Andy promises glitching (No reboot or Reboot) and treats with Phil and Kevin, but who will wield the Black Hammer?
We Only Find Them When They’re Dead #1 by Al Ewing and Simone Di Meo (Boom! Studios)
Phil’s Quick reference of old comics based on video games: Dinosaurs for Hire by Tom Mason (Eternity Comics) and Ex-Mutants by David Lawrence and Ron Lim (Eternity Comics)
Dr. Giggles #1-2 by Steven Grant, Kent Burles, Alan Burrows (Dark horse) and other TV shows and movies that came out of Dark Horse.
Asteroid 8082 by Will Quinn (self published from web comic) https://asteroid8082.com/ https://willquinnart.storenvy.com/products
Batman Spawn War Devil by Doug Moench, Chuck Dixon, Alan Grant, Klaus Janson (DC 1994)
Phil’s Question Time: Favorite Crossover
Cyberpunk 2077: Trauma Team #1 by Cullen Bunn, Miguel Valderrama (Dark Horse)
Homage Studios Swimsuit Special #1 by so many of the Image crew – Jim Lee, Brian Stelfreeze, Marc Silvestri, Whilce Portacio, Scott Williams, Jason Person, Brett Booth, Joe Chiodo, and more (Image)
Colonel Weird: Cosmagog by Jeff Lemire and Tyler Crook (Dark Horse)
Shoutout Super Steve Video Games and particularly Animal Crossing
Steve, Phil, Kevin, and Andy get Halloween 2020, back on track.
Mort Todd’s Monsters Attack Vol 1 & 2 by too many great creators to list here. (Originally Kickstarter but now everywhere) http://www.morttodd.com/monsters.html
Tomb of Terror featuring Sláine by Pat Mills, David Pugh, Glenn Fabry, Steve Potter. Originally published serially in the anthology comic 2000 AD in the mid 80s but I read it collected in trade.
Phil’s Question Time.
Judge Dredd Classic the Dark Judges by John Wagner, Alan Grant, Brian Bolland, Brett Ewins, Cliff Robinson (IDW) in COLOR
Something is Killing the Children #1-3 by James Tynion IV, Werther Dell’Edera and Miquel Muerto (Boom!)
Roundtable recommendations
Shoutout Themed Episodes Halloween Simon Bisley Humble Bundles Comedy Death Ray Episode 77 with Nick Wiger and Scott Aukerman (Now named Comedy Bang Bang podcast). Check it out!
Kevin Parachutes in as Phil and Andy (apparently too much Andy) hold down the fort and talk some video game….uh indie comics.
Nailbiter Returns by Mike Henderson (Image). Phil also mentions the new Chew series.
Complete Badger Vol. 1 by Mike Baron, Jeffrey Butler, Rick Burchett, Dennis Wolf, Bill Reinhold & Jeff Dee (IDW collecting issues published by Capital)
Phil’s Quick hits – Backlash (Wildstorm) and the Games that Weren’t by Frank Gasking and NES/Famicom: A Visual Compendium (Bitmap Books)
High Score (Netflix TV show) as we morph into Video Game Noise to discuss games, strategy guides and links of games to comics to Valiant. Buying comics on Ebay.
Watchdogs by Fred Van Lente and Brian Churilla (Platinum Studios)
Andy is WRONG about Men in Black but the guy behind Platinum (Rosenberg) was at Malibu when they got the second series and they have a graphic for the Men in Black movie on their website in a way that encourages confusion: https://www.platinumstudios.com/about/
Shoutout Super Steve Ice Cream Man (Image Comics) Super Mario Brothers Live Action Movie
Three of the guys are here to solve your problems??! (That doesn’t sound right) or maybe some hot investment tips! #clickbait and talk some comics!
Comixology sale books. One-Shot Horror – 4 stories all by David Accampo and Chris Anderson (Comicker Digital)
DollHouse, WitchHeart, WolfMoon and DevilSkin. https://www.comixology.com/One-Shot-Horror/comics-series/107706?ref=cHVibGlzaGVyL3ZpZXcvZGVza3RvcC9saXN0L3Nlcmllc0xpc3Q
Sha by Patt Mills and Olivier Ledroit (Heavy Metal collected edition in English collects all 3 volumes originally published in French)
War of the Independents #1 by Dave Ryan and others (Red Anvil). You can find on Comixology.
Andy’s Hot Book investment tip listen in to find out (Hint it is a Marvel comic)
Big Girls #1 by Jason Howard (Image)
Spy Island #1 by Chelsea Cain, Elise McCall, Rachelle Rosenberg, Lia Miternique (Dark Horse)
Kevin’s Hot Investment Tip – Megaton Man #1 by Don Simpson (Kitchen Sink), Not a proper review but Kevin bought this classic #1 from the eighties.
Shoutout
Super Steve Requiem Vampire Knight by Pat Mills and Olivier Ledroit Wildstorm Michael DeForge (Kevin must mention him at least every other episode) [He does?!]
Phil, Kevin, and Andy gather around to talk about some… independent… comics??!!! That sounds about right. They will get there, eventually, Maybe. Trust them.
Con talk to start the show and online comic book services, humble bundles.
Comic Con streaming TV service and other streaming services.
Changes at IDW and possible changes to the industry.
The Future and our collections.
Requiem Vampire Knight Series by Olivier Ledroit and Pat Mills. French Comic but English translations put out by Heavy Metal and Panini. Serialized in Heavy Metal magazine. Also available on Comixology (up to Vol 11). Sale is over but half the series is on Comixology Unlimited (USA). I review the Panini edition Vol 1, the first two books (Resurrection and Danse Macabe).
Crystal Bone Drive by Tetsunori Tawaraya (Hollow Press)
Megaman Fully Charged #1 by A.J. Marchisello, Marcus Rineheart, Stefano Simeone, Igor Monti, Ed Dukeshire (BOOM! Studios) and related games, cartoons, comics.
Andrew has declared no more media adaptions talk like the Scarlet Witch said… (this isn’t Marvel Noise, this is ICBN! ICBN!) as Phil, Kevin, and Steve gather around to talk about some funny books.
Action Presidents: #3 Theodore Roosevelt! By Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey Action Presidents: #4 John Kennedy! by Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey
Pope Hats #6 by Hartley Lin (Adhouse books)
March Book One, Book Two, and Book Three by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell (IDW)
Ether Volume 1: Death of the Last Golden Blaze, Volume 2: Copper Golems and Volume 3: The Disappearance of Violet Bell by Matt Kindt and David Rubin (Dark Horse)
Kickstarter talk in general. Steve talks up Jim Rugg, Flesk.
Lady Redbeard by Justin Gray and Diego Guerra from Kickstarter (Spicy Pulp Comics) Can buy from his store: https://www.jvgray.com/shop
Fear Agent Libary Edition Volume 1: Re-Ignition, My War, The Last Goodbye by Rick Remender, Tony Moore, Jerome Opena, and others as it is a big book and includes Tales of the Fear Agent (Dark Horse and the floppies started at Image before going to Dark Horse)
Loose Transformers and G.I. Joe chatter (IDW)
Doctor Tomorrow #1-3, and part of #4 as well by Alejandro Arbona, Jim Towe (Valiant Comics). Phil chats up the old series and we talk a little Valiant
Shout-out Old Guard Vol 1 TPB by Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernandez (Image) Stumptown The Case of the Girl Who Took Her Shampoo (But Left Her Mini)! Vol 1 TPB by Greg Rucka, Matthew Southworth (Oni Press) Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics by Tom Scioli (Ten Speed Press) HEK kickstarter (already funded, waiting on fulfilment) BRZRKR by Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt & Alessandro Vitti (Boom! Studios)
Steve, Phil, Kevin and Andrew can’t kick the adaption talk habit. Next time no more talking about TV and movies (Let’s see if that ages well) but they do round up some similar comics they cover eventually.
If you like G.I. Joe, a bunch of YouTubers, Podcasters, and other creative types are posting themed content related to G.I. Joe enemy Cobra. New content every day in August. Schedule here: https://hcc788.com/
Phil, Kevin and Andy are here as your guides through this barren wasteland of hot summer heat as we do more adaption talk. We need to read more comics in 2020
Phil finished watching Season 1 of The Boys on Amazon Prime. Did he like it? Phil is also reading the comic. Adaption discussion. Moves to discuss other current adaptions.
Criminal Macabre: Two Red Eyes by Steve Niles, Kyle Hotz, Michelle Madsen (Dark Horse)
Adventureman #1 by Matt Fraction, Terry Dodson, Rachel Dodson, Clayton Cowles (Image) A comic with cats in it. We have a side bar on a forbidden topic. Can you spot it?
Project X Thump-N-Guts by Kevin Eastman and Simon Bisley (Kitchen Sink) Published in 1993 but Phil bought it off of the Heavy Metal website.
Kids comics and kids and comics
IP license moves and licensed comics
Shout-out Super Steve Dylan Dog Italian Comic Book Savage Dragon (more coming soon)