Back Issue Bloodbath Archives - Geek Hard

Welcome friends to Back Issue Bloodbath, a comics-centric podcast presented by Geek Hard. Join hosts Andrew Young and Gavin Stephens as they get down and dirty in the four-colour world of comic books, focusing on classic stories, new issues, comic creators and hot button topics.

This week we’re joined once again by Sammy Younan, Program Director at Girth Radio and host of the show My Summer Lair. Three guys talking about comics…..and movies….and t.v……and how the recent Superhero film/show boom. Is the bottom ready to fall out on this cash cow. Hear what we have to think in an ALL NEW Bloodbath.

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Welcome friends to Back Issue Bloodbath, a comics-centric podcast presented by Geek Hard. Join hosts Andrew Young and Gavin Stephens as they get down and dirty in the four-colour world of comic books, focusing on classic stories, new issues, comic creators and hot button topics.

This week we’re joined by Sammy Younan, Program Director at Girth Radio and host of the show My Summer Lair, to join in on the comic camaraderie.  The topic for this episode: Image title The Fade Out. This series by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips about a murder in old school Hollywood is reaching it’s climax and the guys weigh in on who they think the killer might be. Find out more about the comic and catch Andrew, Gavin and Sammy’s predictions on an ALL NEW Bloodbath.

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Welcome friends to Back Issue Bloodbath, a comics-centric podcast presented by Geek Hard. Join hosts Andrew Young and Gavin Stephens as they get down and dirty in the four-colour world of comic books, focusing on classic stories, new issues, comic creators and hot button topics.

On this week’s installment, we take a look at the career of Frank Miller. Once considered an innovator in the industry, the comics world is now divided in their opinion on Miller. Some consider him to still be a strong voice while others feel that he’s a has been clinging to past glory. Find out if Andrew and Gavin stand with the former or the latter on an ALL NEW Bloodbath.

If you’re gonna geek out, GEEK HARD!

Welcome friends to Back Issue Bloodbath, a comics-centric podcast presented by Geek Hard. Join hosts Andrew Young and Gavin Stephens as they get down and dirty in the four-colour world of comic books, focusing on classic stories, new issues, comic creators and hot button topics.

This week we look at Death in Comics. Once a powerful storytelling tool decades past, killing a character has become something done more for shock value and media attention. With death’s revolving door and the quick returns of heroes and villains from the grave, is there any meaning left in funnybook character fatalities? Andrew and Gavin talk about this at length in the latest bloodbath.

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Was The Death of Superman the beginning of the end for Death in Comics?

Welcome friends to Back Issue Bloodbath, a comics-centric podcast presented by Geek Hard. Join hosts Andrew Young and Gavin Stephens as they get down and dirty in the four-colour world of comic books, focusing on classic stories, new issues, comic creators and hot button topics.

On this week’s show, we look back on DC’s All-Star comics line: All-Star Superman (by Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely) and All-Star Batman and Robin, The Boy Wonder (by Frank Miller & Jim Lee). One was a critical darling. The other had a very long title. See what Andrew and Gavin have to say about them on an ALL NEW Bloodbath.

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All-Star Superman gets some huge props from the guys on the latest Bloodbath.

Welcome friends to Back Issue Bloodbath, a brand new comics-centric podcast presented by Geek Hard. Join hosts Andrew Young and Gavin Stephens as they get down and dirty in the four-colour world of comic books, focusing on classic stories, new issues, comic creators and hot button topics.

This week episode is a love letter to one of Andrew and Gavin’s favourite comic creators: Brian Michael Bendis. Take a look back with us on a writer who has definitely left his mark on the modern Marvel Universe.

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With comics such as Ultimate Spider-Man and New Avengers, Bendis has left his mark on the Marvel Universe.

Welcome friends to Back Issue Bloodbath, a brand new comics-centric podcast presented by Geek Hard. Join hosts Andrew Young and Gavin Stephens as they get down and dirty in the four-colour world of comic books, focusing on classic stories, new issues, comic creators and hot button topics.

This week, we take a look back at the Secret Warriors. Elements from this Marvel comic series are being introduced on the current season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. but here we take a look at the full run of the comic written by Jonathan Hickman. A book that redefined Nick Fury’s place in the Marvel U and cemented Daisy Johnson, aka Quake, as a major player, this 28 issue series was an epic tale of espionage and the balance of power  in the Marvel Universe and we cover it all in the latest bloodbath.

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The guys go in depth on Secret Warriors from Marvel Comics.

Welcome friends to Back Issue Bloodbath, a brand new comics-centric podcast presented by Geek Hard. Join hosts Andrew Young and Gavin Stephens as they get down and dirty in the four-colour world of comic books, focusing on classic stories, new issues, comic creators and hot button topics.

On this week’s episode, Andrew and Gavin take a look at the current Black Canary Series written by Brenden Fletcher and drawn by Annie Wu for DC Comics and Gavin gets a bit frustrated…..okay a lot frustrated with “style over substance”. Gavin also introduces Andrew to Beta Testing the Apocalypse by Tom Kaczynski and more! 

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Gavin unloads both barrels on the current Black Canary comic in this week’s Bloodbath.

 

Welcome friends to Back Issue Bloodbath, a brand new comics-centric podcast presented by Geek Hard. Join hosts Andrew Young and Gavin Stephens as they get down and dirty in the four-colour world of comic books, focusing on classic stories, new issues, comic creators and hot button topics.

This week’s episode is our first Creator Spotlight as we take a look at the work of comic scribe Matt Fraction. Listen as we discuss the finer points of Hawkeye, Sex Criminals and more!

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Was Hawkeye a turning point for Matt Fraction? Find out what Andrew and Gavin think on an all new Bloodbath.

Welcome friends to Back Issue Bloodbath, a brand new comics-centric podcast presented by Geek Hard. Join hosts Andrew Young and Gavin Stephens as they get down and dirty in the four-colour world of comic books, focusing on classic stories, new issues, comic creators and hot button topics.

On this week’s episode, we discuss diversity in comics and some of the moments in Marvel’s recent hits and misses on the matter. From Hip Hop Covers to Black Panther to community support, it all gets mentioned here. Take a listen and hear our take on the matter.

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The Marvel Hip Hop Variant Covers sparked some debate on the interwebs…..and some discussion on Back Issue Bloodbath.