Shawn Isley

Steve Reads a Comic

Comedy EN ↓ 113 episodes

Steve, a middle-aged man who claims to love pop culture, only recently started reading comic books after years of encouragement, gentle prodding, and overt threats from his friend Shawn. Listen as Steve, Shawn, and Rob (Steve's older brother) discuss a different comic storyline every week! Disclaimer: This podcast is intended only as a work of satirical comedic entertainment and does not express or reflect any views that should be taken seriously.

Author

Shawn Isley

Category

Comedy

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Latest episode

Jan 5, 2024

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Episodes

Steve Reads Deadpool vs SHIELD 15.04.2022

Steve continues to defend the Moon Knight Disney Plus series as if either he's being blackmailed by someone or a loved works on the show, we haven't determined which. We also talk Severance, Halo, and Deadpool.

Steve Watches Road House 08.04.2022

We discuss the underrated classic Joel Silver production known as "Road House" starring Patrick Swayze. Also full spoilers for "Severance," "Moon Knight," and "Halo the Series." And no episode would be complete without technical difficulties, brought to you this week by Rob instead of Shawn. 

Steve Reads Spider-Man: Blue 01.04.2022

Moon Knight! Halo! Morbius! The slap! Other current entertainment that will only be relevant for a week or two! Get your ill-informed opinions here!

Steve Watches The Rocketeer 25.03.2022

In this episode: Shawn takes his whole day out on Rob for no justifiable reason, Steve decides he is the target demographic for Euphoria, and we delve into our superhero movie March Madness brackets. Oh and we discuss The Rocketeer movie.

Steve Reads Queen and Country 22.03.2022

This episode we argue about old arguments, criticize Shawn's criticism, and discuss whether or not Batman could actually beat ANYONE in a fight, let alone a superhero.

Steve Watches Demolition Man 11.03.2022

Mellow greetings, citizen. In this episode we discuss Demolition Man, The Batman (full spoilers), and if you listen to the very end you can actually hear an embolism form in Steve's brain. We hope it fills you with joy joy feelings. Be well.

Steve Reads Scott Pilgrim 06.03.2022

We discuss both Scott Pilgrim the comic and the movie, Shawn has a spoiler free review of Matt Reeves' "The Batman," and Steve and Shawn geek out about Cobra Kai.

Steve Watches Cobra Kai 25.02.2022

QUIET! Time to listen to Sensei Steve impart the joys of viewing Cobra Kai, whether or not you ever watched Karate Kid. Steve is shocked to find out Shawn is a moron. Rob continues his inside man campaign to shut down the podcast.

Steve Reads Astonishing X-Men 18.02.2022

Peacemaker finale! We also talk about the Dr. Strange trailer, Beavis and Butt-Head news, and why Rob can't admit he enjoys Cobra Kai.

Steve Reads Wolverine 11.02.2022

We discuss and spoil Book of Boba Fett and Peacemaker. Shawn complains about Ghostbusters: Afterlife some more. We discuss Rob's movie selection "Singin' in the Rain" and everyone reveals their favorite musicals. Oh and we talk about Wolverine, too.  

Steve Watches The Wolverine 28.01.2022

We discuss the 2013 movie "The Wolverine." Also Book of Boba Fett, Peacemaker, Cobra Kai, and Uncharted. Rob picks the next movie and his choice will only be unexpected if you don't know anything about Rob. Steve professes his deep and undying love and admiration for the Fast and Furious franchise to the surprise of no one. Shawn's vocabulary continues to decline.

Steve Reads Hawkeye vs Deadpool 21.01.2022

We discuss Peacemaker episode 4, Book of Boba Fett episode 4, and the Moon Knight trailer amidst dealing with some technical difficulties. Rob gently strokes his hair while Steve bemoans his waxed eggshell-like pate.  Rob picks our next movie and for some reason he's really passionate about us watching the 2019 adaptation of "Cats." 

Steve Watches RoboCop 14.01.2022

We discuss the most perfect movie ever, 1987's RoboCop. Also, we tear into Ghostbusters: Afterlife and Book of Boba Fett. Rob and Steve abandon Shawn at one point and he immediately turns into Garth Algar in response. Shawn finishes the Harry Potter movies and delivers the final word on the quality of the franchise.

Steve Reads Daredevil 08.01.2022

We discuss Daredevil: Guardian Devil by Kevin Smith and Joe Quesada as well as Book of Boba Fett episode 2. Steve is confronted and with and stunned by the fact that Rob does not enjoy comics or the podcast. Shawn doesn't care about Rob's feelings and pressures him to continue doing the show because Shawn is a selfish prick. There is also some Harry Potter ranting. 

Steve Watches The Book of Boba Fett 31.12.2021

Another bonus episode! We discuss Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett, Don't Look Up, and share some our favorite (and least favorite) movies, shows, and comics of 2021.

Steve Watches Spider-Man: No Way Home 24.12.2021

A very special Christmas episode! We cover The Matrix Resurrections, Hawkeye, and Spider-Man: No Way Home. FULL SPOILERS. You have been warned.

Steve Reads The Punisher (Again) 17.12.2021

Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon are the creatives behind "Welcome Back, Frank," a brilliant revamp of The Punisher. We also discuss the Disney+ Hawkeye series (full spoilers), and Shawn offers his non spoilery opinion of Spider-Man: No Way Home. Shawn thinks Black widow's first name is Natalie. Against his better judgment, Steve continues to defend poor decision making.

Steve Reads Moon Knight 04.12.2021

We delve into David Finch's and Charlie Huston's take on Moon Knight, discuss the Disney+ Hawkeye series, and lash out at the idiots who ruined The Punisher for us comic book fans.

Steve Reads Batman Dark Knight Returns 19.11.2021

Two out of three people on this podcast read Batman: The Dark Knight Returns for this episode. We discuss Marvel's Eternals, Shang-Chi, the Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer, James Bond, and loudmouth assh*les in the movie theater.

Steve Reads Captain America 21.10.2021

We discuss Jack Kirby's Captain America story "Madbomb." Rob shares a true story of demon possession and exorcism. Shawn extensively and unnecessarily waxes on about the Halloween movie timelines. Steve heartily endorses an institution best known for pedophilia.

Steve Watches Venom Let There Be Carnage 03.10.2021

A special episode all about the Venom sequel because we imagine someone cares what we think. Probably. Maybe. Probably not.

Steve Reads Ultimate Spider-Man 24.09.2021

All that really matters about this episode is that we try to determine if Little Caesars had a cream cheese based dipping sauce in the nineties. Please help us by sharing any information you have on the disappearance of this possibly fictitious crazy bread dip. 

Steve Reads Hawkeye 10.09.2021

We discuss The Matrix: Resurrections trailer, Joe Rogan's hypocrisy, and Matt Fraction's and David Aja's Hawkeye. Also Steve's dishonesty with himself and others.

Steve Reads Skulldigger & Skeleton Boy 27.08.2021

Fair warning, the whole first hour of this episode is a discussion about conspiracy theories and anti-vaxxers. And even more of that type of discussion towards the end.  It's also a plea to truly think about the information you consume. Roll it around in your brain a bit. Think about the "why" of things. Vet sources. Consider motivations and outcomes. Maintain a healthy level of skepticism wh...

Steve Reads Haunt 16.08.2021

We finally get around to discussing Haunt by Todd McFarlane, Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley, and Greg Capullo. We also discuss James Gunn's The Suicide Squad. Shawn has a meltdown over the notion of insulting the work of comic book artists.  

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