The Comic Source Podcast

Jace talks about a TON of books he has read this week already. Spoiler free reviews for books form Marvel, Image AfterShock & more!

Jace and Rocky from Comic Boom! take a close look at the DC Comics titles for the week of August 17, 2021. Jace felt it was a bit of a down week, but Rocky was pretty pleased overall.    Superman And The Authority #2 -  Manchester Black starts recruiting and this is certainly a version of The Authority we never thought we'd see. Will they be strong enough to do what needs to be done? Writer - Gran...

Jace talks with writer Trevor Fernandes-Lenkiewicz about his current Kickstarter Campaign  Area 51: The Helix Project #3. After fully funding and successfully fulfilling the campaign for the first two issues of Ares 51: The Helix Project, Trevor is back with issue #3. Jace chats with him about what to expect in the third issue and how he increased the pace of the story in the second issue and if w...

Jace chats with one of our favorite creators & people, Jimmy Palmiotti. They discuss Jimmy's latest Kickstarter campaign Rage, an emotional story about a father and daughter trying to reunite in a world that has gone mad in the course of only one night. Jimmy talks about getting back together to collaborate with Scott Hampton, the artist on the series, to tell a story that is a little more emotion...

Jace chats spoiler-free about a few of the titles from the week of august 11, 2021 that he has had a chance to read already. Plus a rundown of other titles you may want to be on the lookout for.

Jace is back home and joined by Rocky from Comic Boom! to go over this week's DC comic titles. Tons of great books plus some free comic book day offerings as well. Which books did they particularly enjoy? You'll have to listen to find out!

Jace recounts his weekend traveling to and from Terrificon and it has to be heard to be believed. Delayed flights, canceled flights, rain storms, tornados, rental cars that aren't there, how much can one man take? Oh yeah he talks about the Terrificon convention too! The creators he talked to, books he bought, some art commissioned, an amazing celebrity encounter and of course the charity auction...

Jace chats with writer Shane Berryhill, creator of Jacin and the Olympians. They chat about myths inspiring modern stories and how family relationships and legacy can mean so much.   The Story  In the near future, the titans of myth return, revealing the dark, alien truth behind their legend. The remnants of humanity escape aboard the Olympia, a spacefaring ark. Now, teen prodigy Jacin Mukai and h...

Jace talks about just a few of the new titles hitting stands the week of August 4, 2021. Plus he gives a rundown of some of the other titles he hasn't read that you might want to be on the lookout for.

Jace is stuck in a Planes, Trains & Automobile nightmare you will have to see to believe. Rocky spotlights 9 of the 13 DC books for the week. Jace is there to kick it off and although he drops out in the middle, he comes back in just in time to finish it off.

Jace chats with writer Tom Pinchuk about his current Zoop campaign for Remember Andy Xenon. A modern story that calls back to older comic stories with a sense of nostalgia, Remember Andy Xenon gets very meta at times. Tom has a lot of fun exploring who Andy is and how gaining powers at such a young age has impacted him. We've all dreamt of what we would do with super powers, but have you ever thou...

Jace and Jay run down some of the titles they have read for the week of July 28, 2021. All of the reviews are spoiler-free. There are a ton of great books this week and Jace shouts out a few more titles you might want to be on the lookout for.   Amazing Fantasy #1 -  A fantastical fantasy world that several Marvel heroes are transported to. We expect they will find each other and team up at some p...

Jace and Rocky from Comic Boom! talk about 9 of the 18 titles DC is putting out for the week of July 27, 2021. That's right 18 titles! So many books they had to break this week up into two episodes. This is part two, so if you want the whole week's worth of books start with part 1!   Icon and Rocket Season One #1 - We get an updated origin for Icon and Rocket but they stay very faithful to the ori...

Jace and Rocky from Comic Boom! talk about 9 of the 18 titles DC is putting out for the week of July 27, 2021. That's right 18 titles! So many books they had to break this week up into two episodes.   Action Comics #1033 -  Superman gets more political than we have seen him in a long time as he tries to stop Atlantis and the surface world from going to war. Also there may be much more to Thao-la t...

Jace chats with John Luzar & Jason Fleece about their Current Kickstarter campaign, Marguerite vs. The Occupation.    The Story Marguerite  grew up in a house on the highest hill in the valley; she loved watching the world go by her window. She could see  everything .  Four years after her family fled the invading Nazi army, France is on the brink of liberation, and 17-year-old Marguerite darts st...

Time Before Time #3   - In this issue the time-travel aspect of the story starts to take a bit of a backseat to the crime noir feel of the story with the politics of the rivalry between the Union and the Syndicate showing up big time. Tons of action & characterization makes this feel like a big chunk of story that helps to flesh out the events from previous issues. Also the art from Joe Palmer is...

Jace and Rocky From Comic Boom! spotlight the DC titles for the week of July 20, 2021. We get the origin of Melinda Zucco in the pages of Nightwing #82 and talks about the problem with ret-cons. Rocky seems to really like the idea of Dick Grayson having a sister though especially because there seems to be more to her than we know. Blue & Gold #1 is a real highlight with the whole creative team giv...

Jace and Jay talk spoiler-free about some of the comics hitting shops the week of July 14, 2021. Bunny Mask #2 is the first book Jay read and it gives us plenty of momentum for the story as Bunny Mask shows up to haunt some people form her past, but those people have no answers to what or who Bunny mask is. We the readers are in the dark as well, plenty of events and character interaction, but wha...

Jace and Rocky from Comic Boom! chat with writer Andy Schmidt about his current series for DC Comics, The Crime Syndicate. This new version of the classic Earth-3 denizens has been a hit with Rocky from the beginning, but Jace has struggled to find a way to relate. Can this chat with Andy give Jace some insight into what he may have missed. Plus Andy takes us through the original plans for the ser...

Jace and Rocky from Comic Boom! break down the DC books for the week of July 13, 2021. Batman Urban Legends starts off with arguably the most definitive Jason Todd story ever as we see the former Robin facing his inner-demons with gorgeous art from Eddy Barrows & Marcus To. The second story gives us our second look at Ryan Wilder in the DCU, but we haven't seen her in the costume yet. The Tim Drak...

Jace chats with legendary comic illustrator & instructor Bart Sears. From the early days of Brutes & Babes in Wizard magazine to Bart's most recent project on Zoop. The campaign is for a unique artbook focusing on Headshots and Bart shares his thoughts on why he likes drawing heads so much. The guys also talk about the unique challenges of drawing heads & how Bart keeps things fresh especially for...

Jace and Jay talk about some of the books they have read already for the week of July 7, 2021. Post Americana #6 is cover to cover action and it feels like the end is near and the winner may be the last man standing! Amazing Spider-Man #70 is also very fast-paced but unfortunately it also feels a bit choppy. We can't help but wonder if the impending departure of Nick Spencer means he is having to...

Jace and rocky from Comic boom! talk about the DC books for the week of July 7, 2021 and it is a BIG week. There is a special batman Secret Files issue focusing on Duke Thomas and it has both the guys wanting to revisit some Duke stories and get a better handle on who he is as a character and see where he might be going. We get more reminders of Future State in Suicide Squad #5 as Earth 3 and the...

Jace chats with longtime comic writer Ron Marz about his current campaign on Zoop, Resolution. Along with fellow writer Andy Lanning with art by Rick Leonardi, Lanning & color artist Andrew Dalhouse, Ron is bringing his love of cosmic, epic storytelling to the new crowdfunding platform. The Green Lantern meets Unforgiven is the simplest way to describe the story and with the track record and exper...

Jace talks about a few of the books coming out the fifth Wednesday of the month June 30, 2021. black Widow #8 continues to absolutely blow us away with it's characterization of Natasha and the spectacular art which shows off the action-oriented storyline so well. Daredevil #31 still feels so much like it is marching towards something big, but the best thing about the title is that Matt seems to be...