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Episode 173 - Surprise Doctor, Post-Arthurian, Rock 'Em & Sock 'Em

6/3/2022

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The post-apocalyptic murder contests are here to stay, folks.  

Weekly Pull Highlights: June 1, 2022
  • Triskele #1
  • Neverender #1 

​We're back, baby! And with a couple excellent indie titles about being swept onto adventure without ever seeing it coming. 
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Episode 167 - Vampire Renaissance, Art vs. Media, You've Been Served

4/29/2022

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Sometimes, art can make you uncomfortable, and that's okay. 

Weekly Pull Highlights: April 27, 2022
  • Blood Stained Teeth #1
  • Vermillion #0

​At this point, there have now been so many bad vampire books that the only ones left to make are good ones. At least, that's the theory we're going with. 
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Episode 166 - Dark Side of the Earth, Horror Vignettes, ...and Twins!

4/22/2022

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Twins. In. SPAAAAACEEEE!

Weekly Pull Highlights: April 20, 2022
  • Dark Beach #1
  • Corollary #1
  • Cancelled (One-Shot)

​Please disregard the innevitable lawnmower noises in the background - we couldn't evade them, and now neither can you! But that didn't stop us from covering some very excellent space-age books this week. 
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Episode 163 - Neon Colors, Power Dynamics, Degrassi Meets RL Stein

4/8/2022

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We love some good teen drama, y'all. 

Weekly Pull Highlights: April 6, 2022
  • STRGRL Ep. 01
  • West of Sundown #1
  • The Ocean Will Take Us #1

​Look, comics don't HAVE to be bleak and depressing and drab. They can be colorful and playful and feature young people with powers and drama and OKAY, THERE'S ANOTHER VAMPIRE BOOK. SUE US. 
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Episode 153 - Visual Storytelling, Lizard in a Crown, Metalocalypse

2/26/2022

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Thank God for books without exposition. 

Weekly Pull Highlights: February 23, 2022
  • Step by Bloody Step #1
  • Kingjira One Shot
  • Heavy Metal Drummer #1

​​The written word isn't the only way to tell a story, and these visual driven indie books are definitely proving that this week. From a vast story in another world, to a kaiju invasion on our home turf, there's all sorts of tales being told with no dialogue in sight (and we're super okay with that!). 
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Episode 151 - Occupational Apocalyptic, Post-Superhero, So Edgy

2/18/2022

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And it was all yell-ow... 

Weekly Pull Highlights: February 16, 2022
  • Until My Knuckles Bleed #1
  • QUAD: Terah & Elvis

​The age of vampires might be ending, but the following trend is coming up very... yellow? It's not what it sounds like. But I guess you have to listen to know that!
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Honorable Mentions: December 2021

1/2/2022

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​​What you may have missed in December!

Santa has come and gone, and the workout equipment has been pulled out from the basement (for at least a month or two). Cover up that treadmill with some shortboxes filled with our honorable mentions from last month! 
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Honorable Mention Highlights: December 2021
  • Refuse x Last Resort Double Shot (W: Matt Kindt/A: Marguerite Sauvage; W: Mark Russell/A: Adam Pollina)
  • Gotham City Villains Anniversary Giant (W: Variety; A: Variety)
  • Buckhead #1 (w: Shobo, a: George Kambadais)
  • One-Star Squadron #1 (w: Mark Russell, a: Steve Lieber)
  • Lunar Room #1 (w: Danny Lore, a: Gio Sposito)
  • No Holds Bard #1 (w: Eric Gladstone, a: Gabrielle M. Kari)
  • Ms. Marvel: Beyond the Limit #1 (w: Samira Ahmed, a: Andres Genolet)
  • Apache Delivery Service #1 (w: Matt Kindt, a: Tyler Jenkins)
  • A King's Vengeance #1 (w: Peter Ricq & Davila LeBlanc, a: Peter Ricq)

Refuse x Last Resort Double Shot
One side is a beautiful, near-wordless journey of a woman utterly isolated and striving to get back to her world. The other side is a tongue-in-cheek exploration of how ridiculously exploitative capitalism is, and the complications of being surrounded by, well, yourself. It's a huge book being a double-shot and all, but definitely worth a pick-up.

Gotham City Villains Anniversary Giant
I don't have to say a whole lot about this book. You know why? Because the first story is by Danny DeVito, detailing how The Penguin and Catwoman fell in love, cured COVID-19, and saved the world. See, that's enough.

Buckhead #1
This book is zany, and fast, and honestly a little disorienting (but in a good way?). While many books struggle to gain speed in the first issue, this one feels almost like they put too much into the opening chapter, but with tech meeting ancient civilizations meeting an entertainingly diverse cast, I think I'm into it.

One-Star Squadron #1
If you aren't Batman or Tony Stark or Oliver Queen, it's unlikely your superhero-ing can serve as a moneymaking endeavor. That is, unless you team up with an agency that helps you live a secure life with a plan (and maybe a pension). I always appreciate a story talking about the mundane surrounded by the fantastic. And what's more mundane than paying taxes?

Lunar Room #1
I think this has a lot of potential to be a cool magical Neo-Noir story, but the first issue didnt entirely hook me. I like the world and the mystery thats building, but the characters were a smidge on the cliche side. Still, werewolves and magic in a gritty city underbelly, could appeal to the World of Darkness crowd and those adjacent.

No Holds Bard #1
SHAKESPEARE AS BATMAN. I love the concept of this, but the delivery is a bit ho hum. It is too aware of the joke instead of just letting the concept be funny on its own. Still, i had fun on the ride, even if there was an occasional eye roll in the mix.
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Ms. Marvel: Beyond the Limit #1
I didn't know I needed Ms. Marvel to have her own Spider-esque web of multiverses - but now I do! Giving her a new story to help those unfamiliar get acquainted before her new show hits, I'm excited to see a very multi-faceted tale all about Kamala(s).

Apache Delivery Service #1
This book has a lot going for it - minimalist storytelling, an emotional time period and setting, a diverse cast with a broad experience, and evocative imagery. It's not a "nice" book, but it has potential to be an impactful one.

A King's Vengeance #1
​Tonally dark, ultra-violent Adventure Time. This book lays out a fairly basic concept and then delivers with some dope art and cool character design. Nifty book all around.
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Honorable Mentions: September 2021

10/3/2021

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What you may have missed in September!

As you know, we took a little vacay to get away from it all, but that doesn't mean we got away from comics! Here's a quick recap of the books we didn't cover in September but thing you may want to check out. 
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Honorable Mention Highlights: September 2021
  • Telepaths #1 (w: J. Michael Straczynki, a: Steve Epting)
  • Dark Ages #1 (w: Tom Taylor, a: Iban Coello)
  • Search for Hu #1 (w: Jon Tsuei, Steve Orlando, a: Rubine)
  • Nine Stones (w/a: Samuel Spano)
  • Maw #1 (w: Jude Ellison S. Doyle, a: A.L. Kaplan)
  • Corset #1 (w: Jurii Kirnev, a: Elina Klyushnikova)
  • 10 Years to Death One Shot (w: Aaron Douglas, a: Cliff Richards)
  • Impossible Jones #1 (w: Karl Kesel, a: David Hahn)
  • Unborn #1 (w: Frank Gogol, a: Ev Cantada)
  • Turbo Kid: Apple's Lost Adventure #1 (w: RKSS, a: Jeik Dion)
  • Human Remains #1 (w: Peter Milligan, a: Sally Cantrino)
  • Frontiersman #1 (w: Patrick Kindlon, a: Marco Ferrari)

Telepaths #1
What happens when everyone passes out and then immediately wakes up being able to read each other's thoughts? Sounds pretty awful, doesn't it? Well, Straczinsky has taken on exactly this concept. Not a ton happens in issue number one, mostly just covering the finer details of "why" and "how," but with there being nothing more personal than your own inner-most thoughts, I could definitely see this book getting into some nitty gritty of what it means to have personal space.

Dark Ages #1
Oh look, Marvel has some sort of event going on. Been a minute since they've had one of those...
That said, this event is actually kind of neat so far. It's an interesting concept: how would superheroes function in a world of no electricity. It really only works for Marvel too, seeing as how so much of the Marvel heroism is based in science and technology. In a word full of Marvel cash ins, I'm actually pretty stoked for this one.
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Search for Hu #1
Kind of like Pearl from Bendis, but set it inside a martial arts movie. There's some clichés, some "why did you never tell me" moments, some special military behind-closed-doors knowledge to be had - not a bad time, but not an exceptionally special one, either. It has potential, though, especially if you love a good "chosen-one" story.
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Nine Stones #1
I like the characters of this book. The premise isn't entirely new. The narrative plays out fairly predictably. But the writing of the characters is what really shines. They just feel cute and realistic, and I find myself wanting to see their love blossom. And in general it's nice to have an LGBTQ story that just feels natural and not forced.


Maw #1
I have high hopes for Maw, but dang did the first issue not deliver. I get the message it's trying to say, but it's handling of that message is done with heavy hands. Like, filled with lead hands. That said, I dig the creepy atmosphere built around the self-help group/ cult, and the promise of body horror will always get me hooked.


Corset #1
Man, you know I love a good steampunk story. This one has that distinct "Victorian-era but MACHINES" vibe, which can be done so well in comics. What's cool about this one is that the main focus is on fashion, which just makes so much sense in a steampunk environment. The characters are well developed, the story is very familiar and engaging (I see you, Beauty and the Beast) and the twist is just twisty-enough. I'm only sad it's a one-shot, because this title sucked me in for sure.

10 Years to Death (One Shot)
This is another of those big, beautiful one-shot titles from Aftershock that we've been talking about a lot. This one is a horror title, but less gruesome than some of the others, and reads a little more like a supernatural thriller. The tale is told from the perspective of a now-grown man, retelling an experience he had as a kid with his uncle. It's well paced, spooky, and feels just grounded in reality enough to keep you sucked in the whole way through. Definitely worth picking up.

Impossible Jones #1
She was a criminal, in it for herself and the score. Now, she finds herself with powers she didn't earn, and a nagging feeling of responsibility to be on the right side of the law. Sounds impossible? Nah, just Impossible Jones. Cute, colorful, creative use of some superhero tropes - I think this is going to be a super fun titles to follow moving forward.

Unborn #1 
I'm a sucker for a good "group of ragtag, brash yahoos out in space on some sort of dangerous mission for a corporation and/or to save the earth in a mundane way" kinda scifi story. If you feel the same, are a fan of the alien franchise, or just looking for some interesting sci-fi that is more of the "this spaceship runs on diesel" type, then this is a good choice. Unborn doesn't try too hard to break the mold, but instead chooses to tell a story about interpersonal relationships and coping with the past against a backdrop of clunky space mechanisms and regenerative alien bugs.

Turbo Kid: Apple's Lost Adventure #1
This is apparently a prequel to a movie. If the movie is anywhere as balls-out bonkers as this book, I need to watch it. Turbo Kid appears to be one part Mega Man, one part Tank Girl, and if I need to say more than that then you just don't understand joy.

Human Remains #1
So, the whole "emotions are bad" thing has been done before, but usually under the umbrella of government control. Here we have some sort of mysterious entities that teleport in and obliterate anyone feeling to strongly a certain way. Cool premise that I can't help but feel like is based on something. The entity attacks people playing outside, people at weddings, people congregating at church, people gathering for concerts and parties, people blowing off steam at a bar. Where we come in, everyone is pretty much forced inside and all the revelry of the social world is gone. Where have I seen that before?

Frontiersman #1
I love a good superhero book with scruples. Frontiersman was not what I expected. After Image's recent tangles with the superhero being a bit lame (looking at you, Mr. Radiant Black), I expected this to be another run of the mill super story. What I got instead was a very natural feeling character in a slowly built world struggling with concepts like relevancy, climate change and the nature of social media martyrdom. It was a moderately paced, chill kinda read with some nice world building. I'm rooting for you, Frontiersman.

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Episode 119 - Space Race, Conservation, Another Harley

9/16/2021

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We haven't watched Harley Quinn... but we're gonna. 

Weekly Pull Highlights: September 15, 2021
  • Primordial #1
  • Nobody's Child #1
  • Harley Quinn: Eat Bang Kill Tour #1

​An alternate history filled with conspiracies, a potential future filled with humans being terrible, and Harley Quinn joyriding. Don't you just love a week of comics? 
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Honorable Mentions: June 2021

7/4/2021

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What you may have missed in June!

We're doing honorable mentions a little differently from now on! We're combining all the books we missed throughout the month into one big post to make it easier on YOU to pop by your local comic book shop and catch up on anything you may have missed. 
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Honorable Mention Highlights: June 2021
  • Crush & Lobo #1 (W: Mariko Tamaki, A: Amancay Nahuelpan)
  • Out of Body #1 (W: Peter Milligan, A: Inaki Miranda)
  • Freak Snow #1 (W: Kevin Roditeli, A: Rob Cannon)
  • Compass: The Cauldron of Eternal Life #1 (W: Robert MacKenzie and David Walker, A: Justin Greenwood)
  • Batman Reptilian #1 (W: Garth Ennis, A: Liam Sharp)
  • Vinyl #1 (W: Doug Wagner, A: Daniel Hillyard)
  • United States of Captain America #1 (W: Christopher Cantwell, A: Dale Eaglesham)
  • Darling #1 (W: Michael Fleizach & Todd Hunt, A: Dave Mims)
  • Barbaric #1 (W: Michael Moreci, A: Nathan Gooden)

Crush & Lobo #1 
Crush is a fun character. Lobo is also a fun character. While this comic is steeped in a bit of recent history, it seems like it's gonna be a fun ride. Also, we might find out more about Crush along the way, which would be a cool edition to the DC mythos overall.

Out of Body #1
A weird and funky world of astral projection that follows one man's simultaneous journey of self discovery and a desperate fight for his life. This book had some shaky points, but overall is a very nifty concept with just enough magical elements to add some spice.
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Freak Snow #1
What? What is happening? This book is absolutely b-a-n-a-n-a-YES. We follow a crazy man in the snow. That's about it. We don't know why there is snow. We don't really know who he is. But he's crazy and there is snow. It's a trippy, cold world with splashes of color and I truly, truly love it.
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Compass: The Cauldron of Eternal Life #1
A delightful bit of historical fiction that blends multiple cultures into a tale of treasure hunting and treachery. This book reads like a modern adventure book but feels like a old-school pulp serial. It's refreshingly straightforward in it's plot set up and ha a unique cast of characters.

Batman Reptilian #1
Garth Ennis's Batman is weirdly passive aggressive and incredibly meta. He understands that people know the "rules" of Batman and uses that to his advantage. This book is easily set up to be a new entry in the Batman Dark Works of Art Hall of Fame alongside titles like Arkham Asylum or Long Halloween. Liam Sharps painted pages are profoundly peculiar, overflowing with the dark and gruesome world of Gotham like it's rarely been seen.

Vinyl #1
I love Vinyl. Hands down. I love the Suicide Squad of weird serial killers that is being advertised. I love the cult shit. I love that it starts smack in the middle but fully includes the ready in events that happened elsewhere. I love Walter, so much. This book is gory good fun and should be on everyone's list (check out Plastic, too - another fun serial killer romp).

United States of Captain America #1
A bit of a clunky start to the premise, but a fun idea. Cap and Falcon suiting up on a meet-and-greet-and-protect-from-assassins road trip is a cool idea, and this will be a great book to introduce more characters that people can feel represent them - more than many other heroes can. If you like to spec, might be a book to look into to, as any of these characters have major TV or possibly even movie potential.

Darling #1
This book is going to make you feel some kind of way - maybe sad, maybe fascinated, maybe concerned - but you will definitely feel it. Taken from the author's real pain about a brother he lost to drugs, and put to page like street art in a cover, you definitely know it's the 80's and that things just aren't going to end well for anyone involved.

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Barbaric #1
It's not at all what you're expecting, and that's what makes it fantastic. A drinking, debaucherous barbarian is cursed to only do good - which is a lot less fun than his original plan. Plus, when you have a bloodthirsty talking axe coming along for the ride, everything gets a lot more metal. It's a good time, for sure.
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