Howdy, pardner! This week, it's time to saddle up and embrace the Code of the West as we talk with Alphabet Flight about the cult 90s cartoon Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa! ----more---- Transcripts are coming soon! We're in the process of putting together a new site, which will have a dedicated transcripts section. Special thanks to Art from Alphabet Flight for joining us on this episode! You can find him on every podcast platform, or head over to https://anchor.fm/s/9161a01c/podcast/rss and...
Jul 21, 2022•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 38
We'll get back to doing funny episodes about goofy moments in comic history in two weeks, but we decided to adjust our schedule. Today, we're talking about Abortion Eve, an underground feminist comic that came out shortly after Roe v Wade was decided, and what's happening now that the Supreme Court has overturned that case. ----more---- Sources Cited: The Bust: Orange County’s War on Underground Comix http://cbldf.org/2016/09/the-bust-orange-countys-war-on-underground-comix/ Women in Underground...
Jul 07, 2022•31 min•Ep. 37
Let's go back, BACK, BACK(!) to the 80s and talk about one of the first Marvel superhero movies to ever come out: The Punisher starring Dolph Lundgren! And –because we're talking about a classic 80s movie– we brought in some experts: Santos and Freddy from the incredible podcast 88 Miles Per Hour. So sit back, relax, and get ready to murder some criminals... 80s style. ----more---- Transcripts are coming soon! We're in the process of putting together a new site, which will have a dedicated trans...
Jun 23, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 36
Hello, everyone, and Happy Pride! In honor of Pride 2022, we're doing a mini-episode to talk about a little queer history in the four-color realm. Today, we're discussing the first same-sex kisses in mainstream comics. ----more---- Transcripts are coming soon! We're in the process of putting together a new site, which will have a dedicated transcripts section. If you'd like to learn more about queer history in comics, you should check out the LGBT Comics Timeline over at Gay League: https://gayl...
Jun 16, 2022•21 min•Ep. 35
It's time to get bit by a suspicious spider and slip into some spandex! This week we're joined by our Podcast BFFs Dear Watchers for a roundtable discussion about the various Spider-Man films and how they're all connected. ----more---- Transcripts are coming soon! We're in the process of putting together a new site, which will have a dedicated transcripts section. Email: tencenttakes@gmail.com Twitter: @Tencenttakes Instagram: @Tencenttakes Facebook: /Tencenttakes Our banner art is original work...
Jun 09, 2022•2 hr 6 min•Ep. 34
Alright, nerds! Today we're talking about the 1988 Advanced Dungeons & Dragons from DC Comics. Important topics covered: How DC and TSR started working together, which god would serve the best drinks in Waterdeep, and what's the cringiest spell to cast. ----more---- ***** CORRECTION: We learned after this episode dropped that Advanced Dungeons & Dragons *was* collected and reprinted in trades about a decade ago by IDW. Those trades are titled "Dungeons and Dragons: Classics" and have sin...
May 26, 2022•59 min•Ep. 33
Roll for initiative, players! We're onto part two of our look into the early history of Dungeons and Dragons in comic books. This episode, we're checking out The Dragonlance Saga, the first official DND comic books, which were eventually published by DC Comics.----more---- Transcripts are coming soon! We're in the process of putting together a new site, which will have a dedicated transcripts section. Sources cited: SF Crows Nest interview with Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman: https://web.archi...
May 12, 2022•54 min•Ep. 32
Make a history check, players! Today we're kicking off a three-part look at the early history of Dungeons and Dragons in comic books. This episode we're talking about The Realm, a 1980s fantasy series from Arrow Comics that managed to deliver a DND-esque story about before the official brand hit comic shops. Joining us is Kelly Galten of the award-winning game shop Goblin Bros. ----more---- Transcripts are coming soon! We're in the process of putting together a new site, which will have a dedica...
Apr 28, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 31
Are you ready to emerge from the depths of comics history as we finish Jessika's recent finds from a shop in Massachusetts? This week we're coasting the currents via Aquaman's second volume, a 1980s miniseries that wound up providing a soft reboot to the character and setting him up with the origin story that's pretty much been canon ever since. ----more---- Transcripts are coming soon! We're in the process of putting together a new site, which will have a dedicated transcripts section. Email: t...
Apr 14, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 30
It's time to dive into the depths of comic book history as we check out Jessika's recent finds from a shop in Massachusetts. This week we're checking out Saga of the Sub-Mariner, the 1988 series that re-introduced Marvel audiences to the long, long, looooooong history of Marvel's First Mutant. ----more---- Transcripts are coming soon! We're in the process of putting together a new site, which will have a dedicated transcripts section. Email: tencenttakes@gmail.com Twitter: @Tencenttakes Instagra...
Mar 31, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 29
Alright, everybody. Let's get weird. This episode, we’re talking about Debbie Does Dallas: The movie, the comic, and the mysteries surrounding both. ----more---- Transcripts are coming soon! We're in the process of putting together a new site, which will have a dedicated transcripts section. Our friend Dale Lazarov of Sticky Graphic Novels has a Kickstarter! Go back it: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/comicmix/tapstuds-the-latest-project-from-sticky-graphic-novels Ron Johnson’s “The Butterf...
Mar 17, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 28
Come for the badly-animated action scenes, stay for Chuck's bizarrely-read moral "lessons" delivered in a crop top and short shorts. ----more---- Transcripts are coming soon! We're in the process of putting together a new site, which will have a dedicated transcripts section. Email: tencenttakes@gmail.com Twitter: @Tencenttakes Instagram: @Tencenttakes Facebook: /Tencenttakes Our banner art is original work by Sarah Frank...
Mar 03, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 27
Just in time to take advantage of Superbowl hysteria, we're talking about NFL SuperPro! ----more---- Transcripts are coming soon! We're in the process of putting together a new site, which will have a dedicated transcripts section. Special thanks to Lance from Comic Book Keepers for hanging out with us and lending his wit and charm expertise. Head over to Apple Podcasts and smash that subscribe button! The show's also on Twitter, so be sure to give it a follow: https://twitter.com/cbkcast Email:...
Feb 17, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 26
Welp. This is it. The final episode of our Sandman Book Club. We're discussing Volume 10: The Wake, as well as our final thoughts on the series overall. ----more---- Transcripts are coming soon! We're in the process of putting together a new site, which will have a dedicated transcripts section. Email: tencenttakes@gmail.com Twitter: @Tencenttakes Instagram: @Tencenttakes Facebook: /Tencenttakes Our banner art is original art by @Lookmomdraws...
Feb 03, 2022•44 min•Ep. 25
It's time to discuss the Alterniverse, Marvel's short-lived imprint that ran alternate-world stories (which included What If...? issues). As such, the hosts of Dear Watchers were gracious enough to cross over onto our show and fill in the gaps of our Marvel Multiverse knowledge. ----more---- Transcripts are coming soon! We're in the process of putting together a new site, which will have a dedicated transcripts section. Special thanks to Rob and Guido from Dear Watchers for hanging out with us a...
Jan 20, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 24
This week, we discuss our thoughts on The Sandman Vol 9: The Kindly Ones. There was a lot we liked, as well as a lot we could've done without. ----more---- Transcripts are coming soon! We're in the process of putting together a new site, which will have a dedicated transcripts section. Email: tencenttakes@gmail.com Twitter: @Tencenttakes Instagram: @Tencenttakes Facebook: /Tencenttakes Our banner art is original art by @Lookmomdraws...
Jan 06, 2022•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 23
'Tis the season to discuss the Holidays and their role in comic books. We take a look at the history of holiday comics in general, as well as the 1990s Marvel Holiday Specials in particular. ----more---- Transcripts are coming soon! We're in the process of putting together a new site, which will have a dedicated transcripts section. Sources Cited: Marvel blog entry: "A Journey Through Marvel Holiday Specials Past" https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/a-journey-through-marvel-holiday-specials-p...
Dec 23, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 22
Things are starting to come to a head in our penultimate episode for The Sandman Book Club! Brief Lives follows the story of Dream and Delirium as they search the world for Destruction, their missing brother. Meanwhile, the next volume (The World's End) brings us another anthology with hints at what to expect in the final two volumes of the series. ----more---- Jessika: I feel like I'm very straight passing recently. So I went out and ordered by self some doc Martins, just work there. These are ...
Dec 09, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 21
What better way to talk about Deathmate then to do a crossover with another podcast? In this episode, we talk about the infamous 90s event with Brad and Lisa Gullickson (the hosts of Comic Book Couples Counseling)! ----more---- Transcript forthcoming
Nov 25, 2021•2 hr 4 min•Ep. 20
Once again, we're walking the moonlit path of dreams and discussing The Sandman. In this episode, we're talking about the fifth and sixth volumes: A Game of You and Fables & Reflections. ----more---- Mike: I don't think I'm getting a birthday present. I am relatively certain that they want to fire me out of a cannon into the sun Jessika: Hello. And welcome to Ten cent takes the podcast where we cause whiplash from rapid time leaps, one issue at a time. My name is Jessica Frasier and I'm join...
Nov 11, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 19
Happy Halloween! We're joined by comics scribe Daniel "D.G." Chichester to talk about the history of horror comics, Marvel's return to the genre in the early 1990s, and the macabre anti-hero Terror (whom Chichester co-created). ----more---- Issue 18 Transcript Mike: [00:00:00] It's small, but feisty, Mike: Welcome to Tencent Takes, the podcast where we dig up comic book characters’ graves and misappropriate the bodies, one issue at a time. My name is Mike Thompson, and I am joined by my cohost, ...
Oct 28, 2021•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 18
It's time to return to The Dreaming! This week, we're discussing the third and fourth volumes of Neil Gaiman's celebrated series. Come for the one-off stories of Dream Country, and give the devil his due when we cheer Lucifer's epic trolling of Dream in Season of the Mists. ----more---- Episode 17 Transcript Jessika: [00:00:00] I just, I like have had five sets of teeth in my life. They just keep growing bigger and bigger each set I got, Hello, and welcome to Ten Cent Takes, the podcasts where w...
Oct 14, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 16
What happens when you combine two of the biggest brands of the early 1980s? You get RadioShack's TRS-80 Whiz Kids comics, with special guest stars from the DC Universe. Marvel at snarky teens sassing the Man of Steel, then laugh at how he makes them perform complex math with mediocre computers! ----more---- Episode 16 Transcript Mike: [00:00:00] I used to go into an office, and when I did that, I had a dog that everybody loved and I baked cookies every day. Hello, hello, hello, welcome to Ten Ce...
Sep 30, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 17
It's time for our first graphic novel book club. Starting this week, we're reading and discussing Neil Gaiman's celebrated work: The Sandman. Each book club episode will examine two volumes of the core Sandman series. Given the length of the overall series, the book club will be every other episode. ----more----
Sep 16, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 15
This week, we're taking a look at The New Guardians! DC's short-lived attempt at a topical superhero comic is... look. Just strap in. This is one of the wildest comic rides you'll ever go on. ----more---- Episode 14 Transcript Mike: [00:00:00] Y'all need Satan. Mike: Welcome to Ten Cent Takes, the podcast where we cringe at cursed comics, one issue at a time. My name is Mike Thompson, and I am joined by my cohost, the taskmaster of trivia herself, Jessika Frazer. Jessika: Ooh, it is I. Mike: How...
Sep 02, 2021•57 min•Ep. 14
Today we're checking out a couple of Jessika's latest estate sale finds: Superboy 109 & 110. We discuss the history of the character and how he's evolved, as well as these two issues in particular. Are these swingin' sixties stories about the Boy of Steel any good? Well, no. Not really. But they certainly gave us something to talk about! ----more---- Episode 13 Transcript Jessika: [00:00:00] Dude. It's always fucking Florida, Mike: I can't think of anything that comes out of Florida that's g...
Aug 19, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 13
Hop into your big rigs and get ready for a wild ride! In this episode, we're going to be talking about U.S. 1, Marvel's licensed series about a long-haul trucker who also happened to be a superhero.----more---- Episode 12 Transcript [00:00:00] Mike: If you're a middle-aged white guy, maybe trying to sit there and write about the troubles that indigenous people from other countries face, maybe don't do that. Just my ten cents. Welcome to Ten Cent Takes, the podcast where we hand-wave plot holes l...
Aug 05, 2021•47 min•Ep. 12
Hey, there, fellow heroes in a half-shell! This week, we're examining how the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles evolved across approximately 30 years and four comic book series. In this episode, we're looking at: The original Mirage series TMNT Adventures from Archie Comics The short-lived Image Comics series from the 90s IDW's 2011 series ----more---- Episode 11 Transcript [00:00:00] Jessika: You're going to cut all this bullshit, Mike: Oh yeah, of course. Jessika: Okay. Hello? Hello. Welcome to Ten...
Jul 22, 2021•57 min•Ep. 11
Freeze, creep! This week, we're checking out the 1995 and 2012 attempts to bring Judge Dredd to American movie audiences. Spoiler alert: It didn't work out like the studios hoped. ----more---- [00:00:00] Mike: That's a little too thirsty, I think. Welcome to Tencent takes the podcast where we violate Mega City One’s judicial codes, one issue at a time. Coming at you live from the hot box of my closet; I have not showered in 24-hours, and I smell fantastic. I'm Mike Thompson and I am joined by my...
Jul 08, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 10
Join us as Jessika takes us on a behind-the-scenes tour of the 1990s Ninja Turtle movies. Come for the stories about Jim Henson, stay for the ragging on Corey Feldman. We will not be discussing the Michael Bay abominations. ----more---- Episode 9 Transcription [00:00:00] Jessika: God, am I wheezy on my microphone right now? Hello. Welcome to Ten Cent Takes the podcast where we serve comics knowledge on the half shell, one issue at a time. My name is Jessika Frazier and I'm joined by my cohost, t...
Jun 24, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 9
