Rolled Spine Podcasts

Spawn #6 & WildCATs: Covert Action Teams #1-4 Listener Discretion Advised   Spawn #6 by Todd McFarlane “Payback” Part 1 Dedicated To: Stan Lee OVERT-KILL! In whispered voices, some call him “Overkill.” It has to do with his tendency to go beyond the necessary means. Gino told me that Overt-Kill thinks it’s a Youngblood he’s after. He had a run-in with them a few years back, and hasn’t forgotte...

Marvel's Infinity War & DCEU's Infinite Crisis Note: We like our language NSFW salty, and there be spoilers here... Face Front, True Believer! Diabolu Frank, Mister Fixit & Illegal Machine assemble to go all in on the first official trailer for 2018's Avengers: Infinity War and (unavoidably) compare Marvel's prospects with the present and possible path forward for the DC Extended Universe...

Coarse Language: Listener Discretion is Advised Meanwhile… Diabolu Frank, Mr. Fixit & Illegal Machine are unsurprisingly not unanimous in their assessment of the first ever JLA motion picture… We Think You’re Special! Friend us on Facebook Email us at rolledspinepodcasts@gmail.com Tweet us as a group @rolledspine , or individually as Diabolu Frank & Illegal Machine . Fixit don’t tweet. If...

On our music & memories show, co-hosts Ill Mac, Joe Fixit, & Diabolu Frank each select a song to discuss, relating facts about its release, its meaning, and how it relates to them anecdotally. Tracklist “Explosivo” from the 2001 album Tenacious D by Tenacious D “Lola” from the 1970 album Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One by The Kinks “As Girls Go” from the 1992 album 99.9...

Note: We like our language NSFW salty, and there be spoilers here...   Face Front, True Believer! Diabolu Frank, Illegal Machine & Mister Fixit are back on the Marvel Cinematic Universe beat for the latest feature film! Plus, Black Panther trailers talk, Captain Marvel/Infinity War speculation, & we catch up on the Mighty Marvel Mail Bag! Effendi, this one's got it all! Excelsior! As you c...

Spawn #5 & Youngblood (1992) Listener Discretion Advised   Spawn #5 by Todd McFarlane “Justice” Dedicated To: Will Eisner You are cured, Billy Kinkaid. Multiple bodies. All kids. All so mutilated we never did get a final body count. No more.   Youngblood #1-5 (1992) & Hardcover (2008) by Rob Liefeld with Joe Casey & Co. Dedicated To: Jack “The King” Kirby & Joe Shuster Kussein’s Te...

Co-hosts Frank, Mac and Joe Fixit have a lighthearted, foul-mouthed conversation about the hits of the late, great Heartbreaker.   Facebook rolledspinepodcasts@gmail.com @rolledspine Wordpress

On our not-so-new music show, co-host Frank breaks the basic format of the nascent show by offering numerous tracks for his segment (including a friggin' Kenny Loggins medley!) Partners Mac and Joe Fixit follow the established rules where each of the hosts selects one song to discuss, relating facts about its release, its meaning, and how it relates to them anecdotally. #DancePact Tracklist “Footl...

Spawn #4 & Shadowhawk #1-4 Listener Discretion Advised Spawn #4 by Todd McFarlane "Questions," Part 4 Dedicated To: Joe Shuster Who gave you such powers?! Since when do humans begin to rate? They've always been too fragile for this! Spawn continues his silence, for what does a man say to an offspring of the pits of Hell? You have failed miserably! It is incompetents like you that make my battl...

On our new music show, each of the hosts selects one song to discuss, relating facts about its release, its meaning, and how it relates to them anecdotally. Tracklist “Wildfire” from the 1975 album Blue Sky – Night Thunder by Michael Martin Murphey “From Out of Nowhere” from the 1989 album The Real Thing by Faith No More “Aca Entre Nos” from the 1996 album Que de Raro Tiene by Vicente Fernández La...

Spawn #3 & The Dragon Archives Listener Discretion Advised   Spawn #3 by Todd McFarlane "Questions," Part 3 Dedicated To: Jerry "The Joker" Robinson Finally, I remember her name. Wanda Blake. I remember how her grandma had a fit at the wedding, when she found out Wanda wasn't going to take my last name. Oh, my. Simmons, you poor pathetic fool! Threaten away, you little maggot . It'll do you no...

You Down With SDCC 2017? Note: We like our language NSFW salty, and there be spoilers here... Face Front, True Believer! Illegal Machine & Mister Fixit talk! Excelsior! As you can tell, we love a fierce conversation, so why don't you socialize with us, either by leaving a comment on this page or...   Friend us on Facebook Roll through our tumblr Email us at rolledspinepodcasts@gmail.com Tweet...

Image Comics celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2017, and Rolled Spine Podcasts will applaud (and chide) the company with a new show looking at its longest running title! The Spawnometer is an issue by issue indexing podcast devoted to Todd McFarlane's Spawn franchise. The title references the iconic visual device representing the meter that gauged Spawn's necroplamic power reserves, which counted...

Note: We like our language NSFW salty, and there be spoilers here... Face Front, True Believer! Illegal Machine, Diabolu Frank, Mister Fixit, & Fry-Hole talk crap (often and literally) amidst a deep dive into the Mighty Marvel Mailbag! Free range comments involve Alien sequels, the Resident Evil & Underworld film franchises, #BritWashing, recent trailers, Wonder Woman , Annihilation and mo...

Note: We like our language NSFW salty, and there be spoilers here... Face Front, True Believer! Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man swings in for his, what, sixth international major motion picture release? Not counting the Italian one or the Japanese one or the TV shows that got repackaged as movies or any other random stuff? And this is the second reboot for a third proposed trilogy? Illegal M...

The Ill Mac, Mister Joe Fixit and Diabolu Frank return after nearly five months with black & whitesploitation! Fantagraphics Books represent at 0:38 with Johnny Ryan’s Prison Pit , an adults-only sci-fi gorehound wrestling original graphic novel series, currently at five volumes with an animated adaptation of the first. Then at 22:17, Frank offers a second installment of our “Swords of Cerebus...

Coarse Language: Listener Discretion is Advised Rebroadcast from Aug 24, 2016 Meanwhile… Mr. Fixit, Illegal Machine, & Diabolu Frank look at the controversial 1988 Batman: The Killing Joke prestige format one-shot that has gone from one of the most revered works of a new wave of mature readers books to a (mostly) direct-to-video animated film and an albatross around the neck of DC’s attempts a...

Meanwhile... Mr. Fixit & Illegal Machine try to talk down the hysterical, illogical Diabolu Frank as they shout about the latest addition to the DC Extended Universe for over two hours. We Think You're Special! Friend us on Facebook Email us at rolledspinepodcasts@gmail.com Tweet us as a group @rolledspine , or individually as Diabolu Frank & Illegal Machine . Fixit don't tweet. If the mai...

Spawn #2 & Spawning Ground Listener Discretion Advised   Spawn #2 by Todd McFarlane "Questions," Part 2 Dedicated To: Steve Ditko ...I'M THE VIOLATOR! My wife. I've got to find her... Let her know I'm back, I'm alive. It breaks my heart to report another couple of mafia killings. It looks like our boy the "heart surgeon" is at it again.   Spawning Ground Hosts Diabolu Frank & Mister Fixit...

Interview conducted with esteemed comic book scripter and screenwriter James Dale Robinson at The Texas International Comic Convention, Houston’s Comicpalooza, on May 14, 2017. The interview has been edited for time, content, consistency and quality. 01:20 The Silver Age with Howard Chaykin: An Outline 06:33 Wildstorm Homage 15:44 Justice League of America & Cable 24:27 Heroes Reborn Captain A...

Note: We like our language NSFW salty, and there be spoilers here... Face Front, True Believer! Fry-Hole returns to join Illegal Machine, Mister Fixit, & (oh, lord, "The Ruiner") Diabolu Frank to discuss (bash? ruin?) the heavily-anticipated sequel to one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's most beloved and surprising films, Guardians of the Galaxy ! The episode is as long as the actual movie,...

Note: We like our language NSFW salty, and there be spoilers here… Face Front, True Believer! Our attempts to record an episode on the Jessica Jones TV show from Netflix have been plagued by delays and technical difficulties, including only recording five minutes of an hour-long first try that mostly centered on co-hosts Illegal Machine and Diabolu Frank! We finally got a full length show “on tape...

Coarse Language: Listener Discretion is Advised Meanwhile… Diabolu Frank, Illegal Machine & Mr. Fixit are indentured through explosives implanted in their spines to endure a Suicide Squad mission, and the word cloud is swollen with “gross.” We Think You’re Special! Friend us on Facebook Email us at rolledspinepodcasts@gmail.com Tweet us as a group @rolledspine , or individually as Diabolu Fran...

Spawn #1 & Youngblood Battlezone Listener Discretion Advised   Spawn #1 by Todd McFarlane “Questions,” Part 1 Dedicated To: Jack Kirby I want to die… again. 1987: Services were held today for Lt. Colonel Al Simmons at Arlington Cemetery in Virginia. 1992: I remember there was someone… to love. Someone to hate. And I was something. Something special.   Youngblood Battlezone (1993) by Rob Liefel...

Image Comics celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2017, and Rolled Spine Podcasts will applaud (and chide) the company with a new show looking at its longest running title! The Spawnometer is an issue by issue indexing podcast devoted to Todd McFarlane's Spawn franchise. The title references the iconic visual device representing the meter that gauged Spawn's necroplamic power reserves, which counted...