This week, the boys sit down for a long conversation with one of their very favourite people in the world, writer Kelly Sue DeConnick.  What, for reasons unimaginable, starts off as a discussion of Tumblr and James' field of work eventually turns to Kelly Sue's upcoming projects: the new Captain Marvel series, Ghost and the latest Castle graphic novel, Richard Castle's Storm Season, as well as KISS, the nature of art, self-doubt and how making the world a better place requires owning up to your fears and having hard discussions about difficult topics.  It's a freewheeling, varied conversation that goes from giggling fits to remarkably serious topics, and is all the better for it.

Remember to talk to your comic book shop about pre-ordering Kelly Sue's new books and also to check out Rappers Doing Normal Shit.  Finally, thanks again to Kelly Sue for being so generous with her time and her kind words.

Find Kelly Sue at KellySue.com, on Tumblr or on Twitter at @KellySue.

This week, the boys chat with writer/comedian Matt D. Wilson, co-host of the War Rocket Ajax podcast and writer of the webcomic Copernicus Jones and the upcoming book The Supervillain Handbook: The Ultimate How-To Guide to Destruction and Mayhem.  After a discussion of Shia LaBoeuf's totally insane self-published comics, they shift their discussion to recent comics and Matt's own products, including when he'll do more barbecue reviews.

After buying it during our conversation, James can totally recommend Matt's book, The Supervillain Handbook, and perhaps even buying it twice.  Actually, scratch that: you should absolutely buy it twice. [Ed Note: May cause destitution.]  It will be physically released in one week on April 25th, but you can pre-order it now or buy the Kindle version, which is already available.

Listen to new episodes of War Rocket Ajax every Monday on their site or at ComicsAlliance

Read new Copernicus Jones comics every Thursday (and sometimes Tuesday)

Read Matt's Tumblr

Find Matt on Twitter at @highmindedmw, or at his joke accounts @fakeeetiquette & @kingoblivionphd

King Oblivion, PhD, the credited author of The Supervillain Handbook, can also be found at The International Society of Supervillains

This week, the boys celebrate the holiest of days - the premiere of a new James Van Der Beek television series!  In P!TC's first episode of Van Der Talk, the boys run through why Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 is something you should check out.  Of course, as he always does when the talk turns to TV, James talks about Cougar Town and why a current story development is an example of Bill Lawrence's brand of refined, adult storytelling.  Of course, the boys also talk about comics they liked recently - with a few diversions - and the issue of cynicism in comics publishers.

This week, the boys have a conversation that's freewheeling even by their standards, including Game of Thrones and how "NBC's Thursday Night" is the new ratings metric of choice, The Hunger Games, Erik von Detten, the 17 names James came up with for his and Brandon's Boy Meets World cover band, the "Fake Geek Girls" issue and "Reborn" baby dolls. Because this is theoretically a comics podcast, the boys also talk about comics they enjoyed recently, including Casanova: Avaritia #3 and a sincere thanks to Team Casanova for everything they do.

The music at the end of this episode is Hey Ocean's cover of "Be My [Ed. Note: Presumably Fake] Baby", from their 2011 EP Big Blue Wave.  The music is copyright of Hey Ocean, under exclusive license to Universal Music Canada, Inc.  More importantly, lead singer Ashleigh Ball is the voice of James' favourite My Little Ponies, Applejack and Rainbow Dash.  Give them your money!

This week, the boys recover from a couple of long, guest-filled episodes with a little bit of audio relaxation.  After discussing television series, movies and comics they've enjoyed recently - including Game of Thrones, Amazing Spider-Man and the John Carter movie and comics - the boys dig into a conversation about Mark Waid's recent digital comics announcement and its fallout.

This week, the boys talk to writer Kelly Thompson!  Kelly is an author, columnist and critic, and she also has the same go-to "crying" movies that James does!  Over the course of the episode, the boys talk to her about her story in Womanthology, the comic she's currently working on and why her first novel was too violent for the young adult literature market.  Kelly also owns up to her shameful nature as someone who doesn't love Everwood or Treat Williams, and the group discusses the problems the comic industry has in diversifying to non-core demographics.

You know, fun stuff.

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

This week, the boys welcome their great friend and one of their favourite people on the internet, Andrea Speed, to the show.  Andy is not only the writer of such great crime-noir novels like the Infected series (from Dreamspinner Press) and the upcoming Josh of the Damned (from Riptide Publishing), but she's also the Editor-in-Chief of cxPulp, the comics and pop culture site where the boys wrote (and, in Brandon's case, edited) before creating Comics! The Blog.  What starts off as a Canadian Intervention quickly devolves into a freewheeling discussion of writing, horrifying sexual content on the internet and lapjacking, the new craze that's sweeping the seated legs of the nation.

Warning: not only is this the longest episode of P!TC to date, but it's also absolutely the filthiest and most potentially offensive to date.  If you've got a delicate sensibility or stomach, you might want to skip this episode.

Find Andrea online at AndreaSpeed.com or on twitter at @aspeed!

This week, the boys talk about the menace facing the nation: Kevin Keller!  That's right, the dashing teenage journalist and class president who just wants to fight for his country like his dad did and grows up to do exactly that is a threat to children everywhere because they might learn from his clean-cut, America-loving, military example!  Don't worry about stringing along two best friends in a decades-long love triangle, though!  One Million Moms is totally cool with that.

That's just one small part of the episode, though!  Along the way, the boys talk about comics they've been loving recently and try to watch WWE Raw like the heroes at War Rocket Ajax.  Spoiler alert: not enough smooches.

In our second consecutive week without bees (we're as disappointed as you are), the boys cover a wide variety of subjects.  First, they wax philosophical about how perceived trends in the Big Two comic publishers may have resulted in what looks to be a MASSIVE year from Image Comics and for creator-owned comics.  Later, the boys segue into conversations about creator rights, Tumblr art theft and Gary Friedrich's recent problems.  

But first, what you've REALLY been asking for: James explains Mass Effect 2 to Brandon!  You're welcome, Internet.

In this sadly bee-less episode, the boys regroup after James made Brandon watch an episode of Kevin Smith's Comic Book Men with him and talk about the show's problems.  From its gender relations problems to its representation of comics retail, the boys discuss whether, as the most culturally salient example of comic book shops & fans, the show is actually harmful to the industry.

Don't worry, though!  They still insult each other and talk about comics they liked.