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In this very special episode of Dread Media, Brother D from Mail Order Zombie joins Desmond Reddick to run through their top five best, worst and most desired remakes in the horror genre. What movie causes Desmond to threaten an IMDB reviewer? What film did Brother D accidentally see twice? Step on in and check out some good remake talk. Tunes include: "Cape Fear" by Fantomas, "Zaratozom" by Gobli...

Garth Ennis Q and A, a Wizard World Philly 2008 panel.

DC's Sunday Conversation: For the Love of Comics, a Wizard World Philly 2008 panel.

Avatar Press, a Wizard World Philly 2008 panel.

In "Never Fear" Batman nearly murders the newly redesigned Scarecrow, and Superman has the chance to wed a queen in "Warrior Queen" -- but neither man pulls the trigger, so to speak. The Joker is duped in "Joker's Millions," leading to his attempted suicide. "Apokolips... Now!" sees the shocking death of a major character. And Robin comes to realize that the good guys can't always win in "Growing...

After a brief hiatus, the Is It Wednesday Yet? segment is back! The books reviewed this week are: Captain Britain and MI-13 #2, Eternals #1, Punisher MAX Special: Little Black Book, The Twelve #6 and X-Force Special: Ain't No Dog. One of them is so bad, there are no words to score it. Also, Mike reveals a shocking truth about himself!

In this episode of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick welcomes back author Jack Ketchum to shoot the shit about his upcoming projects, the business and violence in society. Then, he takes a look at two killer-kid features (Devil Times Five and Who Can Kill a Child?) before reviewing the first episode of NBC's horror anthology series Fear Itself. Tunes include: "Five" by Machine Head, "Smells Like Teen S...

Chris Claremont: Career Retrospective, a Wizard World Philly 2008 panel.

Cup O' Joe, a Wizard World Philly 2008 panel.

What do you get when you cross a late-night recording with the June Previews? The answer: comic book solicitations being interrupted by laughing fits and crude jokes, of course.

DCU: Crisis Now, a Wizard World Philly 2008 panel.

Secret Invasion, a Wizard World Philly 2008 panel.

Legends of Comics, a Wizard World Philly 2008 panel.

Kellen celebrates his 20th birthday doing what he loves most: talking about anime. To celebrate the occasion he reviews the anime movie sequel to one of his favorite video games of all time: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children.

DC Nation, a Wizard World Philly 2008 panel.

Spider-Man's Brand New Day, a Wizard World Philly 2008 panel.

Marvel Knights 10th Anniversary, a Wizard World Philly 2008 panel.

In this episode of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick reviews The Forest, the short film A Perfect Place, the soundtrack BLINDeye, Marvel Comics' Haunt of Horror: Lovecraft #1 and barely touches on Nine Inch Nails' new album, The Slip. There's news galore from Wizard World Philly, announcements a plenty and two voicemails! One of them is very annoying. Tunes include: "Forest King" by 3 Inches of Blood,...

Mondo Marvel, a Wizard World Philly 2008 panel.

As always, James and Mike discuss five episodes this week ("Prototype," "The Late Mr. Kent" and "Heavy Metal" from Superman: The Animated Series, and "Double Talk" and "You Scratch My Back" from Gotham Knights), but one of them is so bad it's described as being "Superman's 'Terrible Trio.'" Thankfully two of the other episodes are masterpieces.

Longtime listeners of the Is It Wednesday Yet? segment know the grading scale by heart: buy, borrow, flip through and skip. But they also know there are several grades reserved for extra special books. Sometimes those grades are full of loving warmth, and sometimes they're filled with burning hatred. In this episode of Earth-2.net: The Show, two of those special grades are given. The books this we...

In this episode of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick reviews the newest Jack Ketchum adaptation, The Lost. Then, his friend Shaun joins him for a review of the horror comedy Botched before going solo to review Hercules #2 and Caliber #2 from Radical Comics. And DW is here to review the survival horror game D. Tunes include: "Lost in America" by Alice Cooper, "I'll Kill You" by Akira Yamaoka, "Moskau" b...

Anime Central, one of the premier anime conventions in North America, recently came to Chicago, so Jenny and Mike paid the show a visit. Following their discussion of the convention, Ian Wilson returns with his review of Iron Man!

Is it possible that the Street Fighter live action movie wasn't the worst adaptation of the franchise? Kellen Scrivens begs the question as he takes a look at Street Fighter II V.

Good or bad, sometimes comics surprise you. You think you know what you're going to get, but the experience winds up nowhere near your expectations. This week, at least three of the comics (Black Panther #36, Captain America #38, Iron Man: Director of SHIELD #29, Marvel Adventures The Avengers #24 and X-Factor #31) surprised Des and Mike. But where did those surprises fall on the positive / negati...