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The writer of Pink Midnight Presents: Barber Psychic joins us this week to talk about whether the series really is a horror anthology, never playing D&D, "Yes and," movies about barbers, and much more! NOTE: Just to be clear, Paul uses they/them pronouns, despite some others used in the episode. Apologies!
Two of the writers of Dark Horse Comics' Minor Threats spinoff series The Alternates join us for the show this week to talk about weirdo superheroes, the beauty of the characters no one else likes, the mythology of pre-Covid conventions, and, of course, Slash.
For our belated celebration of the birthday of the King of Comics, Jack Kirby, we're reading this 1981 Pacific Comics series of his that we've never read before! So how does it stack up?
Longtime friend of the show Mark O. Stack returns to the program this week to talk about his new crossover comic funding now on Kickstarter, The Relentless Adventure! Plus, we discuss the joy of superheroes just hanging out, the history of inter-company crossovers, and some controversial Pokemon thoughts.
Time to rank some more of the rawest moments in comics! Remember: When the time comes, you better fight like hell.
Chris is back in the saddle, and he's here with Matt to rank some comic book stories once again! One of them is Weapon X, so they spend a long time on that one.
Matt is joined by his wife Marlene this week to take some listener questions!
Matt went to visit Chris in Minneapolis for his birthday, and they recorded something every day about what they did!
We took your listener questions on the show this week, and it led to a long discussion about what makes a good comics fight, among other things!
Come with us to Asgard. Or what's left of it, anyway. We're starting our reread of the Dan Jurgens/John Romita Jr. run on Thor with issues #1-5 this week!
The summer heat is here, and we're keeping cool by ranking comic book stories once again.
This week's episode is 100 percent Raw! That's right, we're ranking raw moments in comics once again!
It's a SUPER-SIZED catch-up as Matt and Chris lengthily discuss and rank Berserk's Black Swordsman arc and the Golden Age arc! (NOTE: The Childish Gambino name story is more of a widely held theory rather than definitive truth. Glover himself says he got his name from an online Wu-Tang Clan name generator.)
The writers of Minor Threats return to the show this week to talk about their new trade paperback for the series, their new spinoff The Alternates, big influences, world building, noir, and a whole lot more!
The creative force behind the new Stardust the Super Wizard anthology joins us for the show this week to talk Golden Age comics, his return to playing video games after 20 years, hero morality, and a whole lot more!
Time is merely a construct and we're ranking comic book stories. Two undeniable truths.
We've come to the end of the Gruenies! We finally get into the relatively brief Armor Cap period, and dig into what this decade of comics really meant. Covering Captain America #438-443.
It's time once again for us to rank the rawest moments in comics, and this time, we've got some big ones featuring Spider-Man, Ghost Rider, Thor, and yes, Magneto and the Red Skull.
The writer of many comics we love and long-requested guest Jed Mackay joins us this week to talk about choosing (or not choosing) the characters he writes, his origin story, tabletop gaming, setting traps for characters, and a whole lot more!
Jason Copland, the creator of the new graphic novel Full Tilt funding now on Zoop, joins us this week to talk about influences, the thinking behind a 22-page spread, eliminating characters, how he read Ronin at 12, and a whole lot more!
It's our 100th Every Story Ever special, and we're chugging along through listener-submitted lists of comic book stories!
Time to get raw! We're going through more submissions for Thursday Night Raw on this week's show!
The editor of the wrestling zine The Atomic Elbow joins us this week to talk about carny lingo, muted phrases on Twitter, cake, old wrestling shows as historical documents, and a whole lot more!
After considerable pressure to do so, this month, we're covering the first 11 issues of the 1994 reimagining of Dr. Fate, with Jared Stevens taking on the mantle of the Man Called Fate. It's quite a ride.
The writer of The Dog Knight and the recent Love Unlimited: Gwenpool, Jeremy Whitley returns to the show this week to talk all about the key elements of dogs, getting the art of a talking dog just right, with whom he'd make an amalgam of Gwenpool, and much more!
The creator of the new book Thunder Hunters, which is funding now on Zoop, joins us for the show this week to talk about creature designs, working on Dungeons and Dragons monster manuals, Jack Kirby's creative license, drawing inspiration from nature, and much more!
For the 99th time, we're bringing you a monthly special where we rank comic book stories submitted by our listeners on a huge list from best to worst!
On this week's show, Matt and Chris are answering as many of your listener questions as they can!
We're very close to the end of the Mark Gruenwald's run on Captain America, but he's still got some new guys up his sleeve. This time, we're meeting Jack Flag while we get reacquainted with the Serpent Society! Also, Diamondback makes a momentous choice. Covering Captain America #432-437.
This one snuck up on us! So does Al Ewing and Javier Rodriguez's follow-up to their 2021 Defenders series live up to the original?
