Hypothetical Island Podcast

Deja Vu all over again! It's the holidaze and Reilly and George are taking a well-deserved break from Hypothetically Islanding and as such are airing a couple of repeats from earlier in the podcast's run. Up first-- Mr Deadpool co-creator himself, Fabian Nicieza! Maybe you missed this the first time? Maybe you didn't but you don't remember?  Maybe George hid a secret message bu...

In this episode of the Hypothetical Island Reilly and George are joined by artist Nate Baertsch, who has a cooler job than you-- unless you also design toys and make illustrations for toy packaging, But you probably don't, so Nate wins.

Zum Tuefel! What do you suppose the world record is for saying the word nightcrawler the most times in one podcast? I'm sure this episode is it, when Reilly and George are joined by Marco Lopez to talk about teleporting X-Men Nightcrawler, eating nightcrawlers, and Marco's new comic series The Nightcrawlers. Nightcrawler.

This week George and Reilly are visited by lawyer-turned-comics writer Charles Soule-- He's like She-Hulk without green skin, Daredevil without radar sense, and Harvey Dent without major facial scarring! Come listen to a conversation that begins with what is arguably the silliest hypothetical island situation yet devised as it slowly morphs into a sincere discussion of philosophy and the purs...

This week's guest on the Hypothetical Island is toy designer David Igo of Gentle Giant, Sideshow Collectibles and Tweeterhead fame. He joins Reilly and George to talk 3D meat printers, third-generation inbred symbiotes, how he broke into the biz, and the seemingly contradictory story of how he's a near-luddite yet teaches a digital sculpting class,

This week Reilly and George are visited by writer and wrasslin' fan Aubrey Sitterson for a spirited discussion of the pros and cons of Greco-Roman Wrestling vs Competitive Endurance Tickling, Berkeley Breathed, the Tyler Durden method of breaking into comics, and Aubrey's new comics series unabashedly anarchic Beef Bros Behind Bars ,  now on kickstarter!

Thsi week on the Hypothetical Island Podcast George and Reilly are joined by webcomics phenom Leeanne Krecic, the cartoonist behind Webtoon's Let's Play.  Listen as they discuss Leeanne's 4.3 million subscribers, her post-Let's Play projects, and her detailed plan to utterly destroy our own Reilly Brown.

Are you a cat person or a dog person? Find out when artist Mike Choi joins Reilly and George on the Hypothetical Island. Learn all about how the secret to artistic success is imprisonment in a  pit! 

This week's guest on the ol Hypothetical Island is artist Jamal Igle. Listen in as he joins George and Reilly for a spirited discussion of droopy superhero genitalia, the comparative benefits of being ten years old forever, and the art of crowdfunding. 

Thsi week's guest on the Hypothetical Island is writer/artist Joe Mulvey. Listen in rapt horror to his tales of kickstarting, conventions and just how easily he will turn to murder as an answer to all life's problems.

This week George and Reilly welcome their old studiomate Simon Fraser to the Hypothetical Island. Listen in as they discuss the unlikeliness of the Loch Ness Monster, the British comics scene,  disappointing dinosaurs, everyone's least favorite anti-semitic homophobe Mel Gibson, and the perils of revisiting your old artwork. All this and more, on the Hypothetical Island podcast!

Come sit back, relax, and join Reilly and George as they welcome comics artist Isaac Goodhart to the Hypothetical Island.  There's a lot of talk of action figures and supplanting consciousnesses, as well as the merits of YA comics vs traditional superhero fare.  

It's a trip to the Southern hemisphere this week as Reilly and George welcome comics artist Adriana Melo all the way from Brazil. Hear all about her disdain of elves, her love of What we Do In the Shadows, and how she got her first professional gig, drawing an issue of Iron Man, at the wrinkly old age of 18. 18! when I was 18, I could barely even tie my shoes yet. 

Comics artist and tattooer (never call him a tatooist!) Brian Level gets stranded on the Hypothetical Island with Reilly and George for a discussion of revenge, respawning, and crappy iterations of Star Wars. Also, learn what is Batman.

There's gold in this week's episode of the Hypothetical Island with special guest Conor McCreery.  Sit back and listen to George's terrible Irish accent, learn about Reilly's ignorance of midwestern states, and be dazzled by Conor's wonderfully frank appreciation of comics artists. 

Come marvel at George's complete lack of sports vernacular knowledge as Reilly and George welcome former comics editor Chris Robinson to the creative side of the hypothetical island to discuss his new comic Cornerman.

This week's guest on the Hypothetical Island is famed Peter B. Parker doppelgänger and possibly nicest guy in comics Todd Nauck. After the usual silliness with oven mitts and teenage delinquents, stick around to hear about Todd's meteoric rise in professional comics, his hatred of Beetle Borgs,  and the amazing life-altering career advice he kinda sorta overheard secondhand from none oth...

Reilly and George welcome superstar penciler Khoi Pham for a surprisingly deep and enlightening episode of the Hypothetical Island. This is especially interesting given that it begins with a hypothetical scenario involving ketchup and pantsless tickling. 

Reilly and Mike are joined on the Hypothetical Islands with cartoonist/musician/philosopher Mike Cavallaro.  Hear all about Mike's many jobs in comics, discover his thoughts on the future of the industry and listen to George's dismal grasp of the Italian language. Finally,  learn the frankly nightmarish fate of Reilly after all those previous Hypothetical Island scenarios. 

Reilly and George are joined on the Hypothetical Island by Larry Houston-- he made your childhoods magical! One of the producers of X-Men the Animated series, Larry basically worked on just about every cartoon from the 80s, 90s  and beyond you can think of. Also? he drew a bunch of He-Man minicomics. Also also? He got to hang out with the likes of Stan Lee, Gil Kane and Jack Kirby. This one has it...

This week the podcast goes cosmic as Reilly and George are joined by writer Ron Marz! After a real War of the Worlds type hypothetical scenario, Ron talks all about his storied career in comics, the ghost that haunted CrossGen studios, and even answers definitively, in a way that should satisfy even the most disgruntled fanboy, exactly how Wolverine beat Lobo in Marvel vs DC. Also, learn about his...

This week on the Hypothetical Island Podcast He-Man month continues when Reilly and George are joined by famed toy sculptor and designer Eric Treadaway of the Four Horsemen. Learn all about how he broke into the toy biz (but had to promise his new boss to finish school after), the 200x Masters of the Universe design he never felt quite worked, and which MOTU Classics figures he wished had made the...

After a brief week off, He-Man Month resumes on the Hypothetical Island podcast! Sure we all love He-Man, we all love the classic Filmation He-Man cartoon, but do you love it enough to make your own 40 minute long episode of it, with faithfully recreated animation, reconstructed music, and a  brand-new full cast recording assembled out of existing soundclips? Yeah, I didn't think so. We'...

It had to happen! An episode of the Hypothetical Island podcast with no hypothetical islands! You won't even miss those theoretical landmasses  as Reilly and George welcome comics writer Gerry Duggan to the podcast. Which X-Men would make the best adventure-mate son a DnD campaign? Find out here!

He-Man month continues on the Hypothetical Island podcast as Reilly and George spend far too short a time with one of the busiest men in comics, Tim Seeley.  They talk Masters of the Universe (of course) , sexual attraction to your own doppelganger, horror movie tropes, and much, much more.