Rolled Spine Podcasts

Interview conducted with treasured comic book scripter and screenwriter John Marc DeMatteis at The Texas International Comic Convention, Houston's Comicpalooza, on May 24, 2015. The interview has been edited for time, content, consistency and quality.   02:13 Doctor Strange and The Defenders 06:29 The Son of Satan & Hellcat 11:21 Captain America 14:05 Patsy Walker 15:49 The Gargoyle Isaac Chri...

Coarse Language: Listener Discretion is Advised Meanwhile… Illegal Machine & Mr. Fixit revisit Batman v Superman , this time in the extended length edition favored by the director and joined by Diabolu Frank. Come join us in jeering the DC Extended Universe debuts of Wonder Woman, Cyborg, The Flash and Aquaman while we try to find any peanuts left to pick out of this thoroughly canvassed turd!...

Three decades long fans offer their views on “indie” comic books, which basically encompasses everything without a Marvel or DC logo. Join Diabolu Frank, Mister Joe Fixit and the Ill Mac “Illegal Machine” as they toss through titles from Image, Valiant, Dark Horse, First, Fantagraphics, IDW, Epic, Pacific, Slave Labor Graphics, Vertigo, Drawn & Quarterly, Avatar… basically everything in the sh...

Coarse Language: Listener Discretion is Advised   To permanently save this episode’s MP3 file to your computer or other listening devices, right-click the link below to bring up sub-menu and select “Save Target/Link As…” Pick where you want it to save to, and you’re set. Download MP3 Meanwhile… Mr. Fixit, Illegal Machine, & Diabolu Frank talk about the first official trailer to the 2017 Warner...

Meanwhile... Mr. Fixit & Diabolu Frank talk briefly about DC's latest not-a-reboot, Reberf, its shallow talent pool due to past brush-ups, as well as the shift at Vertigo from a creative doorway to a mail slot. If you're super-duper excited and positive about the direction of DC Comics, you're listening to the wrong podcast. There's nothing but bellyaching and backbiting here. [Rebroadcast fro...

Face Front, True Believer! This week we return to Marvel’s ex-Soviet super spy Natasha Romanoff for spotlight episode #2.5! After being an Iron Man villain and a Hawkeye femme fatale, the Black Widow hangs up her fishnets and goes ginger, donning a more film-familiar costume and gadgets to fight crime! Petty, prosaic, politically problematic street crime! And also your Friendly Neighborhood Web-He...

Look for us on iTunes & ShoutEngine Meanwhile… Mr. Fixit & Diabolu Frank welcome back the uncensored cuss words favored by Rolled Spine Podcast listeners as they discuss the “Berlantiverse” of DC television adaptations The Flash, Supergirl, Arrow and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow . It’s an ADHD ramble though, so the conversation jumps around to the announcement of #Rebirth, Alan Moore’s legacy...

Note: We like our language NSFW salty, and there be spoilers here… Face Front, True Believer! This time we cover the supposed final Wolverine movie for Hugh Jackman, the possible last ride for Patrick Stewart as Professor Charles Xavier, and Praise HaShem, not so much as a mention of Magneto for once! Plus, the cinematic Deadpool stinger that left out the Stan Lee cameo! Excelsior! As you can tell...

Meanwhile... Mr. Fixit, Diabolu Frank & Illegal Machine cross over to DC-Earth for their irregular looks at how the other super-hero universe lives. First, we talk a bit about Gotham and the side projects of Batman scribe Scott Snyder, then we dive into the TV special DC Films Presents: Dawn of the Justice League to discuss Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman and more!   Friend us on Facebook Email us...

Note: We like our language NSFW salty, and there be spoilers here... Face Front, True Believer! After a lengthy hiatus, we're back with two full hours of mediocrity (to be generous) and tedious statistical analysis of a mainstream media outlet's superficial understanding of the concept of super-heroes, too much of it coming from Frank! Illegal Machine tries to keep up enthusiasm as best he can, wh...

Rated-imMATURE – This podcast is specifically designed to be hearken by adult audiences and therefore may be unsuitable for children under 17 or touchy wusses .   Facebook @rolledspine rolledspinepodcasts@gmail.com rolled spine specials or Rolled Spine Podcasts .

Note: We like our language NSFW salty, and there be spoilers here… 00:00:47 Kickin’ it Otaku Skool 00:08:01 Spring Trailers 00:21:31 David Fiore/Kyle Benning Mixtape 00:34:38 Mac doesn’t care about Bond themes 00:44:52 The Canadian Border Patrol 00:54:58 The Force Needs To Go The F*** To Sleep As you can tell, we love a fierce conversation and a pretty picture, so why don’t you socialize with us,...

Diabolu Frank, Illegal Machine, and Mister Fixit are the aliases of three long time friends who are the primary hosts of the assorted Rolled Spine Podcasts, a bunch of bro-y but still undeniably geek-centric shows that are often laced with immature content and heaps of inappropriate language. Recorded material that is more rambling and drifts off-topic from our shows' intended subject matter are o...

Note: We like our language NSFW salty, and there be spoilers here… 00:01:00 Eternal Rage against Illegal Machine 00:04:18 Jem is Outrageous 00:07:46 The Foo Kingdom 00:15:07 Miggida Mac 00:17:55 Silverbox 00:20:21 Water's Break 00:24:37 Ice Dune 00:29:41 Manly Mix Tape 00:38:18 Verucal 00:39:45 Outcast 00:44:27 Extreme Club 00:48:00 Zero Live Tool 00:54:10 Stevie Nicks Rocks? 00:56:24 The Great Pu...

Note: We like our language NSFW salty, and there be spoilers here… 00:02:37 Star Wars: The Force Awakens : The Backlash Begins 00:09:51 Jar-Jar Sidious 00:15:30 Darth Vader is a dick 00:22:02 Riley Keough: Force Mistress 00:40:26 I'm Your Huckleberry, Finn 00:51:10 Po' Damn Her Ron 00:55:25 Kyle O'Wrenn 01:09:32 Agent Carter vs. Supergirl: Dawn of Went There 01:13:57 General Hawks 01:16:32 The Ove...

Note: We like our language NSFW salty, and there be spoilers here… 00:00:45 Creed of Rocky 00:12:55 The Deaths of Sam & Robin 00:24:13 H8ful Eight/The K-Word 00:49:47 The Crow: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 00:55:27 I Need To Drink More Than You Seem To Think As you can tell, we love a fierce conversation and a pretty picture, so why don't you socialize with us, either by leaving a commen...

Note: We like our language NSFW salty, and there be spoilers here… Remember when Quentin Tarantino claimed Kill Bill was his fourth film on promotional posters, even though he was part of the Four Rooms anthology (and not even the best part?) Well this is out third episode, in spite of it coming out fourth in the stream, because that Dune crap was called "reeled spine," okay? 00:00:31 Terabyte Cur...

Note: We like our language NSFW salty, and there be spoilers here... NO ONE EXPECTS THE SPANIARD SECOND EDITION! Our dos episode of the free range topics side podcast arrives a mere three months after the first! You can't rush perfunctory! 00:30 Are you a Mexican or a Mexi-Can't? 03:00 Talking Star Wars with Count Drunkula 11:35 Joe Fixit & Diabolu Frank talk Star Wars-flavored sci-fi 16:27 In...

Note: We like our language NSFW salty, and there be spoilers here... Our debut off-topic-as-fugg side project podcast episode collects excised clips from our other productions to talk Spock, The Terminator franchise post-Cameron, Django, and a lengthy look at our beloved grunge era music versus the modern MP3 era no-hit blunders.   00:19 Leonard Nimoy 05:16 Genisys and latter day Terminator 08:19...

Note: We like our language NSFW salty, and there be spoilers here... Face Front, True Believer! It's Christmas time children, so here comes Satan 'cuz we're a pack of heathens, obviously! Daimon Hellstrom is coming at'cha straight outta 1973 ahead of the Satanic Panic of the early 1980s! The brother of Satana debuted in Ghost Rider #1 before appearing in another 7 issues of that title plus 13 solo...

Note: We like our language NSFW salty, and there be spoilers here... We couldn't get anything good ready for podcast, so "enjoy" a recording session with the microphone and digital mixer set-up that came after we were talking into cheap headsets but before we got quality equipment, not that Frank didn't waste hundreds of dollars on this non-returnable crap. It's difficult to hear, which is why it...

Note: We like our language NSFW salty, and there be spoilers here... Face Front, True Believer! By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth, the first ever Master of the Mystic Arts motion picture is finally here! Illegal Machine, Mister Fixit & Diabolu Frank dispell the Vapors of Valtorr to discuss the Scott Derrickson feature film featuring Benedict Cumberbatch, Tilda Swinton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McA...

Note: We like our language NSFW salty, and there be spoilers here… Face Front, True Believer! Illegal Machine, Mister Fixit & Diabolu Frank return to Jack Russell! By which we mean probably at least two-thirds of us forgot that we’d touched on him already on the first Tigra episode, definitely including Frank, who just wanted to blow out a Halloween episode with an easy out of continuity mini-...

Note: We like our language NSFW salty, and there be spoilers here… Face Front, True Believer! Illegal Machine, Mister Fixit & Diabolu Frank burn rubber with the eponymous origin story of Johnny Blaze, The Ghost Rider! This one’s not for the easily offended, especially on the religious front, as Jesus takes the wheel and pops a wheelie! Plus, a high speed overview of the first several years of...

A brief overview of the Sleuth from Outer Space's history shapes a variety of interviews with comic creators and show business talents covering six decades of J'Onn J'Onzz, the Manhunter from Mars' career as an alternative to mainstream super-heroes, who nonetheless stands as a founding member of the world's greatest group of champions, the Justice League of America. Abridges three episodes of The...