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You may have heard that AJ, Paul, and Eric have been cooking up a special project. That project is the forthcoming superhero short story anthology The Deli Counter of Justice , and they are thrilled to finally star talking about. In this first behind-the-scenes podcast, they discuss the project's silly Twitter genesis, its overall concept (superhero hangs up his cape and opens a deli, as you do),...

After our adventures with clown dolls, Reagan-era values, and disgusting eating habits with Poltergeist , Gobbledyween continues on with ghosts of a different sort in Peter Jackson's The Frighteners . Paul and AJ are joined by frequent guest/utter masochist Eric Sipple to discuss the underrated 1996 horror-comedy, yet another cult classic which Universal botched, moving it from a perfect Halloween...

It's late. Your dad's asleep in his chair. The national anthem plays. Static blares from your TV set. You place your hands on the screen, lean in close, and are confronted with the most nightmarish vision possible...the new episode of Gobbledygeek! Scary, I know. Paul and AJ kick off the month of horror that is known as Gobbledyween with a look back at Tobe Hooper's 1982 classic Poltergeist , join...

Paul and AJ are joined this week by return guest Anna Williams, who has brought along her...cohort? partner-in-crime? mistress?...Kitty Chandler. Kitty writes the words; Anna edits those words. They discuss their forthcoming collaboration, the "braided anthology" Black Ice , along with wacky tales of purple diaries and sad cosplaying. Then there's Murderboarding, which is the two of them analyzing...

Comics! They're good for you! But wait, no! They're also bad! This is an accurate description of the emotional roller-coaster Paul and AJ strap themselves into this week. First up, there's X-Men: Battle of the Atom , an event the boys are surprised to enjoy chiefly because it's one of the Big Two's dreaded "events"; then there's The Superior Spider-Man , about which there is much rage and sadness...

It’s an even-numbered episode, which theoretically puts Paul in the drivers seat for this week, but he completely phones it in, so AJ Wiley takes the reins and redeems himself, more or less, for many of his prior podcast failures. He welcomes foul-mouthed fiddle player Anna Williams to the show to school the boys on how to talk about music. Also pet gender, cast announcements for Fifty Shades of G...

Esteemed writer of words Mere Smith and goddess of pain Eric Sipple have returned to Gobbledygeek! They discuss pitching their wares at the forthcoming Word on the Street Festival in Toronto, the crazy logistics that go into planning an event of that magnitude, the books they'll be hawking there, and the level of collaboration made possible by the Internet. Plus, Paul and AJ have a sane and measur...

The people have spoken! Fan-favorite bastard Jason Tabrys, winner of the Gobbler’s Choice Award for Most Chaotic Fun guest, returns to the show at last. This time he and the boys talk about Batman’s hard-earned sexual gratification, scholarly tweets, reading ebooks in front of the real books, and Paul tries to defend his love of dance. Also, midget Gary Oldman. No words I can put here could ever p...

Did you know that Paul and AJ sometimes disagree on things? It's true! They've kind of sort of made a career out of it, albeit one where no one pays them anything. The only reward they earn is the mutual corrosion of their souls. Continuing in that time-tested tradition, AJ invited Paul to revisit  Gremlins 2: The New Batch , a film AJ contests is one of the most underrated sequels ever. It's also...

Paul and AJ have newfound allies in writer Magdalena Burnham and director Andrew Ruiz, who join them to discuss their television pilot project Allies . They've taken to Kickstarter to fund a pilot about the queer teen experience, following members of the gay/straight alliance at a Montana high school. That's right: independent TV, it's a thing! Magdalena and Andrew discuss the dearth of LGBTQ char...

SNIKT! Logan, the samurai with adamantium claws, returns for his first solo adventure in four years, since the unfortunate X-Men Origins: Wolverine . Good news is, The Wolverine is a better film. How much better? On that, the boys don't necessarily see eye-to-eye, but they sing the praises of Hugh Jackman and his rippling physique, the surprisingly diverse cast, and the audacity to make an X-movie...

Eric whined and whined and whined at us for MONTHS. Also, he really wanted us to watch Detention . So we've invited Sir Eric of Sippleonia, the goddess of pain himself, to discuss Joseph Kahn's 2011 absurdist horror comedy with us. The film is different, let's just say that. Paul and AJ aren't entirely sure the film's ADD stylings work, but Eric talks about it with such passion that it's hard not...

Rising from the sea to do battle with Paul and AJ, the monstrous Greg Sahadachny realizes he can never win and instead decides to discuss Guillermo del Toro's new film Pacific Rim . The trio talk about the ins and outs of del Toro's robots vs. monsters epic, particularly its lack of humanity, emphasis on big action, and exactly how successful that combination is. Plus, How to Train Your Dragon 2 i...

This week, Paul and AJ discover that silence is perfectest herald of joy; if they were but little happy, they could say how much. You're kidding yourself, though, if you thought that meant they would shut up. Nope, there's plenty of talk about Joss Whedon's delightful Shakespeare adaptation Much Ado About Nothing , as the boys gush about the cast (Amy Acker and Alexis Denisof together again!), del...

"I met Bat-Turkey/He said, 'What up, Tofurkey?'" Pretend that never happened. Anyways, what are the boys talking about this week? EVERYTHING, THAT'S WHAT! More concisely: they're at each other's throats over the new Kanye album, they both laughed their asses off at This Is the End , Paul shares his thoughts on Before Midnight and World War Z , and AJ's wedding quest as Man of Honor finally comes t...

A rocket hurtles from the doomed planet Krypton, crashing to Earth and delivering the child that would one day save us all. But first, he has to break stuff. Lots of stuff. And our fearless co-hosts, and returning champion guest Eric Sipple, talk smack about him behind his back as they review the explosive Zack Snyder film Man of Steel . Also, kind words are exchanged about the new series Orphan B...

Paper, dice, and all things nice, that's what makes a dungeon master. Paul and Super Special Guest of Honor Extraordinaire Eric Sipple discuss their histories with role-playing games, how they've used it as a venue for storytelling, and of gaming's unfortunate tendency toward gender bias. Plus, AJ attends a bachelorette party and the boys weigh in on the Game of Thrones finale. Next: up, up, and a...

Bad things happen. Sometimes bad things happen to people we love. Sometimes bad things happen on TV shows we love. Sometimes bad things happen to people we love on TV shows we love, and then there's just all sorts of bad stuff happening. Paul and AJ delve into the range of reactions to Game of Thrones 3.9, "The Rains of Castamere," and what sorts of conversations just don't work on Twitter. Plus,...

Rumor round the campfire is, AJ's a snob. At least that's what Paul and guest Gregory Sahadachny would have you believe. Before they get around to calling him on it, there's talk of the Office finale, the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. trailer, and how best to get into comics, among other things. And then, yeah, there's talk of snobbery. Does AJ punch them out? Tune in and discover for yourself! Next: liv...

For the third annual "Paul and AJ Make Each Other Watch Awful Movies" event (man, we need a better title), the boys forced each other to fork over cash for Michael Bay's latest, Pain & Gain . While the film is blessedly better than, say, Transformers , it's still pretty terrible...the only question is how terrible. A surprising amount of mileage is gotten out of that question. Plus, AJ raves about...

Marvel once again marks the arrival of the summer movie season with the appearance of Tony Stark, this time fighting a reliance on his armor as well as a radical terrorist threat known as the Mandarin. The boys are, unfortunately, fighting each other a little on this one as well: Paul is firmly in the pro- Iron Man 3 camp, while AJ remains mixed. Is Iron Man 3 a Shane Black movie instead of a supe...

Soon--not soon enough for the Ohioan of the group--summer will be upon us. Swimmin' pools and movie stars; big-ass movie stars, as a matter of fact. Robert Downey Jr. suits up as Iron Man once more, Hugh Jackman gets his claws on as Wolverine, Benedict Cumberbatch Star Trek(s) Into Darkness , and Leonardo DiCaprio is mad and stuff as Jay Gatsby. Plus there are smaller films, including a certain Jo...

Late one evenin', the boys were recordin' Talkin' about Bob Dylan How AJ saw him live To see if he was still freewheelin' Paul, he said he liked Oblivion Oh, that Tom Cruise Hemlock Grove , Paul liked the pilot AJ thought it'd make him snooze And Boston unfolded right before our eyes Police scanners heard Fake tweets and false news Also, Paul was attacked by a bird and now threatened by a herd Tan...

Paul and AJ accidentally read some Latin so they were forced to see the new Evil Dead . And they talk about it. It ain't pretty! More unprettiness: AJ talks Spring Breakers , Paul talks To the Wonder , and they both discuss the Saga /comiXology controversy. There's also some fun conversation about pee. Everybody loves pee. Next: FREESTYLE MADNESS. Or just another lame episode.

Gregory Sahadachny, host of The Debatable Podcast and all-around terrific tweeter, is in the Gobbledyhotseat this week. He discusses the price-gouging of collectibles and the divisiveness of Zack Snyder with the boys, which leads to some impassioned monologuing from all parties about elitism and the male gaze. Plus, Paul and AJ tell Greg which comics to read and the three of them eulogize Roger Eb...