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Your heroes return to discuss Asterios Polyp! 

In this episode we chat about the brilliance of the graphic novel, discuss the many themes, and talk at length about the art, colors, and lettering. As always you'll hear us cover the History of the Creators, Favorite Lines, The Art Awards, and Adaptation Alley. 

Asterios Polyp is created by David Mazzucchelli and published by Pantheon Books.

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Your heroes team up to give their First Impressions of Asterios Polyp! 

"Meet Asterios Polyp: middle-aged, meagerly successful architect and teacher, aesthete and womanizer, whose life is wholly upended when his New York City apartment goes up in flames. In a tenacious daze, he leaves the city and relocates to a small town in the American heartland. But what is this “escape” really about?"

Asterios Polyp is created by David...

Your heroes return to discuss Rook: Exodus! 

"Hundreds of years from now, the man known as Rook was once a simple farmer who fled the crumbling Earth for a new life. He traveled to the planet Exodus, a terraformed world where all of nature, including its imported animal population, was completely controlled by humans called Wardens.

But when Exodus’s world engine failed, the Wardens’ power fell into the wrong hands, cr...

Your heroes return from vacation!

We explore our media diet including what movies, TV, books, and video games we've been enjoying.

We discuss the 3  big Superhero movies of summer: Thunderbolts*, Superman, and The Fantastic Four. Plus we talk about what other content we've been consuming including: KPop Demon Hunters, The Gilded Age, and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. 

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Your heroes return to discuss Redcoat!

"British soldier and all-around rogue Simon Pure has led quite an exciting life. Or lives, really. After a failed assassination of General George Washington at the Battle of Trenton in 1776, Simon stumbled upon hooded figures performing a bizarre ritual that accidentally gave him immortality.

Since that fateful day, Simon has died and returned countless times over, rubbing elbows ...

Your heroes return from Vietnam to talk about Junkyard Joe! 

"From the explosive pages of GEIGER comes JUNKYARD JOE! The world knows him from the comic strip by recently retired cartoonist Muddy Davis, but the truth stretches back to the Vietnam War. The tragedies of combat and visions of a strange robot soldier that saved Muddy’s life there still haunt him. But dreams become reality when Joe mysteriously shows up on Muddy’s do...

Your heroes are joined by comic creator Wes Craig to discuss his current comic book projects! 

In this interview, Wes takes us through his career and into his current comics Kaya and the Kickstarter from Lethal Comics: Thunderhead. 

We go deep on the process: how he scripts his comics, the coloring collaboration with Jason Wordie, and the lettering and balloon design choices with Tom Napolitano. 

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Your heroes travel to the wasteland to read Geiger vol. 1. 

In this episode we chat about the Mad Max influences, the awesome Gary Frank art, and discuss the cooperative media company Ghost Machine. As always you'll hear us cover the History of the Creators, Favorite Lines, The Art Awards, and Adaptation Alley. 

Geiger is written by Geoff Johns, art by Gary Frank, colored by Brad Anderson, and published by Image Comics.

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Your heroes travel to a post-apocalyptic America to talk about Geiger! 

"Set in the years after a nuclear war ravaged the planet, desperate outlaws battle for survival in a world of radioactive chaos. Out past the poisoned wasteland lives a man even the Nightcrawlers and Organ People fear. Some name him Joe Glow, others call him the Meltdown Man. But his name...is Geiger."

We read Geiger Vol. 1 which includes issues #1-6.

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Your heroes return to accept their mission: discuss Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning! 

In this episode we share our history with the franchise, discuss our thoughts on The Final Reckoning, and give the ComiClub definitive rankings of the series. 

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is directed by Christopher McQuarrie; and stars Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, and Simon Pegg.

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Your heroes return to give their First Impressions of The Incal! 

In this episode we chat about the trippy and mystical storytelling of Alejandro Jodorowsky, gush about the insane linework and creativity of Moebius, and try to make sense of this much lauded comic book. As always you'll hear us cover the History of the Creators, Favorite Lines, The Art Awards, and Adaptation Alley. 

The Incal is written by Alejandro Jodorowsky; a...

Your heroes are joined by writer Alex Segura to discuss his current comic book projects! 

In this interview, Alex takes us through his career from comic promoter to novelist and comic book writer. 

We explore his comic book adjacent novels Secret Identity and Alter Ego, and the in-world tie-in comic The Legendary Lynx. 

Then we chat about his two new comic book projects: Star Wars and The Forgotten Five. 

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Your heroes return to give their First Impressions of The Incal! 

"John Difool, a low-class detective in a degenerate dystopian world, finds his life turned upside down when he discovers an ancient, mystical artifact called "The Incal." Difool’s adventures will bring him into conflict with the galaxy’s greatest warrior, the Metabaron, and will pit him against the awesome powers of the Technopope. These encounters and ...

Your heroes don their masks to read Books of Doom! 

In this episode we chat about the tragedy of Victor Von Doom, what makes him such an iconic villain, and what we're looking forward to in the upcoming Fantastic Four: First Steps MCU film. As always you'll hear us cover the History of the Creators, Favorite Lines, The Art Awards, and Adaptation Alley. 

Fantastic Four: Books of Doom is written by Ed Brubaker, pencilled by P...

Your heroes return to Latveria to read Books of Doom. 

"From the black steppes of Eastern Europe, to the college campuses of New York City, and finally to the throne of Latveria — this is the life of Victor Von Doom! From his earliest disasters to his scientific triumphs to the tragedy of the fractured man he would become, this is the story you know, and the one you don’t."

Fantastic Four: Books of Doom is written by Ed Bru...

Your heroes are joined by writer Aubrey Sitterson to talk his new comic Free Planet! 

In this interview, Aubrey takes us through his creator journey and the themes of the new book. We gush about Jed Dougherty's page layouts and discuss how this book acts as both art & literature to serve as counter-programming for modern comics.

Free Planet is written by Aubrey Sitterson, art by Jed Dougherty, colored by Vittorio Astone, let...

Your heroes have a meeting in the Baxter Building to discuss about Fantastic Four: Grand Design! 

In this episode we chat about the legacy of the FF, the wide cast of characters, and what we like and dislike about Marvel's First Family. As always you'll hear us cover the History of the Creators, Favorite Lines, The Art Awards, and Adaptation Alley. 

Fantastic Four: Grand Design is created by Tom Scioli and published by Marv...

Your heroes return to study their history with Fantastic Four: Grand Design. 

"Critically acclaimed cartoonist Tom Scioli re-examines the FF's early days in the "sole-authorship" tradition made famous by Ed Piskor's X-MEN: GRAND DESIGN trilogy! Join the Watcher and witness how it all began for Mister Fantastic, the Invisible Girl, the Human Torch and the Thing! And relive the debuts of the biggest friends an...