We're back discussing France's favorite short king, Asterix the Gaul. Last time, we spoke about the first Asterix film, which series creators Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo were not consulted about and which they hated so much that they got the potential sequel scrapped. But this later film, Asterix and the 12 Tasks, DID involve Goscinny and Uderzo and it's one of the most beloved of the Asterix films. Is it that good? Let's take a look!

Mike decided to do something very stupid and did a deep dive on Twitter into 22 years of the webcomic Sinfest by Tatsuya Ishida, the famous early 00s dude bro comic that did a hard turn into sex negative second wave feminism in 2011 and then a harder turn into TERF maga chud Q-anon anti-vax lunacy in 2019. But could Sinfest be saved? In this episode, we talk about the trajectory of the webcomic itself as well as our suggestions for how to mold this mess into something that might work as an animated holiday special.

You know Asterix, of course! He's the hottest comic character on five continents! This little dude is beloved by comics fans everywhere except the United States! So if you're an uncultured American, join us to learn about this little barbarian who uses a magic potion to kick Roman ass in his first ever animated feature film.

You know Asterix, of course! He's the hottest comic character on five continents! This little dude is beloved by comics fans everywhere except the United States! So if you're an uncultured American, join us to learn about this little barbarian who uses a magic potion to kick Roman ass in his first ever animated feature film.

After L. Frank Baum's Wizard of Oz was a book and a play and a musical extravaganza, it was also a comic strip. Your favorite characters the scarecrow, the tin woodsman, the...uh... Jack Pumpkinhead, the gump, and (in theory) the wogglebug escape from Oz and encounter mundane real world situations where they dispense trivia. Queer Visitors from the Land of Oz originated the most popular meme of '04 to '05 "What did the wogglebug say?" Sources say it was popular, apparently. Times were different.

This week, instead of looking at COMICS THAT GET TURNED INTO OTHER THINGS we're looking at OTHER THINGS THAT GET TURNED INTO COMICS... specifically video games! In case you didn't know this, there used to be these things called magazines and some of them were about video games. Mike literally only knows about Computer Gaming World magazine, so Ethan introduces him to several comics from Nintendo Power magazine... and beyond!