This Is Getting Graphic

This Is Getting Graphic

We're Andrew and Phil, college roommates emeritus, best friends for life, and comic fans by choice. During each biweekly episode, we dive into the wildest and wackiest that comics and graphic novels have to offer, with Andrew doing research and analysis and Phil providing comedic commentary. You can expect a healthy dose of comics history, comedy, analysis/commentary, and more, as well as special guests and retrospective looks at some of our favorite comics throughout the decades.

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May 26, 2025 99 mins

It's a double feature on This Is Getting Graphic as we take a look at two Silver Age stories! First, it's the debut of Krypto the Superdog as teenage Clark Kent finds that owning a superpowered pup is more trouble than it's worth. Then, Aquaman finds himself saving a newspaper catering exclusively to sea folk. Yeah, a real page turner there. Will Smallville survive Krypto's attempts to reduce it to a smoldering crater? Will Clark K...

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Justice, like lightning, strikes when least expected... but we like to be topical, so here's the Thunderbolts! After New York's greatest heroes perish in battle with a supervillain threat made of Charles Xavier and Magneto's worst parts, new heroes must rise to the occasion... and from their studio apartment above the pizza place, the Thunderbolts answer the call! But these new heroes have a secret that may shake the very foundatio...

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Face front, comics fans, and come on a journey with us into the very first crossover between DC and Marvel, SUPERMAN VS. THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN. Huh... seems to be a bit of a power disparity right out the gate... place your bets now! When Lex Luthor and Dr. Octopus find they have more in common then they thought, they team up to launch an incredibly convoluted scheme, rather than becoming the hot new celebrity couple. Can the combi...

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HELP. WE'VE BEEN KIDNAPPED AGAIN AND PUT IN--

Ignore them. All is well. It's me, Alex, host of This Is Getting Graphic. As the boys take a little nappy time, we're going to talk about Superman! While a mysterious Kryptonian computer matrix starts to hijack Clark Kent's entire life, a space flight goes horribly wrong and sends a crew of four--including a scientist, his hot wife, a wisecracking teen, and a surly pilot--careening down ...

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America is in a time of turmoil... enemies of freedom roam the streets, and people are scared for the future. But enough about 2025, let's talk about the first appearance of Captain America! Witness a patriotic boy become a patriotic MAN... with four pecs! Watch as he takes down the enemies of freedom, including spies, saboteurs, and... a geek who lives in his mom's basement? Oh, and the Red Skull's here too. No, not that one. And ...

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The epic conclusion of the crossover between DC's Green Lantern mythos and IDW's Star Trek comics has arrived, and not everyone will be making it out alive! When the planet Vulcan reemerges full of Black Lanterns, Spock has to confront his mommy issues head on, while in space, lots of different colors are shooting each other a whole bunch! Will this be the death of another universe because of Ganthet's stupidity? Will Leonard McCoy...

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March 20, 2025 72 mins

It's another terrific interview bonus episode as we talk to the fun, creative, and hilarious team behind Student Government, the upcoming YA graphic novel from Maverick, including writers Lilah Sturges and Dan Justus, artist Joe Eisma, and editor Lauren McGrew-Hitzhusen! We discuss what makes this book fun, the creative process involved in it, how much Andrew likes Star Trek, and some dream projects, as well as having a lot of laug...

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The epic crossover between IDW's Star Trek comics and DC's Green Lantern mythos continues as we discover that Hal Jordan isn't the only Lantern to have crossed over to the new dimension! Things are gonna get angry, they'll get greedy, and they'll get... loving? As Atrocitus, Larfleeze, and Sinestro wreak havoc across the Alpha Quadrant, the newly deputized Lanterns aboard the Enterprise need to learn more about their powers... like...

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Prepare to enter the comic crossover of a lifetime as IDW's Star Trek comics meet the unstoppable force of DC's Green Lantern mythos! After Nekron (who already should have been defeated in Blackest Night, but go figure) basically ENDS THE UNIVERSE, Guardian of Oa Ganthet enacts a wild plan to protect the light of the emotional spectrum forever! But what does J.J. Abrams's affinity for lens flares have to do with it? Will Ganthet su...

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Wedding bells are ringing once again, and this time for the X-Men. But alas, the course of true love never runs smoothly... or often this stupidly. Alex Summers, aka Havok, is poised to wed the love of his life, Lorna Dane, aka Polaris... but he finds himself having second thoughts, accompanied by dreams of the Xavier School's sexy new nurse! A woman he has only known from a coma. True love! Will Alex and Lorna tie the knot, or wil...

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You are cordially invited to one of the most eventful weddings in the history of the DC Universe, the long-awaited nuptials of Oliver Queen, aka Green Arrow, and Dinah Lance, aka Black Canary! But between abstaining from sex until they say I do, dueling bachelor/bachelorette parties, and a little supervillain invasion heading down the altar, will Ollie and Dinah be able to tie the knot unscathed? Let's hope they make it to what is ...

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It's time for another new episode with another fantastic guest star, comic book writer Daniel Kibblesmith, who's brought with him the comic that nearly made him give up comics as a youth, Fantastic Four #415, part of the mega crossover known as Onslaught! When a malevolent psychic entity takes control of Professor Charles Xavier, he seeks to achieve... something. It's kind of unclear. But he needs the reality warping powers of Fran...

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Gather 'round, ladies and gents, as we spin a yarn that you'll find plumb entertainin'! That's right, it's another of our live shows, this one our presentation of THE UNCANNY X-MEN AT THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS from Comicpalooza 2024 in Houston, TX! Magneto is up to his old tricks again when he convinces a young mutant horse rancher to embrace his mutant power of... being a horse, I guess. Oh, and he also has wings. Kinky. Will the X-...

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Dudes! There's a brand new episode of This Is Getting Graphic, with a most excellent special guest, comic book writer Joey Esposito! And he's brought with him a totally non-heinous story, the Marvel Comics adaptation of Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey by Evan Dorkin! Now you may be thinking, "But I've seen this movie already!" Not like THIS, you haven't! We've got new scenes, including an extended ending! We've got an indie comics loo...

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You may like comics, but do you like works of theatre BASED on comics? We hope so, because King Kirby scratches that wonderful, very specific itch! Join us for a conversation with one of the play's authors, Crystal Skillman, as we run the gamut talking comics, theatre, Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, and great moments in comic history. And also Stan's terrible flute playing. Check it out!

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Ever wonder if we're just as funny outside of a studio space? Well, here's your chance to find out with our FIRST EVER LIVE SHOW, recorded at Pittsburgh Gaming Expo in October 2023! And what comic would do justice at a video game show... SONIC THE GODDAMN HEDGEHOG. When Knuckles encounters his long lost, distant father, he proceeds to almost immediately forgive him for his long absence and asks for an explanation. What follows is.....

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Merry Christmas, comic fans! It's time for three festive stories from our friends at Marvel! First, the Mole Man has vanished without a trace, and his underground subjects will stop at nothing to find him, even if it means... kidnapping every single department store Santa? Next, the Avengers annual holiday party has an unexpected visitor... and Gravity came too! Finally, the Fantastic Four discover a known supervillain... robbing a...

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Tis the season to be jolly... unless you're the Orange Lantern of avarice and Santa didn't bring you anything! This Is Getting Graphic starts off the 2024 Christmas season with a Green Lantern story that has to be seen to be believed! When Larfleeze awakens Christmas morning to find his stockings bare and his tree unadorned with presents, he vows vengeance and goes on a mission to find answers from none other than the big man himse...

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Namor November continues on This Is Getting Graphic, with a comic he only sort of features in! He needs to step aside for the REAL drama going on at Thanksgiving at the Vision and Scarlet Witch's suburban home. The party is in full swing, the drinks are flowing, the international terrorist with magnetic powers are at the door... wait, what?? That's right, who should show up for dinner but Wanda and Pietro's estranged father, the Ma...

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Once again, it's NAMOR NOVEMBER on This Is Getting Graphic! In this first edition of this year's fishman follies, the Fantastic Four are BANKRUPT! And it only took 9 issues! But then, an offer from Hollywood comes in that's too good to be true, and the offer comes from none other than... Namor?? What sinister scheme does the Sub-Mariner have in mind? Do the Fantastic Four have the strength to take on Greek monsters and racist caric...

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