THE UNDERTOW PODCAST

THE UNDERTOW PODCAST

A podcast dedicated to the crime comics of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips.

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January 30, 2025 58 mins

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 well.

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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.

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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.

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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 Space Nine whodunit Too Long a Sacrifice.

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October 11, 2022 66 mins

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.

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April 11, 2022 67 mins

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.

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October 18, 2021 65 mins

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. 

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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.

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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.
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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 recommendations.
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April 2, 2020 90 mins
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.
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January 28, 2020 76 mins
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.
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September 24, 2019 13 mins
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.
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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.
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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.
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June 3, 2019 19 mins
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.
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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 absolutely fascinating details from wha...
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April 20, 2019 53 mins
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.
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March 15, 2019 24 mins
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.
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February 7, 2019 76 mins
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.
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