Jace chats with renaissance man Kevin Shinick about his career and the varied things he has done over the years. Of course they spend a great deal of time talking comics and specifically the incredible Flash run that Kevin just finished. He was challenged by DC with the idea that everything has been done with the character, but Kevin found a way to bring something new, while honoring the legacy of Barry Allen. Don't worry, there's plenty of holiday talk too! Be sure you reach out to us and Kevin...
Dec 25, 2020•49 min
Jace chats with writer Tom King about the highlights from 2020. It's been a challenging year for all of us, but Tom has been making the most of it by getting ahead on a lot of projects. This chat really has it all, they touch on Rorschach, Batman, Catwoman, Strange Adventures, Heroes in Crisis and more! Of course there is talk of holiday traditions as well, so there is plenty of good cheer to go around!
Dec 25, 2020•1 hr
Jace chats with writer/producer/show runner Joe Henderson. The guys catch up on how things are going in the TV world with some Lucifer talk. Then shift to comics & chat about Joe's Eisner nominated series Skyward and Joe even teases his next project, Shadecraft, which brings the entire creative team from Skyward back together. Plenty of positivity and holiday cheer in this episode!
Dec 25, 2020•47 min
Jace takes a look at X-Tremists #3 as Blob's feeling for Betsy are out in the open, how will she react? Also the behavior and bigotry of Moneta starts to become very evident to the team. We very well may be seeing empathy winning over the members of Department X. How will they reconcile their duty to uphold laws against intimacy and connection when they themselves are beginning to feel them also? They have always walked the fine line between protecting people from themselves while doing as littl...
Dec 24, 2020•30 min
Jace dives into Amazing Nightcrawler #3 as Kurt is hit with a big surprise. Who is the mystery woman who showed up in his dressing room at the end of last issue? We know it is Mystique, but what does she reveal to Kurt? Could the path she sets him on be nothing but a big trap? How will Meggan react when Kurt confides in her? There is so much to unpack in this issue and we don't have all the answers yet, but what we do have is one heck of a story so far leading to those answers.
Dec 24, 2020•19 min
Jace talks about five series that are hailed by many fans as significant. Critical acclaim from fans and creators alike is a common thread for many of the titles on Jace's list. So why does he never expect to read them? They certainly aren't bad comics by most accounts and they involve some very talented creators, but Jace gives his thoughts on why he thinks they just aren't for him.Jace talks about five series that are hailed by many fans as significant. Critical acclaim from fans and creators ...
Dec 24, 2020•16 min
Jace talks about five artists he would like to see on specific titles. We need a good long run so we can see just what each artist can bring to this individual titles. Be sure to give it a listen then reach out to us with some artist/title matchups you'd like to see.
Dec 24, 2020•18 min
Jace runs down his list of the Top 5 comic book runs he is hoping to read in 2021. Some are pretty broad and some he is not even sure where to start, but we do know it is a WHOLE LOT of great comics. Give it a listen and let us know what your reading goals are for 2021!
Dec 24, 2020•16 min
Jace runs down his list of the Top 5 comic book runs he is hoping to read in 2021. Some are pretty broad and some he is not even sure where to start, but we do know it is a WHOLE LOT of great comics. Give it a listen and let us know what your reading goals are for 2021!
Dec 24, 2020•22 min
LRM Online's Emmanuel Gomez talks with comic book creator Chris Northrop. During the interview we talk about his vital role in bringing Critical Role's Vox Machina Origins series to Dark Horse. As well as his past and upcoming projects! The world of Exandria is coming to comics. In a partnership between Dark Horse and Critical Role, the beloved weekly web series, is now a digital comic! Exploring the enthralling origins of the Vox Machina team, the comics are written by Matthew Colville (Evolve,...
Dec 24, 2020•34 min
Jace and Manny talk about some of the best non-superhero comics around. This are some relatively recent series that highlight how sequential art can be used to great effect in storytelling. From Horror to SciFi, in rural settings or the vastness of space, these stories are top notch.
Dec 24, 2020•34 min
Jace and Manny discuss characters that are used way too much in current comics. This are characters that have multiple monthly titles and/or are showing up as guest stars in other books constantly.
Dec 24, 2020•28 min
Jace and Manny talk about some lesser known characters they want to see headline their own title. Most have never had a their own title before. Others have had a title but not for many years or only ever had a one-shot. Be sure to reach out to us on social media if there are any characters you think we missed.
Dec 24, 2020•22 min
Jace takes a look at Next Gen #3. Armor finally gets a chance to confront Anole about his role in the resistance, but Pixie chooses a terrible time to intervene which results in Anole needing to go on the run. Meanwhile Rockslide is beginning to suspect everything is not as it seems. When he confides in Glob about his suspicions, Glob decides it's time to let Rockslide know the truth. Does this mean that the resistance is about to gain several new members? It certainly looks possible. Next Gen c...
Dec 23, 2020•28 min
Jace takes a look at Marvelous X-Men #3, as we get our first insights into the thoughts of X-Man. His reasoning for altering the world the way he was seemed flawed. To take it one step farther, his reasons for prioritizing the individual above all else speak to his stunted social development as a child having grown up in the Age of Apocalypse. How ironic that the biggest threat to his control over the new reality he has created is once again Apocalypse, this time going by his given name of En Sa...
Dec 23, 2020•30 min
Jace dives deep in X-Tremists #2 as Moneta's true colors begin to show. We also so the possibility of a budding romance between two members of the team. A serious breach of the very intimacy laws they are charged with enforcing. Not only that but the treatment of their prisoner raises serious questions in the mind of Jubilee about the whole basis of their goals and the very rules of the world she lives on. As if that wasn't enough we also see the team deliberately set up a "disaster" so the X-Me...
Dec 23, 2020•27 min
Jace and Manny bring you some spoiler-free thought on our last New Comic Book Day before Christmas. They both choose Dark Nights Death Metal: The Secret Origin #1 as their book of the week. Superb job by a whole host of creators to bring us a Superboy Prime story filled with everything that makes the DCU great. Another highlight for Manny is Ice Cream Man #22 which continues to impress. Jace was also a big fan of Miles to Go from AfterShock, a well executed comic you want to be sure not to miss....
Dec 23, 2020•1 hr 12 min
Jace chats with creator Austin Janowsky about his current Kickstarter campaign Stanley the Snowman. It's all about togetherness and the joy of the holiday season with the commercial and materialistic aspects of the holidays left behind. Something we can all do a better job of keeping in mind. Staring a young female character inspired by Austin's own three daughters, who are now grown, it's got all the makings of a holiday classic. Go check out the campaign for this wonderful ALL-AGES project to ...
Dec 23, 2020•34 min
Jace dives deep into Prisoner X #2 as Bishop struggles to find answer in one of the most secure prisons in the Age of X-Man world. It isn't enough that he is fighting to survive against the system that imprisoned him there, he also is responsible for the incarceration of a great many of the prisoners he is now trapped alongside. We see him search for answers as to who left him the mysterious note, but unfortunately the powers that be aren't very fond of Bishops looking for answers. Also he is qu...
Dec 23, 2020•20 min
Jace takes a look at Apocalypse and the X-Tracts #2. While the followers of En Sabah Nur seem to be buying his act, Jace sure isn't. He speculates the Apocalypse still has the desire for power at hsi core. All the talk of love and community is just that, talk. Once he has found a way for all mutants to throw off the influence of X-Man he will be there to pick up the pieces and enslave the population all over again, this time in service to him.
Dec 22, 2020•23 min
Jace breaks down Amazing Nightcrawler #2. What are the responsibilities that Nightcrawler has to all the mutants who look up to him as the world's biggest movie star? How does he balance that with the feelings he is fighting that are outlawed in the Age of X-Man world? For that matter why is Nightcrawler the perfect mutant to use in this story about forbidden love, duty and love?
Dec 22, 2020•27 min
Jace continues to explore the world of the Age of X-Man with Next Gen #2. Glob finally has someone to confide in with his knowledge that the world is not as it should be. Can Armor's leadership help to awaken everyone at the Summers Institute about the true fascist nature of the world? Meanwhile Anole seems predisposed to always rebel and his friends worry that this behavior is leading him down the path of being taken away to never be seen again. The young X-Men are shouldering a lot of responsi...
Dec 22, 2020•22 min
Jace takes a look at Dead Day #1 from Ryan Parrott & Evgeny Bornyakov. On special days, known as Dead Day the dead rise and once more and walk among the living. It doesn't happen every year, but it is predictable and it brings many fascinating opportunities. Some loved ones are reunited with family, other dead, especially prisoners who have been executed are violent. A religion known as the Revivalist has sprung up around the concept of Dead Day and even with the proof of the revivals out th...
Dec 22, 2020•28 min
Jace takes a look at the first issue of a great series from one of our favorite writers Eliot Rahal. How would you react if you had been abducted by aliens for 17 years and returned suddenly? What if you remembered every moment of that abduction and how the aliens experimented on you? Now imagine how your family feels when they had likely assumed you were dead. Let's throw in one more wrinkle, the world itself sees you as the Milk Carton Kid and are about to find out all about your crazy stories...
Dec 22, 2020•21 min
The Man Who Effed Up Time is a rollicking good time. In the best tradition of time travel and Sci-Fi stories, it explores many of those ideas with a likeable main character and plenty of humor. Stylish line art from artist Kyle Mostert adds to the aesthetic and the colors from Dee Cunniffe compliment the linework beautifully. The story and scripting from Jonathan Layman is top notch and fans of characters like Archer & Armstrong or the crew from Sliders will love this book.
Dec 22, 2020•28 min
Jace dives into the first issue of Miles to Go. We meet Amara a former assassin trying to live the life of a normal mom. She's dealing with raising a daughter as a single mother with her divorce on the horizon, but also her past seems to be rearing it's ugly head. Her mentor has recently become a target and you have to wonder if she is next. It's great characterization in this first issue as writer B Clay Moore and artist Stephen Molnar give us subtly clues to who these characters are. It's the ...
Dec 22, 2020•32 min
Jace talks about the first issue that mixes two genres we have never seen combined before, it's a heist story against the backdrop of a Kaiju event. If you love heist stories as much as us, stories about giant monsters or maybe even both, then this is the book for you. We are introduced to our gang of thieves in the first issue and there isn't exactly a lot of trust between them, couple that with the fact that one of them isn't even the person they think she is and you have the start of a lot of...
Dec 22, 2020•28 min
Jace gives his thoughts on the first issue of Undone By Blood. It's a dual narrative as our protagonist seems to be drawing inspiration or even mentorship from the old gunslinger in the western novel she carries and reads when time permits. Meanwhile she is on her own search for vengeance in the dusty town where a terrible tragedy occurred over a year ago. Clearly all is not as it seems and we have a feeling this young girl, Ethel, may be far more formidable than she appears at first glance. Set...
Dec 22, 2020•28 min
Jace reviews the first issue of Disaster Inc. Starting form the premise of extreme tourism, an increasingly popular activity where people pay large sums of money to be guided to some of the most dangerous remote and sometime restricted places on earth. In this first issue we meet Paolo, the president of Disaster Inc and his right hand man Abby. They are leading a group of tourists into the "exclusion zone", an are of Japan that was the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster ever. Unbeknownst...
Dec 21, 2020•22 min
Jace takes a look at the #1 issue an espionage story that brings back the tension and intrigue of the Cold War. Russian agents, mysterious power outages, violent attacks, this story has a fast-paced start and an intriguing mystery that is just starting to unfold. Adding to the realism of the story is the fact that it was conceived by an authentic Russian intelligence agents. Take all that and bring some visceral art with fantastic emotion & body language and you have the ingredients for a su...
Dec 21, 2020•27 min
