Podcasts about Marieke Nijkamp

This week, we revisit another Goosebumps Comic Arc from the publisher, IDW. We sit down with New York Times Bestselling Author, Marieke Nijkamp, as we discuss "Goosebumps: Secrets of the Swamp", a re-contextualized tale drawing inspiration from books like "The Werewolf of Fever Swamp" and "Werewolf Skin", and creating a new hair-raising Goosebumps tale. CHECK OUT MARIEKE NIJKAMP'S WEBSITE: https://www.mariekenijkamp.com/musings/ Follow The Goosebumps Crew! Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/goosebumpscrewpodcast⁠ Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/gbcrewpodcast⁠ TikTok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@GoosebumpsCrewPodcast⁠ Facebook Page: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61560435058845⁠ Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/2BEsXZcWxttIEAz25uLRld?si=4f9d71a051ec44f6⁠ Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-goosebumps-crew/id1726330730⁠ Amazon Music: ⁠https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/096971fe-1466-4b9f-aedb-b5077a7daa23/the-goosebumps-crew⁠ IHeartRadio: ⁠https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-goosebumps-crew-173411145/⁠ Arete Media: ⁠https://aretemedia.org/podcast/the-goosebumps-crew⁠ Featuring: Isaiah Vargas - The Goosebumps Channel: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@TheGoosebumpsChannel Bjorn Palinich - GoosebumpsAussieFan: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@goosebumpsaussiefan650 Nick Shaw - Shawhain: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@shawhain⁠ Opening Theme by VALAINA VALAINA YouTube Channel: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@VALAINA_band

Comic Reviews: DC DC's Batman Smells, Robin Laid An Egg by Dorado Quick, M.L. Sanapo, Arif Prianto; Drew Maxey, Marianna Ignazzi, Giovanna Niro; Ricardo Sanchez, Aaron Conley, Ivan Plascencia; Alexis Quasarano, Marcial Toledano Vargas; Marv Wolfman, Paul Pelletier, Norm Rapmund, Eren Angiolini; James Reid, Francesco Francavilla; Zipporah Smith, Andrew Drilon; Calvin Kasulke, Anthony Marques, Wil Quintana Two-Face 1 by Christian Ward, Fabio Veras, Ivan Plascencia Marvel All-New Venom 1 by Al Ewing, Carlos Gomez, Frank D'Armata Deadpool/Wolverine: X-Traction by Ryan North, Javier Garron, Edgar Delgado Marvel Holiday: Tales to Astonish by Gerry Duggan, Phil Noto; Daniel Kibblesmith, Pat Olliffe, John Kalisz; Gene Luen Yang, Dylan Burnett, KJ Diaz Marvel Unlimited Astonishing X-Men 1 by Alex Paknadel, Phillip Sevy It's Jeff 38 by Kelly Thompson, GuriHiru Ahoy Archaic 1 by Melissa Olson, Sally Cantirino, Gab Contreras Archie Archie Christmas Spectacular by Ian Flynn, Holly Golightly, Jim Amash, Glenn Whitmore Boom Flavor Girls: Return to the Mothership 1 by Loic Locatelli-Kournwsky, Angel De Santiago Dark Horse Christmas 365 1 by Mikey Way, Jonathan Rivera, Piotr Kowalski, Brad Simpson Dynamite Powerpuff Girls: Winter Snowdown Showdown 1 by Daniel Kibblesmith, Carlo Lauro, Nicolo Laporini ThunderCats: Apex 1 by Ed Brisson, Rapha Lobosco, Roshan Kurichiyanil IDW Monster High: Howliday Haunt by Ben Kahn, Sonia Liao Image Dread the Halls 1 by Jordan Hart, Chris Ryall, Lee Ferguson, Jimmy Kucaj, Walter Pax, Fabio Veras Juvenile 1 by Jesus Orellana Top Cow Holiday Special: All Through the House by Marguerite Bennett, Giuseppe Cafaro, Juan Fernandez; Marv Silvestri, Tina Valentino, Fabio Mantovani, Ellie Wright; Matt Hawkins, Atilio Rojo Mad Cave Long Cold Winter 1 by Francesca Perillo, Stefano Cardoselli OGN Countdown Legend of Vox Machina: The Whitestone Chronicles Vol 1: Ripley by Marieke Nijkamp, Tyler Walpole Blake Laser by Keith Marantz, Larissa Brown Kill Me and Other Curiosities by Chad Lambert, Apri Kusbiantoro, Christine Larsen, Tom Williams Slightly Exaggerated by Curtis Clow, Pius Bak, Roman Titov Birdking Vol 3 by Daniel Freedman, Christian Ortiz Backflash by Mat Johnson, Steve Lieber, Ryan Hill Additional Reviews: Penguin (Max) First two episodes of Creature Commandos That Christmas News: Omninews, new Lemire by OGN, Mandalorian and Grogo casting Trailers: Section 31 Comics Countdown (04 December 2024): Absolute Superman 2 by Jason Aaron, Rafa Sandoval, Ulises Arreola Two-Face 1 by Christian Ward, Fabio Veras, Ivan Plascencia Batgirl 2 by Tate Brombal, Takeshi Miyazawa, Mike Spicer Ultimates 7 by Deniz Camp, Juan Frigeri, Federico Blee JSA 2 by Jeff Lemire, Diego Olortegui, Luis Guerrero Birds of Prey 16 by Kelly Thompson, Sami Basri, Vicente Cifuentes, Adriano Lucas Kosher Mafia 4 by David Hazan, Sami Kivela Christmas 365 1 by Mikey Way, Jonathan Rivera, Piotr Kowalski, Brad Simpson Dick Tracy 6 by Alex Segura, Michael Moreci, Geraldo Borges, Mark Englert Batman 155 by Chip Zdarsky, Jorge Fornes, Tomeu Morey  

2024 begannen wir mit der "LesBar im Stern-Zimmer". Was hat es mit dem seltsamen Namen auf sich? Kerstin MorgenSTERN, Renate ZIMMERmann und Gäste treffen sich an der LesBar und sprechen über Getränke und Bücher. Das Ganze kann hier im Podcast nachgehört werden. Wir hatten aber auch versprochen, einmal im Jahr die LesBar in die Bibliothek zu verlegen. Versprechen müssen gehalten werden! Deswegen luden wir am 07.08.2024 ein, mit uns dort Platz zu nehmen und aus der Fülle der besprochenen Bücher Lesestoff mit nach Hause zu nehmen.TITELLISTE:min. 00:06:58.3 Lena Christ: Erinnerungen einer Überflüssigen (furchtbar)

In between homeschooling, 7 seasons of House, and a lot of travel, Justin and Kylie still managed to do some reading this month. Listen in to hear reviews of a classic children's book, a terrifying, heartbreaking YA novel, a disappointing flop filled with falsehoods, a warts and all memoir, and a contender for book of the year! Kylie's books: This Is Where it Ends, by Marieke Nijkamp 4.5/5 Charlotte's Web, by E.B White 5/5 Justin's books: Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up, by Abigail Shrier 3/5 Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class, by Rob Henderson 5/5 Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock's Gender Service for Children, by Hannah Barnes 75/5 . Find us on Facebook or TikTok Subscribe to the Happy Families newsletter Leave a voice memo here or email your questions/comments to podcasts@happyfamilies.com.au Find out more about joining THE QUEST at our websiteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, hosts Alix and Kelly interview prominent literary agent Suzie Townsend. They discuss Suzie's journey in becoming a literary agent—her decision to move across the country and work her way up from intern to agent! They also explore what it's like working in the publishing industry, signing book deals and film deals, and wearing all the hats for their authors and clients. Guest Bio: Prior to joining New Leaf, Suzie graduated film school, earned her Masters of Education, taught high school English, and coached a swim team. In her spare time, she read everything she could, which prompted her move to publishing. She got her start as an intern at FinePrint Literary Management where she was hired as an assistant before making the move to literary agent. She's been part of the team at New Leaf Literary & Media since its inception in 2012.Suzie represents all brands of children's and adult fiction. She loves women's fiction, narrative non-fiction, memoir, and debut fiction. On the children's side, she is interested in select YA and MG. In this episode:Suzie's journey in becoming a literary agent [2:40]Finding her people and Vampire Romance shame [7:40]Manuscripts Suzie read as an intern that made it to publication [9:50]The Near Witch by V.E. Schwab [10:50] book audiobook e-readerWhat is "The Slush Pile"? [11:40]The most unique query letter gift box ever! [14:30]Lucky by Alice Sebold [17:00] book e-readerSigning her first author and falling into becoming an agent [23:30]The process of agents pitching books to publishers [28:10]When a book "goes to auction" [33:15]Film rights and selling film rights [38:00]Divergent and the reach of film to the masses [49:00]Divergent by Veronica Roth [50:00] book audiobook e-readerThe many hats that a literary agent must wear [52:00]How many authors Suzie represents and keeping busy with her clients [54:57]Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros [57:10] book audiobook e-readerInk Girls by Marieke Nijkamp [57:40] book e-readerResources mentioned in this episode:For more info on Suzie's clients, recent sales, and forthcoming projects, please go here.For submission information go here. What's Next?Alice in Wonderland Illustrated Collector's Edition is available now!! https://litjoycrate.com/alice Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Comic Reviews: DC Batman Off-World 1 by Jason Aaron, Doug Mahnke, Jaime Mendoza, David Baron Harley Quinn: Black, White, and Redder 5 by Mat Lopes, Bilquis Evely, Justin Halpern, Katherine Lobo, Speremint Marvel Carnage 1 by Torunn Gronbekk, Pere Perez, Erick Arciniega Daredevil: Black Armor 1 by D.G. Chichester, Netho Diaz, JP Mayer, Andrew Dalhouse Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars Battleworld 1 by Tom DeFalco, Pat Olliffe, John Kalisz Marvel Unlimited It's Jeff 30 by Kelly Thompson, Nao Fuji Image Holy Roller 1 by Rick Remender, Andy Samberg, Joe Trohman, Roland Boschi, Moreno Dinisio Dark Horse Lunar Lodge 1 by Tyler Marceca, Mirko Colak, Bryan Valenza Mortal Terror 1 by Christopher Golden, Tim Lebbon, Peter Bergting, Chris O'Halloran Mad Cave Edenfrost 1 by Amit Tishler, Bruno Frenda, Taylor Esposito Archie Darkling 1 by Sarah Kuhn, Carola Borelli, Ellie Wright Oni Faceless and the Family 1 by Matt Lesniewski Titan Forgotten Runes: Wizard's Cult 1 by Joe Rechthman, Reilly Brown OGNs Ink Girls by Marieke Nijkamp, Sylvia Bi Planeta Blu Rise of Agoo by Tem Blessed, Mike Lariccia Chunky by Yehudi Mercado Chunky Goes To Camp by Yehudi Mercado Additional Reviews: Wish, Leo, Scott Pilgrim, Blood Cruise, Tales from the Tardis, Doctor Who, Daphne Byrne, Tellos Saga News: Jimmy Olsen cast, Scream 7 shakeup, Guillem March reviving Penthouse Comics, second seasons on the way for Ms. Marvel/She-Hulk/Moon Knight, Avengers Inc ending with #5 Comics Countdown (21 Nov 2023): 1.     Bone Orchard Mythos: Tenement 6 by Jeff Lemire, Andrea Sorrentino, Dave Stewart 2.     Batman Off-World 1 by by Jason Aaron, Doug Mahnke, Jaime Mendoza, David Baron 3.     Wonder Woman 3 by Tom King, Daniel Sampere, Tomeu Morey, Belen Ortega, Alejandro Sanchez 4.     Ink Girls GN by Marieke Nijkamp, Sylvia Bi 5.     Jay Garrick: Flash 2 by Jeremy Adams, Diego Olortegui, Luis Guerrero 6.     Universal Monsters: Dracula 2 by James Tynion IV, Martin Simmonds 7.     Black Hammer: The End 4 by Jeff Lemire, Malachi Ward 8.     Holy Roller 1 by by Rick Remender, Andy Samberg, Joe Trohman, Roland Boschi, Moreno Dinisio 9.     Superman 8 by Joshua Williamson, David Baldeon, Gleb Melnikov, Jamal Campbell, Norm Rapmund, Alejandro Sanchez 10.  Justice Society of America 7 by Geoff Johns, Marco Santucci, Ivan Plascencia  

Kate Bishop Hawkeye has been a Young Avenger, a West Coast Avenger, and a private eye. She might not have any super powers, but she more than makes up for it with courage, a true arrow, and sheer force of will!Hosts Ellie and Preeti talk to writers Marieke Nijkamp and Ashley Poston about crafting Kate's stories. Plus, we'll hear from Olympic archer Casey Kaufhold about what it's actually like to shoot arrows like Kate does! (Producer Isabel also tries it for herself – find out if she can hit a bullseye!)Check out Marvel Unlimited's Women of Marvel Reading List for Kate Bishop Hawkeye!: https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/listen-women-of-marvel-hawkeye-kate-bishop-podcast-episode-highlights 

Comic Reviews: DC DC Pride Through the Years Static Team Up Anansi 1 by Evan Narcisse, Charles Stewart III, Jose Marzan Jr, Luis Guerrero Marvel Black Panther 1 by Eve Ewing, Chris Allen, Craig Yeung, Jesus Aburtov Captain America: Cold War Omega by Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Tochi Onyebuchi, Carlos Magno, Guru eFX Extreme Venomverse 3 by Jed MacKay, Daniel Earls, Alex Guimaraes, Taran Killam, Rod Reis, Clay McLeod Chapman, Nelson Daniel, Antonio Fabela Marvel's Voices Pride 2023 by Marieke Nijkamp, Pablo Collar, Michael Wiggam, Stephanie Williams, Hector Barros, Oren Junior, Andrew Dalhouse, Katherine Locke, Joanna Estep, Manuel Puppo, Shadi Petosky, Roberta Ingranata, Ceci De La Cruz, Sarah Gailey, Bailie Rosenlund, Rachelle Rosenberg, H.E. Edgmon, Lorenzo Susi, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Stephen Byrne, Steve Foxe, Rosi Kampe, Kelly Fitzpatrick Spider-Man India 1 by Nikesh Shukla, Abhishek Malsuni, Scott Hanna, Neeraj Menon Infinity Comics Edge of Venomverse 1 by Clar McLeod Chapman, Phillip Sevy, Andres Mossa Cosmo Space Dog 4 by Jason Loo, David Cutler, Jim Campbell Image Battle Chasers 10 by Joe Madureira, Ludo Lullabi Haunt You To The End 1 by Ryan Cady, Andrea Mutti Klik Klik Boom 1 by Doug Wagner, Doug Dabbs, Matt Wilson Void Rivals 1 by Robert Kirkman, Lorenzo De Felici, Matheus Lopes Boom Magic Planeswalkers Noble 1 by Dan Warren, Dave Rapoza, Stephanie Williams, Lea Caballero, Raul Angulo, Arianna Consonni Oni Xino 1 by Melissa Flores, Daniel Irizarri, Jordan Thomas, Phil Hester, Eric Gapstur, Francesco Segala, Christopher Condon, Nick Cagnetti ComiXology Nostalgia 1 by Scott Hoffman, Danijel Zezelj, Lee Loughridge Vault Queen of Swords: A Barbaric Story 1 by Michael Moreci, Corin Howell, Kike Diaz OGNs Night Fever by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, Jacob Phillips Part of Your World: A Twisted Tale by Liz Braswell The Faint of Heart by Kerilynn Wilson Spider-Man: Animals Assemble by Mike Maihack Gnome and Rat by Lauren Stohler Bush Leaguers by Sam Fletcher, Bob McKeon, Joe Flood Fruit Bat by Coire Rococo, Freda Maletsky Additional Reviews: Elemental, Flash, The Comey Rule, Junji Ito's Maniac, Anything You Do Say News: Mad Cave gets Miraculous Ladybug license, Gotham Knights cancelled, Superman and Lois given ten-episode final season, Omninews, updated Marvel release schedule, new Disney cartoon announced, new Steve Orlando kickstarter, Embracer Group restructuring, John Romita Sr, Rafael Grampa doing a Black Label series, creative teams for Transformers and GI Joe revealed, Marvel Zombies: Black, White and Red, Brave and Bold director, new Captain Marvel creative team, Sony/Marvel movie release dates, Beast Boy animated series Trailers: Elio, Nimona, Kraven Comics Countdown (13 Jun 2023): Night Fever GN by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, Jacob Phillips Spirit World 2 by Alyssa Wong, Haining, Sebastian Cheng The Faint of Heart GN by Kerilynn Wilson Great British Bump-Off 3 by John Allison, Max Sarin, Sammy Borras Clobberin' Time 4 by Steve Skroce, Bryan Valenza Immortal Sergeant 6 by Joe Kelly, J.M. Ken Niimura Doctor Strange 4 by Jed MacKay, Andy MacDonald, Kike Diaz Ghostlore 2 by Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt, Leomacs Green Lantern 2 by Jeremy Adams, Xermanico, Romulo Fajardo Jr., Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Montos, Adriano Lucas Captain Marvel 50 by Kelly Thompson, David Lopez, Javier Pina, Yen Nitro  

Welcome back to Marvel's Pull List, your ultimate source for the latest comic book releases! Get ready to embark on an unforgettable journey as we explore the new titles hitting the shelves on June 21st, 2023 including INCREDIBLE HULK 1, SCARLET WITCH ANNUAL 1, ULTIMATE INVASION 1, and more! Plus, we have a special treat for our listeners as we welcome HAWKEYE: KATE BISHOP writer Marieke Nijkamp to our reading club. Together, we'll be diving into the thought-provoking pages of LOVE UNLIMITED: VIV VISION. Join us as we explore the unique story of Viv Vision, delving into themes of love, identity, and the power of being true to oneself.Marvel's Pull List is your ultimate guide to the Marvel Universe, bringing you the latest releases, exclusive interviews, and behind-the-scenes peeks into the world of Marvel Comics. What we're reading with Marieke Nijkamp:Love Unlimited Infinity Comic #7-12Additional Material:Vision (2015)Champions (2016)Champions (2019)Champions (2020)As always, shout out your local comic shop or send us your questions or comments by emailing us atpulllist@marvel.comor tweet using #MarvelsPullList. Make sure to mark it "Okay to read" or #OkToReadPullListFollow us at@agentm &@jasmiest New comics this week:AVENGERS 2BETSY BRADDOCK: CAPTAIN BRITAIN 5BLOODLINE: DAUGHTER OF BLADE 5CULT OF CARNAGE: MISERY 2DANNY KETCH: GHOST RIDER 2EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE 3GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 3HALLOWS' EVE 4HELLCAT 4I AM IRON MAN 4INCREDIBLE HULK 1MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN 7NEW MUTANTS LETHAL LEGION 4SCARLET WITCH ANNUAL 1STAR WARS: BOUNTY HUNTERS 35STAR WARS: THE MANDALORIAN SEASON 2 1ULTIMATE INVASION 1VENOM 21X-FORCE 41 CollectionsCAPTAIN AMERICA: SYMBOL OF TRUTH VOL. 2 - PAX MOHANNDADEADPOOL BY ALYSSA WONG VOL. 1GOLD GOBLINMIGHTY MARVEL MASTERWORKS: CAPTAIN AMERICA VOL. 2 - THE RED SKULL LIVESPLANET HULK: WORLDBREAKERSECRET INVASION: MISSION EARTHTRIALS OF X VOL. 10WOLVERINE EPIC COLLECTION: TO THE BONE New Infinity Comics: X-MEN UNLIMITED 92 (6/19/2023)AVENGERS UNLIMITED 51(6/20/202)EDGE OF VENOMVERSE UNLIMITED 2 (6/20/2023)MARVEL'S VOICES: RUNAWAYS INFINITY COMIC 58 (6/21/2023)STRANGE TALES: SECRET INVASION INFINITY COMIC 1 (6/21/2023)LOVE UNLIMITED: CAPTAIN MARVEL & WAR MACHINE INFINITY COMIC 55 (6/22/2023)LI'L ROCKET 4 (6/23/2023) Also, New to MU this week:AVENGERS FOREVER (2021) #15AVENGERS: WAR ACROSS TIME (2023) #3BISHOP: WAR COLLEGE (2023) #2CAPTAIN AMERICA: SYMBOL OF TRUTH (2022) #11CAPTAIN MARVEL (2019) #47GOLD GOBLIN (2022) #5HELLCAT (2023) #1HULK (2021) #13IMMORAL X-MEN (2023) #2MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN (2022) #4MOON GIRL (2022) #4RED GOBLIN (2023) #2SECRET INVASION (2022) #5STAR WARS: YODA (2022) #5THE X-CELLENT (2023) #1WOLVERINE (2020) #31

Jenn discusses two of her upcoming SF/F summer reads, both of which happen to be YA! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Interviews, lists, rankings, retrospectives, recommendations, and much more, featuring people who know and love books. Subscribe to First Edition on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your podcatcher of choice. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Oracle Code by Marieke Nijkamp and Manuel Preitano Year of the Reaper by Makiia Lucier In Reading Color newsletter Hey YA Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

October 2022 solicits Comic Reviews: DC Artemis: Wanted by Vita Ayala, Skylar Partridge, Romulo Fajardo Jr DC vs Vampires: All-Out War 1 by Alex Paknadel, Matthew Rosenberg, Pasquale Qualano, Nicola Right, Guillaume Singelin DC League of Super-Pets: The Great Mxy Mix-Up by Heath Corson, Bobby Timony Marvel A.X.E.: Judgment Day 1 by Kieron Gillen, Valerio Schiti, Marte Gracia Alien Annual 1 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Salvador Larroca, Guru eFX Defenders Beyond 1 by Al Ewing, Javier Rodriguez Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings 1 by Gene Luen Yang, Marcus To, Erick Arciniega Infinity Comic Spider-Verse Unlimited 7 by Ken Nimura Love Unlimited 7: Viv Vision by Marieke Nijkamp, Federico Sabbatini, Martina Fari Marvel Meow 11 by Neo Fuji IDW Dark Spaces: Wildfire 1 by Scott Snyder, Hayden Sherman, Ronda Pattison Image Rogues' Gallery 1 by Hannah Rose May, Declan Shalvey, Justin Mason, Triona Farrell Skybound X 25 by Robert Kirkman, Joshua Williamson, Lorenzo De Felici, Mac Smith, Ryan Ottley, Andrei Bressan, Annalisa Leoni, Adriano Lucas Skybound Presents Afterschool 2 by Kate Herron, Briony Redman, Leila Leiz Silver Coin 12 by Stephanie Phillips, Michael Walsh, Toni Marie Griffin, Adam Gorham Dark Horse Hellboy and B.P.R.D.: Time is a River by Mike Mignola, Mark Laszlo, Dave Stewart Young Hellboy: Assault on Castle Death 1 by Mike Mignola, Thomas Sniegoski, Craig Rousseau, Chris O'Halloran ComiXology Barnstormers 1 by Scott Snyder, Tula Lotay, Dee Cunniffe Canary 1 by Scott Snyder, Dan Panosian Dudley Datson and the Forever Machine 1 by Scott Snyder, Jamal Igle, Juan Castro, Chris Sotomayor Dynamite Madballs vs. Garbage Pail Kids 1 by Sholly Fisch, Jason Crosby AfterShock Brother Of All Men 1 by Zac Thompson, Eoin Marron, Mark Englert Vault Dragon Prince: Bloodmoon Huntress by Nicole Andelfinger, Felia Hanakata Ray's OGN Corner: Fly By Night by Tara O'Connor Additional Reviews: Glenn's thoughts on Ms. Marvel finale, Camp Cretaceous full series review, And We Love You News: SDCC news, Joe Fixit series from Peter David, mutant rumors and casting buzz in MCU, Alan Grant, new Star Trek comic from Lanzing and Kelly, Power Rangers new creative team and another TMNT crossover, Gargoyles getting a comic continuation by Weisman at Dynamite, return of X-Treme X-Men by Claremont and Larroca, Strange Academy relaunch, new Gotham series, Kraven origin by DeMatteis, Tradd Moore Dr. Strange series, release dates for X-Men '92 and What If s2, Batman/Spawn special, Zuko animated movie news, Dynamite picks up all Disney cartoon licenses?, Sina Grace new YA Superman OGN, new ATLA graphic novels, Cap event upcoming, MCU phase 5 and phase 6, Gold Goblin by Christopher Cantwell, more comics in TMNT Last Ronin continuity, Daredevil: Born Again on Disney+, Jason Aaron's swan song on Avengers?, new FF creative team, Hickman/Schiti 2023 event, It's Jeff returns in September!, the return of Royal City, Avengers director Glenn reads a Morrison comic Trailers: Dungeons and Dragons - Honor Among Thieves, I Am Groot, Shazam 2, She-Hulk trailer, Batwheels, Sandman, Dragon Prince s4, Wakanda Forever, Picard s3 Comics Countdown: Do A Powerbomb 2 by Daniel Warren Johnson, Mike Spicer Nightwing 94 by Tom Taylor, Geraldo Borges, Adriano Lucas Barnstormers 1 by Scott Snyder, Tula Lotay, Dee Cunniffe Usagi Yojimbo 29 by Stan Sakai, Hi-Fi Dragon Prince: The Bloodmoon Huntress GN by Nicole Andelfinger, Felia Hanakata Lonesome Hunters 2 by Tyler Crook Batman: The Knight 7 by Chip Zdarsky, Carmine Di Giandomenico, Ivan Plascencia Dudley Datson and the Forever Machine 1 by Scott Snyder, Jamal Igle, Juan Castro, Chris Sotomayor Grim 3 by Stephanie Phillips, Flaviano, Rico Renzi Ice Cream Man 31 by W. Maxwell Prince, Martin Morazzo, Chris O'Halloran

April is Autism Awareness month!!! This is something so near and dear to the Little Sleep Ladies and so this week they picked up books by Autistic Authors! Aliza read "The Deep" by Rivers Solomon and Marissa read "Even If We Break" by Marieke Nijkamp! This month we are encouraging our Sleepy Readers to learn about Autistic Authors, and books with Autistic Characters! Take the time to support these wonderful people!ALSO Please please please try picking up a nonfiction book, or doing some research on Autism! Learn about how different other people can be and how OKAY that is !

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We leven al 2 jaar in een wereldwijde pandemie. En eigenlijk beginnen we nu pas te zien wat voor effect de pandemie heeft gehad op jongeren. Om dit nog duidelijker te maken heeft Marieke Nijkamp een boek geschreven over jongeren die afgesloten zijn van de buitenwereld, terwijl daar een pandemie heerst. En nee, geen corona. Maar ondanks dit heftige onderwerp is Als de nacht valt vooral een boek over vriendschap, liefde en identiteit.

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John Darnielle joins us to discuss Devil House (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Jan. 25), “an impressively meta work that delivers the pleasures of true-crime while skewering it.” This third novel from the New York Times bestselling author and singer-songwriter of Mountain Goats fame is his best yet, according to our starred review. Then our editors join with their reading recommendations for the week, with books by Marieke Nijkamp, Nilah Magruder, Stanley Tucci, and Claire Messud

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Comic Reviews: DC Wonder Woman: Black and Gold 6 by Christos Gage, Michael Conrad, Sheena Howard, Liam Sharp, Marguerite Sauvage, Kevin Maguire, Jamal Campbell, Noah Bailey, Adriano Lucas Marvel Black Panther 1 by John Ridley, Juann Cabal, Federico Blee Hulk 1 by Donny Cates, Ryan Ottley, Frank Martin Hawkeye: Kate Bishop 1 by Marieke Nijkamp, Enid Balam, Oren Junior, Brittany Peer Star Wars: Life Day 1 by Cavan Scott, Ivan Fiorelli, Chris Sotomayor, Ariana Maher, Justina Ireland, Georges Jeanty, Victor Olazaba, Pete Pantazis, Steve Orlando, Paul Fry, Alex Sinclair, Jody Houser, Kei Zama, Ruth Redmon X-Force Killshot Anniversary Special 1 by Rob Liefeld, Chad Bowers, Bryan Valenza, Federico Blee, Mirza Wirawan Amazing Spider-Man 79 by Cody Ziglar, Michael Dowling, Jesus Aburtov Infinity Comics: It's Jeff by Kelly Thompson, Gurihiru Infinity Comics: Lucky the Pizza Dog by Jason Loo Image Grrl Scouts: Stone Ghost 1 by Jim Mahfood SFSX Vol 2 by Tina Horn, G Romero-Johnson Dark Horse Joy Operations 1 by Brian Michael Bendis, Stephen Byrne Cats! Purrfect Strangers GN by Frederic Brremaud, Paola Antista, Cecilia Giumento IDW Star Wars Adventures Annual 2021 by Chip Zdarsky, Cavan Scott, Adrianna Florean, Jason Loo AfterShock: Miskatonic: Even Death May Die 1 by Mark Sable, Giorgio Pontrelli, Pippa Bowland Magnetic Carbon and Silicon 1 by Mathieu Bablet Scout Commander Rao 1 by Fell Hound, Jeremy Simser Thud 1 by Bryan "Peabe" Odiamar Mapmaker GN by Ben Slabak, Francesca Carita Additional Reviews: Okay Witch vol 2, Doctor Strange by Aaron Vol 2, Hawkeye eps 1 and 2, Encanto, South Park: Post Covid, Doctor Who, Robin Robin, Batwoman s2, Justice League by Snyder vol 2 News: Nocterra optioned for a series, Sony making Rhino and Sandman movies, Ho Che Anderson Luke Cage cancelled, Jeff-related news, more Holland Spidey movies, new comic publishing platform, IDW loses some licenses (Transformers and GI Joe), The Recount optioned from Scout, Doctor Who speculation, Robbie Amell returns to Flash Jurassic Park Dominion Prologue Comics Countdown: Radiant Black 10 by Kyle Higgins, Igor Monti, Marcelo Costa Night of the Ghoul 2 by Scott Snyder, Francesco Francavilla Black Hammer Reborn 6 by Jeff Lemire, Rich Rommaso, Malachi Ward, Matt Sheen Usagi Yojimbo 24 by Stan Sakai House of Slaughter 2 by James Tynion IV, Tate Brombal, Chris Shehan, Miquel Muerto Thor 19 by Donny Cates, Nic Klein, Matt Wilson, Brad Anderson, Dave McCaig Flash 776 by Jeremy Adams, Fernando Pasarin, Matt Ryan, Jeromy Cox Decorum 8 by Jonathan Hickman, Mike Huddleston Time Before Time 7 by Rory McConville, Declan Shalvey, Joe Palmer, Chris O'Halloran Robin 8 by Joshua Williamson, Max Dunbar, Gleb Melnikov, Hi-Fi

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Fecha de Grabación: Lunes 20 de septiembre de 2021Algunos temas comentados:Algunas obras de Milo Manara que valen la pena: Verano Indio, Caravaggio, Click, El Perfume del Invisible y los Borgia.Las mejores historias de Oracle dentro de la continuidad de DC Comics.Algunas de las mejores obras ya concluidas de Jeff Lemire. ¡...Y muchísimo más!Comentario de películas:Psychokinesis, película sudcoreana de superhéroes, escrita y dirigida por Yeon Sang-ho (Train to Busan), con las actuaciones de Ryu Seung-ryong, Shim Eun-kyung, Park Jung-min, Kim Min-jae y Jung Yu-mi, entre otros. (Netflix)Comentario de Cómics:Batman: The World, antología de cómic con historias creadas por autores de más de una docena de países alrededor del mundo. (DC Comics)Detective Comics Vol. 2: Arkham Knight, historia escrita por Peter J. Tomasi con arte de Brad Walker y Andrew Hennesy, con color de Nathan Fairbairn y rótulos de Rob Leigh. (DC Comics)The Oracle Code, novela gráfica escrita por Marieke Nijkamp y dibujada por Manuel Preitano, con color de Jordie Bellaire y rótulos de Clayton Cowles. (DC Comics)Pueden escuchar el Podcast en este reproductor.Descarga Directa MP3 (Usar botón derecho del mouse y opción "guardar enlace como"). Peso: 85.8 MB; Calidad: 128 Kbps.El episodio tiene una duración de 1:33:10.Además de nuestras redes sociales (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram), ahoratenemos una nueva forma de interactuar con nosotros: un servidor en Discord. Es un espacio para compartir recomendaciones, dudas, memes y más, y la conversación gira alrededor de muchos temas además de cómics, y es una forma más inmediata de mantenerse en contacto con Esteban y conmigo. ¡Únete a nuestro servidor en Discord!También tenemos un Patreon. Cada episodio del podcast se publica allí al menos 24 horas antes que en los canales habituales, y realizamos un especial mensual exclusivo para nuestros suscriptores en esa plataforma. Tú también puedes convertirte en uno de nuestros patreoncinadores™ con aportaciones desde 1 dólar, que puede ser cada mes, o por el tiempo que tú lo decidas, incluyendo aportaciones de una sola vez.También puedes encontrar nuestro podcast en los siguientes agregadores y servicios especializados:Comicverso en SpotifyComicverso en iVooxComicverso en Apple PodcastsComicverso en Google PodcastsComicverso en Amazon MusicComicverso en Archive.orgComicverso en I Heart RadioComicverso en Overcast.fmComicverso en Pocket CastsComicverso en RadioPublicComicverso en CastBox.fm¿Usas alguna app o servicio que no tiene a Comicverso? En la parte alta de la barra lateral está el feed del podcast, el cual puedes agregar al servicio de tu preferencia.Nos interesa conocer opiniones y críticas para seguir mejorando. Si te gusta nuestro trabajo, por favor ayúdanos compartiendo el enlace a esta entrada, cuéntale a tus amigos sobre nuestro podcast, y recomiéndalo a quien creas que pueda interesarle. Hasta pronto.Deja tus comentarios o escríbenos directamente a comicverso@gmail.com

Part 2 of my unofficial Marieke Nijkamp book review week? Today I will be reviewing Nijkamp's upcoming novel, At The End of Everything, a story about troubled teens in a treatment center having to attempt to survive a mutation of the Black Plague. --- Thank you to Sourcebooks Fire and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this novel in exchange for an honest review. // Content warnings: death, disease, guns, violence // – I am unable to provide a full list of content warnings since I did not finish reading this novel. --- Read my review of At The End of Everything: https://mayagreviews.wordpress.com/2021/09/17/at-the-end-of-everything-by-marieke-nijkamp-review/ Visit Marieke Nijkamp's site: http://www.mariekenijkamp.com/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53403613-at-the-end-of-everything?ref=bk_bet_out Amazon (Affiliate link): https://amzn.to/3CakpZD --- View all of my links: https://beacons.ai/mayareviews You can find me @mayathebookworm on Twitter, TikTok, BookBub, and BookSirens; and @mayareviews on Tumblr. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/maya-reviews/message

Surprise! Two episodes this week? Huh. This week is sort of a Marieke Nijkamp appreciation(?) week. Today, I'll be reviewing This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp, but later this week I will be reviewing their upcoming novel, At The End Of Everything. So, buckle up for this crazy ride and let's get into the review! --- // Content warning: death, mass shooting, sexual assault, physical abuse, suicide, homophobia // --- Read my review of This Is Where It Ends: https://mayagreviews.wordpress.com/2021/09/15/this-is-where-it-ends-by-marieke-nijkamp-review/ Visit Marieke Nijkamp's site: http://www.mariekenijkamp.com/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24529123-this-is-where-it-ends Amazon (Affiliate link): https://amzn.to/38N2Fa2 --- View all of my links: https://beacons.ai/mayareviews You can find me @mayathebookworm on Twitter, TikTok, BookBub, and BookSirens; and @mayareviews on Tumblr. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/maya-reviews/message

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO LISTENED TO THIS BEFORE THE UPDATE: I'M SORRY!!! I posted it without the actual episode, just the ad (again, I'm so sorry). Hopefully this time it'll work... If it doesn't, please use the voice message link or email mokshareviews@gmail.com This is where it ends is a school shooting story... so trigger warning I guess?? This is a school project so it doesn't really connect to a particular season... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/moksha-davaloor/message

On this week's comic book review podcast, we're chatting: Punchline #1 DC Comics Written by James Tynion IV and Sam Johns Art by Mirka Andolfo Taskmaster #1 Marvel Comics Written by Jed MacKay Art by Alessandro Vitti Kick-Ass vs. Hit-Girl #1 Image Comics Written by Steve Niles Art by Marcelo Frusin Resident Alien: Your Ride's Here #1 Dark Horse Comics Written by Peter Hogan Art by Steve Parkhouse American Vampire 1976 #2 DC Comics Written by Scott Snyder Art by Rafael Albuquerque The Amazing Spider-Man #52 Marvel Comics Written by Nick Spencer Art by Patrick Gleason Scarenthood #1 IDW By Nick Roche & Chris O'Halloran G.I. Joe #10 IDW Written by Paul Allor Art by Chris Evenhuis Dark Nights: Death Metal Infinite Hour Exxxtreme! #1 DC Comics Written by Frank Tieri, Becky Cloonan, Sam Humphries Art by Tyler Kirkham, Rags Morales, Denys Cowan Marvel Zombies Resurrection #4 Marvel Comics Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson Art by Leonard Kirk The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys: National Anthem #2 Dark Horse Comics Story by Gerard Way & Shaun Simon Art by Leonardo Romero Goosebumps: Secrets of the Swamp #2 IDW Written by Marieke Nijikamp Art by Yasmin Florez Montanez Getting It Together #2 Image Comics Co-creators and Co-Writers Sina Grace & Omar Spahi Art by Jenny D. Fine Marauders #15 Marvel Comics Written by Gerry Duggan and Benjamin Percy Art by Stefano Caselli Excalibur #14 Marvel Comics Written by Tini Howard Art by Phil Noto Wolverine #7 Marvel Comics Written by Benjamin Percy and Gerry Duggan Art by Joshua Cassara SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. Full Episode Transcript: Alex:                 What is up everybody, welcome to The Stack. I'm Alex. Justin:              I'm Justin. Pete:                I'm Pete, and I'm not looking forward to talking about the Marvel stuff today. Alex:                 Oh, wow. Really? Justin:              Wow. What a way to plant a flag, Pete. Alex:                 Interesting. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Well, that's okay, because we're going to kick it off with a DC comic first, Punchline, number one, written by James Tynion IV and Sam Jones, no relation I think. Art by Mirka Andolfo. This is, as you could probably guess from the title, focusing on Punchline, new girlfriend to the Joker who is brought to the forefront during the Joker war, finally getting her own one-shot. Should we get your own series? I think starting next year at some point. Justin:              It certainly feels that way, yes. Alex:                 Yeah, but this is picking up. She is in prison. And in this issue, we get one of James Tynion's pet projects. Harper Row shows up again with her brother tracking down Punchline, is clearly setting her up as an adversary to her. We find out a lot more about her origin. I'll tell you what, I personally have been feeling very much like Punchline is the Pucci of the Batman side of the universe. Pete:                Oh, what? What the- Alex:                 Hold on, let me finish. But this issue went a long way to selling me on understanding what their take on her is personally. Pete, you're all in on Punchline, that is clear. Pete:                Yes. I think this is a interesting kind of way to come at this character. What I don't like is she's like, “Oh man, don't trust people of a podcast, they turn out to be psychos,” which, that's fair. Justin:              Truth. Pete:                That's fair. But I do think that this is an interesting villain. It's one of those things where like, she was kind of forced in the situation, almost helped “the Joker” and then kind of Batman interrupted them and then felt like, oh man, I was so close to being a part of something bigger, and this is kind of her pursuit of that. It's interesting. I feel like as a first issue, they do a good job of being like, okay, here's this character, here's a little bit of her backstory and what she's about. And I think it does a good job of getting you intrigued for more to see how this is all going to unfold and to see if she does claim her kind of like all the bad stuff that she does or tries to hide. Justin:              Yeah. First off, the art on this was great by Mirka Andolfo, really good stuff, and sort of had some flavor to it as opposed to just sort of getting it done which I thought was nice. But I think this issue made crystal clear what the whole idea here is, jumping off what you said, Alex. The whole thing with Harley Quinn was it always felt a little wild that Harley Quinn was the Joker's psychiatrist. And then suddenly she became his partner or his just fully onboard. And in this issue we get to see- Pete:                Wait, can I? Justin:              Yes, sure. Pete:                I just wanted to ask you, have you ever just really hated your day job before? Justin:              No, I've never. What is work? Because when you love your job, it's like you never work a day in your life. Pete:                Wow. Justin:              So don't know what you're talking about. Alex:                 If you teach a man to fish, you never work a day in your life. That's what I always say. Justin:              That's right. I'd rather be fishing says the seat of my jeans. What I like about this though, is it's sort of, we see the progression and it very much mirrors how many people go from being a regular person on the internet to being radicalized in our modern world, through social media. And I think this does a really good job of using that very real issue in our country slash world. And putting it into the comic book world and bringing us a character that we believe, I believe the way this story is told and having Punchline land where she does, I'm on board. I think this is a really good issue for getting us to like the character. Pete:                Yeah. I hope those punches do land, because it'll be interesting to see how this unfolds. Alex:                 Yeah. Like you said, very smart, very well done. Particularly if you've been on the fence about the character like I have, I recommend reading this issue. Let's move to another one that I know Pete is excited about, even though it's a Marvel comic, Taskmaster number one written by Jed Mackay. Pete:                I should have been more specific and said the X-Men stuff. Alex:                 God. Art by Alessandro Vitti. This is a new take on Taskmaster. He is just chilling out on a golf course, in one the [crosstalk 00:05:05]. Pete:                Yeah, just like everybody else. Alex:                 Ends up getting framed for a murder. I won't spoil who gets murdered, but ends up on the run for that murder as usual. Particularly given that we revisited Fred [Valenti's 00:05:18] excellent Taskmaster series just a few months ago here on this very show. What'd you think about this one? What'd you think about this new take here? Pete:                I thought this was a lot of fun, having bulls-eyeing him in this kind of celebrity golf tournaments, I just didn't expect this. I was really impressed with, just from reading comics and knowing this character like, okay, I know how this is going to go. But I was pleasantly surprised by the start of this and how different it felt from what I expected. And I think it was kind of a very cool story and also very interesting team up. I think this did a really great job of setting up this kind of new take on Taskmaster a little bit, and then kind of this arc of where this is going, and kind of laid out all the characters that are going to be involved. I think this did a great job of getting me wanting more and excited for this world. Justin:              Taskmaster has this weird spot in the Marvel universe where sometimes it's a little bit Deadpoolesque. But sometimes he's meant to be a scary villain who is very hard to beat. And in this he's sort of goofy dude who was fucking around. And that's why I feel like Fred Valenti's take we love so much because it really found the middle ground between those two. He's someone with a tragic backstory where he can't retain his long-term memory and because his brain is full of these fighting techniques that have overtaken his short-term memory. It's a little … I don't quite know where this book is going. Because I like the story and I like sort of the task that I hope he masters by the end of it. But the golf stuff felt a little, I was like, “Wait, what?” Pete:                No, but that was fun. Justin:              And I will say I loved that it was Black Widow. My guess was that it was Black Widow who was hunting [inaudible 00:07:24] and I love that it actually was by the end of the issue. Alex:                 Yeah. I mean, this seems like a pretty clear tee up for the Black Widow movie, right. I don't know when this was originally supposed to come out, but given that Taskmaster is going to show out there, Black Widow is going to show up there obviously. It seems like this is tying into that in a certain way, or at least going to be one of those things where, hey, now there's a trade on the stands. The other thing, I'll get into spoilers here. Alex:                 I don't love the idea of being ahead of a book, but I sincerely hope this is where this twist is heading. Because, again, spoilers, the thing is that Taskmaster is framed from the death of Maria Hill. And it feels like killing Maria Hill off screen is a very bad, very weird move. But what I think is going on here is Nick Fury Jr. recruits him to find the real killer of Maria Hill so he can get Black Widow off his back. It seems to be that it's probably Nick Fury Jr. is not who he says he is. It is in fact somebody else, has lied to Taskmaster the entire time. And that's the twist coming down the road. This is something that I felt very uncomfortable and sort of hated when they brought out, oh, Maria Hill is dead. When they get to that twist, say four issues down the road, I think I'm going to feel a lot better about this book. But as it is, Alessandro Vitti's art is really solid and fun and there's some funny bits in here. Jed Mackay, I think wrote the Black Cat book- Justin:              I love that book. Alex:                 [crosstalk 00:09:01] coming out, which is super fun. So he does comedy, so it's good stuff. If you're looking for a fun, silly one, this might be one to check out. Pete:                Yeah. I just wanted to go back and touch on something Justin said, yes, Fred Valenti definitely did an amazing job. But I think other people should be allowed to do their takes, just because Fred did something that was so iconic. Justin:              No, one take and one take only I say, leave me. Pete:                I think there's room for other kind of take some people. But I think- Justin:              Pete, when you're making a movie, you only do one take, they just turn the camera on and everything rolls. That's how it works. Pete:                Justin, you know better than that, come on. Justin:              Then they just move the camera to different locations. The camera's rolling, the whole time it's traveling from Atlanta- Pete:                Every film is filmed live, right? Justin:              Yeah. Pete:                Great. Justin:              It's why it's really hard, actors really have to run very quickly to different places. Alex:                 Kick-Ass versus Hit-Girl number one from Image Comics written by Steve Niles, art by Marcelo Frusin. This is following the new Kick-Ass who is in with some drug dealers and gangs. By the end of the book Hit-Girl is maybe coming for her. I got to tell you, I like Steve Niles. Though this art was very good, the violence was brutal. We were talking about this other live show a little bit, the idea that some number one issues don't leave it off on the table that they sort of just like get to it at the end. Frankly, this is the issue that I was thinking of when we were talking about it, because not enough happens here in this first issue necessarily to make it work for me. But I'm curious to hear what you guys think. Pete:                Well, I'm kind of like, you see it in movies and comics all the time, the person who killed somebody then goes to the funeral and that's just so insane to me that you would go to somebody's funeral that you murdered. Alex:                 Pete, you're going to come to my funeral, right though? Pete:                Sure, I am buddy. Alex:                 Okay. Pete:                Yeah. Can't wait to piss on your grave, it's going to be great. I just think that- Justin:              You don't have to piss on the grave at the funeral, the graves' going to be there, give it a day, come back. Alex:                 The [inaudible 00:11:17] says that, right. If I'd [inaudible 00:11:19] I would like to piss on the grave. Pete:                That's right. Justin:              Speak now or forever hold it in your bladder, hold it. You don't want to be caught holding it. Pete:                Well, yeah, I mean because we know these characters so well, so I feel like this isn't a … new telling is just kind of like, these are where these characters are and pretty soon they're going to clash. But it's always tough when it's Kick-Ass versus Hit-Girl issue one, but they don't ever meet in the comic yet, so that's a little like, meh. Justin:              I have a feeling they will down the line. Pete:                Oh, okay. So that's it's just setting it up. I do think the art here is great. Marcelo Frusin really takes on the Jr. vibe, but gives it its own sort of flavor in a nice way. That was cool. A lot of heads being cut off in perfect hot dog sections, which I was like, “Okay.” Justin:              Well, if you've got a really sharp sword like that, it's going to cut right through it. Pete:                So easy to cut through the spine. Alex:                 Well, that's actually how they make hot dogs. Justin:              Yep, a 100%. And I won't tell you what body parts of what animals are doing that. But otherwise it was a real quick read. Alex:                 Yes, I agree. Resident Alien Your Ride's Here, number one from Dark Horse Comics written by Peter Hogan- Pete:                Oh, my rides here. Alex:                 … and art by Steve Parkhouse. I have not been a religious Resident Alien reader, but as far as I can gather from this issue, it's about an alley that just kind of hangs out with people and I love- Justin:              He's a resident. Alex:                 Yeah. I kind of [crosstalk 00:13:05] casual it is. I thought there would be more alien stuff in this book, there's not. He's just going to hang it out. Justin:              It's very chill. No one even talks about how he's an alien. Pete:                No, guys, we've read this before. This is a thing where he doesn't look like that to other people. He kind of wears the disguise, but he revealed himself to that girl that's getting the haircut in the book. This had previous arcs before, and this is a really kind of cool thing. Justin:              Yeah, I know. Pete:                Okay. All right. Justin:              This reminded me, and I think this is perhaps why you like it, Pete, remind me a little bit of Concrete. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              The old series back in the day. And it is fun. It is almost too like Slice of Life for the first two thirds of it. I like the vision quest stuff at the end. And I would be curious sort of where this opens up to, but man, this issue ends with sort of like, oh, that's just it. Alex:                 It is funny though. I mean, even if you're not totally familiar with the series, and like Pete said, we've read a couple of issues here and there, but just kind of picking this up and not necessarily having a media reader call of what we talked about before. There's still good solid jokes characterization here that make this very engaging. I enjoyed it even if most of the time I felt like, I don't know what they're talking about. Pete:                Yeah. I'm very into this comic. I really am invested in this relationship. And yeah, I'm excited for more. This is kind of an interesting new arc. I'm hoping that the alien and this lady can work it out. Justin:              How invested in the relationship are you, Pete? Pete:                I'm very, very invested. Justin:              Heavy? Alex:                 10K, he put 10K on it. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              I like those odds. Alex:                 American Vampire 1976 number two from DC Comics written by Scott Snyder, art by Raphael Albuquerque. As you could probably figure out from the title, this is picking up on the first issue set in 1976 as Skinner Sweet and his gang were trying to take over a train that holds all of the relics of America, feels almost like a little bit of a leftover from Scott Snyder's undiscovered country's ideas in a certain way. But Skinner Sweet is forced to team up with his brother who he thought was dead. We get a little bit of flashback that explains that here. Man, it is so good to have this book back. I am loving every issue of it so far. Pete:                I really like the start of it. The fun recap of like, gather round kids, uncle Skinner's going to catch you up. I thought that was great. I really appreciated kind of the walkthrough, their history there. I mean, you can't really say enough about the art, it's really unbelievable. And I love the Butch Cassidy and Sundance reference. Justin:              See, Skinner Sweet is such a great character. It's just great to be able to read new stories where we can follow him around. I like these series as a culmination point of a lot of the American Vampire dangling threads and the tongue is gross and the tongues that we see in this book are gross and it's great. It's a truly daunting villain for a title that's been able to maintain such quality over the years. Alex:                 Great stuff, definitely pick it up. Next up, The Amazing Spider-Man number 52 from Marvel Comics written by Nick Spencer and art by Patrick Gleason. Finally Spider-Man is facing down Kindred, the villain who has been taunting him pretty much all of Nick Spencer's run. We have gotten the reveal of who Kindred is, or at least who we think Kindred is. Personally I have some doubts there that the reveal is actually what we think it is. But in this issue, Spider-Man gives up, surrenders to Kindred to save all of his friends, all the men and the rest of the spider family. And it ends in a moment that I felt like such a sucker because I know this is not going to be permitted, but I legitimately gasped out loud at the end of this issue. I thought this was great. Pete is nodding his head. Yes, yes, yes, I can see him. [crosstalk 00:17:31]. Justin:              Yes, give me more. Alex:                 He loves it. Give me more. Justin, let's go to you first. What did you think about this? Justin:              We have never been closer to finding out how Kindred is than we are with this issue. And yeah, you could have said that for many issues in this run of 52. I really want to know now. Alex:                 Well, they've revealed that Kindred is Harry Osborn. That's been the thing that they've come out and said. Justin:              Yes. And was that the last issue or? Yeah, it was. Alex:                 There was two issues back, yeah. Justin:              And that feels, it feels weird to me. Alex:                 It feels wrong. It feels like a fate. Justin:              And I think you had the theory that it's Peter Parker from the future, like a dead Peter Parker or something who is very bitter about his life perhaps. And I think this issue I was thinking about theory a lot because it feels that Kindred is sort of like, you've wasted your life fighting for these people. And that's sort of the point. And I think that's a nice counterpoint for Peter, our present day Peter, to fight back and say, “It is worth it. You just took the wrong path or whatever.” My theory was that it was the robber who kills uncle Ben, the thief. That would be cool too, but I sort of like your theory a little bit better at this point, feels more on track with what the story they're telling. Because I don't know what Harry Osborn, while he is a big part of Spider-Man [inaudible 00:19:00], Norman overshadows him so much. And I don't know what the point of having Harry there does. Alex:                 I'll tell you also on that note, there's a big scene in here that is very reminiscent of what Scott Snyder did in death, not death in the family, Death of the Family. Justin:              Death of the Family. Alex:                 Joker, Hulk, where he gathered the Joker, gathered everybody around the dinner table. In this instance, what Kindred does is he digs up the skeletons of everybody who Spider-Man has let die and gathers some around. And the moment, it's so well paced and so horrifying because it goes around and it's like, here's captain Gwen Stacy, here's Jean DeWolff. Here's, what is it? Marla Jameson. Then he gets to Gwen- Justin:              Flash. Alex:                 … and Spider-Man and he's like, “Oh no, Gwen.” And then Flash, the last one was uncle Ben. And it's so upsetting to see that happen. Very well done in exactly the way that it should feel. I thought, Pete, again, nodding his head, yes, yes, yes, could not agree more it seems like. And Pete- Justin:              Before we go to Pete, who's opinion will no doubt really crown this review of the book. I want to give a shout-out to Patrick Gleason's art, it's so perfect for this run. To your point, we're seeing how horrifying this dinner scene is, Patrick Gleason's art is the perfect companion to this story. Pete:                I just can't wait for Nick Spencer to get the fuck off this book. It's just, he writes these fucked up twisted things and really fucks with you as a fan, who's loved something for many years and then makes you question that. I mean, to dig up these people and have their corpses sitting at a table, fuck you. And then have Spider-Man be like, “Fucking, I give up, kill me.” Fuck you, I'm sick of this shit. This just over the top fucking just bullshit to … It's grotesque. Justin:              I hear you Pete. Pete:                It's all ridiculous. Give me a fucking Spider-Man story, man. This is bullshit. Justin:              I want to see Spider-Man do something important, like catch a pulse snatcher. Has he done that? Has he stopped a purse snatching at any point? Alex:                 I think this is good. I'll also mention I know we did include this in The Stack. Pete:                You were like, when that moment happened, I yelled boo, and I closed my laptop and I was just like, I had to walk away for a little bit. Justin:              Boo. Good day. Alex:                 They're also releasing these 52.LR books, which I know I didn't send over for The Stack. But they're kind of taking place between the stories and focusing on the characters that are on Spider-Man. Also really good, really dark, this one focuses on Norman Osborn teaming up with Mary Jane, which is wild, and she hates it. Pete, don't worry, she does not want to work with him at all. But really good stuff. It just a very dark, it definitely feels like- Pete:                Spider-Man shouldn't be this dark. Alex:                 What is almost unequivocally the best Spider-Man story of all time, Pete? Pete:                I don't know. Alex:                 Kraven's Last Hunt. I think- Pete:                That's your opinion. I don't think- Alex:                 No. Justin:              What's your? Alex:                 I think if you ask almost anybody, if you asked what is the best- Pete:                I like a couple of Rhino stories, that are great. Alex:                 Sure. There's great Spider-Man stories, but the best one of all time is probably, obviously arguably Kraven's Last Hunt. Spider-Man dies, he's buried in that, Kraven takes over. He's covered in spiders, it's dark. And I think that's what Nick Spencer is going for here, and I think he's [crosstalk 00:22:49]. Pete:                Nick Spencer is just doing shock value shit. Justin:              I don't think so. And also like Spider-Man's origin is dark. His uncle dies and he lets him go. It's like guilt. Pete:                He doesn't know that at the time though. Justin:              Yeah, I know. Alex:                 Sorry. Justin, are you familiar with Spider-Man's origin story? Justin:              Yeah, he was there as a thief and he was like, “Should I stop this guy?” And then the guy was like, I'm going to go kill your uncle. And he's like, “Go ahead.” Pete:                Go ahead. Justin:              Get out of here you scum. Alex:                 As long as Caterpillar man finds my uncles corpse later, I'm good with it. [crosstalk 00:23:28]. Justin:              I'm just saying there's been a darkness to Spider-Man from the jump. I think this is well within the range to tell this. Pete:                No. Alex:                 Let's move on then to something that is perfectly purposely dark, Scarenthood number one from IDW by Nick Roche and Chris O'Halloran. We had Nick Roche on our live show this week. Let's be honest here. Let's be true to ourselves. What do we really think about Scarenthood? I'll come out and I've got to say it, this is the truth. I like this book. Justin:              Nice, bold. I mean, I raved about the book on the live show. But to boil it down, I really like how this book feels very like Slice of Life. It's about a father in Ireland, and I don't know what town it is, but in Ireland, he struggles with just the stress of being a dad, tries to connect with the parents. It's really funny. And then there's … we slowly get peppered in a couple of details about how the school is maybe a little haunted and it builds and builds and builds to a legit scary moment that combines the fear of the supernatural with the regular fears of being a parent in a way that I thought was a real great step forward. I'm very excited for more of this. Pete:                Yeah. I mean, this is more in you guys' sweet spot a little bit, because I was like, “I get it. You're a real dad in real life.” Okay. All right. Justin:              But Pete you're a cat dad. Think about it if it's a cat. Alex:                 Yeah. Your Twitter bio says cat daddy, right? Pete:                Yeah. That's exactly what it says. Justin:              I believe it's catty daddy if I remember correctly. Pete:                Oh my God. Anyways, I'm really- Justin:              The original catty daddy. Pete:                All that aside, I really liked the kind of horror ghost story elements. I thought it was really cool. I very much enjoyed this book, even though I'm not a parent and don't know the struggles that you guys deal with. But I thought it was really well done and interesting. And I'm very excited to read more. I think this is kind of like a cool team on this book. I think it's rich enough that I really want to kind of delve into it more. Justin:              Pete, being a parent is like your life, but with fewer cheesesteaks and fewer romantic comedies. Pete:                Boo, that doesn't sound fun. Alex:                 I really like this as well. The pitch that I didn't give on the show. Justin:              Wow. Pete:                Oh my goodness. I thought that was part of the pitch. Justin:              Oh, okay. You seem to be allergic to the pitch. Alex:                 Yeah. That was not part of the pitch. I just sneezed. This is like single parents meet stranger things is the way that I'd put it. Pete:                Oh, wow. Alex:                 We talked about this live show a little bit, but I was really impressed, particularly given we read a lot of first issues with how packed this was with details, and the fact that things slowly build to the supernatural, but it isn't the last page reveal. It's about halfway two thirds of the way through the issue that we get some weird supernatural stuff. We get even weirder supernatural stuff as it goes. And the character signs are really terrifying in the right way. This is a great debut. I was very happy to read this and I was glad that we got to chat with Nick for so long about it. Pete:                I agree. Alex:                 Let's move on to another title that we've been enjoying quite a bit. GI Joe number 10 from IDW written Paul Allor, art by Chris Evenhuis. Pete- Pete:                Yo Joe. Alex:                 … you got to like this one, because there's a bareness appearance in this one. But for the most part, this is about a secret lab that is trying to create half human half robot cyborg bats for a cobra- Pete:                Classic. Alex:                 … and how they end up taking it down. After being- Pete:                Classic Dr. Mindbender stuff, I mean- Alex:                 Classic Dr. Mindbender stuff. Justin:              Dr. Mindbender. Alex:                 After not being so crazy about the last issue, I was glad to personally just see this return to form for this issue. What'd you guys think about this one? Pete:                Yeah. I'm enjoying this. I'm having a lot of fun. Also kind of a crazy reveal because I'm used to … I'm sure you guys are the same. Lady Jaye, she used to roll with Flint or Snake Eyes. Alex:                 You don't need to tell us. Justin:              Yeah, we're right there. [crosstalk 00:27:56]. She used to roll [inaudible 00:27:58] with Flint or even Snake Eyes. Pete:                Yeah. Right. But then to see her with this new guy, and I know he's new because I was like, I'm not wrong in this. I went to the Hasbro website to look this up. Alex:                 We all did, you don't need to tell us. We all headed to the Hasbro website. Justin:              It's where I get my news. Pete:                Because I was like, wait a second, I wasn't … I don't remember [inaudible 00:28:19]. Alex:                 First stop, OAN. Second stop, [inaudible 00:28:22]. Third stop, Hasbro website. That's where I get my news. Justin:              Exactly. Especially if I'm like, what's my brother doing? I'm like Hasbro. Pete:                But yeah, I continue to have a lot of fun with this book. Some interesting stuff. Great art. I think they do a good job of sometimes doing fun stuff with names, sometimes holding it back a little bit more. Justin:              Yeah. I mean, I think I've said in the past, I was never a G.I. Joe kid. Pete:                Yeah. You weren't allowed to watch as a kid, and we feel bad for you. Justin:              We're not allowed to watch because they used guns, yes. But these stories I like, I like the way they're sort of one-offs story of the weeks with different tones. This one sort of has more of the action figure animated show feel, I think. But they treat the characters in a realistic way and I appreciate it. Alex:                 It also feels like with this issue that this is starting to build towards something, even though we've been focusing in on these individual characters, maybe I'm wrong, but issue- Justin:              Castle fall. Alex:                 What? Justin:              I think there's something called castle fall coming up. Alex:                 Yeah, that's coming up. And that certainly seems to be a tease that we're just going to start getting all these individual plot points mixing together in some way. And that's exciting. I mean, if they're really doing, focusing in on one, two characters every issue and that it's building something bigger, that's very cool storytelling. I'm excited to see where it goes. Next up, another one that I'm sure was in Pete's wheelhouse, Dark Nights: Death Metal Infinite Hour Exxxtreme, with so many Xs, number one from DC Comics, written by thank Frank Tieri, Becky Cloonan, Sam Humphries, and of course, Lobo. Art by Tyler Kirkham, Rags Morales, Denys Cowan, and again, Lobo. As you can guess, this is what Lobo's been doing during Dark Nights, Death Metal, what's been going on with him. It kicks off with a very Frank Tieri story. Pete:                Yeah, Frank, come on. I mean, this is the guy- Justin:              Perhaps the most Frank Tieri stuff. Pete:                Yeah. I mean, this is the guy you want on this book. You want this kind of goon squad guy to tell a story about one of the biggest goons there is, Lobo. And let's not forget we should make a Lobo Batman. And yeah, I think this was- Alex:                 The Batman man. Pete:                Yeah. The bat, who frags. Yeah, I think this continues to just be a ton of over the top fun, just taking the DC Universe and being like, let's throw a bunch of Xs on it, say it's extreme, death metal, yeah, turn it up to 11. And the whole headbutt joke was hysterical, it was just great. Bat Grundy, I mean, what more do you want? Justin:              Let me just say it was probably a lot to read three back-to-back Lobo stories. It's like getting just a bowl of a hot fudge sundae after the hot fudge sundae served in a bowl that's also made out of hot fudge sundae. And so it's not as … I didn't need that much Lobo. Pete:                Come on man. Justin:              I will say I liked the back-end of the second story. The other heroes being Lobofied. Pete:                Superman Lobo or are you talking about Wonder Woman Lobo or? Justin:              All of them. I thought those were funny. Pete:                Okay. Alex:                 Lobo gets his hands on some death metal and remakes the universe to reimagine everybody's origin stories as all being Lobo. I think that was the Sam Humphreys, Dennis Cowan section, I could be wrong. Justin:              It's hard to tell, it's the one that's called, it says it's by Lobo. I can't tell if it's the second story or the beginning of the third story, sort of flows. And then I'm curious, it does feel like Lobo is going to play a large part in the resolution of Death Metal, which I find- Pete:                Well, he has been popping up. [crosstalk 00:32:24]. Alex:                 Go ahead, Pete. Pete:                No, no. Alex:                 All I was going to say is he's been popping up almost every issue of Dark Nights Death Metal doing something in the background. And this is to explain what he has been doing. Pete:                And also if you're going to do a Death Metal book and not talk about Lobo, I mean, you're not really talking about Death Metal then. Justin:              If you're going to have a Wolverine who just has a longer cigar and shorter claws, then yeah, have him be in this space I guess. Pete:                This is not Wolverine. Alex:                 Okay. Justin:              No? Pete:                No. Justin:              What are some of the big differences? Pete:                All right. First off- Justin:              The healing factor? Pete:                … Wolverine doesn't talk this much. And Wolverine isn't as in love with himself as Lobo is. Justin:              Wolverine doesn't talk as much, got it. Pete:                You're just a [inaudible 00:33:09]. Alex:                 Let's move on and talk about Marvel Zombies: Resurrection number four from Marvel Comics written by Philip Kennedy Johnson, art by Leonard Kirk. This book has been, I say surprisingly great. Except Philip Kennedy Johnson has been consistently delivering excellent stuff across the board. Here, the main thing that I've talked up to multiple people who are like, “Ah, I don't want to read a Marvel Zombies book,” was the twist last issue, or at least the plot reveal last issue, that the excuse, the reasoning for the zombies is that it's a bunch of brood who have infested Galactus. So you get the reason they're infesting superheroes is they're the brood. The reason they have a cosmic hugger is because of Galactus. And here our heroes led by Spider-Man with the two Richard children and a bunch of other random folks are attacking the Galactus hive in limbo. It all ends here or does it? I really like this resolution quite a bit. What'd you guys think? Pete:                Yeah. This was just really unbelievable. Continually impressed with the twists and turns that this is taking. I didn't see any of this coming the way it is. Just action galore, some great story, a really impressive balance of story and action. And the art is just phenomenal. This book is one of those ones that I look forward to when I see it's on our kind of pool list, and it continues to impress. Justin:              Yeah. I mean, I agree. There's a lot of smart choices in this story, like smart, creative uses of different Marvel characters. And Pete, you must have loved how this is a fun Spider-Man. Pete:                Yeah. I mean, well, he gets emotional and it's nice. But also love the magic stuff and the Wolverine blade stuff. I don't want to spoil stuff for people. Man, just really cool. Justin:              I was being sarcastic because Spider-Man is just so sad the entire time, he's not having any fun. [crosstalk 00:35:23]. But I love the end as well. Alex:                 And I really enjoy the fact that we're getting both DCs from Tom Taylor and Marvel Zombies: Resurrection from Phillip Kennedy Johnson. They're both smart reinventions of zombie mythos. We're not just getting the zombies in the Marvel Universe, zombies in the DC Universe. They're coming up with canonical reasons for why they exist based on what the specific universes could bring to the table. And that's great, they're both very different stories as well. They're not just zombie stories. And I look forward to hopefully more to come. I was surprised, it seemed like it was tying into whatever that Thanos story that Donny Cates had been teasing is. But I guess we'll see down the road. Alex:                 Next up, The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys: National Anthem number two from Dark Horse comics, story by Gerard Way and Shaun Simon, art by Leonardo Romero. This is picking up obviously on the first issue. But as everybody is slowly regaining their mojo and fighting against the live type characters who are infesting the world specifically through the lens of cops who have been taken over by whatever is going out in this world. What'd you think about this one? I think we're really complimentary of the first issue. How'd you feel about the second? Justin:              I love the art on this book. It has such a good tone and vibe for the whole thing. And I mean, it's a little, like with a lot of Gerard Way stuff, you're not a 100% sure with what's happening. But it has a very musical vibe. This feels like a music montage from The Umbrella Academy TV show or something like that, very much like the action feels like there's a lot happening underneath it. Pete:                Yeah. I think the art is the real hero here. It's very stylized and kind of switches back and forth, which is really impressive and still feels about the same story. But yeah, this is … we don't know exactly, but we've got enough to kind of follow. It's interesting, action packed. You can kind of understand why the people are doing what they're doing. Yeah, I've been really impressed with this and I'm going to continue to keep reading it. I think it's great. Alex:                 Particularly with this issue, it feels like it's sort of thing that if you have acab in your Twitter bio, this is the comic for you. Let's move on and talk about Goosebumps: Secrets of the Swamp number two from IDW, written by Marieke Nijkamp, art by Yasmin Florez Montanez. You two in particular were particularly complimentary of this. This is a werewolf tale for the Goosebumps universe, I guess. You liked the first issue quite a bit as two girls teamed up to try to track down some werewolves. What'd you think about the second one? Pete:                Yeah, I was really impressed with the way this relationship kind of moved, because what I was worried about in the first issue is you have two characters who kind of force into this crazy scenario. And I was worried they were going to just fight the whole time and not be able to kind of move throughout the story and kind of take care of business. And I think they handled that in such a good way. I've been really impressed with the Goosebumps. This is a fun story. Art is unbelievable. I liked these depiction of werewolves and I thought it was endurable how that one werewolf just kind of curled up. I think this is very cool and interesting story. I'm excited to read more. Justin:              I have a feeling these werewolves are going to be people eventually. Pete:                What? Justin:              Not a ton habits in this issue as far as driving the story forward. It's mostly like we're scared in the swamp. But yeah, I'm curious to see, it feels like another shoe will drop next issue. Alex:                 Yeah. I still feel like it's not quite bringing all the elements together. The essential idea of two girls who are super into fantasy role-play games, tracking down real werewolves in the woods is a really smart idea, but it's not necessarily paying off with that premise. I hope we see more of that the next issue. Though, I do like the art. I think the characters designs are very nice. And I'm enjoying reading it. It's a nice light read. Next step, Getting it Together number two from Image Comics, co-creators and co-writers Sina Grace and Omar Spahi, art by Jenny D. Fine. We had Sina Grace and Omar Spahi on the live show a couple of weeks back talk about the first issue, which we like quite a bit. This is like Friends, but set in San Francisco and real. This second issue is picking up on that. As things only get more complicated for everybody's relationships. What'd you think? How did it pick up from the well-received premier issue of the title? Pete:                Yeah, I like this. I think being in a band is hard, there's a lot of moving pieces. I like how they're kind of diving into that a little bit, but mainly focusing on the relationships. The art's fantastic. You care enough about the characters to care about this story. It's relatable. I think it's very cool. I liked how they kind of handle it, going back and forth between the different people and their kind of sizes and stuff. I also thought it was very cool the way the art kind of pulls out and pulls in. Sometimes you see wider shots and other things going on and sometimes it's very close up. I think that's very cool storytelling. I also really liked the drinking that was going on there. I can relate to that as well. Justin:              I agree. I think this is a great second issue. First off, just reading this comic from a pandemic point of view, it is like reading science fiction. I'm so jealous of these characters. Pete:                Yeah. Oh my God. Imagine being able to go into a bar and just get a drink. Justin:              Oh, I know. That scene at the bar was like, yes, please, tell me more. How was it? What was it like? What did the bar smell like? Pete:                I even drove by like [inaudible 00:41:55] I was like, “Oh my God. I want to go in.” Justin:              I've never fallen that far. But outside of that, the relationships are really well done in this. And I want to say there are so many great standalone panels where you really see like a perfect encapsulation of a real human action in the moment. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 I like this titles willingness to make the main characters unlikable, which is not an easy thing- Justin:              I like that about us as well. Pete:                Shut up. Alex:                 No, I think that's really good. I mean, you have this main relationship that's broken apart. And the fact that you read both of these characters as they're talking about the relationship, they try to be friends. It just doesn't work. They're both really not very good at it. And there's always this temptation to make those sorts of characters come to some sort of resolution or one character to be better than the other, but it feels like a real relationship right at the middle of this where nobody's right, they just broke up. They are both assholes to each other. They shouldn't have been together. Things went horribly wrong and they continue to go horribly wrong. It feels very realistic in terms of the characterization. And I think that's very nice to see. Let's get to- Pete:                Also fun little story in the back as well. Alex:                 Absolutely. Last bit to talk about, let's get to our extra storage, [inaudible 00:43:27], which I know Pete has been eagerly awaiting. We're just talking about three issues this week. Marauders number 15 from Marvel Comics, written by Gerry Duggan and Benjamin Percy, art by Stefano Caselli. Excalibur number 14 written by Tini Howard and art by Phil Noto. Wolverine number seven written by Benjamin Percy and Gerry Duggan and art by Joshua Cassara. In the first issue, we get a resolution of what happened with the Wolverline after she stabbed. Let me just run through the plot here then you could complain to [inaudible 00:43:56]. Hold on. Alex:                 We get a resolution of the cliffhanger last week was that Wolverine decided to shut down the conflict between Arakko and Krakoa with other worlds stuck in the middle, by stabbing Saturnyne to death, we get [inaudible 00:44:11] to that, turns out she knows what was going on. She shuts it down. We could see the rest of the dinner party as everybody kind of feels each other out and figures out what the straights are. Excalibur 14, we finally get the first of the fights, and spoilers here, I'll go through these, but just to give you the rundown of the fights, the first one, Betsy Braddock, Captain Britain gets beaten up immediately. Pete has taken off his headphones, he is done, he is out of here. Betsy Braddock gets beaten immediately, then I believe the second fight is Doug Ramsey, which he is terrified about. Turns out the fight is to get married at [inaudible 00:44:51]. Justin:              The ultimate fight. Alex:                 The ultimate fight. The third one is a wrestling match between [inaudible 00:44:58] I believe, she loses that, which totally makes sense. At the beginning, drinking contest between Storm and Wolverine. That's a little bit of a tie over there. But then Wolverine gets sucked into a fight, a three-way fight. Pete, put on of your headphones, put on your headphones, Pete, you can hear what we're saying. Come on. Pete:                Can I rant now? Can I please? Justin:              Listen to what we're saying. Alex:                 [crosstalk 00:45:21]. Why are avoiding spoilers? You got to at least hear what I'm saying. Pete:                I can't relive this bullshit again, that you're telling me and not react to it. It's so fucking painful the state here, and you recount the shitty fucking story. Justin:              You love sword fights. Alex:                 Here's what I think is phenomenal about this. I was going into this. Pete is taking off his headphones again. What I think is great about this, that I was not blown away by is probably too strong, but really impressed by, is I was going into this expecting, okay, then we're going to go through 10 sword fights, right? They start off with a sword fight that ends almost immediately. I was like, what the fuck is happening here? Why are we not getting a sword fight? This is, honestly, Pete put back the headphones. Put back on the headphones, Pete. I want you to hear this part. Pete:                Can I rant now please? Alex:                 No, I want you to hear this part that I'm talking about because my feeling when I was reading this, when Betsy Braddock immediately loses it like two pages, I was furious. I was like, “What is happening here?” And then when the second fight was marriage, it was like, where are the sword fights? I was promised sword fights. But by the time they get to the third fight and the fourth fight, I was starting to get really impressed by the structure of the storytelling here. Pete:                Oh, fuck you. Alex:                 Hold on. I was impressed by the structure of the storytelling here, because it's a total swerve. They're going for like, what are your expectations? It's going to be this gauntlet of Ted fights. Instead, we're coming up with different ways of hitting this, definitely getting into spoilers here, but it becomes clear through the storytelling what Saturnyne is doing. But our whole plan is not to have Krakoa beat Arakko, but to have Arakko realize, wait, we are the same as Krakoa and we need to join together. And we're not quite there yet, but that's such a fascinating, interesting, different swerve for the storytelling. I am very excited for where this is going, going forward. Pete, go ahead. Pete:                All right. Well, first off to address what you're saying. If you're going to do that, fucking do a fun issue where they're playing fucking volleyball or whatever, or having a barbecue and they can fucking get along or whatever. But you set up for fucking 14 issues, there's going to be this epic fucking battle. And the first epic battle is shit. The second battle is a marriage. What the fuck are you talking about? The third, fourth, fifth, they're not even fights, they're bullshit fucking side things that don't make any sense. People who won don't get points. Other people are getting random points. What the fuck is going on? You've teed this up for fucking, there's going to be 22 issues of this bullshit, and you've done nothing but rob us of good story with this bullshit where there's actual story that could be happening, but you're not addressing, not just sitting across from each other going, “Oh, you're doing well raising our children.” Fuck you. Pete:                If you're going to get into it, get into it, don't just fucking give us one piece of something to walk away. I'm so frustrated on so many levels with this fucking story. I've had it up to here. I was so pissed. Captain Britain, that whole thing … It's very upsetting when you build us something and then don't come close to even delivering it. You fucking piss in my face when it comes to the delivery and then walk away and go, “Yeah, this shit doesn't even matter.” Justin:              Pete, spoiler, the next issue is the two X men each other's faces for the- Pete:                Yeah, might as well. Justin:              That's the X. Alex:                 Pissing contest. Justin:              Oh, Pete, I feel like you might need to catch your breath for a second. Pete:                The art is very enjoyable. Justin:              Oh, nice. That's great. Pete:                Took a lot for me to say that. Justin:              I agree with Alex. This was such a surprise, but reading these three issues in particular, it really felt like, oh, they're doing like … even though it's not explicitly this, it feels like the fairy realm where nothing is what you expect. And so of course the battle is not going to be just a bunch of random sword fights. Everyone is being tricked. But I think what's smart about that is the Arakko. Pete:                We the reader are being tricked. Justin:              But in the same way that the best stories surprise you. Pete:                Out of our money. Justin:              You're not being tricked out of money. But let me say- Alex:                 Can I pull that [crosstalk 00:50:14] for a second. Justin:              The handful- Alex:                 You're getting these issues for free. Pete:                Yeah. I'm just saying, I'm talking about for the people who pay money for comic books, don't fucking shell out money for this book. You're going to be fucking pissed because- Alex:                 Hold on. Because this is … Obviously I have not read the issues beyond this week, but this is a build, right. And what we're building up to and I could be wrong is we're going to get a actually epic sword fight between apocalypse and annihilation, his wife. But if there were nine issues of sword fights before that, it wouldn't hit as hard when you finally get to that. Pete:                Well, then give me story and then just give me that last fight. Don't fucking promise me great battles along the way, and then fucking be like, no, two people are randomly going to get married for no fucking reason. And all of a sudden, a guy who all he does is talk to things can't talk. And that's the reason he falls in love with her. Are you fucking kidding me? Justin:              Here's what I was trying to say before. Pete:                Sorry Justin. Justin:              It is much more interesting to feel, to have these stories be surprising and interesting, especially at the beginning when like … especially Doug Ramsey, he goes in, either he's going to be straight up murdered or he's going to win randomly. Instead, it's something completely unexpected and I appreciate that. And it also like, as we've met the Arakko warriors, they're so intense, there's so much more, they've been raised in, they fought their entire lives for millennium. One of them has legit never lost a thing. The odds are stacked against the X-Men. And I think the X-Men, they're in one of these issues, they talk about this. They have had a happier world, a happier life. I think they can sort of figure out these games and win this without it being just a brute battle between different people that we've seen a hundred times in a hundred different comics. I think this is actually makes for some better storytelling. The fact that Wolverine issue, where he wins and also loses is fun. It's funny. Wolverine is outplayed twice in these issues. Alex:                 I love the Storm Wolverine drinking battle. That's great. Justin:              Did you see Storm leans in for a kiss? Alex:                 She does. There's so much … who did the art for that one? That was Joshua Cassara. The way that is laid out in that issue and it slowly builds until Wolverine disappears as they're about to kiss because they're completely wasted and they're going to hook up. That's great. I love the tension and inherited that scene. And the fact that Wolverine ends up in this three-way battle where he's just plastered the entire time is so much fun. It's good. Pete, you're upset. Pete:                Yes. I'm very upset because who the fuck … I don't understand why Wolverine is not acting like Wolverine. Wolverine, you know you can't just drink in the middle of a sword battle. You know you're going to have to fight. And also why are you trying to cheat beforehand? I have [crosstalk 00:53:34]. Justin:              They say that it's a drinking game is the battle, so he does it. Pete:                Listen, yeah, you know you can't smell, you're going to get fucked on that. I saw that coming a mile away. Justin:              I've never been fucked during a drinking game or I guess afterwards. Pete:                I don't know. Anyways, I just think that, hey, if you want to tell stories, great, but don't promise me one thing and then deliver another thing. I like a swerve, I like interesting stories. Yes, the marriage is surprising, whatever, great, great for you guys. But when you put me through these fucking origin stories of getting a sword and, oh, man, I got the baddest sword I can get. And now I'm going to go into a battle, the fight for my fuck island. Oh my God, and then you don't do that. You don't even come close to a battle. We haven't gotten one good one yet. And the scoring is all wrong. Justin:              You're really concerned with the score. Alex:                 Yeah, this is- Pete:                If you're fighting to the death and that- Alex:                 The title of the event is called X of arm wrestling. I don't understand what the problem is. Pete:                Fucking arm wrestling. Justin:              It's called ten of marriage. Alex:                 Well, clearly we have a disagreement here, and I think that's a great- Justin:              Two to one, we win. Later. Alex:                 There you go, Arakko wins. That's it for The Stack. [crosstalk 00:55:04]. Arakko, sorry, Justin. That's it for The Stack podcast. If you really like to support us, patreon.com/comicbookclub. Also, we do a live show every Tuesday night at 7:00 PM to Crowdcast and YouTube. I choose Android and Spotify, Stitcher, or the app of your choice to subscribe and listen to the show at comic book live on Twitter, comicbookclublive.com for this podcast and many more. Until next time, keep getting married everybody. Justin:              Get out there, the ultimate sword fight. The post The Stack: Punchline, Taskmaster And More appeared first on Comic Book Club. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookclub See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stel je voor: je komt uit een klein Nederlands dorpje, schrijft een boek en vervolgens sta je in de New York Times-bestsellerlijst! Het overkwam YA-auteur Marieke Nijkamp en ze kan het nog steeds niet geloven.  Ondertussen zijn we paar boeken verder en probeert Marieke haar grenzen op het gebied van schrijven te verbreden. Zo schrijft ze nu ook comics, graphic novels en natuurlijk haar nieuwste boek: Zelfs als we zwijgen. 

On today's Stack podcast: Iron Man #1, You Look Like Death: Tales From The Umbrella Academy #1, Batman #99, Thor #7, Stillwater #1, Detective Comics #1027, Goosebumps: Secrets of the Swamp #1, Giant-Size X-Men: Storm #1, Big Girls #2, Justice League #53, Seven Secrets #2, The Immortal Hulk #37, Dryad #5, Catwoman #25, Once & Future #11, X-Men #12, Faithless II #4, The Amazing Spider-Man: The Sins of Norman Osborn #1, and Head Lopper #13. 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 Transcript: Alex:                 What is up y'all? Welcome to The Stack. I'm Alex. Justin:              I'm Justin. Pete:                I'm Pete. Alex:                 And on The Stack we talk about a bunch of comics that have come out today. Pete:                Sure do. Alex:                 We review them, unless they're DC comics, those rap scallions, they come out on Tuesdays. They go out for 24 hours. You already know about them. Justin:              Yes, but you can read them today. You can read comics whenever you want. That's the freedom of the comic book industry. Alex:                 Right. And if you break into writer's brain, you can read comics that haven't even been made yet, man. You know what I'm talking about? Justin:              Yes. I know what you mean by breaking into a writer's brain too. You talk about with like a hammer? Alex:                 Yeah, man. But six feet away, keep your safe distance. Let's get into this because I don't know where I was going. Pete:                Wait, what? Yeah, what the fuck. Alex:                 I don't know where I was going with this, Pete. Iron Man, number one from Marvel written by Christopher Cantwell, art by Cafu. This is, as you can imagine, another new start for Iron Man, a back-to-basic start after the big robot war. And this book spends quite a bit of time with Tony Stark, the man, before it puts him in a classic Iron Man costume, throws him up against a new, old threat. What'd you think about this book? How'd you feel about this versus the last couple of years in Tony's life? Justin:              I don't know if I'd call it an Iron Man costume, but other than that I think this is a fun book. I feel like Tony Stark is popping a little bit more here. He feels a little bit on his own, less tied up in a sort of the galaxy brain, worried about everything, stuff that he's mostly been in for the last few years and more just like the guy who puts on the suit. Pete:                It's nice to see him not being a robot or a dead version of himself or whatever it is. It's nice to see Tony being Tony, but there's a lot of interesting things in this comic. I didn't really get past the sad girl playing her violin outside of an Apple store and then asked to leave where she was crying and walking away, that was fucking heartbreaking, man. That was cold as ice. But I'm interested to see what happens. The problem is what I didn't like was there was this moment where it was just like the movie where Tony Stark's like, “Oh yeah.” And then someone comes out to him at a party and was like, “Hey Tony, I got this thing to pitch you.” And he's like, “Yeah, yeah, yeah, later.” And then that person becomes the villain. And that was like we saw that in this comic as well. And I was like, “Well, it's kind of played out, but all right, I'll see what's up.” Alex:                 But it plays out differently, right? Because he turns around to the guy- Pete:                A little differently. Alex:                 I mean, that's a classic Iron Man, Tony stark scenario. What I liked about this book is I spent most of the running time thinking we were going to be running out of time that I was like, “Jesus, why are they spending so much time on Tony Stark out of armor? Get to it already, you're going to run out of the page length here. But this was well paced. It was well thought out and they clearly gave it a little bit of extra time to breathe. You could spend time with Tony Stark before putting him in an action scenario. I don't know if it's going to pay out with the page length every issue necessarily like that, but it's refreshing and nice. Like you were saying Justin, to see him on a back-to-basics level, Tony stark, because we haven't really seen that in a very, very long time. Justin:              Yeah. Reading this I was like, “Oh yeah, he used to be sort of a dude who dealt with his own stuff. And now he's been trapped in the Neanderthal age in a cave for a while.” Also a couple more details I love, Terrax as a villain. One of my favorite villain characters, cosmic villains, who you don't see hardly ever, like cool acts, cool look, cool looking dude. And I love the triangle shield in the first couple of pages and the Iron Man armor. Alex:                 I agree. Good stuff. Art by Cafu as well, yes. Pete:                Yeah. The art was great. The moment where he, spoiler alert, flies through a helicopter blade was pretty bad ass. Alex:                 Yeah. All very cool stuff. Let's move on and talk about You Look Like Death: Tales from the Umbrella Academy, number one, from Dark Horse Comics, story by Gerard Way and Shaun Simon, art and colors by I.N.J. Culbard. This of course does not have the regular artists Gabriel Ba on Umbrella Academy. And that's because- Pete:                Yeah, what the fuck. Alex:                 Hold on. You can probably tell from the title, this is a spinoff. This is a side story focusing on Klaus as he gets kicked out of the Umbrella Academy and heads off to Hollywood. Man, there's just a lot of fun. You got to love this, Klaus high on drugs. Justin:              You know Alex is going to love this. The original Klaus head. Alex:                 I love Klaus. I also love going back to the Umbrella Academy after being so deep into the show with Umbrella Podcademy our Umbrella Academy podcast, to revisit the characters in the original format. It's like, “Oh right, Kraken's actually a badass and not just a sad sack. That's nice to see, that's fun.” Justin:              Yeah. What's your favorite type of hero, bad-ass or sad sack? Alex:                 Great question. It's very much a toss up. Pete, you got to love the vampire buggy, right? Pete:                Yeah. [crosstalk 00:05:44]. That was really fun. First of, [crosstalk 00:05:47]. Justin:              Wait, hold up, Why'd you go to Pete for the vampire monkey? Alex:                 Because I was reading the book and I was like, “Pete's going to hate this, but he's going to like the vampire monkey.” Justin:              Is that true? Pete:                Well, I didn't hate it. I mean, what's upsetting is the father just kills me in this, just how cold this fucking dad is, it's hard to get past and it's just hammered all the time during the book, so it's tough. If this father had any compassion, these kids would have such a better chance in life, and it is just heartbreaking. Justin:              Pete shitting on fatherhood, going after the whole enterprise. Pete:                That's right. Just you guys better fucking get your shit together and fucking [crosstalk 00:06:33]. Alex:                 I just kicked out my son. I told him he was cut off. Justin:              Wow. Alex:                 He headed to Hollywood. He got crazy high. Justin:              Nice. He's going to love it out there. Pete:                Yeah. Anyways, Klaus is fun. It's nice to revisit this a little bit, but I like Gabriel Ba. Justin:              Are you crying, Pete? I love, the art really pops in this, especially once the story moves out to the West coast, I feel like the scenes are really great, really fun. Great all around. Alex:                 Yeah. Let's move on then to Batman number 99 from DC Comics written by James Tynion IV and art by Jorge Jimenez. This is the I think penultimate chapter of the Joker war storyline- Justin:              It seems that way. Alex:                 … this is the Joker has basically destroyed Gotham city, taken over Bruce Wayne's fortune. Finally Batman and the crew are fighting bad Batman by appealing to his family saying, “I messed up, get back together with me all. Let's take this town.” Catwoman meanwhile is attacking financially trying to get the funds back. Man, this is the stuff that happens in this issue. And I almost don't want to spoil it, but particularly towards the end made me exclaim out loud. There are two moments towards the edge of the issue that I went, “Haha,” just like that, out loud. What'd you guys think about it? Pete:                Well, I was really … This is a lot of fun. This book is great. Part of me does really want to kind of get back to the bat and cat stuff, that was kind of set up before this. So seeing them kind of a part is driving me crazy a little bit. But man, the whole start of this, like Joker rolling in his fucking limo, this is really insane to kind of see where things are right now. And it really does get you kind of like hyped for that and in such a great way. I mean the panels where Batman just kind of lands in front of the spot where he's supposed to be, so epic, so well done. I love this kind of show down kind of atmosphere that is being set up. And the reveal at the end was holy fucking shit. Justin:              Yeah. James Tynion is such a tactical writer. He comes at the full story and the individual scenes with different angles than we've seen before. We get to spend more time with the Joker than I feel like we get to see normally. Normally the Joker is just cackling and plotting against Batman. In this we get to see a little bit more of him doing the logistical bits of his plan, and then executing in the way leading up to that last page reveal. And that stuff is fun and smart and makes this story seem fresh despite the fact that we've been … I want to say drowning in Joker for the past couple of years. Alex:                 Yeah. Well that, and also that it is another Gotham city is in flames story, but it's still … which we've seen a million times. I don't know why anybody lives there, but to your point, it's still feels dangerous. It still feels like it could go either way at the end of the day. Great, great stuff. Pete:                Just before we move on, we were talking about some oh shit moments towards the end. But also some touching stuff that happens in this too just before Batman kind of gives his speech or right after it, someone gets a gift, very touching. Alex:                 You're talking about the Nightwing costume, right? Pete:                Yeah, I am. I'm trying not to spoil it you fuck, but cool. Alex:                 Well, I mean, I think that's okay. We've already seen him in the costume several times because of the publishing schedule. But yeah, it's good bad family staff, James Tynion gets it. It works really well. This is a great issue. We went on to another one, Thor number seven from Marvel Comics written by Donny Cates and art by Aaron Kuder. This is pick it up after the death of Galactus last issue. And Thor's big vision, that some bad things are coming not just his way, but the Marvel universe's way. And he is throwing [inaudible 00:10:52] down on Broxton once again, because he feels like he is not worthy to pick it up. Turns out more people might be worthy to pick it up. As usual Donny Cates just find some fun, unique angles on his characters. And I love Aaron Kuder's art so much, just I love it. Every time it's just a pleasure to see his name. Pete:                Yeah. It's very enjoyable. The art is fantastic. Sorry, Justin, I didn't mean to cut you off. Justin:              No, please, it's your time to shine. Pete:                Well, this is such a fun back and forth between Tony and Thor that I love very much. Yeah, this is what a cool kind of setup for this new kind of arc. Very excited to see where this goes. A little kind of twist on the unworthy. But I'm very much on board and it's also great to see the kind of blanking on his name there [crosstalk 00:11:55]. Yeah, thank you. I'm just going to say horse Thor. Justin:              Speaking of Beta Ray Bill, when he takes his helmet off that dude's fucked. Alex:                 It's weird. Scary. Very weird. Yeah. I don't like it. He looks much less like a horse without his helmet. Justin:              Yeah. And much more like a nightmare that I'm going to have tonight. I mean, this book reminded me of a conversation we've had a lot about Batman. Thor is a character that is often pretty serious. Like God dealing with God level things speaking in very heightened language, yet Donny Cates finds a way to make this fun. There's a lot of humor here and that Thor can play around, something we've been talking about a lot lately with Batman is like, why does it always have to be doom and gloom, there's room in our ability as fans to take two sides of a character, someone who takes their job seriously, but also likes to play around a little bit with his friends. And this book does a great job of keeping the action fun, the stakes high, I mean two issues ago, everything was hell. And now here we are where we're having fun with words on [inaudible 00:13:04]. Pete:                Yeah, just leave words on the hammer, man. Alex:                 Words on the hammer, that's what I always say. Moving on to one that I know Justin is super psyched about, Stillwater number one from Image Comics written by Chip Zdarsky and art by Ramon K. Perez. Now this is a bit of a spoiler because they only eventually get around to it in the second half of the book, but it is the concept of the book is about a guy who loses his job, gets an inheritance or so he thinks, that brings him to the small town of Stillwater. And it turns out in the small town of Silverwater, nobody ever dies. Things get darker from there. Justin, talk about this book a little bit. Justin:              I mean the art by Ramon K. Perez is so good. I love his work on everything that he does. I think the first book that really caught my eye he did was I think called Tale of Sand, I want to say, based on a Jim Henson script. And great book and this just art really shines. The story itself reminded me a lot of Lovecraft Country actually, the first two episodes of that, except with none of the race elements and it's just sort of spoiled white dudes doing the … going on a similar journey. But the way the story ends is exciting and curious what the next move is, if that make sense. Pete:                Yeah, this is the new like, hey, I'm a prince, and if you send me money I'll send you money tenfold. When you get the letter that somebody died and there's inheritance, you don't fall for that. All right. That's a trap. It's clear. If you didn't know that person- Alex:                 Wait, sorry. Pete, did you just say somebody died and left me money? Let me know where I need to go to pick it up. Pete:                Oh, okay, well you got to go to Stillwater. Justin:              And let me say on the other side, Pete, your rich great uncle did die and you have to go get that money. You can't just leave that hanging there just because you're scared. Pete:                I'm not going to fall for that, all right. It's some creepy town where- Alex:                 No, I back up what Justin is saying, this is true and accurate. And if you give us $50 right now, we'll tell you where to go. Pete:                Oh, okay. All right. Well, I'll just Venmo you guys then. Alex:                 Yeah, that sounds great. Actually, you know what might be easier is if you gave us your credit card number. Pete:                Oh okay, sure. Yeah, why don't I give it to you right over here? Alex:                 All right, go ahead. Pete:                Five, five, five, five, five. Justin:              It is weird it's all fives. It is crazy. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Wait, actually I had a question just to step back. Thor, I didn't try this yet. The phone number he puts down on me on [inaudible 00:15:52] for Tony, that's just like a regular two on two number, right? That's pretty weird. Justin:              Yeah, let me, I guess you're right here. Two, one, two, nine, seven, zero, four, one, three, three. Alex:                 Ooh, I don't get any phone service down here. You want to give it a call? Justin:              Yeah, I'll give it a call. Alex:                 Okay. That sounds great. Pete:                Oh man, that's exciting. Alex:                 Yes. Meanwhile, I'll talk about Stillwater. This reminded me a little bit of Revival, the Tim Seeley book, just in terms of concept, which is a great book that everybody should check out. It does feel a little more [inaudible 00:16:26] and a little more focused on this character. I'm also sure Chip Zdarsky is aware of revival and trying to do something different in that. But I'm curious to see how it delineates itself from that going on, just in terms of the pure people coming back to life. You're about to call the number Justin? Justin:              Yes. We have not planned this, so we truly have no idea what's going to come up here. Alex:                 There's going to be an old lady that's going to be like, “Hello.” Speaker 4:        Yes, this is Iron Man. However, due to some big blonde jerk, I no longer use this number. But hey, nice try anyway. For all things Tony stark, please visit www.tonystarkironman.com, and try and stay safe out there, yeah. I'm busy enough as it is. Alex:                 Ah, that's fun. Justin:              Is that Downey? Alex:                 That's cool. Maybe. Justin:              It could be, it sounds like him. Alex:                 Yeah. Fun stuff. Good [inaudible 00:17:22] comic books. Pickup Stillwater number one, moving on to, this is going to be a mouthful, are you ready? Detective Comics number 1027 from DC Comics. This isn't an anniversary issue, so it's a bunch of stories. It is written by Peter J. Tomasi, Brian Michael Bendis, Matt Fraction, Greg Rucka, James Tynion IV, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Marv Wolfman, Grant Morrison, Tom King, Scott Snyder, Dan Jurgens and Mariko Tamaki. And the art is by Brad Walker, David Marquez, Chip Zdarsky, Eduardo Risso, Riley Rossmo, John Romita Jr., Emanuela Luppachino, Chris Burnham, Walter Simonson, Ivan Reis, Kevin Nowlan and Dan Mora. Justin:              You read so fast, it sounded like you said Snot Snyder. Pete:                It did sound like Snot Snyder. Alex:                 Oh man, thank you for picking on the thing that I screwed up out of 20 names. Justin:              Alex, I just wanted to say, you really nailed it when you said Peter J. Tomasi, Brian Michael Bendis, Matt Fraction, Greg Rucka and the rest. Alex:                 I like this package. I know we talk a lot about short story [inaudible 00:18:30], this is like- Pete:                Justin loves talking about nice packages. Justin:              Wow. Alex:                 This is a good set of Batman stories. I was fully prepared to be like, “Yeah, I don't know, I like this one.” But I like most of them. Justin:              Yeah. No, it was hard to pick a favorite as well. I really liked the masterclass story was a good use of the bat family where everyone really got to pop for a second. The Grant Morrison detective number 26 story was like- Alex:                 So funny. Justin:              So fun. And I was like, “Oh, Grant Morrison. Yes. I haven't seen that Grant Morrison in quite a while.” Where it's just like finds a little fun bit and just needles it into a story. Alex:                 I mean, I'll mention with the idea of the story is as you can figure out, it's the guy who came to the issue before Batman and he's already to be the next big vigilante. He's going to be the silver ghost. He has the whole plan. He has his origin story. He has his motivation, everything. And then he goes out of his first mission and he sees Batman and he's like, “Ah, shit.” Justin:              This guy's got good branding, good ears. Alex:                 To your point it's great, I want more of that out of Grant Morrison. I don't need crazy musical notes from Superman saving the universe anymore, just give me that fun stuff. He did that on Klaus as well at least at the beginning where it's just the simple idea of what if Santa was battle Santa. That's great, more of that fun stuff. Pete, which ones did you like? What are you into? Pete:                I really loved the fraction happy returns, the Rocco rookie story was really great that we've had an eye on you was a awesome moment. Justin:              That was cool. Pete:                Love the shout-out to the old costume and generations fractured and the Dan Mora art and the gift, yes please, just fantastic. Alex:                 Yeah. Just such a good package across the board. Pete:                It really is. It's one of those ones where you're like, “All right, a collection,” but then you're like, “Holy shit, this is worth it.” Alex:                 Yeah, pretty much every story is good. The art is great, definitely pick this up. Next step, Goosebumps: Secrets of the Swamp, number one from IDW written by Marieke Nijkamp, and art by Yasmin Flores Montanez. This is a new story, I guess, set in the Goosebumps universe. This is honestly something that is very much out of my wheelhouse. I never read Goosebumps as a kid or anything like that. But it's about a kid who is a gamer. She has one prosthetic arm, so clearly she feels uncomfortable about going outside. But she meets another friend who's a prominent gamer and they begin exploring their town that has some spooky monsters in it. What'd you think about this book? Pete:                Well, yeah, I'm not really a big Goosebumps head, but I really like the start of this. This is a solid first issue. Does a great job of introducing interesting characters and then throwing into a shit show. And I understand like you look up to some hero, somebody you admire and they're like, “Oh yeah, kid, you want to roll with me? Guess what? We're going out into the nightmare that is this world.” Alex:                 And I appreciate you explaining all ages, mostly kids book as throwing them into a shit show. Pete:                Well, what would you call that fucking swamp land that they live in? Justin:              There's nothing wrong with swamp. Pete:                I'm not saying that, but the swamp with monsters- Justin:              What's so scary about a swamp, Pete? Because it feels it's moist. Pete:                No, they have straight up monsters in their fucking swamp. Justin:              But you seemed like hung up on the swamp. Pete:                You're the one hung up [crosstalk 00:22:03]. Alex:                 Fill the swamp, fill the swamp. Justin:              That is what you always cheer. Even your time cheerleading at Cornell University, you were a huge fill the swamp. Alex:                 See you, go big red. Pete:                Oh my God. Justin:              Just building out some of our background on the show. I liked this a lot, I also didn't read Goosebumps, so I don't know what Goosebumps brings to this story. It's just like a creepy story I guess, the branding on it, because this story of these people coming together sort of through gaming and then the gaming becoming real. And then they go on the swamp to face a monster, could stand on its own in a fun way. Pete:                Yeah, it's a fun- Alex:                 [crosstalk 00:22:51] a story, like you said, I like the character, so I wanted a little more out of the story. But I feel like obviously we're going to get that in the second issue. Pete:                Issue two is a good spot to look for that. Justin:              Yeah. Wait for it. Alex:                 There you go. Let's move on to another one, Giant-Size X-Men: Storm, number one from Marvel, written by Jonathan Hickman and art by Russell Dauterman. Now we have talked incessantly, but these Giant-Size X-Men books about what is going on here, these seem like half finished stories. What is happening? Well, [inaudible 00:23:21] as one might say. Pete:                Nope. Alex:                 No, but I would not say that. This issue- Pete:                I also wanted to say though that this Jordan D. White said that this issue would change things for Storm forever. So there was a lot of hype going into this issue. Justin:              Well, and can you pinpoint what that is? Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              What? Pete:                Turns out Storm is sick and she's got some things going on, and it makes me very sad. Justin:              Well, but she- Alex:                 No. Justin:              But she's cured by the end, spoiler. Pete:                Yeah. Is she though? Because it seems like that demon they pulled out of her is just going to grow. Alex:                 The only thing that I was going to say, just to kind of finish up the thing that I was saying that we can turn over to the rest of it, is this is finally bringing together some threads specifically from the Giant-Size X-Men issues. We get the Nightcrawler one, which focused a little bit on Cypher. We get the Storm one obviously which, or I guess it was the Jean Grey one maybe- Justin:              I think so. Alex:                 I honestly don't remember. Whatever it was, it was a Storm story and they're finally picking up on that. And we also get the [inaudible 00:24:31] one picking up with that as well and started to loop all of these disparate threads together. Justin, what did you think about this? Because you've been very, critical is probably the wrong word, but I would say dubious at least about [crosstalk 00:24:44]. Justin:              Yeah, surprised just in general that these have been sort of off the main character standalone stories or seemingly standalone stories. But to your point where you were just saying, I do think this amounts to a lot, it feels like, I don't know if maybe it's faded in our minds because of how much has happened in the X universe since the Dawn of X. But so much of those first issues were about sort of the artificial intelligence that will eventually destroy not only the mutants but the humans and be the real enemy. If humans and mutants can get over their shit and face AI. Justin:              And it feels like maybe this is the moment where it starts. That being in the world which the whole premise of the world is that it accelerates time, it accelerates evolution. They pull this techno organic virus that Storm picked up in a recent issue where they went into … what is the place they went into? Alex:                 The orcas, I think. Justin:              Yeah. Orcas and The Children of the Vault is what I was trying to think of. And she pulls this techno organic virus, The Children of the Vault also a hyper evolving hyper time place, and takes it to this other even more pocket dimension where the time extends, it happens even faster. And I think that is the AI evolution that will eventually lead to some of the real monsters that the X-Men face in the Dawn of X issues. And the people we have at the end of this issue, sort of being there are Phantom X, Phantom X's sort of twin, I guess. And then a random dude from AIM. Alex:                 Yeah. And the other thing that's kind of messed up about it, particularly as of a fan of the character is Cypher and Warlock seem to know what's going on and seem to be kind of cool with it, which is not great. There's definitely been some weird, potentially dangerous stuff going on with Cypher and Warlock over the course of this entire run. And that certainly seems to be the clearest tip of the hat to what's happening here. So yeah, I 100% agree with you, Justin. This is like, I think the important thing, it's surprising you said Storm, because I think the important thing is to the overall plot of what is happening with the X-Men line since the very beginning, versus necessarily Storm. Justin:              Yeah. It feels like a bigger thing. That's why I always say, “Don't trust the guy that speaks all the languages.” He's up at the bar, he's talking to the bartender, ordering you a weird drink because he knows too much. Alex:                 But yeah, good issue. Particularly if you've been reading these Giant-Size X-Men books, if you've read House of X and Powers of X, you really like those. I think this is a good thing to pick up on to kind of get potentially the ongoing story. Let's move out to Big Girls Number two from Image Comic story and art by Jason Howard. I think we were pretty into but a little reserved on the first issue of this book, takes place in a post apocalyptic world where women grow to gigantic size, men also grow to gigantic size, but become monsters and are attacking one of the last remaining cities. We've been following one of the so-called Big Girls who was fighting back against them. We get more fleshed out about the world, this issue. I like this issue a lot more personally, because of the details and the nuance that it added. How'd you guys feel? Pete:                Yeah, this is good because it's like, all right, now we're kind of really getting understanding of who's who, where's what type of situation. Justin:              Who's big, who's little. Pete:                Yeah. Men are monsters, women are saving the world, it's great. I do think though that the kind of reveal at the end is really what's going to kind of take this concept and kind of push it. But the art's great, the action's phenomenal. It's a interesting world, so I'm excited for more. But I'm glad that and agree with Zalben that issue too kind of like solidify things a little bit better. Justin:              Yeah, I agree. I mean, it's nice to sort of, like you're saying, Pete, see the sides of where everyone is. We have our main character who's a little bit dubious about the status quo. And then we have this sort of rebel faction in the back half that is maybe- Pete:                Also I was a little worried about how slow that one main character was to pull the trigger to save that other person's life there. I was like, thought that would be a bigger issue and might come back. Alex:                 We'll have to see what happens. Justin:              I love the double page spread in the middle of the book of our main Big Girl being operated on, and sort of repaired like really- Pete:                Oh yeah, that was fun, some of the like- Justin:              Cowgirl as she's known. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Very Gulliver in that moment. Pete:                Yeah, Gulliver, and I was going to say like, Fraggle Rock reminded me of the dozers a little bit. Alex:                 Yeah. [crosstalk 00:29:49]. Justin:              You say Fraggle Rock a lot, just in general. Pete:                Down at Fraggle Rock. Down at Fraggle Rock. Alex:                 Down at Fraggle Rock. Justin:              That's not a criticism, that's just an open ended statement. Pete:                Every time I walk by a construction society, I want to take a bite out of it, what? Justin:              Every time I walk past a pile of garbage, I want to talk to you. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              You walk past a construction site and you're like, “What up dozers?” And they're like, “Get the fuck out of here.” Alex:                 We're trying to build radishes here, come on. Justice League number 53 for DC Comics written by Joshua Williamson and art by Xermanico. This is tying into Dark Nights: Death Metal. This arc is called Doom Metal, and focuses on one mission of … I think it's fair to call them sub Justice League members, slash- Justin:              Woo, spicy. Alex:                 Yeah, I'm sorry. [crosstalk 00:30:43]. Justin:              Shots fired. Alex:                 It's Detective Chimp. It's hot girl. She's a member of the Justice League. But they are going after Perpetua's throne. Pete, you raised your hand, what would you like to say? Pete:                I would say cute start, what a touching adorable start. Little Robin trying to sneak up on Batman [inaudible 00:31:05]. Justin:              Great. I guess I agree with Pete technically. But I do like- Pete:                I mean the POV angles, it really was a kid looking up at these heroes. I thought that was such great attention to detail that really gives- Alex:                 This really is not helping my theory that you don't read beyond the first page or two, Pete. Pete:                Okay, fine. Justin:              That's one conspiracy theory I can get behind. Pete:                How about they born on a Doomsday panel that was later your dick, that was awesome. Alex:                 I mean that was page four. Justin:              Oh, he's flipping through the book right now. Alex:                 How about this thing at the last page that I just looked at. Justin:              Yeah. You see this UPC code on the back cover? Woo, did not see that coming. That's how you buy the book, they scan it. Alex:                 What were you going to say, Justin? Justin:              Ah, yes. I thought Pete was going to have a slight rebuttal. Pete:                No, I'm just enjoying how much you guys enjoy shooting holes in everything I'm trying to do. Justin:              Trying to do? Alex:                 Oh man. Justin:              What are you going to do? Pete:                I don't know, give my opinion, but apparently it's not good enough because it only is stuff that happens in the beginning. Alex:                 It's a very good opinion. It's a very good opinion. I'm just doing a classic comic book club La Zalben. Justin:              That's why they call him Alex La Zalben. I agree with Pete. There's a lot of fun of this book. I love this sort of … it feels like a side quest in a fantasy game or a fantasy series in a fun way. I could read a lot of this Death Metal stuff for maybe a long time. It's fun. [crosstalk 00:32:48]. Alex:                 It's surprising, right? Justin:              Yeah. Alex:                 Because it's silly. Pete, you did bring up the born on a Doomsday, [inaudible 00:32:56] who are also Doomsdays, it's the sort of thing where you get to this point you're like, “This is so stupid, but it works at the same time.” It's just mashing your toys together, that's all it is. But they're having such a good time with it. It's fun to read. Justin:              Aaron and Garney arm falls off, you put a Doomsday on. Alex:                 Exactly. All right. Let's move on to Seven Secrets number two from Boom! Studios written by Tom Taylor and art by Daniele di Nicuolo. We really like the first issue of this though. I think there's a little criticism from some of us about the end perhaps being a little confusing or not sure where it was going necessarily. But it is about a world where there's a secret society. They hold seven secrets. We're focusing on one character who's part of that, who is the son of two of the characters who hold two of those secrets. At least one of those characters dies in the last issue. And that there's a big villain who's trying to take them all down. We flash back this issue and get an origin. I thought not only was this issue great, but the cliffhanger was superb. One of the best that I've read in a really long time, the last sentence of the book, and made me even way more into this book than I was before. Pete:                Wow. I read that like last part and was like, “Oh man, that's more heartbreaking than we need. You didn't need to do that at the end.” But I agree, this is information that we needed and it's important. Moving forward I'm glad they kind of took a breath to give us this kind of flashback type of thing. Yeah, I'm really into this book now. This issue got me more hyped about it. Justin:              Yeah. Especially in an issue that felt like he was laying a lot of groundwork, it felt like sort of an exposition issue. A lot of like sort of drama in the King's court style drama. And then to end on that emotional, just build up to that last panel was really well done. Pete:                I can't even look at … I'm sorry. Alex:                 No. All I was going to say was that I'd be really fascinated to hear how Tom Taylor structured this, because it almost feels like you have this very Harry Potter sort of training section that potentially would come first. Then you go out to the inciting incident, which is the thing where the society gets messed up. And then you follow through from there, but he flipped it. He went from first issue, the second issue and he reversed the order of them and it works so well, it's very, very smart. Justin:              Yeah. The words I was trying to come up with earlier were palace intrigue. This issue is so much palace intrigue, and ending on a real strong emotional beat. Pete:                I was just going to say that I can't look at a gold little ducky without getting choked up anymore. Alex:                 Oh man, sad stuff. Let's move on to something that probably creeps you the fuck out, Pete, the Immortal Hulk number 37 from Marvel- Pete:                Oh, Jesus Christ. Alex:                 … written by Al Ewing Alan and art by Joe Bennett. The door is finally open. We finally know who the big villain of this book is. It's the leader of course. Pete:                Yeah, of course it is. Alex:                 Or maybe it is. There might be something behind that. But the leader is looking to manipulate the green door the way that the Hulk and other gamma radiated heroes have been resurrected constantly, hence the Immortal Hulk of the title. While the Hulk is outside fighting in the real world, the leader is inside this hellscape or whatever is going on there. He has taken over Rick Jones. He has taken over … who's the second one he's taken over? I don't remember. Oh, he's taken over the irradiated guy, whatever the irradiated guy from the early on the run. Pete:                Yeah, from the [crosstalk 00:36:57]. Alex:                 And there's nobody else that he's taken over as well that he hits at, we don't know who that is yet. But, oh God, I cannot say enough about how terrifying it is to read every issue of this book. Pete:                Yeah, it's too much, man. It's too much. It's gone too far. It's gone too far. Justin:              I love this book and the way, the sense of dread that's been building from issue one and it just keeps extending to end, not only with the writing, but the art, despite all of the body, just disaster that's happening on all these pages. You still get references too older Hulk artists. The last page feels like right out of the Hulk history, and so much of it, it feels just so big, every issue big and horrifying, just like I want everything to be. Alex:                 This is a very meta way of looking at it, but it is very exciting to be reading an all timer. You don't get that often when you're reading a book, but you read this book and you're like, “This is a Hulk run that people are going to talk about for decades.” This is going to be talked about in the same breath as Peter David's run, as the original run, as all these other classic runs of a Hulk and other characters. And I don't know how this is going to add up, I don't know where this could go. But being in the middle there between Al Ewing's writing and Joe Bennet's art, which is like Cronenberg-esque in exactly the right way. It's very exciting to read every issue of this book. Pete:                Yeah, 100%. Alex:                 Great. Thanks. Glad you agree, Pete. Just [inaudible 00:38:50], no thanks. Pete:                Well, I mean, I'm glad you guys are having fun. Alex:                 That's nice. Justin:              Pete's scared. Pete:                This is a horror book with one of my favorite characters, so you guys enjoy your time, I'll wait until we get Hulk. Justin:              Is there another book you could read where the Hulk does something like, I don't know, like smash. Pete:                No, I don't think there is. [crosstalk 00:39:13]. Alex:                 Dryad number five from Oni Press written by Kurtis Wiebe illustrated by Justin Osterling. I'll give a little pluggy plug here. Go check out our bonus episode where we talk to the team behind this book in the comic book club feed, it was a blast and a pleasure to talk to them about the last issue of the book, as well as the run. But Dryad number five, we have our main characters now in the city, they are battling folks, they are trying to figure out what's going on, the kids have no idea. There's a big twist as usual towards the end of this issue. What'd you think about this one? Justin:              This book continues to go its own way. You cannot predict the storytelling here and it's fully into sci-fi, big sci-fi, Blade Runner-esque, corporate intrigue. And did not see that coming, curious with some still fantasy elements popping through. But it's one of the few books I feel like we read where it's like, “I have no idea where we're headed.” Pete:                Yeah. It's very interesting. Each issue is kind of like its own thing, and what's great is you don't know what you're going to get when you pick up this book, but it continues to tell a story just somehow more creatively in different ways. It's impressive to kind of see this thing move forward. I continue to be impressed by the art and the storytelling. This one, we get a lot more action. And then some of the stuff that Zalben likes at the end, but like it's … Alex:                 What does that mean? Pete:                You know what I'm talking about, that hot tub shit at the end, got a little weird that you're into. Alex:                 What? No, come on, Pete. I mean, that was pretty hot. Justin:              I mean, I love a hot tub. I wish there was another book you were talking about [crosstalk 00:41:07]. Alex:                 You know what's best about that is the hot tub scene. The hot tub scene being cut between the guy who had his legs blasted off, I was like, “Fuck yeah. Give me more of that, inject that into my veins.” No, it was good, that was fine. That was a good Ted scene and fleshed out more about the world, but I'm way more into what's going on with the kids and what's happening at the end. Great, great stuff. Alex:                 Catwoman number 25 from DC Comics written by Ram V, an art by Fernando Blanco. This is a bunch of different things. This is tying into the Joker War. Almost an essential chapter of it, as we find out what Catwoman does with Bruce Wayne's money. But also setting up a new classic status quo for Catwoman that I thought was great. I like this book across the board. I had a little burp there at the end, I'm sorry. Justin:              How dare you. Pete:                Okay. I really love the amazing flashback sequences with the kind of tiger stuff that was almost like this orangest type painting kind of thing, that was really cool. Plus the way they kind of drew the action with Catwoman was really a lot of fun, where you're kind of on the same page, you see her kind of doing different moves. To me that's kind of like old school comic book style and I really enjoyed that. Justin:              We talked about this a little- Pete:                I also burped at the end, that was weird. Justin:              That is weird you guys, gas management, gas management bros. Alex:                 Justin has covered for you. Justin:              No, I am fully in charge. Pete:                Oh God. Justin:              I think we talked about this a little bit earlier when we were talking about the Batman books. But I want some resolution on the Batman Catwoman relationship, because it feels like we've been in this space because of whatever happened with changing up the creative teams when they did. We're in this place where it's like, wait, she's just moving his money around and sort of not hanging out, what's the deal? Want to know about their relationship. But aside from that sort of unrelated bother, this was an essential chapter I think. Seeing Catwoman doing this makes you understand the main story a lot more for the Joker War. Alex:                 Yeah, I agree. All right. Let's move into a little part of the show. And this is the end of the show here, which I like to call the Pete sandwich. And the reason I call it the Pete Sandwich is because we got a book Pete really wants to talk about, three books Pete does not want to talk about, and then a book Pete wants to talk about. Pete:                Yeah, sandwich. Alex:                 Pull back the curtain a little bit. But let's get to it. Justin:              And the best way to eat a sandwich is you start with the piece of bread that you really like, then you eat the middle, and then you get to the other piece of bread, which is the other thing you really like. Pete:                Bread's nice, man. Sometimes nice, fresh bread makes everything better. Justin:              You just mash the sandwich bread first into your face and chew your way up. Alex:                 Whenever I go to a deli, I'm like, “Hey, I'll have a Italian Hero. Then take the Salami and the pepperoni and the Capocollo, you throw that out, [inaudible 00:44:20] you throw that out.” Justin:              Capocollo, I love it. Alex:                 You get rid of it. [crosstalk 00:44:24]. Justin:              Just some slightly oily bread. Alex:                 [crosstalk 00:44:28], no, you put it out there and you throw it out. I don't like it. Oil and vinegar, you throw it out. Once & Future number 11 from Booms! Studios written by Kieron Gillen and illustrated by Dan Mora. Holy shit, the end of this issue is fucking insane, not to curse too much. But they have been fighting Grendel of the Beowulf myth, they took care of Beowulf. This issue, they fight, they take care of Grendel. You can kind of see where this is going. You know where this is going. But the way Dan Mora draws this is so horrific and so perfect. This issue is great. I like this series anyway, but this is one of my favorite issues in a while. Pete:                Yeah. This is really just kind of back to what started this thing and made us love it so much, just unbelievable action. This amazing grandmother in the heart of it. I can't, I mean, if you don't like this book, I don't know what to tell you. This to me is great comics, unbelievable art, unbelievable storytelling. The action and violence is mwah, chef's kiss, just fantastic. I'm having so much goddamn fun with this book. Justin:              Yeah. Shout-out to our interview with Kieron Gillen, where we talked about this book a lot. Because it really informs a lot of the process and it makes it so much richer to read this book, hearing him talk about it. Because you get to see in this issue the story that they're sort of caught up in and fighting catch up with them simultaneously. It feels like they've been sort of alongside the story or ahead of the story a little bit. And this last panel, last couple of panels or pages, you really see the story come up and be like, you're done, we got you here. And that's really satisfying to see on top of the fact that it's just a great action story and sequence and wildly bloody in a fun way. Alex:                 Yeah. So good. This is just great. Let's move on to the … sorry, I got a little sick there even thinking about a Capocollo of the stack. X-Men number 12 from Marvel Comics written by Jonathan Hickman and art by Leinil Francis Yu. In this issue- Pete:                What the fuck? What the fuck is going on? Justin:              Uh-oh. He's in [crosstalk 00:46:58]. Alex:                 This is a classic. Pete:                No, no, no, no, no, this, okay, all right, fine. You're going to have fuck island, you're going to … you can't keep adding crazier shit on top of crazier shit. Alex:                 No, man. This is classic- Pete:                You have to deal with it, you can't keep just fucking adding crazy shit. Justin:              Can't you? Pete:                How did Hickman say … how did he pitch [inaudible 00:47:22]. Okay guys, I'm going to change X-Men forever. And just when you think it can't get crazier, I'm going to keep adding crazier … I'm not going to deal with that, I'm just going to keep going to crazy town and then walk away. Alex:                 The reason I said this was the Capocollo is because it has the surprising, sliced peppercorns in the middle where you're like, “Whoa, where did that come from?” Justin:              Woo, spicy. Alex:                 Yeah, classic X-Men book. As we all know, Apocalypse originally came from the dimension of our Rocco separate Island next door to- Pete:                What the fuck. Alex:                 That has since had sex with and enjoyed with [inaudible 00:47:59]. His grandchildren have kept on his legacy. There is the opposite of apocalypse, the evil apocalypse, because as we all know, the apocalypse is good now. Justin:              Famously heroic. Pete:                What is happening? Alex:                 I don't know. Pete:                This doesn't make any sense. Alex:                 This is definitely like, it's funny to read this after the past couple of the issues where Jonathan Hickman was like, “I don't know, [inaudible 00:48:26] is killing shit out of the moon or whatever,” I don't know what's going on. This is fun. They're just killing some plants. We're having a good time, isn't this fun? Pete:                Is he throwing darts at a board? Alex:                 Yeah, this is fun [crosstalk 00:48:35]. He's like, “Did you forget that I'm Jonathan Hickman?” [crosstalk 00:48:43]. Justin:              I think I can shout out everyone's favorite panel from this issue, for everyone's favorite page, excuse me. The info page sort of two thirds the way through where we list the [inaudible 00:48:54]. And it's an infographic where we find out about the summoners from the school of [inaudible 00:49:01], this world that we just invented and arrived at, and how you can either be a shitty summoner, a decent summoner or a kick ass summoner. And can summon Pete, this [inaudible 00:49:12] is fun. You can summon our hoard of elementals, and up to three major [inaudible 00:49:17]. Alex:                 It is wild that at the course of one issue Jonathan Hickman is like, “Oh yeah, Apocalypse had a wife and also a evil opposite Apocalypse who is going to kick off his Ten of Swords type thing or whatever, because there's all these powerful swords. It's not big deal. Anyway, let's go into a hole, it's all good.” And then it picked up this random game that he introduced and that got away from in the last issue is insane. Justin:              Yeah. And he's like, “Oh, don't worry. In case you're of worry this isn't an X-men book focused on the heroic X-Men, don't worry because we got Banshee and Unus the Untouchable coming along for the ride.” Alex:                 Also they're all mutants and one of their powers is to never lose, which is crazy. Justin:              That's a hell of a thing to say. Alex:                 Yeah. I mean, this is saying a lot. This was the most Jonathan Hickman issue of X-Men so far. Justin:              I mean, it's a full on fantasy story at this point. That's why I think this issue is a real, is pointing us to what Ten of Swords is going to be, and it's going to be this. It's going to be epic grand scale battles with people and places that we don't know too much about and may never.” Alex:                 But that's okay. Well, all I'm going to say is, I've been enjoying this enough and this has been crazy enough that I'm willing to follow them down this rabbit hole into your insaneville that I don't understand. Justin:              100%. Alex:                 But I also think … Hold on. Pete, I do want to hear what you have to say, but the only thing that I want to say is you think back to nineties, two thousands, X-Men they were like, “Oh yeah, there's a mega level mutants. Oh yeah, now there's externals.” All of these things that we 20, 30 years down the road are like, yes, yes, that's part of canon and I get that and I understand that. That's what they're doing right now. That's what he is doing is he's adding in these insane details to the X-Men Mythos that decades down the road we're going to be like, “Yes, I remember that. That is Arakko. That's what happens there.” Justin:              Alex, what are you crazy? Immortal mutants that don't know they're immortal that's normal. Ten Swords, that's insane. Can you imagine Ten Swords? Alex:                 You're right. I'm sorry. That's too bad. I apologize. Pete:                I just want to start by saying I'm not willing to follow them into this crystal anus that they're walking into. All right. This is too insane. It's not an X-Men book. I don't know what the fuck's going on anymore. Justin:              I guess I'm changing your birthday plans, Pete, because it's very similar to that. Pete:                Okay. Well, I have no idea what the fuck is happening, who fuck is doing what. Cool. I'm glad people are having fun, but wake me when the X-Men show up. Alex:                 I don't usually like to talk about further episodes of The Stack, but next week we're going to be reading Dawn of X of Swords, Enter the Crystal Anus number one. And I hope you're going to read it, Pete. Justin:              I have a feeling you're going to love it. I feel bad because the Crystal Anus is on my favorite bars in Brooklyn and it closed because of COVID. Pete:                Oh, it's too bad. Alex:                 All right, let's move on to the … let's say salami of this particular Stack. Faithless number two, number four- Pete:                Here we go. Alex:                 … from a Boom! Studios written by Brian Azarello and art by Maria Llovet. I feel like we were a little down on the last issue of Faithless. Justin, I'm talking specifically to you because Pete doesn't want to talk about this at all. This issue I thought was very good. This is, Faith finally shows off her art. She goes on a tour of Turin I believe, with maybe a demon or a fallen angel or something like that. Very weird, very dark. What were you going to say? Justin:              I was going to say, I feel like what we've been talking about is it feels like this book has been spinning its wheels for a couple of issues where it's like, “We get it. She's an artist.” There's all these like dark clouds gathering around her with demonic intentions. But I think this issue, especially the back half for the back third, we get sort of what the book is about a little bit. And it's about her being this conduit through sex to connect with ghosts and sort of use them in her art. And that feels, knowing that is great, is helpful to maybe giving her a power in the story to guide it as opposed to just be this innocent washed up in all this chaos. Alex:                 Yeah. I mean it's interesting because it's kind of a battle for her soul type thing, right? They've been pretty clear about that, it's [inaudible 00:54:12] et cetera. But you have this master artist who is coming in, who is encouraging to go further in the darkness, versus she has this guy who comes out of the devil's door, but he's good in a way, he inspires her to be better. But it's fascinating, this is … Pete, you must've loved this issue, right? Justin:              The devil's door was actually the back entrance to the Crystal Anus and again it closed forever. Pete:                Yeah. I mean, what sucks is I thought we were going to kind of get away from all the madness a little bit and then it's like, “Oh, this is a nice date.” But then it's like, “Oh yeah, of course the dead person with an open head wound is going to still get some, because this is a fucking weird ass book.” Alex:                 It gives you hope though, right? If you ever [inaudible 00:55:03]. Pete:                Yeah. I had a little hope and then the douchebag showed up at the end again. Alex:                 No, I mean if you ever get a head wound, you might still be on the market. Pete:                Yeah, still bangable. Yeah, it's true. Just because you got an open head wound doesn't mean you still can't get some I guess is the moral- Justin:              That's the spirit. Alex:                 That's what it says on my Tinder profile. Justin:              Alex, you've been married for so long, you got to shut that Tinder profile down. Alex:                 I did actually not to veer into a true story. I don't think we're married yet, but we're definitely for like- Pete:                How the fuck. Alex:                 No, I had a Nerve profile and four years into dating my wife right before I proposed to her I was featured on nerve as a single. And I was like, “Oh shit, oh no.” Pete:                That's hilarious. Justin:              Bummer, metal pocket the ring for a couple of weeks. Alex:                 Yeah. I honestly went on only like three or four dates before I shut it down off of that. But yeah, then we got married. Justin:              That's a beautiful story and was a great toast at your wedding by the way. Alex:                 Thank you. All right. Let's move on to the serrano ham of The Stack. The Amazing Spider Man- Justin:              Oh, this is a high-Class sub. Alex:                 It's a good sub. It's a brooklyn style sub. The Amazing Spider-Man, Sins of Norman Osborn number one from Marvel Comics written by Nick Spencer and art by Federico Vicentini. This is another essential chapter of the storyline it feels like, that I don't understand why it's a one shot other than them trying to maybe hit the timing right for anniversary issues or something. But Spider-Man is trying to save Norman Osborn. The spider family is trying to decide whether to stop him or not from the Sin-Eater. I thought this was very good. I've been liking this storyline quite a bit. Justin:              I mean, I agree. I've been loving the Sin-Eater stuff, like such a departure from what Nick Spencer was doing before. This storyline is wild. There's so much happening here touching on a ton of continuity- Alex:                 So much stuff. Justin:              The fact that the Sin-Eater kills negative man, and then adapts his powers, it's like, oh, you have to know, you have to have been reading Spider-Man for a long time to know what the fuck is happening. Pete:                Yeah. Also it's just so much like stuff that you're like, oh, that could have been an ending, oh, that could have been an ending. And then the whole juggernaut thing is just such a couple panels that could have been such a huge thing. I was just really surprised at how much shit is jam packed in this issue and what the actual like oh shit reveal at the end is. There's just so much stuff packed in here, it's kind of surprising a little bit. Alex:                 Yeah. But it's a good issue, particularly if you've been reading Amazing Spider-Man, definitely pick this one up. Last one, back to the bread as we expected. Head Lopper number 13 from Image Comics story and art by Andrew Maclean. Pete, I got to say, there is no head lopping of this boo

Welcome to Our Life In Books where we talk about our lives, books and everything in between! This week we’re chatting about all of the September releases we can’t wait to read. So get your TBRs ready, because if we have anything to say about it, you’ll be adding lots of books! Grab your favorite cup of tea and join us!   Our Life in Books Patreon- https://www.patreon.com/ourlifeinbooks Our Life In Books Tea- https://www.adagio.com/signature_blend/list.html?userId=696813O Our Life In Books Society- https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourlifeinbookssociety   Follow Our Life In Books- https://linktr.ee/ourlifeinbooks_ Follow Elizabeth- https://linktr.ee/bookishconnoisseur Follow Samantha- https://linktr.ee/samanthamccombs   Autumn Mist Green Tea- https://www.adagio.com/green/autumn_mist_green.html  The Ravenboys by Maggie Stiefvater- https://amzn.to/32tSHs1  When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole- https://amzn.to/32pDQ1u  These Vengeful Hearts by Katherine Laurin- https://amzn.to/33sMkEj  Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson- https://amzn.to/3md6vPr  Out of Line: Women on the Verge of a Breakthrough- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FQKLCPP?ref=kc_AOSOutofLine&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_i=bookshelf_primeStandard&pf_rd_p=22b7d731-e322-42ca-ba17-a93968b01f41&pf_rd_t=5601&pf_rd_r=K5RV8PV1DCW38A8QNMSP&pf_rd_s=slot-0   Consensual Hex Controversy- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49750474-consensual-hex  Becky Albertalli-  https://medium.com/@rebecca.albertalli/i-know-im-late-9b31de339c62  Liberation Station- https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/09/03/their-son-wanted-books-whose-characters-looked-like-him-so-they-created-book-business-do-just-that/  Riveted Lit September Free Reads- http://rivetedlit.com/free-reads/  The Soul Book Nook in Waterloo- https://www.thesoulbooknookllc.com/home  Tumas Books and Things- https://tumasbooksandthings.com/collections/tumas-book-of-the-month  The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed- https://amzn.to/3kcFkCq  The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes- https://amzn.to/3iz56AA  Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas- https://amzn.to/2FumJTk  Legendborn by Tracy Deonn- https://amzn.to/35z9RpS  The Ghost Tree by Christina Henry- https://amzn.to/2FApZwk  The Other Girl by C.D. Major- https://amzn.to/35Ebl2p  Horrid by Katrina Leno- https://amzn.to/3iwa6pi  Even If We Break by Marieke Nijkamp- https://amzn.to/3hvUzEG  Vampires Never Get Old edited by Zoraida Cordova & Natalie C. Parker- https://amzn.to/3hzxFws   Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson- https://amzn.to/3mhwKUT  Early Departures by Justin A. Reynolds- https://amzn.to/3bTHJyW  Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi- https://amzn.to/2FrOrQP  Gold Wings Rising by Alex London- https://amzn.to/2DX3zVI  All This Time by Mikki Daughery and Rachael Lippincott- https://amzn.to/2Zy1Pdh  Breathless by Jennifer Niven- https://amzn.to/32pdrRv  A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik- https://amzn.to/32rtyy0  Dear Justyce by Nic Stone- https://amzn.to/3mhx1an  Recommended For You by Laura Silverman- https://amzn.to/2Fz4zjr  Flamer by MIke Curato- https://amzn.to/3bVWwJF  The Silvered Serpents by Roshani Chokshi- https://amzn.to/3irs64o  Crush by Tracy Wolff- https://amzn.to/3hxk74d  A Rogue of One’s Own by Evie Dunmore- https://amzn.to/32r7OCd  Watch Over Me by Nina LaCour- https://amzn.to/3khG0X0  Blood & Honey by Shelby Mahurin- https://amzn.to/2FvoGz0  Find Layla by Meg Elison- https://amzn.to/3kersYh  Teen Titans: Beast Boy by Kami Garcia- https://amzn.to/3mg6vhr  Follow Me Darkly by Helen Hardt- https://amzn.to/3iu4trI  Fable by Adrienne Young- https://amzn.to/3kfyPPa   Ties That Tether by Jane Igharo- https://amzn.to/2RrEzJa  As the Shadow Rises by Katy Rose Pool- https://amzn.to/3hsZWVp  Crownchasers by Rebecca Coffindaffer- https://amzn.to/33tzHsT  Nine by Rachelle Dekker- https://amzn.to/3iz6NxW  Shine by Jessica Jung- https://amzn.to/3kcOQ8E  The Lost Book of White by Cassandra Clare and Wesley Chu- https://amzn.to/2GR5Se0  The Other Side of the Sky by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner- https://amzn.to/2FBMCQZ  When Villains Rise by Rebecca Schaeffer- https://amzn.to/3bSxP0C  For Better or Cursed by Kate Williams- https://amzn.to/3issT59  #NoEscape by Gretchen McNeil- https://amzn.to/2FDs0I7

The NY times best selling author of YA novels brings her talent to DC to take on Barbara Gordon in

In addition to checking out the New YA film, which apparently has no idea how universities work, Brenna forgets our most covered actress Theresa Palmer, but did read a German poem (all 14 stanzas).In other news, we address some more reader mail, address our plans to include an Indigenous Land Acknowledgement (coming in two weeks) and review some homework:Brenna: The new Apple TV Ghostwriter and Marieke Nijkamp's This Is Where It EndsJoe: Angie Thomas' On The Come UpWanna connect with the show? Use #HKHSPod on Twitter:Brenna: @brennacgrayJoe: @bstolemyremoteHave something longer to say or a minisode topic? Email us at hkhspod@gmail.com. See you on the page and on the screen!

1. Marieke Nijkamp - writer on The Oracle Code: A Graphic Novel

We talk with New York Times bestselling author Marieke Nijkamp https://twitter.com/mariekeyn about writing DC’s latest graphic novel about Barbara Gordon titled The Oracle Code. Then we talk to Dean Devlin https://twitter.com/Dean_Devlin and Christian Kane https://twitter.com/ChristianKane01 about their new WGN show Almost Paradise https://wgnamerica.com/series/almost-paradise/ premiering Monday, March 30th. And as always, thanks to our amazing sponsors Marcus Theatres https://www.marcustheatres.com/ and Historic St. Charles, Missouri https://www.discoverstcharles.com/! 0:00 Segment 1 Marieke Nijkamp on DC’s The Oracle Code 12:13 Segment 2 Marieke Nijkamp on collaborating with artist Manuel Preitano on DC’s The Oracle Code 20:07 Segment 3 Dean Devlin and Christian Kane on WGN’s Almost Paradise 33:06 Segment 4 Will any familiar faces from Leverage or Librarians show up on WGN’s Almost Paradise 43:05 Segment 5 Christian Kane on becoming a mentor for the fresh new actors also appearing on WGN’s Almost Paradise

Comics Review Details: From Beyond the Unknown Giant 1 by Dave Wielgosz, Marc Guggenheim, Dan Jurgens, Steve Pugh, Norm Rapmund, Kenneth Rocafort Sabrina the Teenage Witch: Something Wicked 1 by Kelly Thompson, Veronica Fish, Andy Fish Lucifer's Knight 1 by John Perry, Emi Utrera, Jolly Awodola Afterlift by Chip Zdarsky, Jason Loo, Paris Alleyne Sentient by Jeff Lemire, Gabriel Walta Breaklands by Justin Jordan, Tyasseta, Sarah Stern Nowhere Men 1 by Eric Stephenson, Nate Bellegarde, Jordie Bellaire Black Monday Murders 1 by Jonathan Hickman, Tomm Coker Berzerker Unbound by Jeff Lemire, Mike Deodato Jr Additional Reviews: Locke & Key s1, Dracula, Frankenstein News: King and Taylor trolling, Disney/Marvel make cuts, pencils down, Artemis Fowl straight to Disney+ Special Comics Countdown (OGNs): Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol Sentient by Jeff Lemire, Gabriel Walta Oracle Code by Marieke Nijkamp, Manuel Preitano Shadow of the Batgirl by Sarah Kuhn, Nicole Goux Frogcatchers by Jeff Lemire Extraordinary: The Story of an Ordinary Princess by Cassie Anderson The Okay Witch by Emma Steinkellner My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips Afar by Leila del Duca, Kit Seaton Criminy by Roger Langridge, Ryan Ferrier

We talk with New York Times bestselling author Marieke Nijkamp  https://twitter.com/mariekeyn about writing DC’s latest graphic novel about Barbara Gordon titled  The Oracle Code.    Then we talk to Dean Devlin  https://twitter.com/Dean_Devlin and Christian Kane  https://twitter.com/ChristianKane01 about their new WGN show Almost Paradise  https://wgnamerica.com/series/almost-paradise/ premiering Monday, March 30th.   And as always, thanks to our amazing sponsors Marcus Theatres  https://www.marcustheatres.com/ and Historic St. Charles, Missouri  https://www.discoverstcharles.com/!   0:00 Segment 1 Marieke Nijkamp on DC’s The Oracle Code     12:13 Segment 2 Marieke Nijkamp on collaborating with artist Manuel Preitano on DC’s The Oracle Code   20:07 Segment 3 Dean Devlin and Christian Kane on WGN’s Almost Paradise   33:06 Segment 4 Will any familiar faces from Leverage or Librarians show up on WGN’s Almost Paradise   43:05 Segment 5 Christian Kane on becoming a mentor for the fresh new actors also appearing on WGN’s Almost Paradise   Amazon Affiliate Link -    http://bit.ly/geektome  Buy Me a Coffee -  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/3Y0D2iaZl Patreon -    https://www.patreon.com/GeekToMeRadio  Website -    http://geektomeradio.com/  Podcast -    https://geektomeradio001.podomatic.com/  Facebook -    https://www.facebook.com/GeekToMeRadio/  Twitter -    https://twitter.com/geektomeradio   Instagram -    https://www.instagram.com/geektomeradio/

ST Podcast Ep. 42: Batgirl & Oracle On this episode Dustin and Dr. Scarlet are joined by New York Times bestselling authors Marieke Nijkamp and Sarah Kuhn. The Superhero Therapy team got to discus not one but two new DC Comics YA graphic novels based on Batgirl and Oracle. The two books covered are Shadow of... Read more » The post Superhero Therapy Podcast Ep. 42: Batgirl & Oracle first appeared on Superhero Therapy.

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss New Waves, Good Citizens Need Not Fear, The Animals at Lockwood Manor, and more great books. This episode was sponsored by Book Riot Insiders; Most Likely by Sarah Watson; and Ritual. Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, iTunes, or Spotify and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: The Animals at Lockwood Manor by Jane Healey Deceit and Other Possibilities by Vanessa Hua New Waves: A Novel by Kevin Nguyen A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope by Patrice Caldwell Black Widow: A Sad-Funny Journey Through Grief for People Who Normally Avoid Books with Words Like “Journey” in the Title by Leslie Gray Streeter Good Citizens Need Not Fear: Stories by Maria Reva The Bramble and the Rose: A Henry Farrell Novel by Tom Bouman Dry Bones in the Valley by Tom Bouman A Murderous Relation (A Veronica Speedwell Mystery) by Deanna Raybourn WHAT WE’RE READING: Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez The Silence of the White City by Eva García Sáenz MORE BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK: The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel You Will Never Be Forgotten: Stories by Mary South Harley in the Sky by Akemi Dawn Bowman The Liberation of Brigid Dunne: A Novel by Patricia Scanlan Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend: A Novel by Jenny Colgan Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights by Patrick Weekes The Oracle Code by Marieke Nijkamp, Manuel Preitano (Illustrator) Mimi Lee Gets a Clue (A Sassy Cat Mystery) by Jennifer J. Chow Gold Rush Girl by Avi Powershift: Transform Any Situation, Close Any Deal, and Achieve Any Outcome by Daymond John, Daniel Paisner In the Lateness of the World: Poems by Carolyn Forché Bloom (The Overthrow) by Kenneth Oppel Three Brothers: Memories of My Family by Yan Lianke and Carlos Rojas Here the Dark by David Bergen Pharma: Greed, Lies, and the Poisoning of America by Gerald Posner A Question of Power: Electricity and the Wealth of Nations by Robert Bryce Cry Havoc: Charlottesville and American Democracy Under Siege by Michael Signer Gone by Midnight (Crimson Lake) by Candice Fox The Firsts: The Inside Story of the Women Reshaping Congress by Jennifer Steinhauer We Know It When We See It: What the Neurobiology of Vision Tells Us About How We Think by Richard Masland Lost Boy Found by Kirsten Alexander In Pursuit of Disobedient Women: A Memoir of Love, Rebellion, and Family, Far Away by Dionne Searcey The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better by Will Storr The Death of Sitting Bear: New and Selected Poems by N. Scott Momaday Maps and Transcripts of the Ordinary World: Poems by Kathryn Cowles To Make Room for the Sea by Adam Clay A-List Angels: How a Band of Actors, Artists, and Athletes Hacked Silicon Valley by Zack O’Malley Greenburg Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving by Celeste Headlee Mustard, Milk, and Gin by Megan Denton Ray The Small Crimes of Tiffany Templeton by Richard Fifield Ledger: Poems by Jane Hirshfield Our Revolution: A Mother and Daughter at Midcentury by Honor Moore Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning by Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi And They Called It Camelot: A Novel of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis by Stephanie Marie Thornton The Keeper by Jessica Moor Spindle and Dagger by J. Anderson Coats Margery Kempe (NYRB Classics) by Robert Glück That We May Live: Speculative Chinese Fiction by Ge Yan Most Likely by Sarah Watson Beyond the Sea by Paul Lynch My Dark Vanessa: A Novel by Kate Elizabeth Russell Defy the Sun by Jessika Fleck Untamed by Glennon Doyle Melton Lab Partners by Mora Montgomery When You Were Everything by Ashley Woodfolk Recollections of My Nonexistence: A Memoir by Rebecca Solnit The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida by Clarissa Goenawan The Copycat by Wendy McLeod MacKnight The June Boys by Court Stevens Schrödinger’s Dog: A Novel by Martin Dumont, John Cullen (translator) The Deep by Alma Katsu Cinderella and the Glass Ceiling: And Other Feminist Fairy Tales by Laura Lane, Ellen Haun Precious You: A Novel by Helen Monks Takhar Before Familiar Woods by Ian Pisarcik So We Can Glow: Stories by Leesa Cross-Smith Privilege: A Novel by Mary Adkins Rust Belt Femme by Raechel Anne Jolie The Operator: A Novel by Gretchen Berg Social Poetics by Mark Nowak The Biggerers by Amy Lilwall Unfollow Me: A Novel by Charlotte Duckworth A History of Islam in 21 Women by Hossein Kamaly Young Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Memoir and a Reckoning by Alex Halberstadt The Hunt for History: On the Trail of the World’s Lost Treasures—from the Letters of Lincoln, Churchill, and Einstein to the Secret Recordings Onboard JFK’s Air Force One by Nathan Raab, Luke Barr The Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman Line of Sight by James Queally Servant of the Crown (The Dragonslayer Book 3) by Duncan M. Hamilton Cries from the Lost Island by Kathleen O’Neal Gear A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler Between The Records by Julian Tepper American Birds: A Literary Companion by Andrew Rubenfeld and Terry Tempest Williams Woke: A Young Poet’s Call to Justice by Mahogany L. Browne, Elizabeth Acevedo, Olivia Gatwood, Taylor III, Theodore, Jason Reynolds The Vinyl Underground by Rob Rufus The Physics Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by DK The World According to Physics by Jim Al-Khalili Courting the Wild Twin by Martin Shaw Girls Lost by Jessica Schiefauer, Saskia Vogel (translator) The Immortal Conquistador by Carrie Vaughn Fantasy by Kim-Anh Schreiber Cat in the Agraharam and Other Stories by Dilip Kumar My Shadow Is My Skin: Voices from the Iranian Diaspora by Katherine Whitney (Editor), Leila Emery (Editor)

Comics Reviews: Flash 750 by Joshua Williamson, Rafa Sandoval, Stephen Segovia, Jordi Tarragona, Arif Prianto, Geoff Johns, Scott Kolins, Michael Atiyeh, Francis Manapul, Brian Buccellato, Marv Wolfman, Riley Rossmo, Ivan Plascencia, David Marquez, Alejandro Sanchez, Scott Lobdell, Brett Booth, Norm Rapmund, Luis Guerrero Strange Adventures 1 by Tom King, Mitch Gerads, Doc Shaner Superman: Villains by Brian Michael Bendis, Matt Fraction, Jody Houser, Steve Lieber, Cully Hamner, Jim Mahfood, Michael Gaydos, Riley Rossmo, Scott Godliewski Oracle Code by Marieke Nijkamp, Manuel Preitano Rescue 2020 1 by Dana Schwartz, Jacen Burrows, Scott Hanna, Pete Pantazis Marvel 1 by Kurt Busiek, Alex Ross, Steve Darnall, Sajan Saini, Frank Espinosa, Steve Rude Spider-Man Noir 1 by  Margaret Stohl, Juan Ferreyra Strange Academy 1 by Skottie Young, Humberto Ramos, Edgar Delgado Mercy 1 by Mirka Andolfo Outer Darkness/Chew by John Layman, Afu Chan, Rob Guillory Mulan's Adventure Journal: The Palace of Secrets by Rhona Cleary, Agnese Innocente, Gaia Cardinali Argus 1 by Mark Bertolini, Darryl Knickrehm Billionaire Island 1 by Mark Russell, Steve Pugh, Chris Chuckry Cimmerian: Queen of the Black Coast 1 by Jean-David Morvan, Pierre Alary Dryad 1 by Kurtis Wiebe, Justin Osterling Hellfighter Quinn 1 by Jay Sandlin, Atagun, Maria Santaolalla Join the Future 1 by Zack Kaplan, Piotr Kowalski, Brad Simpson, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou King of Nowhere 1 by W. Maxwell Prince, Tyler Jenkins Twin Worlds 1 by Rami Al-ashqar, Jethro Morales Princess Princess Ever After by Katie O'Neill Additional Reviews: Death Bed, Batman thoughts, Onward News: White Knight imprint, Green Lantern Season 2 extended, Waititi Dahl Netflix, con cancellations Trailers: Connected Comics Countdown: Oracle Code by Marieke Nijkamp, Manuel Preitano Batman 90 by James Tynion IV, Jorge Jimenez, Morey Strange Academy 1 by Skottie Young, Humberto Ramos, Edgar Delgado Money Shot 5 by Tim Seeley, Sarah Beattie, Rebekah Isaacs, Russell Daredevil 19 by Chip Zdarsky, Marco Checcheto, Iacono Birthright 42 by Joshua Williamson, Andrei Bressan, Lucas Farmhand 14 by Rob Guillory, Taylor Wells Strange Adventures 1 by Skottie Young, Humberto Ramos, Edgar Delgado Mulan's Adventure Journal: The Palace of Secrets by Rhona Cleary, Agnese Innocente, Gaia Cardinali Doctor Strange: Surgeon Supreme 4 by Mark Waid, Kev Walker, Java Tartaglia, Antonio Fabela

This week on Teen Title Talk, Courtney and Erin discussed books that they picked out for one another: Oracle Code by Marieke Nijkamp and Every Reason We Shouldn't by Sara Fujimura. They chat about figure skating and eating disorders alongside superhero characters and disability in YA. They also answer two listener questions from Alyson: Did you change from 9th grade to 12th and Do you think it was better/worse growing up without social media? Please feel free to join the conversation. We would love to hear from you. You can write to us with questions or answers at teentitletalk@gmail.com This podcast was created by Erin Robinson and Courtney Wason in association with the Derry Public Library and was hosted and produced by Derry-CAM, Derry Community Access Media: Empowering Independent Voices. The theme was created and performed by Banded Starling. Did you enjoy this podcast? Don't forget to follow, rate and review to have our endless love and gratitude.

‘Everyone has a reason to fear the boy with the gun.’ Warning: This episode is a bit of a triggering topic for some. Listener discretion advised. Told in four main narratives, four supporting narratives, all over the course of hours - This Is Where It Ends showcases an active shooter tragedy - from outside and in.

On today's episode Adam and Jill chat with Gretchen Rubin about her new book OUTER ORDER INNER CALM and offer tips about how decluttering our lives can help bring us happiness. Before that, Jill and Adam share the books that spark joy within them as well as share some answers from former guests!   Books mentioned in this episode: Outer Order Inner Calm by Gretchen Rubin     The Books that Spark Joy for us Jill's Books: Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood Misery by Stephen King Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann   Adam's Books The Annotated Alice by Lewis Caroll The works of Henrik Ibsen This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp   R.O. Kwon - Episode 245 HOPSCOTCH by Julio Cortazar   Joe Abercrombie - Episode 248 Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien   Melissa Hartwig  - Episode 263 The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein   Mallory O'Meara - Episode 315 Come as You Are by Emily Nagoski   Kerri Maniscalco - Episodes 168 & 266 A LIGHT IN THE ATTIC by Shel Silverstein   Brad Meltzer - Episodes 26 & 299 Justice League of America #150   Marie Benedict - Episodes 52, 121, & 302 The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley   Madeline Miller - Episodes 278 & 300 Watership Down by Richard Adams    Alanna by Tamora Pierce    Zoraida Cordova - Episodes 34, 75, & 90 DONE DIRT CHEAP by Sarah Nicole Lemon   Marieke Nijkamp - Episodes 4, 56, and 200 HET RAD VAN FORTUIN by Thea Beckman

In deze aflevering van BoekenREC hebben we Marieke Nijkamp en Corinne Duyvis te gast! Kom in deze aflevering meer te weten over hun vriendschap, waar deze schrijfsters inspiratie vandaan halen en wat hun blik is op schrijven in het Nederlands! Al met al een knaller van een eerste aflevering! 

On today's episode, Adam interviews Katherine Locke, author of the latest Big Library Read selection The Girl with the Red Balloon. The book is a mix of historical fiction and magical realism and it RULES. This chat features everything from 80s pop music to D&D nerding out, references to Bruce Springsteen and previous guests Marieke Nijkamp and Linsey Miller!    About the Big Library Read Big Library Read (BLR), facilitated by OverDrive, is a reading program through your library that connects readers around the world with the same eBook at the same time without any wait lists or holds. From October 1-15, readers at the 20,000+ participating libraries and schools can borrow the book without any waitlists or holds! Simply head to your library's OverDrive website or open up Libby and you'll see it front and center. It’s a worldwide digital version of a local book club, the program is free through your local library or school library and all you need to get started reading is a library card or student ID.

As we celebrate turning 200, we welcome back our 1st ever guest, author Marieke Nijkamp! We sat down for a live event at our home library, Cuyahoga County, to discuss her latest NY Times bestseller, Before I Let Go. Marieke goes into using setting as a character, why she creates her own towns and answers audience questions about how she knew she wanted to be a writer.  During our intro we also announce the winners of our Cats/Dogs photo contest. Special thanks to Kobo for the Kobo Aura ONEs we were able to give away.  Take a listen and happy reading! Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com   Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com   Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter.

Katie and Rincey talk about the Edgar Awards nominees, the new Staunch book prize, and talk about books by black authors to kick off Black History Month.  This episode is sponsored by Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp and Girl Unknown by Karen Perry.

Barry is writing The Flash. ‘Nuff said! BookExpo and how it feels to be among the Book People. Barry and Morgan have a secret. The return of the million bad words and the madness of colored index cards. How do you raise a feminist son? (Spoiler alert: Books are involved.) Links: The Flash, Supergirl to get middle grade novels The Flash: Hocus Pocus preorder | Amazon Flashpoint (event) | Arrowverse Wiki LB School: Barry Lyga | Little Brown Library | Resources for Teachers & Librarians The #1 book and author event - BookExpo 2017 SEPH LAWLESS  | OFFICIAL WEBSITE  Marieke Nijkamp, YA author Scholastic Summer Reading Road Trip Where Storytelling and Pop Culture Collide - BookCon 2017 Alan Alda - Wikipedia The New York Times: John Grisham’s Do’s and Don’ts for Writing Popular Fiction 'Feminism is the Radical Notion That Women Are People' Shirt The New York Times: How to Raise a Feminist Son The Girl with the Silver Eyes by Willo Davis Roberts | Amazon | BN.com | Indiebound Danny Dunn series by Jay Williams Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine - Wikipedia Gramophone record - Wikipedia Morgan Recommends: Leave Me by Gayle Forman | Amazon | BN.com | iBooks | Indiebound Rate us on iTunes

  “This Is Where It Ends” by Marieke Nijkamp

Multiple times a year, OverDrive offers users an opportunity to take part in a global ebook club through their library and this time the book choice is This is Where It Ends and we are thrilled to have author Marieke Nijkamp back on our podcast! Her debut novel was overwhelmingly chosen as the latest Big Library Read title and Jill and Adam got a chance to talk to her about how her life has changed since we last talked to her back in January on our 4th episode. Big Library Read officially kicks off October 13th. For more information visit www.BigLibraryRead.com    Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com     Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com    Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter.

Our 33rd episode is packed with book recommendations as Adam is joined by Jim and Quinton in the OverDrive offices to offer up the books they've loved lately. See the list below for links to all the titles discussed on the episode. As this was the first ever "all male" episode they also brainstormed some ideas for getting reluctant, young males into reading and they all shared their first experiences of falling in love with books.  Book Recommendations Preacher graphic novel series   Constantine (comics)   Mechanical Failure by Joe Zieja   Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows   Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams   Small Favor by Jim Butcher   The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers   Revolver by Duane Swierczynski   You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott   Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo   The Way of the Kings by Brandon Sanderson   Ready Player One by Ernest Cline   The Martian by Andy Weir   This is Where it Ends by Marieke Nijkamp   Thirteen Reason Why by Jay Asher   Red Rising by Pierce Brown   The books that made Adam, Quinton and Jim fall in love with reading:   The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien   The Outsiders by SE Hinton   Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls   Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck    The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald   Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card   Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard   Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com    Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter.     

Episode Overview Today's episode features OverDrive's own social media guru Adam as he interviews Marieke Nijkamp, Dutch author of the brand new YA novel This Is Where It Ends which focuses on the terrifying 54 minutes of a school shooting as seen through the eyes of four different perspectives. Marieke discusses her writing and research process as well as the incident that proved to be the catalyst for her debut novel. A strong advocate of #WeNeedDiverseBooks, Marieke shares her own personal perspective of why diversity in literature, and especially YA literature, is so very important.  Along with talking about her own book, Marieke offers her own book recommendations for our podcast listeners. Some of her recent reads and favorite books are as follows: The Letter for the King by Tonke Dragt Last Leaves Falling by Sarah Benwell Just Visiting by Dahlia Adler The forthcoming book she's most looking forward to reading is:  The Girl From Everywhere by Heidi Heilig   Episode was recorded in Boston at 2016 ALA Midwinter.    Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. 

This week, Rebecca and Amanda discuss an author catfishing bloggers to get reviews, Emma Watson's feminist book club, and more. This episode is sponsored by This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp and Harry's.

On this week's Stack podcast for the week of June 14, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for:Black Panther #1 MarvelWritten by Eve L. EwingArt by Chris AllenVoid Rivals #1Image ComicsWritten by Robert KirkmanArt by Lorenzo De FeliciDC Pride Through The Years #1DC ComicsWritten by William Messner-Loebs, Greg Rucka, Steve Orlando & Vita Ayala, Tim SheridanArt by Greg LaRocque, J.H. Williams III, Jamal Campbell, Cian TormeyMarvel Voices: Pride #1 MarvelWritten by Mary Chieffo, Marieke Nijkamp, Stephanie Williams, Katherine Locke, Shadi Petosky, Sarah Gailey, H.E. Edgmon, Stephen Byrne, Steve FoxeArt by Pablo Collar, Héctor Barros, Joanna Estep, Roberta Ingrantza, Bailie Rosenlund, Lorenzo Susi, Stephen Byrne, Rosi KampeBattle Chasers #10Image ComicsWritten by Joe MadureiraArt by Ludd LullabiSpider-Man India #1 MarvelWritten by Nikesh ShuklaArt by Abhishek MalsuniXino #1 Oni PressWritten by Melissa Flores, Phil Hester, Jordan Thomas, Christopher CondonArt by Daniel Irizarri, Phil Hester, Shaky Kane, Nick CagnettiDoctor Strange #4 MarvelWritten by Jed MacKayArt by Andy MacDonaldWaller vs. Wildstorm Book TwoDC ComicsWritten by Spencer Ackerman and Evan NarcisseArt by Jesús MerinoKlik Klik Boom #1 Image ComicsWritten by Doug WagnerArt by Doug DabbsMiss Truesdale and the Fall of Hyperborea #2 Dark Horse ComicsWritten by Mike MignolaArt by Jesse LonerganCaptain Marvel #50MarvelWritten by Kelly ThompsonArt by Javier Pina & David LopezSuperman Lost #4DC ComicsWritten by PriestArt by Crlo PagulayanOld Dog #5 Image ComicsBy Declan ShalveyThe Great British Bump-Off #3 Dark Horse ComicsWritten by John AllisonArt by Max SarinCaptain America: Cold War OmegaMarvelWritten by Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, Tochi OnyebuchiArt by Carlos MagnoStatic Team-Up: Anansi #1DC ComicsWritten by Evan NarcisseArt by Charles Stewart IIIHaunt You To The End #1 Image ComicsWritten by Ryan CadyArt by Andrew MuttiMurder Inc: Jagger Rose #2 Dark Horse ComicsWritten by Brian Michael BendisArt by Michael Avon OemingWolverine #34 MarvelWritten by Benjamin PercyArt by Juan José RypMonarch #5Image ComicsWritten by Rodney BarnesArt by Alex LinsThe Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country - The Glass House #3DC ComicsWritten by James Tynion IVArt by Lisandro EstherrenStar Trek #9 IDWWritten by Collin Kelly & Jackson LanzingArt by Mike FeehanThe Amazing Spider-Man #27 MarvelWritten by Zeb WellsArt by Ed McGuinnessSomething Epic #2 Image ComicsBy Szymon KudraanskiGreen Lantern #2DC ComicsWritten by Jeremy Adams, Phillip Kennedy JohnsonArt by Xermánico, MontosNostalgia #1 ComiXologyWritten by Scott HoffmanArt by danijel ŽeželjClobberin' Time #4 MarvelBy Steve SkroceSpirit World #2DC ComicsWritten by Alyssa WongArt by HainingSavage Squad 6 #1 (Out June 28)Dark Horse ComicsWritten by Robert VendittiArt by Brockton McKinneySUBSCRIBE ON RSS, APPLE, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER, OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON.Our Sponsors:* Check out Factor 75 and use my code comicbookclub50 for a great deal: https://www.factor75.com/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this week's Stack podcast for the week of June 14, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for:Black Panther #1 MarvelWritten by Eve L. EwingArt by Chris AllenVoid Rivals #1Image ComicsWritten by Robert KirkmanArt by Lorenzo De FeliciDC Pride Through The Years #1DC ComicsWritten by William Messner-Loebs, Greg Rucka, Steve Orlando & Vita Ayala, Tim SheridanArt by Greg LaRocque, J.H. Williams III, Jamal Campbell, Cian TormeyMarvel Voices: Pride #1 MarvelWritten by Mary Chieffo, Marieke Nijkamp, Stephanie Williams, Katherine Locke, Shadi Petosky, Sarah Gailey, H.E. Edgmon, Stephen Byrne, Steve FoxeArt by Pablo Collar, Héctor Barros, Joanna Estep, Roberta Ingrantza, Bailie Rosenlund, Lorenzo Susi, Stephen Byrne, Rosi KampeBattle Chasers #10Image ComicsWritten by Joe MadureiraArt by Ludd LullabiSpider-Man India #1 MarvelWritten by Nikesh ShuklaArt by Abhishek MalsuniXino #1 Oni PressWritten by Melissa Flores, Phil Hester, Jordan Thomas, Christopher CondonArt by Daniel Irizarri, Phil Hester, Shaky Kane, Nick CagnettiDoctor Strange #4 MarvelWritten by Jed MacKayArt by Andy MacDonaldWaller vs. Wildstorm Book TwoDC ComicsWritten by Spencer Ackerman and Evan NarcisseArt by Jesús MerinoKlik Klik Boom #1 Image ComicsWritten by Doug WagnerArt by Doug DabbsMiss Truesdale and the Fall of Hyperborea #2 Dark Horse ComicsWritten by Mike MignolaArt by Jesse LonerganCaptain Marvel #50MarvelWritten by Kelly ThompsonArt by Javier Pina & David LopezSuperman Lost #4DC ComicsWritten by PriestArt by Crlo PagulayanOld Dog #5 Image ComicsBy Declan ShalveyThe Great British Bump-Off #3 Dark Horse ComicsWritten by John AllisonArt by Max SarinCaptain America: Cold War OmegaMarvelWritten by Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, Tochi OnyebuchiArt by Carlos MagnoStatic Team-Up: Anansi #1DC ComicsWritten by Evan NarcisseArt by Charles Stewart IIIHaunt You To The End #1 Image ComicsWritten by Ryan CadyArt by Andrew MuttiMurder Inc: Jagger Rose #2 Dark Horse ComicsWritten by Brian Michael BendisArt by Michael Avon OemingWolverine #34 MarvelWritten by Benjamin PercyArt by Juan José RypMonarch #5Image ComicsWritten by Rodney BarnesArt by Alex LinsThe Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country - The Glass House #3DC ComicsWritten by James Tynion IVArt by Lisandro EstherrenStar Trek #9 IDWWritten by Collin Kelly & Jackson LanzingArt by Mike FeehanThe Amazing Spider-Man #27 MarvelWritten by Zeb WellsArt by Ed McGuinnessSomething Epic #2 Image ComicsBy Szymon KudraanskiGreen Lantern #2DC ComicsWritten by Jeremy Adams, Phillip Kennedy JohnsonArt by Xermánico, MontosNostalgia #1 ComiXologyWritten by Scott HoffmanArt by danijel ŽeželjClobberin' Time #4 MarvelBy Steve SkroceSpirit World #2DC ComicsWritten by Alyssa WongArt by HainingSavage Squad 6 #1 (Out June 28)Dark Horse ComicsWritten by Robert VendittiArt by Brockton McKinneySUBSCRIBE ON RSS, APPLE, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER, OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy