THE UNDERTOW PODCAST

We are back in the Undertow to talk all things Brubaker and Phillips, including Giant Size Criminal , Five Gears in Reverse , and the latest Criminal TV show rumblings.

The team closes out 2025 in the Undertow to discuss The Knives as well as the upcoming Giant-Size Criminal book and the Criminal TV show.

The crew is back in the ⁠Undertow⁠ to discuss the latest original graphic novel to be released from Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, Houses of the Unholy . As always, listen in to hear our recommendations as well as a discussion on the latest news around the Brubaker/Phillips partnership, including the forthcoming ⁠Criminal TV series⁠ being produced at Amazon. Also, the podcast is now on Bluesky as...

The crew is back in the Undertow to discuss the last two original graphic novels to be released from Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, Night Fever and Where the Body Was . As always, listen in to hear our reading recommendations as well as a discussion on the latest news around the Brubaker/Phillips partnership, including the forthcoming Criminal TV series being produced at Amazon.

We're back in the Undertow for a quick episode discussing this week's release of Night Fever , the latest graphic novel from Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. We also talk about the latest Hollywood news happening around Pulp and Criminal, and offer our not too serious casting suggestions for the Criminal cast of characters.

We are back in the Undertow to discuss Follow Me Down , the latest Reckless original graphic novel from Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. We also talk Teeg's Christmas Carol, the team's next scheduled project, Night Fever , and all of the recent news surrounding the Brubaker/Phillips partnership. Recommendations from the Undertow crew include an upcoming Conan series from Titan Comics and a Deep Spac...

We're back in the Undertow to talk about all the latest news from the Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips partnership, including our breakdown of The Ghost In You , the 4th book in the Reckless Series, and Heat 2 , the new novel from Michael Mann and Meg Gardiner.

The crew is back in the Undertow to discuss Destroy All Monsters , the third Reckless graphic novel from Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, as well as the latest news items including Brubaker's upcoming animated Batman television show, Batman: Caped Crusader .

Robert and Bubba are back in the Undertow to discuss Friend of the Devil , the latest Reckless graphic novel from Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. 

Robert is back in the Undertow to discuss Reckless , the latest original graphic novel from Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. He is joined by special guest Matt Lazorwitz . Matt is a comics writer and podcaster for ComicsXF .

In this episode, Robert discusses Reckless, the upcoming original graphic novel from Brubaker & Phillips, as well as a quick breakdown of Pulp and a recommendation for the 1992 Clint Eastwood film, Unforgiven.

We return to the Undertow to discuss Ed Brubaker and Marcos Martin's new online comic Friday, Brubaker's 12-page contribution to the recent Catwoman anthology, and That Texas Blood and Brutal Dark from the up-and-coming comics team of Chris Condon and Jacob Phillips. We also discuss the latest news in preparation of the release of Pulp this week and round out the episode with a couple 90s film rec...

We return to the Undertow to talk about Criminal #12, the final issue of the Cruel Summer arc and the death of our old friend Teeg Lawless. In addition to an update on all of the latest news around projects from Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, the Undertow team rounds out the episode with recommendations for Marvel's new Conan The Barbarian comic series and Bob Dylan's best songs about crime.

After a long winter break, the team is back in the Undertow to update our listeners on all of the latest news from the world of Brubaker and Phillips and discuss the last several issues of Criminal leading to the finale of the Cruel Summer arc.

With the new issue of Criminal set to come out tomorrow, Robert drops into the Undertow for a quick discussion of last month's Issue #7 focusing on Ricky Lawless.

After a brief summer hiatus, the crew is back in the Undertow to discuss the first six months of the current Criminal monthly series from Image Comics and dive into Issue #6, the second chapter of the Cruel Summer arc. Following the Criminal discussion are recommendations for two Liam Neeson films, Cold Pursuit and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.

After a brief summer hiatus, the crew is back in the Undertow to discuss the first six months of the current Criminal monthly series from Image Comics and dive into Issue #5, the first chapter of the Cruel Summer arc. As always, we kick off the episode with a rundown of all of the recent Brubaker & Phillips news.

In this month's episode, Robert talks about Criminal #4, the latest issue in the new monthly series from Image Comics. He also discusses the recent news in the world of Brubaker and Phillips, including the team's new feature interview in the digital comics magazine PanelxPanel.

In this episode of the podcast, Robert has a rare early morning conversation with small press comic creator and artist Pete Taylor on his history with the work of Brubaker and Phillips and the many real world comic industry references in the recently wrapped Criminal arc, Bad Weekend. Pete is a frequent contributor to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast and brings to light some abso...

The team returns to the Undertow to talk about the Bad Weekend arc of Criminal that ended with last month's issue #3. Also covered is the latest news in the world of Brubaker and Phillips, including the upcoming Amazon series Too Old to Die Young. Lastly, the team ends the show with their monthly recommendations.

In this month's episode, Robert talks about Criminal #2, the latest issue in the new monthly series from Image Comics. He also discusses the recent news in the world of Brubaker and Phillips, including an upcoming deluxe edition of Kill Or Be Killed and Ed Brubaker's recent interview on Word Balloon Comics Podcast.

Criminal is back as a new monthly series from Image comics, so the team returns to the Undertow to talk about January's issue #1. We discuss all of the latest news in the world of Brubaker and Phillips, and our monthly recommendations are the comics Gunning for Hits and the Joe Simon/Jack Kirby anthology Crime.

In this episode, the podcast team is back in the Undertow to discuss the large and expansive Criminal family tree to get our listeners ready for the January 9th release of Criminal #1, which is returning as a monthly book from Image Comics. To round out the episode, Bubba gives a recommendation for He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Minicomic Collection.

In this episode, the Undertow team discusses the latest work from Brubaker and Phillips, the original graphic novel My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies. They also discuss the recent news that Criminal will be returning as a monthly book from Image comics and feature several songs throughout the podcast episode from Ellie's mixtape.

In this episode, Robert discusses Batman: Gotham Noir, a 2001 DC Elseworlds graphic novel that represents one of the early works in the Brubaker and Phillips partnership. The team's interpretation of Gotham City in 1949 is a great read as it is one their few forays into the superhero genre and contains many of the plot devices that would be used again throughout their subsequent comics. A year lat...