Podcasts about weird love

Australian punk pioneer Kim Salmon details his journey from discovering punk in isolated Perth to making extraordinarily rare and collectible records with The Scientists, The Beasts of Bourbon, Smoked Salmon and more! Topics Include: Kim Salmon has new “Smoked Salmon" album coming February 2025 Discovered punk through NME magazine articles in 1975 First heard Ramones after ordering album from Perth record store Formed The Cheap Nasties, one of Perth's first punk bands The Victims formed after watching Cheap Nasties perform Scientists formed when James Baker joined after Victims broke up "Frantic Romantic" single: 1000 copies made on DNA Records Bomp Records in USA ordered 500 copies, never paid Chris Robinson paid $800 for "Frantic Romantic" copy Scientists gained popularity touring Australia's east coast Band appeared on Countdown TV show, refused staged motorcycles Salmon painted original Scientists logo by hand Early Perth punk scene was isolated from eastern Australia Creedence Clearwater Revival influenced young Salmon's musical development Scientists' "Pink Album" recorded as band was breaking up "Weird Love" album re-recorded songs due to copyright issues Numero Group now handles Scientists' reissue campaign More archival Scientists recordings planned for future release Salmon stopped writing songs during Melbourne's 2020 lockdown Recorded pandemic song "Self Replicator" within 5km radius Smoked Salmon started as bushfire fundraiser project Recent Beasts album "Ultimo" features collaborative songwriting James Baker and Salmon still write songs together "Ballad of Rock and Roll" inspired by Mott The Hoople Creates watercolor artwork for Smoked Salmon releases Perth's isolation affected access to new music Scientists performed different styles before settling on sound Currently balancing multiple bands and visual art career Order the new "Smoked Salmon" album from Cheersquad Records EXTENDED, commercial free, high resolution verion of this podcast is available at: www.Patreon.com/VinylGuide Listen on Apple: https://apple.co/2Y6ORU0 Listen on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/36qhlc8

Love Lies Bleeding is a crimey, trippy, violent… love story. Kristen Stewart's best reviewed film EVER has deep and upsetting themes with the 1980's setting giving us distance and the opportunity to take a new perspective on conflicts that feel familiar but fresh.Email us: KillerFunPodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Facebook: fb.me/KillerFunPodcastAll the Tweets, er, POSTS: https://x.com/KillerFunPodInstagram: killerfunpodcast

Thirty Talks Weird Love confronts mental health issues, the growing pains of young adulthood, and the ongoing violence against women in Cuidad Juárez. Author Alessandra Narváez Varela discusses her inspiration behind the book and what she hopes readers take away.

A short show, an early show, with Lauren in the studio and Aurora probably running around chasing Pyretta the cat. Some Ash Wednesday thoughts, some Valentine's Day thoughts, and a thread on some of the listeners' stories focused on the weirdest ways they've found love in life. A few extra items on Michael Buble on drugs, and Parent Traps, and then I whisk the ladies off for dinner. Watch the video rerun here: https://share-link.pilled.net/topic-detail/833742 Proudly Sponsored By: Blue Monster Prep: An Online Superstore for Emergency Preparedness Gear (Storable Food, Water, Filters, Radios, MEDICAL SUPPLIES, and so much more). Use code 'FRANKLY' for Free Shipping on every purchase you make @ https://bluemonsterprep.com/ SUPPORT Quite Frankly: Official Merch: https://tinyurl.com/f3kbkr4s Official Coffee: https://tinyurl.com/2p9m8ndb Sponsor through QFTV: https://www.quitefrankly.tv/sponsor SubscribeStar: https://www.subscribestar.com/quitefrankly One-Time Tip: http://www.paypal.me/QuiteFranklyLive Sign up for the Free Mailing List: https://bit.ly/3frUdOj Send Crypto: BTC: 1EafWUDPHY6y6HQNBjZ4kLWzQJFnE5k9PK LTC: LRs6my7scMxpTD5j7i8WkgBgxpbjXABYXX ETH: 0x80cd26f708815003F11Bd99310a47069320641fC FULL Episodes On Demand: Spotify: https://spoti.fi/301gcES iTunes: http://apple.co/2dMURMq Amazon: https://amzn.to/3afgEXZ SoundCloud: http://bit.ly/2dTMD13 Google Play: https://bit.ly/2SMi1SF BitChute: https://bit.ly/2vNSMFq Rumble: https://bit.ly/31h2HUg Streaming Live On: QuiteFrankly.tv (Powered by Foxhole) DLive: https://bit.ly/2In9ipw Rokfin: https://bit.ly/3rjrh4q Twitch: https://bit.ly/2TGAeB6 YouTube: https://bit.ly/2exPzj4 Rumble: https://bit.ly/31h2HUg How Else to Find Us: Official WebSite: http://www.QuiteFrankly.tv Official Forum: https://bit.ly/3SToJFJ Official Telegram: https://t.me/quitefranklytv GUILDED Hangout: https://bit.ly/3SmpV4G Twitter: @QuiteFranklyTV Gab: @QuiteFrankly Truth Social: @QuiteFrankly GETTR: @QuiteFrankly MINDS: @QuiteFrankly

Two more short, disturbing tales of Love, somehow classified as "Weird". A girl is saved and smitten by a ghostly and supernaturally handsome man! Another girl's mother hates her taste in Rock 'n' Roll music! What do these stories have in common? It's hard to say, but they're both absurdly funny  and weirdly entertaining!Reach out to us at MyComicalRomance2020@gmail.com! Or find us on Facebook at MyComicalRomance.

Daar is er weer een, een Love Triangle. Deze keer ook echt een hele vreemde, vandaar dat Anne zo origineel was om deze zaak The Weird Love Triangle te noemen. Verwacht een vreemde zaak met de nodige heftige plottwists. Ook deze aflevering is gesponsord door onze fantastische wintersponsor Crimibox! Wil je nu zelf als detective aan de slag, bestel je Crimibox dan hier en gebruik de kortingscode: SMT Lees hier de fantastische reviews over zaak Sok! Veel luister plezier en volg zeker onze Instagrampagina @moordlust.podcast

The reason why this world doesn't always feel like home is because you were made for a different world. Yet, God has you here for a reason. You're created different to make a difference. You're weird! This series based on 1 Peter will look at the how Jesus followers are distinct but live in a world in a world that demands conformity.

Today on Valentine in the Morning: Jon prepares us for the hottest dating app day of the year, Valerie claims her love language is "light bullying," and Brian passes out in the delivery room!

Heard a couple ridiculously popular love songs on the radio that weirded us out plus a Sunday foodie date at Meat BBQ in Lansing and the world's best ice cream at MSU Dairy Store in East Lansing.

This episode, Alessandra Narváez Varela joins us in the studio to talk about her debut novel, Thirty Talks Weird Love. Stay tuned for exclusive video of this special occasion! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/literallyliterary/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/literallyliterary/support

In our second look at Alessandra Narváez Varela's Thirty Talks Weird Love, we highlight our favorite pieces from the verse novel, and discuss ways of teaching it in the classroom. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/literallyliterary/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/literallyliterary/support

We kick off 2022 with our first look at Alessandra Narváez Varela's debut novel-in-verse from Cinco Puntos Press, Thirty Talks Weird Love. Varela's YA novel is the story of a young girl from Juárez, Mexico, who meets her older self at a time when the women of that border city become victims to violence. If your older self could talk to your 13-year-old self, what would they say? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/literallyliterary/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/literallyliterary/support

Alessandra Narváez Varela narrates her own poignant, evocative young adult novel in verse. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile's Michele Cobb discuss this expressive novel that is inspired by the author's own life growing up in Juarez. Anamaria is a Mexican 13-year-old from Juarez who meets her 30-year-old self and wants nothing to do with her. Thirty gives strange advice, and isn't the doctor that Anamaria wants to be, but a poet and teacher. This listen is resonant, transformative, and impactful. Read the full review of the audiobook on AudioFile's website. Published by Listening Library. Find more audiobook recommendations at audiofilemagazine.com Support for Behind the Mic comes from Oasis Audio, publisher of The Phantom Stallion, The Nancy Drew Diaries, The Boxcar Children, and other great children's classics. Visit oasisaudio.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the end of the road for one of our favorite eccentric Hollywood couples, and we look at all the angles of Grimes and Elon Musk's split. Next, we spill some tea about filming for a new Real Housewives All-Stars show, and which cast member is going to be the most problematic. Finally, we have a play-by-play of The View's unbelievable drama.

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Bryan has his first brush with fame and it leads to all kind of horrible business ideas for The Commercial Break! Then the gangs digs into the lifestyles of men who date full size, and anatomically correct, female dolls (known as "Real Dolls"). Bryan then begs the audience to send one to the studio!LINKS:Win $500 from TCBtv-(minus) by following Instagram or subscribing on YouTube and leaving a comment on your favorite episode in the month of June.Watch this episode on YoutubeTCBTV-minusSponsorEarBuds Podcast NewsletterSquadCast Podcast Remote Audio / Video RecordingApostrophe: Dinner Table Dermatology. $15 off your online appointment.Use The Code COMMERCIALSubscribe to The Commercial Break Podcast Youtube ChannelJoin The Comedy Podcasts Club on ClubHouseNew Episodes on Tuesdays and now Fridays everywhere!Text or leave us a message: +1 (470) 584.8449FOLLOW US:Instagram: @thecommercialbreak @bryangcomedy  @tcbkrissyClubHouse: @bryangreen @tcbkrissyClubHouse: The Commercial Break Club on Clubhouse! (home of live recordings)Twitter: tcbbryanFacebook: The Commercial Break PodcastYouTube: Youtube.com/TheCommercialBreakEmail: info@tcbpodcast.comA Chartable Top 100 Comedy Podcast#1 Trending Comedy Podcast Worldwide! (Chartable)#1 Trending Comedy Podcast U.S.(Chartable)An Apple Top 100 Comedy Podcast Top 1% Downloaded Podcasts, Worldwide (ListenNotes)A Hot 50 Podcast (Podcast Magazine)  

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Pennywise...what can we say? The best horror movie and villain we've seen yet. It Chapter 2 left a little to be desired but was still respectable. This is the end of our "scary" movie journey for now and Thomas hasn't cried yet. He even surprised himself...and now he has to bore us to tears next week with 2001: A Space Odyssey. Any tips for TJ and I to keep ourselves awake will be much appreciated. See you then!Follow us on twitter:@BTBDPodcast@TheZacharyLee@thomaslocorri@tj_white225

I had thoughts about love and limitations on it --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week we cover the Furture Diary (Mirai Nikki) anime, a 26 episode show that came out in 2011. It is hilarious to find out the most jarring moment of this anime to Dwayne and we also debate if this could be one of the best love stories of all time.!! The Future depicts the Diary Game, a deadly battle royal between 12 different individuals who are given "Future Diaries", special diaries that can predict the future, by Deus Ex Machina, the God of Time and Space, with the last survivor becoming his heir. Podcast Host - Shawn Best & Dwayne Small Shawn's info Twitter - DatBoiBestGaming Instagram - DatBoiBestGaming Twitch- twitch.tv/DatBoiBest Dwayne's Info Instagram - KingKureigu --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/no-country-for-otakus/support

A lesbian with a heart of gold that loves humans and prays? Nave, raised in a commune, with a traumatic past that she scarcely remembers. Through it all, she continues to find healing and kick life in the ass. She’s a genuinely fantastic human with a heart of tough gold. You will be inspired and laugh a lot. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA: I help you work through the Grief of Past Lives. Empowering YOU to let go and create your desired future. It functions much like talk therapy but with poignant salient goals and techniques to help YOU reprogram yourself for healing and growth. CONTACT THE GUEST: E-mail zacg@losingourreligion.org FULL SHOW NOTES: BEST OF!: Life is Weird, Love is Weird, It’s Hard, We Can Change!: Nave LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed DO YOU LOVE THE PODCAST? JOIN US WITH SUPPORT. Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Donate to the Podcast. Through PayPal, Venmo, or Cash App! Join the CounterCulture Society and become a Producer through our Patreon. FOLLOW US: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LosingOurReligionPodcast.com. RECEIVE WEEKLY EMAIL CONTENT: Join our email list. Music Featured in this Episode: LOR Theme Song by Rat Queen and Manager by Digi G'Alessio. This podcast is made possible by the producers of the CounterCulture Society and created and hosted by @ZacGandara.

Ever been in a relationship that hit a dry patch?  One that feels routine and mundane?  No matter how much you love your partner or how wonderful you think your relationship is, things can often get a little boring.  Today's guest on the personal growth podcast, Life in HD, author and filmmaker Boaz Frankel talks about adding a little weirdness to your relationship to rev things up.  Together with his wife Brooke Barker (author of New York Times bestselling book Sad Animal Facts), Boaz writes about the quirky aspects of their relationship and the inspiration for the couple's new book, Let's Be Weird Together.

Love is in the air, weird air... Join us as we discuss the hilariously terrible social expectations of romance, from bygone comic book eras, in Weird Love Vol. 1.

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*record scratch* wait a second... This doesn't sound like Caitlyn's Conspiracy Corner. THAT'S RIGHT! We're pulling a switcheroo on your butts for this one. The Conspiracy Corner Crew is taking a break from droppin' truth bombs to bring you...My Weird Love. The show where Shannon, Zach, and possibly Caitlyn interview people about their passions. In our first episode, we interview Cullen (of #cullenheads fame) about his weird love. It's gonna be action packed, you sonuva beech!

Nave, raised in a commune, with a traumatic past that she scarcely remembers. Through it all, she continues to find healing and kick life in the ass. She’s a genuinely fantastic human with a heart of tough gold. You will be inspired and laugh a lot. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA: Break glass ceilings and transition through tough shit. ONLY 2 SPOTS LEFT! CONTACT THE GUEST: Contact Zac For Details FULL SHOW NOTES: EPISODE 210: Life is Weird, Love is Weird, It’s Hard, We Can Change!: Nave LOSER DEALS: Save 50% on QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Self-Employed DO YOU LOVE THE PODCAST? JOIN US WITH SUPPORT. Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Donate to the Podcast. Through PayPal, Venmo, or Cash App! Join the CounterCulture Society and become a Producer through our Patreon. FOLLOW US: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LosingOurReligionPodcast.com. RECEIVE WEEKLY EMAIL CONTENT: Join our email list. Music Featured in this Episode: LOR Theme Song by Rat Queen and Manager by Digi G'Alessio. This podcast is made possible by the producers of the CounterCulture Society and created and hosted by @ZacGandara.

2 great chats. First Paul Kupperberg is here talking about his new kickstarter for an anthology called Weird Love and Jungle Comics The Weird Love collects Paul's Secret Romance stories from his Charlton Neo Imprint , while Lost Jungle Tales features some Cat Girl original Charlton Comics stories written by Paul and classic Charlton writer Joe Gill, and art from Pat Boyette .Joining him in this passionate odyssey is a roster of some of the greatest comic artists ever assembled, including Jeff Austin, P. D. Angel Gabriele, José Luis García-López, Dærick Gröss Sr., Dean Haspiel, Barbara Kaalberg, Pat & Tim Kennedy, Rob Kelly, Andrew Mitchell, Fernando Ruiz, Bob Smith, Joe Staton, Kevin Tuma, and Mort Todd, all under a beautiful new cover by Paul's artistic cohort on The Doom Patrol, Steve Lightle. Speaking of Doom Patrol we discuss Paul's epic 70s-80s run on DP and his thoughts on the new DC Universe Streaming Series. Several of his charcaters show up in the new tv series as well. jThen Brian Crowley joins us for a talk about his creation Hamster Rage a great web comic Crowley has turned into a graphic novel collection and a new kickstarter campaign

It's a kink-off between humans and animals! No type of love is too strange: Man and car? Woman and Eiffel Tower? Rat and cat? We'll find out that Cupid is one sick pervert. Featuring Alex Shifman, host of the podcast “At Least There’s This.”  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

It's a kink-off between humans and animals! No type of love is too strange: Man and car? Woman and Eiffel Tower? Rat and cat? We'll find out that Cupid is one sick pervert. Featuring Alex Shifman, host of the podcast “At Least There’s This.”  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Time Codes: 00:00:30 - Introduction 00:003:11 - Listener mail! 00:07:41 - Twisted Romance #1 and #2 00:32:46 - Death of Love #1 00:50:03 - Bingo Love 00:00:00 - Weird Love, Vol. 6: So This Is Love! 00:00:00 - Young Monsters in Love 01:14:34 - Wrap up 01:15:39 - Contact us It's Valentine's Day, and this week the Two Guys with PhDs are doing something they've never done before: devote an entire episode to recent romance comics. And this year, there are quite a number of new comics devoted to love and relationships...and with curious twists. And speaking of twists, they begin their show by discussing the first two issues of the new Image Comics series, Twisted Romance. This is a four-issue anthology published weekly throughout the month of February, and in issues #1 and #2 we see comics contributions from the creators Alex de Campo, Katie Shelly, Sarah Horrocks, Alejandra Gutierrez, and Meredith McClaren, with short prose offerings from Magen Cubed and Vita Ayala. From there they go to Death of Love #1 (Image Comics), written by Justin Jordan with art by Donal Delay. Much like Twisted Romance, this is a skewed look at love -- and this one includes assholes and drugs. Following that, Gene and Derek discuss one more recent release from Image Comics, Tee Franklin and Jenn St-onge's Bingo Love. This is a unique LGBT narrative that focuses on the relationship of older citizens. While intended for teen readers, this is a graphic novel that can be appreciated by all ages. After that they visit, once again, the wacky world of Craig Yoe and his partner Clizia Gussoni. Weird Love, Vol. 6: So This Is Love! (IDW Publishing/Yoe Books) is the latest collection of their Weird Love series, classic romance stories from the 1950s and 1960s that not only appear warped to our contemporary eyes, but were probably strange to their original audiences. And finally, the guys wrap up their special Valentine's Day episode with an offering from DC Comics, Young Monsters in Love. Much like last October's DC House of Horror, this is an extra-long seasonal anthology issue written and drawn by a who's who of DC creators. Included are stories focusing on, among others, Swamp Thing, Man-Bat, Raven, Frankenstein Agent of S.H.A.D.E., Solomon Grundy, Deadman, the Creature Commandos, and (one of the guys' favorites) Monsieur Mallah and the Brain. Love is definitely in the air this week!  

Time Codes: 00:00:25 - Introduction 00:02:12 - Setup of interview 00:03:56 - Interview with Craig Yoe 02:01:22 - Wrap up 02:02:17 - Contact us Welcome to 2018! And as The Comics Alternative has done for the past several years, they start off the new year with an interview of perennial   favorite of the podcast, Craig Yoe. These are called the annual Happy New Yoe shows. And this year, Derek talks with Craig about Yoe Books past, present, and future. They start off by discussing many of the books that Craig and his wife/partner, Clizia Gussoni, released in 2017. These include those published through Yoe Books/IDW Publishing -- e.g., Mummies!: Classic Monsters of Pre-Code Horror Comics; Behaving Madly: Zany, Loco, Cockeyed, Rip-off, Satire Magazines; Haunted Love Vol. 1; The Complete Voodoo Vol. 3; Jay Disbrow's Monster Invasion; and volumes of both Haunted Horror and Weird Love -- but also works that Craig published elsewhere, such as his book for younger readers, LOL: A Load of Laughs and Jokes for Kids, published through Little Simon.  After that, Craig fields several questions asked by fans via Facebook...some sensible, others rather wacky. That eventually leads them into a discussion of books from Craig we have to look forward to in 2018. Among the various upcoming titles they discuss are We Spoke Out: Comic Books and the Holocaust, Super Weird Heroes: Preposterous but True, Lou Cameron's Unsleeping Dead, Drawing and Life Lessons from Master Cartoonists, Super Patriotic Heroes, and Reefer Madness. This is an extra long interview, running for almost two hours, and there's a lot packed into the conversation. Plenty to help carry listeners comfortably into the new year!

Heroes Con, Image-O-Rama: Divided States of Hysteria #1 by Howard Chaykin, Jesus Aburtov, and Ken Bruzenak, and Moonshine by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso, Batman #24 by Tom King, David Finch, Danny Miki, Clay Mann, Seth Mann, and Jordie Bellaire, Brian Vander, GWAR: Orgasmageddon #1 by Matt Maguire, Matt Miner, Jonathan Brandon, Sawyer, Bob Brown, Scott Wygmans, Marissa Louise, Doug Garbark, Hank Jones, and John Bailey from Dynamite!, Weird Love #18 curated by Clizia Gussoni and Craig Yoe, including work from the Iger Shop, Bill Montes, Dick Giordano, Emil Gershwin, Art Capello, Art Gates and more from IDW and Yoe! Books, J. Gonzo and La Mano Del Destino from Castle and Key Publications, Marc Laming, back issue bin diving, plus a whole mess more!

Time Codes: 00:00:25 - Introduction 00:02:13 - Setup of interview 00:03:20 - Interview with Craig Yoe 01:25:46 - Wrap up 01:28:58 - Contact us It's a new year, and what better way to bring it in than with another Craig Yoe interview! In what has become a Comics Alternative tradition, the Two Guys with PhDs use their very first episode of the year -- not just their first interview, but their very first podcast release -- to talk with Craig and find out what he's been up to. It's what has become known as the guys' Happy New Yoe show! The fun begins with Andy and Derek asking Craig about his 50th anniversary celebration. As he tells the guys, this year is the golden anniversary of Craig's first contribution to comics culture, a fanzine he published as a kid. And from there, he never looked back. A big part of this celebration is a string of new releases that began late last year. In fact, most of the interview is devoted to a discussion of one of those books, Super Weird Heroes: Outrageous but Real! This is the first of a two-volume -- and maybe a third? -- collection of really strange heroes from comics' Golden Age, written and drawn by some of the medium's most obscure as well as some of its best-known creators. The guys ask Craig about the compilation of this enterprise and its place within the Yoe Books pantheon. They also do deep dives into some of the weirdest of the weird, including the superhero of the cloth The Deacon and his sidekick Mickey; the disembodied hand, The Hand; the crossdressing Madam Fatal; phallic-prone heroes such as Black Cobra, Nature Boy, and The Dart; Kangaroo Man and his Nazi-bashing marsupial pal Bingo; the inexplicable Jeep and Peep; and the nearly naked Phantasmo. Actually, there is a lot of bared flesh to go round in this book. But the Two Guys also ask Craig about some of his other recent books, including The Return of the Zombies, Jay Disbrow's Monster Invasion, Behaving Madly, Reefer Madness, and the next volume in his Weird Love series. It's an understatement to say that there's a lot to look forward to from Yoe Books in the coming year. Craig Yoe is still the most interviewed guest in Comics Alternative history, and you can rest assured that he'll be back a couple of more times to talk about even more releases in the coming year. And a special Happy New Year goes out to Clizia Gussoni, Craig's partner and the engine that keeps Yoe Books running. Thank you for all of your help, Clizia!

The Strange Romance Anthology is a series of short romance comics with a genre fiction twist. Whether a fantasy, western, science fiction or something else entirely, love is always at the centre of these stories from a wide array of international collaborators. It’s a modern tribute to the Weird Love comics of the 1950s without entirely being a pastiche. Editor Adam Prosser stops by in the midst of the Kickstarter to produce a print version of Vol. 1 (ending Aug. 13, 2016) to explain the book’s genesis and why Strange Romance fits so well with his love of pulp magazines and soap opera strips (Rex Morgan M.D., anyone?)

We reviewed more comics this week than we did in our first two episodes combined, so to keep things orderly we used a timer and diplomatically gave each comic just two minutes of review time. Enjoy this slightly more frantic episode of Serious Issues and pray that we don't start using a timer just to read the rapidly increasing stack of comics we read each week! Reviewed in this episode: Justice League Rebirth #1 Pistol Shrimp Pump #1 Batman '66 Meets Steed and Mrs Peel #1 Brik #1 The Flintstones #1 SSBII #1 Throwaways #1 Kingpin #1 Doctor Strange A Prelude #1 Bounty #1 Kim & Kim #1 The Lone Ranger / Green Hornet #1 4001AD: Shadowman #1 Green Arrow #2 Future Quest #2 Aquaman #2 Green Lanterns #2 Superman #2 Batman #2 The Sheriff of Babylon #8 Unfollow #9 Paper Girls #7 Renato Jones The One% #3 The Walking Dead #156 The Fix #4 Midnight of the Soul #2 Black Science #22 Empress #4 Kaijumax Season 2 #3 Control #2 Weird Love #13 Cinema Purgatorio #3 Strange Attractors #2 The Punisher #3 Moon Knight #4 Sam Wilson: Captain America #11 Spider-Woman #9 Vote Loki #2 Silver Surfer #5 Civil War II: X-Men #2 Han Solo #2 Poe Dameron #4 Totally Awesome Hulk #8 Deadpool V Gambit #2 Serious Issues is a weekly comic book review podcast, hosted by Andrew Levins and Siobhan Coombs at Kings Comics in Sydney. Get in touch with us to ask us a question or tell us to start reading something we’re missing out on. Email us at seriousissues@kingscomics.com or find us at facebook.com/seriousissuespodcast. If you like what you hear, please leave us a nice review on iTunes! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week the Two Guys with PhDs Talking about Comics discuss three very different titles. They begin with Joshua W. Cotter's Nod Away (Fantagraphics), an ambitious sci-fi narrative that explores the impact, and the costs, of technological progress. At least that's what the guys think the book might be about. As both Andy W. and Derek point out, one of the distinguishing features of this book is its ambiguous or equivocal nature. There are many moving parts to this story -- hive communication, inter-dimensional wormholes, suspended animation, unexplained quests -- and the guys aren't entirely certain how all of the pieces fit together. But that's OK. Part of the beauty of Nod Away is that it paints a narrative picture best observed from a broader context, while at the same time the fine detail of Cotter's art compels us to investigate its many intricacies. The guys also speculate as to the significance of the title, another meaningfully uncertain facet of this book. Next, they look at Austin English's Gulag Casual. This book is part of 2dcloud's current "Winter Collection" Kickstarter campaign, and the the guys introduce the publisher, and its Kickstarter, to their listeners. English's book is a collection of five different stories, each of which challenges its readers in the ways of comprehending comics. Derek points out that the stories are very dream-like in their coherency, and the guys spend much of their discussion sharing their strategies for reading this unique text. They wrap up this week's episode by looking at another title from the offbeat mind of Craig Yoe. Haunted Love #1 is the first of a three-issue series from IDW Publishing and Yoe Comics, and it's another example of what Craig does best: showcasing precode comics with a mixture of amusement and reverence. As described on the issue's cover, it's "the unholy spawn of Haunted Horror and Weird Love" -- two tastes that go great together! -- so if listeners appreciate those Yoe-inspired series, then they'll go ga-ga for the seven stories collected in this first issue. There's a lot of weirdness to go around, but a couple of Andy and Derek's favorites are "The Dead Are Never Lonely" (originally published in Baffling Mysteries #14 in 1953) and especially "Crawling Evil" (Journey into Fear #10, 1952). Some of these stories are reminiscent of the classic EC style (such as "The Ice Man Cometh"), while others are just nonsensically whacked out. But the best thing about Haunted Love #1 is that it's classic Craig Yoe. And everyone needs mo' Yoe, right?

Today's show is another anime-heavy show, starting the show with a little discussion about anime titles and how some people use English titles while others use Romaji titles before eventually tackling even more brand new winter anime, including the fantastic Dimension W and the not-so-fantastic Divine Gate; however, despite all the anime, Marc also manages to talk about quite a few games, too, including a pinball game that brings back a lot of happy memories. A full list of what was discussed can be found below.

It's a brand new year, and for their very first podcast episode of 2016, the guys have as their guest the great Craig Yoe! This may become a tradition on The Comics Alternative, having Craig start off the new year, much as they did in 2015. In fact, this is the fifth interview appearance that Craig has made on the podcast (not counting the brief segment recorded at HeroesCon last year). Usually when the Yoemesiter comes on the show, he has one or two new books to discuss. But this time around there are a whopping six titles recently released from Yoe Books and IDW Publishing! It's all that Gene and Derek can do to keep up with everything that Craig and his production editor/wife, Clizia Gussoni, are putting out. They begin with a discussion of the five year anniversary of Yoe Books, which Craig actually celebrated last year. When he appeared on the show back in January of 2015, Craig discussed the coming year and what he had in store for the anniversary celebration. So Derek and Gene talk with him about the success of the first five years and about plans for the next five. Then they jump into a discussion of the many Yoe Book releases we've experienced over the past couple of months, beginning with Walt Kelly's Fairy Tales. This is a beautiful book, going above and beyond the usual standards we've come to expect from Yoe and IDW, and the guys begin by asking their guest about the production work that went into this volume. Craig also shares his love of Walt Kelly and his experiences collecting the material which originally appeared in Dell's Fairy Tale Parade between 1942 and 1946. Next, the guys ask Craig about his latest additions in his Chilling Archives of Horror Comics series, Ghosts and Girls of Fiction House (curated and introduced by Michael H. Price) and The Complete Voodoo, Vol. 1 (which includes an introduction by Mike Howlett, who has previously appeared on the podcast). They discuss the sheer weirdness that was Voodoo, a pre-code horror title from Farrell Publications, and the fetishism apparent in the Fiction House volume. Craig points out that Jumbo Comics, part of the Fiction House line, was known for its buxom women in compromised positions, and that the selections from its "Ghost Gallery" sections (collected in the Fiction House book) provide plentiful examples of "headlight comics." Gene and Derek also talk with Craig about the latest collected editions of his ongoing series, Haunted Horror, Vol. 3: Pre-code Comics So Good, They're Scary and Weird Love, Vol. 2: That's the Way I Like It!, as well as his upcoming three-issue miniseries, Haunted Love. It just gets weirder and weirder with Craig Yoe...and that's why the guys keep inviting him back on the podcast! Be sure to check out The Yoe Tube on YouTube for fun videos and music...the latter of which is included in this episode!

Weird Love #1 gives us a lot to talk about, but we stick to The Taming of the Brute, originally from Charlton's Just Married #53. It's a doozy and makes for a great installment of Romance Comics Theatre. Along the way, we talk up IDW's Weird Love series, Max Headroom, and Shakespeare. Kid you not. Listen to Episode 6 below (the usual filthy filthy language warnings apply), or subscribe to The Lonely Hearts Romance Comics Podcast on iTunes! Relevant images and further credits at: Lonely Hearts ep.6 Supplemental This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK! Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/ Follow us on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our FACEBOOK page: https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Subscribe via iTunes as part of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK. And thanks for leaving a comment, Lonely Hearts!

While Derek and Andy W. were at HeroesCon last weekend, they were able to meet a variety of artists and writers tabling in Artists Alley. Many of these creators took time from their busy schedules -- talking with fans, signing books, and working on commissions -- to talk with the guys for a few minutes, discussing their works and sharing their experiences at the con. This episode of the podcast includes brief conversations with ten different artists and that, taken together, demonstrate the creative diversity to be found at this year's HeroesCon. First, Derek talks with Sophie Goldstein and Jenn Jordan about their webcomic-turned-book, Darwin Carmichael is Going to Hell, as well as Sophie's Ignatz Award-winning House of Women and the recently published The Oven. After that, Andy has a conversation with Michel Fiffe about his ongoing Copra series and his recent work on various Marvel titles. This is followed by another f**k-filled conversation with Tom Neely and Keenan Marshall Keller (who were just on the podcast last month) about the reception to the latest issue of The Humans, and then a more toned-down discourse with friend-of-the-podcast Craig Yoe on his experiences at HeroesCon, Weird Love, his enjoyment of cosplayers, and an awards message that he delivers for Steve Ditko. Next, Andy talks with Royden Lepp about his high-octane adventure series, Rust, and his process of writing for young readers. This is followed by conversations with Justin Jordan about Spread, Dead Body Road, and the return of Luther Strode, and with Hoyt Silva on the reaction to his and Josh Blaylock's Operation Nemesis: A Story of Genocide and Revenge. Finally, Derek wraps up this this on-location interview segment by talking with Max Dowdle about his fine art background and his graphic novel Shattered with Curve of Horn.

Craig Yoe is back for his fourth interview appearance on The Comics Alternative, and this time he has two wacky new books to share with everyone, both from IDW Publishing and Yoe! Books. First, he talks with Derek and Andy about Milt Gross' New York, a "lost" graphic novel that was originally published in 1939 to capitalize on that year's New York World's Fair. Copies of the original paperback are very difficult to find, but Craig was able to get his hands on one -- thanks to eBay -- and then work his wonders in what he does best: restoring and reproducing in beautiful editions classic, often obscure, comics from our past. The result is a sturdy hardback volume that showcases the wild and breakneck style of Milt Gross. Originally published by Bystander Press and titled That's My Pop! Goes Nuts for Fair: A Cartoon Tour of New York, it features Gross's famous (at the time) character Pop, a proto-Homer Simpson, and his admiring son as they tour New York City, it's neighborhoods, its nightlife, its culture, its food, its busy streets, and then finally ending up at the World's Fair. Craig discusses the significance of Milt Gross to comics history and how his work is often overlooked. More to the point, much of the conversation centers on this new edition and how it could be read as a defining example of the cartoonist, who Craig sees as one of America's funniest artists. Next, Derek and Andy talk with their guest about a second new publication from Yoe! Books, Weird Love, Vol. 1: You Know You Want It. It was almost a year ago that the Two Guys interviewed Craig about the inaugural issue of his semi-monthly series, Weird Love, and now that the first collected volume is out, they wanted to talk with him about his further adventures in finding strange stories masquerading as romance comics. Over the course of their conversation, the guys talk about hippy love, misogyny, spanking, communism, escorts, molls, Ronald Reagan, wayward girls, body image, and perhaps most disturbing of all (at least for Derek), clown love. As with every interview with Craig, the conversation never flags, is filled with fun and unlikely topics, and you're not entirely sure where things will end up. The guys also talk with Craig about the fifth anniversary of Yoe! Books, a topic they discussed back in January, and how that year-long celebration is going. All in all, it's a fun conversation...as it usually is with this guest. Craig's been on the show so many times that he's almost becoming an honorary cohost of The Comics Alternative. But that's fine with Andy and Derek, and they plan to have him back for more conversation in the months to come.

Rampant technical mishaps are not nearly enough to stop us from talking about Gisèle Lagacé and Ménage à 3, Spider-Gwen #1 by Jason Latour, Robbie Rodriguez, and Rico Renzi, Silk #1, Valiant-O-Rama: Rai #1-6 by Matt Kindt and Clayton Crain, Quantum and Woody, and The Valiant by Jeff Lemire, Matt Kindt, and Paolo Rivera, Image-O-Rama: Starlight by Mark Millar and Goran Parlov, Trees by Warren Ellis and Jason Howard, Rumble #3 by John Arcudi and James Harren, and The Humans by Keenan Marshall Keller and Tom Neeley, Spider-Man: Torment by Todd McFarlane, Jim Salicrup, Marvel Treasury Editions, Haunted Horror and Weird Love from Yoe! Comics and IDW, Ei8ht by Rafael Albuquerque and Mike Johnson from Dark Horse, and a whole mess more!

It's a new year, and it's a new month on The Comics Alternative. So that means it's time for another look at the Previews catalog! On this episode, Andy and Derek look through the January solicits, highlighting the various comics that will be appearing in another two-four months. Among the titles catching their interests are Pastaways #1, Neverboy#1, and Apocalyptigirl (Dark Horse Comics); the final chapters of Grant Morrison's Multiversity, Strange Sports Stories #1, and new editions of Astro City trades (DC/Vertigo); Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse: The First Few Pints and Weird Love #6 (IDW Publishing); Chrononauts #1, Descender #1, Southern Cross #1, and Sexcastle (Image Comics); Men of Wrath (Marvel Comics); The Age of Selfishness and Just So Happens (Abrams ComicArt); Hit: 1957 #1 and The Con Job #1 (BOOM! Studios); Project Superpowers: Backcross #1 (Dynamite Entertainment); The Complete Eightball, Inner City Romance, Angry Youth Comix, and Dripping with Fear: The Steve Ditko Archives Vol. 5 (Fantagraphics); The Glorkian Warrior Eats Adventure Pie (First Second); The Other Side of the Wall (Lerner Publishing Group); Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor #1 and The Light and Darkness War (Titan Comics); and Nemo: River of Ghosts (Top Shelf Productions). The guys also spend a bit of time discussing some of the upcoming releases for this year's Free Comic Book Day, which are also announced in this month's Previews. All in all, there are a lot of great releases to look forward to, all of which portend an exciting 2015.

Most people don't know their neighbor's name, much less their fears, family history or even spiritual beliefs. Some have lived across the hall (or street) for years and have never bothered to reach out and connect. We contend that loving our neighbor is such a foreign concept that actually doing it seems downright WEIRD. In this series, we will listen to what Jesus has to say on this subject and we will also share practical ways on how we can begin loving our neighbors and how it can have a positive effect in our cities.

Most people don't know their neighbor's name, much less their fears, family history or even spiritual beliefs. Some have lived across the hall (or street) for years and have never bothered to reach out and connect. We contend that loving our neighbor is such a foreign concept that actually doing it seems downright WEIRD. In this series, we will listen to what Jesus has to say on this subject and we will also share practical ways on how we can begin loving our neighbors and how it can have a positive effect in our cities.

Most people don't know their neighbor's name, much less their fears, family history or even spiritual beliefs. Some have lived across the hall (or street) for years and have never bothered to reach out and connect. We contend that loving our neighbor is such a foreign concept that actually doing it seems downright WEIRD. In this series, we will listen to what Jesus has to say on this subject and we will also share practical ways on how we can begin loving our neighbors and how it can have a positive effect in our cities.

Most people don't know their neighbor's name, much less their fears, family history or even spiritual beliefs. Some have lived across the hall (or street) for years and have never bothered to reach out and connect. We contend that loving our neighbor is such a foreign concept that actually doing it seems downright WEIRD. In this series, we will listen to what Jesus has to say on this subject and we will also share practical ways on how we can begin loving our neighbors and how it can have a positive effect in our cities.

Most people don't know their neighbor's name, much less their fears, family history or even spiritual beliefs. Some have lived across the hall (or street) for years and have never bothered to reach out and connect. We contend that loving our neighbor is such a foreign concept that actually doing it seems downright WEIRD. In this series, we will listen to what Jesus has to say on this subject and we will also share practical ways on how we can begin loving our neighbors and how it can have a positive effect in our cities.

Most people don't know their neighbor's name, much less their fears, family history or even spiritual beliefs. Some have lived across the hall (or street) for years and have never bothered to reach out and connect. We contend that loving our neighbor is such a foreign concept that actually doing it seems downright WEIRD. In this series, we will listen to what Jesus has to say on this subject and we will also share practical ways on how we can begin loving our neighbors and how it can have a positive effect in our cities.

Most people don't know their neighbor's name, much less their fears, family history or even spiritual beliefs. Some have lived across the hall (or street) for years and have never bothered to reach out and connect. We contend that loving our neighbor is such a foreign concept that actually doing it seems downright WEIRD. In this series, we will listen to what Jesus has to say on this subject and we will also share practical ways on how we can begin loving our neighbors and how it can have a positive effect in our cities.

La Mano del Destino's Jason (J. Gonzo) Gonzales joins us to talk about Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan, Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgement on Gotham and Simon Bisley, Todd McFarlane, Larry Marder, John Romita, Santo, Dave Stewart, Jordie Bellaire, Phoenix Comic Con, Chuck Dixon and Paul Rivoche, Original Sin #3 by Jason Aaron and Mike Deodato, Jonah Hex: Shadows West by Joe R. Landsdale, Tim Truman, and Sam Glanzman, Bwana Beast, Rocket Raccoon, This One Summer by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki from First Second, Weird Love #1 from Craig Yoe and IDW, Vince Coletta, The Thin Black Line from TwoMorrows, Southern Bastards #2 from Aaron and Jason Latour from Image, Iron Fist: The Living Weapon #3, Frank Espinosa's Rocketo and Dracula, The Wicked and the Divine #1 from Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie from Image, old school Hip Hop, Tom Scioli, Ed Piskor, and a whole mess more!

For this interview show, Andy and Derek go down the rabbit hole in another conversation with the ever-talented, ever-entertaining Craig Yoe. They primarily discuss Craig's latest projects, Alice in Comicland and the new Weird Love series (both from IDW Publishing), but they also bring up his other books (such as Comics about Cartoonists, Haunted Horror, The Best of Sexology, and Little Penis: Oh, the Places You'll Grow!). They spend a lot of time talking about the various comics in the new Alice book, highlighting the more straight-laced adaptations, such as Chad Grothkoph's “Alice Through the Looking-Glass,” classic parodies like Harvey Kurtzman and Jack Davis's “Alice in Wonderland!”, as well as the truly bizarre and borderline-disturbing translations, e.g., Warren Kremer's “Little Max Meets Alice in Wonderland” and Serge S. Sabarsky and George O. Muhlfield's “Alice on Monkey Island.” After that things get a bit weird…with Weird Love! Craig discusses his new bimonthly series, compiled with his wife, Clizia Gussoni, and the inherently strange nature of classic romance comics. With titles such as “I Fell for a Commie,” “Love of a Lunatic,” and “You Also Snore Darling,” the guys have no problem in generating — and degenerating — offbeat and irreverent conversation. The several Golden and Silver Age stories collected in this first issue of Weird Love cover such topics as sexual politics, misogyny, the women's liberation movement, Joe Gill's cultural conservatism, bald creepy guys, and spanking. So get ready to step through the podcasting looking-glass with this sick, kinky, and bizarro conversation with one of comics' inimitable figures. And remember: Just say “Yo!” to Yoe!

This NEVER happens in a Second Date Update, but TWO guys emailed us about the SAME girl. So, how do we handle that...we get all THREE of on the line to work it out. Listen to the podcast to find out what happens.