Comics In Motion

On the pilot episode of Indie Comic Spotlight, Tony welcomes Chris and Dave of Comics in Motion. In this episode, they tackle the painfully, beautiful Image Comics masterpiece, I Kill Giants. I Kill Giants, was written by Joe Kelly and drawn by JM Ken Niimura, is a 7 part miniseries that first appeared on July 1st, 2008. It went on to win the IGN Best indie comic of 2008, was voted one of the 10 B...

Does Ava love anyone? Find out.

Today’s book: TheBible Banned Books Conversations: Where Radical ReadersDiscuss Prohibited Prose Banned books are works that have been removed from alibrary shelf or school curriculum. Over the course of Banned Books Week, thisseries covers seven different books, the reasons they were banned, and thevalue in reading them.   Guest Links: Lisa Rayne Website: https://lisarayne.com/ https://www.bookbu...

Today’s book: Kapaemahu by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, DeanHamer and Joe Wilson (2022) Banned Books Conversations: Where Radical ReadersDiscuss Prohibited Prose Banned books are works that have been removed from alibrary shelf or school curriculum. Over the course of Banned Books Week, thisseries covers seven different books, the reasons they were banned, and thevalue in reading them.   Guest Links: A...

Today’s book: TheyCalled Us Enemy by George Takeiand Steven R. Scott (2019) Banned Books Conversations: Where Radical ReadersDiscuss Prohibited Prose Banned books are works that have been removed from alibrary shelf or school curriculum. Over the course of Banned Books Week, thisseries covers seven different books, the reasons they were banned, and thevalue in reading them.   Guest Links: Diana Fe...

Today’s book: OneHundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez (1967) Banned Books Conversations: Where Radical ReadersDiscuss Prohibited Prose Banned books are works that have been removed from alibrary shelf or school curriculum. Over the course of Banned Books Week, thisseries covers seven different books, the reasons they were banned, and thevalue in reading them.   Guest Links: Avitus B...

Today’s book: ThisIs Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kacen Callender (2018) Banned Books Conversations: Where Radical ReadersDiscuss Prohibited Prose Banned books are works that have been removed from alibrary shelf or school curriculum. Over the course of Banned Books Week, thisseries covers seven different books, the reasons they were banned, and thevalue in reading them.   Guest Links: Wendy Wimm...

Today’s book: Crank by Ellen Hopkins (2004) Banned Books Conversations: Where Radical ReadersDiscuss Prohibited Prose Banned books are works that have been removed from alibrary shelf or school curriculum. Over the course of Banned Books Week, thisseries covers seven different books, the reasons they were banned, and thevalue in reading them.   Guest Links: Tony Holt Jr. https://linktr.ee/tonyholt...

Today’s book: TheirEyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (1937) Banned Books Conversations: Where Radical ReadersDiscuss Prohibited Prose Banned books are works that have been removed from alibrary shelf or school curriculum. Over the course of Banned Books Week, thisseries covers seven different books, the reasons they were banned, and thevalue in reading them.   Guest Links: Amanda Skenan...

This Week, Tony is joined his friend from high school, Heath Fodor . Heath is the only person to go on this year long, quixotic journey with Tony as Sin City is his favorite comic series. Welcome to Basin City everyone. Vol 1. The Hard Goodbye If you want to talk with Tony about comics or to suggest any future shows, please connect with him on his website, https://www.arfarina.com/

This week on Indie Comics Spotlight, Tony is joined by Writer/Artist Mike Curato . Mike was kind enough to create an AMAZING playlist to listen to while you read his amazing book. Check it out! FLAMER I KNOW I'M NOT GAY. Gay boys like other boys. I hate boys. They’re mean, and scary, and they’re always destroying something or saying something dumb or both. I hate that word. Gay . It makes me f...

Before there was Heath and Tony Talk about...There was Heath's appearance on Indie Comics Spotlight. Back in 2020, they talked about Tank Girl. Listen and enjoy. Tank Girl is a British post-apocalyptic science fiction comic book series created by artist Jamie Hewlett and writer Alan Martin in 1988 for Deadline magazine. Although it was originally drawn by Hewlett in its initial run, throughout...

It is time for episode 27 of Mandatory Marvel & DC, a show from the Comics In Motion network that looks back at the very biggest and best stories from the annals of the Big 2 - Marvel and DC! Each episode, Max Byrne will be joined by a special guest to enjoy a chat about that episode's subject matter, talking about what we love about these top tier titles! For this 27th instalment, we look bac...

Since the original release of this episode, the world has lost the myth the legend Steven J. Ray. Please listen to this and hear the joy in his voice. We miss him. Tony and Steve cover Vault Comics masterpiece Wasted Space by Michael Moreci and Hayden Sherman. Wasted Space is described by its creators thusly: It is like putting Philip K. Dick and Preacher in a blender and taking a sip. If you want...

Is Christian Slater an Icon? Yep.

It is time for episode 25 of Mandatory Marvel & DC, a show from the Comics In Motion network that looks back at the very biggest and best stories from the annals of the Big 2 - Marvel and DC! Each episode, Max Byrne will be joined by a special guest to enjoy a chat about that episode's subject matter, talking about what we love about these top tier titles! For this 25th installment, we look ba...

This week, Tony is joined by Co-Host Ria and Ada McCartney is back to cover her suggestion of the award winning epic: SAGA. You can read the first issue here.   Saga is an epic space opera/fantasy comic book series created by writer Brian K. Vaughan and artist Fiona Staples, published monthly by Image Comics. The series is heavily influenced by Star Wars, and based on ideas Vaughan conceived both...

Can't we all just get along?

It is time for episode 26 of Mandatory Marvel & DC, a show from the Comics In Motion network that looks back at the very biggest and best stories from the annals of the Big 2 - Marvel and DC! Each episode, Max Byrne will be joined by a special guest to enjoy a chat about that episode's subject matter, talking about what we love about these top tier titles! For this 26th instalment, we look bac...

This week, the plan was for Tony and the host of Genuine Chit Chat and Star Wars Comics in Cannon, Mike Burton, the official ICS Mark Russell guest of record to talk about Mark’s scathing, hysterical political satire, The Flintsones. The Flintstones, Vol. 1byMark Russell (Goodreads Author),Steve Pugh (Illustrations)Fred and Barney reunite for Mark Russell's modern take on Hanna-Barbera's m...

This show was recorded a LONG time ago. We are finally releasing it. Can you separate art from the person? We discuss this through the lens of Batman. Hang on.

It is time for episode 24 of Mandatory Marvel & DC, a show from the Comics In Motion network that looks back at the very biggest and best stories from the annals of the Big 2 - Marvel and DC! Each episode, Max Byrne will be joined by a special guest to enjoy a chat about that episode's subject matter, talking about what we love about these top tier titles! For this 24th instalment, we look bac...

Today, Tony and Paul dive deep into Image Comics Cowboy Ninja Viking . It started with Dr. Sebastian Ghislain: rogue psychotherapist/covert op/DJ. Tasked with creating a counter-intelligence unit, he turned to those long thought useless to society...patients with Multiple Personality Disorder. These agents became known simply as Triplets. Misguided? Yeah. Impractical? Sure. But did it work? Absolu...

You wouldn't know it, but H&T played a lot of sports. They were both really good at American Football. Should they have been playing? Should anyone?

 [-] The Lost Boys [Original Soundtrack] Review by Theresa E. LaVeck Joel Schumacher 's 1987 film The Lost Boys capitalized on a temporary lull in horror movies in the late '80s and created a heavily music-video-influenced vampire homage with enough campy humor, heavy metal costumes, and hunky stars to put a fresh spin on the genre. An amusing piece of eye candy spiked by a few creepy moments, the...