Film Review: Amazing Spider-Man 2 and X-Men: Days of Future Past Heeeeeey! So, we’re back. Kind of. After bursting onto the scene with nine months of podcasting GENIUS back in 2011/12, we had to jack it in to deal with myriad issues – addiction, anger, alcoholism, you name it. But we fought our way out […]
Warning! We start off this week by discussing the sixth episode of Game of Thrones Season 2, “The Old Gods and The New”! This week’s comic books discussion covers topics as diverse as the origin of King Arthur and whether Adrian Veidt is f*cking that weird cat thing of his. We also have some fun with Rob […]
This week we kick off with a rant about the Machiavellian, headline-grabbing antics of Mark Millar, a man whose lack of shame seems to know no bounds. Did you know he WROTE THE PLOT for the Avengers movie? Us neither. Then after catching up with the Game of Thrones chat it’s onto the week’s comic […]
Sorry for the delay in getting last week’s show up. Truth is, we got together to record a few videos, the first of which – an awesome Avengers Review VideoCast with MASSIVE, IMMEDIATE SPOILERS – is already available. The DC comics disappointed somewhat this week and we’re still not loving anything AvX related, so thank […]
After the shambles that was last week’s listless show we find our mojo again (and some crack!) and compare and contrast the beginnings of the Avengers Vs. X-Men and Night of the Owls events with AvX #2, Batman #8 and in a surprise reappearance, Nightwing #8. In doing so we hit upon exactly what Marvel […]
This week something happened in Demon Knights which we predicted way back in September after reading #1! We also take a look at two new creator-owned books in the form of Jonathan Hickman’s Secret and America’s Got Powers by Jonathan Ross and Bryan Hitch. We continue to enjoy Watchmen and JLA, say good-bye to Kyle […]
This week we randomly decided to take a look at something that wasn’t in the plan. As well as checking out Avengers Vs. X-Men #1, we saw that Mark Waid and Stuart Immonen promised that something called Avengers Vs. X-Men: Infinite was the future of digital comics. As digital devotees, well we had to check […]
The Thwipping Boys tackle the pick of the week’s comics, including Ultimate Ultimates and an intriguing new creator-owned Vertigo series from Dan Abnett with The New Deadwardians. We continue our retrospective looks back at Watchmen, Batman and Identity Crisis, check out the horror side of the DCU with Justice League Dark & I,Vampire and get […]
Welcome to a new Special Edition of the Thwipping Boys podcast as we continue our tradition of delving into a classic of the comics form by reading Marvels by Alex Ross and Kurt Busiek. Originally featured in Episodes 10 to 13 of our show, we now present the review as one single piece. But that […]
This week we cover Wonder Woman’s Invisible Jet, Doktor Mandrake, Fishing Spider-Man AND The Adventures of Big Face. What more could you want? Batman #7 shows that Greg Capullo and Scott Snyder are just taking the piss now. Plus, there’s droppage this week. It’s positively droppy, in fact. Show Notes for […]
There were so many comics out this week that we had to skip Identity Crisis and Watchmen, in order to check out a new Vertigo book by one of our faves Paul Cornell, as well as the return to comics of BKV with Saga, from Image. Show Notes for Ep. 27 […]
This week sees the return of the Underground Comics Challenge as we take a look at Zombie Outlaw, while we continue our read-throughs of the classics Watchmen and Identity Crisis. Grant Morrison seems to have pissed off Chris something chronic with the quality of Action Comics. Our favourite comics writer has one issue left to […]
It’s our gala 25th episode! We forgot that while recording but it’s still a milestone we’re proud of! There’s no New 52 books this week…what are we gonna do? Last time we were so confused we took the week off. So we thought we’d catch up with six issues Buffy Season 9 as well as […]
This week we continue delving into Identity Crisis, check out the latest batch of DCnU books, catch up with Miles in Ultimate Spider-Man and two of us continue to be blown away by Prophet. We also drop a book we were loving not so long ago – it’s not an easy choice by any means. […]
We chat about the latest batch of DC #6 comics, wonder why we’re continuing to read Doctor Who and continue our journey through Identity Crisis. Jon also puts the guys on the spot and asks them to take up the Paul Cornell Doctor Who challenge. Show Notes for Ep. 23 – Shut […]
This week we’re all healthy again and celebrate by picking up our DCnU books and as well as checking out the excellent Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil. Simon continues his Batman restropective, and we delve into another DC classic by checking out Identity Crisis #1. Plus! Jonny has a bit of a mishap! […]
This episode is hampered by chesticular sickness, and was made possible by a hot toddy. To make a hot toddy in the traditional Thwipping Boys way: – Squeeze the juices from two lemons. Put aside. – Grab cafetiere (or alternative infusing method), realise as usual that you forgot to wash it after your last coffee. […]
This week we review the latest batch of DCnU titles with Aquaman #5, The Flash #5, I, Vampire #5 and Justice League Dark #5, plus Simon takes a look back at another classic Batman comic, Batman #420. Finally we jump onto Jonathan Hickman’s Ultimate Comics Ultimate Avenging Ultimates #6, just because of the cover. Nobody […]
We’ve chucked in all kinds of stuff this week! We jump on JonnyJon’s all-time favourite comic Ultimate Spider-Man, grab the first issue of Joshua Fialkov’s Doctor Who arc, bring back our Underground Comics Challenge for Red Angel and check out Prophet #21, which involved us giving money to Rob Liefeld. That wasn’t easy, but do we […]
It’s time for the 18th awesome episode of the Thwipping Boys podcast, discussing an especially strong showing from the DCnU. This week we have fire, death, Darwyn, destruction, betrayal most foul, and someone getting smacked with a submarine. So grab a cuppa and relax as we review Batman and Robin #5, Deathstroke #5, Frankenstein: Agent […]
We mix things up this week by jumping aboard the precursor to Avengers Vs. X-Men and picking up a book we had all previously agreed to drop. We discuss an initiative which has the potential to bring a lot of new readers into comics in the UK. Plus, we check out some DCnU #5s! Show […]
What happens when a force that for millennia has brought joy to the children of the world is taken over by a sinister power that threatens to spoil Christmas for everyone? Who can possibly save Christmas? Originally released as five acts in our Christmas Special, we now present our radio play “A Marvelous Christmas” as one piece. If […]
This week we have been mostly resting after defeating Santa, Ricky Rat and the dread army of the North Pole over the Christmas break, but we still had time to record our thoughts on the week’s comics and a couple that we didn’t cover last week. Plus, we lose two more books! Show Notes for […]
The Thwipping Boys Christmas Podcast is here! What happens when a once powerful force for good turns evil and tries to spoil Christmas for everyone? We also catch up with The Shade, review a Christmas-flavoured Finnish horror adventure and Chris provides his own spin on some classic tunes. Plus we open our presents, recorded live […]
A mercifully shorter episode this week, as we continue to look at the DCnU books, as well as the second episode of Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror, while Chris tells us about an awesome-sounding dream he had involving Spider-Woman, an alien invasion and one of the biggest movie stars of the 80s. Also – shock of […]
Episode 13 sees The Thwipping Boys noticeably tired despite their week off, while Jon is drunk and slurring his words from the get-go. OK so that doesn’t sound like a thrilling call to action but whatever. Also sorry about the weird noise that pops up throughout this, we haven’t isolated it yet. Let’s say it’s […]
After an early disagreement with Chris about whether super heroes should take lives (Jon and Simon said NO they shouldn’t!), we decided to throw the DC newbie right in at the deep end and introduce him to Kingdom Come, which we reviewed in depth, chapter by chapter, over four episodes of the weekly Thwipping Boys Comics […]
A few months ago, we discovered some horrifying tapes that seem to feature Alternate Earth versions of ourselves broadcasting from Ukraine. At the time, we spliced these episodes into our Halloween Special, but now for the first time you can listen to The Horror in Pripyat as a single piece. Headphones are recommended if possible, […]
Episode 12 of the Thwipping Boys podcast finds the boys with a Marvel in their midst as they enter the final stage of the knockout rules month, which books will be cut? And which will be saved? You’ll have to listen to find out! All the while Chris continues reading Marvels!
Episode 11 finds the boys battling out in round 3 of the DC comics fight to the death, which books will survive? Results of The Flash casting couch are revealed, while Dr Strange is the man in the spotlight this time (poll with pics to be up within 24 hours). There is a surprise in […]
