Joe Talks Comics

This week, Joe discusses the first Spider-Man: Brand New Day omnibus with friend and long-time Spider-Man reader, Glenn Matchett. The first omnibus covers Amazing Spider-Man #546-583, plus various odds and ends. This conversation does contain some spoilers for those issues, so you have been warned. You can find Glenn Matchett on Blue Sky ⁠@glennmatchett⁠ . You can find Joe on Blue Sky ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

This week Joe chats with his friend Owen, also known as Anomaly616 and Massive-Verse Central, about the best comics of the year so far! This conversation does contain some spoilers for the books mentioned, so please keep that in mind if you are not caught up on any of them. If you want to hear our thoughts on any particular books, check out the timestamps below: 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:01 Initial Con...

This week, Joe talks with indie comic creators C. Brennan Knight and Max Davenport about their current Kickstarter campaign, Tyrant Fall. Tyrant Fall is described as an "epic fantasy battle comic about a warrior unintentionally reigniting an ancient war in her quest for vengeance" and answers the question "What if DragonBall was published in Heavy Metal Magazine?" The campaign...

This week, Joe talks with indie comic creator Marcus Jimenez about his current Kickstarter campaign, Dauntless Showcase #1. Marcus is also the founder of Dauntless Stories, "an independent publisher dedicated to delivering the boldest narratives in fantasy, science fiction, and beyond", so this was a great conversation about the importance of indie comics, the people who make them, and t...

This week, Joe invites best friend, frequent guest and long-time podcaster Glenn Matchett back onto the podcast to celebrate Rabbitt Stew Comics hitting the milestone Episode 500, talk about what we're enjoying lately, as well as anything else that comes up in conversation! You can find Glenn Matchett on Blue Sky @glennmatchett , and you can listen to Rabbitt Stew Comics at rabbittstewcomics.libsy...

This week, Joe gives his Top 5 picks from the June 2025 comics solicitations for Marvel, DC, Image, Boom! Studios, Dark Horse, IDW, Mad Cave Studios, and Oni Press. He also gives his honourable mentions for this month. You can find the June 2025 comics solicitations for all publishers mentioned at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ comicreleases.com/category/solicitations/2025/2025-06/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , where you can find all the comics...

This week, Joe gives his Top 5 picks from the May 2025 comics solicitations for Marvel, DC, Image, Boom! Studios, Dark Horse, IDW, Mad Cave Studios, and Oni Press. He also gives his honourable mentions for this month. You can find the May 2025 comics solicitations for all publishers mentioned at ⁠⁠⁠⁠ comicreleases.com/category/solicitations/2025/2025-05/⁠⁠⁠⁠ , where you can find all the comics com...

This week, Joe and Mighty Lee's Comics continue discussing the best "New to Me" comics they read last year! There's going to be at least one more episode of this series, so make sure to stay tuned for that if you enjoyed listening to this! You can find Mighty Lee's Comics on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠@mightyleescomics⁠⁠⁠ You can find Joe on Blue Sky ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@joetalkscomics⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ a...

This week, Joe gives his Top 5 picks from the April 2025 comics solicitations for Marvel, DC, Image, Boom! Studios, Dark Horse, IDW, Mad Cave Studios, and Oni Press. He also gives his honourable mentions for this month. You can find the April 2025 comics solicitations for all publishers mentioned at ⁠⁠⁠ comicreleases.com/category/solicitations/2025/2025-04/⁠⁠⁠ , where you can find all the comics c...

This week, Joe talks with creators Joey Esposito and Andrea Schiavone about Shitkickers, their new indie comic currently being crowdfunded on Zoop. You can back Shitkickers over on Zoop at ⁠ zoop.gg/c/espositoschiavone⁠ until February 27th. Please go support it if you can, as indie comics like this won't happen without your support. It's vital to their success. You can read the first issue for fre...

This week, Joe talks with indie comic creator Bruno Catarino about his current Kickstarter campaign, Bereavement, described as a "36-page sci-fi murder mystery one-shot about loss, grief, and the human condition." Bereavement is live on Kickstarter until February 20th at kickstarter.com/projects/redwulfcomics/bereavement-a-36-page-murder-mystery-sci-fi-one-shot . Please go support it if you can, a...

If you had to pick your favourite comic, TV show, movie and music, what would you choose for each? This week, Joe invites his boyfriend, Echo, back onto the podcast to discuss their answers to this question, in a special 125th episode spectacular to celebrate Joe's birthday this week! Timestamps: 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:16 Prometheus: The Complete Fire and Stone 00:09:47 Alienated 00:16:38 The Cl...

This week, Joe and Mighty Lee's Comics start discussing the best "New to Me" comics they read last year! This is only Part 1, so make sure to stay tuned for more if you enjoyed listening to this! You can find Mighty Lee's Comics on Instagram ⁠⁠@mightyleescomics⁠ You can find Joe on Blue Sky ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠@joetalkscomics⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and on the League of Comic Geeks ⁠@joelovescomics⁠ If you...

This week, Joe gives his Top 5 picks from the March 2025 comics solicitations for Marvel, DC, Image, Boom! Studios, Dark Horse and IDW. He also gives his honourable mentions for this month. You can find the March 2025 comics solicitations for all publishers mentioned at ⁠⁠comicreleases.com/category/solicitations/2025/2025-03/⁠⁠ , where you can find all the comics coming out that month. Timestamps:...

This week, Joe talks with indie comic creator Eric Williamson about When We Were the Voyage, described as a "200-page sci-fi horror graphic novel featuring immersive, unyielding storytelling and stunning, iconic art." Eric is a great friend and a fellow member of the League of Comic Geeks community, so I hope this conversation piques your interest in this book and his work in general. He was also...

This week, Joe gives his Top 5 picks from the February 2025 comics solicitations for Marvel, DC, Image, Boom! Studios, Dark Horse and IDW. He also gives his honourable mentions for this month. You can find the February 2025 comics solicitations for all publishers mentioned at ⁠⁠comicreleases.com/category/solicitations/2025/2025-02/⁠⁠ , where you can find all the comics coming out that month. You c...

This week, Joe celebrates this year's Thought Bubble Comic Convention by sharing several interviews and messages from popular creators he talked to at the event. He also talks about his experience of the event in general, including what it was like to promote the podcast at the event for the first time, what he learnt, what he enjoyed, how it compared to last year's convention, and what he wants t...

This week, Joe talks with the amazing trio of Peter J. Tomasi, Francis Manapul and Peter Snejbjerg to discuss their new series, The Rocketfellers and Hornsby & Halo, published by Ghost Machine and Image Comics. The Rocketfellers #1 (with Tomasi and Manapul) comes out November 20th, and Hornsby & Halo #1 (with Tomasi and Snejbjerg) comes out the following week, November 27th. Make sure to c...

This week, Joe gives his Top 5 picks from the January 2025 comics solicitations for Marvel, DC, Image, Boom! Studios, Dark Horse and IDW. He also gives his honourable mentions for this month. You can find the January 2025 comics solicitations for all publishers mentioned at ⁠comicreleases.com/category/solicitations/2025/2025-01/⁠ , where you can find all the comics coming out that month. You can f...

This week, Joe talks with his friend Glenn Matchett about Doomsday Clock, the sequel to Watchmen. This is a full spoilers conversation, including spoilers for Watchmen, so please keep that in mind if you have never read Watchmen or Doomsday Clock and don't want to be spoiled on anything that happens. We also briefly discuss the Watchmen HBO TV series, created as a sequel to the original comic. Thi...

This week, writer Tony James returns to talk with Joe about his Kickstarter campaign for Star Noir: Book Three, a comic about a 1940's detective teaming up with a grey alien to stop a shapeshifter killing LAPD officers in Central Station. Star Noir: Book Three is currently live on Kickstarter until 14th November at kickstarter.com/projects/starnoir/star-noir-book-three , so please go support it if...

This week it's a special crossover episode as Joe Talks Comics with Dan! Join us as we celebrate the spooky season by discussing our favourite creepy comics reads. Dan and I have been meaning to team up for a while, so we're very excited to finally bring you this collaboration! If you would like to watch the video version of this episode, you can also watch it on Dan's YouTube channel ! With Hallo...

This week, Joe also talks with Brad and Lisa Gullickson from the Comic Book Couples Counselling Podcast about their first comics work, a short story in Pots & Panels: A Comic Cook Book Anthology, now live on Kickstarter. Comic Book Couples Counselling Podcast is, in my opinion, one of the best comic podcasts around, and it was so lovely and exciting to talk comics with them and celebrate their...

This week, Joe talks with Anas Abdulhak and Aubrey Lyn Jeppson about the unSeen/unHeard: Disability & Neurodivergence Comic Anthology, now live on Kickstarter. This was a personal conversation almost right from the start, discussing our experiences with these topics, the intersectionality that comes with that, and of course talking everything else related to this unique and exciting project. S...

This week, Joe gives his Top 5 picks from the December 2024 comics solicitations for Marvel, DC, Image, Boom! Studios and Dark Horse. He also gives his honourable mentions for this month. You can find the December 2024 comics solicitations for all publishers mentioned at ⁠comicreleases.com/category/solicitations/2024/2024-12/⁠ , where you can find all the comics coming out that month. You can find...