On today's episode: We do another X-Comics roundup! This time covering Multiple Man #1-3, Mr. & Mrs. X #1, X-Men Gold Annual #2, and Cable #159.
(CW: discussion of PTSD/panic attacks in Cable)
Topics Discussed: Sprite Remix; Coca Cola Freestyle; Charlie's Subway Opinions; A Black Box Theatre Concept; What the Fuck, Jamie Madrox; Bringing Readers Up to Speed; The Best & Worst Ship Names; Cable Emotions; Suffering in Fiction
On today's episode: Tim Seeley (@HackinTimSeeley) joins us for a Q&A to discuss his upcoming Shatterstar miniseries.
Cover art done by @PPitteArt.
On today's episode: We talk with our friend Chris (@strictlyworse) about nostalgia, childhood toys & stuffed animals, and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
Topics Discussed: SDCC Breakdown; DC Says "Hold My Beer"; The Raddest Theme Song; A Brief Summary of All the Power Rangers Iterations; Bulk & Skull; "Looks Like a Space Dumpster to Me!"; We're at the Combination Gym & Juice Bar; TFW You Leave the Power Rangers to Train for the Olympics; Weird + Bad Power Rangers Behind-the-Scenes; Chris' Extremely Good Sound Effects; Jason & Tommy: the OTP; Green Eye Powers; Darkness Sword Phylactery; Scorpina: Kinda Hot; Kansas City BBQ Feuds; The Phantom Zone, but for Power Rangers; Bryan Cransdon's Deep Love of Power Rangers; Prodigious, Morphenomenal, & Other Lingo; Galvanax: The Mojo of Rangers; Attempting to Explain The Morphin Grid; What's Making Us Happy? Games, Adorable Babies, & Bittersweet Endings
It's a very timely episode of The Young Ones this week, as we talk about the 2003 cartoon Teen Titans (and not any of those other ones, we don't talk about those).
Topics Discussed: Number Problems; Shatterstar News We Never Thought We'd Get; Comics We've Read; X-Men: Days of Future Stay In the Past; The Geography of Comic Book Universes; Toxic Waste Buffets & Cement Transformers; Why You Shouldn't Put a Prequel at the End of a Series; Kiss to Learn English; Heroes for Hire Don't Always Get Paid; Every Beast Boy Has His Day; She's Rocks; Isolation Dragons & Magical Soft Bois; Give Us the Starfire and Wash Away the Debt; What's Making Us Happy: Nostalgia Games & Intertwined Hearts
The intro is a cover of the Teen Titans theme, as performed by Mikey (@quantumdotdot)
On today's episode, Charlie espouses the virtues of restaurants with free salad and bread, Mikey admits to his leftovers problem, and we talk about some of the teen-adjacent comics we've been enjoying recently.
Topics Discussed: The Chaotic Neutral of Podcasts; Charlie's Pinboard Theories; How to Not Interact with Creators; New Mutants: Dead Souls #4; The Mechanics of a Nightmare Realm; The Most Relieved Hug in all of Comics; Trauma & "Strong Female Characters"; What Does "Abrasive" Mean, Anyway?; Cable #157-158; Future Soldier Smoulder; Trust No One, Not Even Your Clone; Nate Grey's Bad Ideas; Domino's Powerful 90s Look; A Beautifully-Illustrated Shatterstar; When the 90's X-Force Writing is 😘👌; X-Men Gold #30; A Missed Opportunity; "Gal Pals"; Why Colossus is the Worst; How X-Men Cliches Distract From a Good Story; What's Making Us Happy This Week
On today's episode, Charlie emerges from an internet-less void, Mikey sings (badly), and we take a spoiler-filled deep-dive into Steven Universe.
Topics Discussed: Podcast Birthdays; Becoming a Under-40 Shatterstar Luminary; Aqua, the Verve, and More 90s One-Hit-Wonders; Lestat the Vampire Prince vs Weird Twitter; The World of Steven Universe; A Silly Shatterstar Reference; Who Are the Crystal Gems?; Why Lars is the Best; The Visual Theming of Rose Quartz; What Happens When Space Rocks and Tectonic Plates Meet; Our Favorite Steven Universe Moments
Have a minisode! Where we talk about Deadpool 2 kind of. And some other things. The real episode 21 will come to you two weeks from now!
On today's episode: Mikey talks late 1990s cereal prizes, Charlie thinks there's too many Spider-Men, and we reminisce about Batman Beyond.
Topics Discussed: Someone Take Lewis Tan's Phone Away, Still Alive, A Brief Discussion of Late 90s Pop Culture, Batman (Don't) Get Your Gun, The Gotham Aesthetic, Tracer from Overwatch, A Batman with a Life, The Return of HitClips, A Case of Mistaken Jokerz Identity, A Future Slang Primer, Cop vs. Punk, "Right in the Bruce Wayne feels," Mr. Fixx the Steampunk Assassin, An Awkward Limo Ride, Hubris, A Rogues Gallery Rivalry, Ace the Bat-Dog, Ice-T & Twin Peaks, The Usefulness of Secret Panels in Desks, Evil Lucio, Why You Don't Give Your Lackies Brain Stimulators, How Absolute Technology Corrupts Absolutely, Saving the World with Furious Super-Texting, Enter Max, Body Horror Yikes and a Half, When Superman is also Tony Stark, A Messed-Up Master Plan, You Too Can Be Your Own Grandpa, Return of the Joker, Episode Recommendations, A Novelty Ratings System
On today's episode: Mikey gets pulled back from the brink of an internet rabbit hole, Charlie has an X-Corps epiphany, and our good friend Casey (@caseycrook) joins us to talk about the end of Runaways Volume 1.
Topics Discussed: Slime & Slime Accessories, We're Not Starting a Stephen King Podcast, A Chili's at the End of Reality, Street Fighter Vs X-Force, Runaways Vol 1 #17-18, Nico Minoru's Spell Spreadsheet, Alex's Ill-Conceived Morrowind LARP, A Typical Villain Monologue, How Now to Treat Your Crush, A Deadlier Yoshi, The Unfortunate Return of Video Game Logic, When Humans Ruin Your Dinner Table, Molly's Convenient Sleepiness, Breaking Dramatic Tension via Bad Monster Design, Theories About the Leapfrog, A Weirdly Dated Picture, Why Mutant Schools Aren't for Everyone, Mixed Messages, the End of the Runaways... For Now, Representation in Reading, Blink Twice if This Podcast Is Holding You Hostage
On today's episode: Mikey tests a new cold intro idea, Charlie helps us remember the themesong to Pyramid, and we're talking spoilers for New Mutants: Dead Souls #1-2 & Cable #155.
Topics Discussed: Predictably Left Hanging on a Cliff, Sportsball, Podcasting Is Just Weird Radio, New Mutants: Dead Souls #1-2, Comics ASMR, What the New Mutants are Made Of, Millenials: Just Older Teenagers?, Supernatural-Style Cold Opens, Freeing Yourself From Continuity and Making it Work, Casual Gay vs Tired Gay, Phonetic Accents: Not Even Once, A Dad for Dads, Possible Appeanances of Our Good Boy, Shoutouts to Jeni's Ice Cream