Two friends deep dive into the nitty gritty of comic books. You'll find no Disney here! JK Disney is everywhere and there's nothing we can do about it.
To get ready for Netflix's adaptation of The Sandman, Jay speaks to author and literature professor Tanya Simon (https://strangesouvenirs.wordpress.com) about Neil Gaiman's story about the lord of dreams. They use this episode to talk about the magic of stories, Shakespeare, Gaiman's take on the peaks and pitfalls of life as a writer, comic books as art and as a medium, and their favorite Sandman stories.
4 Jul 2022
#008 - Comic covers, magic cards, and art inspiration with Miguel Mercado
Jay talks to Miguel Mercado (@MerkyMerx) about his art and inspirations. Miguel opens up about his love of horror movies, Junji Ito, cosplay, and music in this episode too before we start bugging him to talk about the comic covers he's made for big comic publishers.
19 Mar 2022
#007 - The Sword: "60% Water, 100% Fun"
Jay tries to get his friend Gallard into comics by asking him to read a lore-filled, action packed comic from 2007. This episode covers The Luna Brother's comic, The Sword.
9 Oct 2021
#006 Invincible - "Think, Mik, Think!"
Jay & Mikhail have Khan over to talk about Invincible! They fanboy over the 2021 show and the long-running comic books by Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker, and Ryan Ottley. Discussions on the Image Universe and other superman-esque stories are part of this episode!
12 May 2021
#005 Truth: Red, White & Black - WHICH Captain America throws his mighty shield!?!?
Jay & Mikhail are joined by their friend Nathan to go over Morales, Baker & Abbots Truth: Red, White & Black. To call Nathan an expert on Captain America would be an understatement. This guy was wearing Captain America merch before Chris Evans was even casted as Human Torch!
22 Apr 2021
#004 Justice League - That Snyder cut just hits different, you know?
Just imagine all of the things you can do in 4 hours? That's a whole lot of nothing! On this weeks episode we tackle the ever controversial "Snyder Cut". There might have been some technical difficulties that were definitely no ones fault *cough* *Mikhail* *cough*. Let's just say this one starts en medias res.
5 Apr 2021
#003 Vision - Which Vision is the Vision we should envision ourselves to be?
Covering WandaVision and King, Walta, and Belaire’s The Vision. Looking to take your mind off Baron Zemo's sexy coat? Come join us on a deep dive into the source material of WandaVision.
5 Mar 2021
#002 Wonder Woman - Our Favorite Amazon!
Late post alert!! We recorded this back when Wonder Woman 1984 was released. Still a good a time as ever to tackle some of the source material that was used to write the cinematic Wonder Woman story. You also get a quick intro by the both of us in case you're interested in that. :)
26 Nov 2020
#001 New Mutants - “When bears attack!”
Jay & Mikhail cover The New Mutants "Demon Bear Saga" story arc written by Chris Claremont and art by Bill Sienkiewicz. If you love bears then you'll love them even more after this one.
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