Podcasts about pj holden

Comic Reviews: Marvel Nick Fury vs. Fin Fang Foom 1 by J. Michael Straczynski, Elena Casagrande, Mattia Iacono Marvel Unlimited Beastly Buddies 10 by Steve Foxe, Armand Bodnar, KJ Diaz Dark Horse Assassin's Creed: Mirage – A Soar of Eagles 1 by Michael Avon Oeming, Mirko Colak, Lauren Affe From the World of Minor Threats: Welcome to Twilight 1 by Matt Fraction, Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum, Michael Allred, Laura Allred Image Assorted Crisis Events 1 by Deniz Camp, Eric Zawadzki, Jordie Bellaire Mad Cave Dark Pyramid 1 by Paul Tobin, PJ Holden, Sara Colella OGN Countdown The Worlds of H.P. Lovecraft: The Call of Cthulhu by Steven Philip Jones, Trey Baldwin Button Pusher & Extra Large by Tyler Page Speechless by Aron Nels Steinke Shred or Dead by D. Bradford Gambles DragonForged: Sword of the Champion by Eric Lide El Fuego by David Rubin Botticelli's Apprentice by Ursula Murray Husted Additional Reviews: Black Widow by Waid and Samnee Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives by Dan Watters, Ram V, Matthew Roberts Ushers by Joe Hill Blazing Saddles Marvelous Mrs. Maisel s1 Daredevil ep3 Win or Lose News: details on DC Pride 2025, Sadie Sink in Spider-Man 4 with Tom Holland, Amphibia sequel manga in development, Imperial details, Omninews, Peter David gofundme, new Star Trek, new Marvel Knights by Quesada/Priest Trailers: Lilo and Stitch, Black Mirror, Life of Chuck, Freakier Friday Comics Countdown (12 March 2025): Assorted Crisis Events 1 by Deniz Camp, Eric Zawadzki, Jordie Bellaire Absolute Superman 5 by Jason Aaron, Rafa Sandoval, Ulises Arreola Redcoat 10 by Geoff Johns, Bryan Hitch, Andrew Currie, Brad Anderson Batman: Dark Patterns 4 by Dan Watters, Hayden Sherman, Triona Farrell From the World of Minor Threat: Welcome to Twilight 1 by Matt Fraction, Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum, Michael Allred, Laura Allred Space Ghost 11 by David Pepose, Jonathan Lau, Andrew Dalhouse Namor 8 by Jason Aaron, Paul Davidson, Alex Lins, Neeraj Menon Aquaman 3 by Jeremy Adams, John Timms, Rex Lokus Rogue Sun 25 by Ryan Parrott, Nick Cotton, Abel, Natalia Marques Geiger 12 by Geoff Johns, Gary Frank, Brad Anderson  

Horror is one of my favorite genres and I've often heard horror creators on the show talk about avoiding a modern setting in their work. How do you deal with technology, cell phones, and social media? It's way easier to just drop it in the nostalgia of the 80s before much of that happened and we've seen an explosion of popular IPs set in the era of Pac Man and MTV, but what if you had a horror story with a social media influencer as the protagonist putting their experience front and center in front of a live worldwide audience? That's the hook of the new five issue mini-series Dark Pyramid from Mad Cave Studios and I'm lucky enough to have co-creators Eisner Winning comics writer Paul Tobin and his extraordinary artist accomplice PJ Holden to tell us all about it on today's episode. Truthfully, prior to my interest in this book, I didn't know all that much about the Dark Pyramid in Alaska. Conspiracy theorist I am not, but it does make for an interesting backdrop to this folk horror take in rural Alaska. We get into how the myth inspired some of the book's elements, how using a protagonist who is documenting their life live works in a horror story, and PJ tells us all about his experience starting improv. Dark Pyramid hits shelves on March 12th. Paul's website: https://www.paultobin.net PJ's website: https://www.pauljholden.com From the publisher Hooky Hidalgo, adventurist and popular live streamer, has gone missing while climbing Mt. Denali in Alaska! When his girlfriend, Becca, arrives at the base of the mountain to retrace his steps, she soon discovers something beyond the dreamy and impressive landscape. There's a conspiracy deep within the heart of Denali itself—a dark pyramid, silent, waiting. Becca—and the scores of Hooky fans determined to either find him or find some fun—will face death, avalanches….and monsters to find the truth. PATREON We have a new Patreon, CryptidCreatorCornerpod. If you like what we do, please consider supporting us. We got two simple tiers, $1 and $3. I'll be uploading a story every Sunday about some of the crazy things I've gotten into over the years. The first one dropped last week about me relocating a drug lord's sharks. Yes, it did happen, and the alligators didn't even get in the way. Want to know more, you know what to do. Arkenforge Play TTRPG games? Make sure to check out our partner Arkenforge. They have everything you need to make your TTRPG more fun and immersive, allowing you to build, play, and export animated maps including in person fog of war capability that let's your players interact with maps as the adventure unfolds while you, the DM get the full picture. Use the discount code YETI5 to get $5 off your order. Global Comix Save on a subscription to GlobalComix with us. Visit the link below and use the discount code COMICBOOKYETI. https://globalcomix.com/lp/promos/af/comicbookyeti Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode #677 features the return of two great comics creators—PJ Holden and Paul Tobin, who are bringing us Dark Pyramid from Mad Cave Studios. Both creators are returning to the podcast, and they are working together to bring a gripping new series of ancient conspiracies, monstrous horrors, and the ultimate fight for truth. Their electrifying five-issue mini-series will begin in February, and it is described this way: “Hooky Hidalgo, adventurist and popular live streamer, has gone missing while climbing Mt. Denali in Alaska! When his girlfriend, Becca, arrives at the base of the mountain to retrace his steps, she soon discovers something beyond the dreamy and impressive landscape. There's a conspiracy deep within the heart of Denali itself—a dark pyramid, silent, waiting.  Becca—and the scores of Hooky fans determined to either find him or find some fun—will face death, avalanches…. and monsters to find the truth.” We talk about how this book came to be, who the characters are, and what we can expect from both Paul and PJ in the coming months! Let your local comics shop know you want to order this book as soon as you finish listening to this fun conversation! For a first look at their debut issue, be sure to go to this link here at MajorSpoilers.com! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patreon member. It will help ensure Wayne's Comics Podcast continues far into the future!

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Comic Reviews: DC o        Absolute Power: Task Force VII 3 by Jeremy Adams, Marco Santucci, Arif Prianto o        Super-Pets Special: Bitedentity Crisis by Tony Fleecs, Mike Norton, Brad Simpson; Alexis Quasarano, PJ Holden, Rex Lokus; Michael Conrad, Sami Basri, Ivan Plascencia; Dan Watters, Christopher Mitten, Michelle Madsen; Kyle Starks Marvel o        Black Widow: Venomous 1 by Erica Schultz, Luciano Vecchio, Rachele Rosenberg, David Curiel o        Blood Hunt 5 by Jed MacKay, Pepe Larraz, Marte Gracia, Fer Sufuentes-Sujo o        Ms. Marvel Annual by Sabir Pirzada, Iman Vellani, Giada Belviso, Yen Nitro o        What If…? Donald Duck Became Wolverine by Luca Barbieri, Giada Perissinotto, Lucio Ruvidotti o        X-Force 1 by Geoffrey Thorne, Marcus To, Erick Arciniega o        Marvel Unlimited §  Cat pool by Mackenzie Cadenhead, Enid Balam §  Mouse pool by Mackenzie Cadenhead, Enid Balam §  Dog pool team up by Mackenzie Cadenhead, Enid Balam §  Dog pool infinity comic 2 by Mackenzie Cadenhead, Enid Balam Boom o        Firefly ‘Verses 1 by Ryan Parrott, Lalit Kumar Sharma, Francesc Segala o        Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Darkest Hour by Melissa Flores, Simona Di Gianfelice, Raul Angulo, Jose Enrique Fernandez Titan o        Blade Runner: Tokyo Nexus 1 by Kianna Shore, Mellow Brown, Rodolfo Taibo OGN Countdown o        Murdervale by Vicente Cifuentes o        Ali Cross by Adam Rau, James Robinson, Phillip Tajalle o        Nanuche Vol 2: All Hugs, No Bite by Guillaume Bianco, Marie Kerascoet o        Cross My Heart and Never Lie and save our forest by Nora Dasnes, Matt Bagguley, Lise Laerdal Bryn o        Of Her Own Design by Nicole Adelfinger, Birdie Willis, Jess Taylor, Fiona Marchbank o        Night Librarian by Christopher Lincoln Additional Reviews: Caped Crusader, MAWS s1, Primos pilot, Dead Boy Detectives s1, Sex Education s1, Trap, Canobie Lake Park News: Omninews, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew launch date, SDCC arrests, Squid Game s2 release date, AI comic nonsense Trailers: Spellbound, Sweet Pea Comics Countdown (31 July 2024): 1.     Department of Truth 24 by James Tynion IV, Martin Simmonds 2.     Ultimate Spider-Man 7 by Jonathan Hickman, Marco Checchetto, Matt Wilson 3.     Super-Pets Special: Bitedentity Crisis by Tony Fleecs, Mike Norton, Brad Simpson; Alexis Quasarano, PJ Holden, Rex Lokus; Michael Conrad, Sami Basri, Ivan Plascencia; Dan Watters, Christopher Mitten, Michelle Madsen; Kyle Starks 4.     Spider-Man: Shadow of the Green Goblin 4 by J.M. DeMatteis, Michael Sta. Maria, Chris Sotomayor 5.     Drawing Blood 4 by David Avallone, Kevin Eastman, Troy Little, Ben Bishop 6.     Absolute Power: Task Force VII 3 by Jeremy Adams, Marco Santucci, Arif Prianto 7.     Immortal Thor 13 by Al Ewing, Jan Bazaldua, Matt Hollingsworth 8.     William of Newbury 3 by Michael Avon Oeming 9.     Star Wars: Darth Maul – Black, White, and Red 4 by Greg Pak, Will Sliney, Luca Pizzari, Jay Leisten, Roberto Poggi, Andres Mossa 10.  Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider 3 by Stephanie Phillips, Federica Mancin, Paolo Villanelli, Matt Milla  

Comic Reviews: DC Batman: The Dark Age 1 by Mark Russell, Michael Allred, Laura Allred Marvel Edge of Spider-Verse 2 by Kaare Andrews, Bob Quinn, Brian Reber; Rich Douek, Edgar Salazar, Victor Olazaba, Alex Sinclair Jackpot and Black Cat 1 by Celeste Bronfman, Emilio Laiso, Brian Reber X-Men '97 1 by Steve Foxe, Salva Espin, Matt Milla Marvel Unlimited It's Jeff 36 by Kelly Thompson, GuriHiru Dark Horse Ghostbusters: Back in Town 1 by David M. Booher, Blue Delliquanti, Mildred Louis Goon: Them That Don't Stay Dead 1 by Eric Powell Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures: Crash Landing by Daniel Jose Older, Rachele Aragno, Michael Atiyeh Image Feral 1 by Tony Fleecs, Trish Forstner, Tone Rodriguez, Brad Simpson Local Man: Bad Girls 1 by Tim Seeley, Tony Fleecs, Brad Simpson, Felipe Sobreiro, Brian Reber Under York 1 by Sylvain Runberg, Mirka Andolfo, Carmelo Zagaria, Piky Hamilton Mad Cave Morning Star 1 by David Andry, Tim Daniel, Marco Finnegan, Jason Wordie ComiXology Never Too Late by Fox Fisher OGNs Effects of Pickled Herring by Alex Schumacher Ant Story by Jay Hosler Spirited: Go Ghoul Go by Liv Livingston, Glass House Graphics Out of Left Field by Jonah Newman Shepardess Warriors by Jonathan Garnier, Amelie Flechais Usagi Yojimbo Saga: Legends by Stan Sakai Additional Reviews: Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Spider Within, X-Men '97 Ep3, Jacob's Ladder Invincible rant News: Conrad and Cloonan Valiant makeover, ComicsGate/EVS at C2E2, Three Jokers epilogue (in Joker: The World graphic novel), Omninews, Black Widow: Venomous Trailers: Good Times, Unfrosted, Jurassic World: Chaos Theory Comics Countdown (27 Mar 2024): 1.     Black Hammer: The End 6 by Jeff Lemire, Malachi Ward 2.     Batman: Dark Age 1 by Mark Russell, Mike Allred, Laura Allred 3.     Ultimate Spider-Man 3 by Jonathan Hickman, Marco Checchetto, Matt Wilson 4.     Effects of Pickled Herring GN by Alex Schumacher 5.     Alan Scott: Green Lantern 5 by Tim Sheridan, Cian Tormey, Hi-Fi 6.     Feral 1 by Tony Fleecs, Trish Forstner, Tone Rodriguez, Brad Simpson 7.     Penguin 8 by Tom King, Rafael de Latorre, Marcelo Maiolo 8.     Batman: Brave and the Bold 11 by Karl Kerschl, Norm Rapmund, Michele Assarasakorn; Christos Gage, Danny Kim, Diego Rodriguez; Delilah Dawson, Serg Acuna, Matt Herms; Michael Conrad, PJ Holden, Mike Spicer; Zac Thompson, Ashley Wood 9.     Newburn 16 by Chip Zdarsky, Jacob Phillips, Pip Martin 10.  Green Arrow 10 by Joshua Williamson, Tom Derenick, Sean Izaakse, Romulo Fajardo Jr.

March 2024 Solicitations Comic Reviews: DC Batman 428: Robin Lives Birds of Prey Uncovered by Various DC's ‘Twas the Mite Before Christmas by Zipporah Smith, Logan Faerber; Rob Levin, Bob Quinn; Ethan Sacks, Soo Lee, John Kalisz, Natalie Abrams, Marcus Smith, Norm Rapmund, Hi-Fi; Jillian Grant, Rebekah Isaacs, Kurt Michael Russell, Michael Conrad, Gavin Guidry, Ryan Cody, Josh Trujillo, Andrew Drilon; Sholly Fisch, Juan Bobillo Titans: Beast World Tour – Gotham by Chip Zdarsky, Miguel Mendonca, Mike Spicer; Grace Ellis, Daniel Hillyard, Rico Renzi; Gretchen Felker-Martin, Ivan Shavrin; Sam Maggs, PJ Holden; Kyle Starks, Kelley Jones, Jose Villarrubia Marvel Daredevil: Gang War 1 by Erica Shultz, Sergio Davila, Sean Parsons, Ceci de la Cruz Spider-Gwen Smash 1 by Melissa Flores, Enid Balam, Fer Sifuentes-Sujo, Elisabetta D'Amico Marvel Unlimited Marvel Mutts 3 by Mackenzie Cadenhead, Takeshi Miyazawa Alligator Loki 27 by Alyssa Wong, Bob Quinn Image Bloody Dozen: A Tale of the Shrouded College 1 by Charles Soule, Alberto Alburquerque, Rachelle Rosenberg Dark Horse Assassin's Apprentice II 1 by Jody Houser, Robin Hobb, Ryan Kelly, Jordie Bellaire Masterpiece 1 by Brian Michael Bendis, Alex Maleev, Ian Herring Quick Stops Vol 2 1 by Kevin Smith, Ahmed Raafat Boom Underheist 1 by David Lapham, Maria Lapham, Hilary Jenkins IDW Addams Family: Charlatan's Web 1 by Chynna Clugston-Flores, Leah Williams, Juan Samu, Francine Delgado, Danny Sanchez Chaves Sonic the Hedgehog: Winter Jam by Iasmin Omar Ata, Min Ho Kim, Reggie Graham Titan Life is Strange: Forget-Me-Not 1 by Zoe Thorogood, Claudia Leonardi, Andrea Izzo Oni Invasive 1 by Cullen Bunn, Jesus Hervas Mad Cave Charred Remains 1 by Anthony Cleveland, Andrea Mutti Archie Sabrina the Teenage Witch Holiday Special Vault Beyond Real 1 by Zack Kaplan, Fabiana Mascolo, Toni Fejzula, Jordie Bellaire American Mythology 21st Century Santa Stories by James Kuhoric, S.A. Check, Konstantine Paradias, G.O. Parsons, Horacio Domingues, Jorge Pacheco, Fernando Sosa Three Stooges versus Cthulhu by Hans Rodionoff, Adam Goldberg, Diego Tapie OGNs Macbeth: A Tale of Horror by Stefano Ascari, Simone D'Armini Many Deaths of Barnaby James by Brian Nathanson, Neil Gibson, Piotr Kowalski, Brad Simpson Where the Body Was GN by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, Jacob Phillips Boxed by Mark Sable, Jeremy Haun, Nick Filardi o   A Call to Cthulhu by Norm Konyu Voyage du Gourmet by Paul Tobin, Jem Milton, Micah Myers Additional Reviews: Ducktails, Leave it to Chance vol 1, Space Between the Trees, Downlands News: new Black Panther animated series, Omninews, DeMatteis Green Goblin prequel series, new title for Spider-Man: Freshman Year, Good Omens renewed for third and final season, Mark Millar, William Shatner variant, new animated project from Matt Braly and Rebecca Sugar, Green Arrow now an ongoing, Bill Cipher spin-off book coming, new X-Files, Jonathan Major, Cody Ziglar takes over Deadpool, Stephanie Phillips takes over Spider-Gwen, Merry Shark-Mas, Uncle Fester spin-off The other Rabbit Stew Comics?!?! Letters on the Wall Trailers: Dune 2, Civil War, Kung Fu Panda 4, Hazbin Hotel, If Comics Countdown (12 Dec 2023): 1.     Where The Body Was GN by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, Jacob Phillips 2.     Radiant Black 27 and 27.5 by Kyle Higgins, Joe Clark, Eduardo Ferigato, Marcelo Costa, Raul Angulo 3.     Batman: City of Madness 2 by Christian Ward 4.     Green Lantern 6 by Jeremy Adams, Xermanico, Scott Godlewski, Romulo Fajardo Jr., Peter Tomasi, David Lafuente, Tamra Bonvillain 5.     Superman: Lost 9 by Christopher Priest, Dan Jurgens, Carlo Pagulayan, Jason Paz, Brett Breeding, Jeromy Cox 6.     Rogue Sun 17 by Ryan Parrott, Marco Renna, Abel, Natalia Marques 7.     Zawa 2 by Michael Dialynas 8.     Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees 2 by Patrick Horvath 9.     Dark Spaces: Dungeon 2 by Scott Snyder, Hayden Sherman 10.  Danger Street 12 by Tom King, Jorge Fornes, Dave Stewart

Join Alan as he chats to Skulduggery Pleasant creator Derek Landy, and local artist legend PJ Holden! This creative team have joined forces to create the first ever Skulduggery Pleasant Graphic Novel - Bad Magic! We chat the release, the differences between the book market and comics market, working for DC and Marvel and the upcoming signing in store at Coffee & Heroes on Saturday 4th November!

Join Alan as he chats to Skullduggery Pleasant creator Derek Landy, and local artist legend PJ Holden! This creative team have joined forces to create the first ever Skulduggery Pleasant Graphic Novel - Bad Magic! We chat the release, the differences between the book market and comics market, working for DC and Marvel and the upcoming signing in store at Coffee & Heroes on Saturday 4th November!

November 2023 Solicits Part 2 Comic Reviews: DC Knight Terrors 4 by Joshua Williamson, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Stefano Nesi, Caspar Wijngaard, Frank Martin Knight Terrors: Action Comics 2 by Leah Williams, Vasco Georgiev, Alex Guimaraes, Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Mico Suayan, Fico Ossio, Romulo Fajardo Jr. Knight Terrors: Angel Breaker 2 by Tim Seeley, Acky Bright, Brian Reber Knight Terrors: Detective Comics 2 by Dan Watters, Mike Perkins, Stefano Raffaele, Riccardo Federici, Brad Anderson, Lee Loughridge, Mike Spicer Knight Terrors: Harley Quinn 2 by Tini Howard, Hayden Sherman, Triona Farrell, Leah Williams, PJ Holden, Lee Loughridge Knight Terrors: Titans 2 by Andrew Constant, Mike Norton, Scott Godlewski, Hi-Fi, Ryan Cody Penguin 1 by Tom King, Rafael de Latorre, Marcelo Maiolo Marvel Captain America Finale by Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Carmen Carnero, Nolan Woodard Fantastic Four Annual 2023 by Zac Gorman, Alan Robinson, Guru eFX, Stephanie Phillips, Alberto Foche, Raul Angulo Immortal Thor 1 by Al Ewing, Martin Coccolo, Matt Wilson Jean Grey 1 by Louise Simonson, Bernard Chang, Marcelo Maiolo Marvel Unleashed 1 by Kyle Starks, Jesus Hervas, Yen Nitro Realm of X by Torunn Gronbekk, Diogenes Neves, Rain Beredo Marvel Unlimited Marvel Meow by Nao Fuji Image Schlub 1 by Ryan Stegman, Kenny Porter, Tyrell Cannon, Mike Spicer Boom Magic Planeswalker: Notorious 1 by Cullen Bunn, Rick Douek, Carlos Pedro, French Carlomagno, Mattia Iacono IDW Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – The Scorpius Run 1 by Mike Johnson, Ryan Parrott, Angel Hernandez, Nick Filardi ComiXology Bone Voyage by Desmond Ingram, Claudio Silva OGNs Lost Boy by Jay Martin Cuckoos Three by Cassandra Jean Piedra, Mosskat Sorceline Vol 2 by Sylvia Douye, Paola Antista Additional Reviews: Ahsoka, The Woman in Cabin 10, Riverdale finale, My Adventures with Superman News: Vault issues, Radiant Black becoming two books, WB delays movies, Spiderwick Chronicles, Arleen Sorkin, Bob Barker, Valiant may be closing up shop, new project from Steve Orlando and Chef Jose Andres Current State of Marvel Comics Countdown (22 Aug 2023): 1.      Bone Orchard Mythos: Tenement 3 by Jeff Lemire, Andrea Sorrentino, Dave Stewart 2.      Penguin 1 by Tom King, Rafael de Latorre, Marcelo Maiolo 3.      Immortal Thor 1 by Al Ewing, Martin Coccolo, Matt Wilson 4.      Rogue Sun 15 by Ryan Parrott, Abel, Natalia Marques 5.      Dark Knights of Steel 12 by Tom Taylor, Yasmine Putri, Arif Prianto 6.      Newburn 10 by Chip Zdarsky, Jacob Phillips 7.      Time Before Time 26 by Declan Shalvey, Rory McConville, Geoffo, Chris O'Halloran 8.      No/One 5 by Brian Buccellato, Kyle Higgins, Geraldo Borges, Mark Englert 9.      Ice Cream Man 36 by W. Maxwell Prince, Martin Morazzo, Chris O'Halloran 10.  Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos 3 by James Tynion IV, Tate Brombal, Isaac Goohart, Miquel Muerto

Episode 840 - Jason Interviews Alex Segura - Project: Cryptid - Ahoy ComicsFor the last five years, AHOY Comics has asked its readers to believe in the weird and sublime — whether it's a friendship between Jesus and a superhero, a grandmother who fights eldritch horrors, or a space squadron run entirely by cats. This fall, AHOY Comics' latest jam-packed anthology, PROJECT: CRYPTID, will feature unbelievably hilarious and hilariously unbelievable tales about cryptids from around the world. Featuring comics and short stories from well-established creators as well as new voices, PROJECT: CRYPTID will transport readers from the depths of Loch Ness to the wilds of the Yeti's Himalayan Mountains to the Ohio backroads where the Loveland Frogman lurks, asking the important questions like are any of these mysterious, unthinkable creatures actually real? And more importantly, are they funny? The anthology will feature comics and stories from writers Mark Russell, Paul Cornell, Alisa Kwitney, Alex Segura, Bryce Ingman, Paul Constant, Liana Kangas, Henry Barajas, AA Rubin, Joe Illidge, Melissa F. Olson, Zander Cannon, Gene Ha, Hanna Bahedry, Matt Ligeti, Stuart Moore and more, as well as art by Jordi Perez, Madeline Seely, PJ Holden, Mike Spicer, Mauricet, Steven Bryant, Peter Krause, Richard Pace, Jamal Igle, Ted and Ro, Lew Stringer, Lane Lloyd, and more.Buy it: https://comicsahoy.com/news/ahoys-newest-anthology%E2%80%94project-cryptid CFP Patreon https://www.patreon.com/comicsfunprofitCFP Merch https://comicsfunprofit.threadless.comDonations Keep Our Show Going, Please Give https://bit.ly/36s7YeLThank you so much for listening and spreading the word about our little comic book podcast. All the C4FaP links you could ever need in one place https://beacons.ai/comicsfunprofit Listen To the Episode Here: https://comcsforfunandprofit.podomatic.com/

The Endless Stream is joined by PJ Holden to discuss Comics, Creativity, IT solutions and John Boormans Excalibur.Paul Jason Holden is a Northern Irish comic artist based in Belfast. He has worked for 2000 AD, Warhammer Monthly, and Judge Dredd Megazine. Among other stories for these publications, he has provided the art for Rogue Trooper, Judge Dredd and Johnny Woo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The first part of our Double Bill to celebrate 200 episodes of The Coffee & Heroes Podcast! It was a pleasure to chat to the one and only PJ Holden! We talk how he got into the industry, working with 2000AD, his creative relationship with Garth Ennis, his latest book The Lion & The Eagle, and how he almost became a millionaire! Hope you guys enjoy!

The first part of our Double Bill to celebrate 200 episodes of The Coffee & Heroes Podcast! It was a pleasure to chat to the one and only PJ Holden! We talk how he got into the industry, working with 2000AD, his creative relationship with Garth Ennis, his latest book The Lion & The Eagle, and how he almost became a millionaire! Hope you guys enjoy!

On this week's packed show, Liz takes on the new Iron Fist, paul goes to war with Garth Ennis and PJ Holden for The Lion & The Eagle, then visits a seedy strip bar with Victor Santos' Until My Knuckles Bleed, plus the team break-down the Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness Trailer! Remember to like, share, and subscribe for more every week! Keep up with the best in comics, movies, and TV on The Comic Crush, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and like our page on Facebook. Treat yourself to some comics from our webshop or help us by signing up for our Patreon to get bonus episodes and more. Follow Liz on Twitter and check out her website. Thanks for listening.

Welcome to our first interview of 2022! We're thrilled to have the wonderful talents of PJ Holden with us as he discusses his brand new book, written by Garth Ennis: The Lion & The Eagle. The story of a British Special Forces unit in WWII, The Lion & the Eagle is told with Ennis' grit and Holden's clear, honest style. Not only this, but PJ takes us through more of his upcoming work in 2022 and lets us in on his working methods.

Comic Reviews: Are You Afraid of Darkseid? by Elliott Kalan, Mike Norton, Allen Passalaqua, Kenny Porter, Max Dunbar, Luis Guerrero, Calvin Kasulke, Rob Guillory, Dave Wielgosz, Pablo Collar, Wil Quintana, Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, Jesus Hervas, Eva De La Cruz, Ed Brisson, Christopher Mitten, ToWe Hny Avina, Terry Blas, Garry Brown, Marissa Louise, Jeremy Haun, Tony Akins, Moritat Wonder Woman 80th Anniversary 100-age Super Spectacular by Michael Conrad, Becky Cloonan, Jim Cheung, Marcelo Maiolo, Jordie Bellaire, Paulina Ganucheau, Kendall Goode, Amy Reeder, Marissa Louise, Mark Waid, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Tom King, Doc Shaner, Vita Ayala, Isaac Goodhart, Jeremy Lawson, Steve Orlando, Laura Braga, Romulo Fajardo Jr, Stephanie Phillips, Marcio Takara, G. Willow Wilson, Meghan Hetrick Arkham City: Order of the World 1 by Dan Watters, Dani, Dave Stewart DC Horror Presents: Soul Plumber 1 by Ben Kissel, Marcus Parks, Henry Zebrowski, PJ Holden, John McCrea, Mike Spicer Amazing Spider-Man 75 by Zeb Wells, Patrick Gleason, Marcio Menyz, Kelly Thompson, Travel Foreman, Jim Campbell, Ivan Fiorelli, Edgar Delgado Eternals Celestia by Kieron Gillen, Kei Zama, Matthew Wilson Ghost Rider Kushala Infinity Comic 1 by Taboo, Guillermo Sanna, Jordie Bellaire We Have Demons 1 by Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, Jonathan Glapion, Dave McCaig Righteous Thirst For Vengeance 1 by Rick Remender, Andre Lima Araujo, Chris O'Halloran Cruel Biology by Christopher Sebela, Brian Churilla Jennifer Blood 1 by Fred Van Lente, Vincenzo Federici Chicken Devil 1 by Brian Buccellato, Hayden Sherman, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou Out 1 by Rob Williams, Will Conrad, Marco Lesko Dirtbag Rapture 1 by Christopher Sebela, Kendall Goode, Gab Contreras Party & Prey GN by Steve Orlando, Steve Foxe, Alex Sanchez, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou Squad GN by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Lisa Sterle Primordial GN by Bruce Zick Stars, Hide Your Fires GN by Kel McDonald, Jose Pimienta Minnie Mouse: Big Dreams GN by Brooke Vitale, Artful Doodlers Additional Reviews: Star Wars Terrifying Tales, Bodyguard, Snowman, Basketful of Heads, Unfinished Corner, Muppets Haunted Mansion Longbox of Horror: Spider-Man Disassembled by Paul Jenkins, Humberto Ramos, Paco Medina, Michael Ryan News: ND Stevenson transition and substack, Bunn brings back Dragonring through Kickstarter, Flanagan does House of Usher, Letitia Wright nonsense, Bat Family Webtoon gets YouTube live action adaptation, Agatha Harkness TV show, Pinhead cast for Hulu series, Bat/Cat special delayed, Astro City/Autumnlands/Arrowsmith and new series from Kurt Busiek at Image, Cillian Murphy stars in next Nolan movie as Oppenheimer, Saga returns in January, Kiernan Shipka bringing Sabrina to Riverdale, Who returns on Halloween, more Tom Taylor nonsense, Jon Kent, Disney gets a new Chief Creative Officer, Devil's Reign Tie-Ins, NYCC thoughts, Gamergate show Halloween Question Trailers: Game of Thrones prequel, Peacemaker, Hypnotic, Resident Evil, Robin Robin Comics Countdown: Nice House On The Lake 5 by James Tynion IV, Alvaro Martinez Bueno The Me You Love In The Dark 3 by Skottie Young, Jorge Corona, Jean-Francois Beaulieu We Have Demons 1 by Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, Jonathan Glapion, Dave McCaig Bountiful Garden 2 by Ivy Noelle Weir, Kelly Williams, Giorgio Spalleta Star Trek: Year Five 25 by Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Jody Houser, Brandon Easton, Jim McCann, Paul Cornell, Angel Hernandez, Silvia Califano, Stephen Thompson Arkham City: Order of the World 1 by Dan Watters, Dani, Dave Stewart Dark Ages 2 by Tom Taylor, Iban Coello, Brian Reber Fire Power 16 by Robert Kirkman, Chris Samnee, Matthew Wilson Savage Avengers 25 by Gerry Duggan, Patrick Zircher, Javier Tartaglia Crush and Lobo 5 by Mariko Tamaki, Amancay Nahuelpan, Tamra Bonvillain

Science Of Swearing author Emma Byrne and 2000AD artist Paul 'PJ' Holden bring in panels from two groundbreaking superhero titles, and talk comics with Kev F.See the images from all shows here at kevfcomicartist.com (they're also in the podcast artwork).Every episode, the guests reveal a panel from a comic, we try and guess where it's from, then we chat about it. Half an hour later hopefully we've learned something, or just shown off and had fun along the way.If you've enjoyed this, why not buy us a virtual coffee at Kev F's Ko-Fi page.Your host, and series creator, is Kev F Sutherland, writer and artist for Beano, Marvel, Oink, Viz, and most recently author and artist of graphic novels based on Shakespeare. kevfcomicartist.com

Welcome to the sutephalacalidaistic-exhimanitopus sixty-third episode of the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Lockdown Tapes! This episode is, also, late - apologies for the technical issues that mean we're a week and a day late with the latest burst of aural Thrill-power, Earthlets. Something something Thrill-suckers something. But we're back and we have two short interviews with some of the creative minds behind the latest issue of 2000 AD Regened - writer Roger Langridge, and artists Brett Parson and PJ Holden. From the hilarious new misadaventure of Mary-Poppins-meets-Catwoman 'Pandora Perfect' to the Dredd-world series 'Department K' and 'Chimpsky's Law', Molch-R talks to Roger, Brett and PJ about their work for the all-ages special. Apologies for the poor sound quality during the interviews, it was caused by sun spots. Or something. Over the coming weeks the Thrill-Cast will continue to broadcast every week, with both new episodes and favourite interviews from the past six years – so make sure you’re keeping yourselves and your loved ones safe, and stay tuned for more from the Galaxy’s Greatest Podcast! Got a theme or interview you’d like to hear? Let us know at thrillcast@2000AD.com The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast is the award-winning podcast that takes you behind-the-scenes at the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with creator interviews, panels, and more! You can subscribe to the Thrill-Cast on your favourite podcast app, iTunes, Stitcher, and Spotify. You can also listen now at 2000AD.com/podcast or you can watch at youtube.com/2000ADonline​​

This week we’re joined by Alex de Campi and Khai Krumbhaar. They're the editors of TRUE WAR STORIES, a 260 page nonfiction graphic novel anthology published by Z2 Comics that features 15 tales of American service members deployed overseas. The stories are written by the folks who lived them, and drawn by Peter Krause, Ryan Howe, Skylar Patridge, Eoin Marron, Tish Doolin , Dave Acosta, A. D'Amico, Drew Moss, Josh Hood, PJ Holden, Chris Peterson, Sam Hart, Jeff McComsey, and Paul Williams FOLLOW! Alex de Campi (Editor, True War Stories) Instagram: @alexdecampi Twitter: @alexdecampi Web: http://www.alexdecampi.com Khai Krumbhaar (Editor & contributor, True War Stories) Instagram: @deadlyhausfrau_ The Geekiary: https://thegeekiary.com/author/deadlyhausfrau . . . BUY THIS COMIC! is the show where YOU keep the vital and vibrant medium of comics alive by infusing it with your hard-earned cash. Buy This Comic! Twitter: @buythiscomic Instagram: @buythiscomic Facebook: @buythiscomic Web: buythiscomic.net Jason Mojica (Host, Buy This Comic!) Twitter: @elmodernisto Instagram: @jasonmojicacomics Music: "You Are A Monster" by Monroeville Music Center, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License

Happy Halloween!! In this episode, The Loft Dweller takes over once again with this years spine chilling list of Halloween comics... DC: The Doomed and The Damned (https://www.dccomics.com/comics/dc-the-doomed-and-the-damned-2020/dc-the-doomed-and-the-damned-1) Dracula Motherf##ker! (https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/dracula-motherf-ker-hc) I Walk With Monsters #1 (https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/SEP201561)(This is a preview, and the comic will be on sale Nov 25, 2020! so get it ordered at your LCS!) Send any questions or feedback to (mailto:acecomicals@gmail.com) acecomicals@gmail.com. And also please subscribe (http://www.acecomicals.com/subscribe) and leave us a review! Ace Comicals T-Shirts! (https://acecomicals.threadless.com/) check out our merch shop! If you like what we do please consider donating to us (https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals) at https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals. All contributions will be used to defray the cost of hosting the website. Ace Comicals, over and out!#

Top 20 September sales, DC Solicits Comics Reviews: Rorschach 1 by Tom King, Jorge Fornes, Dave Stewart DC: The Doomed and the Damned by John Arcudi, Brandon Thomas, Kenny Porter, Amanda Deibert, Garth Ennis, Marv Wolfman, Amedeo Turturro, Saladin Ahmed, Travis Moore, Riley Rossmo, PJ Holden, Tom Mandra, Mike Perkins, Daniel Sampere, Leonardo Manco, Max Fiumara, Dominike Stanton, Baldemar Rivas, John Kalisz, Andy Troy, Adriano Lucas, Ivan Plascencia, Marissa Louise, Sian Mandrake, Mike Spicer, Alejandro Sanchez Swamp Thing: Twin Branches by Maggie Stiefvater, Morgan Beem Amazing Spider-Man 50 by Matthew Rosenberg, Nick Spencer, Federico Vicentini Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar 1 by Kieron Gillen, Jacen Burrows, Java Tartaglia Commanders in Crisis 1 by Steve Orlando, Davide Tinto Die!Namite 1 by Declan Shalvey, Fred Van Lente, Justin Mason, Vincenzo Carratu True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys: National Anthem 1 by Shaun Simon, Gerard Way, Leonardo Romero, Jordie Bellaire We Live 1 by Roy Miranda, Inaki Miranda Vain 1 by Eliot Rahal, Emily Pearson, Stresing Devil's Red Bride 1 by Sebastian Girner, John Bivens, Monahan, Powell Villainous 1 by Stonie Williams, Jeferson Sadzinski, Lafuente, Birch Dracula Mother Fucker by Alex de Campi, Erica Henderson Concrete Jungle 1 by Sheldon Allen, Karl Mostert Dragon Prince: Through the Moon by Peter Wartman, Xanthe Bouma Lumberjanes: True Colors by Lilah Sturges, polterink Avatar: Katara and the Pirate's Silver by Faith Erin Hicks, Peter Wartman, Adele Matera Additional Reviews: Bly Manor, Breeders s1, Kipo final season, Last Kids on Earth s3, Discovery s3 ep1, Manapul Detective, Politician s2 News: Future State, Jason Aaron writing Valkyrie King in Black tie-in, Gwenom returns, Thunderbolts King in Black mini, Crossover #1 image book since 1998, Sarah Shahi playing Isis in Black Adam, return of Dexter, new series from creative team behind Ice Cream Man, Batman: Adventures Continue renewed, Xochitl Gomez cast in Doctor Strange 2, Michael B. Jordan producing Static Shock film, DC minimum order decree, Ms. Marvel ending in January, Willow sequel coming to Disney+, Larry Hama Iron Fist, Marvel Unlimited changes, new Lemire and Jock series coming soon Trailers: Mank, Stand, Invincible, Empty Man, Soul Comics Countdown: Seven Secrets 3 by Tom Taylor, Daniele Di Nicuolo, Walter Baiamonte Redneck 28 by Donny Cates, Dee Cunniffe, Lisandro Estherren Usagi Yojimbo 13 by Stan Sakai Strange Adventures 6 by Tom King, Mitch Gerads, Evan Shaner Immortal Hulk 38 by Al Ewing, Joe Bennett, Ruy Jose, Paul Mounts, Brabo Rorschach 1 by Tom King, Jorge Fornes, Dave Stewart Avengers 37 by Jason Aaron, Javier Garron, Jason Keith Wonder Woman 764 by Mariko Tamaki, Steve Pugh, Romulo Fajardo Jr Once & Future 12 by Kieron Gillen, Dan Mora, Tamra Bonvillain Dark Nights: Death Metal 4 by Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, Jonathan Glapion, Ivan Plascencia

On this week's comic book review podcast: Rorschach #1 DC Comics Written by Tom King Art by Jorge Fornés Commanders in Crisis #1 Image Comics Written by Steve Orlando Art by Davids Tinto The Immortal Hulk #38 Marvel Written by Al Ewing Art by Joe Bennett The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys: National Anthem #1 Dark Horse Comics Story by Gerard Way & Shaun Simon Art by Leonardo Romero Dark Nights: Death Metal #4 DC Comics Written by Scott Snyder Art by Greg Capullo Stealth #6 Image Comics Written by Mike Costa Art by Nate Bellegarde The Vain #1 Oni Press Written by Eliot Rahal Illustrated by Emily Pearson The Avengers #37 Marvel Written by Jason Aaron Art by Javier Garrón Once & Future #12 BOOM! Studios Written by Kieron Gillen Art by Dan Mora DC The Doomed and the Damned #1 DC Comics Written by John Arcudi, Saladin Ahmed, Kenny Porter, Amanda Deibert, Marc Wolfman, Amedeo Turturro, Alyssa Wong, Brandon Thomas, Travis Moore and Garth Ennis Art by Mike Perkins, Leonardo Manco, Riley Rossmo, Daniel Sampere, Tom Mandrake, Max Fiumara, Dominike “Domo” Stanton, Baldemar Rivas, Travis Moore and PJ Holden Redneck #28 Image Comics Written by Donny Cates Art by Lisandro Estherren Amazing Spider-Man #50 Marvel Written by Nick Spencer Art by Patrick Gleason Strange Adventures #6 DC Comics Written by Tom King Art by Mitch Gerards and Evan “Doc” Shaner Marvel Zombies: Resurrection #3 Marvel Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson Art by Leonard Kirk Seven Secrets #3 BOOM! Studios Written by Tom Taylor Illustrated by Daniele Di Nicuolo Hellions #5 Marvel Written by Zeb Wells Art by Carmen Carnero New Mutants #13 Marvel Written by Ed Brisson Art by Rod Reis Cable #5 Marvel Written by Gerry Duggan Art by Phil Noto SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. Full Episode Transcript: Alex:                 What's up, everybody? Welcome to The Stack. I'm Alex. Pete:                What's up? I'm Pete. Alex:                 And we are talking about comics. What? What? Pete:                It just sounds like you're barely making it, man, you're like “What's up everybody, this is the fucking Stack?” Alex:                 “Oh, God, week 52 of our comic book review.” We actually have a ton of titles queued up for you today, kicking it off with a big one from DC Comics. Rorschach #1 written by Tom King and art by Jorge Fornes. This is a highly anticipated slash, highly dreaded, I think, comic book because it is- Pete:                Highly dreaded? Alex:                 Highly dreaded, it's following up on Watchmen which is always a dicey proposition. Pete:                Okay, I see what you're saying now. Alex:                 In this book we get introduced to a very Manchurian Candidate type scenario. As a Rorschach, I don't want to say the Rorschach, but a Rorschach and somebody else try to assassinate a presidential candidate, maybe. There's an investigator who's looking into it. And by the end, spoiler, three, two, one, but it seems like this assassin may be none other than Walter Kovacs, AKA Rorschach himself. That out of the way, what do you think about this book, Pete? What was your takeaway? What were your thoughts? Pete:                Well, I think it did a great job of grabbing the reader. It starts off with Rorschach kind of getting murdered, which is interesting jumping on point. And then you kind of… It's the classic kind of Tom King storytelling where you're getting little pieces of information as you go along. But he does it so well. And yeah, I mean, I think it's… It's weird to say I'm a fan of Rorschach. But there are aspects of Rorschach that I like, and I love the “Where's your gun moment?” I thought that was really awesome. I mean, it's great art, interesting story. I think it's just kind of the election balloons and the stuff with everything that's happening right now. I think it's a very well timed book. And I'm on board. But I was going to be on board when you had a Rorschach #1, so I'm not upset about it. I'm very much enjoying it. I'm looking forward to more. Alex:                 Jorge Fornes's art, and I believe it's Steve Stewart's colors are great throughout the book. Just very, very good across the board. Clearly delineate what's happening in the past versus what happens in the present. There are a couple of things that I think are kind of fascinating about this book. The biggest one is that Tom King has so clearly been influenced by Watchmen and Alan Moore, down to his panel grids. The way that he lays them out. But he purposefully avoids the nine panel grid here in this book, to the point where there's one page that I think is like a 12 panel grid, or maybe a 15 panel grid or something like that. Alex:                 But he never goes into that basic Watchmen breakdown of the page at any point, which almost seems like a no brainer for somebody who has built a lot of their career on building his work off of what Alan Moore did. So that's curious to me, the other thing that's curious to me, is the choice of setting. Because it very purposely feels like The Manchurian Candidate meets All the Presidents bad down to the feathered hair that everybody has, and the fashion they're wearing. It seems like it said in the 70s. But Watchmen itself was set in the 1980s. So, when is it set is my question. This is supposed to be now, but have fashions come around to the 70s? Again, what's going on? Are they only doing it because it's supposed to feel like a 70s conspiracy thriller? There's something about that and the lack of clarity there in the world, though I'm sure King, because he's meticulous writer, has thought through it. And we'll find out eventually. I'm just not quite sure with this first issue, there's a wall there for me in terms of where it's at. Pete:                Okay, well, it's a weird thing to get hung up on, but I understand what you're saying. But it's just weird to me, because Tom King is kind of famous for, “You're going to have to keep reading to figure out the story.” Alex:                 Sure. But I think that's important because we're dealing with Watchmen and we're dealing with an ongoing world and we know this is continuing. There are things that are teased here and thrown into the background, whether it's through billboards or advertisements or other things that let us know, “Okay, this is kind of where the world got to from 1985 to here.” And interestingly, some of the things whether it's quite sensitive Not dovetail with Watchmen the TV series. Alex:                 So that only raises further questions in my mind of is this in continuity with the comic book? Is it going to continue with the TV show? Is it in continuity with the both? Is it's own continuity? And I know that's not the only thing I should be thinking about, I know I should be concentrating on the story which taken on its own, totally divorced from Watchmen is a good conspiracy thriller story. But those are the sort of things that I do think are important to understand, in some sense, when you're saying here, “This is a continuation of Watchmen.” Pete:                Yeah, just you kind of sound like me when we were talking about Tom King's Vision. I was hung up on one little thing, and you guys were like, “Hey, get over it.” Alex:                 I think this is a big thing, though. I think this is a big important thing. It is a big thing. Pete:                That will be explained. Sure, but it will be explained. Tom King is piecemealing- Alex:                 It's a gorgeous comic book, like the best of Before Watchmen, which was a dicey project to begin with, but still had some good comics come out of it. Yeah, this is a dicey project that still seems like a good comic. So I'm happy to follow it along. But I have questions. Pete:                My question is, do you know if this is monthly or weekly? Because the election's coming up? And I need to know. Alex:                 I assume it's monthly. Pete:                Oh man, we're in trouble. Alex:                 All right, let's move on then to the second comic, we're going to talk about, Commanders in Crisis #1 from Image Comics written by Steve Orlando. Art by David Tinto. We talked to Steve about this on the live show a couple of weeks back. And it is basically him doing a Crisis comic book, but with totally original characters. What do you think? Did it pay off on the premise that he sold us on, on the pitch, Pete? Pete:                I think it did. I think, I'm in. This is very interesting. This is a cool team. It's fun to kind of see his take on a big crossover event like this. It's fantastic art. I like the team that is kind of in this thing. And there's like a cool kind of like superhero moment where we had the kiss. That was great. Yeah, I'm on board. I think these characters are interesting enough that even if I don't… It's not like a Avengers crossover event where I know every single person, I got enough here to go by. And yeah, I'm excited to see where this goes, it seems like he did a good job of selling it and I'm in. Alex:                 What's really fascinating about this, to me, is that it avoids any of the archetypes. I expected going in with it, we'd get a Superman, a Wonder Woman, a Batman etc. We don't get any of that these are completely as far as I can tell original characters. There's no analogues from any particular universe. And that only makes Steve Orlando's job harder going into this. But it does make it more interesting to read because their powers are so weird and so interesting. And the hook of it, which he talked about on the show, this is the reveal at the end of the issue. So if you don't want to know turned away, but I still think it's fair to talk about because he mentioned to us is the death of Empathy, which is going to be an interesting thing to see going forward. The other detail that is so weird, but such an interesting specific thing is all the members of the team in the book are from different parallel universes where they were all presidents. Pete:                President. Alex:                 Which is very weird. Pete:                Commander in Crisis. Yeah. Alex:                 Commanders in crisis, they are commanders. They were all like the first Latinx president, the first woman president, the first, etc. resident. But it's a bunch of presidents with superpowers fighting a crisis, which is such a bizarre detail, but it makes so much sense for the title. And yeah, I'm definitely on board. I think like he's set up a weird, interesting, very different world here. Pete:                Yeah. And it's even like when you get the kind of splash page introduction of the superheroes it's like “Prizefighter, as strong as the crowd hopes he is.” I was like, “What?” And then it's like “Sawbones, Action Surgeon.” I've never seen those two words next to each other, action surgeon. What is that? Yeah so it's very interesting. Alex:                 It's intriguing. Pete:                Yeah, it really does a good job of like, kind of sucking you in. And then there's the fun kind of like, oh these minions aren't very smart. They have their brains in a backpack. Okay, this is crazy. It's doing a great job. And I think this really ought to be interesting to see how this unfolds. Alex:                 I agree. Let's move on. Talking about the Immortal Hulk # 38 from Marvel written by Al Ewing art by Joey Bennett. In this issue, the Leader is dominating the Hulk and all of his allies. He is in the Hulk's mind-scape and controlling things from outside when a rogue element comes in and turns around the balance of power. Pete, I know you've been down on this book, but this issue by the end like in the right way, personally, I was like, “What the fuck is happening here?” Oh my God. Pete:                Yeah, this is great. This is really great. You got a lot of the kind of horror aspects that's been happening, but this like really gets into kind of the story and action. I'm very happy with this issue. It's really impressive. Very cool. It's got a lot of twists and reveals but man, it's glorious. It really is a great issue of comic book. Alex:                 Yeah, it's still horrifying, everything that's going on and the visuals that Joe Bennett draws. But everything that Al Ewing has been building up over the past 38 issues is really finally coming to crest here. It feels like the Leader is probably the sub-villain that we need to deal with in this run. But it's still such a good Leader story. And it's such a good Hulk family story that it feels dangerous in the right way. Just great. Gross. Pete:                It's really impressive how this book has grown and changed and done so many different things. It's really… I can't imagine the pitch meeting for this fucking thing. Alex:                 “Okay, so get this. Rick is very long.” Pete:                It's a horror hulk. Alex:                 Yeah, Rick is long, and he kind of bends in a weird way. And that's the pitch. Pete:                Has the grossest neck you've ever seen. Alex:                 Just it's horrible. It's absolutely horrible. Yeah, a great book. Moving on to the True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, National Anthem #1, from Dark Horse comic, story by Gerard Way and Shaun Simon, art by Leonardo Romero. If you've never read this book, this is basically about a bunch of folks. It's sort of like an extrapolation of, what was the movie? Them. The Kurt Russell movie where he puts on this… No, Rowdy Roddy Piper, puts on the sun glasses, and could see the truth about the world. It's essentially that, but in comic book form, and here, they've beaten the bad guys, they have one as far as they know. And then things start to go horribly wrong from there. Really good book. I like this, it's esoteric and strange, as most of Gerard Way stuff is. If you read Doom Patrol, if you read Umbrella Academy, but it still feels very prescient and timely in terms of the storytelling, which I like quite a bit. Pete:                Yeah, it's really impressive. The art and the storytelling is gorgeous and fantastic, and really moves the story very… It moves through this kind of crazy world. And you're kind of really piecing it together. But it's very unique. And just when you think you've got a handle on it just kind of surprises you again. And I love all the different groups that they kind of break down in the middle of it. Yeah, I think this is a great issue that really kind of gets you excited for more in this world, it really sets things up and gets you wanting more. I think it's a great first issue. Alex:                 And I think you could understand it even if you haven't read the first series, you could jump right in here and go ahead with it. Obviously you're going to have a richer experience, but it's good stuff regardless. Next up, this is what we talked about in the live show a little bit, Dark Knights Death Metal #4 from DC Comics. Written by Scott Snyder art by Greg Capullo, wild stuff happening in this issue. This is bringing together a bunch of the one shots and miniseries that have been running along. We find out what's been going out with the Flash Team, we find out what's been going on with Wonder Woman, Batman and Superman as they sink deeper into the Crisis Dark multi verses, and things- Pete:                And- Alex:                 Yeah, Pete. Pete:                It still starts with Uncle Rock in this one. But, you know. Alex:                 Sergeant Rock. Pete:                Sarge Rock. Alex:                 You call him Uncle Rock. Pete:                [crosstalk 00:14:48]. Yeah, I call him uncle Rock. That's what he calls himself in this, which is a funny moment. Alex:                 He married your aunt. Pete:                Yeah that's how that technically works. You're right. But yeah, I mean, this is just amazing art, over the top fun. Darkseid in that chair is unbelievable. It's like Green Lantern's ring chair. So that means the Green Lantern has to sit there and keep thinking about the size and weight of that chair. That's a very intense little thing that doesn't get much attention. It's just they're killing this. This is just so much fun. Each one of these books is really fun to see what mashups of characters they're going to use, and how crazy it's going to look, and it hasn't disappointed yet. Alex:                 This entire book feels like the dialogue break in a metal song. When somebody's like, “And then Superman is sunk into a pit of fire as Darkseid watched.” The whole thing. Just it's absolutely, really ludicrous. The whole thing is crazy. We talked about it on the show, but it ends with the Darkest Knight aka Batman who laughs winning, turning the universe into the Last 52, a bunch of dark multiverses, it's only going to go from there. Who knows how they're going to win. But it's funny for the insanely highest stakes, that is, honestly just fun the entire time. Pete:                It really is. Alex:                 Let's move on to something that's a little bit grimmer but in the right way, Stealth #6 from Image Comics, written by Mike Costa and art by Nate Bellegarde. We've been loving this series on the show. Pete:                It's too bad Justin didn't want to talk about this book. Alex:                 He got out of here, was like “No thanks. Don't want to talk about Stealth.” Pete:                Yeah, he was like, “Listen, guys, I love Stealth. I said it was my pick. But I'd rather watch a football game right now. So fuck all, y'all.” Alex:                 I don't think that's what's happening. But the other Stealth, if you haven't been reading the book, it's about a guy who's in sort of a all powerful armor [inaudible 00:17:01], who also may or may not have dementia. He's been fighting against a guy called the Dead Hand who can kill people by touching them with his hand. Everything is revealed in this issue. They loop everything back. We finish it up. This is the end of the miniseries. What did you think about the conclusion, Pete? Pete:                I was really impressed with this. Like this kind of started and it was like, “Wait, what's happening?” I love the story. I love the action, the art's unbelievable. But I was kind of like, “But man, does this all come together in such an amazing way.” It's one of those books where you read it. And at the end, you're like “God, I want to go back and read it all over again.” It's really great. Really impressive. And I can't compliment the art enough. Alex:                 In a surprising way too, it's nothing that I think you could have predicted from the first five issues, but it makes total sense at the same time when it's explained, which is a difficult feat to go through. Pass off, whatever the word is. Pete:                Yeah, especially us, we've read so many comics, it's hard to surprise us. And this really did a great job of that. Alex:                 This is a great miniseries, definitely pick it up when it's in trade or individual issues. Next up The Vain, #1 from Oni Press, written by Eliot Rahal, illustrated by Emily Pearson. This is about a bunch of vampires around the turn of World War II who are robbing blood banks. Get it? Pete:                You see what they're doing? Alex:                 And when war breaks out with the Nazis, and then everything changes. I was very surprised and impressed by this book. I thought this is a really fun concept. The characters were good. I liked how the world was laid out. And there's a good nice twist at the end. How'd you feel Pete? Pete:                Yeah, I really liked it. I thought it was very cool. Kind of like bank heist, but they're robbing a blood bank. And also like, fun kind of like, the way the vampires kind of handled the crowd and fuck with them a little bit, very enjoyable. And what's also nice is even the undead are like “You know what's really fucked up? Nazis, man. Racism is awful. I'm a fucking undead vampire. But I know this is wrong. So let's go end this.” That was great. Alex:                 It's a little shaggy in terms of that because it feels like okay, the concept is bank robbing vampires. I get it. And then next issue it's going to be like, okay, it's vampires fighting Nazis, I get it. So I'm wondering if it's going to change every single issue and that's going to be the rhythm of the book. Or if it is something else. Whatever it is, I'm definitely onboard. I had a fun time reading this. I think it's a fun take on vampires. Like I said the characters are good. So definitely willing to follow it. And Emily Pearson's character designs are very good as well. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Next up the Avengers #37 from Marvel written by Jason Aaron, art by Javier Garron. This is kicking off the end of the Age of Khonshu. Pete:                Yes, the Age of Khonshu. And this is the finale. Alex:                 This is the finale. So Khonshu, who is the God of Moon Knight has taken the powers of the rest of the Avengers. This issue they're fighting back as well as Moon Knight who now the Phoenix Power is fighting back. This is playing with toys in the best sense of the phrase. Pete:                Well yeah, and that's a great way to put it. Because you do have like a super baby here who is like, “Yo, give me back my toys.” So that was kind of well put there. But yeah, this is a fantastic art. And it kind of reminds me of Snyder's just over the top fun, where a lot of different characters are getting to play with different powers and stuff like that. And I think this is a great kind of finale. And it's cool to kind of see somebody get powered up like this, and then kind of like spoiler, but de-powered, and where those powers go. So it's, again, a writer and artist, having a lot of fun with the different kind of powers and different perspectives. So yeah, I really enjoyed this. I thought it wasn't a huge kind of event. It was just kind of big enough. And I thought it was great. Alex:                 Yeah, it's playground rules. It feels like every page, and I say this in the best sense, because it's fun to read. But it's the sort of thing where somebody is like, “Oh you're going to attack my pyramid. Well, my wolf men and my mummies are going to attack you.” And they're like, “Fine. Well, now I have the Iron Fist…” That's great. Like, there's not enough of that in comics, where it just feels like people playing and having fun. It all has to mean something. It all has to lead to the next thing. This is the sort of thing where it's like, and I'm probably mis-remembering this, where She Hulk can very briefly get the Iron Fist, and it has no bearing on anything whatsoever, other than a fun splash page that they draw. And that's fine. It's refreshing to read something like that. Alex:                 Here's another thing that is almost the opposite, where it's fun, but everything means something. Once and Future #12 from Boom Studios by Kieron Gillen, art by Dan Mora. Pete I know you love this series. This is wrapping up the Beowulf arc. Listen, I think textually pretty big revelations for the mythology of the book, as teased to us by Kieron Gillen when we chatted with him a couple of weeks back. How'd you feel about this one? Pete:                This just continues to be one of my favorite things on the stands. Art is unbelievable. You have these unbelievable monsters these great kind of stories and fables intertwined here, and then you just got one badass grandma who's not going to take shit from nobody. And this is just such a glorious comic book that is worth your time and money. And it's entertaining, it's smart, it's touching. It's stories that you've kind of know, that kind of are told in this new kind of messed up way and it's very, very enjoyable. Alex:                 Yeah, Dan Mora's art and character designs and monster designs in particular are so good across the board. But this issue is Kieron Gillen doing his Kieron Gillen thing and wrapping stories together, figuring out how they fit together, figuring out how the mythology of England as an entity fits together. And it's fascinating to read, but it's nowhere near as dense as say Die, for example, but just good, good stuff and so much fun to read. Alex:                 Let's move on to an anthology DC the Doomed and the Damned #1 from DC Comics, written by John Arcudi, Saladin Ahmed, Kenny Porter, Amanda Deibert, Marv Wolfman, Amedeo Turturro, Alyssa Wong, Brandon Thomas, Travis Moore and Garth Ennis. Art by Mike Perkins, Leonardo Manco, Riley Rossmo, Daniel Sampere, Tom Mandrake, Max Fiumara, Dominike “Domo” Stanton, Baldemar Rivas, Travis Moore and PJ Holden. As you can probably guess, from how I introduced it, as well as the lineup this is a series of short stories teaming up DC Comics characters in spooky situations. As usual, how'd you feel about this one, Pete? And were there any stories that jumped out to you? Pete:                Yeah, this was a really nice collection. I had a lot of fun with this. I mean, the Batman versus the kind of monster in the mirrors is great. This is what I want Halloween comics to be like. I want to see heroes taking on the kind of monsters. And this is the classic like if you say a name in the mirror three times, so it was cool to see that. The Raven Wonder Woman story was great. I'm a sucker for a Grundy story. I love the look of Superman in that one store. I thought like he really looked fantastic with the Swamp Thing. It was just super fun. I think there was a lot of cool stuff and even the Green Lantern team up I enjoyed. Alex:                 Yeah, I like this as well. I mean, if you can't tell from the title this is riff on Brave and the Bold but Doom and [inaudible 00:25:31] instead. So it's a team up book- Pete:                Oh, I just put it together. Alex:                 Which it gives it a very different flavor from other anthologies. I think it gives it more focus, particularly because you usually get a non-supernatural character teaming up with a supernatural character. The best one for me, which you mentioned, is Saladin Ahmed's story, which I just… I love Batman dealing with the supernatural because he does it all the time. But he never believes it. He's always like, “Scientific explanation for this. I got to figure this one out.” And it's great here. He deals with essentially like a Candyman, Beetlejuice type figure, except in Gotham City. And it's a lot of fun. But this is a good collection if you want to pick it up. Next up Redneck #28 from Image Comics written by Donny Cates, art by Lisandro Estherren. This is a title we have not checked out that much, I think, right, Pete? Pete:                Well, so this is weird because I saw Redneck and I thought it was Jason Aaron's book called Redneck and it's not. This is a different kind of redneck, not what you think because it's about vampires. Alex:                 No, Jason Aaron wrote another book. I don't remember what it's called. But it's not Redneck. Pete:                Okay. Alex:                 No, he's, what is it? Southern Bastards. That's what he wrote. Pete:                Oh. Right, right, right. Yeah. I thought… But anyways, so this is a very kind of… The art is really fantastic. I love the way they kind of draw the action. And a very interesting, kind of like tale throughout time here that we're dealing with. And I love the way it kind of ended on this cliffhanger for more. I think this is very interesting book, very kind of unique and creative. And I didn't know what I was getting into. And I was pleasantly surprised. Alex:                 So Donny talks about this in the end matter a little bit, but it is wild reading the first couple of issues of this books, which I think I read the first couple and I just got away from it for no particular reason. But it was what the title said, it was about a bunch of swamp folks dealing with vampires. I was like, “Okay, I get it. Rednecks cool. I'm on it, I get the concepts of this book.” To here where we're like Dracula war, which is a very different sort of thing. Alex:                 But Lisandro's art in particular is epic throughout the book. As you mentioned, it spans through different time periods. I enjoyed this quite a bit. And it's certainly the sort of thing that makes me want to be like, “Okay, I read the first collection, I read this issue. Now I actually need to read what happened in between, because clearly, I missed a lot.” Alex:                 Next up Amazing Spider-Man #50 from Marvel, written by Nick Spencer, art by Patrick Gleason. This is picking up right on the last issue, but kicking off a new storyline, where we finally learn the identity of Kindred as well as why he has it out for Spider-Man. Why he has it out for Norman Osborn, what happens to the Sin Eater? Big things happened in this issue. Spider Man is a very dire straits. We're definitely going to get into spoilers here. So Pete, as you feel about this reveal, what do you think about this? Pete:                Cool. I mean, when I saw the tombstone reveal, I was like, “All right.” Alex:                 But so let's walk through this and this is spoiler time. But Kindred pulls up the tombstone, you're supposed to think as a reader, “Oh, okay is he Captain Stacy?” Gwen Stacy's dad. But he's not. Instead, what Kindred has done is he's pulled up the corpses of Captain Stacy and Gwen Stacy, and put them at a dinner table for Spider-Man, classic villain behavior. But it turns out the Kindred is none other than Harry Osborn. Pete:                Yeah, at the end there's another twist, where you think, “Okay, we don't know, here's the reveal of the tombstone. That's who he is.” But then at the end, it's like, “He's my son.” And then you're like twist again. Alex:                 I don't love that. I feel like we're going to have to do a lot of explanation to get why Harry Osborn is this. Pete:                Especially when Spider-Man sits down to that dinner and he sees the two dead people. And then he's like, “Wait, but what's this got to do with Harry Osborn?” You know what I mean? Alex:                 Yeah, I mean, first of all, indoor dining very dangerous right now. Second of all, if you ever get in that situation, just be like, “Check, please.” Pete:                Yeah, also, you got to put masks on those corpses, you know what I mean? You can't just [crosstalk 00:30:16]. Alex:                 I mean come on. Absolutely. They could spread disease. Pete:                They're inside. Alex:                 Yes. Think of the servers. Pete:                Yeah, exactly. Alex:                 This is a good issue. Nick Spencer is doing an intriguing job of the storyline. But like I said, I think though this fills in a lot of holes in what's been going on I need to get to how this happened, which I assume is going to happen soon. This seems to be a big storyline. But why is Harry Osborn Kindred? What does that mean? How did he become Kindred? Are all big open questions here but we're just at the beginning of this storyline right now. Alex:                 Next up, another Tom King book Strange Adventures #6 from DC Comics written by surprise Tom King art by Mitch Garads and Evan ‘Doc' Shaner. In this issue, as usual, we're jumping back and forth between the planet Ron and what's happening on Earth, as Mr. Terrific investigates the death of Adam Strange and Alanna's daughter. In this issue Mr. Terrific Alanna kind of go on a date a little bit, and parry and check each other out and sort of probe each other's weaknesses. Ends in a very different, very interesting place. I like this issue quite a bit, particularly, because it made me doubt Alanna being the bad guy of this series. How'd you feel about it Pete? Pete:                Yeah, yeah. Also, we had a little Seth Meyers sighting. Little talk show clip here. And as we all know, Seth Meyers came on Comic Book Club, big fan of the show. So it's nice to see that. Alex:                 It was nice to see it finally pay off for him. Pete:                Yeah, yeah. Really nice to see Seth Meyers get his due, poor guy, he works really hard. But yeah, I mean, this is just waiting, each Tom King book, you get a little bit more information, a little bit more information. You're trying to piece together this whole story. So it's unbelievable, Tom King, kills it as a writer. And I'm excited to see how this unfolds, and we get a little bit more. And I love the Terrific stuff in this. So yeah, I can't wait until the final kind of domino falls, I can kind of look back and see what we've done here. Alex:                 I agree. This is definitely a mystery book. It's going to make you reevaluate everything when we finally get to the end there. But every issue just gorgeous to read and gut wrenching and heartbreaking across the board. Another one, very sad Marvel Zombies Resurrection #3 from Marvel written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson art by Leonard Kirk. Spider-Man is taking Franklin and Valeria to the Galactus hive to try to find a cure for the zombie virus that has afflicted the Marvel Universe. Things go predictably, very, very wrong, including a favorite of Pete's, who gets caught in the struggle. I love the twist that Philip gives to the whole Marvel Zombies thing here. It's so smart. So well done. I'm a little hesitant to spoil it. But every issue of this is so dangerous, so harrowing. And it's amazing that he has found a totally different twist on the zombie mythology in the Marvel Universe. How'd you feel Pete? Pete:                Yeah, this was really crazy and intense to kind of like, have these kind of reveals of kind of like how this all unfolded. Love the Galactus stuff. Magic stuff is really cool. The character that we're not talking about I was like… All right, but- Alex:                 We can talk about him. We can spoil it. Pete:                I think it's- Alex:                 We spoiled so much this podcast. Pete:                This continues to be a really fun book and if you would have said- Alex:                 It's Wolverine. Pete:                Wolverines. Wolverine. But yeah, I mean, you would think like okay, Marvel Zombies all right, how long we doing this, but this really is a fresh take on it. And it's very enjoyable. Alex:                 I agree. I'm very nervous, concerned about what will happen at the last issue when we get to that. Moving on to Seven Secrets #3 from Boom Studios written by Tom Taylor illustrated by Daniela De Nicolo. This issue we're following who we still think is our main character but we're not 100% sure, as they go on a mission to become the new secret keeper for this organization. Still don't know what the secrets are, still don't know what's going on. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 We just know somebody evil is gunning straight for them. Another great issue of this book as Tom and company continued to build out the mythology. How'd you feel Pete? Pete:                Yeah, I liked this. Again, we kind of don't know. I mean, if I'm risking my life over a briefcase, I might take a peek. But I think that this is very creative in the way that it kind of tells his story as it unfolds and the touching like 15 gifts from the father for the 15 years he wasn't there. That got me, that got me a little bit. That was pretty awesome. I've been really impressed with the characters in the book and their story and kind of how this is all moving forward. A lot of great action. Yeah, this continues to impress. Alex:                 Yeah, great book and Daniela De Nicolo's art is also real good, it's very anime… Excuse me, manga inspired. Yeah, but it feels like the halfway point way point. Pete:                The mustache guy reminds me of the guy from Voltron. The new Voltron [crosstalk 00:36:07]- Alex:                 Interesting. I don't know what you're talking about, but I appreciate it regardless. Before we wrap up here, let's do it. Let's get into the X/10 of Swords block. Three issues out this week. Hellions #5, written by Zeb wells and art by Carmen Carnero. New Mutants #13 written by Ed Price and art by Rob Price. Cable #5 written by Jerry Duggan and art by Phil Noto. Versus last week, where we got a little more of an overarching story each one of these is very much its own thing. Alex:                 In Hellions we get that team heading off into other world to basically cheat the whole sword contest that's going on by stealing Arakko's swords. In New Mutant's we find out how Cypher is dealing with fact that he's supposed to be a sword bearer. Answer is not very well. And in cable, he is dealing with a sword of his own. When the last we left him, he was with Cyclops and Jean Grey on Sword, the actual space station the people, we find out what happened to them, and what happens next. This is great. I was a little worried that this crossover was going to be just one thing after another just following up on it. But I love that each one of these individual interweaving stories, and I thought each of these issues was a ton of fun all on its own. Pete I know you liked last week's issues. How'd you feel about this one? Pete:                I did. I really liked the break from the stacking insane idea on top of insane idea and like here we're just going to have like a showdown you bring your best, we'll bring our best, bring a sword, let's settle this. But this gets a little derailed by the Lollipop Guild where they sit around a table and makes insane decisions like “Hey, we're going to do this big battle to the death, but why don't we cheat? Right? Because we're on our own island by playing by the rules so fuck it let's just cheat, and just throw a wrench in the whole fucking thing.” Alex:                 So this is in Hellions by the way just to clarify what's going on here. I love this issue. Zeb Wells writes the crap out of these characters. His Empath is such a horrible asshole in a hilarious way. Mr. Sinister is great. Pete:                The cape bit is just glorious. It's really fun. Alex:                 Oh my god. So funny. Just, it's a funny book. And I appreciate that in the middle of this like… Particularly coming off of, I think, the last issue was Storm being like, “I need to potentially destroy a relationship with my husband because it's the head of the world and I need to invade Wakanda.” And then this issue, Mr. Sinister's like wrestling with a horse most of the issue is great. That you could have these different tones of this world is so much fun. Pete:                Yeah, it's all right. Alex:                 And then of course, there's New Mutants, which is I think one of the greatest issues of all time that really just really digs in on Cypher as a character. One of the greatest characters of all time. Gives him his due in the sun, shows up what was going on with Warlock, trains with Krakoa, plays on his insecurities, but in the right way, and fleshes out his relationship with Krakoa, just a great issue across the board. And I know I'm using a sarcastic voice, but I also actually think that. Pete:                The art in this book is glorious. The Krakoa, trying to stop him and talk to them but like “If something happens to you I won't be able to…” I thought that was great. But at this point, I'm like, “Okay, guys, a lot of build up to the sword fight. Can we get to this goddamn sword fight.” Like, do I got to sit there and see everybody's origin story to how they got their sword. Alex:                 There's 10 swords. They're not even halfway through. They'll get halfway through, they'll have all the swords and then they'll have a bunch of fights. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Come on. Pete:                Now hopefully I make a [crosstalk 00:40:12]- Alex:                 And Cable, also fun with like some terrifying weird alien enemies, that was super fun as well. Just a fun month across the board. Right Pete? Pete:                Sure. Yeah. What a month. What a year. Everybody's having a blast. Good times. Alex:                 Yeah, I just ordered a shirt online, actually, they said “2020 having a blast.” Pete:                Oh, man. Yeah, I mean, I'll look forward to hopefully getting to the fight. Just, I don't know, I think the last month with the three titles or last week, whatever it was, I thought was better, getting me hyped for this thing, but after this week, I'm kind of like, “All right, get me there already.” But hey, people like reading stuff in between their comic books pages, apparently, because man, they're doubling the fuck down on that. Alex:                 Oh my gosh. Pete:                And at this point I'm just to do it. Alex:                 Well, I liked these quite a bit. I had a fun time this week. And I'm glad to read all three of them. Pete:                Did you like reading about the sword instead of seeing it? Just reading about how much it weighs and that kind of stuff? 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On this week's review Stack, we're talking: Bill & Ted Are Doomed #1, Dark Nights Death Metal: Trinity Crisis #1, Empyre Aftermath: Avengers #1, Empyre Fallout: Fantastic Four #1, Stealth #5, Something is Killing the Children #10, Superman #25, Ultraman: The Rise of Ultraman #1, Ice Cream Man Presents Quarantine Comix Special #1, Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity #5, Web of Venom: Wraith #1, G.I. Joe #8, Reaver #11 and Blackwood: The Mourning After #4. 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's up y'all, welcome to The Stack. I'm Alex. Justin:              I'm Justin. Alex:                 And on The Stack we talk about a bunch of comics that come out today. A little bit of a slower week after Labor Day. [crosstalk 00:00:23] chill. Justin:              Never. Alex:                 Never? Justin:              Never. Every week when comics come out… Come on, we just had a… We walked through the great desert of comic drought and here we are back, every week's exciting. There's a lot of fun stuff. Alex:                 I will tell you that in my mind, this is less comics than usual, but just because we did probably 36 comics last week and are doing a little less this week, so there you go. Justin:              I think that may be what it is. We're doing just a slightly less number of them. Alex:                 Yes. We talked for, I don't know, like an hour last week. That was a very long episode of The Stack. But hey, let's see what we get here. Two hours for this one. Justin:              Yeah. Let's extend it. Let's offer our thoughts on everything. Alex:                 And one little business note. Pete is off because he has poison ivy. Now let's get into it. First off, Bill and Ted are Doomed #1 from Dark Horse Comics written by Evan Dorkin and art by Roger Langridge. This is the official prequel to the film Bill and Ted Face the Music. I think it suffered a little bit by switching around of the release schedule of Bill and Ted 3, unfortunately it's coming out afterwards. I talked about this on the live show a little bit. I would just be excited about anything that Evan Dorkin and Roger Langridge are doing together because they're so good. And in my mind, this doesn't disappoint. But how'd you feel? Justin:              Yeah, it was fun. I haven't seen the new Bill and Ted movie. I'm not a die hard Bill and Ted guy. I've seen the first two, but I got to say this played almost like Bill and Ted in an Archie comic, in a fun way. It felt just like a fun, almost episodic, touchstone on all the different characters that are in the universe. Yeah, I'm excited to see where it goes next. Alex:                 It feels like the two dudes who created this are such bit dudes, so they're a perfect field for it. And you get verbal bits, you get little graphic bits from Roger Langridge in the background of things. It definitely, if you haven't seen the third movie, it plays off a lot of the storylines there and sets up those things. So I would highly recommend watching the movie first and then go and read this, because it's not that it ruins bits necessarily for the movie, but it certainly sets up a lot of the plot points there. But this is fun in its own, right. It's Bill and Ted going on a world tour, dealing with the bummer that is their not paying off on the promise of their big concert at the end of Bogus Journey. It's fun stuff. I really enjoyed this issue a lot, particularly for it being like… You could phone in a prequel for a comic like this, but there clearly is a lot of love that went out here. Justin:              Yeah, exactly. And like I said, it does that smart thing that a lot of tie-in books do, where it takes one thing about the characters and it just plays on it, as opposed to getting deep into the mythology of a certain thing or just trying to do something new. It's like, here, let's just touch all these things and then push them down the field a little bit, and it does a good job of that. Alex:                 Next up Dark Nights Death Metal Trinity Crisis #1 from DC Comics written by Scott Snyder and art by Francis Manapul. Now I will say this plays like just another spinoff of Dark Nights Death Metal. This is an essential chapter of the book, I feel like? Justin:              100%. Alex:                 Which is crazy, but you get Francis Manapul art, you get Scott Snyder doing wild writing. It's great. I mean, we had Scott on the live show two weeks ago or a week and a half ago at this point, and he talked quite a bit about the Dark Nights event. It's just fun to see all of those wild ideas at play here. I liked this issue quite a bit, like I've been liking this series, I think. Justin:              I do too. And this is a good distillation of all the characters, as opposed to the main book, which is really grinding the plot forward and having to touch on so many things. This takes the pace down a little bit, I think, and really lets each character give you a little bit of status quo with them. And after hearing from Scott, it was really cool to see all the different, especially the Trinity characters, and the rest of the characters, to see them and look at them through his eyes. Alex:                 Yeah. I'm curious to see how it plays out in the next issue because there's a big cliffhanger at the end here that feels what he is trying to do with the main series. This is an essential issue, but also with the main series, he's just throwing you into the middle of things. Things have already happened. Between the month that the comics have been released or two weeks or three weeks or whatever, other things have gone on and same thing as here, but here we're getting a glimpse of it and everything is great. Let's move from the middle of an event to the end of an event. I want to talk about these together. We got the very alliterative Empyre Aftermath Avengers #1 from Marvel written by Al Ewing, art by Valerio Schiti, Empyre Fallout Fantastic Four #1 from Marvel written by Dan Slott and art by Sean Izaakse, or Izaakse, I guess. Alex:                 We were a little mixed, I think, about the Empyre event. This had the Kree-Skrull armada fighting the Cotati, some plant people, bunch of other stuff going on. But here as the title says, it's not as clean as Avengers and Fantastic Four, it's a little mixed together. But the Avengers issue is dealing a lot with Emperor Hulkling, the Fantastic Four issue is dealing a little more firmly with Fantastic Four, as well as some other things and both of them and big teases for the future of the Marvel universe. Given how mixed I was about the Empyre event, I was surprised how much I liked both of these issues. Justin:              Yeah, I think these books did a good job of giving us the context that we felt we were lacking with the main event. I feel like with the main event, we were like… The storytelling felt like, “Oh, this is exciting, this is building up to something big.” And then it just was actually sort of a smaller event than we thought. It was a hang out event. Not a lot of characters died and not a lot of status quo stuff was changed. It was like, there's this issue, and now we've resolved this issue. And these give us like, “Well, here's what is different,” a little bit. Justin:              And honestly, it's not a ton. But there are great scenes in here. I love this stuff in the Al Ewing written book, Empire Aftermath, where we get the Brand versus versus Captain Marvel stuff. That stuff was really cool. Just seeing the Avengers hanging out and talking. There's a great scene between Captain America and Tony Stark. “I wish we trained them. Registered them. Just kidding. Let's not go there.” That was fun. There were some good moments in here. Alex:                 The other thing that I really liked about that book in particular is framing Hulkling as a different type of king in the Marvel universe, because we've got Black Panther, we've got Doctor Doom, we've got all of these characters who are very regal and serious and are very “We do what we need to do.” “We do what is best for Wakanda.” “I do what is best for Latveria.” And they frame it as Hulkling is at the beginning of this journey, so he may get to that point. Certainly a lot of people warn him that you're going to get to a point where these choices are going to be impossible, and if you want to be emperor, you need to choose the people that you're representing. Alex:                 But right now he is an emperor that doesn't necessarily hold back when things need to be done, but he is trying to be more benevolent for that. And that to me, that is a fascinating character to follow going forward, particularly the idea that Wiccan is going to be with him, and it's the sort of thing, I don't know if there's plans for this. I honestly have just not paid much attention to what's coming forward in comics. But if there was a Emperor Hulkling comic, that would be a great character thing to follow. Just the idea of how do you rule two races that have hated each other for millennia and try to do it the right way with your husband by your side? That's great. Justin:              Yeah, I agree. And being able to… They're the characters that emerged from this as the most interesting. I like the tags at the end of both of these books, but they are the ones… I would definitely like to see them on a day to day basis, what they're up to, because otherwise most of the characters in this book are characters we know and already like and they're just being themselves. Thor and She-Hulk are officially dating, which I thought was a fun revelation here. Alex:                 Also, I think this was in this one, I'm kind of mixing them up now, but I love the line after the unofficial Kree-Skrull wedding where the rabbi says, “This is the first outer space same-sex Jewish wedding that I've ever officiated.” But just fun. Just fun stuff. Good times. And the Fantastic Four issue I thought it was very good as well, and also in terms of delineating itself from the Avengers issue, focusing on the history of the blue area of the moon, which has been very key to Marvel universe continuity, working in the unknown that weird Nick Fury robot dude who took over for the Watcher and coming up with a new status quo for him as well. Just a good stuff. It's very clearly following off of Dan Slott's run on Fantastic Four, and it feels of a piece of that, but his run has been good. His run has been funny. He has a good handle of the characters, so this feels fun as well. Justin:              Yeah. Agreed. What I also want to just real quick want to say, it was nice that each separate issue, they came out the same week, and really reflected the different writers who have shepherded this project, their tones a little bit differently, and they were able to have their own wrap up. Because Dan Slott I feel was so Fantastic Four focused and got to have the humor of a Spider-Man hanging out and Wolverine talking shop and all that. That was a very Dan Slott thing to do. Alex:                 Yeah. So good stuff. Even if you were on the fence about Empyre, maybe pick up these two issues so you can have a sense of the new status quo in the Marvel universe. Let's move on to another one. Stealth #5 from Image Comics, written by Mike Costa and art by Nate Bellegarde. Man, I love this book. We've been talking about every issue of this book. This is about a old dark horse, Darkhawk, excuse me, esque superhero, who is suffering from dementia. His son is investigating mysteries that are tied with it. There is an old villain of his who is tied to his origin who is coming after him. This is the issue before the end, so it definitely feels like, even though some big things happened, there's a little bit of a pause there, but particularly with the villain, with Dead Hand, it's so well written and he's so calculated and terrifying at the same time. It's very impressive to read. Justin:              Yeah, I was going to say this comic… We've raved about it so much. Its main characters are so well done. And then they take the time and this issue to really establish… The most fun character in this issue is the villain and we get a little bit of origin snuck into the back half of the book, but it was just another great book. Great action. Really well drawn. Everyone's on the same plane. I don't know what's going to happen in this last issue. Alex:                 I'm very excited to go and get to the end of it. Let's move on to another one that's been great the entire run, Something is Killing the Children #10 from Boom! Studios, written by James Tynion IV, art by Werther Dell'Edera. This is continuing the storyline of a bunch of invisible monsters killing some children. It's fascinating to me that so little and so much happens in every issue of this book. I don't know if you get that feeling as well. Justin:              100%. I get the exact same feeling of like… I'm always like, “Ooh…” This is such a tonal book. It's something that you read where you're just like… You want the taste of it. It's not about a million things happening because the dread they create each issue and those moments of horror and every day… I'm always reminded reading this of the issue where the cop is like, “Hey, I have a bunch of beer in my bag if you want to grab one.” When they're in the impromptu morgue they made in the high school gym, a couple of issues back. And every issue just has those great little details, and then also just a bunch of horrifying action. And this issue has maybe more action than we've seen for a couple. Alex:                 I have a question for you. When there is a monster comes out and kills one of the children, in your head are you like, “That's the thing that's killing the children.” Justin:              No, because I'm constantly, “Is that the thing killing the children?” Because I don't believe… There's something… The mystery they've created here leaves a little bit of like, “Maybe that's not what's killing the children.” Alex:                 Another great issue of this book, and Werther Dell'Edera's art is so gorgeous. I also love the layouts of this book. I mean, this might be part of getting it digitally, but the fact that they have these huge spreads that are multi panels long, it just feels and reads different from every other comic that I'm reading today. Real good stuff. Moving on to Superman #25 from DC Comics written by Brian Michael Bendis and art by Ivan Reis. This is introducing another new villain for Superman, or maybe ally, we'll see what happens, but it is a race of aliens that we've never met before who are aware of the destruction of Krypton, become concerned about Superman, and then proceed to follow him throughout history. Alex:                 So we get a parallel, for this anniversary issue, of Superman's entire history through this alien's perspective as well as through Superman's perspective and his relationship with Lana Lang, which we're reestablishing here. I like this issue. I'm cautiously optimistic after big guy with weird lip that I'm forgetting of the name, [Roeger Thargar 00:15:49] or whatever, the other villain that he introduced. There's a lot of returning to the destruction of Krypton and mining that, so I'm cautiously optimistic. Justin:              Reading this issue, maybe you want to take a mental check in on Bendis's run in general. What do you think? Because this felt a hard reset and sort of like, “Ah, I don't know, let's start over,” in some ways. And I this issue. It made me really think Superman is going to get with Lana Lang, oddly. In a sort of stressful way of. Alex:                 That would be fucked up if that would happen. Justin:              Agreed. But what do you think this means for Bendis's run in general, or what do you think of Bendis's run in general, reading this? Alex:                 I appreciate the fact that he's added a lot of new characters to the Superman continuity. That's certainly something that's needed, but this is the absolute worst way of saying this. A lot of reading his run feels like a chore. Like, “I got to read this because he's going to be adding this new thing that people are going to pick up on later on and it's going to affect the rest of DC continuity so I got to know what's going on.” I don't know, it doesn't feel exactly the right fit for Bendis at the same time. Justin:              I agree. It feels homeworky, where a lot of it is just so much of laying the groundwork, when it's just like, “What is the story you're telling?” So much of the stuff that came before him, I love so much with Superman, the real Superman family living in Smallville and it was a real family unit, and I was like, “I see what the story is here. It's a family unit rallying around their father/husband who is Superman and what he has to do.” And everyone got to do their own thing. In this it feels like Lois and Superman are always in different places, very busy. John Kent is with the Legionnaires now. It feels like everyone's working so hard and I don't know what's happening. Alex:                 There seems to be a loss of the core values of Superman in a certain way. And I think it's funny, because that's something that he is trying to hit constantly and trying to work around and trying to reemphasize. And he does get around to it sometimes in his run, like the fight with the Injustice League in Metropolis, which I honestly do not remember whether that was in Superman or Action Comics, was very good and very tense and very dangerous, but then it was interrupted by Leviathan coming in to be like, “Let's stop this fighting.” It feels watching a chess game in a certain way, to get to your point about laying the groundwork. Justin:              And that's everyone's favorite activity, is just tucking in and watching some fucking chess. Alex:                 Yeah. Bobby what's his name. Justin:              Yes. Searching for Bobby chess fish. Alex:                 Moving on to another setup thing though, Ultraman, The Rise of Ultraman #1 for Marvel Comics, written by Kyle Higgins and Matt Groom, art by Francesco Manna, Michael Cho, Gurihiru, Ed McGuinness, and Espen Grundetjern. This is the classic Ultraman hero. We get a front story and a bunch of backup stories. I'll tell you what, I wasn't totally sold on the lead story because I felt it actually did kind of a Bendis thing of deconstructing and decompressing the origin of Ultraman, and by the end of the issue, I was like, “Great, that was the thing that I was curious to see you get to at the beginning of this issue, because I don't know any of these characters or what's going on.” But I really liked the back matter a lot. Justin:              Yeah, I agree. It was weird. This story had that confidence of “You know what we're doing here. Look at these characters, they're hanging out, they're screwing around.” And then it sort of ended with “Oh, I don't actually know these characters. I don't know what's happening.” And then I'm like, “Oh, I see. Maybe there's an Ultraman happening here.” But the back matter really set it up, set up the whole thing. The Ultra Q I think was the name of the one that really set up what the deal was and how the Kaiju organization came together. And then they had the fun interspersion of the funnies version of Ultraman. Alex:                 Yeah, I like that stuff quite a bit. It's certainly a big package in terms of there's a lot of stuff going on in the comic, so I think it's worth picking up potentially for that. Particularly if you're a fan of Ultraman. I don't have a connection to the franchise or anything, so I was a little lost to the lead story, but I'm definitely curious to pick up the second issue and see how that continues because clearly Marvel has put a lot of faith of this. This is a big priority for them. So I'm curious to see where it goes, particularly because it gets to the point you want it to get to at the end of that first issue. Alex:                 Let's move on to another one, I'm very curious to talk to you about this one, Ice Cream Man Presents: Quarantine Comix Special #1 from Image Comics written by W Maxwell Prince, art by Martin Morazzo, but also by Declan Shalvey and Chris O'Halloran, Deniz Camp, and Artyom Poplin, with Aditya Bidikar, A Ewing, Al Ewing I guess, and PJ Holden, Christopher Cantwell, and Eoin Marron with Chris O'Halloran. So this is a collection of, as the title says, short comics that the Ice Cream Man team published while in quarantine. There are, I believe, four tales of their own, and then four guests tales that go along with it. What'd you think about this book in total and then any particular stories you want to call out? Justin:              I mean, this felt like such a good ice cream. Obviously we love… We talk about this book nonstop. It's something that is just a scary comic book that does so much with its stories to create dread, but also there are moments of humor and really make a point. And this felt like a great book that really digested what we're going through right now and recontextualized our own everyday horror and put it in these different storylines in a way that I thought was great, really great. Alex:                 Yeah. I really like this a lot too. The thing that I was most curious about reading this book is how other people would handle the idea of Ice Cream Man. And of course the lead stories, they capture it perfectly, they're great. They feel exactly Ice Cream Man because it's the team that's doing it. But the one for me that worked perfectly that I could not believe it was the main team not doing it, that was the one by Deniz Camp and Artyom Poplin with Aditya Bidikar. That was the one, if you haven't read it this is obviously spoilers, but it's basically a girl who is looking out through window at the outside world as it's falling apart, whether it's through coronavirus or something worse, like zombie plague, it's not entirely clear. And in the background it certainly seems like her family is falling apart and breaking apart. Alex:                 And at the same time, she's drawing little pictures on the windows to add things into the landscape and what's going on. And of course, things become more horrible, the drawings take on a life of their own. To me, that was like… This is an Ice Cream Man story. This is exactly what it feels like, particularly in the early days of quarantine, to look outside of the window and see those empty streets. Perfect. Justin:              Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. Being able to really artistically bring that into the comic book form, I thought this whole book just gives that off in a way that I haven't seen anyone do that. How'd you feel about the Animal Crossing? Alex:                 It was all right. I thought that was okay. I haven't really played Animal Crossing necessarily, but it was like… It's a funny story, but it was too jokey for Ice Cream Man for me, if that tracks? Justin:              Yeah, totally. Alex:                 But yeah, this is a great package. And to your point about the quarantine stuff, I've kind of rankled against anything that talks about quarantine, TV shows that are like, “It's set during quarantine. We filmed it during quarantine. Everybody filmed it on their Zoom cameras,” makes me annoyed and I could care less because I'm living that right now. But this is something that worked for me. Justin:              And I think the real smart thing they did is really interpret it as opposed to presented it, and that's what I love about it. I got to give a shout out to the first story, because it's got my man Shakespeare in it. Alex:                 There you go. Love Shake CW. Justin:              Shakes CW. That's how I think. Scholars refer to him in that way. Alex:                 Back in time. Yeah, great stuff though. Definitely pick that up. Next up Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity #5, excuse me, from DC Comics, written by Kami Garcia, art by Mico Suayan and Jason Badower. We've also talked about almost every issue of this one. This is a more realistic take on Joker and Harley. Joker is a serial killer, Harley is the psychiatrist working with the Gotham PD trying to track him down. This issue, Joker is in her house and she confronts him. This is very well written, but to me, the art is definitely the standout, and it's just gorgeous to look at across the board. Justin:              Agreed. The use of color in this is so smart. The different passages we get in black and white with Joker affectation, and then the other sections that come through. But vivid detail in the black and white. And then later we get the sort of the more comic booky feeling normal coloring passages. It's great. And the way they are positioning Joker and Harley here is something that I haven't really seen in a while, and it was great to see joker with a straightforward origin. There's not a ton of like, “He's a ghost from the future,” or whatever. It was nice to see that. Alex:                 Good book. Definitely pick it up. For adults only. Next up, Web of Venom: Wraith #1 from Marvel written by Donny Cates, art by Guiu Villanova. This is another issue teeing up the big King In Black event that's coming very, very soon. Here we get Wraith, who is in Donny Cates's Guardians of the Galaxy run, dealing with his own symbiote, [Arjun 00:27:03]. Big stuff happens here. This is as tense and big and crazy as usual as we have come to expect from Donnie Cates's Venom run. Good stuff. Justin:              This book doesn't… I'm not super familiar with Wraith, but it didn't have any business being this good and interesting and exciting. It's great. It had the vibe of a great Western story, but bringing in all the symbiote continuity, I guess is the way… It's amazing, just in general, that Venom has become this universe spanning continuity. Alex:                 I don't want to make this one person versus another, but I was struck reading this book, which is something that Donny Cates has already done, where Brian Michael Bendis was like, “Where did the symbiotes come from? The planet Klyntar. That's where they're from.” And the fact that Donny was like, “Yeah, yeah, but also they're the prison for this god Knull. It's not actually their planet or where they come from. It's this other thing,” is in my mind… It's funny that it's a responsible retcon of a retcon, if you know what I mean. Justin:              It's funny to be calling out Bendis so hard in this episode of The Stack, [crosstalk 00:28:23], who we like. Alex:                 Don't come for us, man. Justin:              Don't come for us, man. I also want to call out in this book, the art feels like… The pacing of it, the ramping up and coming down. This feels something that could have been a standalone, Western short story, just with this great Marvel universe stuff laid over top of it. Alex:                 Yeah, it's very good. All of these Web of Venom event things have been very good. Let's move on to another surprisingly good comic, GI Joe #8 from IDW written by Paul Allor and art by Emma Vieceli. I got to say, I went from not caring about GI Joe at all to this being top of my stack every month. This book is great. Justin:              We keep talking about it. Pete's not even here and here we are talking about GI Joe comics, because the depth of the world building they're doing here is just so good. Alex:                 I think my main impression of GI Joe is the 80s cartoon where you have Cobra Commander and it's all very silly and everybody's like, “My name is Ice Cube and shoot ices.” That's pretty much all it is. Justin:              Most of the communication is just the them shouting their names, and their names are also what they do. It's a very Pokemon thing for them to do. Alex:                 And the fact that not only is this team taking the idea of GI Joe seriously, but actually plumbing into their character deaths and making these often excruciating to read character studies about the choices that people need to make in the middle of war, is bonkers. This issue, we get a character who is… Well, the whole setup is Cobra has taken over the world, GI Joe is the underground fighting back, and here we get one of the characters, I'm honestly forgetting which stupid name she has, but she is the Canadian ambassador. She's behind enemy lines. She's starting to fall in love with one of the people from Cobra- Justin:              Are you talking about Bombstrike? Alex:                 Yes. There we go. And the choices that she needs to make across the board where it's like… It's hard to watch. It's hard to read on both sides, when she makes the right choices, when she makes the wrong choices, but that comes down to the writing. The art is good. I really am shocked how great this book is. Justin:              Yeah, and continues to impress. It's not just a flash in the pan one story was good. Continues to be great across the board. Alex:                 Mainly it feels like, and I don't say this to deride the writer or anything, but this feels like if Tom King decided to write GI Joe, what would happen. Justin:              That's good. That's a compliment. Alex:                 Next up, Reaver #11 from Image Comics written by Justin Jordan and art by Niko Henrichon. This follows our fantasy world extreme characters attacking some dudes on a boat. I got to tell you, we've talked about a bunch of issues in this book. It feels like Justin Jordan has finally figured out which characters work, which characters pop, and is just focusing on them, and that in my mind is such a smart decision. Justin:              It's really funny in the page, the author page or the artist page, after the cover, we see all the characters who are initially wandering through the wilderness, and I was like, “Oh yeah, remember all those people?” And now it's just gotten down to these few characters that are just kicking ass. Alex:                 And it's great. I mean, it works. I'm glad they pivoted the book to that. If you have an enormous dude who is impossible to kill and is a crazy murderous barbarian, and a tiny girl with a ghost face and sharp teeth who likes to bite people, focus on them. That's all good. Get rid of the other characters and it's all fine. Justin:              Bring out the bitey girl. Alex:                 But it's good. In terms of being extreme fantasy, I think this is a fun issue. Justin:              Agreed. Alex:                 Last one to talk about, another Evan Dorkin book from Dark Horse Comics Blackwood: The Mourning After #4, art by Veronica and Andy Fish. I'll admit, I haven't really read Blackwood or The Mourning After, but I like this issue quite a bit. This is bunch of people from seemingly a magical school or a magical library who are fighting against somebody. There's some evil masks. The character designs are great. The magic is great. Even knowing nothing about this, I think part of it is that Evan Dorkin is good at plot, Veronica and Andy Fish are great at art, so the issue works even if you don't know anything about it. Justin:              The way that the masked person kills people in this is unbelievable. It's horrifying. Every time I was just like, “Huh.” You see their corpse, it's great. Alex:                 It's kind of amazing reading these two Evan Dorkin Dark Horse books back to back, which I did, Bill and Ted are Doomed and The Morning After #4, because you have one that's like, “Fun times, Bill and Ted, woo.” And the other one's, people's flesh being ripped off their bones. Good stuff. Just very talented guy. Justin:              Yeah, I agree. And to be able to work in those two different tones is very cool. Alex:                 There you go. All right, that is it for The Stack. If you'd like to support our podcast, patreon.com/comicbookclub. 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Listen at 2000AD.com - 2000ad.com/podcast Listen on Spotify - bit.do/thrillcastspotify Subscribe on iTunes - bit.do/thrillcastitunes Welcome to the fourteenth of The Lockdown Tapes as The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast continues to broadcast the joys of Thrill-power during the COVID-19 pandemic! Got a theme or interview you'd like to hear? Let us know at thrillcast@2000AD.com With the misadventures of primate Noam Chimpsky running in 2000 AD right now, the Thrill-Cast talks to artist PJ Holden about his latest work, his career, and putting crazy citizens back on the streets of Mega-City One. Then we're joined by comics critic Steve Morris from Shelfdust to do a deep-dive into Si Spurrier and Frazer Irving's Dredd-world comedy series The Simping Detective, exploring its influences, how it interacts with the greater world of Mega-City One, and how it deals with satire and parody. The Thrill-Cast is increasing its broadcasts during this difficult time, so make sure you're keeping yourselves and your loved ones safe - and stay tuned for more from the Galaxy's Greatest Podcast! The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast is the award-winning podcast that takes you behind-the-scenes at the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic! As well as interviewing top creators and famous fans, we bring you announcements, competitions, and much more! You can subscribe to the Thrill-Cast on your favourite podcast app, iTunes and Spotify, you can listen now at 2000AD.com/podcast or you can watch at youtube.com/2000ADonline

This week, Budget King and Greg are joined by Writer/Educator/Futurist Mark Sable to talk about his new book Godkillers and what inspired him to write it. Mark is a professional writer and writing professor. He’s written such characters as SPIDER-MAN (What If?) for Marvel Comics and BATMAN for DC (Two-Face: Year One). His passion however is his creator-owned work, including GRAVEYARD OF EMPIRES (with Paul Azaceta and Matthew Wilson), GROUNDED (With Paul Azaceta and Nick Filardi) , FEARLESS (with David Roth, PJ Holden and Nick Filardi) and UNTHINKABLE for Boom! Studios. Two new graphic novels, THE DARK (with Kristian Donaldson and Lee Loughridge) and DRACULA: SON OF THE DRAGON (with Salgood Sam) were published by Comixology Originals in the Fall of 2019, Mark also consults as a futurist. Projects and clients have included The Atlantic Council's Art of Future Warfare, the National Intelligence Council’s 2035 Global Trends report, the Royal Australian Navy, Marine Corps University, The Center for International Maritime Security, The Institute for Human Machine Cognition, The Sci-Arc School of Architectural Thinking and Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab among others.

PJ joins Adam and Ray to discuss old school comics, British TV movies and his favourite comics growing up. We also touch on how PJ became a comic artist, his favorite artists and much much much more. As usual Painting Helicopters is your journey into Popular Culture with a twist of weird entertainment.

Every Monday, comic book writer, Samuel George London, interviews interesting guests about what comics they'd take into the apocalypse. This week's guest is comic book artist, podcaster and quite possibly the nicest person in comics, PJ Holden. ---PJ's Links--- https://pauljholden.com/ https://www.sunnysideshow.com/ https://twitter.com/pauljholden/ https://twitter.com/pauljholden/status/1058441241707323393 https://www.instagram.com/pauljasonholden/ --- Apocalyptic Links --- https://soundcloud.com/comicsapocalypse https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/comics-for-the-apocalypse/id1448698111 https://open.spotify.com/show/2ri0g2yoyBKxX4x0IKYkCl https://www.reddit.com/r/ComicsApocalypse https://twitter.com/SamuelGLondon https://www.instagram.com/samuelglondon/ https://www.facebook.com/ComicsApocalypse/ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sgl/beyond-milford-green-a-victorian-space-adventure-c

Everyone at 2000 AD is still reeling from the news that Carlos Ezquerra has passed away. In this episode of the 2000 AD podcast, we talk to some of the people who knew and worked with him, and just a few of the other 2000 AD creators who were influenced by his incredible work over half a century - Garth Ennis, Matt Smith, Dave Gibbons, Kelvin Gosnell, Jock, Rob Williams, David Baillie, PJ Holden, Simon Fraser and Al Ewing. One of the all-time greatest comic book artists, the Spanish illustrator was one of the titans of 2000 AD. Originally from Zaragoza, Carlos began his career in Barcelona, drawing westerns and war stories for Spanish publishers. Breaking into the UK market on romance titles like Valentine and Mirabelle, he was head-hunted for the new IPC title Battle Picture Weekly where he drew Rat Pack, Major Eazy and El Mestizo. In 1976, he was asked to create a new character, the future lawman Judge Dredd, for a new weekly science fiction comic called 2000 AD. Thanks to his enduring partnership with John Wagner, Dredd was to become one of the world’s most recognisable comic book characters, with Carlos there to apply his inimitable style to some of the biggest stories in the strip’s history, such as The Apocalypse War, Necropolis and Origins. Thanks to Dredd as well as his co-creation of Strontium Dog, created for Starlord in 1978, his adaptation for 2000 AD of Harry Harrison’s Stainless Steel Rat, and thousands upon thousands of comic book pages, Carlos was lauded by readers and creators alike. Modest and unassuming, Carlos was nonetheless a legend whose contribution to the global comic book industry cannot be understated. His distinctive style - characterised by breathtakingly dynamic, high-energy storytelling and the distinctive ridged thick inking that outlined so many key moments - was instantly recognisable. Despite a brush with lung cancer in 2010, he continued to work and, although the cancer returned this year it was believed he was recovering well. His sudden death is a profound loss not just to 2000 AD but to the comic book medium. The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast is the award-winning podcast that takes you behind-the-scenes at the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic! As well as interviewing top creators and famous fans, we bring you announcements, competitions, and much more! You can subscribe to the Thrill-Cast on iTunes or on the podcast app of your choice, or you can listen now at 2000AD.com/podcast

I talk to comic book artist PJ Holden about his enthusiasm for chat, his fascinating story of how he broke into comics, and whats to be done with digital comics.

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Steve Longdon is my guest in the book club to discuss some madcap adventures from Mega-City One in The Taxidermist. You can see Steve's Judge Minty commission by Cliff Robinson here, and his PJ Holden piece here.The Taxidermist is available both from the 2000AD online store, and from the Hachette Mega Collection.Please get in touch through Facebook, Twitter, or email MCBCpodcast@gmail.com  If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file hereDownload hereRight click and choose save link as to download to your computer.

Seriously! How long has it been since we had an episode out!!?? I don't know, but it feels good to put one out again!! This episode comes from the dirty dungeon in Gabe's basement!! Episode 37 of the Thinking Outside the Long Box Podcast! Not only are we back, but we are back with TWO awesome interviews!! These guys have some of the coolest accents you'll hear, PLUS they make awesome books!! Our first interview is with James Mulholland!! He is the awesome writer of the book "High Noon Rising!" It's a western comic book, which James has wanted to do for a LONG time! He tells us stories about how/why he wanted to do a pure western, that didn't have any kind of science fiction, or other weird facets. You definitely won't want to miss the cool story about how/why he's in the business, when he actually wasn't a big comic book fan growing up. Our second interview is with the awesome PJ Holden!! He is the stellar artist on the book "Department of Monsterology" and "Judge Dredd." PJ talks about his love for the indie scene, and how important it is to ensure that we still have an indie market! He also talks about his love for Twitter, and why all of a sudden you will see him tweeting tons and tons, while he works. The Department of Monsterology is definitely a book, that if it's not in your hold file right now, it should be! Remember, you can ALWAYS let us know what you think! We can only think of so many things to talk about every other week, and would LOVE to get some feedback and ideas from all of you out there who are listening!! You can send mp3s and email to our email address. Also, join the conversations on our Facebook Page and Twitter Page. Also, if you have good feedback, please leave it for us on iTunes and Stitcher!! That's one way to help us climb the ranks into podcast glory!! You can ALSO leave us voicemail!!! Call 970-573-6148 and leave us a hilarious message!!! Hall of Justice Comics & Collectibles Our Stitcher Our iTunes James Twitter PJ's Twitter Credit - Jonthan Garnett, Juan Muro, Gabe Llanas

What the drokk has happened to Dredd?!?! We bring writer Michael Carroll onto the Thrill-Cast to explain himself, Gruddammit! He's joined by co-conspirator, artist PJ Holden, to talk about 'Grindstone Cowboys' and 'The Lion's Den', what's happened to everyone's favourite lawman, and what's in store for Mega-City One. Spoilers abound, Earthlets! The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast is the award-winning podcast that takes you behind-the-scenes at the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic! As well as interviewing top creators and famous fans, publicity droid Molch-R brings you announcements, competitions, and much more! You can subscribe to the Thrill-Cast on iTunes or listen now at www.2000ADonline.com/podcast

This week Chris Vallance finds out about the Comic book expo at the British Library and chats with curator John Harris Dunning and comic legend Dave Gibbons. Meanwhile Jamillah explores digital comics with artist PJ Holden and the guys from Geek Syndicate.

PJ Holden and Dan Berry talk about career false starts, self doubt, climbing the metaphorical Mount Dredd and his Loki-esque tendencies. 

This week Russ, Hil and Mandie sit down and talk about Dragon*Con, the newest Batman and more! Russ also interviews artist P.J. Holden about his books, the significance of Jack Kirby and some other stuff.

8In this special edition, the guys forgo the regular reviews and rubbish and instead have a mammoth 90 minute chat with 2000AD artist PJ Holden.Its probably best to think of it like you are in the pub, there's three guys talking comics on the table next to you, and one of them happens to work for 2000AD... it'll help.As usual expect language not suitable for the kiddies from the start (we had some technical problems connecting).

On this week's Stack podcast for the week of December 13, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for Masterpiece #1, Moon Knight #30, and so many more!SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, APPLE, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, TIKTOK, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON.Full List of Comic Reviews for December 13, 2023:Masterpiece #1 Dark Horse ComicsWritten by Brian Michael BendisArt by Alex MaleevMoon Knight #30 MarvelWritten by Jed MacKayArt by Alessandro CappuccioAction Comics #1060DC ComicsWritten by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Nicole Maines and Steve Orlando, Joe CaseyArt by Eddy Barrows, Eber Ferreira, Fico Ossio, Dan McDaidUnderheist #1 BOOM! StudiosWritten by Maria & David LaphamArt by David LaphamBatman / Santa Claus: Silent Knight #2DC ComicsWritten by Jeff ParkerArt by Michele Bandini & Trevor HairsineSpider-Gwen: Smash #1 MarvelWritten by Melissa FloresArt by Enid BalámHouse of Slaughter #20 BOOM! StudiosWritten by Sam JohnsArt by Letizia CadoniciBatman: City of Madness #2DC ComicsBy Christian WardDaredevil: Gang War #1 MarvelWritten by Erica SchultzArt by Sergio DávilaKill More #3 IDWWritten by Scott Bryan WilsonArt by Max Alan FuchsBatman: Gargoyle of Gotham #2DC ComicsBy Rafael GrampáPunisher #2 MarvelWritten by David PeposeArt by Dave WachterDark Spaces: Dungeon #2 IDWWritten by Scott SnyderArt by Hayden ShermanDanger Street #12DC ComicsWritten by Tom KingArt by Jorge FornésThe Immortal Thor #5 MarvelWritten by Al EwingArt by Martín CóccoloFrom The World Of Minor Threats: The Alternates #4 Dark Horse ComicsWritten by Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum, Tim SeeleyArt by Christopher Mitten, Tess FowlerDC's 'Twas The Mite Before Christmas #1DC ComicsWritten by Zipporah Smith, Rob Levin, Ethan Sacks, Natalie Abrams, Jillian Grant, Michael W. Conrad, Josh Trujillo, Sholly FischArt by Logan Faerber, Bob Quinn, Soo Lee, Marcus “Mas” Smith, Rebekah Isaacs, Gavin Guidry, Andew Drilon, Juan BobilloRogue Sun #17 Image ComicsWritten by Ryan ParrottArt by Abel, Marco RennaDetective Comics #1079DC ComicsWritten by Ram V, Dan WattersArt by Jason Shawn Alexander, Liam Sharp, Juan FerreyraWhite Widow #2 MarvelWritten by Sara GaileyArt by Alessandro MiracoloZawa + The Belly of the Beast #2 BOOM! StudiosBy Michael DialynasGreen Lantern #6DC ComicsWritten by Jeremy Adams, Peter J. TomasiArt by Xermánico, Scott Godlewski, David LaFuenteGuardians of the Galaxy #9 MarvelWritten by Jackson Lanzing and Collin KellyArt by Kev WalkerThe Enfield Gang Massacre #5 Image ComicsWritten by Chris CondonArt by Jacob PhillipsRadiant Black #27 Image ComicsWritten by Kyle Higgins & Joe ClarkArt by Eduardo FerigatoRadiant Black #27.5Image ComicsWritten by Kyle Higgins & Joe ClarkArt by Thobias DaneluzOutsiders #2DC ComicsWritten by Jackson Lanzing and Collin KellyArt by Robert CareyLuke Cage: Gang War #2 MarvelWritten by Rodney BarnesArt by Ramón F. BachsPhantom Road #7 Image ComicsWritten by Jeff LemireArt by Gabriel H. WaltaSpeed Force #2DC ComicsWritten by Jarrett WilliamsArt by Daniele Di Nicuolo & Francesco MortarinoOperation Sunshine #3 Dark Horse ComicsWritten by Henry Zebrowski and Marcus ParksArt by David RubínSuperman Lost #9DC ComicsWritten by PriestArt by Dan Jurgens, Carlo Pagulayan, Jason Paz, Brett BreedingCaptain America #4 MarvelWritten by J. Michael StraczynskiArt by Lan MedinaTitans: Beast World #2DC ComicsWritten by Tom TaylorArt by Ivan ReisTitans: Beast World Tour - Gotham #1DC ComicsWritten by Chip Zdarsky, Grace Ellis, Gretchen Felker-Martin, Sam Maggs, Kyle StarksArt by Miguel Mendonça, Daniel Hillyard, Ivan Shavrin, PJ Holden, Kelley JonesOur 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 packed Stack podcast:Avengers Assemble AlphaMarvelWritten by Jason AaronArt by Bryan Hitch, Andrew Currie & Alex SinclairJustice Society of America #1DC ComicsWritten by Geoff JohnsArt by Mikel JanínPlush #1 Image ComicsWritten by Doug WagnerArt by Daniel HillyardCat-Man and Kitten #1 DynamiteWritten by Jeff ParkerArt by Joseph CooperPlanet Hulk: Worldbreaker #1 MarvelWritten by Greg PakArt by Manuel Garcia, Ramón F. BachsBlue Beetle: Graduation Day #1DC ComicsWritten by Josh TrujilloArt by Adrián GutierrezBob Phantom #1 Archie ComicsWritten by James IIIArt by Richard Ortiz and Juan BobilloStar Trek #2 IDW PublishingWritten by Colin Kelly & Jackson LanzingArt by Oleg ChudakovFlawed #3 Image ComicsWritten by Chuck BrownArt by Prenzy The Approach #2 BOOM! StudiosWritten by Jeremy Haun and Jason A. HurleyArt by Jesús Hervás and Lea CaballeroSpider-Men: Double Trouble #1 MarvelWritten by Mariko Tamaki & Vita AyalaArt by GurihiruSuperman: Kal-El Returns Special #1DC ComicsWritten by Mark Waid, Sina Grace, Marv Wolfman, Alex SeguraArt by Clayton Henry, Dean Haspiel, Jack Herbert, Fico Ossio20th Century Men #4 Image ComicsWritten by Deniz CampArt by Saipan MorianKoshchei In Hell #1 Dark Horse ComicsWritten by Mike MignolaArt by Ben StenbeckStrange Academy: Finals #2 MarvelWritten by Skottie YoungArt by Humberto RamosNightwing 2022 Annual #1DC ComicsWritten by Tom Taylor, Jay Kristoff, C.S. PacatArt by Eduardo Pansica, Inaki MirandaStillwater #16 Image ComicsWritten by Chip ZdarskyArt by Ramón K. PerezDamn Them All #2 BOOM! StudiosWritten by Simon SpurrierArt by Charlie AdlardX-Terminators #3 MarvelWritten by Leah WilliamsArt by Carlos GómezDetective Comics 2022 Annual #1DC ComicsWritten by Ram VArt by Christopher Mitten & Rafael Albuquerque with Hayden ShermanLovesick #2 Image ComicsBy Luana VecchioThe Roadie #3 Dark Horse ComicsWritten by Tim SeeleyArt by Fran GalánWildstorm 30th Anniversary Special #1DC ComicsWritten by Brandon Choi, Matthew Rosenberg, J. Scott Campbell, Greg Pak, Warren Ellis, Ed Brisson, Christos Gage, Brett Booth, Meghan Fitzmartin, Dan Abnett, Joshua WilliamsonArt by Jim Lee, Stefano Landini, J. Scott Campbell, Minkyu Jung, Bryan Hitch, Mike Henderson, Dustin Nguyen, Jeff Spokes, Brett Booth, Will Conrad, Neil Googe, Jonboy MeyersRogue Sun #8 Image ComicsWritten by Ryan ParrottArt by AbelDead Mall #2 Dark Horse ComicsWritten by Adam CesareArt by David StollDC's Grifter Got Run Over By a Reindeer #1DC ComicsWritten by Stephanie Williams, Max Bemis, Dave Wielgosz, Scott Bryan Wilson, John Layman, Michael W. Conrad, Cavan Scott, Derek FridolfsArt by David Lapham, Pablo M. Collar, PJ Holden, Skylar Patridge, Juan Doe, Brennan Wagner, Fico Ossio, Carlos D'Anda and Dustin NguyenThe Dead Lucky #4 Image ComicsWritten by Melissa FloresArt by French CarlomagnoUnbreakable Red Sonja #2 DynamiteWritten by Jim ZubArt by Giovanni VallettaBatgirls 2022 Annual #1DC ComicsWritten by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. ConradArt by Robbi RodriguezBriar #2 BOOM! StudiosWritten by Christopher CantwellArt by Germán GarcíaNubia and the Justice League Special #1DC ComicsWritten by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad, Stephanie WilliamsArt by Amancay Nahuelpan, Alitha MartinezSUBSCRIBE ON RSS, APPLE, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this week's comic book review podcast:Amazing Fantasy #1000MarvelBy Ho Che Anderson, Jordie Bellaire, Kurt Busiek, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Marco Checchetto, Jim Cheung, Michael Cho, Clayton Cowles, Olivier Coipel, Rachel Dodson, Terry Dodson, Anthony Falcone, Neil Gaiman, Jonathan Hickman, Armando Iannucci, Richard Isanove, Klaus Janson, Todd Klein, Ariana Maher, Frank Martin, JP Mayer, Steve McNiven, Todd Nauck, Sonia Back, Mike Pasciullo, Jay David Ramos, Rachelle Rosenberg, Rainbow Rowell, Joe Sabino, Dan Slott, Ryan Stegman, Matthew WilsonSuperman: Warworld Apocalypse #1DC ComicsWritten by Phillip Kennedy JohnsonArt by Brandon Peterson, Will Conrad, Max Raynor and Miguel MendonçaThunderbolts #1MarvelWritten by Jim ZubArt by Sean IzaakseThe Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country #5DC ComicsWritten by James Tynion IVArt by Lisandro Estherren, Aaron CampbellAnt-Man #2MarvelWritten by Al EwingArt by Tom ReillyHarley Quinn: The Animated Series: The Real Sidekicks of New Gotham Special #1DC ComicsWritten by Tee Franklin, Alexia Quasarano, Conner Shin, Jimmy Mosqueda, Jamiesen BorakArt by Max Sarin, OneillJones, Erica Henderson, Logan Faerber, PJ Holden, Jon MikelThe Variants #3 MarvelWritten by Gail SimoneArt by Phil NotoWonder Girl 2022 Annual #1DC ComicsWritten by Joëlle Jones, Douglas MarquesArt by Eli Lenox, Adriana Melo, Sweeney Boo, Ben DeweyHouse of Slaughter #8BOOM! StudiosWritten by Sam JohnsArt by Letizia CadoniciThe Flash 2022 Annual #1DC ComicsWritten by Jeremy AdamsArt by Serg AcuñaAlice Ever After #5BOOM! StudiosWritten by Dan PanosianArt by Giorgio Spalletta, Dan PanosianHarley Quinn 2022 Annual #1DC ComicsWritten by Stephanie PhillipsArt by Simone Bounfantino, David BaldeonThe Vampire Slayer #5BOOM! StudiosWritten by Sarah GaileyArt by Sonia LiaoDC: Saved by the Belle Reve #1DC ComicsWritten by Becky Cloonan and Brendan Fletcher, Tim Seeley, Peter J. Tomasi, Dave Wielgosz, Art Baltazr & Franco, Brandon Thomas, Dan Watters, Andrew AydinArt by Karl Kerschl, Scott Kolins, Max Raynor, Mike Norton, Art Baltazar, Craig Cermak, Juan Ferreyra, Nelson DanielBreakout #3 Dark Horse ComicsWritten by Zack KaplanArt by Wilton SantosTroubleMarvelWritten by Mark MillarArt by Terry Dodson and Rachel DodsonSUBSCRIBE ON RSS, APPLE, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this week's Stack podcast for the week of December 13, 2023, we've got new comic book reviews for Masterpiece #1, Moon Knight #30, and so many more!SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, APPLE, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, TIKTOK, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON.Full List of Comic Reviews for December 13, 2023:Masterpiece #1 Dark Horse ComicsWritten by Brian Michael BendisArt by Alex MaleevMoon Knight #30 MarvelWritten by Jed MacKayArt by Alessandro CappuccioAction Comics #1060DC ComicsWritten by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Nicole Maines and Steve Orlando, Joe CaseyArt by Eddy Barrows, Eber Ferreira, Fico Ossio, Dan McDaidUnderheist #1 BOOM! StudiosWritten by Maria & David LaphamArt by David LaphamBatman / Santa Claus: Silent Knight #2DC ComicsWritten by Jeff ParkerArt by Michele Bandini & Trevor HairsineSpider-Gwen: Smash #1 MarvelWritten by Melissa FloresArt by Enid BalámHouse of Slaughter #20 BOOM! StudiosWritten by Sam JohnsArt by Letizia CadoniciBatman: City of Madness #2DC ComicsBy Christian WardDaredevil: Gang War #1 MarvelWritten by Erica SchultzArt by Sergio DávilaKill More #3 IDWWritten by Scott Bryan WilsonArt by Max Alan FuchsBatman: Gargoyle of Gotham #2DC ComicsBy Rafael GrampáPunisher #2 MarvelWritten by David PeposeArt by Dave WachterDark Spaces: Dungeon #2 IDWWritten by Scott SnyderArt by Hayden ShermanDanger Street #12DC ComicsWritten by Tom KingArt by Jorge FornésThe Immortal Thor #5 MarvelWritten by Al EwingArt by Martín CóccoloFrom The World Of Minor Threats: The Alternates #4 Dark Horse ComicsWritten by Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum, Tim SeeleyArt by Christopher Mitten, Tess FowlerDC's 'Twas The Mite Before Christmas #1DC ComicsWritten by Zipporah Smith, Rob Levin, Ethan Sacks, Natalie Abrams, Jillian Grant, Michael W. Conrad, Josh Trujillo, Sholly FischArt by Logan Faerber, Bob Quinn, Soo Lee, Marcus “Mas” Smith, Rebekah Isaacs, Gavin Guidry, Andew Drilon, Juan BobilloRogue Sun #17 Image ComicsWritten by Ryan ParrottArt by Abel, Marco RennaDetective Comics #1079DC ComicsWritten by Ram V, Dan WattersArt by Jason Shawn Alexander, Liam Sharp, Juan FerreyraWhite Widow #2 MarvelWritten by Sara GaileyArt by Alessandro MiracoloZawa + The Belly of the Beast #2 BOOM! StudiosBy Michael DialynasGreen Lantern #6DC ComicsWritten by Jeremy Adams, Peter J. TomasiArt by Xermánico, Scott Godlewski, David LaFuenteGuardians of the Galaxy #9 MarvelWritten by Jackson Lanzing and Collin KellyArt by Kev WalkerThe Enfield Gang Massacre #5 Image ComicsWritten by Chris CondonArt by Jacob PhillipsRadiant Black #27 Image ComicsWritten by Kyle Higgins & Joe ClarkArt by Eduardo FerigatoRadiant Black #27.5Image ComicsWritten by Kyle Higgins & Joe ClarkArt by Thobias DaneluzOutsiders #2DC ComicsWritten by Jackson Lanzing and Collin KellyArt by Robert CareyLuke Cage: Gang War #2 MarvelWritten by Rodney BarnesArt by Ramón F. BachsPhantom Road #7 Image ComicsWritten by Jeff LemireArt by Gabriel H. WaltaSpeed Force #2DC ComicsWritten by Jarrett WilliamsArt by Daniele Di Nicuolo & Francesco MortarinoOperation Sunshine #3 Dark Horse ComicsWritten by Henry Zebrowski and Marcus ParksArt by David RubínSuperman Lost #9DC ComicsWritten by PriestArt by Dan Jurgens, Carlo Pagulayan, Jason Paz, Brett BreedingCaptain America #4 MarvelWritten by J. Michael StraczynskiArt by Lan MedinaTitans: Beast World #2DC ComicsWritten by Tom TaylorArt by Ivan ReisTitans: Beast World Tour - Gotham #1DC ComicsWritten by Chip Zdarsky, Grace Ellis, Gretchen Felker-Martin, Sam Maggs, Kyle StarksArt by Miguel Mendonça, Daniel Hillyard, Ivan Shavrin, PJ Holden, Kelley JonesAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this week's packed Stack podcast:Avengers Assemble AlphaMarvelWritten by Jason AaronArt by Bryan Hitch, Andrew Currie & Alex SinclairJustice Society of America #1DC ComicsWritten by Geoff JohnsArt by Mikel JanínPlush #1 Image ComicsWritten by Doug WagnerArt by Daniel HillyardCat-Man and Kitten #1 DynamiteWritten by Jeff ParkerArt by Joseph CooperPlanet Hulk: Worldbreaker #1 MarvelWritten by Greg PakArt by Manuel Garcia, Ramón F. BachsBlue Beetle: Graduation Day #1DC ComicsWritten by Josh TrujilloArt by Adrián GutierrezBob Phantom #1 Archie ComicsWritten by James IIIArt by Richard Ortiz and Juan BobilloStar Trek #2 IDW PublishingWritten by Colin Kelly & Jackson LanzingArt by Oleg ChudakovFlawed #3 Image ComicsWritten by Chuck BrownArt by Prenzy The Approach #2 BOOM! StudiosWritten by Jeremy Haun and Jason A. HurleyArt by Jesús Hervás and Lea CaballeroSpider-Men: Double Trouble #1 MarvelWritten by Mariko Tamaki & Vita AyalaArt by GurihiruSuperman: Kal-El Returns Special #1DC ComicsWritten by Mark Waid, Sina Grace, Marv Wolfman, Alex SeguraArt by Clayton Henry, Dean Haspiel, Jack Herbert, Fico Ossio20th Century Men #4 Image ComicsWritten by Deniz CampArt by Saipan MorianKoshchei In Hell #1 Dark Horse ComicsWritten by Mike MignolaArt by Ben StenbeckStrange Academy: Finals #2 MarvelWritten by Skottie YoungArt by Humberto RamosNightwing 2022 Annual #1DC ComicsWritten by Tom Taylor, Jay Kristoff, C.S. PacatArt by Eduardo Pansica, Inaki MirandaStillwater #16 Image ComicsWritten by Chip ZdarskyArt by Ramón K. PerezDamn Them All #2 BOOM! StudiosWritten by Simon SpurrierArt by Charlie AdlardX-Terminators #3 MarvelWritten by Leah WilliamsArt by Carlos GómezDetective Comics 2022 Annual #1DC ComicsWritten by Ram VArt by Christopher Mitten & Rafael Albuquerque with Hayden ShermanLovesick #2 Image ComicsBy Luana VecchioThe Roadie #3 Dark Horse ComicsWritten by Tim SeeleyArt by Fran GalánWildstorm 30th Anniversary Special #1DC ComicsWritten by Brandon Choi, Matthew Rosenberg, J. Scott Campbell, Greg Pak, Warren Ellis, Ed Brisson, Christos Gage, Brett Booth, Meghan Fitzmartin, Dan Abnett, Joshua WilliamsonArt by Jim Lee, Stefano Landini, J. Scott Campbell, Minkyu Jung, Bryan Hitch, Mike Henderson, Dustin Nguyen, Jeff Spokes, Brett Booth, Will Conrad, Neil Googe, Jonboy MeyersRogue Sun #8 Image ComicsWritten by Ryan ParrottArt by AbelDead Mall #2 Dark Horse ComicsWritten by Adam CesareArt by David StollDC's Grifter Got Run Over By a Reindeer #1DC ComicsWritten by Stephanie Williams, Max Bemis, Dave Wielgosz, Scott Bryan Wilson, John Layman, Michael W. Conrad, Cavan Scott, Derek FridolfsArt by David Lapham, Pablo M. Collar, PJ Holden, Skylar Patridge, Juan Doe, Brennan Wagner, Fico Ossio, Carlos D'Anda and Dustin NguyenThe Dead Lucky #4 Image ComicsWritten by Melissa FloresArt by French CarlomagnoUnbreakable Red Sonja #2 DynamiteWritten by Jim ZubArt by Giovanni VallettaBatgirls 2022 Annual #1DC ComicsWritten by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. ConradArt by Robbi RodriguezBriar #2 BOOM! StudiosWritten by Christopher CantwellArt by Germán GarcíaNubia and the Justice League Special #1DC ComicsWritten by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad, Stephanie WilliamsArt by Amancay Nahuelpan, Alitha MartinezSUBSCRIBE ON RSS, APPLE, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this week's comic book review podcast:Amazing Fantasy #1000MarvelBy Ho Che Anderson, Jordie Bellaire, Kurt Busiek, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Marco Checchetto, Jim Cheung, Michael Cho, Clayton Cowles, Olivier Coipel, Rachel Dodson, Terry Dodson, Anthony Falcone, Neil Gaiman, Jonathan Hickman, Armando Iannucci, Richard Isanove, Klaus Janson, Todd Klein, Ariana Maher, Frank Martin, JP Mayer, Steve McNiven, Todd Nauck, Sonia Back, Mike Pasciullo, Jay David Ramos, Rachelle Rosenberg, Rainbow Rowell, Joe Sabino, Dan Slott, Ryan Stegman, Matthew WilsonSuperman: Warworld Apocalypse #1DC ComicsWritten by Phillip Kennedy JohnsonArt by Brandon Peterson, Will Conrad, Max Raynor and Miguel MendonçaThunderbolts #1MarvelWritten by Jim ZubArt by Sean IzaakseThe Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country #5DC ComicsWritten by James Tynion IVArt by Lisandro Estherren, Aaron CampbellAnt-Man #2MarvelWritten by Al EwingArt by Tom ReillyHarley Quinn: The Animated Series: The Real Sidekicks of New Gotham Special #1DC ComicsWritten by Tee Franklin, Alexia Quasarano, Conner Shin, Jimmy Mosqueda, Jamiesen BorakArt by Max Sarin, OneillJones, Erica Henderson, Logan Faerber, PJ Holden, Jon MikelThe Variants #3 MarvelWritten by Gail SimoneArt by Phil NotoWonder Girl 2022 Annual #1DC ComicsWritten by Joëlle Jones, Douglas MarquesArt by Eli Lenox, Adriana Melo, Sweeney Boo, Ben DeweyHouse of Slaughter #8BOOM! StudiosWritten by Sam JohnsArt by Letizia CadoniciThe Flash 2022 Annual #1DC ComicsWritten by Jeremy AdamsArt by Serg AcuñaAlice Ever After #5BOOM! StudiosWritten by Dan PanosianArt by Giorgio Spalletta, Dan PanosianHarley Quinn 2022 Annual #1DC ComicsWritten by Stephanie PhillipsArt by Simone Bounfantino, David BaldeonThe Vampire Slayer #5BOOM! StudiosWritten by Sarah GaileyArt by Sonia LiaoDC: Saved by the Belle Reve #1DC ComicsWritten by Becky Cloonan and Brendan Fletcher, Tim Seeley, Peter J. Tomasi, Dave Wielgosz, Art Baltazr & Franco, Brandon Thomas, Dan Watters, Andrew AydinArt by Karl Kerschl, Scott Kolins, Max Raynor, Mike Norton, Art Baltazar, Craig Cermak, Juan Ferreyra, Nelson DanielBreakout #3 Dark Horse ComicsWritten by Zack KaplanArt by Wilton SantosTroubleMarvelWritten by Mark MillarArt by Terry Dodson and Rachel DodsonSUBSCRIBE ON RSS, APPLE, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON.