The Pint: A Pop Culture Podcast

We play a filthy party game called Rotten Plots which gives true license to bring out your inner vulgarian. Jon talks about a recent Star Trek themed attraction he visited and Manster and Ganache bemoan a Summer blockbuster that left a lot to be desired. Manster recalls a youthful visit to New Jersey's shittiest amusement park and we discuss some comics we are digging. It's your 53rd Pint!

Mitch Hallock, promoter and head cheese of The Pint's favorite COMIC Con, TerrifiCon stops by WESU to chat. From Lammy The Laminating Clown, through premature resignations, photo op fails with Harrison Ford to becoming The King Of The Nerds, Mitch tells his story and we have a bunch of laughs. After hearing the guest list to this years show, you will see why we stressed the COMIC! Listen In! Oh, a...

The Jo(h)ns talk up a new brew from a local spot that really pushes the right buttons. Corporate mergers, Stan Lee's situation and abusive show runners are also featured on this, your 52nd fresh Pint. Listen In!

Comics? Movies? Music? Not this time. So what is on the docket then? Booze! Jeff Beachbum Berry, author and expert on Tiki culture and history joined us some time ago on the radio version of The Pint, and we felt it was time to share with our podcast audience. If you like to imbibe, then try to keep your mouth from watering during this one! Listen In! You may even want to take the Zombie Challenge...

Stuart Moore, writer and editor extraordinaire who has worked for Marvel, Vertigo and many more companies through a storied career joins The Pint on the WESU radio show. We discuss his upcoming book Captain Ginger coming out this fall from upstart comic company AHOY Comics. Also discussed are his love for writing Wolverine, his work on Marvel tie in novels and much more. Did we mention that Captai...

Part 2 in a 6 Part Mini-Series   Just in time for Independence Day comes the second part of our Independent Comics focus on Heroes and Villains, the all Villains Episode! Hear John use a new effect to his repeated amusement, Sir Jon introduces us to the truly obscure characters of independent comic villainy and listen close as you can actually hear Manster take notes. It's your recorded well befor...

50! It's on like Donkey Kong as The Jo(h)ns welcome artist Ron Garney back after he did the radio show last year. Listen In as we hear stories from Ron of the comic book industry, meeting celebrities and becoming a cyborg. Truly a great artist and a better guy, we are proud to have had a chance to sit with him again and discuss an array of stuff. Thanks for listening through 50, the Road to 75 sta...

Special guest and old friend Mike Fullam comes on to chat about a brand new podcast he and his best friend Jon started. Besides discussing J&M:Something Nothing Show, we get into Mike's Nintendo obsession, Sir Jon tells us about The Five Points Festival in Brooklyn, we review a few recent films including Solo and even get into podcast editing and vocational agriculture. This one is chock full of s...

Larry Dwyer and his magical bag of popcorn return to the show. We discuss a ton of stuff, such as Larry's own version of Sophie's Choice...Remain in the up and coming hardcore band Hatebreed or continue to make hot muffins in an industrial cafeteria. Also find out just how he made an awesome exit from Catholic school and so much more. Meanwhile Sir Jon says maybe the grossest thing ever in Pint hi...

Sir Jon takes a night off and The Manster signal gets lit by Ganache. Whenever that happens music is bound to come up, and on this episode we discuss our Top 12 lists of cover songs that are better than the originals. Listen as Ganache sings(badly)and makes musical sounds with his mouth. Hear as Lloyd bestows upon the listener his vast music knowledge. Be amazed as we discuss a few of the great la...

From the wayback machine circa 2017 and the deep archives of WESU Middletown! Prolific author Keith R.A. DeCandido phones in to The Pint for an hour long pop culture bonanza. Keith has written original novels as well as being the most prolific writer of novelized tie in series. What is a tie in? What properties has he written for? What original work is he known for? Listen In while the Jo(h)ns get...

Jon and John back at it again! The fate of television shows you may love or hate, board games based on comic properties coming out soon, DC raises it's pricing and more! We have an opinion on it all, and that's a fact. How does The Doom Patrol come AFTER Titans? How did a certain blonde bombshell keep her nightie clean in the swamp? No real answers but plenty of discussion on Pint 46. Listen In!

Dem Boyz are joined by Scary Larry, Head Ghoul In Charge of Connecticut Cult Classics to discuss the films hitting the silver screen in summer of 2018. Larry eats a never ending bag of popcorn for nearly two hours, Ganache threatens Jon with severe bodily harm several times and Sir Jon refuses to even discuss one of the films previewed. Has Jon ever heard of marshmallow sauce? Did Larry's aunt eve...

Michael Kelleher. Art restorer. The Indiana Jones of The 4 Color. A man who enjoys a quiet car ride. Mike joins the boys on WESU for a too short hour of laughs and a trip down literary and history. We discuss his important contributions to helping bring forgotten works back to life and to the people and much more. It's a WESU Classic with Mike Kelleher!

Part 1 in a 6 Part Mini-Series! The Jo(h)ns and The Manster cover their Top 5 Heroes of Independent Comics! Jon insists on making his list a Top 6, Manster only seems to read books from one company in particular and Ganache lays out some serious The Walking Dead spoilers! Be warned! Also after we sign off, stay tuned for a SPOILER filled quick little review of Avengers:Infinity War. It's time for...

With Avengers Infinity War coming out, The Jo(h)ns and Six Packer Chris go through each and every one of the 18 Marvel Cinematic Universe films to date. Can a haircut ruin true beauty? Which film is normally reviled yet loved by all 3 of us? Who uses the word insinuates incorrectly twice? OK, that last one was Ganache. From Iron Man to Black Panther, we cover it all. And Mitch Hallock of the great...

Dem Boyz are joined by Pint Six Pack member and creator of entertainment blog Arguing With Myself, Chris Frodel. The results of Russell Crowe's divorce auction are discussed, as well as the bizarre circumstances happening in Stan Lee's life right now. Wind River and A Quiet Place are reviewed and The Jo(h)ns ponder what a possible romantic relationship between them would be like. Yuck. Listen In!

The Pint invaded gaming convention TotalCon 32 in Massachusetts in late February and had a grand time. We met some really cool folks, played some great games and got some interviews to boot. Weeks later Sir Jon descended upon Wisconsin for his annual trip to Gary Con, another fantastic gaming show. This episode of The Pint is all about games, gamers and gaming! Listen In and play something already...

From the WESU archives. Joe and Rich of local Connecticut band The Blacksheep Collective sit in with Ganache and The Manster for an hour of live performances, a couple of tracks straight off of their new album and stories of band life. If you dig us, tell your friends about The Pint! If you dig the band, find out more here... https://www.facebook.com/followtheflock66/

The death of an 80's icon of industry. The death of a marriage. Talk of a monopoly. The return of Sir Jon. Discussion of a comic book character so lame it ends the show abruptly. It's all here in The Pint's 40th episode. And who or what is Chad Word? Listen In!

Sir Jon, still gaming in Cheeseville leaves Ganache with The Green Manster to talk music. Specifically what 10 albums would you want with you on a desert island? Lloyd provides one of the few heartfelt moments ever recorded for The Pint while discussing the day an idol of his died, John loves an album where the least sad song is about the Vietnam war and a couple friends of the show give their lis...

While Sir Jon is at Gary Con, The Manster sits in with Ganache. DC's upcoming Black Label and Sandman Universe books are discussed as well as Marvel Refresh. Which books interest us and which do not? Lloyd longs for a Marvel title from a few years ago and John finds himself suddenly puzzled by the ending to a 25 year old movie. Oh, and listen in carefully and you can still get your fix of Sir Jon'...

Empire Magazine recently released their Top 20 Cinematic Villains list as voted on by their readers. We go through the list and rip it apart. Jon is flabbergasted by most picks and John tries to keep him from rage quitting in the middle of the show. So pretty typical for The Pint. Find out who is at 20, who is at 1, and who totally should not be at 7. Listen In!

The Jo(h)ns get together and talk a whole slew of rando. Who did what on Super Bowl Sunday, what funny books are tickling our fancies, and who is the latest actor being courted to play Batman's least favorite clown are a few of the questions we ask and answer right here. Also a well known piece of cookware vs. a legion of idiot fanatics and hear us make plans to go see a film we reviewed on our pr...

We usually follow an outline or topic here on The Pint, as hard as that may be to believe. Not this episode! For our 35th, we just talked and talked, hopping subjects as we went along. DC finds a new writer to lead the Superman titles, Jon explains the details of his comic organization, sexual harassment raises it's ugly head and much more. Oh and stay tuned as Lou Skywalker joins us for a tacked...