Longbox Review

Stardate 2020.342. Star Trek: The Motion Picture was released on December 7, 1979 -- 41 years ago -- and it's time to celebrate the first Star Trek film! Pop in your Director's Cut DVD and follow along as I provide my own fan commentary about one of my favorite Star Trek films. Please send your comments to  longboxreview@gmail.com , chat with me  @longboxreview  on Twitter, or visit  longboxreview...

Presenting a joint podcast production with Peter from The Daily Rios podcast (where you can also listen and subscribe to The Legion Project), where we will discuss, issue by issue, the 1984 Legion of Super-Heroes (volume 3) series affectionately known as the "Baxter run". In this episode we discuss Legion of Super-Heroes #26: "Illusion". While hiding from the Fatal Five, Projectra tells her fellow...

I give my thoughts on the following trade collections: Bad Luck Chuck (Dark Horse), Hex Wives (DC Vertigo), and Shanghai Red (Image). Please send your comments to  longboxreview@gmail.com , chat with me  @longboxreview  on Twitter, or visit  longboxreview.com . Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Thanks for listening!

Stardate 2020.302. On this episode of Center Seat, my Star Trek podcast, I offer my reactions to the first season of Star Trek: Picard . How well does this post-Next Gen milieu hold up? Is Star Trek: Picard little more than a Star Trek: The Next Generation reunion show? And what about these new characters and the overall plot? Please send your comments to  longboxreview@gmail.com , chat with me @l...

Presenting a joint podcast production with Peter from The Daily Rios podcast (where you can also listen and subscribe to The Legion Project), where we will discuss, issue by issue, the 1984 Legion of Super-Heroes (volume 3) series affectionately known as the "Baxter run". In this episode we discuss Legion of Super-Heroes #25: "Revelation". While the Legion searches for Sensor Girl, a new Fatal Fiv...

Recorded September 27, 2020 Mild traumatic brain injury. And some other stuff. Please send your comments to  longboxreview@gmail.com , chat with me  @longboxreview  on Twitter, and visit  longboxreview.com . Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Thanks for listening!

Recorded August 1, 2020 I'm joined by my 14-year-old granddaughter Madison to discuss Raina Telgemeier's wonderful graphic novel Sisters . This is my favorite of the memoirs set and we had a lovely conversation about it. What did you think of this book? Please send your comments to  longboxreview@gmail.com , chat with me  @longboxreview  on Twitter, or visit  longboxreview.com . Apple Podcasts Spo...

Recorded August 9, 2020 I give some quick(ish) thoughts on the Batman: Universe , House of X/Powers of X , and Superman: Up in the Sky hard cover collections. Please send your comments to  longboxreview@gmail.com , chat with me  @longboxreview  on Twitter, or visit  longboxreview.com . Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Thanks for listening! Link: https://neverstaydead.podbean.com/e/a-pox-on-y...

Stardate 2020.246. On this episode of Center Seat, my Star Trek podcast, I talk about the first season of Star Trek: Discovery . Discover if I thought the new series lived up to the promise of  Star Trek . Please send your comments to  longboxreview@gmail.com , chat with me @longboxreview  on Twitter, or visit  longboxreview.com . Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Thanks for listening! Theme...

Recorded August 16, 2020 Travis ( https://www.youtube.com/user/oddfellowsthoughts and https://twitter.com/the_gaunt_man ) returns after too long an absence to discuss the DC Comics layoffs that were reported on August 10, 2020, and what that could mean going forward, not just for DC Comics, but for the comic book industry. Travis also offers a mini review of John Constantine: Hellblazer . Please s...

Presenting a joint podcast production with Peter from The Daily Rios podcast (where you can also listen and subscribe to The Legion Project), where we will discuss, issue by issue, the 1984 Legion of Super-Heroes (volume 3) series affectionately known as the "Baxter run". In this episode we discuss Legion of Super-Heroes #24: "Suspicion" and (the backup tale) "Togetherness". The Legion's suspicion...

Recorded July 12, 2020 More thoughts about COVID-19 (the new normal), #blacklivesmatter, #defundthepolice, what I've been up to recently with the family, and what pop culture I've been consuming (including Hamilton !). Warning: Explicit language used. Please send your comments to  longboxreview@gmail.com , chat with me  @longboxreview  on Twitter, and visit  longboxreview.com . Apple Podcasts Spot...

I'm celebrating 10 years of podcasting by reminiscing and then answering listener questions (at the 28:32 mark)! Thanks to everyone who sent me Twitter messages, email, and voicemail. Here's to another 10 years!(?) Please send your comments to  longboxreview@gmail.com , chat with me @longboxreview  on Twitter, and visit  longboxreview.com . Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Thanks for listeni...

Stardate 2020.190. Star Trek was my first fandom, way before comic books, and while I have included Star Trek related material in the podcast feed before, I decided to rebrand those shows as Center Seat, my new Star Trek podcast. This episode I talk about why I love Star Trek and why it matters to me. Future episodes will include movie and tv series commentary, as well as other topics. I hope you...

Presenting a joint podcast production with Peter from The Daily Rios podcast (where you can also listen and subscribe to The Legion Project), where we will discuss, issue by issue, the 1984 Legion of Super-Heroes (volume 3) series affectionately known as the "Baxter run". In this episode we discuss Legion of Super-Heroes #23: "Back Home in Hell!". Mon-El's lead serum has stopped working, and to st...

2020 is the 10th anniversary of the Longbox Review podcast, and to celebrate, I am spotlighting 10 episodes from the archive. This final retrosode is a rebroadcast of episode 169 from 2019 where I talked with MJ from the Nerd Goggles podcast about her show and then we start discussing the Birds of Prey trade Of Like Minds (the rest of the conversation about this trade is in episode 170, linked bel...

2020 is the 10th anniversary of the Longbox Review podcast, and to celebrate, I am spotlighting 10 episodes from the archive. This is a rebroadcast of episode 146 from 2018 where my granddaughter Madison and I talk about one of her (and my) favorite graphic novels, Smile by Raina Telgemeier. Thank you for supporting the podcast over these 10 years. Original post: https://longboxreview.com/2018/08/...

2020 is the 10th anniversary of the Longbox Review podcast, and to celebrate, I am spotlighting 10 episodes from the archive. This is a rebroadcast of episode 129 from 2017 where George from the Meanwhile at the Podcast and I talk about some Christmas themed or related comic books. Thank you for supporting the podcast over these 10 years. Original post: https://longboxreview.com/2017/12/18/podcast...

Welcome to the Tales of the Legion Project where we discuss Legion of Super-Heroes material outside of the Baxter run. This episode we talk about the 1985/6 mini-series Legionnaires 3 . Timestamps: (00:36) Preamble (08:00) Legionnaires 3 issues 1 thru 4: synopsis, general thoughts, and cover talk (32:13) Main discussion focusing on Lightning Lad, Cosmic Boy, and Saturn Girl (1:04:54) A deep dive i...

Holy octogenarian! Robin the Boy Wonder turns 80?! This episode I discuss the stories, pinups, and other items in the Robin 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular ! Please send your comments to  longboxreview@gmail.com , chat with me @longboxreview  on Twitter, and visit  longboxreview.com .  Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Thanks for listening! Links: Dick Grayson spotlight post New T...

2020 is the 10th anniversary of the Longbox Review podcast, and to celebrate, I am spotlighting 10 episodes from the archive. This is a rebroadcast of episode 105 from 2016 where Peter Rios from The Daily Rios podcast and I talk about one of my very favorite comic book teams of all time, the Legion of Super-Heroes. Thank you for supporting the podcast over these 10 years. Original post: https://lo...

2020 is the 10th anniversary of the Longbox Review podcast, and to celebrate, I am spotlighting 10 episodes from the archive. This is a rebroadcast of episode 92 from 2015 where I talk about one of my very favorite comic book titles of all time, The New Teen Titans . Thank you for supporting the podcast over these 10 years. Original post: https://longboxreview.com/2015/12/19/podcast-episode-92-new...

2020 is the 10th anniversary of the Longbox Review podcast, and to celebrate, I am spotlighting 10 episodes from the archive. This is a rebroadcast of episode 88 from 2015 where I talk about the fantastic series Danger Club with Damian ( sleepyreader666 ). Be sure to check Damian's YouTube channel as well as the other episodes. Thank you for supporting the podcast over these 10 years. Danger Club...

Presenting a joint podcast production with Peter from The Daily Rios podcast (where you can also listen and subscribe to The Legion Project), where we will discuss, issue by issue, the 1984 Legion of Super-Heroes (volume 3) series affectionately known as the "Baxter run". In this episode we discuss Legion of Super-Heroes #22: "Dead End".  Universo makes a move, the mystery of Sensor Girl continues...

Suffering Sappho! This episode I discuss the stories, pinups, and other items in Wonder Woman #750! Please send your comments to  longboxreview@gmail.com , chat with me @longboxreview  on Twitter, and visit  longboxreview.com . Please subscribe, rate, and review the show via  Apple podcasts . Thanks for listening! Links: Other covers Meanwhile at the Podcast episode 52 , Podcast Creators Talk Crea...