episode 021: collapse

alec and joey return from the brink of disaster to chat about change #1 by ales kot and morgan jeske, marvel now!, avengers #1 by jonathan hickman and jerome opena, captain america #1 by rick remender and john romita jr., cable and x-force by dennis hopeless and salvador larrocca, amazing spider-man #698 by dan slott and richard elson, everything together: collected stories by sammy harkham, box brown and retrofit comics, copra #1 by michel fiffe, the 'man of steel' trailer, and much more.

music by failure

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episode 020: disconsolate

in this extra long episode, tim callahan (tor, cbr) returns to the show to discuss such topics as the state of mainstream comics (dc new 52, marvel now!, etc.), alan moore and neil gaiman's seminal work in mainstream comics, further thoughts on rob liefeld's exit from dc comics, hawkeye #1-2 by matt fraction and david aja, the world of rpg gaming, marvel's avengers vs. x-men event, casanova: avaritia #1-4 by matt fraction and gabriel ba, dark avengers by jeff parker with declan shalvey and kev walker, fashion beast #1 by alan moore with antony johnston and facundo percio, the film work of nicolas roeg and it's influence on alan moore (particularly 'insignifigance'), streak of chalk by miguelanxo prado, art vs. story, joe casey, the comics journal and the state of comics criticism, and much more.

music by la roux

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episode 019: ghosts

in this episode joey and alec discuss rob liefeld's spectacular exit from dc comics, take a look back at daniel clowes' ghost world (eightball #11-18) + lament the loss of the one-man anthology, batman incorporated #3 by grant morrison and chris burnham, the sky in stereo by mardou, scalped #60 by jason aaron and rm guera, and more.

music by rival schools

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episode 018: debauchery

in this episode joey and alec chat about the end of summer, the abrupt end of butcher baker the righteous maker and the slight joe casey backlash, howard chaykin's black kiss and black kiss 2 #1, fatale #7 by ed brubaker and sean phillips, daredevil #17 by mark waid and mike allred, batwoman #12 by j.h. williams III and w. haden blackman, our recent buying habits + the current state of superhero comics (yet again), and more.

music by my bloody valentine

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episode 017: dark knight discourse

in the episode joey and alec take a quick look at punk rock jesus #1 by sean murphy before diving into a long conversation about christopher nolan's 'the dark knight rises' film as well as his whole take on the batman franchise and our history with it (and there are spoilers if you are sensitive to that kind of thing).

music by hans zimmer

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episode 016: con crud

in this episode joey and alec dive into both the good and bad of the recently released news out of san diego comic con 2012 including all the newly announced books from image comics and their place in comics at the moment, the new sandman series from neil gaiman and jh williams III, michael deforge getting published by picturebox, zack soto's study group website, the new monkeybrain digital publishing initiative, terry moore moving into novel writing, kevin eastman finally drawing the tmnt again, a series of rants (j. michael straczynski, and robert kirkman fans beware), + a look back at david lapham's silverfish and jeff lemire's lost dogs and much more.

music by metric


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episode 015: a soft reboot

joey and alec return after a long absence and jump right into discussing the manhattan projects #1-3 by jonathan hickman and nick pitarra, secret #1-2 by jonathan hickman and ryan bodenheim, batman incorporated by grant morrison and chris burnham, action comics #10 by grant morrison and rags morales, the ed brubaker comics reporter interview, the "year of the creator", a look back at ed brubaker's lowlife, and more.

music by jawbox

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