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Skottie Young returns to talk about Middlewest, The Me You Love in the Dark, Jorge Corona, Substack, Image Comics, White Lotus, reality TV, Cameo, and more! Plus, Soulwind, Blue and Gold, and Something is Killing the Children!
Tony Fleecs comes home to discuss Lucky Devil #1 from Dark Horse, Elvira Meets Vincent Price #1 from Dynamite, Donny Cates and Babyteeth, Rob Liefeld, Finger Guns from Vault, DUI: Drawn Under the Influence, Maids by Katie Skelly, Emma by Kaoru Mori, Frank Miller's Holy Terror, Cankor: Anamnesis by Matt Allison, Cover Not Final: Crime Comics by Matt Huffman from AdHouse, something called Stray Dogs, and a whole mess more!
Book of the Month: Concrete: Depths by Paul Chadwick, plus Groo Meets Tarzan #1, Amazing Fantasy #1, Superman: Son of Kal-El #1, and a whole mess more!
Jeff Lemire returns to talk about Sweet Tooth, Gideon Falls, Essex County, Descender, Black Hammer, Cosmic Detective, David Rubin, Primordial, Mazebook, plus a whole mess more!
Chris Pitzer and AdHouse, Wizards of Mickey from JY/Yen Press, Dragman, by Steven Appleby, 2021 Eisner nominees, The Good Asian #3, The BeQuest #4, Rain Like Hammers by Brandon Graham, Frank Herbert and Dune, Crush and Lobo, listener questions, plus a whole mess more!
Image-O-Rama: Skybound X #1, Ultramega, and The Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton #1, Always Never by Jordi LaFebre, Justice League #64, DIE!namite Lives #1, The Delicacy by James Albin, Space Pirate Captain Harlock #1 from Ablaze, Bloom #2 from Hero Tomorrow, Dope Rider: A Fistful of Delirium by Paul Kirchner by Editions Tanibis, plus a whole mess more!
The great Steve Englehart enlightens us on The Avengers, Captain America, Coyote and Chas Truog, Silver Surfer, sex and sexuality, DC Comics, Marshall Rogers, Shang Chi, Jim Shooter, Roy Thomas, Eclipse, Warren, Mantis, and more plus we reserve some time for Barbaric #1 from Vault Comics, Shadecraft from Image, Duggan and Larraz's X-Men #1, plus a whole mess more!
Friend of the show and all-around great human, Hassan Thalji joins us for this very special episode where we talk TV! Find out what makes our sci-fi, comic-related, and cartoon lists; plus our all-time favorites that tops everything and so much more!
Chris Samnee joins us to reveal the mysteries of Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters from Oni Press, Fire Power with Robert Kirkman from Image, and a whole bunch of other stuff!
Book of the Month: The Defenders Omnibus Volume 1
Red Room #1, Made in Korea #1, Magic the Gathering #2, The Hellfire Gala and Heroes Reborn, Karmen, Birthright, Mawrth Vallis, DC Pride, plus a whole mess more!
Karl Slominski drops in to unlock the secrets of Evermore Falls, Teeter Topple, and the upcoming Cult of Ikarus, plus Ant #12, The Good Asian #2, The Labyrinth: An Existential Odyssey with Jean-Paul Sartre, and a whole mess more!
Talking Art: The Search for Better Ways to Express the Inexpressible, plus Lovesickness, La Mano del Destino, Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton, plus a whole mess more!
Image-O-Rama: Reckless: Friend of the Devil by Ed Brubaker and Sean and Jacob Phillips and Nocterra by Scott Snyder, Tony Daniel, and Tomeu Morey, TMNT: The Last Ronin #3 from IDW, Savage Dragon #259/North Force #0, Turtlenecks from AdHouse, Savage Avengers #21, The Worst Dudes #1 from Dark Horse, In Pictopia from Fantagraphics, Aster of Pan from Magnetic, plus a whole mess more!
Book of the Month: Monsters by Barry Windsor Smith from Fantagraphics [spoilers].
Dai Dark Volume 1, The Good Asian #1, Ed Piskor's Red Room #1, Little Victories from Titan Comics, Nightwing, Comics Revue #419-420 and Milt Caniff, Green Lantern #2, The Many Deaths of Laila Starr from BOOM!, plus a whole mess more!
John Paul Leon, Summoner's War: Legacy #1 from Skybound, Skybound X, Paris 2119, Eden from Aftershock, We Only Find Them When They're Dead #1-5 from BOOM!, X-Corp #1 and the X-Universe, Wika from Statix Press/Titan Comics, Proctor Valley Road #1-3 from BOOM!, Heroes Reborn, Grand Odalisque from Fantagraphics, plus a whole mess more!
Book of the Month: Captain America by Jack Kirby Omnibus, plus The Invincible Red Sonja from Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti and Moritat, Goes by Luke Kruger-Howard at Goes Books, X-Force, Heavy Metal March 1992, Department of Truth, Taskmaster, plus a whole mess more!
Tony Fleecs and a Special Guest dig up the dirt on Stray Dogs, Way of X, Red Sonja Black and White, MAD and Cracked, Skottie Young, Barry Windsor Smith and Monsters, Maiden #1 by Michelle and Bart Sears from Heavy Metal, Usagi Yojimbo at IDW, Superman and Action, Vampiress Carmilla #2 from Warrant Publishing, Iron Man, Radiant Black, Shadecraft, plus a whole mess more!
Declan Shalvey plops his time machine in the EOC back yard and joins us to discuss Time Before Time with Rory McConville, Joe Palmer, and Chris O'Halloran from Image, Bog Bodies, Immortal Hulk: Flatline #1, Moon Knight, plus a whole mess more!
The masterful Dagger Dagger anthology edited by Al Gofa and Matt Emmonds, Fantagraphics-O-Rama: The Bloody Cardinal by Richard Sala, The Garden of the Flesh by Gilbert Hernandez, Hotwire Comix Volume 1, and The Winter of the Cartoonist by Paco Roca, Grendel: Devil's Odyssey by Matt Wagner, The Fall by Jared Muralt from Image, Green Lantern #1, Magic: The Gathering #1 from BOOM!, Department of Truth, Rain Like Hammers #3 and Brandon Graham, plus a whole mess more!
Abbott 1973 #1 from BOOM!, James Michael Whynot, Dr. Stone - Reboot: Byakuya by Boichi from Viz/Shonen Jump, Ted Sikora's Bloom #1, The Sleep Stories by Michael Walsh, Geiger #1 from Image, Vampirella Vs Purgatori #1 from Dynamite, Secret Origins #39, Red Rock Baby Candy from Fantagraphics, Thanos: The Infinity Revelation and Jim Starlin, Blade Runner Origins from Titan, Daredevil, plus a whole mess more!
Longbox Roulette: The Ray #9, Snotgirl #6, and Phantom Guard #1, plus S.W.O.R.D. #1-4, Children of the Atom #1, Al Ewing, IDW's Transformers and War for Cybertron: Siege and Earthrise on Netflix, Shadecraft #1, Bicycle Day by Brian Blomerth, plus a whole mess more!
Book of the Month: Star Wars: Legacy Book One: Broken by John Ostrander, Jan Duursema, Dan Parsons, and Brad Anderson, plus Marvel leaves Diamond, we play a fun crossover game, The Bequest #1 by Tim Seeley, Freddie Williams II, and Jeremy Colwell from Aftershock, Harley Quinn #1 and Riley Rossmo, Nightwing #78, Manhunter, plus a whole mess more!
Ultramega #1 by James Harren and Dave Stewart, Victor Santos and Paranoia Killer from Panel Syndicate, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Volume 1 by Andy Seto from Comics One, Justice League #59, Injustice: Gods Among Us Volume 1, The Adoption from Magnetic, Master of Kung Fu Omnibus Volume 1, Hollow Heart #1 from Vault Comics, Camp Spirit from Top Shelf, Non-Stop Spider-Man #1, plus a whole mess more!
Daniel Warren Johnson crosses the rainbow bridge to bring the thunder on Beta Ray Bill #1, Wonder Woman: Dead Earth, professional wrestling, commissions, Felix Lu, Transformers: Escape #2 from IDW, Karmen #1 from Guillem March from Image, Aquatlantic from Fantagraphics, Taiyo Matsumoto's Ping Pong, plus a whole mess more!
Demon Days: X-Men #1 and Peach Momoko, Wolverine, BRZRKR #1 from BOOM!, variant covers, Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters #1 from Oni, Nocterra #1 from Image, Superior Spider-Man, The Complete Ghita of Alizarr by Frank Thorne from Hermes Press, Comics Underground Japan from Blast Books, Back Issue #125, from TwoMorrows, DC through the '80s: Volume One: The End of Eras, Future State: Superman: House of El #1, Superman and Lois, plus a whole mess more!
Tony Fleecs storms the EOC bunker to pitch in on Stray Dogs, Trish Forstner, Rick and Morty: Worlds Apart, Extreme and Norm Rapmund, Rob Liefeld, Erik Larsen, Deathmate, Gen 13, Rain Like Hammers and Brandon Graham, Skulldigger + Skeleton Boy from Dark Horse, Warhammer 40K: Marneus Calgar, The Way of the Househusband from Viz, Satan's Library by Adam Falp, Batman: Black and White #3, plus a whole mess more!
Book of the Month: Doctor Strange: Into Shamballa by J. M. DeMatteis and Dan Green plus Cloak & Dagger: Predator and Prey, Gleipnir volumes 4-8 by Sun Takeda from Kodansha, Snow Angels #1 by Lemire and Jock, Alter Ego #167 and Syd Shores from TwoMorrows, Rorschach, Eternals #2, plus a whole mess more!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin #2, Todd McFarlane and the Spawn Universe, HAHA #1-2 from Image, Hawkeye: Freefall, Future State: Nightwing, Aaron and Asrar's Conan the Barbarian, To Drink and to Eat Vol. 1: Tastes and Tales from a French Kitchen by Guillaume Long from Lion Forge, X-Men Legends #1, plus a whole mess more!
Wandavision, Blackhand & Ironhead by David López, Bug Boys 2: Outside and Beyond by Laura Knetzger, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Sophie Campbell, Radiant Black #1 from Image, Red Sonja-O-Rama: The Superpowers #1 and Sonjaversal #1 from Dynamite!, Firepower and Chris Samnee, PS Artbooks-O-Rama: Amazing Adventures, Weird Mysteries, and Eerie Tales, Black Hammer: Colonel Weird: Cosmagog from Dark Horse, plus a whole mess more!
Fifty plus issues of the current Amazing Spider-Man, Dark Horse-O-Rama: Berserk Deluxe Edition V2-V4 by Kintaro Miura and Crimson Flower by Kindt and Lesniewski from Dark Horse, Far Sector, Cameron Hathaway and Clusterfux Comix #1, DIE!namite: Our Bloody Valentine #1, Future State: Dark Detective #3, plus a whole mess more!
Ibrahim Moustafa joins us to reveal all about his brand-spankin' new Count OGN from Humanoids, The Count of Monte Cristo, Savage Things, Mahmud Asrar, Mark Waid, Travis Charest, Jim Lee, Mike Norton, custom action figures, Todd McFarlane, hip hop, James Bond, Byrne's Superman, Chained to the Grave #1 from IDW, What if We Were... from IDW/Top Shelf, Terry Moore's Five Years, plus a whole mess more!
Book of the Month: Usagi Yojimbo / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Complete Collection by Stan Sakai and Peter Laird from Dark Horse, plus Dave Wachter and Iron Fist: Heart of the Dragon #1, Transformers: Escape #1 from IDW, Future State-O-Rama: Dark Detective #2, Aquaman #1, Legion of Super-Heroes #1, and Imperious Lex Vs. Superman #1, Eternals #1, Last God #12, The Other History of the DC Universe Book 2, Rain Like Hammers #1, plus a whole mess more!
Phillip Kennedy Johnson climbs the Black Stair to confront Mol Eeohsee and lay down the law on The Last God, Future State: Superman: Worlds of War #1, jazz, Superman and Action Comics, Alien for Marvel, DC's 5G, Future State: House of El, Warlords of Appalachia, plus a whole mess more!
It's the 11 O'Closcars for 2020!
Fantagraphics-O-Rama: Megg and Mogg in Amsterdam and Other Stories by Simon Hanselmann and Mind Viscosity by Matt Furie, Bendis and company's Legion of Superheroes #10-11, TV-O-Rama: WandaVision on Disney+ and Star Trek: Discovery, Strange Academy, Django Unchained by Quentin Tarantino, Reginald Hudlin, and company from Vertigo, Tapas.io and FANGS, plus a whole mess more!
Our top five favorite licensed comics, Junji Ito's Remina, Future State: Green Lantern and Dark Detective, Reckless by Brubaker and Phillips from Image, Vampiress Carmilla #1 from Warrant Publishing, Kirkman and Samnee's Firepower from Image, The Wrath of Fantomas from Titan Comics, plus a whole mess more!
Future State-O-Rama: Wonder Woman #1, Flash #1, Swamp Thing #1, and Superman of Metropolis #1, Top & Bottom: X-Men, Death Metal #7, Generations Shattered #1, BANG! by Matt Kindt and Wilfredo Torres from Dark Horse, plus a whole mess more!
Book of the Month: Batwoman: Hydrology by J. H. Williams III, W. Hayden Blackman, and Dave Stewart.
Vampirella-O-Rama: Christopher Priest's ongoing Vampirella, his Sacred Six companion title, and Vampirella: The Dark Powers #1 all from Dynamite!, Adrian Tomine's The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist, Bionic by Koren Shadmi from Top Shelf, Blade Runner 2019 from Titan, Ascender and Descender by Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen from Image, Post Americana #1 by Steve Skroce from Image, plus a whole mess more!
Future State Batman, Bendis' Justice League, Sean Phillips, Plunge and Hill House, Mountainhead, Dark Nights: Death Metal and The Last Stories of the DC Universe, Endless Winter, S.W.O.R.D. #1, plus a whole mess more!
Bad Idea: Dinesh Shamdasani + Warren Simons + Hunter Gorinson Out of respect for the Bad Idea crew and their upcoming efforts, no image gallery this episode. Go directly to their site and gaze in wide wonder at the amazingly-crafted comics that will no doubt energize your future.
Richard Corben, Disney/Marvel news, our lists of 5 Love at First Sight comics creators, Jungle Comics #3, More Other History of the DC Universe #1, I Want You by Lisa Hanawalt, plus a whole mess more!
Book of the Month: Booster Gold: The Big Fall by Dan Jurgens, Mike DeCarlo, Gene D'Angelo, Nansi Hoolahan, and Tom Zuiko, plus Future State, Planet Paradise by Jesse Lonergan from Image, Justice League: Endless Winter #1, team books and why they don't top the sales charts, The Wizerd and the Potion of Dreams! from Oni, The Other History of the DC Universe #1, The Highwayman from Top Shelf, plus a whole mess more!
Zack Kruse and Mario Muscar join us to talk about Johnny Dynamite from Yoe! and IDW, Comics Review #413-414 and Mandrake the Magician by Lee Falk and Phil Davis, All Together Now by Hope Larson, Paris 2119 from Magnetic, Tom King's Rorschach, Official Handbook of the Conan Universe, The Question: The Deaths of Vic Sage, Mysterious Travelers: Steve Ditko and the Search for a New Liberal Identity, Child Star by Box Brown, plus a whole mess more!
Caleb Alexander-McKinzie climbs up the ladder to the EOC clubhouse to weigh in with us on Scout Comics, Origins #1 from BOOM!, Punchline #1, Seeds and Stems by Simon Hanselmann, Bendis' Legion, Superman, and Action, Vault-O-Rama: Giga #1 and Devil's Red Bride #1, Rorschach #2, Barbalien: The Red Planet #1, plus a whole mess more!
Tony Fleecs crashes the joint to fill us in on his upcoming Stray Dogs miniseries from Image, Marvel Made and Chris Claremont, Marneus Calgar #1, Rick Geary's murder comics, Plastic Man: Rubber-Banded: The Deluxe Edition by Kyle Baker, The Recount from Scout Comics, Batman: Three Jokers #3, One More Year by Simon Hanselmann, Dark Nights: Death Metal: Infinite Hour Exxxtreme #1, The Windy Day from Tony Sandoval and A Glance Backward by Paquet and Sandoval from Magnetic, Darth Vader by Pak and company, plus a whole mess more!
Recent DC layoffs and the direct market, DIE!namite #1-2, Power Rangers #1 and Mighty Morphin #1 from BOOM!, Young Justice, Sweet Tooth: The Return #1, Sam Keith's Scratch DC miniseries, the 2020 11 O'Closcars, Crossover #1 from Image, Black Widow, Batman by Snyder and Capullo Omnibus Volume 1, Origins #1 from BOOM, Batman: Curse of the White Knight, plus a whole mess more!
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