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Topics for the Week of May 27, 2020 Mike -  The Goddamned #4 & Telling Tales: The Comic Art of Frank Frazetta HC  Greg -  Shutter #12 & Shelf Bound Charity Auction, Week 5 Welcome to the All-New, All-Different Pull List Episodes! With Diamond halting new comics distribution for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mike & Greg decided, rather than drop these episodes all-together, to just change...

Anthologies are a great way to introduce new work, new creators, even new ideas to a readership. For part two of this survey anthology discussion, the lads go to America's attic with The Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics by Blackbeard & Williams and then out on the mean streets with Paul Gravett's The Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics . Come for the lowdown on these two wonderful comics p...

Topics for the Week of May 20, 2020 Mike - DC Universe: Rebirth OS & Wednesday Comics HC Greg - User HC & Shelf Bound Charity Auction Week 4 Welcome to the All-New, All-Different Pull List Episodes! With Diamond halting new comics distribution for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mike & Greg decided, rather than drop these episodes all-together, to just change up the format. So for this four...

Anthologies are a great way to introduce new work, new creators, even new ideas to a readership. Mike and Greg spend the first half of this two-part book discussion looking at two anthologies whose mission statements are exactly that: Bell & Sinclair's  Pictures and Words and the long-running  Best American Comics series (2013 and 2019, to be precise).  The lads breakdown why these works are excel...

Topics for the Week of May 13, 2020 Mike - Harrow County #1 & Shonen Jump Greg -  Kaijumax: Season 2 #1 (of 6) &  The Silver Surfer: The Ultimate Cosmic Experience OGN Welcome to the All-New, All-Different Pull List Episodes! With Diamond halting new comics distribution for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mike & Greg decided, rather than drop these episodes all-together, to just change up t...

All twelve issues have hit Marvel Unlimited, so it's time for the long-threatened deep dive into the smash hit of 2019: House of X/Powers of X by Jonathan Hickman, Pepe Larraz, and R.B. Silva! Greg's thoughts on the book are well-documented on this show, but what about Mike? Did the book deliver on its promise for him? Why is describing this story as 'upsetting' a multi-layered compliment? How doe...

Reading List for the Week of May 6, 2020 Mike -  2000AD FCBD 2018 &  Building Stories   Greg -  DCeased #1 (of 6) &  The Elektra Saga (SHELF BOUND CHARITY AUCTION) Welcome to the All-New, All-Different Pull List Episodes! With Diamond halting new comics distribution for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mike & Greg decided, rather than drop these episodes all-together, to just change up the f...

On today's episode, Greg chats with writer Joshua Dysart for the first time 'in studio'! The last time he was on the show, back in 2017, the conversation focused on his run as ongoing writer for Swamp Thing . But for this deep-dive talk, the topics range from his latest book with TKO Studios ( Goodnight, Paradise ), his Eisner-nominated work on Vertigo's Unknown Soldier , his relationship with bot...

Topics for the Week of April 29, 2020 Mike - Tank Girl: Full Color Classics 1988-1990  &  Lenny Zero and the Perps of Mega-City One TPB Greg - Atomic Robo and the Knights of the Golden Circle #1 (of 5) & Miracleman  custom-bound HC The All-New, All-Different Pull List episodes continue! With Diamond halting new comics distribution for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mike & Greg decided, rat...

Mike's pre-show lament about the exclusion of Bisley from relevant artistic discussions takes a few twists and turns through the neighborhoods of Kevin Eastman's Heavy Metal, why 2000AD can't seem to catch a break, and a few others before winding up on today's episode. A little off-the-cuff yakking for you to enjoy!

Topics for the Week of April 22, 2020 Mike - The Eltingville Club HC & Lucha Libre Greg -  Aliens: The Original Comics, Volume 2 TPB &  Cartoonist Kayfabe: The Stephen Bissette Shoot Interview! Welcome to the All-New, All-Different Pull List Episodes! With Diamond halting new comics distribution for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mike & Greg decided, rather than drop these episodes all-tog...

The comics window-shopping continues! Flipping to the companion magazines and then back to the front of the catalog, Mike & Greg's attention focuses on the Premier Publishers: Dark Horse! DC! Image! IDW! Marvel! Dynamite! BOOM! What was planned to hit comic shops in June and beyond from these companies that catches the lads' fancies? Definitely something for everyone as the lads close out their tr...

Topics for the Week of April 15, 2020 Mike - B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth #130 & Pictures and Words: New Comic Art & Narrative Illustration TPB  Greg - The Batman Adventures; Mad Love - The Deluxe Edition HC &  Batman: The Animated Series - Complete Collection  Blu-Ray Set Welcome to the All-New, All-Different Pull List Episodes! With Diamond halting new comics distribution for the duration of the COVI...

Another month, another "Previews" catalog to dissect! As always, Mike & Greg start things off with the diverse Green and Purple sections, covering the majority of publishers in one fell swoop. What was originally planned to hit comic shops in June (and beyond) that catches the lads' fancies? Definitely something for everyone in the top half of this two-part "Previews" walkthrough!

Reading List for the Week of April 8, 2020 Mike -  The Nib #1 & Love & Rockets (Volume 1)   Greg -  Captain America Epic Collection: Man Without A CountryI TPB & The Promised Neverland Welcome to the All-New, All-Different Pull List Episodes! With Diamond halting new comics distribution for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mike & Greg decided, rather than drop these episodes all-together, to...

Picks for Wednesday, April 1, 2020 Mike -  Judge Dredd Classics: The Apocalypse War HC & Bazooka Joe and His Gang: 60th Anniversary Collection  HC Greg - Starlight: The Return of Duke McQueen TPB & JLA/Avengers: The Collector's Edition HC With Diamond deciding to halt distribution of new content to comic shops for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mike & Greg decided to change up the format o...

Picks for Wednesday, MARCH 25, 2020 Mike - We Should Improve Society Somewhat HC & Action 2020 OS Greg - Transformers vs Terminator  #1 (of 4) & Giant-Size X-Men: Nightcrawler  OS Need suggestions for your LCS trip this week? Let Mike & Greg point out the books hitting shelves on Wednesday they're most excited about in this four hundred fifteenth installment of their ongoing "Pull List" series! Th...

The comics window-shopping continues! Flipping to the companion magazines and then back to the front of the catalog, Mike & Greg's attention focuses on the 'premier publishers': Dark Horse! DC! Image! IDW! Marvel! Dynamite! BOOM! What's coming to comic shops in May (and beyond) from these companies that catches the lads' fancies?  All that, plus Greg waxes rhapsodic about Charley Varrick , and mor...

Picks for Wednesday, March 18, 2020 Mike - Cowboy OGN & WIcked Things #1 (of 6) Greg - Dollar Comics: JLA #1 OS & X-Men/Avengers: Onslaught v1 TPB Need suggestions for your LCS trip this week? Let Mike & Greg point out the books hitting shelves on Wednesday they're most excited about in this four hundred fourteenth installment of their ongoing "Pull List" series! These episodes are the perfect way...

Another month, another "Previews" catalog to dissect! As always, Mike & Greg start things off with the diverse Green and Purple sections, covering the majority of publishers in one fell swoop. What's coming to comic shops in May (and beyond) that catches the lads' fancies? Definitely something for everyone in the top half of this two-part "Previews" walkthrough!

Picks for Wednesday, March 11, 2020 Mike - Dollar Comics: Batman 428 OS / Dollar Comics: Robin #1 OS & 20th Century Boys - Perfect Edition v7 TPB Greg - Comic Book Creator  #22 &  Just Imagine Stan Lee Creating the DC Universe  v1 TPB Need suggestions for your LCS trip this week? Let Mike & Greg point out the books hitting shelves on Wednesday they're most excited about in this four hundred twenty...

Picks for Wednesday, March 4, 2020 Mike - Judge Dredd: Mechanismo - Machine Law  TPB & The Promised Neverland  V14 Greg - Marvel  #1 (of 6) & The Oracle Code  OGN Need suggestions for your LCS trip this week? Let Mike & Greg point out the books hitting shelves on Wednesday they're most excited about in this four hundred twenty-second installment of their ongoing "Pull List" series! These episodes...

The comics window-shopping continues! Flipping to the companion magazines and then back to the front of the catalog, Mike & Greg's attention focuses on the Premier Publishers: Dark Horse! DC! Image! IDW! Marvel! Dynamite! BOOM! What's coming to comic shops in April (and beyond!) from these companies that catches the lads' fancies? All that, plus discussion of the fallout from Dan DiDio's sudden DC...

Picks for Wednesday, February 26, 2020 Mike - Giant-Size X-Men: Jean Grey / Emma Frost OS & Berserk Deluxe Edition v4 HC Greg - Suicide Squad #3 & X-Men Milestones: Zero Tolerance TPB Need suggestions for your LCS trip this week? Let Mike & Greg point out the books hitting shelves on Wednesday they're most excited about in this four hundred twenty-second installment of their ongoing "Pull List" se...

Another month, another "Previews" catalog to dissect! As always, Mike & Greg start things off with the diverse Green and Purple sections, covering the majority of publishers in one fell swoop. What's coming to comic shops in April (and beyond) that catches the lads' fancies? Definitely something for everyone in the top half of this two-part "Previews" walkthrough!