Podcast! The Comics

This week, the boys catch up after some pretty boring weeks - Brandon's busy preparing for his store's preview opening (today!) and James has been shockingly ill - to watch the first episode of Marvel's Daredevil on Netflix and discuss the series' strong start.  They then review comics from the previous week, including Ms. Marvel #14Giant Days #2Thor #7 and Lumberjanes #13.  Finally, they discuss comics news of the day, including the new Justice League United creative team.

Direct download: Podcast_The_Comics_-_Episode_164.mp3
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This week, the boys get together after a week apart to catch up; Brandon talks about preparing his store for opening and the sweet relief of receiving his first (and first incorrect) order from Diamond, while James talks about his upcoming vacation.  Next, they (read: James) discuss the series finale of Cougar Town.  Finally, they talk about a lot of comics from last week, including Howard the Duck #2Descender #2Kaijumax #1 and the varied offerings from DC's Convergence event.

Meanwhile, James tries not to die of the plague.

Direct download: Podcast_The_Comics_-_Episode_163.mp3
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This week, the boys James is flying solo, but instead of descending into madness (again), he's talking to Kieran Shiach, host of the Have A Nice Day wrestling podcast and Journey Into Misery, the podcast where he explains complicated and convoluted comics continuity to his girlfriend Helena an enthusiastic comics reader without any of the baggage of having to know who Max Mercury was, until a few months ago, that is.  Over the course of the episode, they talk about the best and worst wrestling theme songs, the Flash and the fun of doing a podcast about introducing someone to comics continuity where the joke is absolutely never on the new reader and instead is a loving facepalm directed at something established readers take for granted.  They might also make plans to hang out in Pennsylvania in late summer, so... uh... stay tuned for that one.

Find Kieran online at:

Web: King Impulse dot com;

Twitter: @kingimpulse

Direct download: Podcast_The_Comics_-_Episode_162.mp3
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This week, the boys got together to watch the Showcase of Immortals, the Grandest Stage of them all, WRESTLEMANIA!  Wait, no, come back!  It's fun, we swear!

Let's be real: you're either going to really love this episode, or you're going to want to skip it.  But this episode was a lot of fun, with frequent guest and co-rewatcher-in-chief Scott Williams stopping by to discuss not just the entire 6-hour event, match by match, but to discuss how to build stories in a serialized medium, with a highly invested audience that's second-guessing every move and often thinks they know best.  Sounds like comics, right?  Right.

Plus, James is challenged to not let his laziness get in the way of making a petty, minor edit to the show at Brandon's expense.  What happened?  Listen and find out!

Direct download: Podcast_The_Comics_-_Episode_161.mp3
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