In this very special episode of Church of the Geek, Brian and Sam are joined by good friends of the podcast, The Rev. Shayna Watson and Janel Baker to discuss the notion of passing mantles. How does it happen in comics, books and movies? How does it happen in the Church and academia?

 Shayna Watson -- founder and director of TheoCon. Find her on Twitter @theoconlive, and TheoCon at the website theocon.live.

Janel Baker teaches philosophy and religion at Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, Michigan. You can find her on twitter @theogek.

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Welcome to “Off The Shelf”, our comic book reviews of recent titles. Today Brian reviews Arkham City: Order Of The World #4, written by Dan Watters, illustrated by Dani and colors by Dave Stewart

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This time for Off The Shelf, Sam reviews Jonathan Hickman's final (probably, maybe) X-Men comic, Inferno #4. Is it turnt up or burnt down?

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Brian and Sam discuss the Marvel series Hawkeye. They delve into areas of grief, memory and secrets.

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Brian and Sam enter the Matrix again.

We mentioned Dr. McGrath's article on the movie. You can read that here:
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/religionprof/2021/12/the-matrix-resurrections.html

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Brian and Sam discuss Spider-Man: No Way Home.

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Welcome to “Off The Shelf”, our comic book reviews of recent titles. Today Sam reviews Primordial #3, sritten by Jeff Lemire with art by Andrea Sorrentino and colors by Dave Stewart

Link referenced in this episode: Major Printing and Distribution Problems Hitting Comics Industry (bleedingcool.com)

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Here is our Dollar Bin, Church of the Geek's equivalent version of the discount long box full of old comics that hold a treasure. Brian and Sam hold up a previous episode for a re-examination and this one is a gem. Brian and Sam talked with Dr. Elizabeth Coody,  Dr. Elizabeth Coody, assistant professor of Religious Studies at Morningside College in Sioux City, IA. We discuss various titles and how they help us interpret scripture.

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For this special edition of Off The Shelf, Brian chats with author, comic fan, and person of faith Mike Roe who just wrote The 30 Rock Book. Brian and Mike talk 30 Rock, comics and Mike's faith journey.

His article from Vanity Fair on blackface in 30 Rock can be found here.
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/12/30-rock-tina-fey-race-blackface

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Brian and Sam awake from their turkey induced coma to talk about the things that they are geeking out about right now... some comic related stuff... some not.

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