GateCrashers

After the success of Avatar: The Last Airbender, show creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko decided to tell the story of the next Avatar; headstrong 17-year-old Korra of the Southern Water Tribe. Set seventy years after the concluding events of Avatar: The Last Airbender , The Legend of Korra catapulted watchers into the future of The Four Nations to see the mark Team Avatar left on...

I will take every chance I get to spread the good word of the Solar Opposites . Luckily Disney and Hulu were kind enough to set up some interviews with the cast and producers for a Solar Opposites Interview! Solar Opposites has returned for a third season on Hulu with the series only pushing the boundaries of animation further and further. Solar Opposites is about a team of four aliens escape thei...

On this episode full of winners, Dan and Jake interview the DC Mech writer, Kenny Porter, and and artist, Baldemar Rivas! They discuss the upcoming DC Mech coming July 26th, 2022. Jake gets to gush over Gundam as one of the inspirations for the series. We seriously recommend you check out this new six issue series after listening to this DC Mech interview. Also discussed is the DC Round Robin, a t...

What do Dan McMahon and 75% of the middle aged women on Facebook have in common? They love the Minions. They think about these little yellow freaks constantly. Today, that love is being put on record as Dan and Ethan go off the rails to talk all about Despicable Me and Minions . We dive head first into the history of the Minions with a rowdy reading of the timeline of their journey to Gru. Dan rea...

In Our Flag Means Death , sailing the open seas meant freedom for many in the 1700s, and that could not be more true than it is for real-life pirate captain Stede Bonnet, the Gentleman Pirate! Running away from his life and family among the colonial elite of British Barbados, Stede builds a boat, hires a crew, and fails miserably as a pirate captain… that is until he meets the infamous Blackbeard!...

A dark cloud has hung over the town of Hawkins for the past few years, and things are certainly not getting any brighter. The line between our world and the upside down thins as an old, yet familiar enemy run's out the clock on the youth of this formerly quiet town. We settle in as our GateCrasher hosts Ethan, Jon, and RJ find themselves venturing into this Netflix behemoth, only to find themselve...

A few weeks ago, Dan and Ethan made the long trek to California to celebrate all things A Galaxy Far, Far Away at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim . Not only was Dan incredibly lucky to attend the convention as a member of the press, but it was also the first time Dan and Ethan got the chance to meet in the flesh-realm. Braving a convention center packed with tens of thousands of Star Wars fans, and...

GateCrashers has interviewed a huge array of guests from artists to Tony winners to New York Times Best Selling authors but nothing can measure up to one of the scum dogs of the universe, GWAR. The Intergalactic conquerors/band known as GWAR have released a new album entitled "The New Dark Ages" that is available to stream now on all platforms. The physical CD will be released on July 15th along w...

We are joined by colorist Marissa Louise to chat about her work on the Nubia story "Confessions" in this year's DC Pride anthology! We chat about her approach to color, her signature color, and her recent work on the Black Manta mini series. Marissa also gives some resources for how you can help out the LGBTQIA+ community which are all linked on our website! 

It all started with a mosquito stuck in amber and ends with Dinosaurs reclaiming the Earth. Welcome to Jurassic Park! As the Jurassic Park series ends its second trilogy with Jurassic World Dominion, Dan decided to invite Mike to his newest endeavor on Isla Nublar.  Tune in for a retelling of the original film Jurassic Park if it starred a handsome, thick, charming, funny, and modest founder named...

This week starts our first of a few DC Pride centric interviews! To kick it all off, we are joined by the absolutely charming and wonderful Ro Stein who Ted Brandt penned the DC Pride story "Think of Me". In this story, Connor foils the Music Meister's evil plan all while we read his letter coming out as asexual to his mother. Ro and Ted chat with Dan about the experience of bringing this to the p...

We get into all things X-Men 92 House of XCII and Archer & Armstrong Forever with the incredible talented Steve Foxe! Steve returns for another episode of GateCrashers to talk about all of his new projects from Marvel and Valiant comics! Steve is an incredibly talented editor and writer of other projects such as Party & Prey, Spider-Ham, and many other titles. He is also the co-creator of horror m...

Did you see Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and say to yourself "I need a little more magic in my life" or even "I need to get a little more Strange"? Well if so, we've got you covered this week! Today's episode is all about Doctor Strange with our fellow GateCrasher and first time guest, Jordan! For this episode, Dan opened up a portal all the way to New Zealand thanks to a mysterious ma...

Listeners should be familiar with the Detective Comic Comics universe by now being that's what all this was born from. Well, listeners, we've covered one of these before and opened with a musical number but this time, we are here with someone who is penning a... DARK CRISIS Red skies, death, destruction, trying to make sense of the DC universe's multiverse and how at one point all of it happened i...

Created in 2018 by Shinichi Fukuda and adapted by CloverWorks, My Dress-Up Darling follows Wakana Gojo, a reserved first-year high schooler who dreams of becoming a craftsman of traditional Japanese ornamental dolls called hina dolls. One day, his popular, bubbly, and incredibly gorgeous classmate Marin Kitagawa recruits him to help her make her cosplaying dreams come true! Though he has no experi...

Welcome back to the second episode of 'Sex + Whiskey: An Educational Series,' our new podcast special! Our hosts Nikki and RJ will sip on a dram of the good stuff, while discussing the more exciting stuff. They will take you on a journey, exploring whiskeys from around the world, while also educating you on the birds and the bees, especially correcting what school or your parents missed on. Their...

The Ghost That Ate Us questions if you remember the brutal crime of on small town... Maybe you read about it on Twitter. Maybe a friend sent you a news clip. Maybe you saw it on an episode of  Spectral Journeys  that night you were flipping through channels, unable to sleep. Maybe after reading the true story, you won't ever sleep again. On June 1, 2017, six people were killed at a Burger City fra...

It's no secret that Dan has gotten in deep with wrestling but for the first time ever we are joined by an AEW superstar in this week's episode with our Steve Orlando and Nyla Rose interview about their upcoming one-shot from Marvel Comics GIANT-SIZED X-MEN: THUNDERBIRD 1. Nyla Rose teams up with comics star Steve Orlando and First Nations artist David Cutler to grapple with the ramifications of Th...

On this episode Dan and Jake talk about spies, specifically Spy X Family ! But which spy? James Bond? No, we did that already! Austin Powers? No, much to Dan's disappointment. Loid Forger aka Twilight? YES! Join the brothers as they follow a different family, the Forgers, as they action and antics play-out in Spy X Family! In this manga turned anime series, a spy on a quest for peace must undergo...

Enter the world of West of Sundown with Nikki and Dan as they sit down with the co-writers, Tim Seeley and Aaron Campbell, and artist Jim Terry, the creative team behind the new series from Vault Comics . They explore the creative process behind the blending of horror and western genres in the series. West of Sundown promises a fresh take on monster mythology, with interesting character choices an...

Welcome to the premiere episode of 'Sex + Whiskey: An Educational Series,' our new podcast special! Our hosts Nikki and RJ will sip on a dram of the good stuff, while discussing the more exciting stuff. They will take you on a journey, exploring whiskeys from around the world, while also educating you on the birds and the bees, especially correcting what school or your parents missed on. Their goa...

Join Amanda, Dan, Jake, and Scarlett as they discuss the mega-popular supernatural horror manga and anime Jujutsu Kaisen . They refuse to allow Jake to spoil anything that happens after what the anime covers, and the merits of consuming questionable objects in pursuit of ultimate power in this week's pod! Make sure to check out Amanda's review of the new film Jujutsu Kaisen 0 here ! What we're cov...

Have you ever wondered what it's like to be a 7ft tall super-soldier with an artificial intelligence for a girlfriend while you fight to save the universe from a covenant of aliens? Well, that is exactly what the Halo franchise has delivered for the last twenty years and we're going to be diving into this iconic game series on this episode! Hear Dan's review of the Halo show before we dive into di...

On a very special episode, Dan got the chance to do the first interview with the Multiversity: Teen Justice creative team. Multiversity: Teen Justice follows Earth-11's team of teenage-adjacent heroes as they make their way into the world of heroism and their journeys to learn who they are. The team has the breakout star of last years Pride and Future State events, Kid Quick AKA Jess Chambers! Thi...

Get ready to soar through Victorian London when Ashley sits down with bestselling fantasy romance author India Holton in this week's podcast. Relax with a nice cup of tea while listening to this episode where they discuss India's newest release,  The League of Gentlewomen Witches , as well as thieving pirates and witches, vulnerability in heroes, writing, the importance of  just  the right name, a...