Jace and Rocky chat about the Independent books for the week of January 22, 2024. It's an incredible week as the guys had a tough time narrowing down which boosk to talk about and then even a tougher time picking their respective Book of the Week. Life from DSTLRY continues to be equal parts disturbing, action-packed and thought provoking a must-read for sure! Hyde Street gives us a holiday tale we wish had been in time for Christmas, but that doesn't lessen it's impact or the brilliant way it c...
Jan 23, 2025•1 hr 28 min
Jace talks about a few of the Indie books for the week of January 15, 2025. Finders/Keepers gives us a "reverse" Indiana Jones, who steals artifacts from museums and returns them to their rightful indigenous peoples, it's the latest entry into the Horizon Experiment. The first volume of Skin Police has a crazy ending and we can't wait for volume 2. Brood and Minor Arcana both continue their excellent narratives leaning heavily on expert characterization from their respective writers. You Won't F...
Jan 23, 2025•42 min
Pretty big week of DC Comics titles and Rocky and Jace break them all down. With fourteen titles the guys have 3 overlaps in their top 5 and they have the same Book of the Week. You'll have to listen in to find out which books are which. Wonder Woman has some epic battles and art, while her Absolute version has what Jace thinks is the best issue yet. Little Batman is so much fun, it is a must-read for younger fans. The mystery in Detective Comics deepens, Black Canary is full of action, Superman...
Jan 22, 2025•1 hr 22 min
Mark Waid is back! He stops by to talk about Justice League Unlimited #3 as a follow up to our conversation with him before the first issue dropped. Mark comments on the reveal for Airwave and whether even he kjnew that was coming when he was last on the show! That leads to a deeper discussion on his method of writing and how he keeps all the plates spinning, Plus some talk about the Inferno and what he can tease about them and how he loved getting a chance to writer Dr Occult who will have a bi...
Jan 21, 2025•17 min
Jace and Rocky chat about the DC Comics titles for the week of January 15, 2025. It's a big week with 13 titles dropping. The epic nature of the Jeremy Adams Green Lantern run continues to expand, while the stakes on the JL Watchtower are raised and we begin to question whether The Question can handle them. Nice House by the Sea and Batman and Robin Year One both give us more of the same from their respective series and that is excellent paced storytelling. We also love how Nightwing and Titans ...
Jan 16, 2025•1 hr 46 min
Jace is joined by Jason Aarona and Mahmud Asrar to talk about Bug Wars. An eclectic mix of two of Jason's favorite types oif stories growing up, the hidden civilazations of "tiny people" who live at our feet. like The Littles or The Borrowers, and mythical fantasy. Joined by superstar artist Mahmud Asrar, these two creators are building an amazingly rich world that combines the best elements of both. Jason describes it as Honey, I Shrunk the Kids meets Game of Thrones. The guys discuss the first...
Jan 10, 2025•34 min
Jace and Rocky chat about all the DC Comics titles dropping the week of January 8, 2025. Aquaman's debut is extremely intriguing and has a final page you have to see to believe. Absolute Batman #4 gives us a masterful story containing his Year One Origin perfectly. DC Vs Vampires has a very big bad show up, but whose side is he on? The father/son dynamics in Batman and Robin continue to be excellent as does the art and story in Batman: Dark Patterns.
Jan 09, 2025•1 hr 12 min
Jeremy Adams returns to the show to tell us all about the upcoming Green Lantern: Fractured Spectrum Special and how it leads inot Green Lantern #19. Tons to talk about when it comes to other lanterns be they Green, Violet or any color of the Spectrum. Also what's up with the Guardians since they've returned and who is the big bad that is looking to take advantage of the wild Spectrum energy right now and fracture it completely? Oh and don't sleep on the secrets revealed about the Book of OA and...
Jan 09, 2025•24 min
Jace welcomes Scott Snyder back to the show to talk about Absolute Batman #4, with Nick Dragotta taking a break on the art, Gabriel Walta brings his unique style to the book to give us a very emotional story that covers the earliest days of this version of Batman. Scott talks about how Absolute Batman embodies the distrust of authority and anger we all may be feeling right now as we look at the world around us. Grounded in family and father/son relationships as well, we get to see a Bruce Wayne ...
Jan 08, 2025•19 min
Jace runs solo on the Indie Spotlight for the week of January 8, 2025. With get an amazing issue of Geiger with gorgeous art as our hero struggles to contain his powers which seem to be spiraling out of control. The creative team behind 100 Bullets, Azzarello & Risso, continue their masterful western Blood Brothers Mother at DSTLRY. Plus the second chapter of Juvenile and the debut of The Lucky Devils. The latter from the creative team of Charles Soule and Ryan Browne is a must-read, wirh fa...
Jan 08, 2025•35 min
It's a small week if indies to kick off 2025, but Rocky and Jace talk about a couple of books. Plus, we annouce the winners of the Global Comix contest! Email Jace at thecomicsourceblog@gmail.com if you won to claim your prize.
Jan 03, 2025•29 min
Jace and Rocky kick off the new year with the first of the DC Spotlights that will be released every week talkign about all the DC titles to hit comic shops. There are a lot of great titles to kick off the year with Two-Face giving a wonderful procedural feel and startign to show just how important Harvey Dent is to the White Church, the court of crime attempting to keep the peace in the Gotham underworld. The penultimate issue of this era of Batman brings back a fan favorite villain, but just h...
Jan 02, 2025•1 hr 34 min
Jace and Rocky close out 2024 with the final week of indie titles. We get three books from ghost Machine with Geiger providing a bit of a Hulk vibe and Redcoat showing that Simon Pure is a character you can tell any type of story with. Hornsby & Halo's second issue shows that the story is much bigger than we first thought and Rocky chooses it as his book of the week. We get some spectacular art in Violator as it provides some alternate history. Speaking of history, Dust to Dust is set during...
Dec 30, 2024•1 hr 12 min
Jace and Rocky chat about the DC Comics titles for the final week of 2024. It is a huge week with 17 titles hitting the stands but it is a bit underwhelming as we get the third issue of Gargoyle of Gotham with the book losing momentum because of such a long dealy between issues. The final issue of Batman Brave and the Bold is also a bit of a let down with a lack of memorable stories and Powergirl also continues to disappoint. On the other hand the debut of Metamorpho is very strong and the Phant...
Dec 29, 2024•1 hr 36 min
Jace and Rocky chat about the year that was in DC Comics and give some stats on what made Picks of the Week. Also plenty of talk about the Superman trailer, what they thought worked and what didn't. Plus some goals for 2025. Plenty of random tangents in this one as the guys let the conversation take them where it will. We hope you enjoy it and Happy Holidays!
Dec 25, 2024•1 hr 58 min
Jace welcomes the super-talented Scott Snyder back to the show, The guys chat about holiday plans, the Yankees and the upcoming Wytches animated series. Plus, comics, of course! Scott has had a tremendous amount of creator owned projects come out in the last few years and now he has returned to DC with Absolute Batman. The comics talk starts with By A Thread, a series Scott co-writes with his son, Jack. Also, the Eisner-award winning Barnstormers series with Tula Lotay is discussed. Canary, Whit...
Dec 24, 2024•52 min
We had a couple of creators forced to cancel on us due to some scheduling conflicts and family obligations. So to be sure we hit the full 12 episodes and have the chance to give away all 12 Global Comix codes for free subscriptions, we are representing this episde for 2021 spotlighting Klaus. This series from Grant Morrison and Dan Mora is probably the most action packed and fantastical series about Santa that is out there. Drawing on Santa Claus' wilder roots in Viking lore and Siberian shamani...
Dec 24, 2024•13 min
Jace is joined by Skylar Patridge to chat about her upcoming title from Image under the Horizon Experiment imprint, Finders/Keepers. It's an action-adventure story inspired by characters like Indiana Jones, only this time instead of finding relics to place in museums, Ines Guarua is stealing them from museums to return them to their native cultures. Skylar takes about respecting what museums do in preserving and honoring art, but that she along with co-creator/writer Vita Ayala, want to start a ...
Dec 22, 2024•19 min
Jace is joined by veteran comic creators Rick Remender and Paul Azaceta to talk all aboout their upcoming project from Image Comics under the Giant Generator imprint, The Seasons. Summer, Winter, Spring and Autumn are the Season Sisters and the daughters of the world famous Seasons Detectives. Ten years ago, their parents disappeared under mysterious circumstances which brought the girls closer together. They may need those close bonds more than ever though, as something sinister is coming. Rick...
Dec 21, 2024•46 min
Jace is joined by award winning artist, painter and frequent cover artist for the New Yorker magazine Eric Drooker. Eric talks about Naked City, the third volume in his City graphic novel trilogy. Filled with relatable moments, it is the poignant story of three bohemians on the edge of the city struggling to answer the question: Is it possible to survive as an in the 21st century? Jace and Eric get into the character, motivations and perspective of the three main characters and also discuss how ...
Dec 20, 2024•42 min
Jace welcomes co-writers Ryan Parrott and John Ridley along with artist Mike Perkins to the show to chat about Justice League: The Atom Project. In the aftermath of Absolute Power, we already know that some people didn't get there powers back while others had their powers altered. Perhaps, of greater concent is the fact that many people, kids especially, who are unprepared to weild powers have found that they now posses dangerous abilities. It is up to the combined skills and brain power of the ...
Dec 19, 2024•21 min
Jace and Rocky review several independent titles for the week of December 18. 2024. Power Fantasy continues to be top-notch as does Tin Can Society, both are excellent examples of character pieces with the narratives driven by the interpersoanl relationships of the characters. Freddie the Fix is beautifully illustrated and harkens back to Old Hollywood in a lot of ways, Exit City and String from Mad Cave Studios are also continuing their compelling narratives and superb art while defining unique...
Dec 18, 2024•1 hr 15 min
Jace and Rocky chat about the DC Comics titles for the week of December 18, 2024. It's a huge week as we head into Christmas and the end of the year. The Plastic Man mini comes to an end, as do the All Winter and Hellblazer: Dead in America series all in a very satisfying fashion. We also get the debut of two new series with Challengers of the Unknown and New Gods, but starting. Catwoman and The Question both continue their quality storytelling and the Green Lantern/Green Arrow Special is a fun ...
Dec 18, 2024•1 hr 55 min
Coming in 2025 we are ramping up the Ghost Machine coverage. We will start with some deep reviews for all the titles going page by page and talking about the story beats and themes. We kick it off with the first Ghost Machine release, Geiger. This title actually predates Ghost Machine as a company as was released under the Mad Ghost imprint. Jace is joined by co-host Cody, who is checking out these books for the first time, so join to see what't in store for 2025 with Ghost Machine. Plus we cont...
Dec 17, 2024•55 min
Jace is joined by writer Paul Tobin to talk about his series, String, from Mad Cave Studios. Starring a young woman who can see 'strings' that connect people who have been intimate or murdered and those they are about to kill. Yoon often works with the police to try and solve murders by following the black strings, but it's the blue strings that connect sexual partners that often have people feeling uncomfortable around her. Things are completely turned upside down in her life, when she wakes up...
Dec 16, 2024•25 min
Jace is joined by creator Reilly Brown and his son Will, to talk about their project Thunder Guardian. Created from an original idea by Will and illustrated by Reilly, Thunder guardian originally was published in a local newspaper in strip format. Reailly and Will have brought the story to Zoop collecting the strips so far and expanding on the story. Plus there are other great rewards in the campagin including commissions from Reilly and Will. Listen in for all the details and some talk about wh...
Dec 15, 2024•23 min
Jace welcomes Jeremy Adams back to the show to kick off the 12 Days of the Comic Source for 2024. Jeremy has been building up the scope of his Green Lantern story since the beginning and it has hit all new levels with the end of the Civil Corp War, but that is just the beginning. The emotional spectrum is fractured and anyone can tap into those energies, even if they don't have a ring. Plus, there may be even more spectrums that were previously known about. With so much story coming, it was too ...
Dec 14, 2024•1 hr 18 min
Jace and Rocky chat about some of their favorite indie titles for the week of December 11, 2024. Brood is an excellent addition to the Minor Threats universe drawing inspiration from stories like Succession and Royal Tenenbaums. Minor Arcana continues to be an intense character piece from Jeff Lemire who is a master of the craft. In Bloom introduces us to a world where mutation are desired and even considered beautiful, but be careful what you wish for. Doll Parts gives us an early look at the w...
Dec 11, 2024•1 hr 10 min
Jace and Rocky are back to chat about the DC Comics titles for the week of December 11, 2024. Batman Dark Patterns debuts by reminding people why he is called the World's Greatest Detective. We see how Lois gained her powers in the Superwoman Special, but only have hints as to whose powers they might be. Meanwhile, the betrayals in the world of vampires are coming fast and furious in World War V. We have the most realistic characterization yet of Bruce and Damian's relationship as it begins to m...
Dec 11, 2024•1 hr 52 min
Jace welcomes creators Ryan Browne and Charles Soule back to the show to talk about their latest project together , The Lucky Devils. Following up on the heels of the wildly successful Eight Billion Genies, this time the guys are exporing a concept that might feel familier, the little devils who sit on our shoulders and try to tempt us in all sorts of ways. In a classid Soule/Browne twist, the guys are taking that oft-used idea and putting their own unique stamp on it by showing us how they devi...
Dec 09, 2024•29 min
