The Oblivion Bar: A Comic Book Podcast
Join hosts Chris Hacker and Aaron Knowles as they unlock the gates to The Oblivion Bar Podcast. Dive deep into the realms of comic books, TV, film, anime, and gaming with heated debates, exclusive comic book creator interviews, and a passionate week-in-review that'll teleport you directly into the heart of nerd nirvana. New episodes every Monday. Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. Get ready for an immersive journey into the multiverse of enthusiast entertainment!
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It is ✨ award season ✨ here at The Oblivion Bar, which means it’s time for our 2025 Last Call Awards 🏆
For this year's Last Call Awards, we’re handing out (imaginary) hardware for:
- “WHIP-SMACK” Surprise Hit of the Year
- Movie Trailer of the Year
- Animated Film of the Year
- “Aaron’s Nintendo Tattoo” Video Game of the Year
- Television Series of the Year
- Comic Book Writer / Artist of the Year
- Funny Book of the Year
- Tony Stark Memorial S...
This is a preview of our Patreon-exclusive show called The Grid. Check this episode out, along with a bunch of other awesome perks over on Patreon. Brand new episodes every Friday!
For this episode, Aaron and Chris discuss the latest Avengers: Doomsday teaser, answer some questions from the Programs, and Chris finalizes his top ten favorite movies of 2025.
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Joining us today is one of the artists of 2016’s Alien: Defiance with writer Brian Wood and more recently, one creative part of the prequel comic series to Paul W.S. Anderson’s 1997 cult classic Event Horizon: Dark Descent with writer Christian Ward at IDW Publishing.
It is our pleasure to welcome Tristan Jones onto The Oblivion Bar Podcast!
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It's time for our most anticipated films of the next year episode 🎥 🍿
News & Notes [Sponsored By Oni Press] (6:39)
For our News & Notes, we break down one of the biggest industry stories of the year as Netflix makes a major play to acquire Warner Bros./Discovery. We dig into what this could mean for theatrical releases, the streaming wars and the long-term future of Hollywood, along with the very real concerns coming f...
Let's go back to the forgotten time of October 2025 (just a couple months ago) and re-live our awesome panel with not just some of our best friends in the podcasting world, but also many of the best podcasters in our space.
Here is our live crossover panel at New York Comic Con '25 with our talented friends Brad and Lisa Gullickson of Comic Book Couples Counseling, David Harper of Off Panel/SKCTHD, and Badr Milligan of Th...
Joining us today are two very significant creative forces over at the upstart indie comics publisher that promotes, “comics of every kind for every mind” Cosmic Lion Productions.
One is not just the founder Cosmic Lion, but he is also a comic creator himself, fellow podcaster, and maybe one of the most enthusiastic Grendel megafans I’ve ever seen. The other is the critically acclaimed, Eisner-nominated cartoonist who you may know fo...
Joining us today is the Eisner Award-winning writer of titles like Bitch Planet with artist Valentine De Landro, Pretty Deadly with Emma Ríos, Wonder Woman: Historia with artists Phil Jimenez, Gene Ha, and Nicola Scott… NOT TO MENTION she was the driving force behind the reinvention of Carol Danvers as Captain Marvel over at Marvel Comics.
She’s with us today to discuss FML, her punk-rock, coming-of-age murder mystery about a group ...
"I can survive on my own. But who would want to survive on their own?"
News & Notes [Sponsored By Oni Press] (5:21)
For our news and notes segment, we discuss Brainiac confirmed as the villain in James Gunn's upcoming Superman: Man of Tomorrow, Bob Iger says AI-generated content Is coming to Disney+ in the near future, and Alien: Earth renewed for season 2 as Noah Hawley expands deal with FX/Disney.
Main Topic (24:2...
Joining us today is the creative team behind the literary fantasy Image Comics series The Author Immortal – which tells the tale of Hector Ramirez, a failed writer who gets the opportunity of a lifetime: to help reboot the fantasy book series that defined his childhood.
But when he discovers the original author has mysteriously vanished into his fictional world, Hector is pulled into a realm where stories are alive, and some are wi...
An ocean of holy water couldn't help you now! 👹 ✝️
This year for our 6th Annual Halloween Special, we are discussing the 1994 schlocky cult-classic Night of the Demons 2! We also briefly talk about Tron: Ares and Peacemaker Season 2 since we weren't able to cover either more in-depth.
"Serving as a sequel to the 1988 cult classic Night of the Demons, Night of the Demons 2 takes place six years after the original massa...
Joining us today is a pioneer in the world of film criticism over on YouTube. For many years and especially now, his bottomless amount of passion for the world of cinema has led to him becoming a leading voice in the world of film discourse.
He’s here to talk about his debut feature film Shelby Oaks — a supernatural horror that began as a record-breaking Kickstarter project and has now found a national theatrical distribution throug...
Joining us today is the legendary book designer and writer behind projects like Batman: Death by Design with Dave Taylor, Mythology and Marvelocity with Alex Ross, Batman: Animated and Dark Knight: A True Batman Story with Paul Dini, and most recently The Avengers in the Veracity Trap! with artist Michael Cho over at Abrams Books.
It is our pleasure to welcome Chip Kidd onto The Oblivion Bar Podcast!
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Joining us for the fifth and final day of our NYCC '25 INTERVIEW-A-THON is someone who, without question, fully embodies the term “multi-hypenated”. She’s an actress, former show host and internet personality whose work spans across television, film, and the world of geek culture. You’ve seen her on shows like Supernatural and Jane the Virgin, heard her voice as Hawkgirl in the video game LEGO DC Super-Villains, and watched he...
Joining us for day four of our NYCC '25 INTERVIEW-A-THON is the President and Co-founder of Image Comics. Along with being an iconic figure within the world of comic books, creating characters like Venom and Spawn, he is also a giant in the world of toys and collectibles with McFarlane Toys.
It is our great honor to welcome Todd McFarlane onto The Oblivion Bar Podcast!
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Joining us for day three of our NYCC '25 INTERVIEW-A-THON is the Eisner award winning artist and a co-founder of the creator-owned comic publisher/media company Ghost Machine.
He’s here today to talk about his dystopian sci-fi series Rook: Exodus with writer Geoff Johns, which returned on October 7th with issue seven and a brand new arc.
It is our pleasure to welcome Jason Fabok onto The Oblivion Bar Podcast!
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Joining us for day two of our NYCC '25 INTERVIEW-A-THON is the Eisner-nominated comic creator behind titles like Ghosts of Science Past, Arca, Man’s Best, and Miss Truesdale and the Rise of Man.
He joins us today to discuss his 23rd Street launch title Drome, an ambitious science fiction epic about civilization and the fragile balance between chaos and order.
It is our pleasure to welcome Jesse Lonergan onto The Oblivion Bar Po...
Joining us for day one of our NYCC '25 INTERVIEW-A-THON is the CEO of Sweet, which is bringing a new age of resources for comic book fans. First, there's Bindings: an all-in-one file sharing marketing tool created specific for comic book creators. There's also Sweet Shop, a brand new (much needed) digital reader for comic books. Lastly, there's FindYouComic.Store, a revolutionary comic shop locator that helps yo...
Joining us today is writer of 2024’s The Death of Comics Bookcase Vol. 1 and the upcoming grindhouse Texas horror comic Macabre Valley #1 with artist Anna Redman.
He is also a well-respected journalist in the comics space as the voice behind The Comics Bookcase and a site reviews editor at the recently Eisner Award-winning The Comics Beat.
It is our pleasure to welcome Zack Quaintance onto The Oblivion Bar Podcast!
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"Have a heart, or face my fury!" 👽 🌎
News & Notes [Sponsored By Oni Press] (7:33)
For our News & Notes segment, we do a quick box office check-in going into the Fall '25 and James Gunn's recent promising update on Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman II.
Main Topic (28:21)
For our main topic, we are discussing the next installment in the Alien franchise: FX’s Alien Earth! When the mysterious deep space resea...
This is a preview of our Patreon-exclusive show called The Grid. Check this out, along with a bunch of other awesome perks over on Patreon.
Brand new episodes every Friday!
In this episode of The Grid, Aaron and Chris discuss One Battle After Another, Christopher Reeve's birthday, and KPop Demon Hunters (?).
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