And This Is Why I Love Comics Podcast!

On the Road to 100, if you text us ANYTHING, you are entered. Click the link and send us a message (negative messages not preferred). In this episode, Andy and Mike discuss Darwyn Cooke's New Frontier from DC Comics! What manner of art is this? Why does the Flash look so good? What was the point of Martian Manhunter? And so much more to discuss! Plus Andy and Mike each give their top 10 movie...

On the Road to 100, if you text us ANYTHING, you are entered. Click the link and send us a message (negative messages not preferred). Warning: we do laugh inappropriately to a few things on this one. In this episode, Andy and Mike take quizzes very seriously. No really. We hunker down and try and answer some quizz questions because we are even starting to doubt our own knowledge! We may have cross...

On the Road to 100, if you text us ANYTHING, you are entered. Click the link and send us a message (negative messages not preferred). In this episode, Andy and Mike talk about Boom Studios hit Something Is Killing the Children! Find out how they liked the book! Andy also described his greatest fear, Mike talked about his favorite geological and tasty spot on Earth, and Andy does voices again. Tell...

On the Road to 100, if you text us ANYTHING, you are entered. Click the link and send us a message (negative messages not preferred). In this episode, Andy and Mike talk about What If? from Marvel Comics. We picked four issues from the original two series and both give the rundown on how What If these What If issues are! And boy are they! We talk about Wolverine as  a vampire, Thor as ThumbleThor,...

On the Road to 100, if you text us ANYTHING, you are entered. Click the link and send us a message (negative messages not preferred). In this episode, Mike and Andy talk about Moulin Rouge’ … OR was it Dark Empire, the 1991 script for the Sequel trilogy. No really, it was both!!  We ogle over artwork from Cam Kennedy, laugh at our Star Wars love, or anti-love, and end up talking Karl Urban, Ewan M...

On the Road to 100, if you text us ANYTHING, you are entered. Click the link and send us a message (negative messages not preferred). In this episode, Andy and Mike talk about the prequel Star Wars movies. I'm not sure what went wrong. But then we talk about Grant Morrison's love letter to Superman, All-Star Superman. Twelve issues of extreme Superman by Frank and Grant. We go through al...

On the Road to 100, if you text us ANYTHING, you are entered. Click the link and send us a message (negative messages not preferred). Andy and Mike talk to Kevin. That’s it. Just talking. Okay fine — Kevin’s a brand-new comic collector, and we wanted to remember what hope felt like. We dive into what it’s like starting a collection, the weird stuff new readers encounter, and how Thunder Chicken (y...

On the Road to 100, if you text us ANYTHING, you are entered. Click the link and send us a message (negative messages not preferred). In this episode, Andy and Mike plan to talk about the first six issues of the Umbrella Academy, The Apocalypse Suite from Dark Horse. But first we have to talk about our dear friend Aaron, who unexpectedly passed away the week before. We talk about how Aaron changed...

On the Road to 100, if you text us ANYTHING, you are entered. Click the link and send us a message (negative messages not preferred). In this episode, Andy and Mike continue discussing the last six issues of Marvel's Secret Wars from the 80's written by Jim Shooter and art by Mike Zeck and Bob Layton. We try to find the romance and love of the series since it's coming out on Valenti...

On the Road to 100, if you text us ANYTHING, you are entered. Click the link and send us a message (negative messages not preferred). In this episode, Andy and Mike discuss the first six issues of Marvel's Secret Wars from the 80's written by Jim Shooter and art by Mike Zeck and Bob Layton. We learn Andy is terrible understanding accents, Mike should voice act soap opera dramas, and of c...

On the Road to 100, if you text us ANYTHING, you are entered. Click the link and send us a message (negative messages not preferred). In this episode, we go into the archives and deliver a review of Wonder Woman #1 by George Perez. A little looser in the edit and shorter in time, this episode is just a bonus episode for you. Thanks for downloading our episodes and we hope you enjoy what ended up b...

On the Road to 100, if you text us ANYTHING, you are entered. Click the link and send us a message (negative messages not preferred). In this episode, Andy and Mike celebrate the New Year with a quartet of One-And-Dones! We review four #1 issues (two from each of us) and give our opinion if it is worth even reading issue #2 in that series. Andy reviews DC's Judge Dredd title and brings it bac...

On the Road to 100, if you text us ANYTHING, you are entered. Click the link and send us a message (negative messages not preferred). In this episode, Mike and Andy do a Christmas review of two comics with a Christmas theme. We also talk about comic digests of Christmas past, do three quizzes for fun, Andy warns people about the danger of a new bathroom add-on to his house and  then they end the e...

On the Road to 100, if you text us ANYTHING, you are entered. Click the link and send us a message (negative messages not preferred). In this episode, Mike and Andy are joined by two other guests and we talk about growing up as role players. Lots of annoying inside jokes and laughs but we also learn things about raising our kids as role players (or not), the definition of the word frock, what our...

On the Road to 100, if you text us ANYTHING, you are entered. Click the link and send us a message (negative messages not preferred). In this episode, Andy and Mike work hard to discuss ABC Comics series Tom Strong. We talk about the first six issues of the series and also get into a discussion about pulp heroes and how different it was when our fathers collected. There is an awkward conversation...

On the Road to 100, if you text us ANYTHING, you are entered. Click the link and send us a message (negative messages not preferred). In this episode, Andy and Mike dive into DC Comics’ 2008 epic Final Crisis. Grant Morrison pulls the multiverse apart — and maybe our brains along with it — in a story about gods, grief, and cosmic confusion. Andy shares how this series hit during a personal crossro...

On the Road to 100, if you text us ANYTHING, you are entered. Click the link and send us a message (negative messages not preferred). In this episode, Mike and Andy meant to talk about George Pérez’s incredible 1987 Wonder Woman reboot… and eventually, they do. But first, the old man energy took over. From the state of today’s comic industry to how they’d save it (you’re welcome, DC), plus an all-...

On the Road to 100, if you text us ANYTHING, you are entered. Click the link and send us a message (negative messages not preferred). In this episode, Mike and Andy are joined by Matt 2.0 for an epic chat about the first 25 (or so) Marvel Cinematic Universe movies — except Captain Marvel, because… reasons. We dig into our favorites, our least favorites, and why Matt somehow loves every single one....

On the Road to 100, if you text us ANYTHING, you are entered. Click the link and send us a message (negative messages not preferred). The Infinity Gauntlet! Thanos. Gems. Snapping. Existential crises. It’s all here — and so are Mike and Andy, debating how the comics stack up to the MCU. Along the way, we learn about Mike’s Ron Lim grudge, Andy’s George Pérez crush, and who wins the inevitable triv...

On the Road to 100, if you text us ANYTHING, you are entered. Click the link and send us a message (negative messages not preferred). Flashback to the 90s comic con scene with stories about legends, long lines, and lessons learned. Special guest Matt 10.0 joins the madness! In this episode, Mike and Andy are joined by guest co-host Matt as we talk about going to comic convention in the 90's....

On the Road to 100, if you text us ANYTHING, you are entered. Click the link and send us a message (negative messages not preferred). The cosmic chaos continues! Mike gushes over Mignola, Andy forgets everything, and the multiverse of middle age takes hold In this episode, we finish up talking about DC's Cosmic Odyssey by Jim Starlin and Mike Mignola from 1988. It's a Mike Mignola lovefe...

On the Road to 100, if you text us ANYTHING, you are entered. Click the link and send us a message (negative messages not preferred). It all began with a Starlin story and a Mignola masterpiece — plus two friends finding their place in the comic cosmos. Now re-edited! In this episode, we talk about DC's Cosmic Odyssey by Jim Starlin and Mike Mignola from 1988. It's Jim Starlin, famous fo...