Joe Talks Comics

This week, Joe talks with his friend Glenn about Watchmen. This is a full spoilers conversation, so please keep that in mind if you have never read Watchmen and don't want to be spoiled on anything that happens. Watchmen is a 12 issue series that was published by DC Comics between May 1986 and July 1987, and is widely regarded as one of the best comics of all time. It was written by Alan Moore, dr...

This week, Joe invites his boyfriend, Echo, back onto the podcast to talk about the Alien movie franchise. This is a full spoilers conversation for all the Alien movies, including the most recent installment, Alien: Romulus, which came out on August 16th. What's your ranking of the Alien movies? Let us know in the comments below, or over on social media! If you want to hear our thoughts on a p...

This week, Joe talks with his friend, Joe Corallo, about his recent projects, the recent comics he has read, the comic industry in general, and Doctor Who. Joe Corallo is a writer and editor for various publishers. His most recent projects were the one-shots DC Pride: A Celebration of Rachel Pollack (which came out on June 4th) and Kardak the Mystic from Archie Comics (which came out on August 14t...

This week, Joe gives his Top 5 picks from the November 2024 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 November 2024 comics solicitations for all publishers mentioned at comicreleases.com/category/solicitations/2024/2024-11/ , where you can find all the comics coming out that month. You can f...

This week, Joe talks with his friend Glenn about the most recent season of Doctor Who. Doctor Who Season 1 (2024) aired from the 11th May to the 22nd June. It starred Ncuti Gatwa, Millie Gibson and more. This is a full spoilers conversation, so please keep that in mind if you're not caught up on the show! You can find Glenn on Twitter ⁠⁠⁠@glenn_matchett⁠⁠⁠ You can find the show on Twitter ⁠⁠⁠@...

This week, writer Jason Douglas returns to talk with Joe about his current ongoing Kickstarter, Jane American: The Graphic Novel. Jason Douglas previously came onto the show to talk about Parallel, a dark and twisted sci-fi one-shot in the vein of The Twilight Zone, and the Jane American one-shot, which was successfully kickstarted last year, and leads into the full-length Jane American graphic no...

This week, Joe talks with writer David Hazan about Kosher Mafia, a new Mad Cave Studios comic written by him, drawn by Sami Kivelä, colored by Ellie Wright and lettered by Simon Bowland. Final order cut-off for Kosher Mafia #1 is July 8th and it releases August 7th. Make sure to pre-order it from your local comic store, or wherever you get your comics, and support the series and the creators! The...

This week, Joe talks with Trevor Fernandes-Lenkiewicz, creator of Pocket Watch Press and writer of RISE, a new indie superhero comic that asks "what if you had to feel good to do good". I got to read the first issue of RISE and I enjoyed it, I would recommend checking out the campaign if you're interested! RISE #1-2 is now live on Kickstarter at ⁠kickstarter.com/projects/thehelix/ris...

This week, Joe talks with indie comic creator Eric Williamson about Prismatic, a kaleidoscopic sci-fi comic book anthology, and the rest of his comics work so far. Eric is also a great friend, and a fellow member of the League of Comic Geeks community who I've been meaning to interview on the podcast almost since I started it, so it was great to talk with him about his latest project! Prismati...

This week, Joe and Mighty Lee's Comics talk with creator Derek Kirk Kim about his Image Comics series, The Last Mermaid! The Last Mermaid #4 comes out June 5th, so make sure to buy it from your local comic store, or wherever you get your comics, and support the series and Derek Kirk Kim. The synopsis for the series is below: "A lone mermaid roams an endless wasteland on a quest beyond rea...

This week Joe talks with his friend Owen, also known as Anomaly616 and Massive-Verse Central, about their favourite first issues. The timestamps for the different sections of this episode are below. Thank you to everyone who submitted their favourite first issues for us to mention in the episode! 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:41 How Marvel and DC use first issues 00:09:19 What makes a good first issue 00:1...

This week Joe celebrates the 100th episode of the podcast with best friend, frequent co-host and awesome comics lover Mighty Lee's Comics! Massive thank you to everyone for their support over all these episodes, it means so much, I really appreciate it! Timestamps for the different segments of this celebratory episode are below, thank you to everyone who submitted a question! 00:00:00 General...

This week Joe talks with writer David M. Booher about his new Dark Horse Comics mini-series, Ghostbusters: Back in Town. It was a lot of fun to chat with David about all things Ghostbusters, including his process of making the comic, so I hope you enjoy, and it convinces you to read the series! The first two issues of the series are out now, with the third and fourth issues out in May and June res...

This week Joe and Mighty Lee's Comics talk about the #5 picks of their "20 Comics to Get to Know Me" lists. For Joe, that was Justice League, written by Scott Snyder and illustrated by Jim Cheung, Jorge Jimenez, Francis Manapul and more, and published by DC. For Mighty Lee, that was Deathbed, written by Joshua Williamson, illustrated by Riley Rossmo, colored by Ivan Plascencia, lette...

This week, Joe and Mighty Lee's Comics talk with creator Juni Ba about his new DC Black Label mini-series, The Boy Wonder, starring Damian Wayne and guest-starring a different Robin with each issue. The Boy Wonder #1 comes out May 7th, so make sure to buy it from your local comic store, or wherever you get your comics, and support the series and Juni Ba! Mighty and I got to read the first two...

This week, Joe and Mighty Lee's Comics talk with creators Rob Williams and Pye Parr about their Image Comics book, Petrol Head. Petrol Head Vol. 1, the trade paperback collecting the first 5 issues of the series, is out June 4th, so make sure to order it from your local comic shop, or wherever you get your comics and trades! Mighty and I absolutely adored Petrol Head, it's awesome, so we d...

This week Joe and Mighty Lee's Comics talk about the next 3 picks of their "20 Comics to Get to Know Me" lists. In this fourth part, picks 8 through 6 inclusive are covered. For Joe, that was, from 8 to 6: Venom by Cates/Stegman from Marvel, Saga by Vaughan/Staples from Image and Super Sons by Tomasi/Jimenez/Barberi from DC. For Mighty Lee, that was: Animal Castle by Dorison/Delep fr...

This week, Joe and Mighty Lee's Comics talk with writer Tony Fleecs about his new ongoing series with the Stray Dogs creative team, Feral. Both comics are written by Tony, drawn by Tone Rodriguez and Trish Forstner, colored by Brad Simpson and published by Image Comics. Feral #1 is out March 27th, the day this episode goes live, so make sure to pick it up and ask your local comic store to orde...

This week Joe and Mighty Lee's Comics talk about the next 4 picks of their "20 Comics to Get to Know Me" lists. In this third part, picks 12 through 9 inclusive are covered. For Joe, that was, from 12 to 9: Fantastic Four Vol. 5: Point of Origin by Slott, Medina, Izaakse and Magno from Marvel Comics, Flash by Manapul and Buccellato from DC Comics, Giant Days from Boom! Studios and Pe...

This week, Joe talks with his friend Glenn about the recent Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Specials, initially starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate, and then starring Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson in the 2023 Christmas Special. This is a full spoilers conversation, so please keep that in mind if you're not caught up on the show! It was a lot of fun to talk with one of my best friends, and on...

This week Joe talks with writer Tony James about the second chance Indiegogo campaign for Star Noir: Book Two. Star Noir is a comic about how "a 1940's detective teams up with a grey alien to stop a shapeshifter killing LAPD officers", described as "L.A. Noire meets The X-Files". The second chance campaign for Star Noir: Book Two is live on Indiegogo until 6th April at indi...

This week Joe and Mighty Lee's Comics talk about the next 4 picks of their "20 Comics to Get to Know Me" lists. In this second part, picks 16 through 13 inclusive are covered. For Joe, that was, from 16 to 13: Strange Academy from Marvel Comics, Batman (2016) from DC Comics, and Middlewest and Bolero both from Image Comics. For Mighty Lee, that was: 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank from Black...

This week, writer Christof Bogacs Returns! Again! to talk with Joe about his upcoming projects, including Requiem #2 (live on Kickstarter now!) and Rick and Morty Finals Week: Brawlher #1, illustrated by Beck Kubrick and out April 16th! This was also just a really great, fun chat about a lot of things, including the comic industry, the world in general and anything else related to what we discusse...

This week, I celebrate Valentine's Day by inviting my boyfriend, Echo, onto the podcast to talk about one of my favourite comics, Heartstopper, written and drawn by Alice Oseman! We discuss different aspects of the comic, the characters, and more, how it compares to the Netflix show adaptation, and what we love about the story in both mediums! For this, we go into full spoilers for the comic a...

This week Joe talks with Glenn about Seven to Eternity. Seven to Eternity was a 17 issue Image Comics series that ran from 2016 to 2021, written by Rick Remender, drawn by Jerome Opeña (#1-6, #9-17) and James Harren (#7-8), colored by Matt Hollingsworth and lettered by Rus Wooton. You can find Glenn on Twitter ⁠@glenn_matchett⁠ You can find the show on Twitter ⁠@JoeTalksComics⁠ You can find your h...