This week, the boys talk to the amazing Kieron Gillen, writer of series like Journey Into Mystery, Uncanny X-Men and the upcoming Iron Man as part of Marvel NOW!, not to mention the great Phonogram, returning soon.  It's a surprisingly on-topic conversation, ranging from Kieron's next direction and current mindset to the potential difference in cultural reaction to his books.  Befitting the writer of Phonogram, they also talk shop about music and semi-autobiography.  Plus, James asks him about the Killers even after being told specifically not to a day earlier.

Find Kieron at:

Twitter: @kierongillen

Tumblr: Another Way to Breathe

Web: The infamous Workblog

This week, the boys talk about things they've done and enjoyed recently, from James' Doctor Who party to Gravity Falls, and the entire way through they discover threads of surprisingly inappropriate sexuality.  After setting a record for time spent before earning their explicit tag, the boys talk comics they enjoyed recently.

This week, the boys finish the first season of The Newsroom and things get even weirder than usual due to a combination of exhaustion and slapstick humour.  After a few derailing moments, the boys eventually discuss comics they've enjoyed recently, from gender-reversed Riverdale to Frank Castle not being the hero of his own book.  Finally, they discuss the issue of piracy.  In particular, James talks (and Brandon listens tiredly) about how while people should stop shoring up reasons to steal, a bigger issue in many ways is the content owners not making it so tempting to steal in the first place.

It should be noted that their James nor Brandon are educated or employed in this field.

This week, the boys catch up on some of their favourite TV shows, including Gravity Falls and Bunheads, and expound upon their desire to have Alan Ruck come visit them.  After talking about some comics they loved, they move on to the issue of professionaism amongst comics industry professionals and why insulting other people comes off as tacky.

This week, the boys do their weekly wrap-up of the Newsroom and have a lengthy discussion of the comics they loved recently.  At the end, they have a discussion about Marvel NOW! - why it's so exciting to them and why it seems to have learned from the mistakes of the New 52.  This one really goes off the rails, you guys.

This week, the boys recap Brandon's successful iCarly-themed surprise birthday party and James congratulates himself for not ruining the surprise while still acknowledging the part where he knocked down all of the decorations a minute later.  After talking about how The Newsroom has settled down towards the end of its first season, the boys go through the wealth of amazing comics from the last week and talk a bit about MarvelNOW.

Impressively literate listeners might recognize this episode's title.  However, it is not a reference to Shakespeare's greatest stage direction ("Exeunt, pursued by a bear").  It's actually a reference to an upcoming interactive comic project by friend of the show Kelly Sue DeConnick and a pretty amazing-sounding young woman.  Check out her blog post about the project and Tumblr.

This week, the boys reconvene after their initial attempt to record the podcast was obliterated by computer troubles to celebrate one of the Darkest Days of the Year: Brandon's birthday.  That's right!  Brandon is one year older and, for one of only two occasions per year, James is forced to give him a genuine compliment.

Don't worry, tomorrow he'll call Brandon the Cancer of a Nation or something.

In this slightly shorter than usual episode, the boys talk about The Newsroom, Batman & Robin (and why it's wrongly hated), as well as comics they liked recently, including Superman Family Adventures #3, John Carter: The Gods of Mars #5 and the brand-new Hawkeye #1!  Also, James got Brandon a present.

This week, the boys are back in the saddle after James spent nearly a week in the mysterious land known as America!  After they catch up on what they've been up to recently, the boys talk about their new favourite children's TV show, Gravity Falls, as well as have a lengthy discussion about why The Dark Knight Rises was a great movie, how thematically and emotionally tight it was and why the people claiming it's not a good Batman movie are probably (objectively) wrong.

Warning: The discussion of The Dark Knight Rises is full of spoilers.  If you haven't seen the movie yet and don't want to have the entire plot and ending ruined for you, skip from 16:15 to 42.30 and come back to that part once you've seen the movie.

Seeing as how James' vacation meant they missed posting a Best of the Week on Monday, the boys also run down their favourite comics of last week, including Captain Marvel #1, Journey Into Mystery # 641, Daredevil #15 and Saga #5.

This week, the boys spend their last night together before James' vacation talking about TV they like - from Gravity Falls to Breaking Bad - as well as comics like Punisher #13, Revival #1 and Avenging Spider-Man #9.  They also tackle the question of why superhero movies don't drive comic book sakes.  Plus, James threatens Brandon with a baseball bat.

This week, the boys sit down again with writer/critic extraordinaire Kelly Thompson to talk about her Kickstarter project for her novel, The Girl Who Would Be King.  Kelly's Kickstarter has been an incredible success, and with two weeks left, she's fully funded and hoping to meet her next stretch goal and provide an illustrated edition to funders getting her "Ultimate Badass" hardback edition.  You should absolutely do this, mostly because Kelly's book is awesome, and also because James can get an illustrated edition.  The boys' attempts to provide advance praise of a book they haven't entirely read naturally devolves into a discussion of television, movies and, at Kelly's insistence, comics.

Fund Kelly's novel, The Girl Who Would Be King, and get yourself a swanky book!

Read Kelly’s column, She Has No Head!, at ComicBookResources, where you can also read her reviews throughout the week

Read Kelly’s latest  other column over at LitReactor

Check out Kelly’s personal blog, 1979 Semi-Finalist

Listen to Kelly’s podcast, 3 Chicks Review Comics

Finally, check her out on Twitter at @79semifinalist