This Is Getting Graphic

Rev up your flaming motorcycles, boils and ghouls, it's time for the Covenant to begin in the final three issues of 2017's Spirits of Vengeance, presented by Phil! Necrodamus makes one final push to acquire the last of Judas's silver, and you will never guess the diabolical plans he has for it! No, really, you'll never guess. It's that insane. Meanwhile, our hellish heroes (Ghost Rider, Daimon Hel...

Get ready for things that go BUMP in the NIGHT, comics fans, because it's Halloween again and Phil is taking the reins for a TERRIFYING comics outing! That's right, it's SPIRITS OF VENGEANCE from Marvel! When Johnny Blaze, aka Ghost Rider, finds himself on the receiving end of a mysterious artifact from a divine messenger, he seeks help from the Son of Sat--sorry, Son of Marduk himself, Daimon Hel...

It's time to enter the multiverse in comic form, true believers, as TIGG takes a look at one of the most offbeat what if concepts ever published by Marvel... what if a bunch of middle aged comic creators in the 60s were hit with COSMIC RAYS from a box and became superheroes? Because that's what's happening in What If #11, written and illustrated by Jack "THE THING" Kirby! When writer Stan Lee, art...

It was waining in the city by the bay... a hawd wain... and it's also waining hawd on this very looney episode of This Is Getting Gwaphic, covering Batman/Elmer Fudd Special #1! A noble Gotham City mercenary by the name of Elmer Fudd (no relation) finds himself investigating the death of the love of his life... and the murderer is Bruce Wayne?? I'm sure he can trust the word of that bucktoothed, c...

I am he and he is me and we are we and we are all together on this week's episode of This Is Getting Graphic, covering Ultimate Spider-Man #66-67! When Peter Parker and Wolverine of the X-Men wake up one morning, they find that they aren't quite themselves... somehow, they've pulled a Freaky Friday and switched bodies! Let the hijinks ensue! The creepy, uncomfortable hijinks. While Wolverine ruins...

THE END IS NIGH! By which we of course mean the end of our summer event, Summer Day Doomsday, with issues #11-12 of Doomsday Clock, and the epic conclusion of the DC/Watchmen crossover! As Superman catches up on current events, namely nuclear war and metahuman arms races, he finds himself pulled into a conflict between the supervillains of Kahndaq and the Russian metahumans. Plus, a certain blue m...

Get your tickets and grab your popcorn, comic fans! We're delving into cinema history on This Is Getting Graphic with issues 9 and 10 of Doomsday Clock! As the heroes of Earth pursue Dr. Manhattan to Mars for what happened in Moscow, they find themselves outmatched by a power they can't understand... a power so great, it doesn't need pants. Then, as Ronnie Raymond learns a terrifying truth about t...

Summer Day Doomsday continues as we take a look at issues 7 and 8 of Doomsday Clock, as Watchmen continues to collide in a big way with the DC Universe... a big, glowing, blue way. As Adrian Veidt finally makes contact with Dr. Manhattan, truths are revealed and philosophies are pontificated upon, with some BIG revelations that change everything for Rorschach, Adrian, and Marionette! Meanwhile, Fi...

Summer Day Doomsday continues as we take a look at issues #5-6 of DOOMSDAY CLOCK, the crossover between Watchmen and the DC Universe! We've officially made it to the halfway point, and things are looking GREAT! After Adrian Veidt escapes from his hospital and tosses Batman into an angry mob, the Caped Crusader finds himself at the tender mercies of Mime, Marionette, and his archfoe, THE JOKER! And...

Avast, mateys, and prepare your necks to be drained, as we sit down with creators Fred Van Lente and Luca Pizzari to discuss their new series coming from BOOM! Studios, VAMPYRATES! Swashbuckling creatures of the night sail the seven seas under a thousand-year eclipsed sky, and intrigue, duels, and plenty of blood are sure to follow in their wake! Join us as we discuss how cool a mashup of vampires...

Summer's Day Doomsday continues as TIGG takes a look at issues #3-4 of the DC Comics and Watchmen crossover, Doomsday Clock! When a blast from the past quite literally makes a splash in Metropolis, Ozymandias gets punched in the face by karma in the form of the Comedian. Meanwhile, the world's worst detective enlists the help of the greatest as Rorschach informs Batman of his situation... and is p...

It's June 8, 2026. This Is Getting Graphic's summer event begins with a look at the first two issues of Doomsday Clock, the official crossover between Alan Moore's Watchmen and the DC Universe. Nuclear war is back in a big way in the Watchmen universe, and Ozymandias's squid plan didn't work. Shocker. He and a new Rorschach recruit the criminals Mime and Marionette to attempt to find the all-power...

Hello, children. Please join us for a magical tale of wonder and adventure, as we hop back into the Claremont X-Men run with "Kitty's Fairy Tale". Little Illyana is so tired after having many thoughts of her impending doom, so to calm her mind and send her off to sleep, Kitty Pryde spins her a lovely bedtime story... off the top of her head, and based on people in real life. So why does she make s...

The Silver Age madness continues on This Is Getting Graphic as we take a look at an imaginary story (yeah, we know) featuring an alternate universe wherein Batman is the greatest nemesis of Superman! After Dr. Thomas Wayne dies under mysterious circumstances that his young son Bruce assumes are related to Superman, he vows revenge and to spend the rest of his life bringing the Man of Steel to just...

Yar, and avast there, mateys! 'Tis time for us to go back to the Silver Age with the first appearance of one of the greatest villains in the Marvel Universe, DOCTOR DOOM! When Doom sets a trap for the Fantastic Four inside their own headquarters, the quartet has no choice but to follow his demands to save their lives! And what does he want? A time travel adventure with pirates, of course! What cou...

WHAT?? TIGG has 100 episodes?? That's right, we somehow made it to this point, and what better way to celebrate than by looking over our first 100 outings and seeing which ones still live rent free in our brains? Join Andrew, Phil, and Alex as they choose their personal favorite episodes, as well as crown their own personal King of the Goobers from the wildest and wackiest that comic books have to...

Hey, everyone! It's This Is Getting Graphic's 100th episode! But... it's also our episode closest to April Fool's Day... which means... OH NO, WE'RE ABOUT TO BE-- Ignore them. It is I, Alex Hanbury, back with another great story, this time the first two chapters of the manga All You Need Is Kill. When a soldier known as Keiji Kiriya wakes up from a mysterious dream where he suffers a violent death...

Kids. Don't do drugs. There, that was all we needed to say, but the Teen Titans have a LOT more to say in today's episode of TIGG! In this (unsurprisingly) free comic given out in schools, the Teen Titans find themselves confronting the evils of drug addiction alongside their longtime best friend and ally... the Protector? What do you mean you don't know the Protector? He's that purple guy who hat...

It's ROUND TWO here on This Is Getting Graphic as the knockdown, drag out brawl between universes continues in the final two issues of Marvel vs. DC! Or sometimes DC vs. Marvel! As the all powerful cardboard box begins to crumble, winners are chosen as the fates of two universes hang in the balance, with some victories coming as more of a surprise than others. Hmm... if only there were someone wit...

The greatest battle of all time begins as the titans of two corporate juggernauts clash in a showdown for the ages: DC VERSUS MARVEL! As universes begin to mysteriously collide thanks to a hobo and his cardboard box, the fate of all existence rests on the shoulders of a contest of champions in a crisis on infinite earths! Wait, that's something else. What is causing this cataclysm, and how can our...

You're invited to another wedding for the ages as TIGG takes a look at the upcoming marriage between Colossus and Kitty Pryde, that on and off, non-problematic couple! And in this ceremony, nothing can go wrong... right? Because they love each other... RIGHT?? Ah well, at least the guests seem to be having a good time... like Gambit and Rogue, who seem to be having a FANTASTIC day! Why are things...

It's a new year on TIGG, and love is in the air as we take a look at the famed wedding between Superman and Lois Lane with special guest Alex Hanbury! It's taken a long time to get here, folks, and it will STILL TAKE A LONG TIME as we deal with international terrorists, vandalizing biker gangs, and for some reason Joan Rivers. But luckily, we have some kindly oil barons to help us along the way! W...

The holly jolly comics continue on This Is Getting Graphic, as we take a look at that most holiday appropriate of scenarios: ARMAGEDDON. Amidst an invasion by Knull, god of the symbiotes, Iron Man finds himself a little less in a holiday mood as he blames himself for killing a guy. Over. And over. And over again. But luckily, here to give him a healthy dose of Christmas cheer is Victor Von Doom, k...

It's the holiday season once again, and This Is Getting Graphic is celebrating with that most holiday oriented of franchises... Star Trek? Yeah, uh, Star Trek: The Next Generation had a Christmas comic. Who knew? As Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D have apparently returned from the gym based on how RIPPED they all are, they prepare to celebrate the holidays... yes, ALL THE PLANETS'...

It's the most fishiest time of the year as Namor November continues on This Is Getting Graphic! We also have a semi-sequel to an episode from earlier this year, featuring the return of Captain America to the modern age in AVENGERS #4! After Namor throws an Arctic hissy fit, in which he throws a frozen man at a group of Inuit, said frozen man turns out to be Captain America, released from his icy p...