted to say. Pete:                Yeah. It's kind of a dark tale, but they're kind of putting a bright kind of light on it. So I'm very interested to see how this all unfolds and what the point of this is, because it's a little fucked up, but yeah. I mean, it's not something you can read in the subway or something. You have to read this by yourself somewhere, but it does a great job of grabbing the reader's attention, and I'm curious to see kind of how it all unfolds. Alex:                 Pete, did you take this one to your reading hole? Pete:                Yeah. Yeah. Alex:                 Me too. Yeah. I got in my hole, just crawled up, and read that book so nobody could see me. Justin:              I made a reservation in Pete's reading hole, and I still haven't really got my arrival date. Alex:                 Oh, you got to try the cheese puffs there. They are to die for. Justin:              So good. Alex:                 Wonder Woman #770 from DC Comics, written by Michael W. Conrad and Becky Cloonan and Jordie Bellaire, art by Travis Moore and Paulina Ganucheau or Ganucheau. Excuse me. We talked about this a little bit on the live show. This is coming out of the Future State stuff. So Wonder Woman had this new status quo where she pulled herself back from being sort of a guardian of the universe type thing but instead has found herself in Valhalla in the Norse afterlife fighting the same fights over and over again. That's the front story. The back story is showing us young Wonder Woman. I thought this was phenomenal. Justin:              This was one of my favorite books of the week. Really great. I was really curious, reading all the stuff coming out of Future State, where Wonder Woman was going to land. It felt like it was going to be just not a fun place, she was going to be doing something different, and this was such a breath of fresh air. Diana sort of doesn't know what Wonder Woman is. She doesn't have her powers. She's just being a warrior in its purest form. There's a mystery unfolding behind the scenes. There's some romance here, perhaps. Really just a great story top to bottom. Really caught me off guard. Alex:                 Pete, you were very patiently raising your hand. What's going on? Pete:                All right. So I'm a huge fan of Wonder Woman, but it was weird. I know there's a lot of different kind of mythology, historical and non-historical, wrapped up with Wonder Woman. So it was like I was like “Asgard? Wonder Woman? Why am I fighting this in my brain?” It's this weird Valhalla. I know it should be okay, but to me, it's like I associate it so hard with Marvel that it was hard for me to be like “Yeah. This is cool. Wonder Woman's walking around Marvel right now. This is totally fine. There's nothing wrong with this.” Alex:                 Yeah. I get what you're saying, but it's definitely a very different take than Thor stuff over in Marvel, certainly. I agree with you. It is nearly impossible for comic books to divorce Norse mythology from Thor and the Thor comics books and Loki and et cetera, but those existed beforehand. They definitely time immemorial, and this feels like a more mythological take on Norse mythology than exactly what's going on, usually at least, in Marvel comics. So I got over it by the end, but I was definitely there with you at the beginning with it, Pete. Justin:              Thor was a different dude. He had a red beard. So that's totally different. Pete:                Sure. Sure. Sure. Yeah. Yeah, but that aside, I really thought this was a great start for this new team. I feel like this is really cool. I also really liked the backup. I thought that was fun. I'm excited for this. Alex:                 Well, let's move on to one that you're very excited for as well, Pete, Non-Stop Spider-Man #1 from Marvel, written by Joe Kelly and art by Chris Bachalo. Pete:                Come on. Alex:                 Of course, this is taking Spider-Man and putting him in the position of Alexander Hamilton in the musical Hamilton, because he is going non-stop. Pete:                Don't ruin this for me, you fucking piece of shit. Justin:              My favorite song from Hamilton is Non-Stop. Alex:                 Really? Justin:              Yeah. Alex:                 Oh, interesting. Pete, you love this book. This is the fast and the furious of Spider-Man books. It's sort of the total opposite of what's going on in Amazing Spider-Man. No real soap opera going on here, just complete balls-to-the-wall action with brief interludes to give you backstory about what's going on. Talk about what you liked about this book. Justin:              Even those interludes are happening pretty fast. This is a smash opera, which is Pete's medium of choice. Pete:                Yeah. I love this. There's no time wasted. It's all non-stop. It's all happening. During a fight scene, which is such a great idea, don't waste time like “Oh, let's go to a coffee shop and fucking talk about our feelings.” No. It's all action. It is just non-stop. I loved it. The art alone is worth picking this up. Unbelievable. Just so fun how Spider-Man's falling but counting the stories by having this inner monologue. I needed this Spider-Man, because Nick Spencer's fucking killing me on that other Spider-Man book, and I just needed a light, fun Spider-Man Spider-Man book that isn't doing a bunch of weird shit. So I really needed this book, and the art is just so good, and I love the pace of it. I love the action. Every single page was glorious, and then the backup story with not your mom's Zemo here. This is a new Zemo here that's just has a lot of sass, got some backtalk, really owning the fact that he's rocking a purple mask in a fun way, and it's all about that drip. Justin:              He does love that drip. Yeah. I first opened this book, and I was like “Surely there's going to be a couple stops in here.” None. Pete:                No. Why do you need stops? What do you need stops for? It's an express train. Justin:              It's an express train. Pete:                You go on the local if you want some fucking stops and look around. Justin:              Pete, what did you think of the backmatter where the editor, Nick Lowe, talks about how, in every single page, he's getting his relationship with Mary Jane annulled. Pete:                That's not true. Justin:              That's how non-stop it is. Pete:                That's not true. Alex:                 Non-stop annulments. Yeah. Pete:                That's not true. it's not true at all. Alex:                 This is the perfect team- Justin:              It is true. Re-read it. Alex:                 I would say this is the perfect team for this book. Joe Kelly, great at this sort of thing. Chris Bachalo, great at this sort of thing. This is fun. Like you're saying, Pete, this is the opposite of what's going on in Amazing Spider-Man, and it's a nice little treat after reading that. Pete:                It is a nice treat. Come on. Justin:              Yeah. No. I really enjoyed it. Chris Bachalo's art's great. It's great to see him on a book like Spider-Man where you get to see- Pete:                It's phenomenal. Justin:              There's so much going on. The panels are crooked. When I got to the end, I was like “This surely can't be the end,” and there's a whole other story. So the stops kept not stopping, you know? Pete:                Yeah. Exactly. Never stop stopping. What'd you guys think of the backup? Justin:              Fun. Alex:                 The Baron Zemo backup? Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 I love Zemo. I don't know what it is. I just love that guy. Pete:                Yeah. I didn't know you were such a Zemo head. Alex:                 I love Zemo. Pete:                But this- Alex:                 I can't explain it. Pete:                How do you- Alex:                 No. Actually, I can explain it. It's because Under Siege, Avengers: Under Siege, is probably my favorite Avengers storyline. I was like “Yo. I'm sold on this guy. This guy-“ Justin:              Avengers: Under Siege is your favorite Avengers story? Alex:                 Absolutely. Justin:              Wow. Pete:                Wow. Justin:              There it is. Pete:                How do you feel- Justin:              You love a real loose mask, huh? Pete:                How do you feel about this updated Zemo a little bit? He's got a little sass. Justin:              You keep pushing his sass. Pete:                Well, it's just I haven't seen the Zemo, and Zalben's a Zemo head. So I'm wondering if he's like “This is my Zemo,” or like he feels cool with it. Alex:                 No. It's straight out- Justin:              Pete, have you- Alex:                 If anything, it's old Zemo. He's got the loose mask back again instead of the tight mask. Pete:                Sure. Yeah. Alex:                 His neck's getting some air. Pete:                Right, but I mean, the way he's talking is not how Zemo normally talks. Alex:                 It's fine. Justin:              Pete, this story focuses on a drug called A Plus. Have you been taking some of it? Because you seem hyped. You're non-stop right now. Pete:                Dude, I am non-stop, and I needed a book like this to get me hyped. Alex:                 Let's move on then and talk about Proctor Valley Road #1 from BOOM! Studios, written by- Pete:                Oh, boy. Alex:                 … Grant Morrison and Alex Child, art by- Pete:                What? Alex:                 … Naomi Franquiz. What? Pete:                I kept the whole time reading this being like “I can't believe this is written by Grant Morrison. It looks like such a nice, wholesome book, and I can't believe Grant Morrison is doing this shit.” Alex:                 Yeah, and then you got to the end, right? Pete:                Oh, yeah. I did. Alex:                 So this is about a bunch of kids who hear a legend about a place called Proctor Valley Road, where a bunch of people seemed to die. Like Pete's saying, it starts relatively like just regular teen fun movie for three quarters of the book, and then things get messed up by the end in a really big way, spinning out into some mythology. It doesn't feel like a Grant Morrison book at all, I would say- Pete:                It doesn't. Alex:                 … but Justin, what did you think about this one? Pete:                It's easy to follow. You can understand. It's impressive. Justin:              Well, I think the biggest difference why it doesn't feel very Grant Morrison is the art. The choice of the artist, Naomi Franquiz, is very different, feels very not Grant Morrison, but I think it sort of plays against type a little bit in a good way, because the horror comes at you in such a different way by the end. I feel like you get in the heads of the characters very quickly, and they're all fun, likable, smart characters. Has sort of Scooby Doo vibe with the collection and the era of characters here. Alex:                 Now, I don't want to jump on you too much, but the artist's name is actually Franquiz, and that's a great segue to start up my Fran quiz. First question. Who played the nanny on the hit TV show The Nanny? Pete:                Fran Drescher. Alex:                 Correct. That was the whole quiz. I can't think of another Fran. I'm sorry. Justin:              Oh, that's good. Most famous Frans are Fran Drescher. Pete:                I do want to talk about that podcast we were on, at some point. That was kind of crazy. Alex:                 Let's just skip by that and instead talk about American Vampire 1976 #6 from DC Comics, written by Scott Snyder, art by Rafael Albuquerque. Here- Pete:                The Querque. Alex:                 … shit is going down, and we're heading towards, I would say, the endgame of American Vampire at this point as our heroes finally close in on the thing that's going to let them beat the Tongue, the demonic entity that's trying to take over the Earth, and things go horrifically wrong. I like this issue. I also like every issue of this book. Pete:                Holy twists and turns, Batman. This is some shit. Justin:              Holy twisted tongue. The Tongue always wins. Can't beat the Tongue. Pete:                Yeah. Wow. Yeah. This was very impressive. Alex:                 That's what I always say to my wife. Pete:                Oh, my god. Don't be creepy, you fuck. Yeah. American Vampire just continues to impress. You think like “Okay. I got a handle on what's going on.” Nope. No. You do not. Yeah. I think this is a really solid, great issue. The Querque is just killing it on the art. It's a lot of fun and really crazy and over the top. Justin:              Really making that nickname work. What is so great about this book and a lot of Scott Snyder's stuff is he always had another gear. This series, there's such a big cast. It's like “Oh, right. These are all … I remember how all these characters work together,” and in this issue and throughout this series, they've been in an ever-worsening situation, and in this issue, the situation somehow gets much worse, and he focuses the cast down to the characters we care the most about and the twists and turns that happen there. He's masterful at timing the big story moves, and this is another great example of that. Pete:                That guy's a great writer. Alex:                 Good stuff. Deadpool Nerdy 30 #1 from Marvel, written by Joe Kelly, Skottie Young, Kelly Thompson, Fabian Nicieza, Gail Simone, Daniel Way, Gerry Duggan, and Brian Posehn, Rob Liefeld, and Chad Bowers, art by Gerardo Sandoval, Aaron Conley, Kevin Libranda, with Bob Quinn, Patch Zircher, Michael Shelfer, Paco Medina, Scott Koblish, and Rob Liefeld. Basically, anybody that you can imagine having something to do with Deadpool over the years was pretty much involved in this. This was a bunch of short stories all set on different birthdays that Deadpool is happening. We'll turn it over to Pete, our Deadpool expert. Pete:                Yeah. This is nice. This is just a who's who that's put their fingerprints on Deadpool coming back to tell some fun stories, and that's exactly what it is. You've got everything from Rob Liefeld making fun of pouches to just insane party birthday things. Yeah. It's crazy. It's Deadpool. It's over the top. It's fun. It's also like the art styles are very different for all these different stories. There's a lot of really funny stories in this, a lot of funny ideas. Yeah. The No Chill story was really fun. Yeah. I believe Deadpool would hide guns in different ice cream shops all over the country. Why not? Yeah. It's a ton of fun. It's a lot of great art, and it's one of those collected stories that I think is worth it. Justin:              I've been celebrating Deadpool's birthday every year. So the fact that he's hit 30 is just a real boon. I'm cutting loose like crazy over here. I thought this was fun as well. I want to give it up for the Skottie Young story, Baby's First Cable, which is very fun. Kelly Thompson's Best There Is was really, really good, and the Fabian Nicieza story, I thought, was very good as well. Alex:                 That's the one that I wanted to call out in particular. The thing that I really liked about this book is it's very easy to do a bunch of goofs with Deadpool, but Fabian went for something much serious and much darker, and I think people forget that Deadpool stories can get really dark sometimes. Pete:                Oh, yeah. Justin:              Yeah. Alex:                 So that was great. I was very trepidatious going into this, because I don't usually love collections. They feel like a mixed bag, but they got the right creators working on it, and this is good. If you're a fan of Deadpool at any point in his history, I think this is kind of a must-pick-up. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Next up, Home Sick Pilots #4 from Image Comics, written by Dan Waters, art by Caspar Wijngaard. This is so good. This book is so good. Pick up this book. Justin:              It's so much better than it has any right to be, out of the gate just coming out hot with this story about some teens who are in a band, the Home Sick Pilots. They go into a haunted house. One of them becomes this ghost gatherer of these haunted objects, and this is sort of the all fight issue where things are coming to a head. It's so much action. It's beautifully drawn. The premise is so strong, and it has this sort of intense loneliness about it as well that I really like. Pete:                Yeah. I mean, if you would have tried to explain this story to me, I'd be like “You're out of your gourd. This doesn't sound good,” but it is so well done, so creative, so different. The art, the storytelling, the paneling … It all works so well. This is such a crazy unique story, and some really unique characters. Yeah. I just continue to be impressed. This is one of those ones where you get it and you're like “Man, I hope it's going to be as good as the last issue,” and it fucking delivers. Alex:                 I think a lot of it has to do with Caspar Wijngaard's art, honestly, where the character designs are so unique. We talked about this in the last issue, but there's a VHS something ghost, zombie, I don't know, monster. I don't know exactly what's going on, but it's so terrifyingly and beautifully drawn. One of the main ghost is this horseshoe ghost, has a horseshoe head. Again, absolutely terrifying. We find out more about the mythology here. There seems to be an outside group that kind of has maybe ghosts trapped in TVs that are strapped to their chests that are tracking down ghosts. So there's so much going on in this book, but it- Pete:                Then the haunted house double-page spread thing was fucking insane. Alex:                 Beautiful. The fact that everything is very distinct in terms of the look, in terms of the coloring of the book … Fantastic. Pick up this book. I cannot wait for the next issue. Next up, Rorschach- Justin:              Don't trust VHS tapes. Switch to Betamax. Alex:                 I only use LaserDisc, personally. Pete:                Oh, wow. Alex:                 Rorschach #6 from DC Comics, written by Tom King, art by Jorge Fornés. In this issue, we're continuing to work our way back through the history of our cowboy character, who was killed back in the first issue. Here, we find out how she met the Jack Kirby-esque artist who later went on to don the mask of Rorschach. This is good. I was not quite sure about it going in or what was going on, but like we talked about with the last issue, I think that really started to indicate where the story is going and sell me on it. I like this quite a bit. Pete:                Yeah. I was a little worried this was going to be like that Eminem song, like “Dear Stan, my biggest fan.” So I'm glad that she didn't kill herself in those letters or whatever, but man, this was a really great idea and well pulled off. I have no idea what's going on in this Rorschach book, but I've been really impressed with all the different issues, and it's the classic King thing where he's like “Oh, yeah. I'm just going to give you just enough information to pick up the next issue.” That guy is a master. Alex:                 Pete, it's interesting you brought that up, because you know Tom King wrote the Eminem/Punisher crossover that was in XXL. Pete:                Oh, I know. It's a fucking great issue, man. Alex:                 He didn't write that, but … Justin:              Wow. Pete took that bait very quickly. Pete:                Yeah, but it is a great issue regardless of who wrote it. Alex:                 Is it? Pete:                It was Eminem who wrote it. Justin:              I like this issue of Rorschach a lot. I feel like Tom King is trying to say something about American with this book in a really smart, subtle way, almost as if to say … Here's what I think he's picking apart. In the original Watchmen book, it was all about how bringing the world together via the squid monster was a necessary thing to prevent everyone from world war from killing all human, if you were to believe that plan, and this is about how society is drifting apart and what sort of in a very personal in these personal stories, and we get to sort of see that happen in this story following these two characters who are corresponding via letter, and then we're hearing the presidential debate underneath it all, between Robert Redford and the conservative candidate, and it's just really good. I am always excited to see what the next big idea he's getting to is. Pete:                I'm not sick of this Robert Redford bit. This is fun. Justin:              Not a bit. Alex:                 Not a bit. It's real. It's happening. Thor and Loki: Double Trouble #1 from Marvel, written by Mariko Tamaki, art by Gurihiru. This is an all-ages title showing Thor and Loki as teens? 20? Pete:                Double trouble. Alex:                 Something like that, and just- Justin:              Something. Alex:                 … playing some tricks on each other and having a good time. I know I'm a sucker for this sort of thing, but what did you guys think of this book? Justin:              It's fun. It's fun to see, I mean, the inherent dynamic between Thor and Loki where it's like “Oh, you can't trust Loki,” but Thor always does because Thor's a sucker for Loki. This feels the most natural of that, where they're young, they're sort of daring each other, and it goes instantly and horribly wrong in a fun, all-ages way. Pete:                Yeah. I thought this was cute and well done in all the right ways. Even though it's an all-ages, it's still a very enjoyable book to read. It's kind of fun to see them depicted this way and the kind of team-ups and mischief they get into. Yeah. It was a good book. Alex:                 Next up, from all ages to no ages, Black Hammer: Visions #2 from Dark Horse Comics, written by Geoff Johns, art by Scott Kolins. This is very exciting to me, personally. I don't want to speak for you guys or the world at large, but to see Geoff Johns and Scott Kolins, the team for The Flash and many other things, collaborating on a very hardcore horror book that's set in the Black Hammer universe, I thought, was very neat. I was a little worried about it. I wasn't sure how it would play out, but I thought it was horrifying and well written, and I liked the little twist there. It felt like a Tales from the Crypt episode. I was very happy with how this book turned out. What did you guys think? Justin:              Yeah. It felt like just classic, classic comics, comic horror with a lot of great execution. We don't know who the bad guy is right out of the gate, and then it's like “Oh, this is bad. Oh, maybe everything's bad.” It feels like we end in a place where it's just “Oh, this is just awful across the board for everyone,” which is very true to classic horror comics, I think, in a good way. Love the art. This series is so good. Next up, in April we get Chip Zdarsky and Johnnie Christmas teaming up. This has been one of my favorite anthology series to pick up. Pete:                Yeah. It was creepy in ways that I wasn't ready for a little bit. It was just like this white dude who has got a POC in the back and gets pulled over by the comics and then is like “Hey. I'm white. So you don't fucking question me,” or whatever. So it just sucked that so far we haven't got any … The poor kid gets really completely fucked over and then turned into something monstrous. I hope that there is a kind of redemption arc for that character a little bit, but yeah. The team and art is unbelievable. Alex:                 All right. Fair enough. Next up, Superman #29 from DC Comics, written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Sean Lewis, art by Phil Hester and Sami Basri. This is the new era for Superman that Phillip Kennedy Johnson on our live show a couple of weeks back. So it's exciting to finally see it come to fruition. Here, we are finding out about Superman fighting an enemy that he can't quite beat, or at least can hurt him in a certain way, and we find out from his son that this enemy might in fact kill him, which is, I would say, a big deal for comic books. What'd you think about this issue? Pete:                Yeah. I mean- Justin:              Has the death of Superman ever been a big deal for comics at any point? Alex:                 I don't remember it in my lifetime. Pete:                Yeah. I think that there's some real touching father-son shit going on here, and that Amanda Waller, man. She's up to something. Somebody should be watching her or paying a little bit more close attention, because- Justin:              Wow. Strong viewpoint, Pete. Pete:                Then there was a weird kind of backup where I was like “This just looks like The Goon,” but yeah. Alex:                 I don't know. That was Bibbo, right? Pete:                Yeah. Yeah. Justin:              Bibbo. Alex:                 Bibbo. Yeah. That was Sean Lewis writing about Bibbo. He's writing this backup story about the other folks that live in Metropolis while the Superman stuff is going on. We get a little Jimmy Olsen. We get a little Bibbo. We got some weird villains. I thought that was fun. Justin, what did you think about this book? Justin:              I really like Phil Hester's art. Phil Hester Green Arrow was a book he sort of was on for a long time, and I feel like his style really fits here in the DC universe to me for whatever reason, and I feel like this is … The Johnson Superman era has begun. I've really been liking the work he's done on Superman, and this takes the continuity of Superman and his son sort of both being Superman at the same time and adds this sense of dread over top of it in a way that I thought was just really good, really smart. Alex:                 It- Pete:                Also, it was really impressive how cool Superman was about his own death, and his son knows, but he wasn't going to push him on it. He's really slow playing that pretty well, and I was like “Wow. I would have been like ‘Yo. Fucking son. Tell me when I'm fucking dying here. Help me out. What the fuck. I'm bleeding out my arm and you're being casual.'” Justin:              Well, I- Alex:                 I mean, that feels classic Superman. Justin:              Superman feels like … We know his greatest weakness is Kryptonite, but his second greatest weakness is not playing Coney ball with him, which really seems to break his god damn heart. Pete:                Yeah. That was heartbreaking. Yeah. Oh, come on, man. Alex:                 What are the rules there? Pete:                If he's dying- Alex:                 How do you play Coney ball? Pete:                … play Coney ball. Alex:                 Come on. Justin:              It's probably a lot of throwing a pine cone while you're flying or something and trying to catch it. Pine cones sharp. Alex:                 Yeah. Some day. Some day we'll get a game of Coney ball. We'll get the rules. It'll be a lot like Calvinball, but I guess we'll have to find out. Eternals #3 from Marvel, written by Kieron Gillen, art by Esad Ribic. Here, we are finding out more about the Deviants in particular, the antithesis of the Eternals, as they are dealing with a spiraling-out-of-control murder mystery of their own. How'd you feel about this issue? Pete:                Well, first off, the art is just glorious. It's really beautiful. Lot of amazing character designs and stuff like this- Justin:              It's like someone took- Pete:                … the facial expressions. Justin:              It's like someone took the … Sorry to interrupt you, Pete. Someone took the- Pete:                No problem. Justin:              He-Man characters and put them in epic Renaissance paintings. Pete:                Yeah. Yeah. Justin:              It's so beautiful. Pete:                It's really impressive. It's almost like a watercolor tone to it. It's really great. Yeah. I've been enjoying. Eternals really wasn't my bag for a long time, but this new kind of reboot is doing its job in getting me excited about a movie that maybe … I don't know. Justin:              Wow. Alex:                 Good conclusion there. Justin:              Way to play it cool. Alex:                 Strong conclusion. Justin:              Playing it very coy. That movie's been announced and talked about for quite some time. Pete:                Well, I don't know when it's actually coming out. You know what I mean? So that's why I was trying to be like … Alex:                 I do think somebody mentioned this on our Patreon Slack that it feels like it's Kieron Gillen's X-Men, and I think that's accurate in a way because he's using these text pages to break everything up, but he's maybe the only person other than Jonathan Hickman that is using that convention in a successful and exciting way. There's a page here where the computer, who narrates the entire book, talks about how many Deviants actually exist, and they kick to a double-page spread of just names of Deviants, and it's like “Page 10 of 7,947,” or something like that, and it plays so well because it's this oh-shit moment of the Eternals … There's probably 10 of them, and they getting killed off, and their enemies, the Deviants, are innumerable at this point. It's great. Justin:              Did you guys have any favorites from the Deviant page you wanted to highlight? Alex:                 [Corbadorbadugal 00:34:14]. Pete:                [inaudible 00:34:17] that shout out. Justin:              I'm going to give it up for some of my favorites from the page, [Smokewheel 00:34:22], [Bottleshirt 00:34:22], and [Dabgnorts 00:34:25]. Pete:                Oh, yeah. Dabgnorts. How could I forget about Dabgnorts? Justin:              I went to college with a Bottleshirt. So I feel like I know that dude. Alex:                 Not to keep plugging stuff, but you can go back a couple of months in our feed, and we talked to Kieron Gillen before he launched Eternals where he talked about it quite a bit. That's in the Comic Book Club feed. So check that out. It was fun to chat with him about this stuff. Alex:                 Birthright #47 from Image Comics, written by Joshua Williamson, art by Andrei Bressan. We are getting to the endgame here. Here, our heroes are going after people whoa re picking the detritus of the magical battle, the climax that we had finding the God King Lore, and that leads to probably what actually this final arc is about, which is brother versus brother. What'd you think about this one? Pete:                [crosstalk 00:35:17]- Justin:              Can I love this book more? Can I talk about this book possibly any more in my life? I've given this a shine up on every single issue of this series because I love it so much, and this was great. In the midst, the fact that this is the epic end to this epic story and we still get this great, quiet bar scene between these two warriors talking about just how shit went down and the difficulties of being a rage-fueled werewolf … Did anyone on this podcast identify with that character? Anybody? Any hands going up here? Pete:                I'm sure. I'm sure there was a lot of people that did. Alex:                 Me? Me? Was it me? Justin:              You are the rage werewolf of the show. Alex:                 Okay. Justin:              Don't let anyone tell you different. Alex:                 Awoo. Pete:                Yeah. I agree. This continues to just be unbelievable. Yeah. It's crazy because it's like “Oh, I thought this was wrapped up,” but it continues to go on in such an enjoyable way that I don't want it to end, but yeah. I just think this is artistically and creatively one of those books that's going to stand up over time. Alex:                 I agree. Next up, Pete's favorite book of the month- Justin:              Month? Alex:                 … maybe year, Luna #2 from BOOM! Studios by Maria Llovet. This is about a- Pete:                Don't put your weird shit on me, motherfucker. Alex:                 Listen, man. Maria Llovet makes some gorgeous art. That is what I am going to say. This is about a woman that is getting into a strange cult and getting sucked deeper and deeper. Justin, what did you think about this one? Justin:              I like this. It's crazy how much this is like the other book, the Brian Azzarello book. Alex:                 Faithless. Justin:              Faithless. Yeah. Just in almost every way. So it's a little weird to have this being out so soon after we've been talking about the other one, but I like this independent of Faithless. I think this is a good book. It's sort of like the country, the unplugged version of Faithless, where there's a lot of vests with no shirt underneath, looking in old books and playing some fun acoustic guitar. Alex:                 Faithless too fancy for you? Check out Luna, now from BOOM! Studios. Justin:              A hundred percent. Even bad boys have a soft side. Luna, from BOOM! Studios. Alex:                 Next up, Sweet Tooth: The Return #5 from DC Comics by Jeff Lemire. We are at the second to last issue of this book, a rebooted Sweet Tooth. We find out some big revelations and twists in this issue. Pete, there's a big, angry elephant. What did you think of this one? Pete:                Yeah. I really enjoyed the elephant. Yeah. We got the kind of reveal, the evil master plan in this. Yeah. I think it does a great job of leading us, being like “Oh, what's going to … Tune in next time.” Yeah. I think this is a great book. The art's fantastic. It's really raise the stakes. I can't wait to see what happens in the next issue. Justin:              Pete, how did you like the zoo? I really enjoyed the elephant. Pete, how'd you like the circus? I really enjoyed the elephant. Pete, how'd you like your safari? I really enjoyed the elephant. That's all I hear from you, Pete. Alex:                 Hey, Pete. How were your animal crackers? I really enjoyed the elephant. Pete:                The elephant. Yeah. Justin:              Pete, how do you enjoy- Pete:                See, the elephant animal cracker is a little bigger. So you get more cracker. That's why it's more enjoyable. Justin:              Pete, how did- Alex:                 Did you bite off the legs first, or the trunk first? What did you go for? Pete:                It depends on the mood, you know? Some days are a trunk day. Other are the legs. Justin:              Uh oh. He's in a real trunk mood. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              Pete- Alex:                 Yeah. Oh, I can't eat carbs today. It's trunk day. Justin:              Trunk day. Pete, how did you enjoy the animal in the room that no one wanted to talk about? I really enjoyed the elephant. I mean, if you like Sweet- Pete:                I love walking into the room and talking about the giant elephant. You kidding me? Justin:              Believe me, I've known you for so long I can't hide an elephant in the room with you. Elephant. If you like Sweet Tooth, you're going to like this book. It is a true one-to-one sequel to that book. You don't get to know the characters as well, and it feels like it's taking the ideas and creating a story that has the tension and stress and thriller nature of Sweet Tooth and just playing that hard quickly, and I'm curious what the big point of this will be at the end. Alex:                 I agree. I think a lot of the proof is going to be in that final issue, and I'm excited to check that out. Next up, The Immortal Hulk #44 from Marvel, written by Al Ewing, art by Joe Bennett. We are back to the good old fucked up Immortal Hulk this issue with things growing out of people's backs and big monsters and things exploding and whatever. That's great. I love it. I love this book. Justin:              Yeah. I love this book too. The art is so good, so horrifying. Truly, there's so much just skin stretched- Pete:                Oh, fuck. Justin:              … in fucked up places. I love it. Alex:                 I love that this is the sort of book where you can have a green Sasquatch in the desert with Puck, and Rick Jones, who's just like a stretched out neck at this point and a head, is coming out of a radioactive guy, and they're like “Whoa. Whoa. He's not bad. He's not smiling anymore,” and you're like “Yeah. No. No. He's a good guy now.” Justin:              Yeah. It was like “I noticed the lack of smile on this horrifying image.” Alex:                 But it's great. I love that they've gotten this book to a place where they just have this insane mythology where that happens. You have this huge fights with the U-Foes and the Hulk where, spoiler, but they win and they blast the skin off the Hulk in the most horrifying way, leading to a huge cliffhanger at the end there. This is great. Pete, I know you've been a little back and forth on this book. How'd you feel about this one? Pete:                I thought it had a really hilarious, amazing, scary, fucked up last page. I think this is a very creative, dark, twisted book. It continues to be enthralling. I'm excited to see how this is going to kind of end or wrap up here, because after that last page, I was like “What?” Alex:                 This is not actually my problem or anything, but there was a certain sense I got towards the end of this book, because they clearly are heading towards the endgame with Immortal Hulk. I started to feel bad for whoever is going to have to pick up Hulk afterwards, after this run, and be like- Justin:              Yeah. Pete:                But I think- Alex:                 … “Yeah. I'm the Hulk. I like to smash things. Boop. Boop.” Pete:                No, but I think that Marvel knows that, and I think that you kind of get something that's like “Hey. Your Hulk book isn't always fucked up.” You know what I mean? So it'll be a refreshing, nice Hulk story that we can kind of be like “Oh, yeah. That's right. This Hulk,” and then maybe it'll be something else later, but I think the next thing could be a nice palate cleanser. Alex:                 No. I agree. I mean, I think all I'm saying is this is such a definitive Hulk run. To come after this, I do not know what you do next at this point. Justin:              Yeah. I mean, it does feel like they're setting up … This issue, really, I was like “Ah, I see where we're going.” I'm very excited for that. The U-Foes were great. It's rare to see a story where your hero gets just destroyed in such a fashion, and yeah. I feel like they're going to be like “Okay. How about it's just Hulk smash for a while?” after this. Alex:                 Next up, Specter Inspectors #2 from BOOM! Box by Bowen McCurdy and Kaitlyn Musto. We love the first issue of this book, which found a bunch of fake paranormal investigators discovering something real paranormal. They track down more paranormal stuff this issue, specifically a ghost in a library. Pete, you're a big Ghostbusters fan. Pete:                Yeah. I mean, the classic- Alex:                 You love a ghost in a library. What'd you think about this one? Pete:                Yeah. The classic ghost in the library move. Fun. Yeah. I think this continues to be a really fantastic book, and what's nice is even though it's drawn a little cartoony, there's still some real scary panels going on in here, and I like this kind of group of people that we have working together. It has some heart to it. It's intense, and it's going to be fun to see how this gang kind of gets out of trouble, but yeah, a little nod to the old classic Ghostbusters with the old librarian ghost. Alex:                 Yep. Justin:              Yeah. This book, the art is so great at just expressing the different feelings and emotions these characters are having throughout this story. So it's a really great book that … Great synergy between the writer and artist here, and it's good. It's scary, and it's fun. Pete:                It's a bold move to talk to a librarian ghost, because you know she's going to shush you, but they rolled that dice and they took that gamble. Justin:              I'd rather talk to a librarian ghost than just a regular living librarian. Pete:                Interesting. Alex:                 Next up, The Amazing Spider-Man #61, AKA stop Spider-Man, from Marvel, written by Nick Spencer, art by Patrick Gleason. This issue, we're getting a brand-new status quo for Spider-Man. This is the much hyped new costume. We find out why he gets the new costume here. Justin, what did you think about this one? Justin:              This is such a total shift back to what Nick Spencer was doing before this last big storyline where all this gross stuff happened with Kindred and Sin-Eater and all that, which was so heavy and intense, and this was like “Nope. It's fun again. Boomerang and Spidery just being roommates, screwing around, social media,” all that. So it was a bit of a whiplash jumping into this issue. I like what's happening. It's hard to reconcile with the last six months of Spider-Man. Alex:                 Pete? Pete:                Yeah. I mean, I agree with Justin. This does feel like Whiplash where somebody's yelling at me to play the drums and I really don't want to. I'm looking forward to this thing being over with so can get back to Spider-Man. Alex:                 For me, this felt like Whiplash in terms of I'm a little more into my bird than Sam Rockwell. Justin:              Okay. Alex:                 So we all had different takes. I liked this. I thought this was fun. Like Justin was saying, I do think it's interesting that they throw in the Kindred thing right at the beginning here. They're clearly not done with it. We're going to come back to it at some point, you'd think. Justin:              I just hope we finally get to find out who's underneath the mask. Alex:                 That would be great. The Last Witch #3, our last book here on The Stack, from BOOM! Box, written by Conor McCreery, illustrated by V.V. Glass. Here, we're getting a witch versus witch battle. That's the hot thing this month. Everybody loves it. Everybody loves seeing witches fighting, and you guys have been loving this book. Pete:                Oh, yeah. Justin:              I do love this book. This is another one of my favorites of the week. Pete:                Yep. Justin:              These characters are so good. I'm so behind this young girl who has the witch mark and is battling these badass witches and somehow finding a way to win every time. I really love this. Pete:                Yeah. I'm really impressed with this, the art, the storytelling. It's really fantastic. What's great is it's even better than it looks. When you look at it, you're like “Oh, kind of looks adorable. Looks like an all-ages,” but it's not. There's so much going on in this book. It's really fantastic. It's very touching. Plus, you got a badass grandma who smokes cigars. I mean, come on. You know what I mean? Come on. Alex:                 I knew it. I knew you were going to bring up the grandma. Justin:              I knew we'd- Pete:                Come on. Justin:              … get to Pete's grandma love. Pete:                The little kid and the … It's touching. It's badass. It's fun. It's a lot of different things, but the storytelling and the art is glorious, and this book has really been impressive. Justin:              At what age are you finally like “Wow. That's what I'm talking about,” when you see a grandma, Pete? Pete:                What do you mean? Justin:              What age? Is it someone having grandchildren? Or are you like … When you see someone, like an older grandmother woman, is that when you're like “Okay. I want to put a sword in that golden girl's hand”? Pete:                Well, any time you see a badass grandma, you think that's a cool grandma. You know what I mean? So I don't know what the age is, but if you saw a grandma rocking a cigar or with a sword or a machine gun, you're going to be like “Hell yeah. I'm on her team. She's on my team. Let's go.” Alex:                 Pete, that's a real GILF, is what you're saying? Pete:                No. No. That is not what I'm saying. Alex:                 Grandma I'd like to fight with. Pete:                All right. You know what, Zalben? I don't know what to do with you. Alex:                 But I know what to do with all of you. You need to support as at patreon.com/comicbookclub. Also, we do a live show every Tuesday night at Crowdcast and YouTube at 7:00 PM. Probably shouldn't have said the time there. iTunes, Android, Spotify, Stitcher, or the app of your choice to subscribe and follow our show. @ComicBookLive on Twitter. Comicbookclublive.com for this podcast and more. @ComicBookClub on YouTube. We'll see you next time at the virtual comic book shop. The post The Stack: The Joker, Children Of The Atom And More appeared first on Comic Book Club. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookclub See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Writer/artist Johnnie Christmas joins the show to talk about his Image sci-fi series "Tartarus," his comiXology original graphic novel "Crema," his upcoming middle grade work and more.

This week on Creannotators, I talked with writer Johnnie Christmas about his work on Tartarus, a science fiction series full of supernatural mythology from Image Comics. We talk about coordinating massive worldbuilding, the balance between writing and illustrating comics, and future plans for Tartarus among other topics! On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite […] The post Creannotators #21: “Tartarus” Interview With Writer Johnnie Christmas! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

It's been a minute since we talked comics. So let's talk comics. Specifically with someone who makes comics. Literally takes ideas out of his brain and, with the help of some artists/letterers/editors, brings them to life for others to enjoy on a monthly basis. That someone is ! Johnnie is the #1 New York Times Bestselling artist of Margaret Atwood's Angel Catbird, the writer of ComiXology's Crema and currently he's on writing duties for his new book Tartarus from Image Comics. Check out our chat with him as we take a dive into his world building process and his experiences publishing comics both online and in print. The first collected volume of Tartarus hits shelves on September 30th (yes, that's next week!) so if you haven't been snagging the floppies over the last few months, now is your chance to hop on board this wild space opera that Johnnie and his team are putting together. Enjoy! -Jr.

In the newest episode, comic creator Johnnie Christmas joins me to talk about his newest title, “Crema,” available on ComiXology Originals. The story focuses on Esme, who works as a barista at a Brooklyn coffee shop and knows everything there is to know about the stuff. But when she drinks too much, she can actually see . . . and talk to . . . ghosts. We talk a lot about the multi-leveled story which blends romance, a haunting legend, and a slice of life tale. Johnnie also shares how the pandemic has impacted his own plans for 2020 and the comic industry as a whole.

Christmas comes twice this year, as Johnnie Christmas dives into the Euro-Manga rabbit hole of Tartarus, discusses art theory, and the new frontier of young reader comics. P.S. We're not sorry for the opening pun.

Comic Watch Presents: The Unseen World Behind Crema - An Interview With Johnnie Christmas

Johnnie Christmas joins the latest Shot X Shot to discuss his winding path through comics as an artist, writer, and artist/writer on such projects as Alien 3 for Dark Horse Comics and Tartarus for Image Comics. Also: beer, cider, and...(if you're Brian Stelfreeze) mint-flavored water.

October 2020 Solicits New Comics Reviews: Batman 95 & Batgirl 47 Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity - Secret Files by Kami Garcia, Edward Kurz, Jason Kadower, David Mack, Mico Suayan, Annette Kwok Amazing Spider-Man: Sins Rising Prelude by Nick Spencer, Guillermo Sanna, Jordie Bellaire Empyre: Avengers 1 by Jim Zub, Carlos Magno, Grundetjern Empyre: X-Men 1 by Jonathan Hickman, Tini Howard, Matteo Buffagni, Nolan Woodard Lords of Empyre: Emperor Hulkling by Chip Zdarsky, Anthony Olivieria, Manual Garcia Bliss 1 by Sean Lewis, Caitlin Yarsky Chu 1 by John Layman, Dan Boultman Canto & the Clockwork Fairies by David Booher, Drew Zucker, Vittorio Astone, Deron Bennett Green Hornet 1 by Scott Lobdell, Anthony Marques Crema by Johnnie Christmas, Dante Luiz, Ryan Ferrier, Atla Hrafney Power Rangers: Ranger Slayer 1 by Ryan Parrott, Dan Mora, Raul Angulo Space Bear by Ethan Young Loggerhead: Bloody Bayou by Byron Silverbax Grit 1 by Brian Wickman, Kevin Castaniero, Simon Gough Yasmeen by Saif Ahmed, Fabiana Mascolo Murder Hobo by Joseph Schmalke, Jason Lynch Additional Reviews: Apocalypse Girl, Mega Princess, Metro, Troop Zero, Scurry vol 1 and 2, Animal Crackers, Hotel Dare, Dead to Me News: Dynamite (Mark Russell and Karla Pacheco announce departure, company dissociates from CG, Cullen Bunn and Blacky Shepard expose laundry), new Justin Jordan Image comic, Mirka Andolfo new animated series, Tenet delay, Endless Winter, Shane Davis comicsgate, Runaways return in February, Korra comes to Netflix, Spider-Woman renumbering, DC Universe - no more subscriptions, Donald Glover returns as Lando, Paper Girls adaptation, Eisner winners, Dragon Prince renewed for four more seasons, Star Trek: Prodigy, Red 5 and Mandrake the Magician, Invincible casting, Babs and Cass back to Oracle and Batgirl? Trailers: Hellstrom Comics Countdown: Middlewest 18 by Skottie Young, Jorge Corona, Jean-Francois Beaulieu Die 12 by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans Birthright 45 by Joshua Williamson, Andrei Bressan, Adriano Lucas Daredevil 21 by Chip Zdarsky, Marco Checcheto Decorum 3 by Jonathan Hickman, Mike Huddleston Usagi Yojimbo 10 by Stan Sakai Wynd 2 by James Tynion IV, Michael Dialynas Justice League Dark 24 by Ram V, Amancay Nahuelpan, June Chung Batman 95 by James Tynion IV, Jorge Jimenez, Tomeu Morey Lords of Empyre: Emperor Hulkling by Chip Zdarsky, Anthony Olivieria, Manual Garcia

After some "Things We Love" and pull lists, Cory and Che review the new Judd Apatow movie The King of Staten Island (30:53). Then they talk new comics including Tartarus from Johnnie Christmas and the newest issue of Strange Adventures (44:19). And finally they give their thoughts on the excellent new HBO show I May Destroy You (01:22:33). All-Old All-Good Book Club: Spanish Fever by The New Spanish Cartoonists Curse of the Rewatch: Charlie's Angels by McG Subscribe: Itunes | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher Twitter: @NextTimeOnPod If you have any questions or comments please email nexttimeonpodcast@gmail.com Intro track: Blerds Beats by Baronhawk Poitier

John was able to sit down with Johnnie Christmas and talk about his impressive new book Tartarus, which if you

Today on the show, I'm joined by Johnnie Christmas and Jack T. Cole, the writer and artist behind the new Image Comics series Tartarus! We discuss the ins and outs of their working relationship, the process of building a world, and much much more!Support That's The Issue by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/thatstheissueFind out more at https://thatstheissue.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.

*Comic Spoilers* for Tartarus #1 by Johnnie Christmas and Jack T. Cole (Image Comics)(23:45), Scars #1(1:04:30), Thor #3 (1:15:00), and X-Men #6 (1:27:00). Comics we've been reading: Postal-Deliverance, Moonshine #16, X-Men/Fantastic Four, Gideon Falls, Detective Comics #3, Tales From Harrow County, 20XX, Alienated #1, The Rise of Kylo Ren.  NCBD: The Plunge #1, Wolverine #1, Godkillers #1, Bitter Root #5 (new arc). 

Writer Johnnie Christmas and artist Jack Cole talk to Paul about their new book, Tartarus that debuts 12th February in comic shops everywhere. Tartarus is a hard sci-fi class war that fuses the used futures of Alien with the esoteric beauty of Moebius. In this interview, Johnnie and Jack discuss their influences and fascination with the medium as well as chatting about how they unwind and their own entertainment tastes! Keep up with the best in comics on The Comic Crush, follow us on Twitter and Instagram and like our page on Facebook. Treat yourself to some comics from our webshop or help us by signing-up for our Patreon to get bonus episodes and more.

DC Solicits May 2020, Top 500 Comics Reviews: Black Wood: The Mourning After by Evan Dorkin, Veronica Fish, Andy, Fish Batman: Pennyworth RIP by James Tynion IV, Peter Tomasi, Eddy Barrows, Eber Ferreira, Chris Burnham, Marcio Takara, Diogenes Neves, David Lafuente, Sumit Kumar, Adriano Lucas, Rex Lokus, Nathan Fairbairn Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey 1 by Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, Paul Mounts Superman: Heroes by Brian Michael Bendis, Matt Fraction, Greg Rucka, Kevin Maguire, Steve Lieber, Mike Perkins, Mike Norton, Scott Godlewski Zatanna and the House of Secrets by Matthew Cody, Yoshi Yoshitani Napoleon Dynamite Valentine's Day Special by Megan Brown, Christine Larsen Star Trek Year 5 Valentine's Day Special by Paul Cornell, Christopher Jones, Charlie Kirchoff Tartarus 1 by Johnnie Christmas, Jack T. Cole Gwen Stacy 1 by Christos Gage, Todd Nauck, Rachelle Rosenberg Nebula 1 by Vita Ayala, Claire Roe, Mike Spicer Spirits of Ghost Rider: Mother of Demons by Ed Brisson, Roland Boschi Alienated 1 by Si Spurrier, Chris Wildgoose, Andre May Undone by Blood 1 by Lonnie Nadler, Zac Thompson, Sami Kivela, Jason Wordie Snapdragon by Kat Leyh Additional Reviews: Black Hammer v4, Doctor Who, Sonic the Hedgehog News: new Thor mini by Ram V tying into Empyre, Mark Waid 2-part Squadron Supreme mini for Empyre, more delays on Abram's Spidey, another delay on Azzarello's BoP, Phastos the Eternal, Captain America Empyre one-shot by PKJ, Masters of the Universe casting, Shadowman relaunch by Cullen Bunn, Birds of Prey renaming Trailers: Green Knight, Stranger Things s4, Vagrant Queen Comics Countdown: Green Lantern: Season Two 1 by Grant Morrison, Liam Sharp, Steve Oliff Ascender 9 by Jeff Lemire, Dustin Nguyen Thor 3 by Donny Cates, Nic Klein, Matt Wilson X-Men 6 by Jonathan Hickman, Matteo Bufffagni, Sunny Gho Sonata 8 by David Hine, Brian Haberlin, Geirrod Van Dyke Tales from Harrow County: Death's Choir 3 by Cullen Bunn, Tyler Crook, Naomi Franquiz Terrifics 25 by Gene Luen Yang, Dan Mora, Ivan Plascencia Venom 23 by Donny Cates, Mark Bagley, Andy Owens, Frank Martin Dollhouse Family 4 by Mike Carey, Peter Gross, Vince Locke, Cris Peter Ghosted in LA 8 by Sina Grace, Siobhan Keenan, Cathy Le

Johnnie Christmas talks Tartarus and his adventures with Jack T. Cole. Get 10% Off at Betterhelp.com/DreamerComics with Discount Code "Dreamercomics" Download Postmates with Promo Code "Comics" to Get $100 Dollars Off Delivery with Postmates.  Learn how to make comics like the pros with Skillshare. Get 2 Months Free when you sign up at www.skillshare.com/dreamer

This week we're introducing you to a new podcast called Issue Zero to answer the questions what makes Aliens and the Xenomorph, so terrifying? and could a scenario like Alien happen here on earth? Taking you on this voyage of discover is your host, not in a parasitic way, Fred Kennedy, and he'll share with you the backstory on the Alien film franchise…and more specifically, its star player…the Xenomorph. He's joined by Johnnie Christmas, who just adapted the original William Gibson screenplay for Alien 3 into a comic for Darkhorse…and is a guy who’s knee deep in the ORIGINAL source material to find our what makes these creatures so terrifying. To answer whether humanity could survive a xenomorph invasion he looks to an actual scientist, Dan Riskin, former host of Daily Planet and a Canadian evolutionary biologist, television personality and producer.  Spoiler alert! both guests will not let you sleep at night. Host: Fred Kennedy Twitter @Fearless_Fred Facebook @fearlessfredontheradio Guests: Johnnie Christmas - @j_xmas Dan Riskin - @riskindan

We’re talking Aliens and the Xenomorph, what makes them so terrifying? Could a scenario like Alien happen here on earth? Your host, not in a parasitic way, Fred Kennedy, takes you through the backstory on the Alien film franchise…and more specifically, its star player…the Xenomorph. He's joined by Johnnie Christmas, who just adapted the original William Gibson screenplay for Alien 3 into a comic for Darkhorse…and is a guy who’s knee deep in the ORIGINAL source material to find our what makes these creatures so terrifying. To answer whether humanity could survive a xenomorph invasion he looks to an actual scientist, Dan Riskin, former host of Daily Planet and a Canadian evolutionary biologist, television personality and producer.  Spoiler alert! both guests will not let you sleep at night. Host: Fred Kennedy Twitter @Fearless_Fred Facebook @fearlessfredontheradio Guests: Johnnie Christmas - @j_xmas Dan Riskin - @riskindan

Includes a discussion and review of the latest comic series from Dark Horse Comics, an adaptation of William Gibson’s second draft of Alien 3 by Johnnie Christmas and Tamra Bonvillain. Presented by Corporal Hicks, RidgeTop, […]

Includes an interview with Johnnie Christmas, the writer and artist of Dark Horse Comics’ recent adaptation of William Gibson’s Alien 3. Presented by Corporal Hicks & RidgeTop.

THE NEWS Hickman is coming July 2019! But to do what!? X-Men! Absolute Carnage is coming August 2019. A look ahead to the Marvel mystery event yet to be revealed starting December 2019. ALTERED CARBON is getting a comic book at Dynamite Entertainment. Batman Who Laughs the only comic to top 100k in Feb 2019. New Service Brings Free Comics to Your Nintendo Switch. TOP BOOKS OF LAST WEEK Dave Justice League #20 (W: Scott Snyder & Jorge Jimenez, A: Jorge Jimenez) Meet the Skrulls #2 (W: Robbie Thompson A: Niko Henrichon) Forrest Meet the Skrulls #2 (W: Robbie Thompson A: Niko Henrichon) Invisible Kingdom #1 (W: G. Willow Wilson, A: Christian Ward) SEGMENT: SQUARE UP! It’s a Big Two all-out brawl of who can do...mostly not fighting the best? One random DC character VS. one random Marvel character VS. a Superfight selected scenario! Who comes out on top? TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK Dave Detective Comics #1000 (W: Various, A: Various) Forrest Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt #3 (W: Kieron Gillen, A: Caspar Wijngaard) Best COVER OF NEXT WEEK **Forrest: ** Alien 3 #5 (A: Johnnie Christmas) **Dave: ** Detective Comics #1,000 (A: Steve Rude variant cover) **Soap Box: ** Forrest talks about marketing language which talks about how long a story has been in the making.

In this episode—a brief break from our ongoing 40 Miles of Bad Road series—hosts Jaime and Patrick sit down with Johnnie Christmas, the writer and artist behind the groundbreaking new Dark Horse series based on the second draft of William Gibson’s unproduced screenplay for Alien 3. Stay tuned at the end for listener questions, and check out more from Johnnie at johnniechristmas.com! // For more on this and our other projects, please visit www.perfectorganism.com. // If you’d like to join the conversation, find us on our closed Facebook group: Building Better Worlds // To support the show, please consider visiting www.perfectorganism.com/support. We’ve got some great perks available! // And as always, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing this show. We can’t tell you how much your support means to us, but we can hopefully show you by continuing to provide better, more ambitious, and more dynamic content for years to come.

Top 500, Wonder Woman 58, Electric Warriors 1, Avengers 700, Black Order, Infinity Wars: Infinity Warps, Uncanny X-Men 1, Vault of Spiders 2, Captain Marvel Prelude, Luke Cage Every Man, Doctor Horrible: Best Friends Forever, William Gibson’s Alien 3, Tsum Tsum Kingdom, Bitter Root, Terrible Elisabeth Dumn Against the Devils in Suits, Firefly, Comics Comics Quarterly, Minions: Vive Le Boss, Bloodshot Rising Spirit   Reviews: Flash by Johns v4, Batman/Shadow, Grindenwald, Doctor Who s11e07   News: Black Hammer cinematic universe, Pedro Pascal as the Mandalorian, Fighting With My Family trailer, Sabrina reboot by Kelly Thompson, Wolverine: Infinity Watch, Zdarsky on Daredevil, Luthor casting, Young Justice premiere date, War of the Realms, Sweet Tooth to Hulu, Cassandra Cain casting, Detective 1000   Comics Details: Wonder Woman 58 by G. Willow Wilson, Cary Nord, Mick Gray, Romulo Fajardo Jr Electric Warriors 1 by Steve Orlando, Travel Foreman, Hi-Fi Avengers 700 by Jason Aaron, Frazer Irving, Adam Kubert, David Marquez, Ed McGuinness, Andrea Sorrentino, Erick Arciniega, Giada Marchisio, Justin Ponsor, Matt Hollingsworth Black Order 1 by Derek Landy, Philip Tan, Marc Deering, Guillermo Ortega, Le Beau Underwood, Jay David Ramos Infinity Wars: Infinity Warps 1 by Jim Zub, Flaviano, Ruth Redmond, Ryan North, Natacha Bustos, Tamra Bonvillain, Mariko Tamaki, Francisco Herrera, Todd Nauck, Scott Hanna, Ozgur Yildirim, Chris O’Halloran, Matt Yackey Uncanny X-Men 1 by Ed Brisson, Matt Rosenberg, Kelly Thompson, Mahmud Asrar, Rachelle Rosenberg, Mirko Colak, Guru eFX, Ibraim Roberson, Mark Bagley, Drew Hennessy, Luke Cage: Every Man by Anthony Del Col, Jahnoy Lindsay, Ian Herring Doctor Horrible: Best Friends Forever by Joss Whedon, Josep Beroy, Sara Soler, Dan Jackson William Gibson’s Alien 3 by William Gibson, Johnnie Christmas, Tamra Bonvillain Disney’s Tsum Tsum Kingdom 1 by Thom Zahler, Philip Murphy, Nicoletta Baldari, Jeremy Lambert, Nico Pena Bitter Root 1 by Chuck Brown, David Walker, Sanford Greene, Rico Renzi Terrible Elisabeth Dumn Against the Devils in Suits by Arabson, James Robinson Firefly 1 by Greg Pak, Dan McDaid, Marcello Costa Minions: Vive Le Boss by Renaud Collin, Stephane Lapuss Bloodshot: Rising Spirit 1 by Zac Thompson, Lonnie Nadler, Kevin Grevioux, Ken Lashley, Oliver Borges, Brian Thies, Ryan Winn, Diego Rodriguez   Comics Countdown, 14 Nov 2018: Mister Miracle 12 by Tom King, Mitch Gerads Gideon Falls 8 by Jeff Lemire, Andrea Sorrentino, Dave Stewart Quantum Age 4 by Jeff Lemire, Wilfredo Torres, Dave Stewart Thor 7 by Jason Aaron, Tony Moore, John Rauch Venom 8 by Donny Cates, Iban Coello, Andres Mossa Avengers 700 by Jason Aaron, Frazer Irving, Adam Kubert, David Marquez, Ed McGuinness, Andrea Sorrentino, Erick Arciniega, Giada Marchisio, Justin Ponsor, Matt Hollingsworth Bitter Root 1 by Chuck Brown, David Walker, Sanford Greene, Rico Renzi Supergirl 24 by Marc Andreyko, Doc Shaner, Karl Kesel, Nathan Fairbairn Sleepless 9 by Sarah Vaughn, Leila Del Duca, Gabe Fischer, Alissa Sallah Murder Falcon 2 by Daniel Warren Johnson, Michael Spicer  

Let's not beat around the bush, your hosts had fun with this one. Listen in to discover: Prison Witch The Tea Dragon Society Out of Nothing Firebug Gideon Falls Kitty Kitty Archival Quality This Must Be The Place Infidel Dry County Vampironica Betrothed Notes: www.fortheloveofindie.com Email: ftlindie@gmail.com Twitter/Instagram: @ftlindie/@ftloveofindie

  Johnnie Christmas is the writer and artist of the graphic novel Firebug published through Image Comics.  I talk with Johnnie about his early web comic and collaborations with Ed Brisson who currently write Iron Fist and Old Man Logan for Marvel Comics Johnny also talks about his work on Angel Catbird with writer Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's Tale. What obstacles did Johnnie face during his comic book career and how did he overcome them? How did Firebug become a graphic novel?   About the book: https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/firebug-tp   Johnnie Christmas Tour Dates: http://johnniechristmas.com/events/    Please take a moment to rate Creator Talks on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/creator-talks-podcast/id1180823120?mt=2  

Johnnie Christmas is a cartoonist and illustrator, he is the creator of the comic Firebug and the artist and co-creator of the comic series sheltered and the graphic novel series Angel Catbird!

Last month, I had a privilege to host a panel on Comics with local Vancouver cartoonists and artists for the Canadian book design recognizing, Alcuin Society. I was joined by Sarah Leavitt, Nick Bantock and Johnnie Christmas. It was a … Continue reading →

On this episode the Two Guys with PhDs discuss the first volume of Margaret Atwood and Johnnie Christmas’s Angel Catbird; David Justus, Matthew Sturges, and Travis Moore's Everafter #1; and Jim Zub and Djibril Morissette-Phan's Glitterbomb #1

Time Codes: 00:00:30 - Introduction 00:02:32 - Comics Alternative news 00:05:57 - Angel Catbird, Vol. 1 00:39:10 - Everafter #1 00:52:07 - Glitterbomb #1 01:05:39 - Wrap up 01:06:41 - Contact us On this week's episode, the Two Guys with PhDs Talking about Comics look at three recent texts, each fantastical in its own way. They begin with Margaret Atwood and Johnnie Christmas's Angel Catbird, Vol. 1 (Dark Horse Books), a unique amalgamation of Golden Age superhero comics, environmental awareness, and ailurophilia. This is the first mainstream comics foray for Atwood, a Canadian novelist, poet, and winner of the Man Booker Prize. Andy and Derek spend a good deal of time talking about the tone of this book as well as its intended, or perhaps inferred, readers. They also sense a faint whiff of "Omaha" the Cat Dancer. Next, the guys turn their attention to the new addition to the Fables world, Everafter #1 (Vertigo Comics). Written by David Justus and Matthew Sturges, and with art by Travis Moore, this new title picks up where Bill Willingham's long-running series left off. Several of the old Fables make their ways into this first issue, but what appears to distinguish Everafter from the original run is its emphasis on adventure, similar to Chris Roberson's Cinderella stories. Finally, Andy and Derek discuss the first issue in the new Image Comics series, Glitterbomb. This is Jim Zub's look at the exploitative nature of Hollywood culture, but with a healthy dose of horror thrown in. The guys wonder if this series will adopt a polemical tone similar to Bitch Planet. And they are especially taken by the art of newcomer Djibril Morissette-Phan.  

Hope Nicholson of Bedside Press George interviews Hope Nicholson, owner of Bedside Press. She is a publisher, editor, researcher, and producer. Some of her past and current projects include "Secret Loves of Geek Girls," "Moonshot," reprints of 1940's Canadian comic legends Nelvana of the Northern Lights and Brok Windsor, "Angel Catbird" with Margaret Atwood and Johnnie Christmas, and a reprint of John K Snyder III's 1980's comic series "Fashion in Action." She was also an associate producer on the documentary film "Lost Heroes" about the history of Canadian superheroes. Please check out her website, www.hopenicholson.com, for more information on these and many other exciting projects. Believe it or not, Tony also makes an appearance this week to join George to talk about the late, great musical genius, Prince Rogers Nelson. RIP Prince 1958-2016

EVENTO - Secret Wars #3. Jonathan Hickman y Esad Ribic. (Marvel). MARVEL - The Amazing Spider-Man: Renew your vows #1. Dan Slott y Adam Kubert. - Armor Wars #1. James Robinson y Marcio Takara. - Future Imperfect #1. Peter David y Greg Land. - X-tinction Agenda #1. Marc Guggenheim y Carmine di Giandomenico. - Years of Future Past #1. Marguerite Bennett y Mike Norton. DC - Midnighter #1. Steve Orlando y Aco. - Omega Men #1. Tom King y Barnaby Bajenda. - Green Arrow #41. Benjamin Percy y Patrick Zircher. - Action Comics #41. Greg Pak y Aaron Kuder. OTRAS EDITORIALES - AirBoy #1 (de 4). James Robinson y Greg Hinkle. (Image). - Broken World #1. Frank J. Barbiere y Christopher Peterson. (Boom!). BREVES COMENTARIOS - Thanos: The Infinity Relativity. Jim Starlin. (Marvel). - Arcadia #2. Alex Paknadel y Eric Scott Pfeiffer. (Boom!). - Pisces #2. Kurtis J. Wiebe y Johnnie Christmas. (Image).

EVENTO - Secret Wars #3. Jonathan Hickman y Esad Ribic. (Marvel). MARVEL - The Amazing Spider-Man: Renew your vows #1. Dan Slott y Adam Kubert. - Armor Wars #1. James Robinson y Marcio Takara. - Future Imperfect #1. Peter David y Greg Land. - X-tinction Agenda #1. Marc Guggenheim y Carmine di Giandomenico. - Years of Future Past #1. Marguerite Bennett y Mike Norton. DC - Midnighter #1. Steve Orlando y Aco. - Omega Men #1. Tom King y Barnaby Bajenda. - Green Arrow #41. Benjamin Percy y Patrick Zircher. - Action Comics #41. Greg Pak y Aaron Kuder. OTRAS EDITORIALES - AirBoy #1 (de 4). James Robinson y Greg Hinkle. (Image). - Broken World #1. Frank J. Barbiere y Christopher Peterson. (Boom!). BREVES COMENTARIOS - Thanos: The Infinity Relativity. Jim Starlin. (Marvel). - Arcadia #2. Alex Paknadel y Eric Scott Pfeiffer. (Boom!). - Pisces #2. Kurtis J. Wiebe y Johnnie Christmas. (Image).

Gabriel Hardman and Corinna Bechko join us to discuss Invisible Republic from Image, The Crooked Man from Image/Shadowline, Aliens/Vampirella from Dark Horse/Dynamite!, Fresh Romance, Planet of the Apes, High Crimes, Deep Blue Goodbye, Twin Peaks and David Lynch, Mad Max: Fury Road, Avengers: Age of Ultron, the Doom Patrol, Dark Horse Presents and other anthologies, The Shadow, Sheltered by Ed Brisson and Johnnie Christmas from Dark Horse, Warren Ellis and Jason Howard's Trees, Tadao Tsuge's Trash Market from Drawn & Quarterly, Convergence: The Question by Greg Rucka and Cully Hamner, Dark Reign: Zodiac by Joe Casey and Nathan Fox, Alan Moore's Providence and Neonomicon, J. Gonzo's La Mano del Destino from Castle and Key Publications, Heavy Metal, and a whole mess more!

Marc Laming and Antony Esmond join us to talk about Tony Fleecs, the London Super Comic Con, Secret Wars: Planet Hulk, Neal Adams, Thought Bubble, Kings Watch from Dynamite, Avengers, 2000 A.D., Convergence, Captain Britain, Master of Kung-Fu (Paul Gulacy, Gene Day, Mike Zeck, and more), Slaine: The Brutania Chronicles by Pat Mills and Simon Davis, Adam Sandler, Wasteland by John Ostrander, Del Close, Don Simpson, George Freeman, William Messner-Loebs, David Lloyd, Lovern Kindzierski, and company, All-New Hawkeye #1 by Jeff Lemire and Ramon Perez, Matt Fraction and Kelly Sue DeConnick, Michael Moorcock's Elric: The Ruby Throne by Julien Blondel, Didier Poli, Robin Recht, and Jean Bastide from Titan Comics, P. Craig Russell, Killraven, the Mister Miracle Artist's Edition from IDW, Frank Thorne, Chrononauts by Mark Millar, Sean Gordon Murphy, and Matt Hollingsworth from Image, The Man Without Fear by Frank Miller, John Romita Jr., and Klaus Janson, The Spectators by Victor Hussenot from Nowbrow, Sheltered by Ed Brisson and Johnnie Christmas from Image, Invisible Republic #1 by Gabriel Hardman, Corinna Bechko, and Jordan Boyd from Image, Man-Thing, and a whole mess more!

Welcome to February, faithful listeners! And just as day follows night, every new month brings another opportunity for the Two Guys with PhDs (Talking about Comics) to discuss the latest solicits in the Previews catalog. As you might expect, Andy and Derek find a lot to discuss in the new Previews, highlighting upcoming titles from premiere publishers, smaller presses, and a few outlets you may not have even heard of. For example, they discuss future releases from Dark Horse Comics (Brian Wood and Andrea Mutti's Rebels, Gilbert Hernandez's Grip: The Strange World of Men, and the latest volume of Eiji Otsuka and Housui Yamasaki's The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service), DC/Vertigo (their latest anthology, Vertigo Quarterly: SFX #1), IDW Publishing (the second volume in their new Corto Maltese reprint series, as well as IDW's new Disney comics initiative), Image Comics (new series such as Chip Zdarsky and Kagan McLeod's Kaptara, Alexi De Campi and Carla Speed McNeil's No Mercy, and Kurtis J. Wieebe and Johnnie Christmas's Pisces), AdHouse (Sophie Goldstein's The Oven), Alternative Comics (Sam Alden's Haunted, Steve Aylett's Johnny Viable and his Friends, and a new edition of Rich Tommaso's Clover Honey), Amulet Books (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales, Vol. 5: The Underground Abductor), Bergen Street Press (Michel Fiffe's Copra: Round Two), BOOM! Studios/Archaia (James Tynion IV, Noahh J. Yuenkel, and Matt Fox's Ufology #1 as well as the first collected volume of Lumberjanes), Drawn and Quarterly (the latest volume in Seth's Palookaville, Tadao Tsuge's Trash Market, and Jillian Tamaki's Supermutant Magic Academy), Fantagraphics Books (Vaughn Bodē's Cheech Wizard's Big Book of Me, Robert Goodin's The Kurdles, and Bill Schelly's new biography, Harvey Kurtzman: The Man Who Created Mad and Revolutionized Humor in America), Goff Books (Johnny Lau's World Water Wars), Microcosm Publishing (Lisa Wilde's Snake Pit Gets Old: Daily Diary Comics 2010-2012), Oni Press (Zander Cannon's Kaijumax #1), SelfMadeHero (Julie Birmant's Pablo and Ilya's Room for Love), Top Shelf Productions (Keith Knight's Knight Takes Queen and a reprint of Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story), and Viz Media's new deluxe edition of Junji Ito's Gyo. As is the case with every Previews episode, there's a lot packed into this week's show -- so get listening, get excited, and get reading!

Artist Johnnie Christmas joins Kyle to break down Sheltered #7. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pagesandpanels/support

The guys have Michael DePoli (AKA Amish Roadkill from ECW) on the show and Crab presents him with a gift! Kenny is broken in half for his insolence. - Fables #134 by Bill Willingham & Mark Buckingham from DC Vertigo - Sheltered: A Pre-Apocalyptic Tale #4 by Ed Brisson & Johnnie Christmas from Image Comics - Whispers #6 Joshua Luna from Image Comics - Zero #2 by Ales Kot & Tradd Moore from Image Comics - Letter 44 #1 by Charles Soule & Alberto Jimenez Albuquerque from Oni Press

Special guest Anthony Pasini of Giants at Large and the guys discuss the good old days and old bands they've been part of and play some old recordings! OLD SONGS!?! SCENE VET STORIES FROM ANTHONY AND VINNY?! FIRST THIS GOOD ROBOT SONG EVAR?!? RARE GUEST APPEARANCE BY A SURPRISE GUEST!?!? SONGS PLAYED: "Likeness, Beinging, Change, Changing" MANIA IN URBANIA "Chemist" THE WOODWORK "The One That Got Away" FALSE APPEARANCE "A Waltz with Gretchen Ross" THIS GOOD ROBOT Terence and Michael talk about New York Comic Con madness and then review: - Trillium #1 by Jeff Lemire from DC/Vertigo - Sidekick #1 by J. Michael Straczynski and Tom Mandrake from Image and Joe's Comics - Sheltered: A Pre-Apocalyptic Tale #2 by Ed Brisson and Johnnie Christmas from Image Comics twitter.com/apasini www.thisgoodrobot.com twitter.com/thisgoodrobot twitter.com/thisgoodpodcast twitter.com/thisgoodidiot twitter.com/robbierags twitter.com/andrewsclafani twitter.com/kennycavs twitter.com/crapocolyspe

In this episode we are joined by the creative team for the pre-apocalyptic tale SHELTERED published by Image comics. We also talk about Ed Brisson's COMEBACK the sci fi thriller also by Image that recently finished. http://edbrisson.com/ http://jxmas.com/ @edbrisson @j_xmas We are now on Stitcher Radio This podcast is sponsored by Friendly Neighborhood Comics http://friendlyneighborhoodcomics.com/ Discount Comic Book Services http://www.dcbservice.com/index.aspx Instock Trades http://www.instocktrades.com/ Join us on the forums at http://www.forumforgeeks.com http://thetaylornetwork.wordpress.com/ You can also join us on the Facebook group TaylorNetwork of podcasts Also we ask that if you have some time leave us a rating and or Itunes review because that helps us greatly to promote the show.

On this episode, the TSP crew talks with Ed Brisson and Johnnie Christmas about their upcoming Image title Sheltered, and discusses Dark Horse's short comic fiction collection, Noir!

On this episode, the TSP crew talks with Ed Brisson and Johnnie Christmas about their upcoming Image title Sheltered, and discusses Dark Horse's short comic fiction collection, Noir!