This week we discuss Steve Gerber and Phil Winslade's 2002 Howard the Duck series. It's a satirical story deeply steeped in the pop culture of its time, but does it hold up?

E93 - The Ultimates Vol. 2

27 days ago 2h 39m

In the longest episode of the podcast to date we discuss Mark Millar, Bryan Hitch, and co.'s The Ultimates (2002) #7-13. Topics of discussion include the intrinsic conflict between the series' core concepts and its status as an ongoing narrativ

E92 - Second Year in Review

Mar 25th, 2024 2h 1m

How many awards can Mokumokuren's The Summer Hikaru Died win in one episode?

E91 - Desperadoes: Quiet of the Grave

Mar 18th, 2024 1h 1m

This week we discuss the 2001 horror-western Desperadoes: Quiet of the Grave by Jeff Mariotte and John Severin.

E90 - The Ultimates Vol. 1

Mar 11th, 2024 2h 7m

In which we discuss The Ultimates #1-6 by Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch.

E89 - Banana Fish Vol. 3

Mar 4th, 2024 1h 7m

In which Eiji gets a gun and we praise the sound effects at length.

E88 - Batman: The Black Glove

Feb 26th, 2024 1h 5m

This week we discuss Batman #667-669 by Grant Morrison and J.H. Williams III.

E87 - I Saw It

Feb 19th, 2024 1h

This week we read Keiji Nakazawa's memoir manga about his experience living through the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, I Saw It. We discuss both English adaptations: a 1982 colorized version from Educomics, and a 2023 edition from Last Gasp which

E86 - Daredevil: Born Again

Feb 12th, 2024 1h 6m

This week we read Daredevil #227-233.Note: During our discussion we misattribute a future story; the Kingpin bathroom murder story we mention is from Zdarsky's Daredevil tenure, not Soule's.

E85 - The Bride of God

Feb 5th, 2024 1h 11m

This week we discuss the fantasy BL comic The Bride of God by PenguinFrontier. The comic is available for free on their Twitter (@PenguinFrontier) as well as in PDF form with bonus pages at https://penguinfrontier.gumroad.com/l/awdfx. NSFW warn

E84 - One Shall Fall!

Jan 29th, 2024 1h 15m

Chris's wife Shannon joins us to discuss 2023's Amazing Spider-Man #26, aka the death of Ms. Marvel. (It doesn't count as a spoiler when Entertainment Weekly posted said headline before the issue even came out.)

E83 - Carnage: Black, White, & Blood

Jan 22nd, 2024 1h 26m

This week we discuss everyone's second favorite gooey symbiote! (Warning: One of our digressions includes some plot spoilers for Marvel's Spider-Man 2.)

E82 - Ultimate Spider-Man: Venom

Jan 15th, 2024 1h 15m

VENOMMMMMM! Specifically as portrayed in Ultimate Spider-Man #33-39.

E81 - Venom: Lethal Protector

Jan 8th, 2024 1h 11m

*Eminem voice* VENOMMMMMMM! The time has come at last for us to discuss the sexy goo man himself. This week we read 1993's Venom: Lethal Protector by David Michelinie, Mark Bagley, Ron Lim, and Sam DeLaRosa.

E80 - The Master Planner Saga

Jan 1st, 2024 1h 9m

For the kick-off of Spectacular Spider-Month we discuss Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #31-33.

E79 - Banana Fish Vol. 2

Dec 25th, 2023 1h

This week we return to the GOAT Akimi Yoshida's classic Banana Fish.

E78 - Klaus

Dec 18th, 2023 1h 8m

This week we discuss Grant Morrison and Dan Mora's Klaus (2015) #1-7.

E77 - Moench & Sienkiewicz’s Moon Knight

Dec 11th, 2023 1h 7m

This week we discuss the glorious melodrama of Stained Glass Scarlet via Moon Knight (Vol. 1) #14 & #24.

E76 - Liberation of the Daleks

Dec 4th, 2023 1h 6m

This week we discuss the recently concluded Liberation of the Daleks story from Doctor Who Magazine.

E75 - Digimon

Nov 27th, 2023 1h 5m

This week we read and discussed Digimon Vol. 1, the English language Tokyopop release of Yuen Wong Yu's manhua adaptation of the original Digimon Adventure anime. Prodigious!